Provider Directory

Dr. Heidi Esterman is a psychologist in private practice and a Supervising Psychologist at The Motherhood Center of New York.

Dr. Esterman has experience working with the perinatal population in both outpatient and inpatient settings. She has provided psychological services for a wide range of diagnoses and presentations in the context of the perinatal period, including trauma, personality disorders, and severe and persistent mental illness. She has expertise working with women recovering from postpartum psychosis, depression, anxiety, and perinatal loss.

Dr. Esterman also has specialized training in couples therapy through the William Alanson While Institute. Treatment is directed at helping couples navigate conflict, improve communication, and strengthen their relationship.

Peggy Loo, PhD is a NYC-based psychologist with a special interest in working with high achieving professionals struggling with fertility, anxiety, burnout, relationship stress, or transitioning to new motherhood. She is a certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C) and a graduate of Columbia University, where she researched BIPOC mental health and interracial relationship stress.

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing virtually in New York and New Jersey. My focus is on providing individual therapy to adults struggling with a cancer diagnosis or other chronic illnesses, caregiving, grief, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, work stress, and women's issues. Before becoming a Social Worker I had a career in finance, so I can also provide therapy and career counseling to individuals working in high-stress environments.

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.

Margaret Altemus is a psychiatrist with expertise in the impact of hormonal changes on women's mental health. She did her psychiatric residency at Yale University and research training at the National Institute of Mental Health.

Dr. Jago is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Greenwich Village. She works with emerging adult and adult populations, and specializes in the treatment of relationship issues, eating disorders, anxiety and compulsive behaviors.

My name is Hannah Wineburgh and I am a licensed clinical social worker. I specialize in anxiety, complex PTSD, chronic illness and relational distress. My practice is based in Brooklyn and I also offer remote sessions.

I employ an eclectic treatment approach tailored to a client's goals and individual needs. My style is collaborative and non-judgmental. From short-term crisis intervention to longer term self exploration and growth, I utilize a range of therapeutic interventions including but not limited to CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and EMDR to support the process of change and the enhancement of one's life satisfaction.
I have supervised multidisciplinary clinicians specialzing in the treatment of Substance Use and Mood Disorders, including Trauma informed therapies utilizing EMDR.
My practice hours are Monday - Friday with session times ranging from 9am-6pm depending on the weekday.

Peter Hill, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in in treating couples and families, especially during times of transition such as adolescence, young adulthood, mid-life and retirement.

Karen Perlman, LCSW is a seasoned clinician, with over 3 decades of experience, who works with individuals, couples, families and groups. Her early training from NYU Silverman School of Social Work, and Ackerman Institute for the Family informed her treatment as a family systems therapist. In more recent years, she has incorporated an evidenced based approach using CBT to treat depression and anxiety, as well as a relationship model that helps her clients disentangle from power struggles and learn skills for more effective communication. Professionally trained as an ADHD coach, she often uses coaching in combination with CBT for her clients with executive function challenges. With expertise as an integrative nutrition coach, she naturally employs a holistic approach to her understanding and treatment of a variety of emotional and health oriented issues. Currently, she is deepening her expertise in helping patients with OCD using Exposure Response Prevention (ERP). She is guided by her keen intuition and strong knowledge base in a variety of therapies, deep empathy and sense of humor, when helping her clients achieve their therapeutic goals and ultimate potential. As a therapist with a disability, she has a deep appreciation for life's challenges, pain, loss and suffering and has learned the art of "transforming obstacles into opportunities,"

Dr. Gordon has specialized training in trauma treatment, women's mental health and immigration. In her clinical work, she integrates relationship-focused, trauma-informed treatment with evidence-based techniques, including EMDR.

Originally from Israel, Dr. Gordon Dr. Gordon completed her B.A. in social work from Tel Hai College in Israel with a specialization in the treatment of trauma and post-trauma.
She received her M.A. from the Transdisciplinary Violence and Trauma Studies Program at New York University and completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at New York University’s Department of Applied Psychology.
Nirit Currently serves on the currently serve on the executive committee at the Integrative Trauma Treatment Program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies and teaches at New York University.

Alexis Sturnick, LCSW, is a skilled therapist specializing in working with clients facing anxiety, OCD, ADHD, food & body image issues, and life transitions. She practices from a psychodynamic lens and uses other evidence-based approaches to facilitate the necessary change a client is seeking. Alexis creates a warm, judgment-free space where adolescents and adults can explore their challenges and build resilience. With her client-centered approach, she empowers individuals to navigate life's complexities and work towards personal growth and healing.

I'm Liza Gold, and I treat adolescents and adults in their 20s and 30s (i.e. Generation Z and Millennials). My areas of expertise include trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, relationships and family conflict, dating, substance use, and addiction recovery.

Melanie Schwarz, M.D. is a private practice psychiatrist focused on reproductive psychiatry and the psychology and medical treatment of women. She has lengthy and diverse experience with patients in this arena dealing with reproductive depression, anxiety, and other issues. 
Additionally, Dr. Schwarz has a history of treating patients with chronic illness such as MS.