Provider Directory

Christine Grounds

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R

I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist who has been seeing patients since 2002. I specialize in working with mothers, especially mothers or children with special needs.

Jennifer Leopold

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, IBCLC , PMH-C

I’m a licensed therapist in NY and NJ. My office is in River Edge, NJ. I offer virtual and or in person sessions. I specialize in life transitions, pregnancy, postpartum, breastfeeding, raising children, going to college/grad school, finding a partner, marital issues. I also work with individuals who are trauma survivors of childhood neglect & abuse and adult survivors of sexual assault. My website is www.talk2me-therapy.com

Esra Atamer

Psychoanalyst, Ph.D.

Esra Atamer is a licensed psychoanalyst in New York City, specializing in anxiety, depression, intimacy and relationship issues, and life transitions. She has extensive experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds, identities, and cultures.

Sophie Talmadge Silleck

Master Social Worker, LMSW, LSW

Sophie is an individual and couples therapist with a background in relationship and sex therapy, as well as extensive experience working in addiction recovery. She believes therapy is a place for exploration free from judgment, shame, and stigma as well as a space to foster open and honest conversations. Sophie believes in the importance of holding space for clients to identify their strengths and seek personal empowerment.

Eugenia Cherkasskaya

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Eugenia Cherkasskaya is a clinical psychologist who provides individual, couples, and family psychotherapy to children, adolescents and adults. She has expertise in the realm of trauma and sexuality and how these intersect in shaping one's sense of self and relationships as well as in the treatment of personality disorders and Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP). She has conducted research and written on women's experiences of sexual desire, their bodies, and their parental relationships.

Marlee Madora

Psychiatrist

Marlee Madora, MD is a Women's Mental Health Psychiatrist who practices in-person in NYC, and also offers her services virtually in NY, MA, and NH. She identifies as an integrative, comprehensive psychiatrist who offers both medication management and psychotherapy for women during reproductive changes and life transitions.

Carly Snyder

Psychiatrist, MD

My name is Carly Snyder, MD and I am a reproductive and perinatal psychiatrist, meaning I work with women struggling with emotional symptoms throughout their reproductive years. My approach combines traditional psychiatric and integrative medicine-based treatments to optimize the body and mind.

Paul Sullivan

Mental Health Counselor

I’m a licensed psychotherapist who loves helping individuals, couples and families thrive! Finding my own profound transformation through psychotherapy. I offer clients transformation through my own unique combination of approaches and a fundamentally supportive relationship you can rely on to help you realize and live your potential.

Julie Siegel

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R

I am a licensed clinical social worker currently practicing in New York City. As a therapist, I create a warm and comfortable environment in order to facilitate openness. I believe in the importance of using therapy to explore both present experiences and past influences in order to create lasting change. I aim to help my clients cultivate their authentic self through increased compassion, self-acceptance, and flexibility as we work collaboratively to build richer and more satisfying lives.

Valeriya Shipulya

Mental Health Counselor, MA, MHC-LP

I am a provisionally licensed therapist with a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from New York University. I work primarily with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions. I take a collaborative, client-centered approach, drawing from CBT, DBT, ACT, mindfulness, and supportive therapy to help clients build coping skills and increase self-awareness. My practice emphasizes empathy, cultural sensitivity, and creating a safe, non-judgmental space for growth.

Kate Nichols

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a therapist licensed in NY & NJ in private practice seeing clients virtually. My specialty is working with women and queer folks in their 20's-30's who may appear successful or high functioning externally, but are struggling inside. Commonly I see depression, anxiety and ADHD or other neurodivergences that manifests in these clients in the form of harsh self talk or self doubt, despite the things they've achieved. Many of the clients I see have experienced traumas and benefit from a relational approach and my use of EMDR.

Heidi Esterman

Psychologist, PsyD

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.

Carrie Cohen, LCSW

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

I am a trauma informed, sex positive clinician with advanced training in CBT, DBT, play therapy, & maternal mental health. I am passionate about helping new moms adjusting to the demands, challenges, fear, and joy that accompanies parenthood and I am experienced in treating PMADs.

Karen Gelder

Psychologist, Ph.D., Ed.M., M.A.

I am a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of disordered eating and body image concerns, as well as issues related to women's health, pregnancy, miscarriage, and adjustment to significant life transitions such as parenthood, work-family balance, college, career change, and loss. I believe a trusting and collaborative therapeutic relationship is essential in the facilitation of healing, and the process of growth and change. I employ an integrative method, drawing from various theoretical understandings and treatment modalities, to develop an effective approach to address distinct needs.
Additionally, I believe the consideration of multicultural and social factors to be central to the understanding of individual concerns. My style is warm and engaged, aimed at both reducing symptoms and increasing insight into interpersonal patterns, and past influences on current functioning.
As a native Spanish speaker, I also bring extensive experience working bilingually in hospital, college, and private practice settings. In addition to individual psychotherapy, I offer consultation to parents and families on various topics related to child and adolescent development, preparing for the transition to college, and eating and body image concerns.