Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Irina specializes in providing targeted support for individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, career challenges, and cultural assimilation, leveraging a goal-oriented approach to foster personal growth and resilience.
Irina is dedicated to guiding adults through the journey of overcoming past negative experiences, empowering them to unlock their potential and achieve their goals. In addition to her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling at Brooklyn College, Irina is a certified gestalt therapist and a goal achievement/success coach. In her work, Irina uses EMDR Therapy as well. Her compassionate and goal-oriented approach is designed to create a supportive space for personal growth and transformative changes. Irina is fluent in both English and Russian.
Janie works with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, and interpersonal difficulties. She adopts a holistic and trauma-informed approach, tailoring the therapeutic process to meet each client’s unique emotional, psychological, and relational needs. Janie integrates mindfulness-based psychosomatic therapies such as Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
Her work is rooted in a person-centered and culturally competent framework, creating a safe and nonjudgmental space where clients feel empowered to explore their thoughts, emotions, and prior traumas. Janie believes that healing is a deeply individual process. She approaches therapy as a collaborative relationship that honors each client’s story, including their identity, culture, spirituality, and life history. With curiosity, empathy, and respect, she supports clients in accessing their inner strengths and fostering resilience. Above all, Janie views therapy as a journey of reconnection—with self, with others, and with the innate capacity for growth that often emerges in the wake of challenge.
Khana Kleyn, MS, LMHC, is a mental health care provider specializing in logotherapy and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) at Cynical Psychotherapy in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
Khana hails from Russia, Colorado and New York. She has an excellent sense of humor that is counterbalanced with her deep, existential views on life and life’s processes.
Khana holds a master’s degree in industrial psychology from Brooklyn College, as well as a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Long Island University, C.W. Post.
Khana specializes in trauma processing, attention disorders, grief counseling, chronic illness support, and family (marriage/divorce/co-parenting) therapy. Khana is experienced and very comfortable working with survivors of emotional, sexual and physical violence, as well as those recovering from narcissistic relationships.
Khana is qualified to provide evaluations and letters for various communal/career needs. Mental health can affect all areas of life, and Khana is skilled in identifying what is stopping individuals from progressing to the next stage in their careers and personal lives.
Khana’s approach to therapy is to create organic dialogue and genuine trust between therapist and patient. Khana excels in person-centered, active listening, as well as validation for the extreme suffering we humans endure throughout our lives. After exploring the components that make up an individual, and when the patient feels safe and heard, Khana guides the patient gently and carefully in the rewriting of their life narratives to a place of strength and resilience.
Khana uses an eclectic mixture of modalities, including DBT (helping individuals rediscover the value in themselves), logotherapy (finding purpose and meaning in one’s experiences, both negative and positive), as well as CBT. Khana has also undergone extensive clinical training with the underprivileged/high-risk population.
Khana is diagnosed with ADHD herself, suffers from chronic illness, and has been married for almost two decades. She is the proud mother of three children. Khana’s range of life experiences helps her view the patients’ world through a realistic lens and with sincere empathy. Khana works with people of all ages and backgrounds.
In her free time, Khana enjoys watching documentaries and starting new hobbies.
Octavia Bradley is a professional therapist, a life coach, and the founder and CEO of Reveal 2 Heal Consulting Services in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Before opening her therapy and nonprofit coaching and consulting firm, Octavia worked in social services as a substance use disorder counselor, a case manager for mothers in need, and a family service worker for the State of New Jersey Department of Children and Families foster care system.
In 2017, Octavia resigned from her position with the state and turned to teaching, serving as an educator at several colleges and universities. She opened Reveal 2 Heal Consulting Services in 2018 to shed light on and end the cycle of abuse, poverty, and self-harm.
In addition to her therapy and consulting work, Octavia has an online talk show called Let’s Talk, winning awards for best and most viewed talk show on the Christian Vision Entertainment Network.
Octavia is also an author and has written two books: an autobiography titled “Leaked Spilling Secrets of Trauma” and “Reveal 2 Heal Working from the Inside Out.”
Born in The Bronx and raised in Harlem in New York City, Octavia’s story is similar to those she helps. Growing up, she faced many obstacles. But, instead of succumbing to these obstacles, she broke the chains and created new generational traditions.
Octavia is an advocate for victims of abuse in her community. Her goal is to inform, strengthen, and encourage individuals to take back their lives, spill their secrets of trauma, and begin living a life on purpose.
Guided by her slogan, Level up its healing time, Octavia is committed to reviving, repairing, and restructuring individuals and families.
Dr. Octavia Bradley is a commissioned Notary Public and Certified Loan Signing Agent serving the State of New Jersey. She provides professional, accurate, and reliable mobile notary and loan signing services with a commitment to excellence and integrity. With over 20 years of experience serving individuals and families,
Octavia is known for her calm confidence, meticulous attention to detail, and respectful client care. Whether facilitating real estate closings or general notary services, she ensures every signing is handled efficiently, securely, and with the highest level of professionalism.
Mobile services available throughout New Jersey
Free Services for individuals in homeless shelters with in Essex county. No more than a 10 mile radius. Only on Monday and Tuesday 9am to 2pm.
Neil Altman, PhD, is a seasoned psychoanalytic psychotherapist at Harlem Family Services, located in the East Harlem community of Manhattan in New York City.
Dr. Altman has many years of experience in community-based work, in public clinics, and in private practice. He is currently co-chair of the section on Community Psychoanalysis of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He is a member of the faculty at the William Alanson White Institute in New York City and at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis in Boston. He is an Honorary Member of the William Alanson White Society and Visiting Faculty at Ambedkar University of Delhi, India.
Dr. Altman is Editor Emeritus and Associate Editor of Psychoanalytic Dialogues, and on the editorial staff of The Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy; The Journal of Child Psychotherapy; and The International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. He is the author of "Psychoanalysis in Times of Accelerating Cultural Change: Spiritual Globalization" (2015), "The Analyst in the Inner City: Race, Class and Culture through a Psychoanalytic Lens" (2010), and "White Privilege: Psychoanalytic Perspectives" (2020). He is the co-author of "Relational Child Psychotherapy" (2002). Dr. Altman has published more than sixty articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Louis Pansulla, has over 35 years of experience providing clinical, community-based, and academic experience, working principally with LGBTQI+, BIPOC, and other ‘marginalized’ communities.
Louis is on the core faculty in the doctoral program at the Institute for Clinical Social Work (ICSW) in Chicago and also teaches in the analytical programs at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP) in New York, where he served as clinic director.
He has presented at both national and international conferences, with particular focus on Relational theories, psychoanalysis, sexuality and gender, and ‘othering’. Louis maintains a full-time private practice and clinical supervision in Brooklyn and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
To schedule an appointment with Louis or another member of the team at Harlem Family Services, call the office or request an appointment online today.
Ernest P. Smith, LCSW-R, is a seasoned psychoanalyst with over 45 years of experience in mental health, criminal justice, education, and adolescent development. He holds a master’s degree in social work from Columbia University and is a graduate of the prestigious Training Institute of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis.
Mr. Smith specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and personality disorders, offering both short- and long-term therapeutic approaches for individuals, couples, and families. Utilizing techniques such as free association, interpretation, and clarification, he facilitates meaningful personality change and emotional growth.
In addition to his private practice, Mr. Smith serves as Clinical Consultant and Clinical Director at the Harlem Family Institute in New York City. In this role, he supervises candidates in psychoanalytic training, provides technical assistance to the administration, and ensures that the needs of the community remain central to the Institute’s mission.
Mr. Smith is particularly sensitive to LGBTQ+ issues and has a comprehensive understanding of multicultural concerns, ensuring his practice is inclusive and affirming. He is a member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis and has contributed to the field through clinical supervision and mentoring of professionals in training.
A licensed clinical social worker in New York State, Mr. Smith is committed to providing compassionate and insightful care tailored to each client’s unique needs.
