Provider Directory

I am so glad you are here! I am a licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York who works with clients navigating grief, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. I show up as a human first and foremost, as I believe the trust between client and therapist is integral in making progress. I then utilize evidenced based practices to inform our work together.

I specialize in maternal and paternal mental health and couples therapy at Quiet Light Counseling in Wilton, CT. I work with expecting and new parents, postpartum families, and couples who want to strengthen their relationship. I’m trained in Level 2 Gottman Method Couples Therapy as well as extensively trained through PSI for perinatal work.

I’m a warm, relational trauma-informed therapist based in NYC who works with adults and teens navigating anxiety, self-criticism, relationship challenges, life transitions, and a sense of feeling stuck or disconnected from themselves. My approach is grounded in AEDP and Internal Family Systems (IFS), with a focus on understanding the emotional patterns that shape how we relate to ourselves and others.

My practice focuses on perinatal issues including infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, decision-making related to genetic issues, multi-fetal reduction, post-partum issues, life transitions, bereavement, anxiety and depression. I work with individuals, couples, multi-generations, and groups.

I believe the key to change lies in cultivating a safe, strong therapeutic relationship. Through a developmental lens, I aim to understand each person’s history and how their unique story informs current challenges. I feel passionate about working with patients from diverse backgrounds and utilize a culturally-informed approach when understanding life experiences and associated thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In conjunction with this psychodynamic, relationally-driven approach, I help patients identify a clear presenting concern, develop goals, and integrate appropriate evidence-based practice tailored to their specific needs.

I am a general practitioner licensed in California and New York, with experience working with individuals across the lifespan, treating a range of presenting concerns, including: complex trauma, anxiety, panic, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, body-focused repetitive behaviors, life transitions, minority stress, and family conflict.

Dr. Rachael James is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice who provides psychotherapy to adults and couples. She works with clients struggling with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship and attachment difficulties, and perinatal issues.

The experience of being a woman is complex and ever evolving. Dr. Mimi Chen is a Mount Sinai trained psychiatrist and psychotherapist specializing in women's mental health across the lifespan, alongside couples therapy, Asian and Asian American mental health, and the care of high-achieving students, professionals, and creatives. Grounded in psychodynamic psychotherapy, she provides thoughtful, individualized care by drawing from multiple therapeutic modalities and integrating psychotherapy with medication management when appropriate. She sees patients in English and Mandarin in her Manhattan office and via telehealth throughout New York.

Samantha Gambino, PsD, is a New York State Licensed Psychologist with a private practice in New York City. She has extensive experience working with adolescents, adults, and families on a wide range of mental health and general wellness topics.

I am a private psychotherapist interested in coping with issues around loss, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. I take an empathetic, strengths based, client-centered approach. I believe that by creating a supportive space for joint exploration, clients can gain insight in order to address their issues and challenges. I always strive to use a relational approach to help you find meaning in your life and relationships.

I also work for a hospital working with patients and families facing loss, illness, and anxiety/depression.

I am nearing the end of my PhD program at the Institute for Clinical Social Work, specializing in psychoanalytic work and studying issues related to grief and loss. I hope to use my direct clinical experience and academic work to best support you in your journey.

Joey Ackerman, LCSW-R, is a skilled psychotherapist specializing in Cognitive Behavioral and Psychodynamically Oriented Therapy. Her client-centered approach emphasizes collaborative, constructive goal-setting aimed at enhancing overall well-being. Joey provides a safe therapeutic space for young adults, professionals, and creatives, addressing issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma, attachment challenges, bereavement, relational difficulties, OCD, and various phobias. She holds a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and an MSW from NYU’s Silver School of Social Work, with post-master training in mindfulness, eating disorder treatment, DBT, CBT, OCD, and more.

Dr. Ellen Jacobs is a Manhattan-based psychotherapist, author and educator with more than two decades of experience. Dr. Jacobs specializes in working with adults, adolescents and children who are experiencing a range of emotional and social difficulties. Her primary goal is to help individuals and families improve the quality of their lives, increasing self- awareness and self-confidence, and helping her patients to develop and thrive.

I’m a licensed clinical social worker in New York and Massachusetts and I am certified in Perinatal Mental Health by Postpartum Support International. My specialties include neurodivergence, infertility, perinatal mental health, endometriosis, anxiety, relationship challenges, and LGBTQIA+ identities. I am EMDR trained and use an integrative, collaborative approach rooted in psychodynamic and relational therapy using an attachment based lens and mind-body techniques. My work is informed by both clinical expertise and lived experience. Together, we’ll explore how your experiences are impacting you and build on your strengths to help you move toward the life you envision.

Jeffrey Harper, LCSW, ACSW, is a Harvard-educated psychotherapist and the former Assistant Director of a university mental health clinic in Manhattan with over 35 years’ experience treating a broad range of life challenges – anxiety, depression, transition from adolescence to adulthood, transition to retirement, marital and family conflict, career challenges, sexual identity issues, divorce and remarriage, and others. He has also worked with clients of family law firms, treating, counseling and assessing persons engaged in divorce and child custody matters before Family Courts.

Elizabeth specializes in reproductive and perinatal mental health, from preconception to postpartum transitions into and through motherhood including fertility challenges, managing stress, relationships and identity shifts. I work dynamically to support women, couples and families looking to shape healthy relationships and boundaries.