Faculty

CB Eisner

MSW, RCSWI, CST

Trauma and sex therapist specializing in trauma, sexuality, intimacy, and relational concerns. Board-certified sex therapist and doctoral candidate in Clinical Sexology, with advanced training in EMDR, addiction, and trauma-informed psychosexual therapy. Also teaches classes for high school and post-high school students on healthy relationships and intimacy.

Micah Engel

DNP, NP-P, PMHNP-BC

Board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with an MS from NYU and a Doctorate from Touro University. Extensive experience providing psychiatric care to high-risk clients at Four Winds Hospital and Mosaic Mental Health, offering medication management combined with therapeutic support for children and adults, including complex psychopharmacology.

Michelle Fischler

MSW, RSW, RP

ASTO Certified Sex Therapist and Approved Supervisor based in Ontario. In private practice in sex therapy and clinical supervision since 2013, specializing in early ejaculation, desire discrepancy, vaginismus, and shame-informed treatment. Longtime ASTO board member, author of Coming Soon: The Unshaming Guide to Early Ejaculation and Lasting Longer, and host of the GETSOME Podcast.

Jennifer H. Greenberg, PhD

MSW, LICSW, LCSW-C, CST-S, CSCT

Clinical Social Worker and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor based in Bethesda, MD, specializing in integrative sex and couples therapy. Completed a 2024 dissertation on the role of romance novels in fostering intimacy. Holds a Ph.D. in Human Sexuality and Sex Therapy from Daybreak University and an MSW from Washington University in St. Louis.

Pamela Klein

LCSW, CST

Licensed clinical social worker and AASECT certified sex therapist helping individuals and couples with relationship problems, sexual dysfunction, low desire, and sexual pain. Certified in sex therapy at the NYU Program for Human Sexuality, with additional training in Mindfulness, Somatic Intervention, and Emotionally Focused Therapy.

Sara Klein

MScPT

Registered Physiotherapist with more than 19 years of experience, MScPT from the University of Toronto (2005) with additional training in Women's Pelvic Health Physiotherapy. Specializes in pelvic floor dysfunction and pelvic pain across the lifespan, and serves as a researcher, educator, and staff physiotherapist in the Chronic Pain Program at the Hospital for Sick Children.

Judy Lebovits

LCSW, SIFI

Psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, professor, and researcher specializing in trauma-informed care, sexuality, and culturally responsive mental health treatment. Teaches graduate-level social work courses at Yeshiva University. Author of a chapter in The Routledge International Handbook of Sex Therapy and Religion on unconsummated marriages within the Jewish community.

Sarah Lebovits

LCSW

Psychotherapist and educator specializing in intimacy, sexual health, and relationship dynamics. Teaches psychology and social work at Yeshiva University and the University of Mount Saint Vincent, focusing on the intersectionality of culture, religion, and sexuality, and integrating EMDR, DBT, and motivational interviewing.

Diana Melnick

Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Sex Therapist

Over a decade of experience helping people navigate mental health, relationship, sexual, and intimacy struggles. ICEEFT certified Emotionally Focused Therapist (Supervisor in training) and Somatic EMDR Practitioner. Clinical Director of Toronto Intimacy Counselling, a multidisciplinary clinic specializing in relationship and sexual issues.

Mindy Noe

LCSW

Licensed clinical social worker and sex therapist working with individuals and couples on intimacy challenges, desire differences, sexual pain, and emotional disconnection. Licensed in New York and New Jersey, providing in-person therapy in Brooklyn and virtual therapy across the region, integrating sex therapy, couples therapy, and attachment-based approaches.

Lee Phillips

EdD, LCSW, CST, CST-S, CSCT

Clinician, educator, and author specializing in sexual wellness, intimacy, and the intersection of sexuality and chronic illness. Brings a compassionate, trauma-informed, and inclusive approach to helping individuals and couples navigate the complex ways that chronic illness, disability, mental health, medications, and life transitions can affect desire, pleasure, intimacy, and sexual identity. Author of Sexuality and Chronic Illness: A Clinician's Guide to Sexual Wellness and Healing, which provides clinicians with practical frameworks for integrating sexual health into chronic illness care. Combines clinical knowledge with cultural humility, intersectionality, disability-affirming practice, and a sex-positive perspective.

Melanie Ricautre

Dr. Melanie Ricaurte is a licensed psychologist, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor, and Clinical Director of Harmony Holistic, a group psychotherapy practice specializing in relationships, sexuality, and integrative mental health care. She earned her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology and M.Ed. in Human Sexuality from Widener University and her B.S. in Human Biology, Health and Society from Cornell University. Dr. Ricaurte specializes in working with couples and has advanced training in relationship and sex therapy, incorporating approaches including the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), attachment-based interventions, and culturally responsive care. Her work focuses on helping couples understand the ways that culture, family-of-origin experiences, identity, sexuality, gender expectations, and relational patterns intersect within intimate relationships. A native Spanish speaker with a bicultural background, Dr. Ricaurte has a particular interest in working with Latino individuals and couples and in exploring how cultural values can shape relationships across generations. Her clinical work considers themes such as familismo, gender roles, religion and spirituality, immigration and acculturation experiences, intergenerational expectations, communication, sexuality, and the negotiation of individual and collective needs within relationships.

Samuel Shy Krug

Ph.D., CST

Dr. Shy Krug is a psychologist and AASECT certified sex therapist and is the founder and director of Blue Anchor Psychology, a group practice focused on sex therapy, couples therapy, and generalist mental healthcare. Dr. Krug completed a postdoctoral fellowship in PTSD at the Bronx VA and a postdoctoral certificate in sex therapy from The Buehler Institute.

Tamara Pincus

LICSW, CST

Founder of the Pincus Center, a group practice providing sex therapy, education, and coaching. Over 15 years as a sex therapist, specializing in work with non-monogamous, kinky, neurodivergent, and other marginalized clients.

Esti Schonbrun

LCSW-C

Founder of MindEmbodied, a practice specializing in whole-system integration. Over a decade of work at the intersection of somatic psychotherapy, depth psychology, and interpersonal neurobiology, working clinically with individuals navigating complex relational trauma, and providing supervision and trainings in her field.

Shmuel Skaist

LPC, CSAT

Clinician specializing in sex addiction, compulsive sexual behaviors, betrayal trauma, and relational repair, bringing over 35 years of experience in Jewish education to his clinical work. Completing a PhD in Counseling at Montclair State University, researching betrayal trauma and integrity violations in intimate partnerships. Also counsels at SINAI Schools.

Dr. Tzippora Jennifer Wallach

PhD

Licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist treating anxiety, depression, mood disorders, ADHD, and eating disorders across the lifespan, with advanced training in DBT and an emerging specialization in sex therapy. Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and founder of the Adult DBT Program at Bikur Cholim of Rockland County.