Group Leaders:

Gabriela Kohen, LP is a licensed psychoanalyst in private practice. She is faculty at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, where she is a fellow and training analyst, and runs a group for new students. She is also an advanced doctoral candidate at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. Gaby runs groups using the creative arts as a healing tool with Creative Alternatives of NY at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Sanctuary for Families, and Restore NYC to name a few. The granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and a native of Argentina, Gaby believes in the transformative potential of being seen and heard in group.

Amanda Kadaj obtained her Certificate in Psychoanalysis from the Center of Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. She is a PSNYC associate practicing under the supervision of Golzar Naghshineh, LP.  Amanda has seven years’ experience providing psychoanalytic therapeutic services to individuals, couples and groups. She is currently regularly running groups for women along the reproductive spectrum. Born in Lebanon, and an escapee of conflict, Amanda has a great deal of exposure working with culturally, and experientially diverse populations. Amanda is currently an academic advisor at the New York Graduate School of Psychoanalysis and Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, and is engaged in advanced studies for group psychotherapy training at the Center for Group Studies in New York City.  She believes in the power of group therapy to help safely activate, stimulate, and promote emotional learning through the collaborative efforts of its participants.

Supervising Administrator:

Golzar Selbe Naghshineh, LP is a licensed Psychoanalyst and the founder of PSNYC and NAPS. She is teaching and research faculty at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. She completed a Masters degree in Nonprofit Management and Urban Policy from The New School University where her focus of study was on war, genocides, ethnic cleansing, and revolution, an issue that is also personal for her. Her Masters thesis focused on the use of rape as a systematic tactic of warfare in conflict zones. Her transition to psychoanalysis is rooted in her deep belief in the ability of people to change and grow towards a more just world. Naghshineh attended the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis for her doctorate in Psychoanalysis (ABD) and her group psychotherapy training at the Center for Group Studies. Her other psychoanalytic passion is in women’s mental health on the reproductive spectrum.

Administrator:

Parry Thompson obtained her B.A. from New York University in psychology and works as the practice manager at PSNYC. Parry has dedicated her professional life to supporting mothers as a care coordinator, labor and postpartum doula and support group leader. Parry believes in the unique power of the group therapy setting in supporting the complex feelings of patients by drawing on the power of connection and community.