OUR PRACTICE
At Metropolitan Psychology Group, we provide mental health services to individuals, couples, and families, focused on helping you reduce emotional distress, increase self-understanding, and enhance overall life satisfaction. We specialize in psychodynamic, interpersonal, and integrative psychotherapy.
Our approach to treatment is collaborative and supportive. We strive to create a warm, open environment through which you can explore your past and present experiences to create a richer and more meaningful future.
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Our psychologists offer therapy to adults of all ages. Our therapists facilitate a safe therapeutic space to encourage you to openly explore your experiences and emotions, gain comfort in being vulnerable, and celebrate your progress and accomplishments. Making sure that you feel understood, checking in about your experience of the therapy, and using the therapeutic relationship to understand your interpersonal experiences are important elements of the process. Our therapists practice psychotherapy from an interpersonal perspective and incorporate cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness strategies when appropriate. We are focused on treatment tailored to the specific needs of each individual. Our goal is to help you gain insight into what contributes to unhappiness and to help you arrive at immediate and long-lasting solutions. Individual therapy sessions are 45 minutes.
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We offer couples therapy sessions to couples in distress and/or those who would like to further explore and understand their relationship dynamics. Our psychologists are trained in a number of treatment modalities, including Interpersonal Systemic Couples Therapy and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT). During couples sessions, our therapists focus on the co-construction of couples’ difficulties and the ways that unresolved issues from couples’ families of origin contribute to those issues. Additionally, we examine the emotions and emotional communication in couples’ patterns of interaction. Couples therapy sessions are 60 minutes.
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We offer family therapy to adult family members (adult parents/children and/or adult siblings) in distress and/or those who would like to further explore and understand their relationship difficulties. During family sessions we work to understand and shift emotional difficulties and crises by looking at the relationships rather than the individuals. There is a focus on understanding individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and behavior within the context of their families and on helping families collaboratively navigate through difficulties. Family therapy sessions are 60 minutes.
SERVICES
We work with adults of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, and ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds to provide individualized care for a variety of difficulties and disorders.
We specialize in the following areas:
Interpersonal or relationship difficulties
Stress management
Depression
Anxiety
Life transitions (career/school, marriage/divorce, family planning, older adulthood)
Issues of identity
Abuse and trauma
Grief and loss
Poor body image and disordered eating
Stress related to COVID-19
ABOUT US
Our therapists are New York State licensed clinicians. Once we learn more about your specific goals for treatment, you will be paired with a seasoned clinician who will collaborate with you to bring about long-lasting improvements in your mental health and wellbeing. We look forward to working with you.
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Dr. Koonin identifies as a generalist clinician, working with adults of all ages and issues, but has particular expertise in working with depression, anxiety, and relationship dynamics. She has extensive clinical experience in working with couples, those in early adulthood, and older adults.
Dr. Koonin received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Yeshiva University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her postdoctoral training includes completing a fellowship program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and earning a certificate in Couples Therapy Training at the William Alanson White Institute. Dr. Koonin held positions at Mount Sinai Hospital, Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University prior to working full-time in private practice.
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Dr. Glick Baker is a New York State licensed clinical psychologist with specialized training in couples therapy and geropsychology, however her practice serves adults of all ages with a particular focus on individuals in early adulthood. Although her main areas of clinical expertise include anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and issues related to substance use, she has extensive experience working with individuals who present with a wide range of concerns. Dr. Glick Baker is particularly interested in working with individuals as they navigate life’s many transitions--into and out of jobs, relationships, and family structures--and as they manage issues of identity.
Dr. Glick Baker completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, and she holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Columbia University. Prior to working in private practice in New York City, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the William Alanson White Institute. Some of her prior experience includes positions at Jacobi Medical Center, CUNY Baruch College’s Counseling Center, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and Bronx Psychiatric Center.
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Gabriella Hiatt is a licensed mental health counselor who works with adults, couples, and adolescents. She works from a psychodynamic perspective and her areas of specialty include depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, and the impact of traumatic experiences. The underlying belief that guides her work is that therapy is a collaborative and creative process. Through careful listening and interpretation, Gabriella aims to foster patients’ inner capacities and self-insight. Ongoing recognition is given to how social and cultural factors shape and affect one’s experiences, especially with respect to sexuality, gender, race, and other aspects of identity.
Gabriella received her master's in Mental Health Counseling from CUNY Brooklyn College and a master's from New York University in Curatorial Studies. She completed a postgraduate fellowship at the Training Institute for Mental Health, a psychoanalytic institute that fosters interpersonal and relational therapeutic approaches. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies. Gabriella also brings over a decade of experience working in the arts as a manager, archivist, and curator.
INFO
Please click through for further details about our practice. Feel free to reach out with any questions about your specific financial or insurance needs.
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During an initial telephone consultation, we will discuss our fees for service and your specific financial needs.
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Our clinicians are out-of-network providers and do not accept insurance directly. Many people have out-of-network benefits and are pleased to discover that they are eligible for partial or full reimbursement for therapy. Should you wish to submit for reimbursement from your insurance carrier, our office can provide the necessary paperwork and walk you through the process.
If you would like to verify your own coverage, you can call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask the following questions:
Do I have out-of-network mental/behavioral health benefits? Typically an out-of-network plan is referred to as Preferred Provider Organization Plan (PPO) or Point-Of-Service Plan (POS).
Do I have an out-of-network deductible that has to be met first before I get reimbursed? Has any amount of my deductible been covered this year?
What is the usual and customary rate covered by my insurance for outpatient psychotherapy (CPT code 90834)?
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We offer in-person and teletherapy services. Our office is located in Midtown at 40 West 37th Street, Suite 1200. We will discuss which treatment location is best for you during your consultation.
