Racial Identity Therapists in 10017

You long to release the emotional strongholds and frustrating patterns that have taken over your life. You seek to break free from being a victim of your past and being held back by unresolved pain, recurrent conflicts, and trauma. You would like to embrace awareness, healing, self-discovery, and self-mastery. I am here to help you reconnect with hope and inspiration and make therapy an enriching and empowering experience. Our work together can help transform the pain and wounding of your past and present challenges into your truth and potential for connection, ease, joy, and fulfillment.

My mission as a therapist is to create a world where emotional healing is accessible to everyone. I am here to support clients who are marginalized or experiencing difficulties in their life, but never found a safe space to heal or could not find an empathetic therapist. I am also well-versed in working with minority populations, Asian, South Asian, and anyone who identifies as multi-racial/ethnic. Additionally, I have extensive experience in supporting immigrants, international students, individuals with disabilities to overcome challenges and become more resilient. For more information about my approach please visit my website.

I specialize in helping people struggling with chronic anxiety, burnout from perfectionism, and the effects of unaddressed trauma. I enjoy working with high achieving professionals or caregivers that often forget (or were discouraged) to care for themselves. I cultivate an encouraging, safe space for you to self-reflect and discuss your experiences so you can gain clarity and grow. Together, we may practice new coping skills, change patterns that no longer serve you, deepen self-understanding, (re)connect you to your body and emotions, or take steps towards building fulfilling relationships.

I know change is possible, I've seen this with countless clients and can guide you in reaching your goals. I have over 10 years experience helping individuals reach their mental health goals and improve their relationships. If you're struggling with your partner or struggling yourself, there is hope. In resolving anxiety, depression, unresolved trauma or difficult family dynamics you can get to a healthy and happy place once again. My commitment to our work is that it may be challenging, but you won't have to face it alone.

Think of how good it would feel to have a day that is set up for you where you spend your time doing things that nourish your interests and tap into your talents, a life where you genuinely feel so connected to others and the work that you’re doing that it doesn’t even feel like work but like flow instead. Where joy and fun are an accessible norm, and you feel grounded, centered and confident in yourself. This is a true possible reality for you, one that can be reached through actionable steps. If you’re wanting to move forward in life, trust that inner knowing. It's the first step in guiding you to the life you're meant to have.

I am a dynamic therapist and a New York City native with over a decade of experience. I am warm and approachable. You can expect our sessions to be relaxed and interactive. I guarentee you will always receive culturally competent care. As a therapist, I focus on providing my clients with respect, compassion and fresh perspectives. My goal is to offer you a relaxed environment completely free of judgment where you will feel heard and understood. In our work together, you will gain self awareness, increase your emotional intelligence and learn skills that will empower you to reach and sustain your goals.

“Find your place, speak the truth.” These were the words spoken by my childhood idol, Kurt Cobain. So many of us struggle to find our place in this world and to live in our truth. We want to be seen, but we fear rejection. We want to use our voice, but we are afraid of judgment. If you are feeling this way, I can help. I bring a creative, punk rock, radical sense of self-acceptance to treatment. I believe in giving a voice to those who have been marginalized and do my best to advocate for the populations I am passionate about. I enjoy working with musicians and creatives, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and Bipoc LGBTQ+.

Therapy is the gentle, intricate process of restoring parts of yourself that you are struggling with. While we do not get to choose how our life experiences or suffering affects us, we have the power to overcome and grow - even when we least expect it. If you have been struggling to feel like yourself and perhaps identify with hopelessness, anxiousness and preferring to isolate, there is a way through these difficult symptoms. I offer interventions to teens, adults and families seeking guidance to improve emotional, mental and behavioral aspects of their lives.

Virtual only- I specialize in intersectional identity, trauma, and learned intimacy/ vulnerability as inhibitors to fostering/ restoring trust, relational satisfaction, and reconciliation with your former self. My approach in clinical practice is solution-focused, relational, and skill-building, however requires my ideal clients to be deeply committed to reconstructing long standing beliefs and judgments. With over 12 years of both research and clinical practice, I treat common concerns such as mood disorders, TBI / ABI, OCD/ compulsive behaviors, bipolar disorders, disordered eating, narcissism, and relational/ intimate conflict.

I primarily focus on communities of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, identity issues, depression, grief and the effects of pervasive trauma. I help my clients reach optimal mental health, build a repertoire of coping strategies to navigate their day to day, and process any traumas that hinder them from connecting with their most truest selves.

I am passionate about creating a warm, safe, and inclusive atmosphere for all persons. I empower individuals to feel seen and freely express themselves throughout our work together. In my clinical work, I collaborate with clients to identify their personal goals and strengths, deepen insight, and navigate various life experiences. With all clients, I aim to cultivate acceptance and self-compassion. My hope is for all clients, including those who have endured trauma, to feel safe in their body and supported in their experience. I am patient, humble, and continuously inspired by the opportunity to sit with others on their journey.

Are anxiety or depression keeping you from living the life you want to live? Are you ready for a breakthrough in your mental health? I would love to support you in overcoming any mental health hurdles so you can start thriving. I specialize in working with individuals and couples to address anxiety, depression, life transitions, relational challenges, spirituality, and past trauma. As your therapist, I will be a patient listener and supportive problem-solver to help you grow in your strengths and change your life.

My priority in therapy is to help you better understand your emotions and what drives them, in order to make decisions that align with who you are. As a child of immigrants, I understand the challenging experience of growing up with social and parental pressures that contradict each other. For this reason, I thoroughly enjoy working with South Asian and POC adolescents and adults who have had similar challenges in navigating life amidst various external expectations. If you are grappling with anxiety, self-criticism, relationship challenges, or uncertainty in making significant life decisions, I am here to help you through it!

As a bilingual/bicultural therapist (Spanish) I have been committed to providing therapeutic services to the Latino community and to New Yorkers of varying diversity. Whether you are an immigrant or a first generation American it is often difficult to find professionals with whom you can feel safe. Trauma comes in many different forms and I specialize in helping people develop assertiveness skills and improve their personal relationships. I also specialize in sex therapy, experiences specific to women, LGBTQIA+, harm reduction, HIV+ individuals, family dysfunction, and identity issues including otherkin.

I believe that psychotherapy fosters the path towards wholeness and connection and I am committed to the healing process. Past hurts, societal and familial programming, the voice of the inner critic, emotional dysregulation, and traumatic experiences can fragment self and break away our inner strengths and resources. I aim to relocate those strengths and inner resiliencies by facilitating connection, exploration, and implementing appropriate best-practice tools. My aim is to navigate the psychological barriers that create disconnection and establish new patterns.

Jocelyn is a Mental Health Counselor and graduate of Columbia University. She holds double master’s degrees in Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Psychology, with a concentration in Spirituality, Mind, and Body practices. Jocelyn specializes in holistic approaches to healing.

I work with individuals and couples who would like to gain a deeper understanding of their internal processes, thoughts and behaviors. I provide psychodynamic and supportive psychotherapy for patients who struggle with various issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, trauma and body image.

Tanvi is passionate about working with BIPOC populations, individuals with marginalized identities, and clients who have lived through traumatic experiences. She has experience working with these populations and approaches therapeutic work from a trauma-informed lens. In doing so, Tanvi helps her clients to process difficult experiences, better understand their emotional and behavioral responses, and discover the resilience and inner strength to cope. Tanvi also enjoys working with clients who are struggling with life transitions, relationship concerns, self-esteem, and stress management.

Do you find that your self-worth and happiness are largely dependent on other people, places, and things? The validation gained from external variables tend to be short lived, leading to an overdrive in reassurance seeking behaviors, fear, anxiety, and sadness. No matter how difficult it may seem to feel secure within yourself, together we will pursue a journey of self-empowerment and self-compassion, to achieve exactly that! We will explore the root causes of current belief systems and attachment styles, while taking mindful steps to nurture a life that honors your needs.