Meet the Team
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Brittany Pinto
LMSW, Clinical Coordinator
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Maren Levine
LMSW
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Kimberlin Shepard
LMSW, Virtual & In-Person
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Dr. Rachel Hoffman
Ph.D., LCSW
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Dr. Carli Blau
Ph.D., LCSW, M.Ed., M.A., PMH-C, Founder and Clinical Director
The Boutique Team
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY FOR
ANXIETY, DATING, RELATIONSHIPS & WOMEN’S HEALTH
Brittany Pinto, LMSW
Brittany is the Clinical Coordinator for Boutique Psychotherapy, facilitating new client consultations and matches for clients and therapists. She also provides individual therapy to young adults, specifically those struggling with relationships, dating, sex, career stress, self-love, confidence, and women’s health issues. Trained in cancer support as well, Brittany provides medically informed psychotherapy. She is clinically trained from a psychoanalytic perspective, and provides therapy from a relational lens, helping you to understand your relationship with the world around you, including the relationship you have with yourself and others.
In session, Brittany is known to be direct, accountable, supportive and empathetic.
IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL INDIVIDUAL & COUPLES THERAPY
SELF-ESTEEM | DATING AND RELATIONSHIPS
Kimberlin Shepard, LMSW
Kimberlin is an individual and couples therapist who enjoys working with people going through issues such as body image, self esteem, dating and relationship stress, infidelity, pre-marital and marital counseling, anxiety and life transitions. Kimberlin psychotherapeutic approach comes from a narrative and strengths-based perspective, focusing on the themes of your life and how to re-write your story to become one you love.
In session, Kimberlin is known to be as challenging as she is direct. With a background in media, Kimberlin understands the impact technology and social media has on women’s self image and is dedicated to helping women believe that they’re enough.
INDIVIDUALS | COUPLES THERAPY | YOGA CERTIFIED
PARENTHOOD | FAMILY SYSTEMS | DIVORCE | LIFE TRANSITIONS | DEPRESSION
Maren Levine, LMSW
Maren’s expertise is in depression and anxiety, family systems, parenting, divorce and life transitions. She works with adult individuals and couples to help them navigate their life changes. As a mental health therapist and certified yoga instructor for many years, Maren helps her clients feel more grounded, centered and productive, while giving them the validation and comfort they need to tackle whatever phase of life they may be going through.
In session Maren is an empath, a wonderful listener and yet equally directive.
INDIVIDUALS | COUPLES | SEX THERAPY | WOMEN’S HEALTH | INFERTILITY | CAREER STRUGGLES
Dr. Carli Blau, LCSW, Ph.D., M.Ed., PMH-C
Dr. Blau is the Founder and Executive Director of Boutique Psychotherapy. With a desire to provide progressive, directive and medically informed psychotherapy, Dr. Carli Blau created this practice for people who want change in their lives. With research in the field of sex therapy and women’s health, Dr. Blau has lectured at Lenox Hill Hospital, The Breasties and for Mount Sinai Hospital Woman to Woman program, as well as for the Jewish Federation of New Jersey. She is dedicating to making waves in the mental health world by providing comprehensive healthcare that values not just our body, but the mind within it.