Meet Our Therapy Team in Scarsdale & Pleasantville
Meet the team at Psychological Services of New York, P.C., including Dr. Joseph Yanni, Cindy Serrano Wolfe, and Dr. Estela Garcia. Our clinicians provide personalized, integrative therapy for teenagers, college students, young adults, adults, parents, and families throughout Westchester County, while also offering child therapy tailored to each child’s age, developmental needs, and circumstances. Each clinician brings their own experience, personality, and clinical strengths while sharing a commitment to collaborative, individualized care that reflects each client’s needs, goals, strengths, and circumstances. In-person therapy is available in Scarsdale and Pleasantville, along with virtual therapy throughout New York State.
Private Practice & Clinical Leadership
In my private practice, I support teenagers, college students, young adults, adults, parents, and families throughout Westchester County. My work is practical, collaborative, and individualized, with attention to how emotions, behaviors, relationships, family dynamics, school, work, and life experiences influence one another.
To expand access to mental health care in Westchester, I developed Psychological Services of New York, P.C. into a group practice that includes a team of dedicated clinicians. I personally oversee the practice and work collaboratively with the clinical team to help ensure that each client receives thoughtful, professional, and individualized care.
Every inquiry is reviewed with attention to the prospective client’s concerns, goals, availability, insurance coverage, and clinical needs so that individuals and families can be connected with the most appropriate clinician within the practice.
Psychological Services of New York, P.C. provides in-person therapy in Scarsdale and Pleasantville, as well as virtual therapy throughout New York State when appropriate.
Founder and Clinical Director of Psychological Services of New York, P.C.
Dr. Joseph R. Yanni, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist in Scarsdale & Pleasantville
Background & Expertise
I’m Dr. Joseph Yanni, a licensed psychologist and founder of Psychological Services of New York, P.C. My work focuses on helping teenagers, college students, young adults, adults, parents, and families navigate anxiety, ADHD, emotional regulation, school and college transitions, relationship challenges, and other important life transitions.
While my practice serves clients across the lifespan, much of my work centers on helping young people and their families navigate the transition from adolescence into adulthood. This period can bring increasing academic expectations, changing relationships, greater independence, and uncertainty about what comes next. I work with young people to build confidence, develop practical coping strategies, strengthen relationships, and move forward with greater direction. I also support parents who are learning how to remain involved while adjusting to their child’s growing need for independence.
I began my career as a school psychologist, where I continue to support students with emotional disabilities in a specialized educational setting near New York City. This experience has provided me with a practical understanding of how emotional, academic, social, and family challenges often intersect. My work has included helping children, adolescents, and families navigate anxiety, emotional dysregulation, trauma, school-related concerns, behavioral difficulties, and transitional challenges.
A Collaborative & Integrative Approach
Working in both school psychology and private practice has helped me develop a broad understanding of how school experiences, family dynamics, emotional functioning, relationships, and personal development influence one another. My work often includes collaboration with parents, educators, and other professionals to support meaningful emotional, social, and academic progress.
I believe therapy should feel collaborative, individualized, and responsive to the needs of each client rather than following a scripted or one-size-fits-all approach. I use an integrative approach to therapy that draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic theory, humanistic care, person-centered therapy, behavioral strategies, and lifestyle-based interventions.
This allows treatment to be tailored to each client’s goals, strengths, relationships, developmental stage, emotional concerns, and life circumstances. Therapy can then adapt as the client’s needs change and remain practical, relevant, and grounded in what is most useful at a particular point in treatment.
Over the course of my clinical work, this approach developed into The Yanni Integration Approach, a practical framework for helping therapists make thoughtful, individualized clinical decisions based on the person, the problem being addressed, and what may be most helpful at a particular point in therapy.
I am the author of A Therapist’s Guide to Integrative Therapy: The Yanni Integration Approach: A Practical Framework for Real-World Clinical Decision-Making, which further explores this framework and the practical realities of individualized clinical work.
With a holistic perspective on well-being, Cindy integrates evidence-based techniques to help clients develop greater balance, confidence, and personal growth. She tailors her approach to each client’s individual needs, experiences, cultural background, and values.
Cindy offers in-person therapy in Pleasantville, NY, as well as virtual therapy throughout New York State.
Practitioner at Psychological Services of New York
Cindy Serrano Wolfe, MHC-I
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 and has experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and adults across private practice, community-based, and advocacy settings.
Fluent in both English and Spanish, Cindy has supported clients managing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, emotional regulation, social difficulties, and life transitions. Her experience also includes facilitating group therapy for adolescents, supporting children in the foster care system, and helping adolescents with autism develop emotional regulation and social skills.
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 completing her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Sacred Heart University.
Dr. Garcia is bilingual and fluent in both English and Spanish, allowing her to support a diverse range of children, adolescents, and families.
Her background in both education and clinical psychology helps her understand how emotional, behavioral, social, family, and school-related concerns can affect one another. She works collaboratively with families to better understand what may be contributing to a child or adolescent’s difficulties and identify practical ways to support progress both inside and outside of therapy.
Dr. Garcia offers in-person therapy in Scarsdale and Pleasantville, NY, as well as virtual therapy throughout New York State.
Practitioner at Psychological Services of New York
Dr. Estela Garcia, Ph.D.
Dr. Estela Garcia earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Walden University and brings extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and families to her practice under the supervision of Dr. Joseph Yanni.
Her professional journey began in educational settings, where she worked as a special education teacher and developed experience supporting children on the autism spectrum and managing challenging behaviors. She further developed her clinical skills through more than two thousand hours of training in inpatient and outpatient hospital clinics, with a focus on working with children and adolescents.
Dr. Garcia is committed to helping young people and their families navigate emotional, behavioral, and social challenges while developing strong, trusting therapeutic relationships. Her approach to therapy is collaborative and client-centered. She works closely with clients and families to understand their concerns, explore the factors contributing to stress, and identify practical ways to support emotional well-being and everyday functioning.
Dr. Garcia uses an integrative, evidence-based approach that may draw from psychodynamic therapy, behavioral strategies, ABA-informed techniques, consultation, and other interventions based on the individual needs of each client.