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Dov B. Finkelstein, LCSW Dov B. Finkelstein is a clinical social worker in private practice in Brooklyn, NY and Nutley, NJ. He specializes in the treatment of couples with relationship issues and /or sexual problems as well as the full spectrum of anxiety disorders including obsessive compulsive disorder, panic, trauma, and social phobia. He trained at The Ackerman Institute for the Family and is Level II certified in the Gottman therapy approach. Additionally, Dov has also benefited from advanced supervision in sex therapy from Dr. Virginia Sadock and Dr. Steven Friedman, in cognitive behavioral therapy from Dr. Fred Penzel and Dr. William Sanderson, and in interpersonal psychoanalysis by Dr. Jeremy Safran and Dr. Susan Bodnar. Dov authored a weekly self-help column “The Therapist Is In” focusing on a broad range of issues, including recovering from trauma, raising an emotionally intelligent child, and the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. Dov integrates a breadth of treatment modalities in his work including cognitive-behavioral therapy, family/systems theory, and interpersonal psychoanalysis. He firmly believes in customizing the treatment methods to best meet the needs of the individual efficiently and compassionately. Close, respectful collaboration with clients is a central aspect of Dov’s psychotherapy practice. |
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After graduating from Columbia University, Dr. Guberman started her career at Jewish Board of Family and Children Services where she worked with individuals, couples and families in all modalities of therapy, with a specialization in crisis intervention. While at JBFCS, she entered the two-year sexual-therapy program with Clifford Sager, M.D. After completion of this program, Dr. Sager recommended her to become a full clinical member in SSTAR (Society for Sex Therapy and Research) and AASECT (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists). She has been an AASECT-certified sex therapist for over 25 years, as well as a full clinical member of SSTAR. She also worked for the New York City Department of Education helping students deal with developmental issues, sexuality and HIV-AIDS awareness. Dr. Guberman also initiated her own company, Stress Management Services, where she worked in industry, helping people cope with business and daily stressors in their lives. She has appeared on television (The Jane Show) discussing teenage sexuality and has spoken at the 92nd Street Y on stress and conflict management. In her work with clients, whether it is sex therapy, individual, or couples therapy, she teaches mindfulness and meditation techniques in dealing with sexual dysfunction and anxiety. In her clinical work, Dr. Guberman has a particular interest in low sexual desire and how unresolved issues of grief and loss can relate to sexual dysfunction. Dr. Guberman is in private practice for over 30 years on the Upper West Side. |
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Carolynn Hillman is a LCSW with over 35 years of clinical experience treating individuals and couples in psychotherapy, couples counseling and sex therapy. She earned her MSW from Hunter in 1968 and went on to study sex therapy under Dr. Clifford Sager at JFS and psychoanalysis at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) completing her sex therapy training in 1976 and her psychoanalytic training in 1977. Carolynn is the Director of Training at the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of NJ (CPPNJ) and is a training analyst and supervisor at the Institute of the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health Society in NYC. She is an AASECT Certified Diplomate of Sex Therapy, and is a member of The Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR), the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP), and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Carolynn has presented many times to local and international audiences and is the author of Recovery of Your Self-Esteem, and Love Your Looks. She has a private practice on the upper west side. |
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Leora Manischewitz is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience in the field. She initially trained at Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work (MSW), where she studied sex therapy under Sandra Leiblum, PhD and Ray Rosen, PhD. Subsequently, Leora received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) at Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist and member of SSTAR. Besides clinical experience, Leora has consulted to the corporate sector, where she has lectured on topics such as stress management, healthy lifestyles, conflict in the workplace, and the dual-career couple. She is currently in private practice in mid-town Manhattan. |
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Dr. Eli Mayer is a Clinical Psychologist with a long standing interest in Human Sexuality, especially as it related to non-normative populations. In 1987 he completed his doctorate at Yeshiva University writing his thesis on gay male sexual partnership styles. During training he studied sex therapy at SUNY Downstate taught by Drs. Marian Dunn and Steve Friedman. Opening an independent practice in NYC’s Greenwich Village, 1987, at the height of he AIDS Epidemic, Dr. Mayer quickly establish expertise working with sexuality among highly stigmatized populations, who were confronting death, alienation and grieving. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Eli Mayer taught undergraduates for many years at Baruch College, CUNY, of which he is an alum. His teaching experience also includes supervising the clinical work of doctoral candidates at Yeshiva, Pace, and Rutgers Universities. In the last decade Dr. Mayer has intensified his study of sex therapy, under the direct supervision of Drs. Marian Dunn and Suzanne Iasenza. He is an active member of the Society of Sex Therapists and Researchers, the International Society for the study of Women’s Sexual Health, and is certified as a Sex Therapist by the Association of Sex Therapists, Researchers and Counselors. In addition he maintains membership in the New York State Psychological Association, the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists, and is listed in the National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology. |
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Dr. Rosenberg started her career as a classically trained analytically oriented psychiatrist who soon realized that there was area of difficulty experienced by her patients dealing with sexual dysfunction of both physical and physiologic etiologies that could not helped by this method alone. She studied Sexual Therapy and Behavior with Dr. Virginia Sadock in the early 80s and since then, has been supervising students in the program as well as seeing patients with sexual and relationship problems using the techniques learned in this program, as well as her earlier training to help understand and focus on underlying issues. She is on the faculty of NYU Medical School. |
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Mindy R. Schiffman, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist at the NYU Fertility Center, a clinical instructor in NYU's obstetrics and gynecology department, a sex therapist, and has a private practice in individual and couple counseling. Dr. Schiffman began her work in sexuality more than 30 years ago at the Sexual Behavior Clinic of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. While completing her doctorate at Columbia University, she volunteered at GMHC in the midst of the AIDS crisis. She then pursued a post-doctoral fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in psycho-oncology. While at MSKCC, she completed a joint fellowship in Human Sexuality at Cornell Medical Center, with the expressed purpose of helping cancer patients resolve sexual problems secondary to their cancer. Dr. Schiffman works with individuals and couples from diverse cultural backgrounds and lifestyles on the most intimate aspects of their lives, including their sexuality, relationships, family concerns, and life and death issues. Her style is interactive, and employs uncovering family of origin dynamics, but also more practical, cognitive and behavioral methods to help make changes more quickly. |
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Sandra Guberman, Ph.D., LCSW
Carolynn Hillman, LCSW
Laura Kimeldorf, M.D.
Leora Manischewitz, PsyD
Eliezer R Mayer, PsyD
Marsha Rosenberg, M.D.
Mindy Schiffman, Ph.D.