Mary Paisley, MA, LMHC, NCC
Summary:
Mary is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor helping high achievers, perfectionists, and self-critical humans struggling with anxiety, trauma, or burnout move from overwhelm to clarity, calm, and sustainable performance. Using a collaborative, trauma informed approach, she supports nervous system regulation and lasting change through personalized, evidence-based care.
Mary also provides premarital counseling and couple check ups to help couples build and maintain strong communication, deepen connection, and create a resilient [...]
Cynthia Rivera, LMFT
Summary:
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 11 years of experience. My experience includes working with individuals, families and teens that have struggled with anxiety, depression, stress and trauma. I am trauma and mediation informed. My therapeutic approach is grounded in Solution Focused Therapy which has helped clients thrive through life obstacles.
Throughout my journey into adulthood, I often felt unheard and unseen-and that experience continues to shape [...]
Dr. Hannah Gilfix
Summary:
As a licensed psychologist, I am dedicated to helping you find relief from anxiety or OCD, navigate life transitions as a young professional or college student, heal from past trauma, improve relationships, or resolve burnout from work stress. I will create a space for you to learn how to form a more compassionate and nurturing connection to yourself that is self-healing. I aim to help you decrease your shame, [...]
Dahlia Topolosky, Psy.D.
Summary:
I am a clinical psychologist and I integrate various techniques including person-centered therapy, acceptance commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness techniques to address issues such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, self-esteem, grief, reproductive challenges, and trauma. I am also trained in EMDR, a technique that helps people process stress, anxiety, and trauma. Telehealth (video) therapy sessions can be provided to clients in most states, including MD, DC. and [...]
Bassy Schwartz , LMFT
Summary:
When your relationship is hurting, you don’t just want to cope—you want real change. At Core Relationships, we treat the whole system. The dynamic. The emotional root. The patterns that keep playing out—so you can finally break them.
You might be thinking:
“I don’t know what else to do.”
“We’re not communicating—we’re just surviving.”
“My relationship feels like it’s struggling in every direction.”
“I’ve tried therapy before, and it didn’t create real change [...]
Erika Dankovits Kao, LCSW
Summary:
Minds Wide Open Psychotherapy provides couples therapy for partners seeking deeper connection, improved communication, and more secure ways of relating.
Focusing exclusively on couples, including LGBTQ+ couples, we offer in-person relationship counseling to clients in Montclair, NJ, as well as over telehealth throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Florida.