Provider Directory

Elsa Pelier is a board-certified licensed art therapist, a psychotherapist, guest lecturer, educator, and published author and expert in chronic illness, bereavement and loss, and trauma treatment. Ms. Pelier maintains a private practice on the Upper east Side of Manhattan, working with children, adolescents, and adults.

I am a psychologist and psychotherapist with over thirty years experience as a clinician, supervisor, writer and presenter. Three elements that distinguish my work are the emphasis on Experiential Process (which has been shown to be an essential factor in the psychological change process) and the appreciation of Relational experience (the client's significant relationships, as well as our relationship, of client and therapist.)
My initial training in dance therapy has taught me that nonverbal behavior can be a path inviting us to a deeper exploration in sessions.

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults. My integrative approach draws from IFS, psychodynamic, CBT, and relational therapies to help clients deepen self-understanding, build resilience, and create meaningful change.

I am expert at working with and through extreme emotional states: panic, rage and grief. A good therapy can put some ballast in your boat so that when storms come, you can still navigate.

Dr. Gordon specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the treatment of anxiety, ADHD and OCD in all ages. She also provides parenting guidance as well as therapy for anxious children, addressing mental health needs throughout the life-span. Treatment is provided with warmth and humor, while still being short-term and goal-directed.

I have an integrated approach that uses psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma-informed practice, and incorporates parts of CBT and mindfulness. I have over 20 years of experience working with adults, adolescents and children. In addition, I specialize in working with parents with children who have learning differences and people going through life transitions. I am licensed in NY, CT and FL.

Kait Towner, LMHC, PMH-C is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Perinatal Mental Health provider serving women throughout New York. She specializes in pregnancy, postpartum, birth trauma, pregnancy loss, infertility, mom rage, anxiety, and the emotional challenges of modern motherhood. Kait provides compassionate, trauma-informed therapy to help women better understand themselves, regulate their nervous systems, and navigate motherhood with greater confidence, self-compassion, and support.

Interactive and collaborative, psychodynamically-informed, empirically-based psychologist specializing in college/graduate populations and adult life transitions.

Dr. Heidi Cox is a licensed clinical psychologist and Director of The Centered Space Psychology Group. Her private practice treats perinatal mental health, anxiety, and relationship issues from a holistic, integrative lens. She supports patients through life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, and creative blocks. Heidi sees adults aged 18+, from emerging adulthood and college students up to older adults. Heidi's specialization in women's issues includes pelvic and birth trauma, perimenopause and menopause related issues, perinatal mood and anxiety, pelvic pain/trauma, and parenthood.

My Private Practice is located in near Gramercy Park NYC, and travel to clients location when needed (home visits or traveling ).
At Multicultural CBT-DBT/ The Flying Psychotherapist. I offer individual (adolescent and adult), couples, family psychotherapy and groups as well as assessment services to help individuals heal emotionally and regain normal functioning. In addition, I offer services to foster an individual’s personal growth in order to reach their full potential, emotionally, and in the family and business life.

My diverse background has allowed me to help individuals around the world to reach their personal goals and guide them, step-by-step, to achieve higher levels of success.

I am a psychotherapist specialized in helping those struggling with daily stressors, depression/anxiety, relationship difficulties, perfectionism, procrastination, chronic pain, and problems associated with certain life stages (e.g. career, college), eating issues, substance abuse, as well as suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors. I have particular expertise in working with individuals from a multicultural perspective, including but not limited to, LGBT populations and providing psychotherapy in Spanish.

I was one of the founding clinicians of the first Spanish-Speaking DBT Programs in the United States at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and I am currently the Coordinator of the International Spanish DBT Programs worldwide. I also have expertise in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for a wide range of difficulties, received training from Dr. Edna Foa, the world’s foremost expert in Prolonged Exposure (PE), an evidenced based treatment model for the treatment of anxiety disorders, and have been further trained in Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) for chronic depression, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a problem-focused and empirically supported treatment for depression, anxiety disorders, relationship conflicts, and addictions. I have intensive training in interventions reflecting up-to-date research advances incorporating CBT with mindfulness and emotion regulation strategies including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy DBT, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy ACT and Prolonged Exposure PE.

Currently I consult with agencies around the world on DBT Spanish Programs and have given international talks to multidisciplinary mental health professionals in countries as diverse as Turkey, Argentina, Spain and Peru. I am currently a Diplomat of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

Karen Robbins i s Licensed psychotherapist with a private practice on Madison Avenue near Grand Central station. She works with individuals and couples.

I provide compassionate, evidence-based therapy for individuals and couples. I specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy and other empirically supported treatments for adults with anxiety, OCD, trauma-related disorders, and relationship challenges.

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.

Shannique Richards, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in New York State and New Jersey and an Assistant Professor in Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at the at Columbia University Medical Center.