Featured Therapists:
Every month, PTCNY features our member therapists. This month we’d like to introduce you to:
Modes of Treatment:
Individuals
Specializations:
Anxiety and Panic Attacks, Bipolar Conditions, Career and Work Concerns, Caregiver Stress, Creativity Challenges, Depression, Grief, Separation and Mourning, Health Issues, Interpersonal Issues, Phobias, Separation and Divorce,Stress management, Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress, Women’s Issues
Therapeutic Modalities:
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy; EMDR; Sensorimotor Psychotherapy; Interpersonal; Internal Family Systems; and Coherence Therapy
Marilyn Sulzbacker, LCSW, DCSW, BCD
Many people who have come to me feel stuck, overwhelmed, or weighed down by old patterns. Often they have been in therapy which has not resolved these issues. I’m an integrative psychotherapist with over 35 years of experience, and I offer a compassionate, neurobiologically informed approach to healing.
My work draws on powerful, research-backed methods like EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Coherence Therapy. These therapies are designed to help you gently release painful emotions, limiting beliefs, and unhelpful behaviors that may be holding you back. With support, you can reconnect with your true self, rediscover your inner vitality, and navigate life’s challenges with greater ease and resilience. I love my work and the transformations that I see in this.
I work with adults (18+) from all walks of life, supporting people through life transitions, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and complex trauma. No matter what you’re facing, my priority is to create a safe, trusting space where you feel deeply seen, heard, and understood — without shame or judgment. I have both skill and patience to establish this rapport. My clients often tell me, “You get me.” That moment of connection — of being truly recognized — is where healing begins. Together, we can explore your inner world with curiosity and compassion, and help you move toward the life you want to live.
I believe that it is critical to maintain professional expertise and to this end I am in group supervisions with experienced clinicians in all the above stated modalities I also attend professional workshops and conferences to keep myself updated.
Modes of Treatment:
Individuals, Couples, Group
Specializations:
LGBTQ, Intersectionality, Racial Trauma, College Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma
Therapeutic Modalities:
Individuals, Couples, Group
Aaron Skinner-Spain, LCSW-R, CCTP
Welcome to my remote practice.
I’m a licensed clinical social worker and certified psychoanalyst in the state of New York with over 15 years of experience in the field. I am the Founder and Executive Director of NYC Affirmative Psychotherapy, a community-focused, sliding scale, group psychotherapy practice, and the Co-Director of the Trauma-Informed Clinical Practice Certificate Program at New York University. As an Ivy League graduate, I completed my BA at Cornell University and my MSW at New York University.
My master’ s-level education at New York University included clinical internships in adolescent and young adult mental health. Since then, I have trained at the Training Institute for Mental Health in their four-year program in Psychoanalysis and at New York University Counseling and Wellness Services, where I worked on both their Gender and Trauma Teams.
Some of my postgraduate training includes a one-year program in psychoanalytic supervision, training in cognitive behavior therapy at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, a certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies from the Trauma Research Foundation, and training in Attachment-Focused EMDR from the Parnell Institute. I have extensive experience working with young adults and adults in the areas of college mental health, trauma, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, LGBTQ affirmative therapy, racial trauma, and entrepreneur and executive stress. I also provide both clinical supervision and private and group practice consultation.
For my work I won the Emerging Leadership Award by the National Association of Social Workers – NYC Chapter and continue to work with organizations to make clinical services more accessible to a wider range of New Yorkers.