Mental Health

Stephanie Doyle, LCSW

Traci Gavila, Psy.D

Key words: children, young adults, anxiety, depression, family, education, medical illness, women's issues

Stephanie Doyle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been working with youth and families for the last 15 years.  Since earning her Master’s Degree in Social Work from University of California, Berkeley 10 years ago she has worked in medical, community-based agencies, and psychiatric settings.  She worked with medically fragile and disabled children and their families in the medical hospitals and at a leading child welfare agency in New York City.  She served as a founding member and Child and Family Specialist of Westchester County’s Crisis Prevention and Response Team, where she provided crisis intervention and psychiatric evaluations for individuals of all ages experiencing severe mental health difficulties.  Since 2013 she has been providing individual and family therapy in her private practice as well as professional education and consulting services to area school districts and agencies.  In addition to specializing in support for families impacted by illness and disability, Stephanie also works with children and adolescents experiencing anxiety and depression, individual adults facing critical life cycle transitions, and young adults and their parents when young adults live at home.   Her approach mixes pragmatic problem solving with a fine attunement to emotional needs; it is approachable and grounded in the realities of daily life.  

Key words: children, young adults, anxiety, behavior challenges, parenting

Traci Gavila, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist who has a private practice in White Plains. Dr. Gavila has several years of experience working in schools, hospitals and community mental health settings assessing and supporting the well being of individuals and families. Dr. Gavila works with clients of various ages struggling with building and maintaining healthy relationships and coping with various life stressors.  Dr. Gavila also specializes in working with children and adolescents with anxiety, mood challenges and behavior problems. She works with families on parenting strategies and to improve communication in the home. Dr. Gavila has a Master's in School Psychology and collaborates with school professionals to support children more comprehensively.

Miki Hara, LCSW-R, RYT

Key words: trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, behavior modification

Miki Hara has over 10 years of experience in providing psychotherapy.  Most of her career was dedicated to provide mental health services at community mental health clinics.  During those years, she has attained skills of evidence-based treatment protocols to treat trauma, depression, anxiety, self-harming behavior, and eating disorder.  She is trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, EMDR, and Parent Management Training.  She works with individuals with all ages, family, couple and groups.  The area she feels most passionate about is to work with trauma survivors.  She is specialized in treating sexual abuse traumas and a birth trauma (unplanned medical intervention, emergency C-section, etc.) by using evidence-based treatment protocol for trauma and yoga.  Because traumatic experiences are not in our cognition rather experiences are in our bodies, it is important to tap into ones body to work through traumas that have been stuck in their body.  

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