Provider Directory

Elena Mayville

Psychologist, Ph.D.

Dr. Mayville specializes in couple therapy and individual therapy focused on improving relationships and reducing anxiety. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and uses CBT, acceptance strategies, and empathy.

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).

Mari Grande

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, LCAT, Art Therapy, EMDR, SEP, Hypnotherpay

Mari is an Art and Trauma therapist in private practice in New York City where she sees individuals and groups online. She has a "bottom up" style to address simple and complex trauma, and has a specialty working with attachment wounds throughout the lifespan.

Sari Cooper

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, AASECT Sex Therapist, LCSW-R, Certified Supervisor, Media Expert, Writer

Sari Cooper is Founder and Director of The Center for Love and Sex in NYC, she’s a licensed individual & couples therapist and an AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist, sex coach, writer, Educator, supervisor and media expert. She and her team of therapists at CLS specialize in working on issues such as sexual disorders, sexual avoidance, discrepant desire, couples communication, affairs, separation, depression, anxiety, non-monogamy and alternative sexual interests.
Ms. Cooper is nationally recognized as a relationship and sexuality expert and has been a regular commentator on television shows like CBS This Morning, and Dr. Oz to discuss relationship issues. Sari is the host of Sex Esteem® with Sari Cooper on Youtube and offers private Sex Esteem groups to women and parents on the topic of sexuality. Her blog Sex Esteem can be found on her site, and she is a featured writer for HuffPost and PsychToday. Sari is continually called upon to discuss issues in modern relationships in the press including The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Greatest, Vice, Bustle, Cosmo, Men’s Health, Shape, Brides Magazine, Barron’s, New York Post, and Marie Claire. Her website is now www.centerforloveandsex.com.

Jacqueline Hermida

Mental Health Counselor, P.D., LMHC, C-IAYT

Jacqueline Hermida has decades of experience teaching and counseling individuals of all ages and abilities. Through a whole-person approach and the integration of various cultural teachings that subtly culminate into a unified paradigm, individuals are guided and empowered to heal, transform, and self-actualize.

Batya Novick

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Batya Novick, LCSW specializes in in fertility and couples therapy. Batya founded The Calla Collective to be a destination of expertise around reproductive and relational health, to provide a sense of understanding, support and guidance.

Genny Finkel

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

I work relationally and focus on your relationship with yourself and those around you. Additionally, I’ll help you explore relational trauma, relationship anxiety, fallout from infidelity, or relationship beliefs that are holding you back. We'll work together to develop strategies and tools for real change.

Eric Pierce

Licensed Creative Art Therapist, LCAT, MT-BC

I am a licensed psychotherapist focused on integrating mind, body, and emotion to help manage stress in life and relationships. My 10+ years experience includes specialty in DBT skills, creative arts therapy, and in-depth work with cognitive impairments. With each client I provide tools to help live a more meaningful life.

Jessica Passman

Psychologist, PsyD

I provide evidence-based therapies, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, to children, adolescents, young adults and parents. I specialize in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD, PTSD, and ADHD.

Shaneze Gayle Smith

Psychologist, Ph.D.

Licensed clinical psychologist with a decade of clinical experience working across a lifespan who provides integrative, trauma-informed and culturally responsive treatment. I have specialized training in helping individuals with chronic illnesses, trauma survivors and parents. Regarding my own journey to and through motherhood, I am passionate about supporting women struggling with perinatal & postpartum concerns and work-life balance.

Sabina Preter

Psychiatrist, MD

I am a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, practicing on the UES in Manhattan, offering individual assessments, second opinions, as well as ongoing treatment. The focus of my practice are children, adolescents, and young adults, in particular (but not exclusively) girls, and young women. Every consultation starts with a thorough evaluation process to define the nature of the issues, prior to making recommendations for treatment.
I evaluate and treat a wide range of conditions, examples are anxiety disorders, mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder), adjustment reactions, attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder, developmental disorders, and post-traumatic conditions. I recently published a co-authored treatment manual for anxiety disorders in youth: "Child and Adolescent Anxiety Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, A Treatment Manual"(https://global.oup.com/academic/product/child-and-adolescent-anxiety-psychodynamic-psychotherapy-9780190877712?q=Preter&lang=en&cc=us).

I was trained in the European medical tradition in France and Germany and a particular interest of mine is working with international families. I provide services in English, French, and German.

I am Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Besides the clinical work in my private practice, I serve as Director of Child Clinical Services at the Treatment Center of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, where I also supervise psychotherapy students.

I have been nominated Castle Connolly "Top Doctor" in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry since 2015 for four consecutive years.

Ilena Osma

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a Psychotherapist licensed in New York State & Florida. I offer tele-health (video sessions) for residents in both states and I accept insurance.

Erin Curran

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in both New York State and Connecticut. I earned my Masters degree at The Silver School of Social Work at New York University.

Prior to joining Perennial Wellness, I was a clinical social worker at the Rebecca School, an independent therapeutic day school in New York City. In this role, I utilized evidence-based treatments in my work with children and adolescents who had difficulties communicating and relating. In addition, I provided clinical intervention and coaching for mothers confronting the multifaceted demands of raising a child with special needs.

In my clinical practice, I am passionate about working with parents around a broad continua of parenting-related concerns. I have specialized training in supporting parents who have a child with a developmental disability or who is on the autism spectrum.

I also have a special interest in women’s mental health. I have a particular interest in working with women in their 20’s and 30’s who are navigating shifts in identity, life transitions, and career and relationship concerns. I also specialize in treating the anxiety and mood disorders that emerge for women in these contexts.

I am also passionate about working with women in the peripartum period. I have advanced training in the treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders through the Seleni Institute in New York City. I also serve in the capacity of Mental Health Specialist for Expectful in their Mother’s Circle program. In this role, I co-facilitate support groups for new mothers wherein I cover topics pertinent to postpartum adjustment and mental health.

Suzi Tortora

Licensed Creative Art Therapist, Ed.D., BC-DMT, LCAT, LMHC

I am a NYS Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT). Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), and Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (BC-DMT), author and lecturer. In 2003, I created and continue to be the senior dance/movement therapist for pediatric patients at Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY. In private practice for almost 40 years, I developed and am director of Dancing Dialogue LCAT LMHC PLLC [www.dancingdialogue.com] a private creative arts psychotherapy practice with offices in Cold Spring, NY and NYC, specializing in the role of nonverbal communication and the body-mind-emotion connection. Collectively, our art, dance, and couples/family therapists focus on themes related to all aspects of the parent-infant attachment relationship from conception to postpartum; early parent-infant attachment; parenting in the digital age; sensory processing difficulties; ADHD; autism; child/teen and family dynamics; trauma; pediatric medical illness; adult chronic pain; grief and loss.