Who We Are

Who We Are

The Long Short Road is a nonprofit dedicated to mental health, suicide prevention, and resilience-building.

Founded by Leigh Ioffe in 2019, The Long Short Road began with a commitment to respond to a growing mental health crisis with both urgency and compassion.

We saw too many lives lost to suicide and too many moments when someone was suffering in silence because no one knew how to help. From that pain, a mission took root: to create spaces for healing and connection, and to empower communities to save lives.

Our mission is to break the silence around mental health and suicide, and to provide tools, education, and support so that individuals and families can navigate crisis and begin to heal.

Our programs range from proactive mental health support to crisis response and everything in between,  because mental health is a spectrum, and we are here for you, through all of it.

Summer/Fall 2025 session is open! Thursdays, July 31st – Sept 4th, 8:00-10:00pm EST

Leadership

Leigh Ioffe

Leigh Ioffe is a crisis management specialist and passionate advocate for individuals in crisis. . As the founder and director of The Long Short Road, Leigh oversees the development of psycho-education programs, warmline services, and consultation services, providing hundreds of individuals a year with personalized mental health support.  In addition to her professional accomplishments, Leigh is a wife, a mother to two girls, a published fiction author, and is currently pursuing certification as a mindfulness practitioner.

Advisory Board

Gara Steinfeld

LMHC, LPC, CSAT, EMDR Certified 

Gara Steinfeld, LMHC, LPC, CSAT, EMDR Certified, is a Columbia University–trained licensed therapist and the founder of Real Healing Counseling, a group therapy practice specializing in complex trauma and process addictions. Passionate about helping clients resolve trauma and transform their lives and relationships, Gara integrates relational and experiential therapies, including psychodrama, somatic experiencing, EMDR, inner child work and reparenting. She feels deeply blessed to do this work and to witness both the authenticity of her clients and the profound transformations they achieve.

Rabbi Dr. Yosef Sokol

Doctor of Psychology

Rabbi Dr. Yosef Sokol is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor at Touro University, and VA research scientist specializing in suicide prevention and recovery. He developed Continuous Identity Cognitive Therapy (CI-CT), an innovative approach that supports healing and recovery from suicide attempts and ideation. He has numerous peer reviewed publications and leads major research grants from the VA and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Sokol earned his PhD from Hofstra University, received semichah from Yeshivas Bais Yosef Novardok, and is the author of Becoming Godly: Integrating Torah and Psychology to Guide Us in Emulating Hashem. He is dedicated to bringing recovery-oriented, identity-focused approaches to healing individuals struggling with suicide.

Divi Kamman

Psychiatric Medication Provider, PMHNP

Divi is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner passionate about transforming pain into power. A graduate of Yale University, Divi strives to help individuals use their sensitivity to heal themselves. Through her work with plant medicine, Divi empowers her clients to recognize their strengths as healers.

Limor Weinstein

MA, LMHC, FAED

Limor is a Licensed Psychotherapist and an Eating Disorder Specialist practicing in New York City. Limor received her first Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University and her second Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from the City University of New York. As a mother of three and psychotherapist, Limor has dedicated her life to helping others navigate their way through the personal challenges and behaviors that inhibit happiness and harmony in their lives.

Aliza Horowitz

Counselor, LMHC

Aliza is a licensed mental health counselor based in Brooklyn, New York. She is passionate about supporting young people in their journey towards achieving mental wellness. Aliza specializes in trauma work using EMDR and Ego State Therapy.

Sara Little

Psychologist, PhD

Sara has been practicing as a clinical psychologist for over 30 years. She is currently practicing with an emphasis on hypnotherapy. She has a goal to use her experience, as well as evolving research, to help her clients use their strengths to live a better, more effective, and peaceful life.

Alexandra Kaplan

Alexandra is a distinguished entrepreneur, thought leader, and business consultant. As the CEO of Kaplan Interpreting Services, she leverages her expertise to drive strategic business decisions and enhance networking efforts for The Long Short Road. Learn more about Kaplan Interpreting Services world class interpreting services visit: https://www.kaplaninterpreting.com/

Rabbi Menachem Schmidt

Rabbi Menachem Schmidt is director of Chabad on Campus at The University of Pennsylvania, and the the founder of Chabad on Campus International. 

Rabbi Ethan Stein

Rabbi Ethan Stein is a leader of Chabad Young Professionals of the Upper East Side. He is passionate about supporting the unique spark in every person.

Our Partners

We take care of
mental & physical health

Meet the organizations that are stepping up and partnering with us to prevent suicide and foster a resilient world. 

BBYO

Boston Fire Department

Human Trafficking Survivors Foundation

CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocates

Gelt Financial, LLC

Sigma Delta Tau

Hatzolah Medical Rescue South Africa

Criminal Justice Academy STC

Yeshiva University

Chabad On Campus

Sigma Delta Tau

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