Licensed to practice in New York and accepts 47 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Coping Skills, Depression and 10 more.
Welcome! Thank you for considering working together with me to reach your goals. I work with issues related to depression, anxiety, goals, interpersonal relationships, self-esteem, boundaries, stress, anger, conflict, and philosophical/spiritual issues. I see clients of all orientations and cultural/ethnic backrounds. I am respectful of all religious traditions as well as secular and philosophical traditions. I work with individuals, couples, families and children/teens. My aproach to therapy is: Direct Respectful Non-judgmental Solution-focused Empowering Positive In the short term you should feel better going out than you did coming in. Over the long term, you should feel more empowered, clearer, more self-supporting, more compassionate with yourself and more skilled with others. I look forward to working together with you! Sincerely, Miriam Mendelson, LMHC, PhD (Dr. Mimi)
In our first session, I share some general and useful information about the therapy process, I get to know some basic information about you and we set goals that you would like to acheive. Goals can also be thought of as your 'wish list', and it will serve as the foundation of all that we do.
I have a tremendous amount of extremely varied life-experience and perspectives. I am not afraid to share an opinion and I welcome disagreement and challenge from you, the client. I work well with 'difficult', 'resistant', 'untrusting' and 'tough' clients. From my perspective, therapy is good when You have less conflict in your life Your relationships are better You are clearer about your life goals You are more empowered in your career Your boundaries with others are much stronger You feel safer and more confident Your self-esteem is a lot higher You handle difficult people with skill Your intimate life is better You are more self-expressed You understand your own philosophy of life You can deal with and manage your own moods better You are less volatile towards others You are less stressed at work You are less stressed in your academic program Your health and wellness have improved
I am ideal for a client who is ready for change, self-understanding, growth, clarity and empowerment. Someone who wants to improve their life, their career, their self-esteem, their self-expression, their relationships with others and their understanding of others and the world in general. I encourage people towards transformation and having real shifts occur in their lives. I am very direct, honest and transparent, and I do not hesitate to challenge a client.
Other specialties
I identify as
Cash - $150 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Anthem - Medicare
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Independence Keystone 65 HMO
Independence Personal Choice 65 PPO
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I utilize short-term solution-focused, existential, transpersonal, rational-emotive, trauma-informed, inner-child, gestalt, hakomi, acceptance and committment, religious-based, family, couple, teen, compassion-focused, cbt for suicidal ideation, sex-therapy, anger-management, conflict reduction, humanistic.
8 ratings with written reviews
May 12, 2026
Mimi was immediately engaging, interested in what is going on in my life, ready to have and dialogue and share suggestions. I look forward to meeting with her again. I am very happy that I found a good fit.
March 12, 2026
Does not beat around the bush. Actually tells you what you need to hear. Would 10/10 recommend
February 16, 2026
I found her to be warm and approachable. She makes me feel comfortable and she’s easy to talk to.