Co-Founders

MagdaLena Elishevah Agabs, CSW
is a New York State licensed psychotherapist and hypnotherapist with extensive experience working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and groups. She practices in clinical, as well as in, school and community settings. Some of her specializations include life-cycle transitions and the treatment of anxiety, depression, eating disorders and stress management. MagdaLena Agabs has a Masters in Clinical Social Work from New York University. Her postgraduate studies are in the field of inner development, Kabbalah, Buddhism, dream analysis, stress management, meditation, and interfaith dialogue. She is a Director of Adolescent Programs at the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services, a member of the Wellness Institute/Heart Centered Integrative Therapies, an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) member of United Nations Coordination Committee, and a member of the Academy of European Arts and Culture, Gurdjieff and Ouspensky School. She is certified by the world-renown Dr. Brian Weiss as a Regression Therapist.

Fayina Cohen, CSW
is a New York State licensed psychotherapist and hypnotherapist working with individuals, couples and groups. She specializes in utilizing hypnotherapy to treat anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, addictions,( i.e smoking cessation), as well as eating disorders and weight loss. She also focuses on women's issues including infertility, post partum depression, self-esteem, maternity and mid life stressors. Her broad clinical experience includes working in the field of substance abuse and addictions as well as providing individual insight-oriented therapy and couples counseling. Prior to starting her private practice she worked at COPAY, a community substance abuse clinic in Great Neck and in F.E.G.S., a comprehensive mental health agency in Queens. Fayina Cohen obtained her B.A. from Cornell University and her M.S.W. from New York University. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers and the National Board of Clinical Hypnotherapists. She is fluent in Russian and Hebrew and is in private practice in Long Island and New York City.


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