Understand your past to transform your present. We explore thedeep-seated patterns, early attachments, and hidden motivationsthat shape your daily experience.
Much of our adult behavior is dictated by "scripts"— unconscious narratives written in our earliest years. We help you identify these invisible directives, allowing you to choose a new path rather than repeating old cycles. This is the first step toward true psychological sovereignty.
How we relate to others is often a mirror of how we first related to our primary caregivers. By examining the 'objects' in your internal world, we can restructure the architecture of your current relationships, building capacity for intimacy, trust, and authentic connection.
Growth is not about eliminating parts of yourself, but bringing them into a cohesivewhole. Through the psychodynamic process, we integrate suppressed emotions,conflicting desires, and dormant strengths into a single, resilient identity.
Moving from fragmented self-statesto a unified sense of being.
Building the internal capacity to hold complex, contradictory emotions.
Living from a place of deep self- knowledge rather than defensive reaction.
Depression
Anxiety
Aparna Natarajan works with adults navigating trauma, identity, and life transitions, supporting them in understanding their experiences and building a more grounded and meaningful sense of self. She has experience working with individuals managing anxiety, depression, PTSD, family and relationship challenges, intimate partner violence, and the impacts of complex trauma. Many of the individuals she works with are navigating high expectations, internal pressure, and questions around identity and self-worth.
During her training, Aparna worked in both community-based and hospital settings, providing trauma-informed care to diverse populations, including immigrants, refugees, and survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence. Her work is deeply informed by her commitment to culturally responsive and trauma-informed care, and she takes an integrative approach, drawing from psychodynamic theory, DBT, CBT, and somatic practices.
Aparna approaches therapy as a collaborative and empowering process, helping clients build insight, strengthen coping strategies, and move toward the lives they want for themselves. She believes healing happens within a safe and attuned therapeutic relationship and is committed to creating a space where clients feel seen, understood, and supported.
Relationship Issues
LGBTQ+ Issues
Benjamin Carter, MHC-LP is a therapist who is passionate about supporting individuals as they heal from experiences of trauma, find meaning in navigating identity, and foster loving relationships. With experience in working alongside individuals navigating complex trauma, family and partner conflict, substance use, depression, and anxiety, Benjamin works to facilitate healing through an attuned, collaborative relationship.
While completing his master’s training, Benjamin worked in a trauma institute setting, supporting adults and children as they navigate ongoing trauma, stressors, and complex relationships. With advanced training in Meditation and Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, AEDP, and Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples, Benjamin offers a wide set of clinical approaches to meet clients where they are, while infusing a relational-cultural lens that integrates identity, attachment, and client experience into his work.
Benjamin believes that people are resilient, and have the keys to change and heal in the context of an attuned and collaborative relationship. He believes that healing also comes from an integration of individual identity, culture, and spirituality, and takes an anti-racist and LGBTQ+ and trans-affirming and informed approach that prioritizes acceptance and belonging for all aspects of identity.
Anxiety
Self Esteem
Do you wish to understand the complex ways your experiences have shaped the individual standing before you in the mirror today? Perhaps you’ve struggled to understand and accept difficult and painful situations of the past, or maybe there are certain unproductive thoughts that seem to continuously infiltrate the mind. Maybe you’re seeking your fullest potential to living life, authentically and in alignment with your declared value system. These are aspects that we can take a deeper look at to make your human experience as personally valuable as it deserves to be.
I invite all identity and value exploration as we take a look at the life experiences that shape your individual, and work to understand, process, and accept the frameworks that are present today. Using a holistic approach to the psychodynamic lens, we will address the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental aspects that make up the whole human.
ADHD
Life Transitions
Dr. Harper works with adults who are navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, identity concerns, substance use, grief, chronic illness, and major life transitions. He supports clients who are seeking deeper self-understanding, improved emotional regulation, and more fulfilling relationships, particularly during periods of change, loss, or recovery.
Therapy with Dr. Harper is collaborative, intentional, and grounded in a strong therapeutic relationship. His work integrates evidence-based and relational approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and person-centered care. Sessions focus on understanding emotional and relational patterns, clarifying values, building coping strategies, and developing greater flexibility in responding to life’s challenges. He offers therapy in English or Spanish.
Dr. Harper brings extensive clinical experience from university counseling centers, medical and wellness settings, and community mental health. He has worked with diverse populations, including college and international students, individuals in recovery, clients facing serious medical diagnoses, and those navigating complex identity and cultural contexts. Dr. Harper approaches therapy with curiosity, compassion, and respect for each client’s lived experience, creating a space that supports insight, resilience, and meaningful, sustainable growth.
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Trauma and PTSD
Grief
Ann works with adult individuals navigating anxiety, depression, complex trauma, grief, adoption-related experiences, and questions of identity and belonging. She offers a gentle, non-pathologizing space where clients can slow down, feel deeply heard, and begin to make sense of how past experiences continue to shape present-day pain points. Ann approaches therapy with care and curiosity, supporting clients in reconnecting with their inner resilience and moving toward healing at a pace that feels safe, steady, and empowering.
Her work is grounded in a holistic and relational approach, drawing from person-centered, psychodynamic, EMDR, parts work, and somatic therapies. As a pre-licensed psychotherapist in Colorado, Ann practices from a trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, anti-racist, and LGBTQ+ allied lens. She believes that beneath layers of trauma and conditioning, each person holds the essence of their truest Self. Ann is honored to walk alongside clients as they rediscover that essence and move toward becoming their most authentic and favorite selves.
Anxiety
Depression
Mallory Bodker, LMSW, has experience working with adults navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, identity development, complex trauma, acculturation stress, intimate partner violence, and gender dysphoria. She approaches therapy with an attuned, relational style that invites clients to explore emotionally complex experiences. Mallory is known for her empathetic presence and her ability to remain engaged and grounded during vulnerable conversations.
Her clinical work is informed by psychodynamic and relational theories, as well as social work values and culturally responsive care. She provides individualized therapy that considers cultural identity, social context, and environmental factors in the therapeutic process.
Mallory values authenticity in the therapeutic space and believes levity can coexist with depth, even in difficult conversations. She welcomes feedback and views the therapeutic relationship as an ongoing, reflective dialogue. During her Master’s training at New York University and since graduating, she has worked in school-based, community mental health, and private practice settings. Mallory aims to help clients develop greater self-awareness, cultivate self-compassion, and feel more empowered in their lives and relationships.
Jacqueline is our Medical Biller at Create Outcomes with over seven years of hands-on expertise in medical billing and revenue cycle operations. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Health Administration, providing a strong foundation in healthcare systems, compliance, and administrative practices.Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a deep understanding of insurance verification, claims submission, payment posting, denials management, and patient billing. She is highly skilled in navigating complex insurance guidelines and works diligently to resolve billing issues efficiently and accurately. Known for her commitment to excellence and patient-centered service, she takes pride in assisting clients with all insurance and billing needs while ensuring clear communication and positive outcomes for both clients and healthcare providers. Her attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and dedication to ethical billing practices contribute to improved financial performance and smooth operations within medical practices. She is passionate about supporting healthcare teams by maintaining accurate billing processes and helping practices achieve consistent, compliant, and successful revenue outcomes.
Trauma and PTSD
Depression
Lena has experience working with individuals navigating depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD, life transitions, family and relationship dynamics, intimate partner violence, and feelings of isolation or disconnection. She approaches therapy by creating a warm, judgment-free environment where struggles can be shared openly and explored at a pace that feels safe and supportive. Lena works collaboratively with clients to find ways to make the weight of what they’re carrying feel lighter over time.
Her clinical experience is grounded in community-based settings, with a focus on supporting clients during periods of crisis. While completing her Master’s training, she worked at a domestic violence shelter and Bellevue Hospital, supporting individuals navigating stress, trauma, and life transitions. She helps clients emotionally regulate and ease pain and suffering in ways that feel stabilizing and compassionate, while also exploring how early experiences and relational histories shape current emotions and patterns to support healing and meaningful change.
Self Esteem
Anxiety
Dr. Silipo works with adults experiencing depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and trauma. He specialize in postpartum depression and perinatal care for parents.
He operates mainly from a psychodynamic approach, working together with his clients to build a strong therapeutic alliance and a therapeutic frame which promotes mutual respect, compassion, and curiosity.
Anxiety
Stress
Ella works with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, low self-esteem, stress, life transitions, adjustment issues, relationship problems, grief, trauma, abuse and neglect. Her approach to counseling is integrative, drawing primarily from Psychodynamic and Person-Centered Therapy, while incorporating tools from evidence-based practices like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Ella's work is goal-oriented, insight-focused, and strength-based, aiming to support clients in understanding unhelpful patterns and relationship dynamics to build resilience and change. As a Turkish American immigrant, Ella deeply values each person's cultural background and tailors her therapeutic approach to honor clients' unique identities and needs. She offers in-person and online appointments and speaks English and Turkish.
Trauma and PTSD
Anxiety
Alicia works with adults coping with unresolved childhood trauma, PTSD, attachment struggles, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Her approach is relational, collaborative, and trauma-informed, blending psychodynamic, somatic, CBT, IFS, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help clients feel more grounded, understood, and emotionally resilient.
Anxiety
Depression
Ningyuan partners with adults navigating anxiety, depression, relationship stress, and major life transitions. Having lived in different countries for many years, she understands how disorienting and overwhelming change can feel, and brings cultural humility to her work with clients from diverse backgrounds.
Her approach integrates psychodynamic therapy and CBT with mindfulness-based practices, offering both space to reflect on deeper patterns and practical tools to manage everyday challenges. Ningyuan provides a warm, collaborative, and nonjudgmental space where clients can feel supported, gain clarity, and move toward meaningful change. She offers therapy in both English and Mandarin.
Mood Disorders
Trauma and PTSD
Yufei works with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, mood disorders, life transitions, and LGBTQIA+ and gender-related concerns. Their collaborative style blends psychodynamic, IFS, narrative, and strength-based care with cultural humility. Yufei practices in English, Japanese, and Mandarin.
Anxiety
Depression
Stewart works with adults experiencing depression, repetitive anxieties, the pressures of time and life expectations, impulsivity and confusing compulsions, challenges with relationships, and the pain of death or separation. His work centers on reconstructing one's sense of self—as all paths leading to restoration, regulation, and rest must first be found within you; if then to be discovered in the world around you.
His work combines many approaches to best fit the needs of each client and, essentially, to 'make sense' of therapy. He relies on psychodynamics and relational understanding to help see the many versions of you, over the course of your life, while also making therapy actionable and pragmatic with the use of skills, exercises, and plans to overcoming life's weekly, even daily frustrations.
Life Transitions
Mood Disorders
Lisa helps adults address anger, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. As a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, she combines Art Therapy with psychodynamic, CBT, and motivational interviewing to deepen insight and create tangible change.
Anxiety
Depression
Erica supports adults navigating anxiety, depression, perfectionism, life transitions, self-esteem challenges, trauma, and concerns related to race and cultural identity. With an authentic, trauma-informed, and strength-based approach, she helps clients clarify their goals and take meaningful steps toward the lives they want to lead.
Erica’s therapeutic style draws from a blend of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), somatic practices, community and culturally based healing, psychodynamic therapy, and trauma-informed care.She tailors her work to each client’s unique needs and honors the complexity of every individual’s story and lived experience. Erica strives to create a collaborative, affirming space where you feel seen, heard, and empowered to grow and to create meaningful, lasting change in your life.
Anxiety
Depression
Jingyi works with adults navigating anxiety, depression, identity questions, grief, substance use recovery, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. As a queer, Tibetan-Chinese therapist, she values culturally-sensitive and individualized care. She understands that clients’ stories are shaped by family, community, culture, and lived experiences, and works with them to explore these layers and create space for self-understanding.
Jingyi provides warm, trauma-informed care, drawing from psychodynamic, existential, and narrative approaches. She is committed to building a collaborative and nonjudgmental space where clients can reflect, heal, and move toward clarity. She offers therapy in both English and Mandarin.
Trauma and PTSD
Anxiety
Tanya works with adults who are navigating the challenges of life, including the impact of trauma, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and identity concerns, and periods of transition. She believes the therapeutic relationship itself is a meaningful and healing space. Her work supports deeper connection to the self, to others, and to the world around us all.
Therapy with Tanya is intentional and collaborative, shaped by years of experience working with diverse communities as both an educator and a counselor. While completing her Master’s training, she continued working in school settings, collaborating to develop programs and build relationships with teenagers and their families as they navigated everyday stressors and life crises. In addition, she provided individual therapy to adult clients at Create Outcomes.
Tanya’s background uniquely equips her to understand the systems and environments we live within, and how tension can emerge in relationships, lived experiences, and complex social contexts. At the same time, she approaches each client as a whole person - mind, body, and spirit. Together, Tanya and her clients gently explore personal values, emotional and relational patterns over time, and inner strengths using an integrative, holistic, person-centered approach. This work creates space for insight, healing, and growth, guided by the belief that healing unfolds over time and that meaningful change emerges when we listen more deeply to ourselves and move forward with clarity, compassion, and purpose.
Anxiety
Depression
As a South-Asian therapist on Long Island, Lisha provides a safe, inclusive space for clients to explore mental health, manage life’s challenges, and pursue personal growth. She acknowledges the complexities of balancing cultural identities and societal expectations, supporting her clients in building resilience, self-awareness, and well-being.
Lisha emphasizes trust, openness, and the exploration of personal and relational dynamics. By integrating evidence-based techniques, she tailors care to meet each client’s unique needs, empowering them to find meaningful change and authentic coping strategies.
Anxiety
Depression
In a world where self-care is often reduced to quick fixes, Victoria believes true self-care lies in the depth of therapy. She believes everyone seeks to be validated and understood, and is dedicated to creating a client-centered, collaborative space where individuals feel safe, seen, and heard.
Victoria explores how social, cultural, and environmental factors shape your emotions and experiences, working together to build a strong foundation of trust. With adaptability at the core, she helps identify goals and adjust them as needed, allowing for a flexible, meaningful journey in therapy.
Anxiety
Depression
Alice is a psychodynamic therapist who works with individuals navigating life transitions, relationship concerns, depression, anxiety, trauma, and feelings of isolation. In recent years, many people have struggled with increased disconnection, and Alice strives to provide a collaborative, supportive space where clients feel seen, heard, and less alone. She understands the courage it takes to begin therapy and approaches this work with care, curiosity, and respect.
Alice takes a psychodynamic approach to help clients explore how past relationships and experiences shape current thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. With greater insight, she integrates CBT and DBT-informed strategies to support coping, behavioral change, and emotional acceptance. Her work is grounded in a trauma-informed framework, with an emphasis on safety, validation, and building trust throughout the therapeutic process. Alice has experience utilizing these approaches and creating a safe space working with survivors of rape and sexual assault during her Master’s training.
As an Asian American therapist, Alice is especially mindful of the cultural, familial, and systemic factors that can make seeking therapy challenging for Asian Americans and other marginalized communities. She welcomes conversations around identity, culture, and intergenerational experiences, and works to create a space where these topics can be explored openly and without judgment.
Grounded in these approaches, Alice tailors therapy to each client’s individual goals. She believes there is no set roadmap for life and is committed to meeting clients wherever they are in their journey.
Depression
Anxiety
Brian brings unique experience to his work with clients. He earned his master of social work degree from West Chester University in Philadelphia, and Bachelor of Arts from Bennington College. He also comes to this work after a successful first career as a marketing/creative professional, leading Fortune 100 brands. As a result, Brian is able to share special insight and empathy for high-achieving professionals and creatives.
He is dedicated to creating a warm, welcoming space where clients can explore, honor, and learn from their past and present, while envisioning a fulfilling future. He embraces each client's unique identities, cultures, genders, and sexualities, fostering a collaborative journey that empowers them to live authentically.
Stress
Anxiety
Dr. Waldron works with adults who are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, life transitions, and unhelpful coping patterns. She provides a supportive, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their experiences, better understand themselves, and work toward meaningful and sustainable change. She holds a Ph.D. in Biobehavioral Health and has advanced training in mental health counseling and evidence-based therapeutic approaches. Her work is grounded in empathy, respect, and an appreciation for the complexity of each individual’s lived experience. Dr. Waldron is attentive to the role that culture, identity, and personal values play in shaping how people relate to themselves and others, and she thoughtfully integrates these perspectives into the therapeutic process. Her goal is to offer therapy that feels both effective and affirming, honoring each client’s unique background and needs.
Anxiety
Grief
Tala works with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, grief or issues related to cultural adjustment. As an Arab-American and a therapist of color, she understands the value of working with a therapist who understands different cultural backgrounds and the impact of culture on mental health. Tala provides a safe space for her clients to explore your personal history and how certain events and traumas shape relationships and behaviors.
Tala’s approach is an integration of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral modalities. Tala has served as a social worker in a variety of non-profit organizations and outpatient clinics, and believes that the therapeutic model utilized at Create Outcomes is one of the most effective and data-driven models currently available.
LGBTQ+ Issues
Anxiety
Emily works with older teens and adults and specializes in working with LGBTQ+ clients. She has experience working with those dealing with queer issues, life transitions, anxiety, depression and relationship issues. She believes individuals are a culmination of their life experiences and should be treated as such. With her clients, she will explore their past and present experiences and how they influence their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Emily’s approach is an integration of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral modalities. She works together with her clients to set a pace that is comfortable while ensuring they are on track to reach their goals.
Anxiety
Depression
Tyara works with older teens and adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, family conflict or going through difficult life transitions. As a first-generation, Caribbean-American, and Black woman, Tyara understands the importance of offering individualized and culturally-sensitive therapy. She believes her clients’ stories are created by a complex mixture of cultural, economic, racial, ethnic, and sexual relationships with themselves and the world. She works with her clients to explore these relationships and acknowledge the difficulties of balancing external conditions with personal needs.
Tyara offers compassionate and thoughtful therapy and uses person-centered, relational-cultural, and psychodynamic modalities. She honors the strength it takes to seek self-understanding and commits to creating a safe, collaborative, and nonjudgmental space for her clients.
Self Esteem
Depression
Dr. Romulus works with adults and couples who are experiencing relationship issues, family conflict, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and identity issues, or other life transitions. Her approach is integrative though largely psychodynamic. She believes therapy is most successful when there is a warm, strong, and mutually collaborative alliance.
Dr. Romulus has experience working in a variety of clinical settings with diverse populations. As a result, she is fluent in multiple modalities to assist patients such as CBT, ACT, and mindfulness-based approaches. She has also pursued training in promoting racial healing and improving sleep hygiene.
Anxiety
Depression
Cheyenne works with adults who experience trauma symptoms, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and identity issues, LGBTQIA2S+ concerns, or other life transitions. She believes a strong therapeutic relationship prompts fuller connections in other areas of life - to oneself, to others, and to the environment.
Cheyenne works to discover her clients' personal values, explore and process patterned behaviors and relationships, and uncover and utilize individual strengths to take steps towards achieving personal goals. Her approach is trauma-focused and person-centered, including a background in psychodynamic therapy, somatic attachment theory, parts work, TF-CBT, and holistic wellness.
Anxiety
Racial Identity
Sadaf works with adults to overcome internal conflicts, prevent self-sabotage, and work through unhealthy relationships with others in their lives. Sadaf has experience working with individuals from culturally and professionally diverse backgrounds who have set high standards for themselves. She explores how past experiences inform the present, and helps individuals build a healthier relationship with themselves by addressing the intersection of cultural, professional, and interpersonal concerns.
Sadaf creates a safe space to allow her clients to speak authentically and centers the therapeutic relationship to create a space for insight, growth, and positive change.
Kira is the Care Coordinator at Create Outcomes, where she is dedicated to offering a warm and welcoming experience for new clients, ensuring that sense of support continues as she helps guide them through their therapy journey from an administrative lens. She collaborates closely with Create’s therapists across all locations, assisting with scheduling, documentation, and insurance concerns among other matters.
Having been educated in the field of psychology, a subject she is deeply passionate about, Kira blends her professional expertise in administration and customer service with empathy and genuine care, ensuring meaningful connections with both clients and therapists.
Depression
Anxiety
Jennifer works with adults navigating through difficult life experiences and struggling with depression, anxiety, self-esteem, life transitions, and social connection. She uses a variety of approaches which include positive psychology, cognitive, and mindfulness strategies, allowing clients to easily open up to discuss topics of their choosing and grow in personal goals.
Jennifer’s own path through life has allowed her to volunteer abroad and work with young adults of diverse cultural backgrounds, which has given her a unique perspective.
Anxiety
Depression
Michael is a psychotherapist intern pursuing his Master’s of Social Work degree. He specializes in helping clients overcome challenges related to anxiety, depression, grief, and relationships, using a personalized approach that blends psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral methods. As a gay man, he is committed to supporting clients in exploring their identities, addressing societal pressures, and cultivating a sense of self-confidence and authenticity.
Alongside his clinical work, Michael serves as the Director of Operations, managing clinical systems, care coordination, and organizational development. His extensive experience in leadership and strategic planning informs his collaborative, structured, and compassionate approach to therapy.
Mood Disorders
Relationship Issues
Dr. Cole specializes in helping individuals overcome anxiety, depression, bereavement, and relational difficulties. She is passionate about empowering women by developing their self-worth and confidence through individual therapy, group therapy, and retreats.
Dr. Cole realized over the years that the mental health field was in need of a model to provide care in a way that was self-aware, in alignment with the client’s values, while also systematically tracking progress. This led to the foundation of Create Outcomes.
