Michael Eberlin, Ph.D., (Director) 


After completing his undergraduate education at Rutgers, Dr. Eberlin obtained his doctorate in Clinical and School Psychology from HOFSTRA University in 1986, and was trained by leaders in cognitive and behavioral psychology. He has been licensed as a Psychologist and permanently certified as a School Psychologist for over 20 years. At Developmental Disabilities Institute, Dr. Eberlin supervised the Department of Psychology first in the Division of Children’s Services, and then in the Outpatient Diagnostic and Treatment Center. Dr. Eberlin has published important research in peer reviewed journals, has trained many young psychologists, and has extensive experience as a School Psychologist who sat on many CSE meetings and assisted teachers in many classrooms. He has served as an expert behavioral consultant to many school districts and agencies on Long Island. In addition, Dr. Eberlin practices effective supportive cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy and Psycho-diagnostic Assessment with adults and children. He is an expert in diagnosing and comprehensively treating children and adults with depression, anxiety, ADHD, the autism spectrum, and all behavior and adjustment problems. Dr. Eberlin works closely with children and parents using cognitive and behavioral methods that have been proven effective by valid research. He has years of experience dealing with schools, doing educational advocacy for patients. With couples and families, he uses an exciting, engaging cognitive behavioral technique that directly teaches communication, problem solving, compromise, and negotiation skills that improves couples' and families' abilities to get through difficult times and conflicts. Dr. Eberlin has worked comfortably and successfully with individuals of different ages, cultures, and economic backgrounds and takes pride in his ability to tailor treatment plans to the individual and family’s expressed needs.  For more information, click here: http://therapist.psychologytoday.com/36546.


Glauke Cooijmans, M.S., LMHC

Glauke Cooijmans is a NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a Post-Graduate Health Care Psychologist degree from University of Amsterdam/RINO Noord Holland, The Netherlands, and a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences specializing in both Mental Health Sciences and Health Education and Health Promotion from Maastricht University, The Netherlands.  She thus has training and education similar to a Psychologist from the United States.  As part of her Health Care Psychologist Post-Graduate Degree, Ms. Cooijmans completed two years of training at an inpatient and day-treatment center for adults of GGZ inGeest in Haarlem, The Netherlands.  After receiving her Health Care Psychologist license ("Gezondheiszorgpsycholoog" in Dutch), Ms. Cooijmans joined Arkin, a large outpatient mental health clinic in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where she applied both solution focused and cognitive behavioral therapy methods.  She provided psychological assessments, brief cognitive behavioral and solution focused individual and couple therapy, crisis-intervention and structured group therapy for adults with diverse social and psychological problems and cultural backgrounds.  Additionally, Ms. Cooijmans was selected to partake in a state of the art initiative to work at regional general medical practitioners offices to deliver brief, practical, and accessible mental health care to prevent more severe mental health problems in the general population.  Ms. Cooijmans is a Dutch native who is fluent in both English and Dutch. Using her professional  psychological expertise in conjunction with her personal experiences emigrating to the U.S., she is uniquely able to support immigrants and expatriates adjusting to living in the United States of America.  In addition to seeing patients for psychotherapy, Ms. Cooijmans is the practice's official COGMED COACH.   For more information go to: http://Therapists.PsychologyToday.com/rms/87120

Jonathan Grossman, LCSW






Jonathan Grossman is a New York State licensed clinical social worker that earned a BA in psychology from Brooklyn College and an MSW from New York University. Mr. Grossman is a clinician with 19 years of highly concentrated mental health experience. His professional journey began in OMH certified residential treatment facilities for the severely and persistently mentally ill where he served as assistant program director. Subsequent experience included positions as program director, administrative supervisor and psychotherapist in various out patient mental health programs. This work included individual, family, group and martial psychotherapy with a diverse population diagnosed with a range of psychiatric disorders. Mr. Grossman has been an active member of NASW since 1991 and has attended numerous postgraduate workshops on a variety of disorders. Mr. Grossman is presently completing his certification as a Cognitive Therapist by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.  He provides counseling to individuals struggling with sexual orientation, anxiety, depression, and other areas of maladjustment.  Jonathan is sensitive, gentle, patient, and extremely accepting with a unique ability to provide unconditional positive regard for his patients while implementing an effective cognitive approach to problem solving.

Stephanie McKinney, LMSW

Stephanie McKinney is licensed by the State of New York as a Master Social Worker (LMSW).  Stephanie earned her BA in Psychology from SUNY Stony Brook and an MSW from New York University. She has worked in two separate OMH licensed mental health clinics, and has experience providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents and adults in individual, group, family and couples formats. Mrs. McKinney has worked with a wide range of disorders, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, oppositional and defiant youth, and eating disorders. Mrs. McKinney is completing certification to become a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS), and is adept at providing therapeutic services to those struggling with bulimia, anorexia and other eating disorders. Mrs. McKinney uses cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to highlight the relationship between emotions, thoughts and actions, and how these can be altered in order to improve functioning. She relies on patience, understanding and empathy to create a nonthreatening environment where research based practices can be integrated in an effort to alleviate symptoms and improve wellbeing.

Stuart Ibel, Ph.D., B.C.B.A.
(BROOKLYN OFFICE) 

Staffing the Broolyn office, Dr. Ibel is a Licensed Psychologist, Certified School Psychologist, and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. He obtained his undergraduate education from Long Island University, and his doctorate in Developmental Psychology from SUNY Stony Brook. While at Stony Brook, Dr. Ibel worked in the neuro-psychology labs of Dr's. Nancy K. Squires and Herbert T. Kaye. He also received pre and postdoctoral training and supervision in psycho-diagnostics and therapeutic intervention from Dr. Michael Eberlin, at Developmental Disabilities Institute. Dr Ibel co-authored peer reviewed articles in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, the Journal of Sleep Research, and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Dr. Ibel has maintained a private psychology and consulting practice since 1994, and has been Clinical Director of Challenge Early Intervention Center since 1998. He has many years experience working with children, adults and families from diverse backgrounds, employing empirically validated cognitive, cognitive-behavioral, and behavioral approaches.  For more information, click here: http://therapist.psychologytoday.com/56513