Manhattan Psychology Group

Dr. Erika Stapert is a New York State licensed psychologist (#019279) who received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan and went on to earn her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School, an APA accredited program. Dr. Stapert specializes in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and Parent Child Interaction Therapy for Toddlers (PCIT-T), modalities that can be provided in person but are also very amenable to telehealth as they focus on teaching parents home-based skills that improve their children’s emotional and behavioral regulation and enhance the parent-child relationship. Both interventions are also short-term in nature and very goal focused. Dr. Stapert is also a certified PCIT Within Agency Trainer and currently trains and supervises clinical psychology interns and social workers in the use of the modality. For more information, please visit the following pages: Parent Child Interaction Therapy (ages 2-7), and Parent Child Interaction Therapy for Toddlers (12-24 months). Dr. Stapert also has extensive experience in treating school-aged children, teenagers, young adults, adults, and families with a variety of presenting issues including but not limited to anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and ADHD. She is formally trained in CBT, play therapy, parent management training, and exposure with response prevention for anxiety disorders. Dr. Stapert utilizes an integrated approach including cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, psychodynamic, systems and client-centered techniques, and works closely with each of her clients in determining the best approach in addressing their individual needs. She has provided individual, family and group therapy in a variety of settings including Head Start programming, a therapeutic nursery, and other outpatient clinic settings.

Eleanor is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and the Founder and Clinical Director at Child and Family Therapy Collective. She is a native to Nashville, Tennessee and she attended the University of the South for undergrad and New York University for graduate training. She completed a two year Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship at The University of Mississippi Medical Center post-graduate. Her expertise includes working with children and teens with selective mutism, social anxiety, autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder with co-occurring developmental delays. For 12+ years, she has been integral in developing and replicating selective mutism intensive treatment programs across the country in NY, CA and most recently in MS where she was personally grant funded to replicate and expand the PCIT-SM Intensive Model of treatment. She was the first to bring PCIT-SM to the state of Mississippi where she trained 12 local therapists (and 18 more from all over the world) in the PCIT-SM model under her grant at UMMC in conjunction with the Selective Mutism Training Institute via the Selective Mutism Association. Her career began in 2012 under the direction of Dr. Steven Kurtz in New York, NY, who is still her mentor and dear friend. Accomplishments in her early career have allowed her to work creatively to make strides for access to care in the southeast. Eleanor was the first to bring both PCIT-SM and TCIT to the state of Mississippi and she built two programs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center for PCIT-SM and TCIT. She has fine-tuned her working model in treatment taking evidence-based care and joining it with family values work to optimize treatment outcomes that is reflective of the evidence base. Her approach is kind, direct and wholistic considering the whole patient and family to assist in growth and positive outcomes. Eleanor loves to teach and is a therapist trainer in PCIT and global therapist trainer in PCIT-SM. She also is a trainer/coach in TCIT and CARE. Eleanor has trained over 50 clinicians in clinical protocols. She is at her best when she is in the collective experience with a family or trainee. Using this approach of collective information and perspectives allows access to creative learning for all. In addition to Child and Family Therapy Collective, Eleanor runs our sister company, Eleanor Ezell Consulting, LLC where she trains, teaches and synthesizes her training for families with typically developing children. The Child & Family Learning Lab launched in 2022 to offer psychoeducational workshops to parents all over the world. All families deserve access to research and accessible resources from the experts. Find us on our website for workshops or on Instagram @therapybyeleanor where she collaborates with professionals across the world to teach and learn together. In her free time, Eleanor loves to keep active with cycling, hiking, yoga and gardening. She has a knack for DIY projects at home and enjoys the process of learning new skills while solving problems in the design of her own spaces.