Provider Directory

Dr. Idil Franko is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adolescents, young adults, adults, and families. She is also an adjunct clinical supervisor at the Psychological Center at CUNY. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress, emotion regulation difficulties, and teen/family challenges. She draws on extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Behavioral Parent Training. Dr. Franko currently works at Columbia’s Medical Center and will be starting her private practice in November. She has availability to take on new patients.

I am an LCSW-R with an MS from Columbia University with over 25 years of clinical experience. I have the skills, desire, compassion and expertise to help you view your issues in a new way, and support you in cultivating an active attitude to create positive change. I will actively engage with you through my integrative approach in a supportive and non-judgmental manner, and work collaboratively.

Dr. Judith Brisman was the Founding Director of the Eating Disorder Resource Center for over 35 years. She is co-author of Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends, is an associate editor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and is on the editorial board of the journal Eating Disorders. She is a member of the teaching faculty of the William Alanson White Institute and she maintains a private practice in New York City.
Dr. Brisman is known internationally as among the first in her field to develop a treatment program for bulimic patients. She has published and lectured extensively regarding the interpersonal treatment of eating disorders.

Lisa Ellis is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist-Supervisor and Licensed Clinical Social Worker with private practices in Manhattan and White Plains, NY. Her areas of expertise include eating disorders and emotion-triggered eating in children, adolescents, adults and families.

I’m a licensed psychotherapist, sociocultural anthropologist, and community organizer. I specialize in the treatment of depression, anxiety, C-PTSD, PTSD, dissociation, couples and relationships, queer invisibility, parent/child adult relationships, climate anxiety, and managing neurodiversity. I love working with activists and organizers, artists, healers/therapists, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Angie is a Licensed Creative Art Therapist and Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist practicing Dance/Movement Therapy for 15 years in the New York City/ Long Island, NY area. Specializing in grief/loss, depression, and anxiety in children/adolescents/young adults.

EMDR / SE Psychologist

I am a New York State licensed clinical psychologist who offers individual psychotherapy to adults, ages 18 years and older. I work with people who are experiencing issues of adjustment, anxiety, and/or depression, particularly due to stressful life circumstances and transitions, or challenging relationships.

I help individuals and couples make meaning from their experience and understand what they need.

Jamie Yasgur is a psychoanalyst and dance/movement therapist in private practice working individually with adults and adolescents and providing embodied group therapy in New York City.

I am an LCSW in private practice providing psychodynamic therapy to adults, adolescents, and families. I specialize in areas of self and identity, LGBTQ identities, parenting, infertility, relationships, trauma, grief and loss, depression, and anxiety.

I am a NY State licensed psychotherapist with a MSW from Columbia University. Since 2003, I have been helping individuals and families understand and manage anxiety, depression & other mood disorders, stress, relationship difficulties, life transitions, sexual & gender identity, chronic illness, grief & loss. Through a holistic, psychodynamic approach, I combine principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness and stress management. I help my clients feel contained, supported and challenged to enhance awareness and coping skills, reach goals and fulfill their potential.

I specialize in using CBT to assist clients who are having problems with depression and different types of anxiety such as generalized anxiety, OCD, panic disorder as well as other problems getting in the way of feeling happy such as building confidence, adjustment into life after college or moving to New York, weight loss and general stress management.

I work with adults to relieve suffering, to develop resilience, and to enhance their ability to experience high-level well-being. Specialty areas include anxiety; stress; obsessive-compulsive challenges; creativity blocks; life transitions; self-management for chronic diseases; and adjunctive-to-medical approaches to cancer, during and after treatment. I use an integrative approach tailored to the needs, abilities, and interests of each patient or couple.