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Ackerman Institute for the Family
http://www.ackerman.org/
[email protected]
149 East 78th Street
NY, NY 10075
212-879-4900 ext: 100
Founded in 1960, the Ackerman Institute for the Family is one of the premier institutions for family therapy and one of the best-known and most highly regarded training facilities for family therapists in the United States. The Institute serves families from all walks of life at all stages of family life.

Art of Parenting
http://www.artofparenting.net
[email protected]
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
53 Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215
646-233-1269
Art of Parenting provides group art support groups that specialize in the early stages of the family planning and growth. A playful environment that differs from activities classes for babies, out AOP groups use both art making and discussion to focus on the parents’ emotional and psychological process, and in turn how parents can better nurture their children. Groups include first-time parents, pregnant women and more. Visit our site for details.

Art Spa therapeutic art studio
www.artspanyc.com
Nadia Jenefsky, MPS, LCAT
241 Bedford Avenue, Suite 12
Brooklyn, NY 11211 (Williamsburg)
917-293-4642
Nadia offers classes for artists who are parents. Classes/workshops include: an art therapy group for helping professionals, art group for expectant parents, art and therapy training for mental health professionals.

Wendy Ponte, C.P.C.
Brooklyncoach.com
[email protected]
117 Berkeley Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn 11217
646-339-4071
Transform Your Divorce: A Workshop and Support Group for Women  * Move beyond just “surviving” the process of divorce, and begin to create a new life on the other side  * Develop a community of support from other women who are going through  similar experiences  * Find new ways to deal with fear of the future  * Create new relationships with your ex-spouse and your children   * Begin to hone in to your own inner voice for guidance.  Each participant will receive a one-on-one personal coaching session with
workshop facilitator, Wendy Ponte, CPC, a certified Transformational Life  Coach.

Choiceful Birth and Parenting
Ellen Krug, MSW, LCSW, CCE
www.choicefulbirth.com
The Pregnancy Circle and New Mom/Newborn Circle – weekly groups. Meet others, learn new information, honor your inner wisdom, increase confidence, and explore issues in a safe and nurturing space. Individual counseling is also available.
[email protected]
718.768.0494

Colleen Campo, MA. LCPC
www.colleencampo.com
2 locations:

80 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10021

AND AT:

Soho Parenting
568 Broadway, Suite 402
New York, NY 10012
212-744-3700 x 249
Individual and couples counseling. Colleen Campo offers professional counseling services for people during lifestyle changes and transitions. Pregnancy, marriage, and motherhood can all be challenging at times. Colleen will give you the caring support you need and help you to make healthy choices in your life. Affiliated with Soho Parenting. Listed in City Baby.Jean Kunhardt at Soho Parenting recommends Colleen.

Ellen Chuse Childbirth
www.ellenchusechildbirth.com
411 Dean Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
[email protected]
718.789.1981
She provides short-term counseling designed to integrate body and mind in preparation for childbirth and parenthood or to address issues from a previous birth. She also leads New Mothers’ Groups at Realbirth in Manhattan.

Carolyn Farhie, LCSW
18 East 16th Street, Suite 503
New York, NY 10003
646-413-1841
A psychotherapist who counsels adults and couples around parenting children, from birth to teenagehood. Can help with considering parenting, fertility issues and LBGT parenting. She speaks Spanish, has weekend office hours and makes Brooklyn home visits.

Kari Groff-Denis, MD
www.myspace.com/jumpingthroughhoops
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Office 646-469-9209
Kari Groff-Denis, MD is a child and adult psychiatrist practicing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She completed her fellowship in Child and Adolescent psychiatry at the NYU Child Study Center. Prior to moving to New York, she trained at the esteemed Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Groff-Denis is also a violinist and children’s songwriter. For families with financial stress, she is able to offer a sliding scale.

Family Matters NY
http://www.familymattersny.com/home/home_visits/third_entry.html
Alice Kaltman, L.C.S.W
Sara Zaslow, L.M.S.W., C.G.E
270 Lafayette Street, Suite 607
New York, N.Y. 10012
(212) 502-7979 or (718) 393-7733
They do coaching: for parents, time management, household organization, family fitness and Psychotherapy: for prenatal and postpartum, individual/child, couples and family therapy and also Special Workshops: transition to parenthood and creative artist/parent workshop. Alice has an extensive background in treating creative artists: she works with married artist couples, creative block for artists and what it means to be an artist/parent.

We see Alice as a marriage counselor. She addresses both parents fairly and sees both of our perspectives. She is very effective in dealing with relationship issues and how they can be impacted by changing circumstances. She is well versed in child development and child dynamics and gives down-to-earth and practical advice. I really like her.
-Lucy

I went to Alice and Sara’s workshop on parenting, “Promoting Healthy Self-Esteem”. They were down-to-earth, approachable and nonjudgmental. They were open to the parents questions and concerns. They gave concrete parenting advice. I went to see Alice separately for individual therapy afterwards- and still see her. She understands kids and child development and sets me at ease. She is also really good with discussing general life issues. She is good at helping me put things in perspective- reminding me I don’t have to be a supermom. She reminds me that taking care of myself is taking care of my son. She does a lot of work with parent who are artists and helping them find a balance between creativity and parenting- which I think is interesting.
-Anne

Natashia Fuksman
With Woman NYC

As pregnancy progresses, a really common referral that I make is for birth counseling – for mothers needing help processing their feelings about their upcoming birth (perhaps because of a previous birth experience, a history of abuse, or other stressors in her life). Both of the women I refer clients to for counseling are also childbirth educators who teach classes in Brooklyn for expecting parents. Natashia Fuksman of With Woman NYC is a local mother, doula trainer, birth counselor, and she also teaches childbirth education classes specifically for parents planning homebirths. Natashia has been assisting pregnant and laboring women for over 10 years and she has a wealth of information about pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum months to assist families who are planning for a homebirth or who are needed a safe space to process their feelings about their pregnancy or birth. She is compassionate and thoughtful, a wonderful listener, and I highly recommend both her childbirth education classes and her counseling services.
-Megan Davidson

Patrick LaBella, M.A., L.P.
Psychoanalyst
15 East 11th St. #1L
New York, NY 10003
office (212) 727-3783
cell (917) 337-1224
I offer psychotherapy to help with anxiety, depression, tolerating life’s stresses, and even just to get to know yourself better. My approach is eclectic—I am always open to new ideas and methods. I am particulary sensitive to the concerns and needs of new parents. I have been in practice for 10 years in the Village, and love my work!

The Mothers’ Room
Laura Favin
www.themothersroom.com
220 W. 71st St. Suite 2
New York, NY 10023
917.209.6534
Laura is a psychotherapist, specializing in work with individuals, couples, and groups during the prenatal and postpartum period, an important transitional time in the life of the mother, father, and couple.

Patricia Parkingson
26 Court Street
Tel: 718-852-2277
She does counseling and family psychotherapy, from children to grownups to families as a whole.

Brooklyn Postpartum Depression Support Group
http://www.brooklynppdsupport.org/
We are two moms of young boys who each struggled with postpartum depression and anxiety. Molly has a master of social work degree from Southern Connecticut State University, where she conducted research on peer support and also co-led psychoeducational groups. Chris has been a phone volunteer through Depression After Delivery and The Postpartum Resource Center of NY since 2002 and is a postpartum doula with the Brooklyn-based Birth Day Presence. We established a peer support group in Brooklyn in 2006 as a place where pregnant and postpartum women can get support if they think they are at risk for PPD, are experiencing symptoms and need further help and resources, or are in the care of a therapist and want to attend the group as part of their treatment plan. The group is free, meets twice monthly (usually on the second and fourth Sunday of each month), and babies are welcome to join us.

Realbirth
Erica Lyon
www.realbirth.com
i[email protected]
212.367.9006
54 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10010
Realbirth offers New Mothers Groups and weekly Postpartum Depression Support Groups. “The New Mothers groups provide community and parenting information. Their PPD groups, offered by a specialist in PPD, are intimate and confidential.”

Meredith Singer, PHD
808 Caroll St, Garden Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-230-3037

26 West 9th St 7C
NY, NY 10011
646-853-5150

I am a clinical psychologist who began working in early childhood as a school psychologist with many local preschools, so I have a very good understanding of early childhood and human development. I have since been working primarily with adults and have an advanced certificate in Parent-Infant work from Columbia and 3 years specialized training in anxiety disorders and trauma. I specialize in working in reproductive mental health, primarily working with anti-partum and post-partum depression, anxiety, and any subsequent issues revolving around the incredibly challenging transition to motherhood.

Soho Parenting
http://sohoparenting.com/index.htm
Soho Parenting
568 Broadway
Suite 402
New York, NY 10012
212 334 3744
They offer childbirth education, discussion groups for new and experienced mothers, children’s sleep consultations and developmental support for children. Additionally, they offer counseling services for children, adults, and couples, including support around separation and divorce.

We went to Jean for sleep counseling twice for our son and found her generous, kind, laid-back and effective.
-Karen

Amy Sugarman, Ph.D.
303 5th Avenue
Suite 606
New York, NY 10016
212-414-5156
“As a psychologist and mother, I help women manage the transition to motherhood. New mothers may feel inadequate,sad, resentful, and lonely. I also assist women in finding a balance between motherhood and other relationships.”

Swellbeing
www.swellbeing.com
[email protected]
302A W. 12th St Apt 219
New York, NY 10014
212-924-1913
“Swellbeing offers smart solutions and sympathetic support to modern parents. From breastfeeding to baby blues, sleep issues to infant prep, we offer a range of individual consultations, discussion groups and workshops for virtually any need.”

True North Wellness
www.TrueNorthWellness.com
[email protected]
61 Tompkins Place Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-643-6064
True North Wellness  offers counseling for pregnancy related and post partum issues,  bonding and attachment work for parents and baby, conscious parenting guidance, new parent support groups, pre-natal yoga, and craniosacral  and polarity therapies to assist pregnancy and heal birth stress for mother and baby as well as address sleep, nursing, and colic issues.
New Parent Support Group (Tuesdays from 10-11:30), Prenatal Yoga and Movement (6:30-8 pm)

Bios:
ROGER GILCHRIST, MA, RPP, RCST® is an integrative therapist, combining psychotherapy, polarity therapy, and craniosacral therapy. He has worked in mainstream healthcare as well as complementary settings. Roger’s clinical practice emphasizes structural and functional issues, recovery from chronic conditions, and the mind-body interface. Roger teaches craniosacral biodynamics internationally and has presented on energy medicine for the National Institutes of Health. He is the author of the book, Craniosacral Therapy and the Energetic Body, and several articles on integrative therapy in trade magazines and peer-reviewed journals. Roger is the founder of Wellness Institute, an energy medicine training school.

Ellynne Skove, MA, LCAT, NCC, RPP, is a New York state licensed therapist, yoga teacher, nationally certified counselor, and Polarity therapist. She has worked for over 25 years with all kinds of children and has created numerous programs for learning disabled and special needs children. Ellynne studied developmental movement/Dynamic Anatomy with the late Nancy Topf for 15 years, Body/Mind Centering, Brain Gym and most recently Yoga for the Special Child with Sonia Sumar. Ellynne has served on the staff of Families First, RealBirth, The Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and the Om Yoga Center Wellness Sanctuary. She recently opened her own space, True North Wellness in Brooklyn, where she sees private clients for body/mind integrative therapies and teaches prenatal yoga and conscious parenting work. Ellynne has presented programs in developmental movement, yoga, and polarity therapy for The American Dance Therapy Association, The American Polarity Therapy Association, Area Yoga & Spa, Vira Yoga, Pentacle, and The Open Center Polarity Program. Additionally, over the past two decades, Ellynne has served as a consultant and faculty member for numerous New York City schools specializing in early intervention. Currently Ellynne is a student of Pre and Peri Natal Psychology at The Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.

Elyse D. Weiner, MD FAPM
120 Remsen St., Suite A
Brooklyn NY 11201

113 University Place, Suite 1010
New York NY 10003
Telephone (212) 674-2447
Dr. Weiner is an adult psychiatrist who treats many pregnant and postpartum patients in both Brooklyn and Manhattan. She is currently a resource on the brooklynppdsupport.org website. She has 14 years experience. She is board certified in adult psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. Psychosomatic medicine is a subspecialty of psychiatry based on the care of the medically ill which includes reproductive mental health. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine which is the national organization dedicated to this subspecialty. She does both psychotherapy and psychopharmacology in her private practice as well as collaborate with practitioners such as psychologists, social workers and counselors who cannot prescribe medication. Academically, she is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine and SUNY Downstate Medical Center.