Our Team of Licensed Psychologists | Westchester, NY

Background & Expertise

I’m Dr. Joe Yanni, a licensed psychologist with close to two decades of experience supporting adolescents, adults, and families through life’s challenges. My work is grounded in trust, compassion, and a desire to help people move forward, both emotionally and practically.

I began my career as a school psychologist, where I continue to serve students with emotional disabilities in a specialized educational setting near New York City. This role has provided me with extensive experience helping students and families navigate anxiety, emotional dysregulation, trauma, and transitional challenges.

A Collaborative & Integrated Approach

Within highly structured environments, I’ve developed a deep understanding of how school, family dynamics, and personal development intersect. My work often involves coordinating with educators and specialists to support long-term emotional and academic success.

I believe therapy should feel collaborative, not scripted. I utilize an integrative approach—a research-informed model that blends Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic theory, humanistic care, and lifestyle-based strategies. This allows me to tailor treatment specifically to the individual needs of my clients in Scarsdale and Pleasantville.

Private Practice & Clinical Leadership

In my private practice, I offer an expansive opportunity to support clients of all ages. When working with adults, I take an interactive and relational approach, considering their roles within their families, careers, and communities to help them move toward clarity and healing.

To meet the growing demand for mental health care in Westchester, I’ve expanded Psychological Services of New York, P.C. to include a team of trusted practitioners. I personally oversee each clinician to ensure every client receives the highest level of care, professionalism, and sensitivity.

Cindy Serrano Wolfe is a Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern at Psychological Services of New York, P.C. She brings a compassionate, collaborative, and client-centered approach to therapy. After a successful 15-year career in New York City's finance industry, Cindy transitioned to mental health counseling to help others on a deeper level. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from Penn State University and is now in the final year of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Master's Program at Sacred Heart University.

Cindy combines her corporate background with her dedication to client care, creating a supportive therapeutic space where individuals feel heard and understood. Fluent in both English and Spanish, she has worked with children, adolescents, and adults across private practice, community-based, and advocacy settings in New York and California. Her work includes supporting clients managing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, grief, and life transitions, as well as facilitating group therapy for adolescents, assisting children in the foster care system, and helping adolescents with autism develop emotional regulation and social skills.

Dr. Estela Garcia earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Walden University and brings a wealth of experience and compassion to her practice under the supervision of Dr. Joseph Yanni. Her professional journey began in educational settings, where she served as a special education teacher, gaining expertise in supporting children on the autism spectrum and managing challenging behaviors.

Dr. Garcia has further refined her clinical skills through over two thousand hours of training in both inpatient and outpatient hospital clinics, specializing in work with children and adolescents. She is deeply committed to helping young people and their families navigate social and emotional challenges, prioritizing the development of strong, trusting therapeutic relationships.

Her approach to therapy is collaborative and client-centered. Dr. Garcia works closely with clients to define their concerns, explore the root causes of stress, and identify contributing factors to their well-being. She employs an integrative, evidence-based framework, drawing on psychodynamic therapy, behavior management through ABA techniques, consultations, and other specialized interventions tailored to individual needs.