About Us

What We Do and Who We Do It For.

People ask "How will therapy help me?" in many different ways. Sometimes it's cautious: "I'm not sure therapy is even for me." Sometimes it's exhausted: "I've tried things before and nothing stuck." And sometimes it's just honest: "I don't really know what I need — I just know something isn't working."

All of those are good starting points. Here's a straightforward answer to the question.

Who We Work With

We work with children, teens, and adults — individuals, couples, and families — across our offices in Ridgewood, NJ and Downtown Brooklyn, NY, as well as online.

Our clients are not defined by a diagnosis. They are people navigating a difficult chapter: a child who shuts down at school but can't explain why; a teenager whose anxiety has started to organize her entire life; an adult who is high-functioning by every external measure but running on empty; a couple who loves each other but keeps having the same fight.

What they share is that the resources they currently have — the coping strategies, the conversations, the willpower — are no longer enough. That's not a character flaw. It's the moment when professional support becomes the most efficient path forward.

What We Specialize In

Our work is grounded in neuropsychology and the neurobiology of self-regulation and attachment — meaning we don't just address behavior or symptoms in isolation. We look at what's happening in the nervous system, how early relational experiences have shaped the way you process the world, and where those patterns are creating friction in your present life.

This matters because most of the struggles people bring to therapy aren't random. They follow a logic — often one that made perfect sense at some earlier point and has simply outlived its usefulness. Our job is to find that logic, name it, and help you build something better in its place.

We specialize in:

• Anxiety disorders — including generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic, and phobias
• Depression — including high-functioning depression that doesn't look like depression from the outside
• PTSD and trauma — including complex developmental trauma
• ADHD and executive functioning — across all ages, including adults who were never diagnosed
• Autism Spectrum / Twice-Exceptional profiles — including late-identified individuals and 2e children and teens
• OCD and obsessive patterns
• Personality and attachment disorders
• Addiction and substance use
• Burnout — particularly in high-achieving professionals and caregivers
• Relational and family dynamics — couples, co-parents, family systems

How We Actually Work

We don't use a single method because people aren't a single thing. Depending on what you bring and what your nervous system responds to, we draw on:

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) — particularly effective for trauma, anxiety, and stuck emotional patterns that don't respond to talk therapy alone.

DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) — for emotional dysregulation, self-destructive patterns, and the gap between knowing what you should do and being able to do it.

CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) — for restructuring the thought patterns that drive anxiety, avoidance, and depression.

IFS (Internal Family Systems) — for understanding the different "parts" of yourself that seem to be in conflict, particularly useful for complex trauma and self-criticism.

EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) — for couples and attachment-based work.

Hypnosis — for accessing deeper layers of the nervous system that conscious conversation doesn't always reach.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy — body-based work for trauma held somatically.

Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation Coaching — practical, skills-based support for ADHD, autism, and developmental challenges across all ages.

We also provide neuropsychological and psycho-educational assessment — a targeted, cost-efficient process designed to answer specific questions about how your (or your child's) mind works, with highly practical recommendations, not just a report.

What Our Approach Looks Like in Practice

We are collaborative. That means you are not a passive recipient of someone else's framework — you are an active participant in understanding yourself. We play to your strengths, not just your deficits. We work to align who you are with how you are living, rather than trying to reshape you into a standard template.

We are also direct. If something isn't working in the treatment, we say so and we adjust. We use pre-, mid-, and post-treatment assessments to track progress objectively, not just impressionistically. You should be able to see movement — and if you can't, that is data worth acting on.

A Note on the Practical Side

We are an out-of-network provider. We provide super-bills so you can seek reimbursement from your insurance company, and in many cases our clients obtain single-case agreements. We are happy to walk you through what that process looks like.

The First Step

If you've read this far, something here probably resonated. The next step doesn't have to be a big commitment — it can be a conversation.

Reach out to schedule a consultation. We'll talk about what's going on, what you're hoping for, and whether we're the right fit. That's it.