Meet the team

Alessandra Fabris-Tantawi, LCSW, M.Ed

Allesandra Fabris-Tantawi portrait

Psychotherapist / Integrative Somatic Trauma Specialist

Alessandra Fabris-Tantawi LCSW, M.Ed (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker, holistic psychotherapist, integrative trauma specialist, sex therapist and educator. Alessandra received her graduate degrees from the Columbia University School of Social Work and Ithaca College. Alessandra received her post-graduate certifications from the Ackerman Institute for the Family and most recently the Embody Lab. She is also a professor and field advisor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College.

Alessandra is an embodied healer integrating her esteemed academic degrees and certifications with a holistic, somatic and psychospiritual approach to support liberation and wellbeing for her clients and community alike. Alessandra specializes in complex trauma, post-traumatic-stress, female liberation, sexuality, couples therapy, relational trauma, sexual trauma, neurodivergence, mood spectrum disorders, emotional regulation and transformational somatic practices facilitating healing. She supports predominantly BIPOC and LGBTQ+ couples, women, individuals and families to navigate life with more ease and consciousness. She encourages people to unlearn binary thinking, linear cultural narratives, and ascribed societal labels that hinder happiness and a sense of social connection. Alessandra supports people to explore and appreciate their whole selves within a safe, compassionate, non-hierarchical, human-centered environment where they are safe enough to feel, and in their own time, to heal.

Education

Master of Social Work (M.S.W), Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice- Columbia University
Master of Education (M.Ed), Early Childhood Education and Teaching- Ithaca College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Sociology, Gender Studies- Ithaca College

Certifications

Family and Couples Therapist – Ackerman Institute for the Family
Integrative Somatic Trauma Certification – The Embody Lab
Yoga Instructor for Trauma – RYT(200) Yoga Alliance

Meet the Team

Jonathann Kuo, MD

Founder / Medical Director

Marcel Green, MD

Psychiatrist

Brandon Lau, PA

Physicians Assistant

Tasha Ednie
Tasha Ednie

Operations Manager

Leigh Harlow
Leigh Harlow

TMS Technician & Operations Associate

Paula Lamanna
Paula Lamanna, LCSW, CASAC

Clinical Social Work/Therapist