Meet the team

Dr. Reema views therapy as a supportive space to slow down, reflect, and feel heard without judgment. She works collaboratively with clients to create meaningful, realistic steps toward change.

With over ten years of counseling experience, Dr. Reema has worked with clients from diverse backgrounds facing a wide range of challenges. She uses evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, Exposure Therapy, trauma-focused, and person-centered therapy, tailored to each client's goals.

Dr. Reema holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a PhD in Counselor Education, and values psychoeducation as part of therapy. She believes healing happens at each person's own pace.

Tiffany Flynn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience who earned her Master of Social Work from Fordham University. She works with children, teens, adults, and couples, including neurodivergent clients.

Her experience includes supporting clients with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), autism, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Tiffany also has experience conducting Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings and developing treatment plans for students to support their emotional and behavioral needs within the school setting.

Tiffany’s approach is warm, collaborative, and nonjudgmental. She creates a supportive space where clients can explore their thoughts and feelings, build self-awareness, and feel comfortable being themselves. She helps clients recognize patterns, develop coping skills, and work toward meaningful changes that reflect their individual needs and goals.

Ria Medasani is a Licensed Associate Counselor with experience working with clients of all ages, with a particular focus on children and adolescents. She helps clients navigate challenges involving family, relationships, culture, and faith, while exploring personal values and building healthy boundaries.

Her approach incorporates cognitive restructuring, emotional regulation, and psychoeducation, along with creative tools such as art, music, and play. With younger clients, Ria focuses on reinforcing healthy behaviors, building self-esteem, and recognizing their strengths, unique personalities, and interests.

Ria’s approach is empathetic, relatable, and transparent. She prioritizes building a strong therapeutic relationship and creating a supportive space where clients feel seen and heard. By meeting clients where they are, she helps them develop self-awareness and practical skills to navigate life’s challenges and support personal growth.

Alyssa Halwagy works with individuals navigating anxiety, life transitions, stress, and emotional challenges. She supports clients who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from themselves, their relationships, or their sense of purpose.

Alyssa has experience working in higher levels of care within mental health settings, supporting individuals with a wide range of needs. This background informs her adaptable approach, allowing her to meet each client where they are with care and clinical understanding.

Alyssa’s approach is collaborative and compassionate. She helps clients slow down, make sense of their experiences, and build self-awareness. Together, they develop practical tools and insight to support meaningful change and move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and self-compassion.

Kaitlin Malishkevich is a Licensed Professional Counselor with clinical experience supporting clients with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and trauma. She works with individuals who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or worn down by longstanding challenges or recent life events.

Her trauma-informed approach helps clients explore how emotional and behavioral patterns developed, how those patterns may have once protected them, and how they may now hold them back. Through this process, she supports clients in building self-awareness and moving toward meaningful change.

Kaitlin creates a relaxed, supportive space through empathy, authenticity, and gentle humor. She brings professional training and lived experience to her work, helping clients feel understood and validated as they build confidence, self-compassion, and a stronger sense of worth.

Shannon Campbell Rizzo works with children, teens, adults, and couples navigating anxiety, trauma, stress, relationship challenges, self-esteem concerns, family issues, and life transitions.

She offers individualized, trauma-informed therapy incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and play-based techniques for younger clients. Shannon helps clients understand their emotions and patterns, strengthen coping and communication skills, and process difficult experiences.

Shannon’s style is warm, compassionate, collaborative, and authentic. She creates a supportive space where clients can feel comfortable, heard, and understood. By meeting clients where they are, she helps them explore what may be keeping them stuck, build on their strengths, and develop practical tools that support healing, growth, and connection.

Giovanna Palmiotti, LSW, works with teens and adults ages 13–65 navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, life transitions, relationship and peer conflicts, self-image concerns, and challenges with anger management.

She offers individualized support that helps clients explore their emotions, better understand their experiences, and develop practical tools for managing everyday challenges. Giovanna works collaboratively with clients to strengthen coping and communication skills and move toward their personal goals.

Giovanna creates a safe, welcoming space, both in person and virtually, grounded in respect, autonomy, and confidentiality. She helps clients feel comfortable, heard, and supported as they build on their strengths and work toward meaningful change.