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Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW, MSW

Emma Haberman is a licensed master social worker in Brooklyn who works with adults, older adults and couples. She often supports sensitive, reflective people who feel stuck or disconnected, including overthinkers, people-pleasers and those facing grief, identity questions or an uncertain stage of life. She also helps with anxiety, relationship and couples concerns, OCD, and pregnancy and postpartum challenges. Her style is warm and collaborative, drawing on somatic, trauma-informed and psychodynamic practice along with AEDP, EMDR, Internal Family Systems and the Gottman Method. Sessions focus on slowing down, noticing the body's signals and building tools to feel steadier and more in line with personal values. She offers therapy in person in Brooklyn and online.

Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT, MPhil, CMFSW

Dr. Tarra Bates-Duford is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the Bronx with 26 years in practice and licenses in New York, Florida and Washington. She holds a PhD in forensic psychology along with master's training in marriage and family therapy and clinical psychology. Her work centers on trauma, including sexual abuse, physical violence and human trafficking, as well as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, grief and strained family and couple relationships. She serves teens, adults, older adults, couples and families. Her eclectic, cognitive behavioral approach is tailored to each client's needs and strengths, drawing on CPT, DBT, ACT, narrative and family systems work. She offers sessions in person in the Bronx and online.

Counselor, MS, LMHC

Michael McDonald is a licensed mental health counselor in White Plains with 17 years in practice. He works with preteens, teens and adults who feel stuck, lost or caught in worry about the past or future, and with those who see themselves harshly or fall into habits that work against them. His focus areas include trauma, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, OCD, bipolar disorder, borderline personality and family conflict. He blends evidence-based methods, including DBT, CBT, interpersonal therapy and humanistic and existential approaches, and he pays attention to the strengths each client already has as well as the problems at hand. He views reaching out for help as a strength. He sees clients in person in White Plains and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Mandie Pitrel is a licensed clinical social worker based in Sherman Oaks with 14 years in practice. Pitrel works with teens, adults, couples and families, especially during periods of change such as divorce, the loss of a loved one, becoming a parent or an empty nest, a career shift, starting college or the move from adolescence into adulthood. Areas of focus include anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships and couples work, grief, family concerns and substance use. The approach is eclectic and strength-based, drawing on CBT and psychodynamic therapy, with an emphasis on facing fears, holding hard emotions with compassion and letting go of shame. Sessions are offered online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Nicolette Zangari is a licensed psychologist in Long Beach who works with teens, adults, older adults and couples. Her focus areas include trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, sexuality and identity, and relationship concerns. Her research background is in gender and sexuality, and much of her clinical experience has been helping veterans recover from PTSD; she has also treated psychosis and personality disorders. Her integrative approach blends ACT, DBT, relational and psychodynamic methods, adapted to each client, with a strong emphasis on safety in the therapy relationship. She brings compassion and humor to the work. She offers a free 15-minute phone consultation and sees clients in person in Long Beach and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Kim Glenn is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Torrance with nine years in practice. She often works with high-achieving young adults and professionals, who look fine from the outside while struggling privately with anxiety, imposter feelings or burnout. She also supports people living with chronic illness that others cannot see, along with depression, trauma, OCD, grief and family concerns. Her approach is warm and cognitive, helping clients examine and reshape the thought patterns that keep them running in overdrive, and she also uses CBT for insomnia, narrative and solution-focused work. She offers a free consultation and sessions in person in Torrance and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Sydney Shillinglaw is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Chicago who focuses on anxiety, adjustment to life changes and relationship concerns, and also helps with depression, trauma, ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, self-esteem and family conflict. Shillinglaw studied psychology at the University of Nebraska, earned a counseling psychology master's at The Chicago School, and has seen adults, adolescents, couples and families in outpatient and community mental health settings. The approach is collaborative, blending Adlerian, psychodynamic, relational and cognitive behavioral therapy with DBT and mindfulness, and tying sessions closely to each person's real-life goals. Clients can expect a calm, warm presence. Sessions are offered in person in Chicago and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Maria Rago is a licensed psychologist in Naperville with 29 years in practice, much of it devoted to eating disorders. She has worked with individuals, couples and families affected by eating disorders across residential, inpatient and outpatient care, and she led ANAD, a national anorexia and eating disorders association, as president for 13 years. She also treats related concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, body image, self-esteem, grief, self-injury and addiction, and she sees children, teens, adults and older adults. Her style is deeply relational and steady. Methods include CBT, DBT, ACT, exposure and response prevention, EMDR and family therapy. She sees clients in person in Naperville and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SEP

Eli Zucker is a licensed clinical social worker in Chicago with eight years in practice, licensed in Illinois, Michigan and Washington. He works with adults and focuses especially on men and LGBTQ+ clients facing trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, stress and life transitions. He has extensive experience with survivors of physical and sexual trauma and with people who have caused harm. A certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, he believes healing needs more than talk, combining body-based trauma work with polyvagal theory, Internal Family Systems and psychodynamic therapy, and teaching mindfulness and somatic practices clients can use on their own. His background includes community organizing and teaching at the University of Washington. He sees clients online.