Our Team
Deep expertise. Compassionate care.
From our founders to our clinicians to our board, every person at Emerge brings heart and skill to the work of healing.
Founder
Meet our founder
Consultants
Clinical guidance and oversight
Patricia Attia, PhD, LCSW
Clinical Consultant
Offers strategic clinical insight and supervision, ensuring high standards of care across all services.
Practitioners
The team in the room with you
Rabbinical Endorsements
Guidance from our rabbanim
Rabbi Zisha Ausch
Rabbinical Advisor
You'd be shocked how many women in Williamsburg are struggling with severe trauma, and it's high time that we have a program for the היימישע ציבור. Emerge is doing everything with the proper hashkafa and hadracha of the community, and I feel comfortable endorsing this program.
— Rabbi Zisha Ausch
Rabbi Shabse Kestenbaum
Rabbinical Advisor
We have to thank השי"ת for the wonderful, good שלוחים of Emerge. They have the heart, the expertise, the care, and the right hashkafa על דרך התורה, all of which are so deeply needed for the many women in Williamsburg struggling with severe trauma. I feel confident that this program will bring healing to those who need it so much.
— Rabbi Shabse Kestenbaum
Our Board
The people who steward our mission
Mayer & Chaya Rivka Fischl
Board President
It is an honor to partner with people who simply get it and want to help others in similar situations.
— Mayer & Chaya Rivka Fischl
Avi Mendlowitz
Board Secretary
Jack Wolkowitz
Board Treasurer
It is a privilege to serve alongside individuals who are deeply committed to making a real difference in the lives of those who need it most.
— Jack Wolkowitz