Our Team

She is a certified EMDR practitioner. Her focus is on the client, their issues and concerns as they're gently guided toward recovery and healing. She works with clients on their most immediate issues of concern at the beginning of the therapeutic process, and then focuses on identifying client's long term goals to help them achieve their goals, and pursue their dreams. She believes that being able to reach one's goals is one of the fundamental ingredients of success, and can help clients identify, and move toward their goals (whether it may be to decrease their suffering, depression, anxiety, improve relationships, pursue vocational goals, or other goals). Olga is a fluent bi-lingual Russian speaker.

Depression, anxiety, loneliness, feeling stuck and unable to move forward in life can be relieved with solution-focused therapy. Understanding how, among other things, your childhood experiences may produce self-defeating behaviors and low self-esteem can help you make the positive changes that you want in your life. You may also have more specific issues such as: gender identity, OCD and relationship issues, etc. Together with the client she explores any obstacles that might be holding them back from the happiness and love that they deserve. Valerie enjoys working with adults and couples.

Having experience working with age groups ranging from adolescents to adults, she can support individuals struggling with various transitions surrounding identity, relationships, and career. She works with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and bereavement. In utilizing evidence based practices that address many issues, she works with the client to create an in-depth comprehensive treatment. Michelle is a certified provider in EMDR and maternal mental health.

Shelly works with adolescents and adults struggling with a variety of concerns, including relationship issues, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, trauma, and intimate partner violence. She uses cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and client-centered therapy, incorporating a variety of techniques to meet your needs.

Vito's scope of competence includes adult patients with severe and persistent mental illness, adults and adolescents with Autsim or developmental delays, adolescents who suffer severe difficulties ranging from behavioral (Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder), emotional (Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder), psychiatric (Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and Schizophrenia) and academic (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder).

Vito is also well versed in a number of treatment modalities including Psychodynamic, where the goal is to help the patient bridge the connection between the conscious and unconscious minds, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on managing contradicting thoughts and feelings in an effort to promote positive action, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, where the patient receives psychoeducation about trauma, the opportunity to develop individually devised anxiety management tools and compose a trauma narrative in a well-paced and sensitve manner, and Collaborative Problem Solving approach, where the parent and child solve a situation together, emphaizing the child’s lagging skills and the parents’ expectation. Each of these modalities has shown success with many of my past patients and will continue to be effective for future patients.

He provides a safe and nurturing environment, building strong rapport, to allow clients to both express themselves freely as well as develop and practice life, organizational, and coping skills. He engages in an eclectic approach synthesizing techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic approaches, family systems theory, and mindfulness and more.

Teresa has worked with individuals for 8 years in multiple capacities providing the space for clients to develop a trusting relationship with themselves. Teresa utilizes an integrative therapeutic approach using psychodynamic techniques, CBT, and play therapy, among others. She is very empathetic and will listen to your perspective without judgment and with an empathic ear, providing the guidance to improve your self-esteem, and your relationship with yourself and others.

Akua uses an eclectic approach; synthesizing and customizing various evidenced based treatment modalities, approaches, and techniques for each individual client to become the best version of themselves. She holds valuable experience working with clients undergoing life transitions, identity or self-esteem issues, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, anger and more. She works with all age ranges from 5-99 years old and specializes in clients from communities of marginalized identities (ie LGBTQIA+ community, people of immigrant or transient experience, geriatric/elders, and others).

Kency’s clinical vision is to ensure an atmosphere of safety and compassion for clients and their families to experience their vulnerabilities while sharing their stories. To meet an individual’s unique presenting needs, Kency implements an eclectic therapeutic approach including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Person-Centered, Gestalt, Motivational Interviewing, Emotionally Focused and Trauma Focused interventions.

She's culturally sensitive and speaks fluent Russian, Kyrgyz and Uzbek. Her personality is warm and she is diligent in helping people improve their lives. She is sensitive to acculturation issues and provides psychological support to recent immigrants.

Her method to helping you is based on her experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in mental health facilities, clinics, schools, and private practice settings. Victoria’s challenging and direct, yet empathetic and considerate approach will allow you to reach your highest potential. Victoria’s therapeutic style is collaborative, flexible, and integrative. As your therapist, she will adapt her approach to meet your needs. She uses the training she received in cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic psychotherapy, EMDR and client-centered therapy to help you achieve your goals.

He comes from a psychodynamic approach to therapy and believes that the way to understand a person’s problem starts with a better understanding of his/her past experiences. He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, and incorporates relaxation skills and guided imagery techniques in his sessions. Yaron sees great importance in the words a person uses in session, and builds most of his work around revealing the unconscious content and how it is relevant to the person’s everyday life. Yaron has extensive experience working with individuals from the LGBT community. He also works with individuals, both teenagers and adults, who deal with depression, anxiety, HIV, trauma, relationship issues, addiction and immigration. As an immigrant he understands the complexity of moving to another place and dealing with the cultural differences that sometimes can be very traumatic. Yaron is fluent in English and Hebrew.

He is active in the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), serving on the Board of Directors. Doug is a Certified Substance Abuse Therapist and trainer for the Association of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Doug has worked with children, adolescents, families and groups in a number of therapeutic settings. Doug's focus is always first and foremost on the strengths based perspective, with the belief that all persons have the capacity to change and improve their lives. Doug utilizes an eclectic approach to therapy including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused therapy and Motivational Interviewing, as well as always encouraging mindfulness. Doug believes that the most important part of his job as a therapist is to be present with the client at all times and to constantly strive to grow his empathic skills, in an effort to help as many people as possible. Doug strongly believes it is important for each client to leave his or her therapy sessions with a sense of validation and hope.

Karen utilizes various treatment modalities and styles best suited for each individual client which includes: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-focused Therapy, Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing to name a few. She has also found utilizing creative arts strategies such as Art and Music therapies to be extremely helpful when working with children and adolescents. Karen has helped clients work through challenges pertaining to relationships, depression, anxiety, self-esteem/self-worth, grief/loss, domestic violence, trauma, and addiction. It is Karen's belief that through the therapeutic relationship, clients can develop self-awareness and coping strategies to improve their overall wellness.

Danielle has experience working with children, teens, adults and families and has extensive experience working with people with a history of trauma. She uses a variety of modalities, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, play therapy, and art therapy to help clients attain their goals and become the best versions of themselves.

She holds extensive experience working within the LGBTQ population, adolescents and young adults. Megan works with individuals and couples on relationship problems, life transitions, identity, self-esteem/self-worth, anxiety and depression.

Steven's treatment modalities include cognitive-behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, and mindfulness to help clients develop insight so that they can feel empowered to solve problems. He has experience working with adolescents, adults, and couples in diverse settings. Steven helps those who are dealing with behavioral health issues, relationship issues, and difficult life-transitions to develop positive coping strategies. He believes that the journey to mental wellness begins by establishing a healthy therapeutic relationship in an environment that is safe and non-judgmental.

Katherine works with multiple modalities, including cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, play therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. However, she is always open to input from clients on where they want to see their therapy go.