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Fahad Ali • Bettina Bernstein • Gillian Blair • Carl E. Bradford • Joshua Feldman • Evan Forman • Elizabeth Frumin • Mary Ellen Goetz • Robert Pileggi • Annie Steinberg • Rebecca Whitten • Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia • La Puerta Abierta •

Fahad Ali, M.D.

Fahad Ali is a board certified adult and child and adolescent psychiatrist. He joins the Bridge after completing a Forensic Psychiatry fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a staff psychiatrist at Penn Foundation with hospital privileges at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Maryland, Fairmount Behavioral Health and the VA Medical Center. Dr. Ali conducts forensic evaluations for the Court Mental Health Clinic at the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice. His clinical expertise include evaluating and treating various psychiatric disorders including mood and anxiety disorders in adults and children.

Bettina Bernstein D.O.

Bettina Bernstein is an osteopathic psychiatrist who is board certified in Adult Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Integrative Medicine. Dr. Bernstein sees adults, children, and adolescents for individual as well as family therapy and medication management.

Dr. Bernstein completed her postgraduate training at Hahnemann University Hospital (now Drexel College of Medicine) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and clinical affiliate faculty member at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Bernstein consults to child-serving agencies including local School Districts, foster care agencies and the Family Court of Philadelphia; she specializes in evaluating and treating a wide range of neuropsychiatric disorders including autistic spectrum disorders, learning and developmental disabilities, ADHD, mood disorders, anxiety and trauma in children of all ages. Special interests include telepsychiatry, alternative/complementary therapeutic approaches, and prevention of mental health disorders in her role as a Certified Youth Mental Health First Aid trainer.

Gillian Blair, Ph.D.

Gillian Blair is a clinical, developmental and forensic psychologist until recently on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She co-directed the Juvenile Justice Program of the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia between 1999 and 2006. Previously, she was in private practice in Tennessee and an adjunct clinical faculty member of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her training at the University of London and Vanderbilt University, with a doctoral degree in both developmental and clinical psychology, and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. Her clinical practice is primarily involved in working with children, adolescents, adults and families, experiencing change. In addition, she provides psychological testing services, particularly to those involved in the legal and child welfare system.

Carl E. Bradford Ph.D

Carl Bradford is a psychologist who has worked in counseling/neuropsychology since 1979. He is a board-certified neuropsychologist (ABN), who completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia. With the Bridge as his base, he currently maintains a telepsychology practice (PA & NJ) in psychotherapy and neuropsychological screening. Dr. Bradford works with adults, including elderly individuals, and has experience with individuals with traumatic brain injury, other neurological problems, and chronic medical concerns.

Joshua Feldman, L.C.S.W.

Joshua Feldman a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and graduate of the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. He has experience working with children/adolescents, young adults (university students), adults, and families from diverse backgrounds in community-based and residential treatment programs as well as day treatment centers.

Joshua strives to create a warm, affirming, and collaborative space to explore and address the challenges in life. Whether struggling with a life transition, interpersonal/familial conflict, trauma, anxiety, depression, or are simply seeking support, his goal is to facilitate deeper insight into your relationships with others, as well as yourself, to make meaningful changes to your life. His experience working in psychodynamic, CBT, exposure and response prevention, mindfulness, and structural family therapy models enables him to draw upon each to create an approach that meets your individual needs.

While borrowing from a range of treatment interventions, he is grounded in being curious about past contexts and their relationship to the present. Understanding this relationship helps minds (and bodies) make sense of what is impacting us in the present and creates opportunities to gain new insights, break damaging patterns, and explore healthier experiences/relationships with ourselves and others.

Evan Forman, Ph.D.

Evan Forman, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness-based treatments, including cognitive therapy, CBT, DBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), as well as customized integrations of cognitive, behavioral and mindfulness approaches. He studied at Cornell University, University of Rochester, Elbert Einstein College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and University of Pennsylvania, and has trained extensively under and collaborated with pioneers such as Aaron T. Beck, Judy Beck, Edna Foa, and Steve Hayes. He has conducted important research on psychological treatments for depression, anxiety and eating/weight concerns,

He has particular specialties in treating insomnia, depression and anxiety, including social anxiety, panic, PTSD, blood/injury phobia, and OCD. He also specialize in weight loss and binge eating treatments. He has successfully helped dozens of people reconnect with their core values, and improve the quality of their relationships and well-being. He conducts thorough intake evaluations and uses sophisticated methods for building a comprehensive conceptualization unique to each individual, and uses this conceptualization to develop a personalized treatment. He uses the most cutting edge, science-based therapeutic approaches in order to get the very best outcome for every client.

Elizabeth Frumin, M.A., M.Ed., M.S.S., D.S.S.

Dr. Elizabeth Frumin has been a therapist, counselor and coach for over 30 years. She also officiates weddings and offers pastoral services. Elizabeth supports clients in experiencing more fulfillment, success, happiness and peace during important moments and life transitions. Elizabeth Frumin helps people to develop tools and skills for augmenting their well-being and happiness. Clients are better able to accept and manage their lives, and take personal responsibility to overcome difficulties in relationships, family, work and self-concept. The counseling process enables her clients to live more successful, joyful and meaningful lives. To assist people in experiencing more inner harmony, Dr. Frumin uses techniques from Gestalt Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Rogerian Psychotherapy, Integrated Family Systems, Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Neurolinguistic Programming, stress management, spiritual psychology, mindfulness, meditation and relaxation training, trauma recovery, and movement and creative arts therapy. In counseling, the client can complete and come to peace with past disturbances and limitations that have thwarted well being. In a context of compassion and understanding, one creates clear intention, hope and vision for the future, while experiencing a happier life. For more information contact Dr. Frumin at email: elizabethfrumin@comcast.net or by phone: 610-667-8353

Mary Ellen Goetz, Psy.D., ATR-BC

Mary Ellen Goetz is a licensed psychologist and art therapist. Experience includes Head Start Early Intervention Center, Hahnemann Hospital, Belmont Center, Renfrew, Keystone Addiction Treatment Center and STAR (Sexual Trauma and Recovery). Dr. Goetz became a licensed psychologist in 2000 and began a private practice in which she treats children, adolescents and adults. Dr. Goetz uses art therapy to help client’s identify feelings and thoughts not readily accessible through verbal therapy.

Dr. Goetz served on the faculty at Hahnemann University and Marywood College.

Robert Pileggi, LCSW

Bob is a licensed clinical social worker passionate about facilitating compassionate presence to ourselves, each other and life itself.

Bob's work includes psychotherapy, clinical supervision, mindfulness and yoga instruction, and teaching Gestalt psychotherapy.

Bob's clients (individuals and partners, late adolescence through adulthood) tend to want to manage or explore: anxiety, depression, body image, self-esteem, sexual orientation, gender identity, transitioning, relationships, communication, grief/loss, and adapting to change.

Bob's approach supports safe space for self-exploration and is truly integrative, working with awareness of mind, heart, body, and spirit. Bob's practice is guided by mindfulness, Gestalt & Humanist theory, social justice perspective, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), a strengths-based approach, and brief/solution-focused interventions. Bob also appreciates body awareness and spiritual perspectives as avenues complementing emotional and mental health.

Bob's training includes a Masters degree from the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work & Social Research, and completion of training at the Gestalt Training Institute of Philadelphia. Bob has provided psychotherapy in private practice and at public heath organizations since 2016, and he has been teaching Gestalt theory and practice since 2022. Bob's life's work includes 25 years of service to LGBT-focused nonprofit local, regional and national organizations (public education, community organizing, management).

Annie Steinberg, M.D.

Dr. Steinberg is a pediatrician and child and adolescent psychiatrist who is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Steinberg directs the Child Forensic Psychiatry track in the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and supervises adult and child and adolescent psychiatry residents.

She is currently in private practice after almost twenty years at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she co-directed a center in support of the rights of children to be safe in their homes and families. Previously, her clinical work was based at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Children’s Seashore House, and the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center. She is board certified in pediatrics, adult, child and adolescent, and forensic psychiatry.

Dr. Steinberg has treated hundreds of children who have experienced trauma, abuse, and neglect; including cases of sexual abuse involving children and adolescents, many of whom have other developmental disorders. Dr. Steinberg’s current work in forensic, adult, child and adolescent psychiatry has a special emphasis on post traumatic disorders; attachment disorders; and family, education, mental health, and disability law. Since 2002, she has conducted seminars for judges, child protection agencies, and district attorneys’ offices on the mental health and developmental issues of childhood and adolescents. For the past ten years, she has been involved with mass tort litigation and class actions, working both with defense and plaintiff’s firms, and she has been court appointed to assist in the allocation of mediated settlements.

Rebecca Whitten, Psy.D., M.Ed.

Rebecca Whitten is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with adult individuals and couples. She graduated from Widener University in 2009 with both her masters in human sexuality education and doctorate in clinical psychology. She has worked in outpatient settings since.

In addition to working with adults coping with anxiety and depression, she works with couples around a variety of issues across the lifespan. She also specializes in working with women around female sexual pain and dysfunction, and the physical and emotional effects of infertility, pregnancy, and the postpartum period.

Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia

The Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia is a four year psychoanalytic training program concentrating on relational approaches to psychoanalysis and intensive psychotherapy. Local faculty, as well as nationally renowned relational analysts, provide supervision and teach their courses. It is the hope and intent of this institute to provide an educational experience of genuine rigor and excitement and, through the analysis and supervision, an emotional experience of great depth and intensity. It is also the Institutes wish to make training feasible and practical, to prepare therapists to be analysts in the 21st century, responsive to personal and professional contexts of candidates' lives, given that psychoanalytic work now engages different treatment modalities, frequencies of session, and different sets of difficulties in living. If interested in this training program, contact David Mark.

La Puerta Abierta

The mission of La Puerta Abierta is to improve access to quality, holistic mental health support in the Latino immigrant and refugee community through education, collaboration and service. An important aspect of LPA's work is providing pro bono individual and family counseling with youth and families who cannot access services elsewhere due to language, economic, legal and social barriers. La Puerta Abierta works with those who are impacted by immigration, lack of documentation, displacement of various family members, and the subsequent trauma and chaos that is perpetuated by these experiences. In addition, we collaborate closely with other providers, such as schools, clinics and other community programs, with the goal of shifting attitudes and service delivery practices that are responsive to the complex experiences and needs of our immigrant and refugee community members.