We See You and We Want you to Thrive

Roots to Rays Mental Health Counseling offers holistic growth services to people who are ready to make a change in their lives. Our mission is to support individuals and families in finding their strengths and building tools for more peaceful living.  We work to help you uncover and understand the roots of mental health, interpersonal, and professional challenges so that you can experience the rays of hope and growth you deserve.  Our services are uniquely tailored to meet your needs and we partner with you in reaching your life goals.  If you are here, it’s because you are ready to get help from someone you can trust and you’ve come to the right place. Learn more about what we offer.

Individual & Family Counseling

We provide counseling services to help you with:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Family Conflict

  • Parent Coaching for Child Behavior and Emotional Challenges

Call 914-365-8891 for a 15-minute consultation with Raven or click here

Mediation

We provide mediation services to help you with:

  • Interpersonal Conflicts

  • Custody and Visitation Agreements

  • Co-Parenting after Divorce or Separation

  • Community Conflicts

  • Workplace Conflicts

Call 914-365-8891 for a 15-minute consultation with Raven or click here

Professional Coaching

We provide coaching services to help you with:

  • Career Planning

  • Career Transitions

  • Resume Review & Job Applications

  • Reaching Your Professional Goals

  • Managing Workplace Conflict

  • Leadership Development

Call 914-365-8891 to schedule a consultation with Charlie or click here

About Us

Together, co-founders Raven Maldonado and Charlie Goodman have several decades of experience in the mental health, facilitation, recruiting, and career coaching fields along with a passion for uplifting their communities that makes Roots to Rays a one-of-a-kind service for client growth. You are here to transform and through their own lived experiences, they are uniquely equipped to see the whole you and become a partner in your change process. Learn more about them. (skip down the page to individual bios)

Raven Maldonado

Licensed Mental Health Counselor & Mediator

Raven is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with approximately 20 years of experience practicing in both community based and private practice settings. Raven values relationship and compassion above all else and centers both in her practice and in her interactions with everyone around her. Her deep connection to how people experience one another and react to life’s challenges is what drives her as a clinician. She’ll say that this is something she’s felt since she was a child, growing up in the 80s, in a large Puerto Rican family where the abundance of joy was sometimes met with pain. These lived experiences shape who she is and allows her to build authentic relationships with her clients. Raven has worked with individuals and families experiencing a range of issues from anxiety to grief to child behavioral needs and parent-child conflict and has also trained clinicians in several clinical interventions including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Parent Training, Trauma-Informed clinical work, Treating Co-Occurring Disorders, and many others. Raven has also trained clinicians in cultural competency and is passionate about how culture and identity play a critical role in how we experience life.  Raven is also an Apprentice Mediator with the New York Peace Institute and has received training in co-parenting and custody & visitation mediation.

When not working, Raven spends her time with husband, Charlie, their 2 kids and very often with their fun-loving extended family. She loves music, laughter, a good show, and of course experiencing joy alongside her friends and family.

Charlie Goodman

Professional Coach

Charlie has over 25+ years of experience in the IT and Human Resource industries. He was a Technology Consultant for the first half of his career then boldly made a career transition to HR. In Human Resources he dedicated 15+ years to Talent Acquisition, Career Coaching, and most recently to Compensation Analysis with a focus on Pay Equity and Pay Equality. 10+ of those years have been either working at or with Fortune 100 companies. Looking at his career journey and the paths he’s taken, he points to his mother and stepfather as the people who instilled the strong work ethic he has today. He visited them at work throughout his childhood and saw firsthand what commitment and ambition looked like for his family. His mother worked her way from a temp Legal Secretary role to an Accounts Manager position and over the years, he was able to see what upward movement was like in a corporate setting. His stepfather was a long-distance truck driver, which was a tough job both physically and mentally. Occasionally, Charlie was able to tagalong on trips with him and was in awe of his stepfather’s strength and dedication to the work. Those moments shaped Charlie and continue to guide and motivate him to this day.

Charlie is more than just another career coach, resume matcher or someone trying to get people into seats hoping that they fit a role or company’s culture. He is about building transformative relationships with the people he serves and helping them access the skills needed to advance in their careers.

When he’s not working, Charlie enjoys spending time with his wife, Raven and their two kids. Museums, playgrounds, sports, or a good 500-piece puzzle brings him to his happy place!