Laura Wu is a Supervising Clinician at Aida Therapy and a licensed social worker serving individuals in New York and Massachusetts. Laura specializes in anxiety, trauma, PTSD, life transitions, and OCD. With a nurturing, empathetic, and nonjudgmental approach, Laura emphasizes empowerment, collaboration, and honesty in therapy. Her practice is solutions-focused, highlighting skills building and examining thought patterns and behaviors to help clients become their own best therapists. Originally from California, Laura received her Master’s at Columbia University. She is trained in DBT, CBT, and ERP, and provides supervision to clinicians looking to deepen their application of these evidence-based practices. Laura focuses on supporting clinicians in effectively treating borderline personality disorder, OCD, and C-PTSD, with a special emphasis on working with queer and POC populations.

Morteza creates a supportive, safe, and tailored therapeutic environment focused on healing and personal growth. He works with clients navigating anxiety, depression, relationship issues, identity struggles, career transitions, and existential crises. Specializing in counseling marginalized communities—including South Asian, Middle Eastern, Muslim, LGBTQ+ individuals—international students, and professionals in high-stress industries like consulting and finance, Morteza is committed to addressing each client’s unique needs with empathy and understanding. With a holistic, integrative approach, he combines psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, client-affirmative, multicultural, and narrative therapies to promote deep, lasting change. Drawing on his diverse background in the Middle East and South Asia, Morteza brings a culturally informed perspective to his work. Holding a master's in clinical psychology from NYU, a master's in management from Harvard, and a bachelor's in math from UT Austin, he has 15 years of experience helping clients, including executives and entrepreneurs, navigate life's most challenging transitions.

You might be at a point where you’ve always suspected ADHD plays a role in your life, but you’ve never had the space to explore it fully. Maybe you’ve faced dismissal from family, friends, or even doctors and other therapists who didn’t understand your struggles and tried to downplay them. Or perhaps you’ve been able to “hold it together” on the outside while quietly wondering why things feel harder for you than they seem for everyone else. You might be beginning to consider receiving a professional diagnosis and want guidance on working with a psychiatrist, or you’re overwhelmed by executive functioning challenges that make daily life harder than it needs to be. Together, we’ll navigate this part of your ADHD journey with clarity and compassion, whether you’re just beginning to explore ADHD or you’ve known for some time and are ready for support that truly fits. Whether it’s understanding how to advocate for yourself in medical settings, building personalized strategies for focus and organization, breaking tasks into manageable steps that actually work for your brain, or simply unpacking years of wondering ‘Why is everything so much harder for me?’, we’ll create a plan that honors your unique needs and strengths. As a queer, non-binary clinician of color, I specialize in working with LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent folks, and I understand how identity shapes our experiences with ADHD. Many of my clients are people who’ve spent years masking their differences or being told they’re ‘just lazy.’ Here, you won’t have to explain yourself; we’ll focus on solutions that affirm you, not the expectations of a neurotypical world. Reach out today, and let’s turn confusion and frustration into empowerment and growth.

Manuela is a licensed master social worker and psychotherapist based in New York City, where she was born and raised. Her practice is guided by the deep belief that all patterns and behaviors - the ones we treasure, and also the ones that distress and challenge us - come from a protective and adaptive place within us. Understanding these coping mechanisms as responses to our lived experiences, relationships and environments, Manuela uses curiosity, warmth and compassion as her primary tools to collaborate with clients in exploring these parts of themselves to bring about the changes they wish to see in their lives. Manuela specializes in working with folks experiencing anxiety, recovery from trauma or violence, life transitions, and interpersonal conflicts. She draws from relational and psychodynamic therapies, incorporating tools from somatic therapy, mindfulness practices and internal family systems therapy, and believes that a strong therapeutic relationship is a key element of therapy. Manuela identifies as White and Latina, and offers her services in both English and Spanish.

I have had a passion for mental health counseling for as long as I can remember and a strong capacity to create a safe and empathetic space for others while maintaining unconditional positive regard. I spent a large part of my emerging adulthood in the determined pursuit of my goals and values, and it has been my wish and pleasure to take part in the growth of others who also seek that kind of fulfillment. I have lived in several different cities around the world and I come from a very multicultural background. I graduated high school in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and finished my BA in Psychology at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. After completing my undergraduate studies I excelled as an Applied Behavioral Analyst at a Learning Difficulties Clinic in Dubai for three years. I then completed my MA degree in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness at New York University, and have been working as a therapist ever since. When working with my clients, I believe that the relationship we create in the room is of utmost importance to achieving personal goals and making true progress. Throughout our work together, I always make sure to check in with my clients to see how satisfied they are with the therapeutic process and redefine any goals if necessary. I view my clients as fellow travelers on the unrehearsed journey of life, and I am quite sincere in connecting with them on the challenges we must come to terms with along the way. My approach with clients integrates several different therapeutic modalities, including REBT, ACT, Reality Therapy, Relational Therapy, Behavioral Therapy, and Psychodynamic. Depending on the relationship I have with my clients and what is most helpful to them, I will dip into these different frameworks to optimize how much growth and change I can facilitate. Based on my experience and education so far, I have developed to become both trauma-informed and culturally competent. Please do not hesitate to reach out for a free 15-minute consultation. The best way for us to figure out if we are a good fit is to have an honest conversation about it.

Ace is a psychotherapist based in New York, specializing in trauma-informed care for individuals navigating complex PTSD, relational wounds, and emotional dysregulation. With a deeply integrative approach, she combines in-depth emotional processing with practical skills-building to foster lasting change. Ace has extensive experience working with high-achieving adults who have been impacted by dysfunctional family dynamics, including caregivers with traits of narcissism, borderline personality disorder, or addiction. Her clinical expertise extends to racial and immigration trauma, religious harm, and abuse within friendships and intimate relationships. Drawing from her work at the Crime Victims Treatment Center, she provides a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where clients can reclaim their sense of self and build a fulfilling life. Ace is committed to creating a collaborative, consent-centered therapeutic experience that prioritizes safety, empowerment, and sustainable healing.

Christina is a licensed master social worker who specializes in supporting individuals healing from trauma, emotional and physical harm, and navigating cultural adjustment and the complexities of making home in a new place. Many of the people she works with are drawn to creative practices and self-expression, engaged in community care, on a path of personal or spiritual exploration, and interested in relational repair and accountability. Christina also supports those struggling with anxiety, depression, burnout, and self-acceptance. Her approach integrates psychodynamic insight and body-based awareness through a social justice lens—weaving together connections between the past and present and the ways our experiences live in our bodies, and how our sense of self is shaped by the systems and stories that surround us. With warmth and care, Christina collaborates with clients to nurture their inner strengths and resilience, helping them find steadiness and navigate life’s challenges with compassion, humor, and curiosity. Outside of the therapy room, Christina is also an artist and a lover of nature and travel, spending her time between Oaxaca and the Appalachian Mountains—places that continue to inspire her practice and perspective.

Geraldine Salazar is a psychotherapist based in New York City, where she supports adults in their 20s and 30s navigating trauma, relational and attachment wounds, cultural identity struggles, and grief. As a Latina immigrant, Geraldine brings a deep awareness of how systemic and intergenerational forces shape emotional experiences, especially for those who have long felt unseen or unheard. Her work is grounded in the belief that healing happens not by erasing our pain, but by making space for it with gentleness, compassion and authenticity. Guided by warmth, cultural humility, and curiosity, Geraldine creates a therapy space where clients don’t have to translate or perform. She believes that the protective patterns we carry, whether emotional overwhelm, avoidance, people-pleasing, or disconnection, are rooted in resilience and survival. Together, she and her clients gently explore those patterns, build emotional regulation skills, and reconnect with the parts of themselves that have long been silenced. Geraldine obtained her Master’s at New York University and her approach integrates psychodynamic therapy, parts work (IFS), person-centered care, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She offers a trauma-informed, relational presence and sees the therapeutic relationship as a space for both safety and transformation. She specializes in working with clients whose experiences are shaped by migration, cultural rupture, grief, and the pressure of living between identities. Geraldine provides therapy in both English and Spanish and is passionate about helping clients feel more at home in themselves, their stories, and their lives.

June Rose Cohen (she/they) is a therapist who specializes in working with LGBTQIA+ adolescents and adults, both monogamous and nonmonogamous couples, and with issues related to anxiety, depression, trauma, and neurodiversity. June received a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling and an Advanced Certificate in LGBTQ+ Health, Education, and Social Services from NYU in 2025. They were drawn to this work after a history of activism and advocacy for queer and trans liberation. As a transfemme and queer therapist, June believes that there are undeniable systems of power and oppression that create and sell narratives impacting people on a daily basis, shaping their sense of self. As such, June utilizes a decolonial, liberatory, and anti-capitalist framework to deconstruct these narratives and create new ones that feel more authentic and true to who they want to be. Her practice is person-centered and relational at its core, drawing on ideas from narrative therapy, feminist and queer theory, ACT, and DBT.