Our Team
Get to know the thirteen licensed clinicians behind Mind Therapy. Each brings distinct training and deep experience, and all share the same commitment: compassionate, evidence-based care that meets you exactly where you are. We match you with the right therapist on your first call — based on your needs, your schedule, and your insurance.
Ally Nektalov
LCSW, Master CASAC
Director of Mind Therapy
Ally specializes in substance use and trauma using interpersonal psychoanalytic models. She earned her MSW from NYU, trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Alanson J. White Institute, and previously directed an outpatient substance-use clinic while teaching as an adjunct professor at NYU and Touro College. As Director, she oversees the practice and supervises the clinical team.
Kameeka Burke
MHC-P
Mental Health Counselor
Kameeka brings more than seven years of experience supporting children, adolescents, families, and NYC school communities. She helps with emotional regulation, anxiety, self-esteem, behavioral concerns, and school-related stress, drawing on CBT, mindfulness-based interventions, ACT, motivational interviewing, and trauma-informed care. She works best with ages 4–18, parents, and families navigating transitions.
Elizabeth Han
MHC-P
Mental Health Counselor
Elizabeth works across the lifespan — children, adolescents, adults, and older adults — on anxiety, life transitions, emotional regulation, and interpersonal challenges. She uses CBT, Gestalt therapy, and solution-focused therapy, and is currently pursuing EMDR training. Her style is active and collaborative, balancing reflection with meaningful engagement.
Bryonna Perperian
MHC-P
Mental Health Counselor
Bryonna supports clients through anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship concerns, self-esteem, grief and loss, and addiction. Using CBT, person-centered therapy, and mindfulness practices, she creates a nonjudgmental environment that emphasizes client empowerment and collaborative healing.
Abigail Harrison
MHC-P
Mental Health Counselor
A former middle-school teacher with a master’s degree from Wake Forest University, Abigail brings deep empathy to mood and anxiety disorders, substance use, couples work, eating disorders, trauma, and identity and men’s issues. Her toolkit includes DBT, CBT, the Gottman Method, and motivational interviewing.
Tamlyn Freedman
LMSW
Licensed Psychotherapist
Tamlyn holds an MSW from NYU and a prior master’s in pharmaceutical sciences with a clinical research background. She takes a gentle, warm, strengths-based approach to anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationships, career changes, parenting, self-esteem, and grief — using CBT, ACT, solution-focused, and emotion-focused therapy.
Barbara Hoffmann
LCSW-R, PhD, CASAC
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed in New York and Florida with a PhD in criminal justice, Barbara brings more than fifteen years of experience serving women, minorities, LGBTQ+ clients, and formerly incarcerated individuals, alongside teaching at CUNY. She specializes in substance use, eating disorders, trauma, and adjustment issues — blending compassion with pragmatism by connecting past trauma to the present.
Sophia Alan
LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Sophia earned her MSW from NYU and works with teens and young adults struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem, coping skills, and relationships, as well as children exposed to domestic violence. She combines CBT, mindfulness, and creative art and play therapy with parental coaching, prioritizing the therapeutic relationship as the foundation of healing.
Sarah Kitt
LMSW
Licensed Psychotherapist · IFS-certified
Sarah is certified in Internal Family Systems, with an MSW from USC, a master’s in applied psychology from Yeshiva University, and postgraduate training at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Across hospital, school, and foster-care settings she has helped individuals, couples, and families with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, attachment struggles, and family discord — using IFS, narrative therapy, CBT, DBT, MBT, and EFT.
Bianca E. Ortiz
LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Bianca is a compassionate therapist focused on trauma-related anxiety and depression, motherhood transitions, postpartum adjustment, and women’s life transitions. Through CBT, IFS, and solution-focused therapy, she helps women restore emotional balance and rediscover confidence with a nurturing, attuned presence.
Maria Cicchilli
LMHC, PhD
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
With more than twenty years of individual and couples therapy — and a license as a psychologist in Argentina — Maria works with teenagers and adults on anxiety, depression, family conflict, self-esteem, and personality disorders. Her psychodynamic, culture-aware approach integrates mind-body awareness, offered fluently in English, Spanish, or Italian.
Alessandra Scalia
LMHC, NCC, CASAC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Alessandra helps clients facing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, addiction and substance use, trauma, and life transitions. Her CBT-based work focuses on thought patterns, stress management, mindfulness, and self-care — empowering clients through education and healthy coping skills.
Constance Grey
LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
With more than forty years working with adults and couples, accredited postgraduate psychoanalytic training, and active membership in the Society for Modern Psychoanalysis, Constance is an insightful listener who supports clients through anxiety, panic attacks, depression, trauma, and relationship issues. She believes it is never too late to change and grow.
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