Fall 2022: Say hello to some new faces!

In New York: 

Allegra Nevins, Psy.D. | Addiction Psychologist

• New York Licensed Psychologist
• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: Addictions (substances & behavioral), anger, shame, trauma, forensic concerns.
• Specialized Patient Populations: Adults, Veterans, Police Officers.
  

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Leanne Scharr, Psy.D. | Child Psychologist

• New York Licensed Psychologist
• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: Anxiety disorders, OCD, and behavioral disorders.
• Specialized Patient Populations: Youth of all ages, with a particular preference for patients in early adolescence.
  

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Eran Barzilai, Ph.D. | Brooklyn Postdoctoral Fellow

• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: Suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB). 
• Specialized Patient Populations: Young adults, anxiety, and trauma.

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Phoebe Shepherd, Psy.D. | Licensed Psychologist

• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: Long- and short-term treatment of complex trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, and substance use disorders, as well as interpersonal and relational difficulties and life transitions.
• Specialized Patient Populations: Adults, couples, adolescents and children.
  

   

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Dylan Horcher, PsyD | Brooklyn Postdoctoral Fellow

• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest:Mood disorders, gender, and sexuality, men's issues, relationships.
• Specialized Patient Populations: Young Adults.
  

   

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Madeline McKeon, PhD | Brooklyn Postdoctoral Fellow

• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: Perinatal psychology, emotional dysregulation, life transitions, relationships, identity.
• Specialized Patient Populations: Women and couples, particularly those struggling with the transition to parenthood. 
  

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Julie Slotnick | Brooklyn Postdoctoral Fellow

• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: Freudian and Relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy. 
• Specialized Patient Populations: Children and adolescents, adults, and couples. Also a special theoretical interest in gender and sexual identity. 

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Ida Taghavi, PhD | Brooklyn Postdoctoral Fellow

• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: Trauma, mood, and anxiety-related mental health conditions; Mindfulness-based and mind-body interventions, integrated with psychodynamic and third-wave cognitive behavioral psychotherapy.
• Specialized Patient Populations: Adults, adolescents, and children; Individuals, groups, couples, and families.
  

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Taralyn Teo, PsyD | Brooklyn Postdoctoral Fellow

• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: Narcissistic personality disorder, trauma/stress, gender and sexuality, 

  autism spectrum disorder.

• Specialized Patient Populations: Adults, adolescents, and young children.
  

   

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Gregory Weil, PhD | Brooklyn Postdoctoral Fellow

• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: Relational psychotherapy, the curative role of the therapeutic alliance, facilitating brave patient-therapist discussions of the therapeutic process, countertransference as a clinical tool, the role of culture and cultural difference in treatment.
• Specialized Patient Populations: People who struggle with low self-esteem, relationship/family difficulties, life transition issues, depression, anxiety, and/or addictions, young adults, LGBTQA+ folks.

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In Austin:

Vanessa Rumie, PsyD | Austin Postdoctoral Fellow

• Starting Fall 2022
• Clinical Interest: The treatment of trauma, multi-cultural counseling and identifying-affirming care, DBT.
• Specialized Patient Populations: Emerging adults, trauma, SPMI/Personality Disorders, BIPOC and LGBTQ+.
  

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