GREENE CLINIC - Key Persons
Crystal Chung is a Master's candidate in the Mental Health Counseling Program at Hunter College, School of Education. She approaches therapy with a primarily psychoanalytic and relational lens, while also integrating elements of mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, and existentialism.
She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University. She has a background advocating for quality legal representation for individuals within the criminal justice system, along with effective, compassionate, and comprehensive rehabilitation and re-entry into society.
Dr Sara Richardson is a post-doctoral clinical psychologist offering psychotherapeutic services to individuals and couples for a wide range of difficulties, including depression and anxiety, relationship and sexual concerns, issues related to identity or personality, life transitions, loss and bereavement, and resolution of trauma and abuse. Practicing primarily from a relational psychodynamic perspective, Dr Richardson prioritizes working creatively and collaboratively with her clients to facilitate compassionate self-study. Her approach is non-judgmental and insight-oriented, and complements empathic listening with active interventions geared toward long-term healing. Dr Richardson sees children, adolescents, and adults; she is queer-, GNC-, and trans-affirming, and fat-, all-ability-, and BDSM/kink-positive.
Dr Richardson earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from Loyola University New Orleans and her doctorate from the Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University. During her doctoral training, Dr Richardson completed practica at several clinical sites in New York City, including an adult psychiatric inpatient service at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, the Wellness Recovery Program at Maimonides Medical Center, and the student counseling center at the New School. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center. Prior to her doctoral training, Dr Richardson has worked in mental health case management at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in Chelsea and was also a research fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Maryland where she was part of a team studying the genetic correlates of bipolar disorder.
Job Titles:
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Antonia McMaster is a licensed clinical psychologist. She offers individual and couples psychotherapy to individuals across the lifespan seeking treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and grief and bereavement. She also believes therapy offers an opportunity for exploration of questions not necessarily tied to discrete symptoms, including those related to identity and interpersonal relationships.
Antonia is committed to anti-racist, LGBTQIA+-affirming, feminist and anti-oppressive praxis; she opposes societal structures of oppression that define mental illness, and is cognizant of the ways in which our contemporary society causes and exacerbates what we know as symptomatology. Her approach is relational psychodynamic, with an eye towards what historical and intergenerational trauma may have brought her patients to therapy.
Antonia earned her doctorate from City College/CUNY Graduate Center, and completed her pre-doctoral internship at Mount Sinai Morningside & West Hospitals. As part of her doctoral training, Antonia also completed clinical practica at the following sites: The Psychological Center at City College, Hunter College Elementary School, Macaulay Honors College Counseling Center, and New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Founder
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst
Dr. Cassie Kaufmann is the founder and director of the Greene Clinic. She runs the postgraduate training program along with Drs. Frydman and Marion.
Dr. Cassie Kaufmann is a licensed clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. She is the founder and director of Greene Clinic. She takes an eclectic approach to her practice of individual and group psychotherapy and aims to create an open space for self-exploration by integrating empathy and humor with close attention to affect. While her work is primarily guided by psychoanalytic theory, she uses mindfulness and mind-body awareness, as well as other methods derived from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). She specializes in relationship issues, creativity and academics, sexuality, eating and body image disorders, perinatal/reproductive concerns, depression, and anxiety. She enjoys working with individuals of all ages, sexualities, nationalities, and cultural backgrounds, and welcomes people from marginalized communities.
Dr. Kaufmann received her doctorate from the Derner Institute at Adelphi University, a program that focuses on psychodynamic therapy. She trained at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and was a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University Counseling and Psychological Services. Prior to founding Greene Clinic, she was an instructor in psychology at CUMC and an attending psychologist on their adult psychiatric inpatient unit. She completed her training in adult psychoanalysis at New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and has been a fellow of the Melanie Klein Trust and the American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Kaufmann received a B.A. in comparative literature from Yale University and an M.S.Ed. in special education from City College. In addition to practicing, she writes and has presented her research on psychoanalysis, creativity, art, sexuality, social justice, and politics.
Dr. Fernanda Sofio is a Psychology Intern in New York and both a psychoanalyst and licensed psychologist in São Paulo, Brazil. She is an Active Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association and has been in private practice since 2007. She practices in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Fernanda Sofio has published books on psychoanalysis and literature and psychoanalysis in the hospital setting and has edited books on Brazilian psychoanalysis.
Dr. Sofio completed her doctorate at the Institute of Psychology at the University of São Paulo. She received a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy/Political Science from Boston University.
Dr. Hae-Joon Kim (she/her) is a post-doctoral clinical psychologist. Hae-Joon specializes in working with adults experiencing difficulties such as mood and anxiety symptoms, interpersonal challenges, and issues of identity and self-esteem.
Hae-Joon works primarily from a psychodynamic/relational orientation, but has experience in other approaches, including cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavioral therapies. She is interested in cultivating an open and non-judgmental space in psychotherapy that allows individuals to feel heard, find their own voice, and feel freer in their lives. Hae-Joon believes that psychotherapy occurs in a space co-created by therapist and patient, and emphasizes the importance of this relationship in psychotherapy. She enjoys working with individuals from a diversity of cultural backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations.
Hae-Joon earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Fordham University. She received her B.A. in history from Columbia University. She has trained in various settings, including a college counseling center, a community clinic, and hospital outpatient, inpatient, and partial hospital units. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Psychologist
- Co - Director
Jenny Marion, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who provides psychoanalysis and psychotherapy to adults. She is an assistant director, teacher, and supervisor at the Greene Clinic.
Dr. Marion's approach to therapy is most informed by relational psychoanalysis, which is a form of treatment that explores our unconscious patterns of relating to ourselves and others. Psychoanalytic therapy provides a space to understand how your current experiences are connected to experiences earlier in your life. It also gives special attention to dreams, fantasies, and the feelings that arise within the therapy relationship itself. Over time, this process allows us to discover and reintegrate disowned parts of the self. Within the context of safe, collaborative relationship, Dr. Marion invites her patients to experiment with letting go of familiar patterns and living with more honesty and freedom.
Dr. Marion's areas of clinical expertise include:
Recovery from childhood trauma and abuse
Recovery from disordered eating
Issues related to love, intimacy, and sexuality
Queer- and trans-affirming therapy
Dr. Marion received her B.A. from Grinnell College with an independent major combining psychoanalysis, cultural studies, and gender studies. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Derner Institute at Adelphi University. Dr. Marion has completed advanced training in Trauma Studies at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. She is currently a candidate at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis. Dr. Marion has written on topics related to gender, sexuality, and trauma.
Dr. Jenny Marion is co-director of the Greene Clinic and runs the postgraduate training program along with Drs. Frydman and Kaufmann.
Dr. Marion received her B.A. from Grinnell College and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Derner Institute at Adelphi University. She completed advanced training in Trauma Studies at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Marion is currently a candidate at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis.
Dr. Marion works with adult patients in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy. She specializes in working with trauma, disordered eating, and queer and trans patients. Dr. Marion has written on topics related to gender and sexuality.
Job Titles:
- Co - Director
- Psychologist
- Senior Editor of DIVISION / Review
Dr. Loren Dent is co-director of the Greene Clinic and leads the student training program along with Dr. Oyer.
Dr. Loren Dent is a psychologist who works with children, adolescents and adults in private practice. He is on the volunteer faculty at Lenox Hill Hospital, where he provides trainees with psychotherapy and psychological evaluation supervision, as well as ongoing didactics pertaining to assessing and treating psychosis. Prior to his full-time private practice, he was a psychologist and team leader for Lenox Hill's first-episode psychosis program.
Dr. Dent completed his doctoral training at the New School for Social Research, including an internship at Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University.
Dr. Dent is the senior editor of DIVISION/Review, a quarterly publication of Division 39 of the American Psychological Association, and an instructor for the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, where he teaches courses on psychoanalytic theory.
Dr. Nitzan Cohen (she/they) is a licensed counseling psychologist. She offers individual and couples' therapy in both English and Hebrew to those seeking support in navigating life's transitions and challenges. Nitzan specializes in working with both adolescents and adults struggling with difficulties related to gender and sexuality, as well as executive dysfunction, stigma and minority stress, depression and anxiety, interpersonal difficulties, and the adverse effects of enduring trauma and systemic oppression. Nitzan uses a warm, open, direct, and collaborative approach to help individuals explore how their lived experiences may be impacting current thinking and functioning, and how to utilize their unique strengths to facilitate growth.
Nitzan believes in the transformative power of beneficent relationships in providing opportunities for corrective experiences, and is therefore deeply committed to anti-oppressive, feminist, and egalitarian values. She is guided by psychodynamic interpersonal approaches to therapy while integrating cognitive and dialectic behavioral tools in addition to the mind-body connection. Drawing from her experience as an English-Hebrew translator, she takes pride in her ability to tailor interventions and approaches to each person based on their cultural background, personality structure, and level of motivation.
Nitzan earned her bachelor's degree from Ben-Gurion University from her native country Israel, and her doctorate from Fordham University. She trained in various clinical settings including Fordham's psychological services, Yale's LBTGQ+ affirmative psychotherapy research group (ESTEEM), South Beach Psychiatric Center's community clinic for individuals struggling with serious mental illness, and Manhattan's Veteran Affairs hospital. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at New York City Health and Hospitals' Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn.
Dr. Shervin Ravan is a Columbia University trained and affiliated integrative psychiatrist and the Medical Director of Greene Clinic. He maintains an academic appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University where he teaches and supervises psychiatry residents and medical students. He is also a member of the American Psychoanalytic Associations Committee on Diversity and has lectured on a variety of issues such as transgenerational trauma, mass violence, immigration and race.
His treatment model combines evidence based psychotherapies, medications, and complementary/alternative interventions such as supplements, light therapy, meditation, exercise and diet with the goal of providing comprehensive, well rounded, and individually focused care. Psychotherapy is central to Dr. Ravan's practice and he utilizes a variety of psychotherapeutic modalities including psychoanalysis, psychodynamic psychotherapy, interpersonal therapy (IPT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), all adapted specifically to each individuals goals for treatment.
His specialties include anxiety, depression, social anxiety, panic, ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, and trauma, along with chronic dissatisfaction, interpersonal and relationship difficulties, grief, professional stress, and life transitions such as career change, divorce, breakups, and parenting.
Dr. Ravan has extensive experience working with a diverse group of clients and has particular expertise in issues related to cross-cultural dynamics, identity, LGBTQ experience, and the unique issues facing those working in high stress, creative and tech based professions.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Psychologist
- Co - Director
Dr. Sophia Frydman is a clinical psychologist who takes a relational psychoanalytic perspective, in which the psychotherapy relationship is seen as an opportunity to bring to awareness, work through, and transform patterns of relating to others and to oneself. She works collaboratively with patients towards understanding underlying causes of suffering, so as to facilitate greater freedom and aliveness. Dr. Frydman sees individuals and couples for a wide range of psychological difficulties, including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, and life transitions. She has particular interest in addressing issues related to identity, sexuality, and creativity.
Beyond working in private practice, Dr. Frydman has published and presented papers on art, literature, sexuality, gender, and love. Her recent writing includes a study of love and madness in the writing of Doris Lessing and Elena Ferrante, and an analysis of the psychological functions of consensual sadomasochism.
Dr. Frydman completed her doctorate at the Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University, a program specializing in psychodynamic theory. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at North Central Bronx Hospital, where she worked primarily on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology. Dr. Frydman received a B.A. in art from Yale University and an M.F.A. in art from the University of Chicago and is a practicing artist.
Sophia Frydman is a co-director of the Greene Clinic and runs the postgraduate training program along with Drs. Kaufmann and Marion.
Francesca Lo Russo holds an M.S.E.d in Mental Health Counseling from Hunter College. Her style is warm, collaborative and supportive and she employs empathy and careful listening to feel out the specific needs of each patient. Francesca uses a psychodynamic approach, which seeks to help patients develop an awareness for how the past affects present emotions, behaviors and thought patterns. She believes that people are capable of change and greater fulfillment when they become able to develop an awareness of these patterns. Francesca is dedicated to helping adults learn to work through unintegrated feelings and internalized stories so that they may cultivate kindness and curiosity toward themselves.
Francesca creates a non-judgmental space where both sensitivity and a sense of humor can create room for trust and depth. Her areas of specialty include: depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self esteem, substance use, creativity, LGBTQIA+, relationship issues, and sexuality. She is Kink/BDSM/CNM/Poly-Affirming. Francesca is committed to paying close attention to how experiences of structural oppression impact mental health and works with individuals from all cultural backgrounds including BIPOC and those from marginalized communities.
Francesca trained at EPRA in midtown Manhattan as a substance use rehabilitation counselor and as a clinical intern at Greene Clinic. She has co-lead a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group and employs mindfulness, emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills training in individual sessions to those who seek it. She is currently doing post-graduate work in sex therapy.
Francesca received her Master's in Fine Arts at Yale University and her BA in Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, where she focused on art history and literature. She is a practicing artist.
Dr. Cardona-Morales is a licensed clinical psychologist with advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy. She received her doctorate from Adelphi University and works primarily with children, adolescents, and adults. She also has experience and clinical training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), interpersonal therapy (IPT), and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) with a focus on treating depression, anxiety, trauma-related disorders, loss, and personality disorders. Dr. Cardona-Morales focuses on emotion regulation difficulties, interpersonal problems, behavioral dysregulation, and issues related to women's health and motherhood. Her research focuses on the experience of loss, particularly maternal loss, as well as the adjustment to motherhood, including the thoughts, emotions, anxieties, and stressors involved in navigating this complex life transition. Additionally, she has extensive experience leading therapeutic groups that emphasize female independence and self-esteem, particularly for adolescents.
In addition to practicing privately, Dr. Cardona-Morales is also a lead psychologist on a child/adolescent psychiatric unit in the New York City Health and Hospitals system. She supervises psychology students in various therapeutic modalities and psychological/psychoeducational assessment. She has worked in numerous clinical settings, including adult and child outpatient facilities, a community crisis intervention program, and a women's health program focusing on perinatal issues and mental health. She received her Masters of Art in Developmental Psychology at Columbia University and her Bachelor of Arts in Mind and Body Studies at New York University.
Isabelle Bachrach is a Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus. She earned her Master's degree in Psychology at The New School for Social Research in 2016, and her Bachelor's degree in Psychology at Eugene Lang College at The New School in 2015.
Isabelle has a predominantly relational psychodynamic approach to therapy. She also utilizes techniques from evidence-based psychodynamic (Transference-Focused and Mentalization-Based Psychotherapies) and behavioral interventions (Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectical Behavioral Therapies) to meet the specific needs of each patient. She has worked with patients across the lifespan, and has enjoyed working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. As such, Isabelle seeks to provide culturally informed care to all patients, no matter their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, gender, or sexual identity.
Izzy Sanderson (she/her/hers) is a post-doctoral clinical psychologist who holds a PsyD from the University of Denver's Graduate School of Professional Psychology. She has experience working with adults, adolescents, and families. Izzy's approach to therapy is integrative, with a foundation in psychodynamic and intersubjective work that illuminates affect and facilitates the articulation of the patterns that form each person's unique narrative. She works with people who enter therapy with various presentations, including depression, anxiety, identity exploration, relational trauma, life transitions, and complex relational dynamics. Izzy appreciates working with people of all contexts. Much of her training experience lies in working with adolescents and young adults. She has worked extensively within diverse school and community mental health settings, helping clients to navigate various systemic challenges. She believes in fostering an open, curious, and creative therapy space that encourages exploration, play, and empowerment. Izzy feels the therapeutic relationship has the power to be incredibly healing and transformative.
Jeffrey Lawrence, PsyD, is a postdoctoral clinical psychologist who has worked with adults, families and adolescents. He works with people who struggle with a variety of presentations including anxiety, depression, relational trauma, substance abuse, obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, and interpersonal difficulties. His approach to therapy is integrative, with a focus in psychodynamic work that uncovers the influences and patterns that prevent us from living our best lives.
Jeffrey likes to use the two-person journey inherent in the therapeutic process to help individuals make sense of their experiences, understand the ways that their difficulties have arisen from unmet developmental needs, and provide a validating environment that can open up the potential for new, more fulfilling life experiences. He also works to meet the person where they are, which sometimes involves behavioral interventions rooted in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). He has had the privilege and pleasure of working with people across a variety of cultural backgrounds.
Jeffrey received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Yeshiva University's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. His research focuses on the acculturation process and identity formation of first-generation Jamaican-Americans. During his training, Jeffrey has worked with children, adolescents, and adults across the lifespan. His pre-doctoral experience includes New York Foundling/Bronx Community Services, Queens Hospital Center, Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and a pre-doctoral internship at Bellevue Hospital Center. Additionally, Jeffrey will work part-time as a post-doctoral psychotherapist at the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Sociology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and his Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology at George Washington University.
Job Titles:
- Co - Chair of the Scholars Committee of the American Psychological Association
Jordan Dunn, PhD (he/him/él) is a clinical psychologist who received his doctorate from the New School for Social Research.
Jordan works with adults and adolescents in individual, group and couple psychotherapy. He welcomes patients with a range of difficulties, including mood and emotion regulation, academic and career difficulties, interpersonal and relationship challenges, trauma, psychosis and substance use. With a background in Harm Reduction Psychotherapy, Jordan is interested in ways people can reduce their suffering and live with greater ease, while also helping people discover new meaning, purpose and possibility and experience greater connectedness with others. He has a keen appreciation of culture, language, race/ethnicity, class, sexuality and gender. He honors individual differences and strives to make a therapeutic space where people can speak freely about their experiences, challenge societal oppressions and live fully and authentically on their own terms.
Jordan has training and experience in insight-oriented therapy (psychodynamic) and skills-based therapies (mindfulness, CBT, DBT) and utilizes both, tailoring the treatment to each person and their goals. He has a warm, active and collaborative style.
Jordan serves as co-chair of the Scholars Committee of the American Psychological Association (APA), Division 39 (Psychoanalysis). His work has been supported and recognized by the Goldmark Black Fellowship for Advanced Studies in the Dynamics of Social Change, and he was selected as a Multicultural Concerns Committee Scholar, APA Division 39 (Psychoanalysis). He is co-author of several peer-reviewed publications on psychotherapy, race, culture and the therapy relationship. He completed internship at Mount Sinai Morningside and West and recently completed a clinical fellowship at Mount Sinai West, The Addiction Institute.
Jordan provides therapy in Spanish and English. He completed a Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies, New School for Social Research. He is currently in training as a mindfulness meditation teacher at the Interdependence Project.
Dr. Oyer is a licensed psychologist and psychoanalyst. He is the Co-Director of the Externship program at the Greene Clinic, Assistant Clinical Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine, and Adjunct Supervising Faculty in the clinical psychology doctoral program at City College. He completed his doctoral training at the City University of New York and his doctoral internship at New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NYPSI) and Mount Sinai Medical Center. With a small group of others, Dr. Oyer created and implemented a program of independent psychoanalytic training through which he continues to pursue lifelong formation.
He has experience working in a wide range of settings, from inpatient psychiatric units and intensive hospital-based outpatient programs, to therapeutic communities, to substance abuse treatment facilities, to university counseling centers and outpatient mental health clinics.
Dr. Oyer is on the editorial board of the European Journal of Psychoanalysis and is a participant at Après Coup Psychoanalytic Association and Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis.
Dr. Oyer is co-director of the Greene Clinic and runs the student training program along with Dr. Dent.
Molly Rappaport is a post-doctoral clinical psychologist who works with adults, adolescents and couples. Molly works with individuals on a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, interpersonal difficulties and life transitions such as grief, illness, parenthood, relationship conflict, and personal and professional identity development.
Molly leads from a psychodynamic orientation and strives to cultivate a safe environment wherein patients can explore unformulated experiences and lesser known parts of themselves. She believes that developing an understanding of and respectful appreciation for the origins of one's difficulties can make space for new, more flexible and fulfilling ways of being to emerge.
Molly sees an alive therapeutic process as moving between past and present and from the patient's external life to the here-and-now of the therapeutic encounter. She also holds that a strong therapeutic relationship can powerfully facilitate psychological growth and change. Molly's therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, and responsive to the specific needs and goals of each of her patients.
Molly received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from City College/CUNY and completed her pre-doctoral internship at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. She has clinical experience working with diverse populations in community mental health and college counseling center settings.
Roula Hajjar (she/hers) is a Licensed Master Social Worker. She received her MSW from Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College in 2022. She is also a second-year candidate at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy's Trauma Studies Center, where she was trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and somatic based interventions as well as narrative therapy. Roula has worked with families, couples, and as individuals across the life course.
Roula is interested in the intersection between psychoanalysis and trauma-centered interventions and has been trained in a trauma-informed psychodynamic approach. She believes that the therapeutic encounter can provide a relational home where parts of ourselves and our emotional pain that could not previously be integrated can be named, witnessed and contained in a safe enough space. Roula upholds patient agency and self-determination, believing that the patient will find in the therapeutic encounter that which they need. Her practice strives to be an open and expansive place that nurtures wrestling with emergent and unformulated tensions and questions as they come up. She believes that engaging emergent issues in both therapist and patient provides for the richest form of contact that leaves both individuals deeply changed.
Having been trained in the social work discipline, Roula endeavors to bring in an awareness to the material realities of the individuals she works with, recognizing structural violence and systematic oppression in the contextualization of their pain. Roula believes in attending to the symmetries and asymmetries of power in the therapeutic process and the ways in which dominant or oppressive norms might be enacted and reproduced.
Roula is interested in complex and developmental trauma, attachment injuries and interpersonal struggles, minority stress as well as first-generation concerns.
Prior to beginning her MSW, Roula worked in policy. She received and B.A. from the American University of Beirut in Political Studies and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in Public Policy.
Roula is a first-generation Arab immigrant from Lebanon. She is a native Arabic and English speaker.
Sally McHugh is a Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology at The New School for Social Research, where she earned her Master's degree with a concentration in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling in 2022. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Economics and Spanish Linguistics from Occidental College.
Using a psychodynamic approach, Sally provides psychotherapy at The Safran Center for Psychological Services. She also volunteers with Mount Sinai's Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program (SAVI) program and consults for a psychedelic-assisted therapy training company.
Job Titles:
- Community Psychoanalysis Project Manager