Practical Tools for Leading a More Fulfilled Life
Individually Tailored Therapy Services to Meet Your Needs, Online and In person.
Prompt and Attentive Service
Receive prompt and attentive care, with evidence-based treatments designed to help you achieve your goals efficiently.
Expert Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Benefit from our team of skilled diagnosticians who create personalized, effective treatment plans tailored to your needs.
Collaborative Treatment Approach
Our therapists collaborate with other healthcare providers to ensure a comprehensive approach to your treatment.
Short-Term and Intensive Therapy Options Designed Around You
We offer both short-term, focused support and more intensive therapy options to meet you where you are. Through structured group therapy and skills-based programs, as well as individually tailored intensives like week-long treatment experiences, you can build momentum, learn practical tools, and make meaningful progress in a shorter time frame. These approaches are designed to provide targeted, evidence-based care that fits your goals and your schedule.
You Deserve The Best Care From The Leading Therapy Group
We are a group psychology practice of compassionate and skilled clinicians delivering therapy services tailored to fit the needs of our clients. Drs. Rachel Hutt, Jessica Renz, and Rebecca Skolnick founded MindWell NYC in 2017 to provide emotional wellness services to children, adolescents, adults, and parents in an inclusive, friendly, and warm environment. We specialize in cognitive, dialectical, and mindfulness-based behavior therapies and teach our clients practical tools for leading a more fulfilled life.
We Offer In-Person and Virtual Sessions For Adults
MindWell NYC provides you with a safe, nonjudgmental space to talk about anything and everything. Our team of highly skilled and trained therapists offers the genuine guidance and support, evidence-based approaches, and practical skills needed to work through current issues and develop solutions to move forward.
Taedra Pedonti, LCSW
Nicolette Makedon, LMHC
Nicolette Makedon is a licensed mental health counselor at MindWell NYC. She practices cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and holds a primary certification in rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) from the Albert Ellis Institute. Ms. Makedon has a particular interest in treating diverse individuals aged 13+ with anxiety, depression, life changes, relationship issues, maladaptive thinking, and trauma. She has experience treating individuals, families, groups, and couples. Ms. Makedon provides online individual and group therapy via telehealth to adolescents and adults at MindWell NYC.
It can be hard to manage on your own. We will assist you in reaching your goals using the latest and most researched anxiety treatment tools available.
DBT
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is comprised of individual therapy, skills training class, phone coaching, and treatment by a team of clinicians. It was created by Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D. to teach you skills for managing emotions and destructive behaviors creating a great deal of stress in your life.
CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a collaborative and practical approach that can help you reach your goals. It is a time-limited and structured therapy that teaches you strategies to manage a range of challenges such as anxiety, depression, problems with eating, general dissatisfaction, and life changes.
Mindfulness
We offer a variety of mindfulness-based treatments. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is designed to teach you how to relate to your thoughts differently and to live in the moment, helping to reduce and prevent depression and anxiety. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) assists with letting go of what cannot be changed and taking steps toward creating the life you want to live. We also incorporate mindfulness skills and practice into our CBT sessions.
Virtual Reality
Our therapists sometimes enhance anxiety therapy using virtual reality. This involves wearing a headset and having the therapist guide you through different computer-generated scenes related to the thing you are afraid of. For example, if you have a fear of flying, the therapist will guide you through different flying-related scenarios like the airport and airplane. Virtual reality is used to help treat things like flight anxiety, test anxiety, needle phobia, fear of heights, fear of public speaking, and claustrophobia.
We work with a variety of people, ages and conditions.
Feeling Better: CBT Workbook for Teens
MindWell NYC is proud to announce that the folks over at Choosing Therapy have decided to include the book Feeling Better CBT Workbook for Teens by MindWell co-founder Dr. Rachel L Hutt, Ph.D., on their list of Best Anxiety Books for Teens 2022.
The Clinician's Guide to Business
Drawing on their extensive experience as therapists and group practice owners, authors Elizabeth Burke and Jessica Renz will teach you how to apply your clinical skills to a business context, make tough decisions about marketing, hiring, and client satisfaction, and develop resilience in the face of unknowns.
