COUNSELING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
All practitioners are licensed by New York State.
Services offered by our therapists may or may not be covered by your insurance.
Please speak to your insurance provider regarding in and out of network coverage.
All practitioners can provide a receipt for you to submit to your insurance provider.
Kevin O’Donoghue, LMHC
Director
Kevin is the Director of The Positive Mind Center.
He was trained in Person and Emotive Centered Therapy by his mentor, Armand DiMele, host of “The Positive Mind Radio Show” ( see the archives on this site) on WBAI for 35 years.
The aim of therapy is to help a client uncover the hidden conflicts that are blocking their energy. Symptoms like depression, anxiety, substance abuse, personality and interpersonal issues, etc. are merely masks that cover over the real and true energy waiting to be released.
A spirit of curiosity and inquiry is used, in place of judgment and blame, to move a person beyond their conflicts to their original energy and aliveness. He has been working with individuals, couples, and business mediation since 2008. Kevin also works with disputes amongst siblings.
Certified Imago Couples Therapist and “Safe Conversations” Leader.
Contact: kevod123@yahoo.com
Website: https://www.kevinlmhc.com
Andrew JOHN Tucker, LCSW, PLLC
Andrew helps people experiencing addiction to alcohol and drugs get to a better place. He also treats associated depression, anxiety, and other challenges that sometimes accompany addiction. Actively using or not, he is here for you. Andrew is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Credentialed Alcohol Substance Abuse Counselor and earned his Master of Science and Social Work degree with a concentration on Substance Use Disorder from Columbia University. He has over a decade of experience as a group facilitator, individual therapist, case manager, and supervisor. Andrew employs a relatable, easy-going, engaging, eclectic Humanistic style backed by Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness. He has also cultivated a referral base for appropriate ancillary services ranging from Inpatient Detox to Inpatient Rehab to Outpatient Group Therapy to Psychiatric Addiction.
Contact: andrew@addictiontherapynyc.com
Website: www.tuckerlcsw.com
Paula Lamanna, LCSW, CASAC
Paula is a licensed clinical social worker, credentialed alcoholism and substance use counselor, certified yoga teacher and certified psychedelic-assisted therapy provider. Paula believes that each client is unique, and she works with them to determine the best treatment as an individual, integrating multiple therapeutic modalities, including EMDR (a proven trauma treatment), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Mindfulness, among others. Paula also specializes in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelic preparation and integration, trauma, substance use, disordered eating, anxiety, and depression. She approaches therapy from a collaborative, compassionate and non-judgmental perspective, incorporating laughter whenever possible.
Contact: paula@decisiveelementpsychotherapy.com
Website: www.DecisiveElementPsychotherapy.com
Marianne Gunther, MPS, ATR-BC,LCAT
Marianne Gunther is a licensed creative art psychotherapist at the Positive Mind Center and in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She is dedicated to waking up the creative impulse in everyone and was a regularly featured guest on The Positive Mind radio show, discussing the many benefits of creative art therapy. Marianne has experience working in a variety of settings including medical detox, adult psychiatric units, bereavement counseling, and is a children’s bereavement specialist. She volunteers for the NYC Covid Care Network and has served as President and Advisor to the Board fo the New York Art Therapy Association.
Contact: marianne@listeningartnewyork.com
CAROL KRAMER, LCSW
As a couples therapist, Carol helps both partners deepen their awareness of the different ways they are communicating through body language, vocal tone and volume, and facial expressions, and she helps them bring their communications into greater alignment with their best intentions for their relationship. This promotes safety and increases opportunities for connection, through conscious good will and mutual acts of high regard.
Contact: imago@safeconnections.com
Alan White, MA, LMHC
Alan combines his many years of formal studies with a very real, practical common sense approach. He specializes in helping professional and personal caregivers, counseling for creative people as well as people with strong religious commitment.
Not accepting New Clients at this time
Contact: alanwhite.lmhc@gmail.com
Jim Singlar, LCSW
Jim has extensive experience working with the LGBTQ communities helping people cope with HIV+, grief and loss, death and dying, as well as navigating life when one has an ongoing disease. He also focuses on drug and alcohol use and abuse using both abstinence and moderation management modalities.
Contact: 917-647-7213
Arthur Cardinale, LCSW
Arthur specializes in substance use disorders and brings extensive experience working with clients at various stages of their addiction treatment. Operating from a person-centered approach, Arthur is recognized for his unconditional positive regard for his clients. He is a licensed clinical social worker, credentialed as a substance abuse counselor, and certified in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).
Arthur considers his work with individuals facing substance use issues to be his true calling in life, feeling privileged to provide these services to his clients.
Contact : acardinale@actherapynyc.com
Barbara Stelzer, LCSW
Barbara has been in practice 35 years plus. She graduated from NYU and is certified by the NY Psychoanalytic Psychology Institute. She specializes in the treatment of trauma, eating disorders and addictions. Her therapeutic approach is a combination of psychodynamic and behavioral work depending on the issues presented. She is certified in EMDR and welcomes working with recent graduates and young professionals.
Contact: barbarastelzerfriedman@gmail.com
Stephanie D’ambra, csw
Stephanie has been practicing at The Positive Mind Center since 2003. She is an individual and couples counselor specializing in short term problem resolution, especially in the areas of communication and sexuality.
Stephanie also specializes in addictions, compulsive behaviors and habits that interfere in leading a satisfying and fulfilling life. She focuses her attention on helping people become aware of both the psychological and internal chemical forces that may motivate them.
Contact: sdambra61@gmail.com
Janie Lynn Kritzman, Psychologist, PhD
Janie believes collaboration and trust characterize a strong therapeutic relationship. Helping patients understand how family relationships, biology, learning style, social and cultural milieu and experience impact feelings, behaviors and choices are key to her work.
Anxiety, depression, substance misuse, eating disorders and transitioning to adulthood are specialties.
Before becoming a clinician, Janie taught child development to mothers of addicted newborns and served as Associate Director of the Center for Research on Women at Barnard College.
Janie is trained in developmental and clinical psychology working with adolescents, young adults, families, adults and the LGBTQ+ community. Janie accepts new clients, insurance plus speaks French and Spanish.
Contact: janiekritzman@gmail.com
Shakti Smith LMSW, RSME, LMT
Shakti is a Smith College trained social worker and psychotherapist with decades of experience working with individuals and groups as a registered somatic movement educator, yoga teacher, licensed bodyworker, and energy healer. Her training includes: Safe Conversations for relationships, Somatic Experiencing for Trauma and Embodiment, and Psychedelic Integration. In working with Shakti, invitations to experience your breath and body are interwoven with speaking and listening.
This therapeutic space is culturally humble, trans informed, and LGBTQ2S+ affirming. Let's find a time to meet for a consultation.
Contact: Shakti@PremaSoma.com