Provider Directory

Leyla Fonseca

Mental Health Counselor

My name is Leyla Fonseca, and I’m a licensed therapist based in New York. I have over six years of experience working in special education schools across the city, during which I've gained valuable knowledge and insights. I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and young adults who are navigating challenges related to anxiety, depression, and autism spectrum disorder.

Lea Cheen

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Lea Cheen is a licensed clinical social worker with experience helping children, adolescents, and adults work through anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, life transitions, and identity and interpersonal challenges. She believes that when people are provided with a safe and nonjudgmental space to explore, reflect, and process, incredible growth and healing can take place.

Ash Martin

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Ash Martin, LCSW is a graduate of Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work. She graduated from the National Institute for the Psychotherapies three-year Trauma Treatment Program where she was also certified in EMDR.

Hana Ahary

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a bilingual/bicultural therapist working with individuals, couples and families. I have over twenty years experience serving marginalized families. I am a graduate of the Ackerman Institute’s Clinical Externship Program. My work is based on a family-centered treatment model, within which I create unique therapeutic practices and interventions that support and meet the specific needs of my clients. I provide a safe therapeutic space that fosters compassion and dignity.

I have experience working with individuals, couples, and families impacted by complex trauma, family sexual abuse, grief and loss, adoption, foster care, and special needs. I am also experienced in interracial/intercultural situations and issues of gender identity.

I bring heart and caring to my practice. I have seen change and healing regardless of how stuck or trapped a person may feel as a result of the challenges/traumas of their life journey. I am committed to supporting each person in creating their own path towards greater insight, deeper understanding, and importantly self-empathy.

Tracy K. Ross

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Tracy Ross is a couples and family therapist with over 25 years experience.
Tracy's specialties include discernment counseling, pre-marital therapy, parenting issues, collaborative divorce, and sex therapy, including running Optimal Sexual Experience groups for couples. She has advanced training in EFT, Gottman method, and Relational Sex Therapy. Tracy works with couples to help them "redesign their relationships" going from volatility to versatility, distance to connection, and avoidance to intimacy. She is a certified Discernment Counselor, in this capacity she helps couples on the brink gain clarity about the future of their relationship. Tracy is also a faculty member of the Ackerman Institute's Resilient Families: Special Needs Kids project.

Shira Spiel

Psychologist, Ph.D.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist on the Upper West Side of NYC. I work with adults, teenagers/adolescents, and children. My specialties include anxiety, trauma, depression, life transitions, relationship issues, and work/school stress. My approach blends Relational Psychodynamic therapy, Attachment theory, CBT and DBT techniques, Mindfulness, and Play Therapy (for children).

Shoshanna Rome

Mental Health Counselor

Shoshanna (she/her) Rome, LMHC, PMH-C offers compassionate, attuned psychotherapy specializing in anxiety, depression, and trauma, with a focus on supporting mothers, new parents, and birthing people.

Jennifer Leopold

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, IBCLC , PMH-C

I’m a licensed therapist in NY and NJ. My office is in River Edge, NJ. I offer virtual and or in person sessions. I specialize in life transitions, pregnancy, postpartum, breastfeeding, raising children, going to college/grad school, finding a partner, marital issues. I also work with individuals who are trauma survivors of childhood neglect & abuse and adult survivors of sexual assault. My website is www.talk2me-therapy.com

Alexandra Electris

Psychologist

Dr. Alexia Electris is a licensed clinical psychologist, creative arts therapist, and co-founder of Thalassa Psychological Services. She specializes in women’s mental health across the lifespan, including infertility, pregnancy loss, postpartum adjustment, parenting, relationship concerns, and major life transitions. She also works with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Maggie Addiego

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC

Maggie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor based in NYC who provides telehealth sessions to clients throughout NYS. She works with the adult population and uses an integrative approach mainly focused in CBT and DBT.

Vanessa Hartmann

Psychologist, Ph.D

I work with adults, students, artists, professionals, pregnant and parenting people, and people with chronic illnesses from a relational psychodynamic, trauma-informed perspective, integrating mindfulness and EMDR where appropriate.

Natalie Schreter

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

As a licensed clinical social worker and private psychotherapist, I am interested in supporting individuals, couples, and families coping with such issues as anxiety, depression, infertility, relationship challenges, and life transitions. I have extensive experience working with those facing chronic illness, end-of-life- challenges, and bereavement and have completed advanced clinical training in family therapy at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. I take a client-centered, relational approach and strive to create a safe, warm, and supportive space for joint exploration, in which clients can feel comfortable exploring and addressing their thoughts and challenges.

Nancy Freeman-Carroll

Psychologist, Psy.D., ABPP

Nancy Freeman-Carroll is a clinical psychologist-psychoanalyst in private practice in Manhattan. Areas of interest include: Lifespan development for women, transition to motherhood, response to infertility, disclosure of assisted conception, early infant development; general clinical concerns of depression, anxiety, trauma, struggles with self definition, choices in work and relationships. A supervising analyst at the WAWI, Dr. Freeman-Carroll is available for supervision with candidates, graduate students and mental health professionals. Consultations are also available for potential recipient parents of assisted conception, known and anonymous donors, and surrogates. Support for parental anxiety regarding school admissions--from nursery programs to college--is also an area of expertise.

Sarah Lewin

, LCSW

Hi! I'm a psychotherapist specializing in maternal mental health and disordered eating. Prior to my work as a therapist, I supported families as a labor doula in NYC. I write about weight stigma and maternal health as well as facilitate workshops on weight inclusive care.