Marissa Moore, LMHC, PMH-C, Clinical Director
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Open
Marissa Moore LMHC is the owner of Therapy Brooklyn. She values creating a collaborative, strengths-based therapeutic relationship. Social justice and intersectionality are at the core of her work. She trained at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. She is passionate about working with new parents and postpartum mothers and is certified in perinatal mental health. She is also studying to become certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and is taking on EMDR clients who want to work through birth trauma, loss and pre and postnatal issues.
Therapy Specialities: Couples Therapy | New Parents | Trauma
Oliver, LMHC, Clinical Supervisor
Pronouns: (He, Him, His)
Caseload: Open
Oliver Ip provides an empathetic and empowering therapeutic space that is tailored to the needs and stories of each individual client. He offers individual therapy for adults and takes a trauma-informed person-centered approach with his clients. Oliver helps clients to navigate issues of mental health, grief, life transitions, and identity exploration in order to co-create a life they can love.
Therapy Specialities: Multiple Identity Exploration | Loss | Life Transitions | Adverse Religious/Spiritual Experiences
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield
Ileana Sanchez, LMHC
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Case Load: Open
Ileana is a first-generation, Latina-American licensed therapist with over a decade of experience as a social justice advocate, case manager, and therapist in the non-profit sector.
Therapy Specialities: Complex PTSD| Sexual Assault | Racial Trauma
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CIGNA
Sabahat Sarfaraz, LMHC
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Case Load: Open
Sabahat’s identity as a first generation Pakistani-American Muslim guides her therapeutic style, with emphasis given to intersectional identities of her clients and how they impact the client’s experience of the world.
Therapy Specialities: Religious/ cultural Identity, Acculturation, Grief, Muslim Mental Health
Languages: English, Urdu
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CIGNA
Cecile Johnson, MHC-LP
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Open
Cecile, strongly believes in meeting her clients where they are in order to provide an equitable therapeutic process for each client. She takes an integrative, emotion focused approach to her practice going below secondary surface feelings to identify more primary root emotions and fears that guide beliefs and behavior.
Therapy Specialities: Couples Therapy, New and Expecting Parents, Life Transitions
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beacon
Josie Rhee, MHC-LP
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Open
As a Korean-American child of immigrants, Josie is passionate about exploring patterns of shame, guilt, intergenerational trauma, and anxiety. As a woman therapist of color, she is also aware of the dynamics of power, oppression, and marginalization. Josie offers individual therapy.
Therapy Specialities: Anxiety | Cultural Identity | Depression
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beacon
Mrugakshi (Mru) Sanghavi, MHC-LP
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Open
Mru is passionate about catering to her clients through a social justice lens. She believes that we as humans go through a range of experiences and emotions, not all of which are comfortable. She provides space for all experiences and emotions that are empathetic and non-judgmental.
Therapy Specialities: Trauma |Grief | Anxiety
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beacon
Chandel Hunter, MHC-LP
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Open
Chandel Hunter is a dedicated and compassionate therapist with 10 years of experience in mental health. Specializing in trauma, anxiety, emotional regulation, and individual and couples therapy,
Therapy Specialities: Couples Therapy | Trauma | Anxiety | Emotional Regulation
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beacon
Sanaya Katrak, MHC-LP
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Open
Sanaya sees therapy as a way for people to learn about themselves through the relationship built with the therapist. Working with individuals, couples, and families on issues including relationship struggles, life transitions, anxiety, and trauma, she provides a space for people to come to know themselves in a more intimate way.
Therapy Specialities: Couples therapy | Relationship difficulties | Trauma
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beacon
William Li, MHC-LP
Pronouns: (He/Him/His)
Caseload: Open
William is a bilingual psychotherapist fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese. He offers individual therapy and couples therapy for adults. He specializes in anxiety, depression, relationships, LGBTQ+ issues, identity formation, and cross-cultural adjustment.
Therapy Specialities: LGBTQ+ | Acculturation | Relationship Issues | Anxiety | Depression
Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beacon
Isidora Mae Torres, Clinical Intern
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: FULL
Isidora believes that healing is fundamentally relational – she believes that our relationships, whether short-term or long, romantic or familial, are all conduits to our ever-growing transformation as human beings.
Therapy Specialities: Anxiety | Life Transitions | Relationship Issues
Taylor Koonce, Clinical Intern
Pronouns: (She, Her, They)
Caseload: Open
Taylor Koonce believes therapy is a vital form of self advocacy. Her work is rooted in social justice and prioritizes understanding people within their cultural contexts. Taylor aims to help her clients live their best lives while coping with any environmental or societal challenges they may face.
Therapy Specialities: Anxiety | LGBTQIA+ | Trauma
Ananya Mirji, Clinical Intern
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Open
Ananya sees therapy as a deeply enriching journey of self-discovery and learning. She is dedicated to creating a space where clients feel comfortable, safe, and empowered; encouraging them to explore and understand themselves with empathy and compassion.
Therapy Specialities: Relationships, Anxiety, Depression, Self Esteem, Couples Therapy
Mira Kolluri, Clinical Intern
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Open
Mira is here to be a listener, and an advocate for your well-being. The types of clients she typically sees include LGBTQIA+, BIPOC couples, and individuals who experience transitional issues
Therapy Specialities: Trauma | Identity | Anxiety
Gisella Tavarez, LMHC, Clinical Supervisor
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Full
Gisella Tavarez uses an individualized, multi-modality approach to tailor her work with each client to their specific strengths and challenges. Drawing on her decade+ years in the field, Gisella’s passion for creating a respectful, safe space invites clients to open up at their own pace and in their own style.
Viviana Arturo, LMHC, Clinical Supervisor
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Full
Viviana Arturo proudly identifies as a therapist who believes in a therapeutic relationship that is steeped in active listening, empathy, and unconditional positive regard.
Chaveli De Leon, LMHC, Clinical Supervisor
Pronouns: (She, Her, Hers)
Caseload: Full
Chaveli De Leon does not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach, her work is tailored to clients’ specific needs. The main core of her therapeutic style is person-centered, as it is her personal belief that we must all be empowered and encouraged to be able to be the best version of ourselves. The approaches Chaveli most often uses include CBT, REBT, Family Systems, and Positive Psychology.