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Psychoanalytic therapy is process that addresses our personal history and our cultural context, elucidating the profound and innermost conflicts and desires within us. This approach is as much about encountering suffering as it is about fostering freedom. Built upon a deep and detailed dialogue and connection between therapist and patient, psychoanalytic therapy has the transformative potential to uncover truths, expand intimacy, reduce the repetitions that mark our lives, develop creativity, reflect on our current world and our place in it, find belonging and to foster enjoyment in life.

My philosophy is simple: The mind and body is designed to heal itself, and it needs only the proper awareness and fine-tuning in order to achieve this. I use a collaborative, eclectic approach that draws from many disciplines including, but not limited to psychodynamics, attachment theory, cognitive-behavioral therapy, EMDR and other experiential modalities.

Taking the first step to reach out for professional help may feel difficult. Making the significant decision to address your concerns takes courage and openness, and I am here to fully support you as you begin your healing journey. Our therapeutic relationship can enable you to feel heard, understood, seen, accepted, and empowered. I cultivate a non-judgmental environment of safety, warmth, authenticity and trust in which honest self-exploration can occur. Utilizing a collaborative, multicultural, and trauma-informed lens, I employ an integrative approach with cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and psychodynamic methods.

I specialize in helping you process through emotions and develop healthy coping skills to promote growth. I take pride in helping individuals like yourself, figure out who you are by helping you cope with feelings of anxiety, depression, and self esteem. As a South Asian American, stigma and judgment from family and friends can stop people from seeking counseling. This is why it is important for people of color to feel comfortable reaching out for support. I have a passion for working with women, most specifically women of color, to help process through feelings.

We work with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families of all backgrounds and bring a heartfelt understanding and unwavering support to every session. We are warm, nonjudgmental, and collaborative in our approach. Our passionate therapists are highly trained and experienced in various therapeutic modalities, allowing us to tailor our approach to meet your specific needs. Navigate life transitions, anxiety, depression, dating and relationships, trauma, academic or career stress, cultural identity, family conflicts, and more with us. We have AANHPI and BIPOC therapists and offer bilingual therapy sessions in Spanish.

"No one is immune... No matter what precautions we take, no matter how well we put together a good life...something will inevitably ruin it. Human life is fatally fragile and subject to forces beyond our power to manage. Life is tragic." -T. Keller We cannot protect ourselves from the negative aspects of life no matter how hard we try, but we can be there for one another. My goal is to help individuals navigate the difficulties they encounter in life, by guiding them as they develop strategies and skills that will enable them to live a more satisfying life.

My social work education and continuing teaching in the field commit me to an eclectic approach to psychotherapy. What does that mean to you? While I lean toward the object relations and intersubjectivist schools, it means I'm listening to you and thinking about you not simply through these (or other) theoretical lenses, but as the person you are and the situation you're in. It means that I view the relationship we form together as the basis for the changes you want to make in your life.

I am a psychotherapist in private practice for over twenty years. I treat families, adolescents and adults, especially those seeking help with depression, eating problems, trauma, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem, LGBTQ issues, career decisions, cult involvement and feelings of isolation. I supervise other psychotherapists in a collaborative and supportive environment, with an emphasis on independent and creative thinking. I use varied approaches in my practice, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to treat trauma victims and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples.

My clients are adults of all genders and sexual orientation.Sex positive, I am knowledgeable and familiar with LGBTQAI issues as well as non-heteronormative sexuality, including kink, BDSM, polyamory, and fetishes. I have expertise and specialized training in treating alcohol and substance use disorders, sexual compulsivity, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. I utilize a varied range of treatment modalities, including EMDR. I have worked in the field for 15 years and I'm a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. I worked with the Fire Department of New York Counseling Service Unit, where I started the day before 9/11.

People generally come to therapy when they are experiencing pain, suffering or stagnation and they want to look into the meaning, purpose or direction in their lives. I am a warm, engaging and empathic individual. I aim to provide a safe haven to examine your issues, your concerns, your wishes, dreams, fantasies, fears and frustrations. I believe in the strength of the connection between us to bring about understanding, change and/or, alternatively, acceptance, leading to a fuller, more satisfying life. The psychotherapeutic process is most successful when you feel safe and understood.

Therapy can be a place to define challenges, discover strengths, and find validation for your unique self. I have experience working with individuals adults and couples with themes including grief, loss, anxiety, depression, trauma, sexuality, infidelity, self esteem, and communication.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with diverse treatment experience with individuals, couples, and families coping with a host of relational and clinical issues including trauma, depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. My treatment approach is collaborative, informed by psychodynamic, experiential, and cognitive-behavioral theories to strengthen your coping skills and work towards symptom relief. Deciding to seek psychotherapy is not an easy decision, thus I commend you for taking this step. I am here to help you define and better understand your life, relationships, difficulties, and goals. Together we can make a difference.

My client base is mostly high-functioning adults, used to working hard for optimum results. My clients are intelligent, determined people who strive to take responsibility for their lives and achieve happiness. I have three decades of experience working clinically with * Eating disorders, weight regulation, obesity, diabetes management, and body image problems * Navigating relational trauma * Management of stress,burn out, anxiety, * Struggles with self-sabotage * Feeling stuck * Career pressure, family demands * Interpersonal relationships * Finding a life partner * Separating from toxic relationships * Women's health issues * Living with cardiovascular disease and cancer * Loss: divorce, empty nest, health, death

I have 24 years of experience in working with adults and adolescents who present with a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, ADHD, identity issues, trauma, parenting issues, family conflict, and relationship difficulties. I work with clients to understand the root of their current difficulties, and to help them develop the insight that they will need to avoid repeating problematic patterns. I meet the client where he/she is at to work on the issues that both feel most relevant and also interfere most with their enjoyment of life. There is a dual focus on symptom relief and on building introspection and self-esteem.

Worried about the future, brooding over the past? Having difficulty finding or maintaining an intimate relationship? Losing your grip on unhealthy habits and self-destructive tendencies? Psychotherapy could bring you hope and eventual resolution. I am a psychoanalytically trained psychotherapist with over 25 years of clinical experience with individual adults, couples, children and adolescents.

For nearly 20 years, I've helped New Yorkers with depression, anxiety, and troubled relationships solve their problems and get more out of life. My style is warm and sympathetic. My patients are successful adults, a diverse and open-minded group. Up-and-coming professionals. Creative types. Established families on the upper East and West Side.They have a safe place here with me in Greenwich Village, which is, after all, a traditional haven of free discussion and exploration.

Suffering is an integral part of life, the same way manure is an integral part of the farmer's life. As a wise farmer learns to use manure as a fertilizer, I can assist you in understanding and using your suffering wisely, and learning to profit from it. I am silent when need be, yet I am also very willing to respond to your questions and to dialogue with you in a very direct way when necessary.

Finding a therapist who you connect to is important in achieving your goals. As a psychotherapist and drama therapist with over twenty years of experience, I specialize in the integration of verbal psychotherapy and the arts to help people move from a place of feeling stuck to a place of feeling empowered, confident, and creative. I bring warmth, compassion, humor, truthful communication and collaboration to the therapy process, offering a space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings creatively and work toward solutions and resolutions at your own pace.

I'm a licensed clinical psychologist with experience and interest in issues around anxiety, depression, relationships, as well as aspects of identity including ethnicity, immigration, gender, and sexual orientation. Over the past eleven years, I've worked with adolescents and adults in multiple settings including university college counseling centers, community mental health, inpatient hospital settings, as well as forensic facilities. I also have extensive training in assessment, especially personality assessment, which informs my therapeutic approach. Drawing from a number of theoretical orientations within Psychology, I believe that a supportive alliance is the sine qua non for effective therapy.