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Emotional Wellness

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Are you or a loved one feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or sad? Are you experiencing relationship or family problems, loss, and/or grief? Have you recently experienced a major transition in your life and need support?

Ryan Health’s Emotional Wellness team is here to help when things get difficult. We provide quality, confidential, and comprehensive emotional, psychological, and social wellness services to children, adolescents, adults, and families in a safe, warm, and trusting environment.

Our wide array of services are patient-centered and strength-based. We offer both short-term (usually 3-6 months) and long-term (usually 12-18 months) services. These services are provided in-person and virtually through telehealth sessions by experienced, empathic mental health professionals. Our Short-term Therapy (Behavioral Health Integration) is integrated with Ryan’s Comprehensive Primary Care so that you are referred by your primary care physician.

Therapies we offer:

Individual Therapy

Our one-on-one psychotherapy sessions provide a safe and confidential space for individuals to explore their thoughts, feelings, and challenges. Our therapists are skilled in addressing issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, behavioral challenges, and identity exploration.

Family Therapy

Our trained family therapists provide quality family therapy sessions that focus on improving communication, resolving conflicts, and strengthening relationships among family members. Family therapy can involve any combination of loved ones, such as parents/guardians and their children, siblings, grandparents, friends, or kinship caregivers.

Couples Therapy

Our therapists are committed to helping you and your partner be happier together. Couples therapy can help increase understanding, respect, affection, and intimacy. The goal of couples therapy is to have a deeper understanding of your own needs within the relationship and the needs of your partner so that you both feel satisfied and fulfilled.

Group Therapy

Our therapists offer group therapy to groups of 3 or more patients who are working through similar issues. One of the benefits of group therapy is that it brings patients with similar experiences together and helps them feel supported, realizing that they are not alone in their healing journey.


Psychiatric Evaluations & Medication Management

Our trained and experienced Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners provide thorough and comprehensive psychiatric evaluations for the patients of the Emotional Wellness Center. Psychiatric evaluations assess patients’ mental health status and need for supportive medication management.

Modalities of Treatment

Play Therapy

Our experienced child therapists offer children a safe, comfortable environment to process complex thoughts and emotions that might be difficult for them to process alone. Using games, dolls, role-play, drawings, and more, our therapists work with children to address behavioral challenges, improve attachment, develop healthy coping skills, and build self-esteem. Our therapists aim to foster safety, trust, and healing. And, of course, primary caregivers are involved throughout the treatment.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Psychodynamic Therapy is a common, insight-driven form of talk therapy that explores the connection between past experiences and present behavior. The goals of psychodynamic therapy are patient self-awareness and understanding the influence of the past on present behavior.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral therapy is an effective talk therapy treatment that focuses on changing negative thought patterns and teaching coping strategies. The goal of CBT is to identify unrealistic perceptions and how they contribute to current behaviors.

My Care Team

Alicia Henderson 240730 23661

Alicia Henderson, PhD, LCSW

Chief of Behavioral Health
  • Emotional Wellness
  • Behavioral Health Integration
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Dayna Heckstall, LCSW

Clinical Supervisor of School-Based Mental Health
  • Emotional Wellness
  • School-Based Health Centers
Dwayne M Toomer 240730 29121

Dwayne Toomer, PMHNP

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Emotional Wellness
Gabriel Santisteban 221104 5450

Gabriel Santisteban, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Emotional Wellness
Johanna Cabrera 221020 4223

Johanna Cabrera, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Emotional Wellness
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Roberta Newman-Hernandez, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Emotional Wellness
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Samson Laub, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Emotional Wellness
Adeienne Qulrolo 221104 5965

Adrienne Quirolo, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • School-Based Health Centers
  • Emotional Wellness
Anthony Schmertz 240730 28771

Anthony Schmertz, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • School-Based Health Centers
  • Emotional Wellness
Alejandra Rincon 221020 4300

Alejandra Rincon

Mental Health Clerk
  • Emotional Wellness
Celine Rodriguez 221104 5406

Celine Rodriguez , LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Emotional Wellness
2Jessica Rosen 221104 6143

Jessica Rosen, LMSW, M.S.Ed., PD.

Licensed Mental Health Provider
  • Emotional Wellness
Nitin Kini 221104 5558

Nitin Kini, LMSW

Licensed Master Social Worker
  • Emotional Wellness
Judith Rosenfeld 221107 6164

Judy Rosenfeld, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • School-Based Health Centers
  • Emotional Wellness
Elisa Casinader 240730 28451

El Casinader, LMSW

Licensed Master Social Worker
  • Emotional Wellness
Charlea Munoz 240730 26651

Charlea Muñoz, LMSW

Licensed Master Social Worker
  • School-Based Health Centers
  • Emotional Wellness
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Adam Last, LMSW

Licensed Master Social Worker
  • Emotional Wellness
Ally Martich 240731 31481

Ally Martich

Clinical Intake Coordinator
  • Emotional Wellness

Questions

How can I get an appointment?

Please call:

  • (212) 769-7200 for services on the Upper West Side
  • (212) 477-8500 for services on the Lower East Side.
Do I need a referral for the Ryan Health | Emotional Wellness Center?

No, you never need a referral to visit us at the Ryan Health | Emotional Wellness Center. If you need help, call, email, or drop in to the location of your choice.

What can I expect when I call the Ryan Health | Emotional Wellness Center?

You will talk with a caring, patient professional who will help you to schedule an appointment or give you a recommendation for services that would best suit you and your needs, and provide referral information.

Do you speak my language?

At the Ryan Health | Emotional Wellness Center, we have clinicians who speak multiple languages including Spanish, German and Ukrainian. We also have a language line to access an interpreter who speaks your language.