Helping You Gently
Find Your Balance

If you or a loved one is suffering with an eating disorder, anxiety, depression, or other mental health challenge, you’ve come to the right place.

Helping You Gently
Find Your Balance

If you or a loved one is suffering with an eating disorder, anxiety, depression, or other mental health challenge, you’ve come to the right place.

At MBHA, we offer support every step of the way on your courageous journey to improved mental health.

We are a team of caring and compassionate clinicians that believe in treating the whole person in a collaborative setting. At MBHA, we work with each client to determine an individualized treatment plan with pacing and goals that feel and are achievable.

Tune into The Body Peace Podcast

Watch an interview with Jennie Kramer, MBHA’s founder and Executive Director, where she discusses how diet culture negatively effects our lives and body image.
Episode: Stepping Off the Diet Culture Wheel with Dr. Rachel Millner.

eating disorders

The Diet Cultures Effect on Our Lives: Interview with Jennie Kramer

Watch a Collegial Conversations interview with Jennie Kramer, a psychotherapist and founder of Metro Behavioral Health Associates, where she talks about the diet culture and how it negatively affects our lives and our body image.

Nutrition Services

Metro Behavioral Health Associates

Recovery is possible

MBHA offers a full service, outpatient eating disorder treatment clinic that can provide individual, group, and family therapy alongside nutritional support to those impacted by Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, Orthorexia and other types of eating disorders. MBHA’s clinicians also have significant expertise helping clients find improved mental health from issues such as anxiety, depression, life changes, problems at work or school, marital conflict, feeling stuck or overwhelmed, managing stress, peer pressure, parenting, and so much more.

MBHA welcomes clients of all ages, races, genders, and sexual orientation at ADA accessible offices in Scarsdale, NY and New York City.

Eating Disorder Treatment

• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Binge Eating Disorder
• ARFID, Orthorexia, and Others
• Adolescents and Adults

Body Image/Chronic Dieting

• How Diets Have Failed You
• The Role of Diet Culture
• Weight Stigma

Nutrition Services

• Intuitive Eating
• Finding Peace with Food
• Eating Disorder Support
• Meal Support

Couples & Family Therapy

• Parent Coaching
• Marital Therapy
• Improve Intimate Relationships
• Communication Techniques and Styles

Individual Therapy

• Anxiety/Depression
• Body Image Concerns
• Mood Disorders
• Stage of Life Challenges
• Also Includes Creative Arts Therapy

Group Therapy

• Adolescent Skills Groups
• Eating Disorder Support
• Size Diversity/Weight Neutrality
• Also Includes Creative Arts Therapy

Why Families Choose MBHA

Finding the right support is one of the most important decisions you will make. Here is what sets MBHA apart.
  • A True Team Approach
    Therapists, dietitians, and specialists collaborate closely, ensuring every client receives coordinated, connected care from a unified team.

  • Weight-Neutral, Shame-Free Care
    Using Health at Every Size™ principles, we focus on healing relationships with food, body, and self — never weight or shame.

  • We Treat All Ages, All Identities
    MBHA welcomes adolescents and adults of every race, gender, and sexual orientation. Recovery support is inclusive, affirming, and personalized.

  • Two Convenient Locations
    Offices in Scarsdale and Midtown Manhattan offer in-person, telehealth, and hybrid care for clients across NYC and Westchester.

  • Your Plan, Your Pace
    Every treatment plan is individualized, compassionate, and designed around your real life, goals, and recovery journey.

  • Insurance Reimbursement Support
    We provide superbills and guidance to help clients access any eligible out-of-network insurance reimbursement.

Psychotherapists

Jennie J. Kramer, MSW, LCSW-R, CEDS, she/her
Jennie J. Kramer, MSW, LCSW-R, CEDS, she/her
Kerri Anderson, MA, LMFT, she/her
Kerri Anderson, MA, LMFT, she/her
Kimberly Gevint, LCSW-R, she/her
Kimberly Gevint, LCSW-R, she/her

Psychotherapists

Jennie J. Kramer, MSW, LCSW-R, CEDS, she/her
Jennie J. Kramer, MSW, LCSW-R, CEDS, she/her
Kerri Anderson, MA, LMFT, she/her
Kerri Anderson, MA, LMFT, she/her
Kimberly Gevint, LCSW-R, she/her
Kimberly Gevint, LCSW-R, she/her

Founder, Executive Director, Individual, Group, Family and Couples Therapist

Individual, Family and Group Therapist

Individual, Family and Group Therapist

Alex Kurjiaka, LPC, she/they
Alex Kurjiaka, LPC, she/they
Renée Pastolove, MS, ATR-BC, LCAT, she/her
Renée Pastolove, MS, ATR-BC, LCAT, she/her
Patricia Sommer, L.M.S.W., she/her
Patricia Sommer, L.M.S.W., she/her
Eric Jordan Subido, MA, LMFT-LP, he/they
Eric Jordan Subido, MA, LMFT-LP, he/they
Susan Vibbert, LMSW, MBA, she/her
Susan Vibbert, LMSW, MBA, she/her
Alex Kurjiaka, LPC, she/they
Alex Kurjiaka, LPC, she/they

Individual and Family Therapist, Addictions Specialist, Interventionist

Renée Pastolove, MS, ATR-BC, LCAT, she/her
Renée Pastolove, MS, ATR-BC, LCAT, she/her
Patricia Sommer, L.M.S.W., she/her
Patricia Sommer, L.M.S.W., she/her

Individual, Family and Group Therapist

Eric Jordan Subido, MA, LMFT-LP, he/they
Eric Jordan Subido, MA, LMFT-LP, he/they

Individual, Group and Creative Arts Therapist

Susan Vibbert, LMSW, MBA, she/her
Susan Vibbert, LMSW, MBA, she/her

Individual, Family, Couples and Group Therapist

Individual and Family Therapist, Addictions Specialist, Interventionist

Individual, Group, Family Creative Arts Therapist

Individual, Family and Group Therapist

Individual, Group and Creative Arts Therapist

Individual, Family, Couples and Group Therapist

Dietitians

Stephanie Dorfman, MS, RD, she/her
Stephanie Dorfman, MS, RD, she/her
Michal Schaefer, MS, RD, she/her
Michal Schaefer, MS, RD, she/her
Megan Fahey, MS, RD, CDN, she/her
Megan Fahey, MS, RD, CDN, she/her

Dietitians

Stephanie Dorfman, MS, RD, she/her
Stephanie Dorfman, MS, RD, she/her
Michal Schaefer, MS, RD, she/her
Michal Schaefer, MS, RD, she/her
Megan Fahey, MS, RD, CDN, she/her
Megan Fahey, MS, RD, CDN, she/her

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

“I am smarter, braver, and live a more complete life because of the work I’ve done and continue to do with MBHA. Their direct and constructive approach continues to challenge me to do the hard work, while their understanding and empathy encourages me to keep going.  I am tremendously grateful for the trust I have in them.”