AHANA Brittany FRANCESCA

GABRIELA Kate SACHI

Ahana Appiah

Navigating life can be overwhelming, leaving us feeling frustrated, confused, hopeless, and anxious. While the struggle is universal, it can deeply impact our sense of self, relationships, functionality, health, and well-being. As a mental health counselor Ahana believes that everyone has the innate capacity for growth and healing– we might, however, need some help in maximizing this potential. She thus sees her role as that of a catalyst, supporting you in the development of more authentic and satisfying ways of being in crucial aspects of life like relationships, work/school, and personal wellness.

Ahana has deep experience utilizing multiple modalities including: DBT, CBT, Gottman, and Postive Psychology. She also is adapt at utilizing a trauma-informed therapeutic approach that draws from person-centered, cognitive behavioral, narrative, strength-based, IFS, and multicultural orientations, Ahana seeks to facilitate self-reflection, the challenging of unhelpful patterns, effective coping and building resilience. She places emphasis on exploring the experiences, environments, cultures, values, challenges, and relationships that have shaped you and your worldview, to better understand your concerns, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Ahana understands that having a space that will empower and support you in navigating life in a more fulfilling manner is crucial to your mental health journey. She aims to create a therapeutic environment that is collaborative and safe, where she will meet you with empathy and curiosity and where all your unique identities will be accepted and celebrated.

Brittany Croley

Brittany (she/her/hers) is a Psychotherapist and a licensed/board certified Creative Art Therapist. She is an empathetic and highly sensitive person who is passionate about working with people to improve their connectedness with themselves and to others; I support my clients in tapping into their own undiscovered brand of creativity, strength, resilience and insight.She provides a safe, caring and authentic therapeutic relationship where collaborative verbal and non-verbal expression and self-exploration takes place. A variety of evidenced-based methods are utilized, including: Trauma-Focused CBT, mindfulness, DBT and skills training, Motivational Interviewing, as well as expressive art/music psychotherapy (collaborative songwriting, drawing/painting/sculpting and improvisational role play.)

By combining both verbal and expressive arts-based methods, Brittany taps into each person's unique creative strengths to support clients in realizing--and actualizing-- their fullest potential. Her clinical orientation is psychodynamic, with an emphasis on providing emotionally attuned, integrative treatment that suits the unique needs of each individual.She is a published, co-author/co-investigator of research focused on survivors of acute and complex trauma. She has presented at scientific and professional conferences throughout the U.S., as well as in Europe. Her Thesis was “Sounds of the Silenced: Combining Music Therapy and Narrative Therapy Methods to Bypass Speechless Terror in Trauma Survivors: An Integrative Approach to Person-Centered, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.”

Francesca Di Mauro

Francesca (she/her/hers) is a deeply skilled clinician with over 11 years of experience in supporting diverse populations. Utilizing her knowledge of education, psychology, social work, expressive therapies, sociology, organizational development, and leadership she helps her clients improve and repair their relationships.

Francesca provides evidence-based, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-sensitive counseling and direct therapeutic services to all ages of individuals, families, and couples. She has counseled and developed programs for at-risk children and their families providing behavioral interventions and using modalities such as positive parenting, and has provided supportive counseling and case management services to clients ages 60+.

Francesca has a passion for and deep experience in working with and developing programs for individuals on the Autism Spectrum and working with families of children with special needs.

She prides herself on understanding the needs of her clients and developing strength-based treatment plans. She often utilizes the S.E.L.F. model, which stands for the categories of problem-solving that make up the Sanctuary framework: Safety, Emotions, Loss and Future. These categories represent four dynamic areas of focus for trauma recovery.

Excelling in providing leadership, guidance, support, crisis intervention, and restorative practices in post-crisis situations, Francesca has also volunteered with the Mt. Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program as a Rape Crisis Advocate.

As a Clinical Supervisor she helped develop and manage clinicians and second-year students from different master’s level programs.

Gabriela Baquero-Henao

Gabriela (she/her/hers) is a mental health counselor who is passionate about providing comprehensive multiculturally sensitive therapy for people from diverse backgrounds. She is originally from Bogotá, Colombia and speaks Spanish fluently. Gabriela has experience providing individual, couples/family and group counseling, as well as psychoeducational interventions.

In addition, Gabriela has worked in-depth with survivors of gender and intimate partner violence and chronic pain. Gabriela believes that every treatment needs to be tailored to the specific needs of the client, which is why she draws from multiple therapeutic approaches in her work. Furthermore, she believes that establishing a strong therapeutic alliance is key for successful therapy, which is why she is devoted to getting to know her clients and providing a safe and nurturing growth environment.

We believe in real, practical Transformative Psychotherapy focusing on more than just symptoms, helping each client live his/her happiest life through Positive Psychology. We use Mindfulness Techniques to help understand your thoughts and feelings and how these manifest in your body: yesterday, today and projecting into the future.

We utilize Interpersonal and Analytical Skills to Enable Individuals, Children, and Families to Improve Their Lives. Sessions Focus on Helping Clients Define and Reach Their Life Goals. The Theoretical Approach is Based Upon: Positive Psychology, Object Relations, ACT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy(DBT), Existential and Psychotherapy.

In Couples Therapy we also utilize the Gottman Method, (based upon four decades of research with more than 3,000 couples). Gottman is the only evidenced based couples therapy.

Kate Brown

A New York Native, Kate (she/her/hers) is savvy and fluid with issues of diversity in culture, race, religion, and sexual identity, and has great expertise in sexuality, trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic illness, death, and dying.

Naturally empathic, relational and ‘in tune’, Kate custom tailors her analytically based therapy style to meet the individual needs of each person. Her practice includes a creative use of memories, dreams, imagery, and metaphoric associations while integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and guided imagery techniques.  She also encourages a connection to nature as a vital source of integrating self.

Kate is passionate about the process of healing, growth and rediscovery of self.  She celebrates the courage of each individual who chooses this path.

Kate is currently finishing her three year Post Graduate Fellowship program in Psychoanalytic Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Training Institute for Mental Health in Manhattan.

Sachi Gohil

Sachi is deeply passionate about individualizing psychotherapy to match your unique needs (Children, Couples, Individuals and Families). She recognizes the courage it takes to seek mental health services and comes from a place of curiosity, compassion, and respect to create a strong therapeutic relationship that allows deeper self-discovery.  She will help you recognize your strengths and move towards self-compassion while enhancing your resilience to cope with life’s challenges. 

We believe in real, practical Transformative Psychotherapy focusing on more than just symptoms, helping each client live his/her happiest life through Positive Psychology.  

“Positive Psychology is grounded in the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within them, and to enhance their experiences of love, work, and play (Positive Psychology Center, 2016).” 

We use Mindfulness Techniques to help understand your thoughts and feelings and how this manifest in your body: yesterday, today and projecting into the future.  Since mental health issues often show up as symptoms in our bodies; we utilize various mind-body techniques, such as: mindfulness, yogic breathwork, body movement, and grounding techniques to master the mind-body harmony.