Kalli Feldman

I am a licensed clinical psychologist and owner of Centered Living Psychological Services PLLC based in New York City. I am passionate about helping women, parents, and couples break free from distressing cycles and stuck patterns to enjoy and feel more connected to their daily lives and loved ones. I work with clients to navigate challenges in relationships, life transitions, feeling triggered and overwhelmed by parenting, family, and professional life. I also help couples stuck in cycles of arguing and disconnection who struggle to share the mental and emotional load of daily life. My work with women and couples addresses the strain on relationships due to common imbalances in the distribution of tasks and to offer practical and value-based solutions and strategies.

I specialize in perinatal mental health, trauma, attachment and parenting, identity development, and transracial adoption. I am a certified perinatal mental health provider and am trained in dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), mindfulness, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), internal family systems (IFS), and relational therapy. I am also a registered Circle of Security Parenting facilitator, recognizing the immense need and value of supporting parents as a larger social and community responsibility. Parenting is one of the most challenging and humbling experiences with constant changes, unknowns, and opportunities for self-doubt or criticism. Interactions with our children whether as babies or young adults can sometimes be triggering, activating very deep vulnerable parts of us. Whether overwhelmed with demands or noticing that past patterns or events from our own childhood taking over, parents deserve space and support to cope with and navigate these experiences both for their own well being as well as the overall well being of their families.

Over the course of my career, I have taught, supervised, and presented at academic and professional conferences in the areas of evidence-based practices and programming for perinatal and reproductive mental health, DBT, racial identity development, attachment and parenting, culturally inclusive interventions and supervision, and transracial adoption among others. I am committed to the role of mentorship and supervision, connecting and cultivating community, and deeply invested in ongoing education, reflection, and self-development. As an individual with multiple intersecting identities myself, I am invested in the impact and need for systemic change to empower and support individuals and families, break generational cycles, and promote healing and growth.