Simplicity Parenting

New York

Andrea Berger Di-Donato , PhD
Simplicity Parenting Group Leader©

goldenmoments@simplicityparenting.com
Manhattan NYC
646 246 2460

I became interested in SP as a mother of a 5 year old boy navigating the urban landscape of NYC. Loving the work, I offer Simplicity Parenting with a specialization in movement, yoga, breath work and meditation ~ a perfect match. Our parenting practices are enriched by raising awareness, acting and responding with compassion, and being both prepared and spontaneous on a daily basis. I hold a doctorate in Dance with an emphasis in Philosophy and Body-Mind Awareness Studies, an MA in Dance and Mythological Studies, and a BA in Classics. I am a certified yoga and prenatal yoga instructor. As an educator, performer and artist, my overall work centers on building connections between families within our urban neighborhoods through movement, art and parenting.

Jennifer Dorman
Simplicity Parenting Group Leader©

jennifer.m.dorman@gmail.com
Brooklyn, NY
718 490 5470

Jennifer leads Simplicity Parenting Groups© to create sustainable change in their homes. Contact Jennifer for more information about her services.

Marieke Duijneveld
Simplicity Parenting Leader©

marieke.duijneveld@gmail.com
Chestnut Ridge, NY
845 290 1399

Marieke’s passion lies with the healthy and balanced development of children in our society. She holds a BA in Social Work from Rotterdam University, the Netherlands. She also graduated from the Waldorf Elementary Teacher Training Institute in Stuttgart, Germany and worked with children and their parents in both countries, first as a social worker, later as Waldorf class teacher and remedial teacher (inspired by the “Extra Lesson” method developed by Audrey McAllen).
After her move to the USA she learned about the work of Simplicity Parenting, which has proven to be a highly effective approach to a need many parents expressed to her over the years.

As a mom of three children and a Simplicity Parenting Group Leader, she now looks forward to encourage parents to support the development of their children and family lives through sustainable changes in their homes.

Melanie Ginsberg
Simplicity Parenting Group Leader©

mginsberg11@aol.com
Garden City, NY
516 655 7939

Melanie leads Simplicity Parenting Groups© to create sustainable change in their homes. Contact Melanie for more information about her services.

Kathi Lally
Simplicity Parenting Group Leader©

kathi@ncslax.com
Orchard Park, NY

Kathi leads Simplicity Parenting Groups© to create sustainable change in their homes. Contact Kathi for more information about her services.

Yvonne LaMontagne
Simplicity Parenting Group Leader©

yvonne@simplicityparenting.com
Ithaca, New York 14850
607 272 6621

As a Simplicity Parenting Group Leader, my hope is to help families create sustainable change in their homes. Currently I lead Waldorf Parent/Child classes and I have extensive experience caring for young children (2-6). My training includes the Birth to Three program at Sophia’s Hearth, NH, and the Pikler Institute in Hungary. In addition, I am an RN specializing in maternity care, a childbirth educator and doula, and I am the mother of two grown sons.

galit513@gmail.com
Forest Hills, NY, USA
(917)767-2225

Galit is a Marriage and Family Therapist in Queens, NY where she lives with her husband and two young children. She has conducted and led groups such as Parenting and Mommy and Me. Galit has worked with diverse groups of individuals, couples and families with problems including school difficulties, child and adolescent problems, marital issues, divorce, bereavement, learning disabilities, and family violence.
Galit facilitates Simplicity Parenting groups supporting parents who are attempting to create sustainable change in their homes. Contact Galit for more information about her services..

deb@simplicityparenting.com
Chestnut Ridge, New York
845 290 1399

Before becoming the Lower School Educational Support Liaison at Green Meadow Waldorf School, Deb taught in the Green Meadow kindergarten for 14 years. She has chaired the Early Childhood Section and the Care Group Committee, been a member of the Listening Council, and most recently developed the Social Inclusion Committee. In addition to her many years of teaching and service at Green Meadow Waldorf School, Deb weaves together her wisdom and experience as a special education teacher in the Ridgewood public schools, with her recent training as a Collaborative Counselor and Simplicity Parenting Group Leader and Coach. She is the mother of two Green Meadow alums, plays golf and recently competed in the New York City Marathon.

sherry.shokouhi@gmail.com
New York, NY

Shirin is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in New York City and Brooklyn. While trained in “evidence based treatment approaches,” her work is ever informed by and in full respect for the mind, body, spirit, and emotion of her clients. She has worked in public schools, community mental health clinics, and substance abuse clinics, providing individual and group counseling services to adolescents and adults. She is also a board member of Women for Afghan Women and a Waldorf school parent to a three year old boy.