Provider Directory

Marie Mercado

Psychologist, Psy.D., M.S.

Hello! I am licensed Clinical Psychologist and owner of Brooklyn Integrative Psychological Services, PLLC, and Mind Brain Body Collective, LLC. My specialties include working with people dealing with serious mental illness, psychosis and personality disorders, neurodivergence/AuDHD, sexual orientation and gender identity, infertility and perinatal life phases, couples/partners, and particularly folx who are stressed-out working professionals who are contending with the above. I am an outgoing therapist who strives to understand your unique mind :)

Joshua Tal

Psychologist, PhD

I'm a psychologist who is caring and direct. I specialize in postpartum and menopause related mental health challenges, including insomnia and life stress. I studied and practice at the Stanford University Medical School Women's Wellness Center to inform my practice with specialized understanding of women's neurological and social effects on mental illness.

david pezenik

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

"for over 30 years, david has treated creative and gifted people from around the world, engaging in deep, rich cognitive and analytic work with movers and thinkers from over sixty countries. His expertise converges on issues of anxiety, performance anxiety, depression, relationships, creative blocks and identity-building. Intertwining analytical and cognitive styles while firmly rooting in developmental models, he brings a positive warmth and distinctive strength towards his work with a diverse group of backgrounds, hearts and minds."

Nancy Miller

Psychologist, Psy.D.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist, specialize in treating adults with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and frequently treat a wide variety of anxiety conditions. I am an empathic, interactive psychologists and work with clients to engage in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Inference-Based CBT (ICBT), and mindfulness and self-compassion. I've treated OCD since 2003 and have worked successfully with many clients who have a variety of obsessional content. I enjoy collaborating with treatment providers to support my clients. My practice is fully virtual.

Alison Willenbacher

Psychologist, PhD

I am a clinical psychologist in private practice in New York City. I work with adults, couples, and young adults treating mood and anxiety disorders, interpersonal difficulties, and life transitions. I have a specialized interest in working with clients experiencing fertility challenges, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and pregnancy loss. I draw from psychodynamic, attachment, and cognitive behavioral frameworks in my work and strive for a warm, supportive collaboration with my clients.

Brittany Pinto

Master Social Worker, LMSW

My specialty is providing support to young women who experience difficulties with life transitions, relationships, self-esteem, and women's health issues.

I utilize a relational and holistic approach to therapy, with the aim of assisting clients in gaining a deeper understanding of themselves. My clinical training encompasses a range of modalities, such as psychodynamic, CBT, and relational work, enabling me to effectively integrate my theoretical knowledge.

As a clinician, I strive to embody compassion and understanding, while also being unafraid to challenge my clients when needed.

Katie Morel

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Katie Morel is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in NYC. She specializes in maternal mental health, particularly perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, reproductive issues, and perinatal loss. She also specializes in working with children, adolescents, and young adults with anxiety, trauma, attachment/relationship challenges, and depression. Dr. Morel uses an integrative approach, conceptualizing psychodynamically and integrating techniques from DBT and CBT. She graduated from Stanford University and received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University, Brooklyn.

Kaya Mendelsohn

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, LPC

I am an LMHC in New York, passionate about helping clients build resiliency and become confident in their ability to do hard things. My specialized training is in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy for OCD, as well as in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) treatments for panic disorder, phobias, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, trauma, and habit reversal. With these evidence-based treatments as our outline, I work with my clients in collaboration to find the approach, pace, and tools that fit into their unique lives. 

Lisa D Ellis

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MS, RDN, CDN, LCSW, CEDS-C

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.

Jeffrey Harper

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Jeffrey Harper, LCSW, ACSW, is a Harvard-educated psychotherapist and the former Assistant Director of a university mental health clinic in Manhattan with over 35 years’ experience treating a broad range of life challenges – anxiety, depression, transition from adolescence to adulthood, transition to retirement, marital and family conflict, career challenges, sexual identity issues, divorce and remarriage, and others. He has also worked with clients of family law firms, treating, counseling and assessing persons engaged in divorce and child custody matters before Family Courts.

Brannan Piper

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Hello. I am a LCSW who has been practicing for 30 years and prides herself on maintaining a safe, non judgmental environment in which people are free to share their struggles. I specialize in numerous areas but at this time I am focusing on Bipolar disorder. I work closely with a gifted psychiatrist to support my work. I studied for 5 years at PPSC where I was groomed psychoanalytically.

Salina Grilli

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Salina Grilli, LCSW, is a Columbia-trained therapist specializing in high-achieving, anxious millennials who appear to have it all together but struggle to hold it together.

Over the past decade, Salina has devoted her clinical pursuits to helping clients in all stages of eating disorder recovery, focusing on trauma healing and integrative therapy.

She believes in an integrative mind-body approach and has extensive training in therapeutic techniques, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Mindfulness, and relational therapy.

KRISTY HAUKE

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

HI. I'm excited to be here. This is my second career. I went back to school to get my MSW in 2013, and graduated in 2015. I have spent my LCSW / Therapist career focusing on trauma, working within the prison population and with first responders.

Sophia A. Brenner

Psychologist, Psy.D

Dr. Sophia Brenner is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adults, adolescents, and children. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, and perinatal mood disorders. She has advanced training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. She is in private practice at IMPACT Psychological Services in Westchester, NY, where she currently serves as the Director of the Integrated Adolescent DBT Program.