Lea Schupak (she/her)

Lea Schupak, LMHC, PMH-C is a licensed child & adult psychotherapist available for sessions both via telehealth and in-person in her office in the NoMad area, Manhattan.

While Lea sees patients for a wide range of issues including depression and anxiety, her practice has a particular focus on women's mental health in the prenatal / postpartum period, grief and loss, as well as relationship / couples issues and family dynamics. Lea also works with many new fathers adjusting to parenthood, and is certified by Postpartum Support International as a Perinatal Mental Health practitioner.

Having lived in four different countries, Lea is also familiar with the unique challenges faced by international / bicultural individuals and expat families adjusting to life in New York. She is bilingual and can conduct sessions in French for the francophone community in New York.

Training & Education

- Dual Masters degree in Counseling Psychology (EdM, MA) from Columbia University;

- Advanced Graduate Certificate in Sexuality, Women, and Gender from Teachers College, Columbia University (the first New York State approved certificate program of its kind);

- Training in Complicated Grief (also known as Prolonged Grief) Therapy from Columbia University School of Social Work;

- Certificate in Perinatal Grief & Loss, Perinatal Anxiety & Mood Disorders from Seleni Institute in New York;

- Certification in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) through Postpartum Support International;

- Candidate at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York [in progress].

Areas of Experience specific to children & adolescents:

- anxiety

- depression

- ADHD management through behavioral strategies

- social skills building

- low self-esteem

- adjustment issues following an important life event

- grief and losss

- emotional and behavioral regulation (dealing with big feelings, experiencing sensory overwhelm, etc)

- gender exploration

- social media preoccupation

- body image issues (please note I do not work with eating disorders. If upon further assessment, it becomes apparent that the child / teen's predominant problem is an eating disorder, I will refer out to a different therapist with greater expertise in handling these areas.)