Meet the Team
Jaime Coffino, PhD, MPH
Founder/Director
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Jaime Coffino is the Director of the Coffino Center for Eating, Anxiety, and Mood Disorders in New York City. She opened the Coffino Center because she wanted to provide high-quality evidence-based treatment and personalized care to patients. Dr. Coffino is currently licensed to see patients in New York and Florida (via telehealth).
Dr. Coffino earned a Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York. During her PhD training, she completed a predoctoral fellowship specializing in eating disorder treatment at Yale University and a clinical psychology internship within the behavioral medicine track at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
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Dr. Coffino would describe her therapy approach as empathetic, direct, and skills-based. Her flexible approach utilizes cognitive behavioral therapies including dialectical behavior therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help patients meet their treatment goals.
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Dr. Coffino completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in the Department of Population Health. Dr. Coffino is currently an adjunct professor at the NYU School of Global Public Health. For more information on her research, please click here.
Dr. Rachel Luba earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York.
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Throughout her training, Dr. Luba learned to deliver empirically supported psychotherapies across a range of settings and populations, with emphasis on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT).
She approaches clinical work in an adaptive, client-focused manner and works to set and meet treatment goals in an effective, yet flexible manner. She completed her predoctoral internship at Stony Brook University Consortium Internship Program and is currently a T32 postdoctoral research fellow in the division on Substance Use Disorders at Columbia University and the NY State Psychiatric Institute.
Dr. Luba has extensive research experience in the development and treatment of substance use disorders.
Rachel Luba, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Brianna Altman earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York. During the course of her doctoral training, she completed her clinical psychology internship at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Dr. Altman seeks to establish collaborative therapeutic relationships with her clients that allow for personal exploration and growth consistent with individuals’ self-identified goals. Her approach involves flexible application of various evidence-based interventions, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). She has also gained extensive experience in the treatment of anxiety, trauma, eating disorders, and substance use disorders throughout her clinical training.
Additionally, Dr. Altman is a post-doctoral research associate at Rutgers University. Her research interests broadly include substance use and health behaviors.
Brianna Altman, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Jordan Gette earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Texas Tech University after completing her clinical psychology internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Dr. Gette values establishing a warm, collaborative relationship with her clients focused on goal setting and skills building. Dr. Gette utilizes a wide range of empirically supported therapies including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and therapies for trauma and substance use disorders.
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Presently, Dr. Gette is a postdoctoral fellow at the Rutger’s University Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies. Her research interests broadly include substance use behaviors and posttraumatic stress.
Jordan Gette, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Ilana Schulder, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Ilana Schulder earned a doctorate in combined Clinical-School Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University in New York. She is licensed to see patients in New York.
Dr. Schulder trained in a range of settings where she provided individual, group, and family therapy. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults who present with concerns related to anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, life transitions, stress, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and mood disorders. Dr. Schulder approaches therapy through an integrative lens, and has received training in Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), while weaving in mindfulness-based approaches. Dr. Schulder also recently completed a certification for supporting perinatal mental health.
Dr. Schulder approaches her clinical work with attunement and curiosity through a warm, caring, and genuine stance. She strives to collaboratively adapt treatment through an open and flexible approach depending on one’s unique needs and goals. Dr. Schulder has a background in art, and loves to utilize creative strategies throughout her work.
Ilana Schulder, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Elizabeth Kroll-Taubenfeld earned her PhD in clinical psychology from Hofstra University. She approaches therapy with a warmth, curiosity and acceptance while taking a collaborative approach to help individuals meet their therapy goals.
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Trained in evidence-based interventions, Dr. Kroll-Taubenfeld treats children, adolescents, and adults by integrating behavior therapy modalities within a nurturing environment. Her expertise includes eating disorders, trauma, OCD, and anxiety-related disorders, with experience providing individual, group, and family therapy. She trained at New York Presbyterian Eating Disorder Program, Center for Anxiety, and Stern College for Women.
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Dr. Kroll-Taubenfeld has a particular interest in women's mental health, focusing on reproductive mental health, including perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Elizabeth Kroll-Taubenfeld, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Jessica Lawson, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Jessica Lawson is a clinical psychologist, licensed in New York and Connecticut, and an assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. She earned a Master of Science from City University in London, England, and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University. Dr Lawson completed a clinical research postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine focused on eating disorder treatment.
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She specializes in health psychology and trauma-informed psychotherapy, with expertise in health behavior change, treatment for eating disorders and weight management, post traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, and stress management.
Dr. Lawson values a client-centered, collaborative approach and brings her warm, encouraging and supportive nature to the evidence-based care she delivers. Her approach is informed by her significant training in cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy; she applies these orientations flexibly and skillfully to support her clients and her background in dance lends a creative perspective to her work.
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Dr. Lawson's program of research includes scholarly work studying weight bias, eating behaviors, and telemental health in the delivery of clinical care.