OUR TEAM

Bryan Harrison, LMSW

Bryan Harrison (he/him)  focuses on the exploration of one’s experiences of the world, and the meaning created based on these experiences. Bryan understands flexibility in treatment is crucial in building alliance toward a common goal, as therapy should be, at the very least,  practical and functional in one’s life. Bryan works with adults and young adults, persons of any identification and intersection of identities.

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Jessica Hong, LCSW, Clinical Director, Clinical Supervisor, SEP

Jess Hong (she/her) is Korean-American Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), and Clinical Supervisor. She practices with the intention that all beings have profound innate capacity in healing and connection with their lived experiences leading to shifts that allow one to gain deep insight into their own embodied resilience and vitality.

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Olesya Jacques, MFT-LP

Olesya (Ah-le-see-uh) Kim Jacques (she/her) provides person-centered psychotherapy around a broad spectrum of issues to individuals, couples, and families. She acknowledges the importance of therapeutic alliance as a foundation for healing and the beginning of the explorative journey. Olesya sees each client as a unique being with the innate ability to heal, and with the desire to achieve balance, meaningful in their own way.

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Leah Krauss, MHC-LP

With a bright and gentle presence, Leah Krauss (she/her) supports her clients in exploring what matters to them and what obstacles seem to obstruct their way. A practitioner of Hakomi Mindfulness Based Somatic Therapy, Leah leads with a spirit of experimentation and collaboration. As a somatic therapist, she is interested in how sensations in the body may offer information distinct from the stories we typically tell ourselves, and how "mindfulness," or the capacity to be aware of our thoughts, sensations, or emotions, can provide more steadiness and compassion in our unpredictable lives.

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Naimah Muhammad, LMSW

Naimah (Ny-e-ma) Muhammad (she/her) sees the world and her practice through a social-justice lens. She leads with the belief that her clients know themselves and their world best, and can overcome many traumas in life with the support of a therapist. Naimah has served and supported families who have experienced Foster and Preventative care, families going through transitional periods, as well as individuals including children, adolescents, and adults. Naimah’s practice is empathic and encourages her clients to be their true selves while healing with grace.

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Shane Dzimian, LMSW

Shane (they/them) is a queer/trans-nonbinary clinician who specializes in working with individuals working to manage anxiety, adjustment to life transitions​, and interpersonal relationships of all kinds. Shane understands the importance of providing a safe space for visibility, self-exploration, and inclusion; and is continuously exploring ways to cultivate this environment for each individual who walks through their door.

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Sam Nielsen, LMSW

Sam Nielsen (she/her) is a psychotherapist who recognizes the human experience is helped and hindered by a constellation of visible and invisible variables. Her therapeutic philosophy is rooted in collaborative, relational healing, inclusive of all the intersectional identities that influence a person's experience of suffering and joy.

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Brian Pasquariello, LMSW

Brian (he/him) believes in therapy as being a sacred place for one to reflect, heal, explore, create, and to allow for that which is not yet known to grow. He utilizes patience and mindful attention in his practice, and enjoys helping clients to create new narratives after carefully contextualizing their circumstances and connecting to inner sources of wisdom and strength.

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Emily Passik, LMHC, SEP, Senior Clinician

Emily Passik (she/her) completed the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at SUNY New Paltz, where she initially received foundational training in the practice of music therapy. She believes that channeling the power of the creative arts enables one the capacity to cathartically give voice to internal experiences that otherwise might go unexpressed.

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Heath Pecoraro, MHC-LP

Heath Pecoraro uses He/Him/His pronouns and is a clinician at Maverick Psychotherapy Group. He has experience working with people of a variety of ages and abilities and believes that people, the environments they live in, and the challenges they navigate are multifaceted and complex and therefore the process of healing must honor the whole person as well as the conglomerate of factors that impacts their lives.

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Emma Pile, LCSW, Clinical Director, Clinical Supervisor

Emma Pile (she/her) is a psychotherapist who works with children and adults of all ages. She received her BA at Bard College and her MSW at the University at Albany. Prior to MPG, Emma worked at the Community Hospice providing grief counseling to children and adults after the death of a loved one with a specialization in traumatic loss. Emma has particular expertise in treating grief, attachment issues, trauma, relationship upheaval, and identity exploration, while currently pursuing certification to become a registered play therapist.

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Brooke Reynolds, MHC-LP

Brooke Reynolds’ (she/her) approach is centered on a foundational belief in the innate wisdom and healing capacity of each individual. She takes a mind-body approach which seeks to understand the ways trauma and chronic stress can result in unconscious adaptive physical, psychological, emotional, and relational patterns which impact various parts of our lives.

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Amanda Lucia Punsoda Rodriguez, LMSW

Amanda (she/her/ella) is a bilingual therapist - English and Spanish - who has worked with children and families for the past 20 years. She comes from a diverse professional background as a community organizer, performance artist, doula, yoga teacher, and early childhood educator. This variety of experience offers an opportunity to focus around the interactions of the arts, the body, community and health.

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Stephanie Rooker, LMHC, Senior Clinician

Stephanie L. Rooker (she/her) comes from a background in therapeutic sound, music, and voice work with a commitment to liberation from cultural supremacy and systemized oppression.  She views the psychotherapeutic process as an opportunity for mindful and creative inquiry into who we are as well as how we relate to ourselves, each other, and life.

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Andrew Rosen, LMSW

Andrew Rosen, LMSW (he/him), takes a collaborative, strengths-based approach to therapy that helps his clients navigate life’s challenges. He aims to create a safe, non-judgmental space for his clients to feel supported, explore their autonomy, build self-compassion, and work toward their unique goals by fostering the innate capacity to heal.

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Ray Rubiralta, MHC-LP

Ray Rubiralta (he/him) is a Mental Health Counselor who’s work encompasses Somatic and Nature-Based approaches. Ray has also trained in the Hakomi Method - a body-centered approach - Guided-Imagery with Music (GIM), meditation, and supporting the integration of spiritual emergence and non-ordinary states of consciousness.

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Carrie Rubury, LMSW

Carrie Rubury, LMSW (she/her) has built her career accompanying individuals through moments of transformation and believes deeply in each person’s inherent power and strength to heal and to create meaningful change. Through the dynamic, collaborative therapeutic connection, and a relational perspective, her practice is rooted in the resiliency of people, both individually and collectively.

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Felix Sabornido, LMSW

Felix Sabornido (they/them) uses an integrated approach to improve the self-esteem and self-worth of their clients while empowering them to build healthy relationships in their own lives. Human connections come in many forms, and Felix honors and has experience working with polyamorous and monogamous relationships.

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Jeremy Clark, LMSW

Jeremy Clark (he/him) believes in therapy as a space of exploration and empowerment. He brings curiosity and a collaborative spirit to the therapeutic relationship to help people find personal balance and deeper connections to others and themselves. He believes in each client’s innate wisdom and capacity to heal. Jeremy incorporates various relational, somatic, and trauma-informed modalities into his work, and is Level 1 trained in Internal Family Systems therapy.

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