Meet our therapists
IHI’s clinical staff specializes in LGBTQ+-affirmative therapy. Our diverse group of skilled clinicians is comprised of community members and allies who relate to and understand LGBTQ+ lived experiences. Explore our biographies, qualifications, and therapeutic perspectives and book an appointment today.
IHI is also committed to diverse, equitable, and inclusive hiring practices and to creating a clinical staff that reflects these values.
All staff therapists and advanced clinical interns who hold an LMSW license and limited permit (-LP) licensure in social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, and psychoanalysis are practicing psychotherapy under clinical supervision by licensed psychotherapists from their respective professions according to New York State law.
IHI Staff Therapists
Em Finch, MA, LMSW
Teal Inzunza, LCSW
Avital Isaacs, LCSW
Russell Needham, LCSW-R
Ebonee Mears, LMSW
Maggie Dunleavy, LCSW
Joseph Hovey, LCSW
Katie Liederman, LCSW
Tanya Briggs, LMSW
Joey Pecoraro, LMSW
Megan Odaniell, LMHC
Steve Krause, LMHC-LP
Emily Scott, LCSW
Beatriz De Motta, LMHC-LP
Brian Buryakov, LMHC-LP
Julia Koerwer, LCSW
Jon Prezant, LMSW
Lee Delegard, LMHC-LP
Roscoe Lachey, M.A., ED.M., LMHC-LP
Mike Carney, LMSW
Adrian Downing-Espinal, LMSW-LP, CASAC Master
Emma Johnson, LMSW
Leah Davis, LMSW
Rachael Valler, LMSW
Michael John Hughes, LMSW
Matthew Rickard, LMHC-LP
Courtney Tullock, LMSW
Timothy Manning, LMSW
Hossannah Asuncion, LMHC-LP
Aramis Grant
Jackie Prestoy
Devin Scott
Sophie Brous
Sara Beth Clayton
Fatima Aamir
IHI Leadership and Clinical Supervisors
Tara Lombardo, LMHC
Benet Hennessey, ED.M., LMHC
Eve Blazo, LCSW, RYT-200
Robert McVey, LCSW-R
Furness Norton, LMHC
Em Finch, MA, LMSW
Amos Wolff, LMFT
Troy Vázquez-Cain, LCSW
Stephan Goddard, LMHC
Haley Weissman, LCSW
Russell Needham, LCSW-R
Alisa Robbins, LCSW-R
Joseph Hovey, LCSW
Jonathan Kutnick, PhD, LCSW
Tara Petrochko, LCSW
Katie Liederman, LCSW