Adult therapy, assessment, and groups

For Individuals

Evidence-based therapy and neuropsychological assessment for adults — for the everyday struggles and the harder chapters.

Beyond traditional talk therapy

For when talk alone isn't shifting things

Talk therapy provides an invaluable foundation for understanding your patterns, but when deep-seated emotional blocks feel stuck, intellectual insight isn't always enough. To create lasting change, we look beyond the conversation to directly engage the nervous system. By treating the whole person, we seamlessly layer in specialized somatic tools like EMDR to settle old trauma responses, alongside actionable behavioral frameworks like CBT and DBT to interrupt anxiety spirals in real-time.

Therapy and assessment, together

Therapy and assessment, together

Sometimes, what feels like chronic personal exhaustion, executive dysfunction, or baseline anxiety turns out to be unrecognized adult ADHD, autism, or a learning profile no one ever mapped for you. Because our neuropsychologists work directly alongside our adult therapists, we can easily pair your therapeutic work with deep diagnostic clarity—helping you finally understand how your brain actually operates so you can stop blaming yourself.

How we work

One Stop Integrative Solution

Many adults arrive having already tried therapy — sometimes for years. They come to PPG because something is still stuck.

Our approach is to start with a careful intake that takes your full history seriously: not just the symptom that brought you in, but the patterns, the neurology, the relationships, and the chapters that came before. From there, we match you with a clinician whose specialty actually fits the problem — and stay in close contact across the team as your work evolves.

Talk therapy is the core, but it isn't always the whole answer. When it helps, we layer in art therapy for what words can't reach, group work for what isolation can't fix, and skills practice (DBT, exposure, EMDR) for what insight alone won't shift. You don't have to coordinate across providers. We do it inside one practice.

If what you need shifts mid-treatment — from individual sessions to a group, from talk to EMDR, from therapy to a testing referral — we shift with you. That coordination is what most people mean when they say they want a "team."

Your team

Meet our specialists in this area

When you are navigating specific, nuanced struggles, a generalist approach isn't enough. Our therapy team brings together doctoral-level psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and specialized art therapists who actively collaborate on your care. As a founder, I often tell people that there isn't a single clinician on this team I wouldn't hand-refer my own family member to—and that is the baseline standard for everyone we bring into this practice.

Emily Bly, PhD

Emily Bly, PhD

CEO, Clinical Director, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

As practice founder and clinical supervisor, Dr. Bly integrates advanced psychodynamic insight, CBT, and Gottman methods to guide individuals and couples through complex life transitions and family-building.

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Marissa Caldarola, LCSW

Marissa Caldarola, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

As a certified EMDR therapist and trauma specialist, Marissa Caldarola utilizes gold-standard somatic reprocessing, trauma-informed care, and addiction frameworks to guide individuals and families through anxiety, substance use, and deep-seated trauma.

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Kaitlin Carson, PhD

Kaitlin Carson, PhD

Licensed Clinical Neuropsychologist

As a licensed clinical psychologist and neuropsychology specialist, Dr. Carson integrates comprehensive neuropsychological, psychoeducational, and psychological evaluations to guide children, adolescents, and adults through diagnostic clarity, school accommodations, and targeted treatment roadmaps.

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Jessica Duffy, LCSW

Jessica Duffy, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

As an integrative clinical social worker specializing in youth and adult empowerment, Jessica Duffy utilizes tailored CBT, ACT, and relationship frameworks to support families and couples navigating ADHD, acute anxiety, and complex life transitions.

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Lorens Hidalgo, LCSW

Lorens Hidalgo, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

As a bilingual psychotherapist and relational clinician, Lorens Hidalgo integrates attachment-focused psychodynamic insight, Gottman methods, and culturally attuned care to guide individuals and couples through trauma, life transitions, and relationship conflict.

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Melissa Klay, PhD, LCAT, ATR-BC

Melissa Klay, PhD, LCAT, ATR-BC

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Director of Art Therapy Program

A dual-licensed psychologist, board-certified art therapist, and tenured professor utilizing 25+ years of mastery to treat complex trauma, childhood anxiety and behavioral challenges, eating disorders, and emotional dysregulation.

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Eva Leighton, PhD

Eva Leighton, PhD

CFO, Training Director

As a clinical psychologist specializing in complex relational dynamics, Dr. Leighton utilizes a blend of psychodynamic psychotherapy, evidence-based behavioral tools, and Gottman frameworks to support individuals and couples navigating trauma, substance use, and chronic loneliness.

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Gerard Micera, PsyD

Gerard Micera, PsyD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

As a humanistic clinician and veteran performing arts educator, Dr. Micera integrates creative engagement strategies, structured CBT, and Gottman methods to guide youth, families, and couples through anxiety, life transitions, and communication barriers.

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Emily Mudge, LCSW

Emily Mudge, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

As an integrative psychotherapist and parent coach, Emily Mudge combines child behavior therapy with structured parenting frameworks to help families master emotional resilience, break old patterns, and cultivate intentional connections.

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Heather Rosen, PhD

Heather Rosen, PhD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Director of Eating Disorders Program

As a globally recognized FBT supervisor and former Mount Sinai professor, Dr. Rosen utilizes advanced CBT, DBT, and family-based treatments to guide adolescents and young adults through eating disorder recovery.

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Valerie Scelsa, PhD

Valerie Scelsa, PhD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

As an anxiety and OCD specialist and family systems clinician, Dr. Scelsa integrates gold-standard ERP, CBT, and parent-led SPACE frameworks to guide youth, young adults, and parents through phobias, obsessive-compulsive loops, and behavioral challenges.

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Megan Sedita, PsyD

Megan Sedita, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist, Postdoctoral Resident

As a trauma specialist and relational clinician, Dr. Sedita integrates evidence-based CBT, DBT, and Gottman methods to guide individuals and couples through complex PTSD, emotional dysregulation, and relational discord.

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Kate Testa, MA

Kate Testa, MA

Art Therapist in Residence

Utilizing creative art therapy to help children and adolescents process big emotions, build confidence, and safely navigate learning and behavioral differences.

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