Our Team

Brenda Zubay’s social justice advocacy and direct work with hundreds of clients who have been at the crosshairs of the New York City court systems, informed her interest in joining the Critical Therapy Institute.

Eleni Zimiles, LCSW is a therapist, supervisor and trainer for the Critical Therapy Institute. Eleni works with individuals, couples and groups, rooted in a mosaic of relational, healing-centered practices.

Elizabeth Keeney, LCSW, MPA a practicing psychotherapist, has been providing counseling, advocacy and crisis intervention in diverse settings for over two decades. 

Francesca Dawis, LMSW, is a psychotherapist who guides patients navigating life transitions and trauma toward healing and self-discovery. She enjoys working with individuals of diverse backgrounds who seek to transform their relationship with themselves and the world around them.

George Zafiriadis, is an illustrator, comic and concept artist. Committed to social justice, LGBTQ rights and with an interest in mental health, he joined Critical Therapy Institute as an illustrator and social media coordinator.

Dedicated to liberation and healing Jené Toussaint, LMSW is continually inspired by authentic conversations and creating spaces where people feel supported and heard.

Kate Barrow, LCSW, specializes in the connection between individual mental health issues and social injustice, such as white supremacy, climate change, patriarchy, ableism, and capitalism. Kate helps folks transform shame, despair, alienation, and overwhelm through somatic awareness, mindfulness, and deep exploration. 

Kerri Magee, LMSW, is a social worker and practicing psychotherapist who has been providing individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and mediation services over the last 15 years.

Megan Chinn, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist with years of experience providing therapy in various community-based settings including high schools, residential homeless facilities and LGBTQ youth services organizations.

Michael Madormo, M.Ed, LMSW, has over a decade working in education as a teacher, counselor, camp director, and teacher coach in public and private school settings in New York, New Jersey and Palestine

Michelle Grier, LMSW, is a social justice worker, therapist, advocate and organizer committed to transformative social change. Michelle has over 10 years of experience facilitating conversations about race and oppression, cultivating youth programming, and providing mental health support services to children and their families.

Rebecca Gruia, LCSW, CASAC-T is a psychotherapist with experience in substance use, addiction, and crisis intervention.

Sarah Díaz, LMSW, is a therapist and facilitator who integrates psychodynamic, relational, and anti-oppressive approaches to support individuals who are in periods of transition, want to break old cycles, and are interested in working toward something new.

Sarah Knight, LMSW is a social worker and practicing psychotherapist whose clinical work is rooted in trauma-responsive, anti-oppressive, and systems frameworks.

Sherrie T. Waller, LCSW, is a practicing psychotherapist, specializing in trauma. Sherrie’s experience in community-based settings with patients facing homelessness, incarceration and addiction, has made her uniquely aware of the intersection and impact of systemic structures on mental health and well-being.

Vileti ‘Akolo (she/they) LMSW is a first-generation Tongan trauma-informed clinician, circle practitioner, consultant and facilitator. Vileti is skilled at integrating psychotherapy with social and transformative justice praxis.

Yolaine Menyard, LCSW, is a psychotherapist, supervisor, and trainer who works with individuals and couples using holistic, psychodynamic, and anti-oppressive approaches to healing.