Vasilina brings a uniquely layered perspective to therapy — a PhD in Anthropology means she is deeply attuned to human difference, culture, and the complexity of identity. She specializes in trauma treatment using EMDR (clients often report significant distress reduction in a single session), and ERP for OCD and phobias. Bilingual in English and Russian, she works with adults navigating anxiety, OCD, trauma, and creative blocks. She also has experience supporting clients in the LGBTQIA+ community. Vasilina offers writing coaching for creatives working through blocks, motivation barriers, and content gaps. She enjoys coffee shops, Instagram, and time near water.

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Vasilina Orlova

Bilingual Psychotherapist

Abby is the Founder and Owner of The Boundary, practicing for over 10 years. We serve clients in NYC, New Jersey, and Florida via telehealth for premiere flexibility of scheduling. She brings her Midwest upbringing to the East Coast to create a blend of warm, genuine human interaction mixed with the understanding of urban living. To feel so alone in such a big city, surrounded by millions of people seems irrational, right? 

Abby has connected with adults who are experiencing changes in life - like pregnancy and parenting, new job/career, and what it feels like to move to a new city. Postpartum is an especially challenging time for mothers (and fathers!), so don't struggle alone. Abby can help identify your symptoms, target coping skills to manage those symptoms, validate your parenting experiences, and work towards becoming the parent you want to be, regardless of who everyone else is telling you to be. Abby uses a mix of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Psychodynamic modalities to address current symptoms, while processing how they came to be over the years of your life. She has been featured in Authority Magazine, UpJourney, and HR Vendor News.

Abby is also a Certified Clinical Supervisor in New Jersey and New York, supervising and mentoring social workers in the field of mental health who are working towards their LCSW licensure. I also consult with fully licensed clinicians who are needing support in their private practices.

Outside of work, you can find Abby enjoying music, football (DA BEARS!), good eats, and traveling when she can find a babysitter.

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Abigale Johnson

Founder & Psychotherapist

Emily is a Long Islander and fourth-generation New Yorker who knows NYC young adult life from the inside out. She specializes in working with women on relationships, trauma, and the complicated stuff that comes with just being a person in this city. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and holistic — drawing from somatic and mindfulness practices, trauma-informed yoga, psychodynamic therapy, CBT, DBT, feminist therapy, attachment theory, and Eastern philosophy. She enjoys seafood, live music, and UK reality TV.

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Emily Feinberg

Psychotherapist

Liat is a sex and love therapist passionate about helping individuals and couples connect on a deeper level. She has experience working with a wide range of clients from children to adults, including those living with complex trauma, anxiety, depression, neurodivergence, and those in recovery. Liat strives to be culturally sensitive, kink positive, LGBTQIA+, and neurodivergent affirming, while understanding that these areas may or may not impact an individual’s struggles. Liat believes that everyone is the expert on their own life and aims to help clients find their path to contentment.

Liat works with individuals and those in relationships (of any form) who are interested in exploring aspects of their sexuality, those struggling with desire issues, sexual dysfunction, shame, or are working towards recovery from an affair. She practices from a person-centered, strengths-based, and harm-reduction approach, integrating multiple modalities. Liat holds a Certificate in Sex Therapy, Trauma-Informed Creative Arts Therapy, and is working towards a Ph.D. in Clinical Sexology. 

When she's not working, Liat enjoys weight lifting, Settlers of Catan, and spending time with her cat and dog.

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Liat Fruman

Sex Therapist & Clinical Supervisor

MJ believes that every person already holds the tools they need to thrive; sometimes, they just need a safe and supportive space to access them. She takes a strengths-based approach that invites clients to reconnect with their natural resilience and uncover inner resources to help them move forward with purpose. Focusing on anxiety/depression, perfectionism, life transitions, relationship issues and pre/postpartum is where I would like to help empower people to live fully. MJ helps clients understand how past patterns, relationships, and experiences may be shaping their current challenges. Through this lens, she works collaboratively with clients at their own pace to shift unhelpful beliefs and create meaningful change in the present. She’s passionate about guiding individuals toward deeper clarity, self-trust, and authenticity while empowering them to break free from old narratives and tune into who they truly are. She is supervised by Rebecca Brooks, LMHC, LPC. 

Outside of sessions, MJ enjoys traveling, staying active through strength training and running, and soaking up the fun and energy of life with her twin daughters.

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MJ Morgan

Associate Therapist

Maya is a rising mental health counselor with a lifelong commitment to supporting individuals through grief, loss, and life’s challenges. She works collaboratively with clients to explore how past experiences influence the present and to develop practical strategies for coping, resilience, and self-discovery. Maya creates safe, affirming spaces where clients can feel seen, heard, and empowered to navigate difficult experiences.

Her experience includes providing emotional support through bereavement programs and caregiving roles, as well as professional experience in management and operations. These experiences, combined with her education and training in suicide prevention, psychological first aid, and interpersonal psychotherapy, inform her trauma-informed, strengths-based approach to counseling. Maya is supervised by Rebecca Brooks, LMHC, LPC.

Outside of her work, Maya enjoys exercising, writing, spending time outdoors, and trying new restaurants and coffee shops!

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Aliyah understands that therapy can be a vulnerable process and strives to foster a sense of trust and connection through empathy and active listening. She gained her clinical experience working in healthcare where she encountered adults and families undergoing major life transitions and adjustments.

Aliyah approaches each session with openness and curiosity. She believes that the client is the expert in their own life and the purpose of therapy is to collaboratively work together to explore new insights, develop coping strategies and foster personal growth. Utilizing a strength-based approach Aliyah helps her clients identify and leverage their innate strengths, skills, and resources to navigate life’s challenges.

In her free time, Aliyah enjoys watching films, exploring the city on foot, and history books.

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Aliyah Olion

Sylvia is committed to creating a safe space where clients feel accepted, focusing on support and empathy, allowing them to reveal everything about themselves here and helping them clarify their thoughts and solve problems. As a first-generation immigrant, a person of color, a woman, and a bisexual, Sylvia has her own experience of being in a "disadvantaged group". She is curious and passionate about social structure analysis and multiculturalism, and eager to help clients find their own voices, explore their own souls, and uncover their own narratives within oppressive structures.

She is supervised by Rebecca Brooks, LMHC-D, LPC.

In her spare time, Sylvia likes watching anime, playing video games, writing fan fiction, and reading novels.

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Sylvia Zhang

Bilingual Associate Therapist

Elene believes everyone possesses the ability and tools to thrive — sometimes they just need a safe, supportive space to find them. With a strengths-based, trauma- informed, and culturally sensitive approach, she helps clients tap into resilience, break free from old narratives, and move forward with clarity and purpose. Rooted in psychodynamic and relational therapy, her work is warm, creative, and infused with moments of levity. Drawing on years of international work and personal values-based training, Elene is passionate about helping individuals build self-esteem, resilience, and a strong sense of self—especially when cultures shift, values feel at odds, or trauma complicates the path forward. Her approach emphasizes collaboration, cultural grounding, and emotional safety, with a focus on working with the nervous system to foster regulation, calm, and authentic human connection.
Elene has additional training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Breath-Body-Mind, and other modalities that she incorporates into session for a holistic experience. 
When she's not working, Elene enjoys unhurried conversations, traveling, cooking, spending time with family, and cozying up to a good book.

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Elene Garay

Bilingual Psychotherapist & Supervisor

Kiriean has experience in a variety of clinical settings working with individuals who struggle with depression, anxiety, PTSD, relationship conflicts, and trauma. Her intention is to understand your perspective and help you enhance your own day-to-day happiness and overall stability. She has special training in treating OCD and BFRBs. Kiriean received an additional certification in assessing and diagnosing from NYU and uses this to tailor each session to your specific needs. Kiriean believes that a holistic approach is the most effective in successfully reaching treatment goals.

In her free time, Kiriean enjoys traveling, exercising (pilates), watching horror movies, and spending time with her family.

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Kiriean Skeete-George

OCD Specialist & Psychotherapist

Liz is a graduate mental health counseling intern who believes therapy is a collaborative and compassionate process rooted in safety, curiosity, and connection. She strives to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients feel seen, heard, and supported as they explore their inner experiences and navigate life’s challenges.

She values meeting clients where they are and moving at a pace that feels respectful and empowering. Liz believes that healing occurs within the therapeutic relationship and that each client is the expert of their own lived experience. Her approach emphasizes self-compassion, emotional insight, and the development of practical tools that support growth both inside and outside sessions. Liz is supervised by Rebecca Brooks, LMHC, LPC.

Outside of the therapy space, Liz enjoys going on walks with her dog, trying new coffee shops, drawing, spending time with loved ones, and going to the beach!

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Liz Droner

Joanna is both The Boundary's OCD specialist and the first face new clients meet as our Intake Coordinator. She works with young adults (from starting their college experience through entering their 30s) experiencing anxiety and obsessive compulsive symptoms, including perfectionism and body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs). Clients come to Joanna because they’re struggling with overthinking, repetitive thoughts and behavior patterns, and a need-to-control that leaves them feeling out of control. She incorporates Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Habit Reversal Training (HRT), CBT, ACT, and DBT skills into her person-centered approach. In practice, this looks like helping clients to identify patterns feeding the anxiety/OCD cycle, integrate mindfulness and acceptance tools, and face their fears in manageable, yet growth-oriented ways.

Joanna values showing up authentically in the therapy space: down-to-earth, genuine, and relatable. Her work is collaborative, warm, and values-driven. Clients can expect to process recent and real-time anxiety symptoms and stressors in session while learning and implementing practical tools to foster self-confidence and distress tolerance. Joanna strives to create a supportive space where clients can foster new ways of responding to their thoughts and feelings that put them in control of their lives, rather than anxiety. As an anxiety and OCD specialist, Joanna shows true compassion and understanding for the often difficult-to-talk-about fears and intrusive thoughts her clients can present with.

In her spare time, Joanna can be found listening to Taylor Swift, cheering for the NY Islanders, and spending time with her family.

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Joanna Toto

OCD Specialist & Intake Coordinator

Andreah believes that mental health and well-being are deeply connected to culture, identity, and community. She recognizes that many communities have historically had to prioritize survival and responsibility, often leaving little space to attend to emotional well- being. Her work focuses on helping individuals create space to care for their mental health while honoring their lived experiences and cultural values. As a first-generation Latina, Andreah understands the complexity of navigating multiple identities and cultural expectations. She is especially passionate about supporting individuals who may be balancing family responsibilities, cultural expectations, and their own personal goals. She strives to create a supportive and culturally responsive environment where clients feel understood and empowered. Andreah works with young adults navigating life transitions such as career changes, relationship shifts, identity exploration, and adjusting to new environments or moves. She views therapy as a collaborative process and believes that meaningful change happens through curiosity, reflection, and connection. Andreah is supervised by Elene Garay, LMSW and Abigale Johnson, LCSW.

When she’s not working or studying, Andreah enjoys relaxing with her dogs, reading, and figuring out how to keep her garden plants happy.

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Andreah Moran

Rebecca helps young adults and adults work through anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, and relationship stressors in a collaborative, supportive space. Many of her clients are navigating transitions, like graduating, moving, changing careers, ending relationships, and want a space where they can slow down, process, and build tools that actually work.
Rebecca's approach is structured but flexible - integrating practical, skills-based strategies with space for deeper reflection and insight. Therapy with Rebecca can help you shift long-standing patterns, improve emotional regulation and communication, and start living in a way that feels more balanced and intentional. She also holds certifications in mental performance and sports nutrition, which can be helpful for clients managing high expectations, performance pressure, or burnout.
Rebecca facilitates a 6-week virtual DBT skills group with a digital workbook included. Please contact groups@theboundarynyc.com to inquire about the next series date.
Rebecca also oversees our clinical trainee program and provides clinical supervision to graduate student interns and limited permit holders.
In her spare time, Rebecca enjoys going to the gym, puzzles, and walking her dog.

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Rebecca Brooks

Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor

Connecting with the young adult and LGBTQIA+ population is Ilena's strength, primarily with her ease of conversation. She has expertise working with creatives in the NYC area - combating imposter syndrome and performance anxiety, managing self-care when you have an ever-changing schedule, and processing day-to-day emotions so you can move between your authentic self and any character you may play. She utilizes elements of performance psychology along to help you cope with these stressors and be your best self. 

Ilena also has extensive experience working with individuals who have had unique educational histories, including survivors of residential schools and the troubled teen industry as well as students who attend NYC's top public and private schools and are coping with that pressure. She was recently featured in Kristen Martin's The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood, where she spoke about her long career working with youth in foster care in residential settings. 

In her free time, Ilena enjoys cooking, baking, going to the theater, spending time with her cats, and watching gymnastics.

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Ilena Robbins

To be suffering in an ailing society is a human experience, not a personal deficiency. It is understandable to be distressed by the world we live in, without having the time to process or even grieve what happens each day. Vera is here to give you the space to address your emotions genuinely, however they manifest. She has experience working with depression, anxiety, and life transitions. Additionally, Vera work with individuals and couples facing ongoing stressors, the pressure of societal expectations, and trauma, in a safe and affirming holding environment, while providing room to challenge yourself and grow. Influenced by feminist, counterculture, and alternative subcultures, she understands that difference creates a habit of reflectiveness about basic human questions that we may take for granted. Understanding what it feels like to be on the “outside,” Vera is committed to supporting people from all walks of life.

Vera guides people in navigating their emotional experiences, relationships to media, sex, dating, intimacy, and interpersonal relationships, fostering a space for vulnerability and authenticity. She approaches therapy from an empathic, person-centered lens, drawing from elements of various modalities and approaches to help you learn, adapt, cope, problem-solve, and empower yourself. She is not here to tell you how to feel or who to be, but simply to hold space for the thoughts you may feel alone in having and the feelings that seem overwhelming, while assisting you in cultivating the person you want to be and the life you want to live.

During her free time, Vera loves listening to music, reading, shopping, exercising, and doing environmental cleanup.

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Vera Johnson-Woodard

Justine hopes to bring a compassionate presence to her work and is committed to creating a supportive space where clients feel heard, respected, and safe to be themselves. She is especially interested in supporting adolescents and young adults who may be facing anxiety, life transitions, identity exploration, and the impact of trauma while utilizing an approach that is trauma-informed and grounded in empathy and cultural humility. Justine's midwest upbringing has given her different perspectives on the bubbles we live in and how to find the common theme that binds us all as humans.

Justine believes that healing happens in therapeutic relationships built on trust, and she’s passionate about walking alongside clients throughout her practicum and internship experience. She brings what YOU need to therapy, not just a template used for everyone. 

In her free time, Justine enjoys reading, playing volleyball, and spending time with family and friends.

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Justine Greig

Anna has extensive therapy experience and training in the evaluation of ADHD and other learning disorders, as well as the therapeutic treatment to learn how to live with it. Whether you are looking for weekly therapy to stay on track or want an ADHD assessment to better understand yourself, she will get the job done. Alongside ADHD usually comes anxiety and depression. Anna has a compassionate lens and has been a source of warm support in her client’s lives. She can help you reframe your interactions with the world to move smoothly through everyday life. Her focus on pregnancy journeys and new parenting life is an area that you can feel supported and no topic is taboo while you process this whole new chapter.

In her free time, Anna enjoys spending time with family, running outside, reading thriller fiction, and a good TV show binge.

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