Rachel Tuchman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over ten years of experience. She has worked with many diverse populations and across a wide spectrum of mental health relater concerns. Rachel is HAES (Health At Every Size) aligned clinician and dedicates a lot of her time out of office to educating parents and kids on the importance of body respect and the behaviors that truly honor our health. Currently, she offers services in her Cedarhurst, NY office for kids and teens ages 5-18, adults, and women experiencing infertility, pregnancy loss and post hysterectomy. Rachel also does speaking engagements for schools, synagogues and various community organizations. You can reach her at [email protected]

Elisheva Liss, LMFT is a psychotherapist in private practice, an author, lecturer, and digital educator. Her book, Find Your Horizon of Healthy Thinking, teaches how to use a narrative therapy technique she developed for managing challenging thoughts, feelings, and circumstances. Her primary digital course is: Sacred, Not Secret: A Religious Parent's Guide to Healthy, Holy Sexuality Education. Some of her other courses are: Private Practice Pro-Tips, How to Make the Most of Your Therapy Experience, and So You Might Want to Homeschool. Most of her content, including her blog, can be found on elishevaliss.com

Robin Gutman, LMHC, NCC, owner of Monarch Counseling Group, LLC, offers professional counseling services to individuals and couples utilizing an eclectic approach that is personally tailored to each client. Robin’s approach is strength based and designed to empower clients. Robin is skilled in treating an array of different focus areas with much experience in working with children and adolescents. Now treating adults and couples, Robin is able to assist clients in effectively addressing affective, cognitive, relationship, and behavioral problems commonly associated with trauma. Robin especially enjoys helping clients enhance their sense of self worth, establishing healthy boundaries and healthy relationships. Her most recent trainings have included addressing intimacy challenges with religious couples and Imago. Robin’s view of therapy is strength based. She believes that clients are their own best resource and that therapy is most effective when a client is open to recognizing issues and willing to implement change.

Louisa Ferrara, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CNT is a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist with over 10 years of clinical experience working with neonates, medically-fragile infants and children with a myriad of complex medical/developmental needs. Dr. Louisa has worked in numerous pediatric settings, most recently as a Program Manager and Specialist in Feeding and Swallowing Disorders at NYU-Winthrop Hospital, in New York. Dr. Louisa developed the NICU Feeding Program in this Level III NICU. She has since stepped down from this clinical position and now manages their NICU Dysphagia Research Team. The team collectively strives to provide clinicians with more evidence to support their practices, with the ultimate goal of improved care for this most special population of infants. She is also an assistant professor at Molloy College on Long Island, NY. Dr. Louisa completed her Doctorate degree in Speech and Language Pathology in May 2018 from Adelphi University. She received her Board Certification in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders in 2014 through ASHA. She has earned specification as a Certified Neonatal Therapist in 2018, through the "NTNCB" (Neonatal Therapist National Certification Board), which she is also a board member. Furthermore, she is a Clinical Advisor at Innara Health, developer of the NTrainer. Dr. Louisa has published in high-standing, peer-reviewed journals; her research has focused on the swallowing mechanism in neonates under various conditions (respiratory devices, liquid modifications, feeding strategies, etc.), as well as the use of various diagnostic tools. And finally, she lectures nationally on various topics related to feeding readiness in preterm infants, dysphagia management, swallowing-respiratory coordination and early feeding milestone acquisition in normal and developmentally delayed children. Dr. Louisa prides herself on living a fulfilled life where she gets to positively impact the lives of infants and families through her care, education and research, as well as by making enough time to cherish each beautiful moment with her family. She is a proud Mom to her son Mario, and dog Sadie, and is grateful to be married to her wonderful husband Joe, who keeps her smiling through it all.

Dr. Bat-Sheva Lerner Maslow is a double board certified Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility specialist at Reproductive Medical Associates of New Jersey in Englewood and Jersey City, where she also serves as the Lead Physician. She has a special clinical interest in counseling single women about their fertility and their options for fertility preservation. Dr. Maslow also lectures and writes on the intersection of halakha and reproduction, and is frequently called upon as an adviser for questions related to hilkhot niddah. She serves as the Director of Medical Education for the North American Yoatzot Halacha Program and is on the board of directors of several organizations related to Jewish women and healthcare. Dr. Maslow graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College with a BA in History before attending the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she received an MD with distinction and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Dr. Maslow completed residency training in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania and sub-specialty training in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility at the University of Connecticut, where she also completed a master’s degree in clinical and translational research. She has presented her research in esteemed international medical journals, as well as featured national meetings.

Dr. Alissa Hersh is a board-certified Allergist. She attended medical school at New York Medical College, and completed her Pediatric residency at the Children Hospital of Montefiore, and her Allergy and Immunology fellowship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Prior to opening her private practice in Woodmere in 2012, she was a full time attending at New York Presbyterian - Columbia. Dr. Hersh cares for pediatric and adult patients who suffer from atopic conditions ranging from eczema and food allergies to seasonal allergies, asthma, immunodeficiencies and more. Her work-life balance entails running a private office while being a mother to four children and serving on various charitable boards in her community, including the Board of Directors for the Yoetzet Halacha of the Five Towns.