Stella B. Keitel, PsyD

FOUNDER & CEO

Prior to becoming a psychologist Stella worked as a volunteer with incarcerated women in maximum security prison and victims of domestic violence and their children in a location-protected setting. It was through these experiences that she became inspired to look more closely at our mental health care system and the manner in which mental health care services are delivered especially to those who are underserved and marginalized. 

She received her doctoral training at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Albert Einstein Medical School. Training extensively in multiple modalities of psychotherapy and neuropsychological assessment, she completed the capstone of her clinical training at Manhattan Psychiatric Center, followed by post-doctoral training at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, where she continued to work as a treatment team leader, acute care psychologist, and forensic evaluator. 

In treatment, Stella works collaboratively with her patients and is dedicated to providing a safe space for people to work through their challenges with her support and guidance. She employs a integrative framework pulling from several therapeutic modalities including, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

Stella’s style is direct and supportive, she believes that honesty and transparency are inherently therapeutic and that sometimes the best therapy outcomes are from treatment that does not need to look and feel like treatment. She truly enjoys the creativity of therapy, and customizing treatment by integrating different modalities to honor the uniqueness of each of her patients, and ultimately for therapy to be effective for them.