Experience has taught me that there is no single script for a successful therapeutic endeavor. You bring to each encounter exactly what you are experiencing in the moment. You may arrive looking for clarity, healing, or hope. Our task is to clear some space to enable new thoughts and perspectives to emerge. Insight can lead to change, but not always in a straight line. Our ongoing conversation is the place of discovery, dynamic struggle, and meaning making, all of which contribute to new ways of relating and perceiving.

My approach to treatment begins with learning about you as an individual and gaining an understanding of your objectives and timeline for achieving these goals. My approach is individualized, pulling from your strengths to develop a strategy which empowers you to reach these goals. Not only do I work with those who may abuse substances or alcohol and who often struggle with mental health issues, but I work with close family members and significant others who have been impacted by this use, helping them better understand what they can and cannot do to help their loved ones and themselves.

I am a creative arts therapist, trained in Psychological Counseling, Expressive Therapy, and Music Therapy. I have been working with clients in different settings, including inpatient psychiatry, school, and private practice for 17 years. I use music, the arts, talk therapies, and mindfulness practices to help my clients deal with depression, anxiety, relationship problems, life transition, grief and loss. Through my empathetic and client-centered counseling programs, I will help you find inner growth, self-awareness, focus and structure in your life.

Do you find yourself feeling unfulfilled, unmotivated, or held back in your relationships and pursuits in some way? Have you experienced loss in your life, and are noticing that your grief continues to impact you in unexpected or overwhelming ways? Perhaps you are hoping to support the growth and development of your child, who is having difficulties in their own social or academic world? By being here, you have taken an important step in trying to connect yourself with the resources you deserve. Allow me to support your journey as we work together to identify and strive towards your goals.

I believe in providing a safe space where clients can feel supported to explore their emotions, values, and beliefs. Working across multiple cultures and backgrounds, I have learned to encourage openness and creativity with compassion. Using an integrative approach, I incorporate different modalities with a focus on psychodynamic, relational, and trauma focused therapies.

I provide a safe therapeutic treatment space for those within and outside the LGBTQ/QI 2-S+ spectrum, GNC/Non-Binary, and BDSM/Kink community. I have extensive experience working with individuals who have been diagnosed as Differently-Abled/Special Needs/ASD/Neuroatypical/ Neurodivergent or with an Intellectual and Emotional Disability.

Imagine how liberating it would be to live an authentic life! In this life, you would live according to your values. Your strengths and talents - your entire identity - would be defined by you, not others. You would accept and appreciate who you are, feeling comfortable in your own skin. The dreams you'd follow would be your own, not the ones pushed on you by others. If you're capable of imagining such a life, you're just as capable of making it a reality.

Turn Transition into Transformation. Are you experiencing a life transition right now? Career change? Divorce? New Baby? Has the context of your life fallen away, leaving you with a sense of feeling lost, stuck, afraid or disempowered? I work with a range of clients who are ready to create massive change in their lives. My work involves building a solid foundation in who you really are so that despite life circumstances, you remain empowered moving through them. I help clients confront and eradicate limiting beliefs, dance with fear and create new patterns that will support a created life.

I am a Cornell trained clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults and adolescents coping with a variety of symptoms and life stressors. I offer a warm, empathic, and collaborative approach to help individuals achieve their goals within a reasonable time frame. I often draw from ACT, psychodynamic, meaning-based and mindfulness-based therapies to create a personalized program of treatment to best meet the needs of each individual. My goal is to help people live their most fulfilling and meaningful lives while developing a better understanding and awareness of themselves.

Psychotherapy is a unique human relationship. Its purpose is fuller self understanding leading to a more satisfying and successful life. My central focus is respect for each person's individuality, on your hopes, your fears, and understanding how your unique problems have come to interfere with a fulfilling life.

Everyone has moments in their lives where they feel overwhelmed or dissatisfied and unsure of how to move forward. Having a trusted person by your side who has an unwavering commitment to help you heal and grow can make all the difference. I have been described as a “fierce advocate” for my patients, and I have a strong belief in people’s ability to change. Within a safe space, where you feel accepted, valued, and appreciated, where you feel supported yet challenged, and where each challenge is met with compassionate curiosity rather than judgment, healing and growth can begin to occur for everyone.

Depression, anxiety, or difficult relationships, can keep us from engaging in the aspects of our lives that give us the most fulfillment. I work with individuals to help them align their lives with their values and not be consumed by unhelpful thoughts and emotions. I have experience working with diverse clients seeking relief from a wide range of presentations including anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, insomnia, and chronic illness. I have extensive experience working with LGBTQ, gender diverse individuals, and young adults, ages 17-35yo.

It is my mission to support you in living your best life. I believe there is untapped potential in all of us and we will work together to reach that potential through creating short/long term goals and finding solutions. I have enjoyed working with adults and seniors while specializing in improving family dynamics, depression, anxiety and trauma experiences.

With a caring and non judgmental approach, I work with clients to help them achieve the deep satisfaction and joy missing from their lives. Many circumstances have brought you to the point where anxiety, depression, low self esteem or frustration have made it difficult for you to live your best life. Together we embark on a journey which helps you to better understand yourself and then implement changes so that you are in charge again

I'm a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Tribeca, New York City. I was born and raised in Scotland, and have a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Glasgow. I came to New York City on a Fulbright Scholarship Grant and studied at Bellevue Hospital and NYU-Medical Center. I then completed the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program at the Contemporary Freudian Society. Presently I am at the NYU Post-Doctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. I use Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, particularly Relational Psychotherapy, and I specialize in work with adults with anxiety, depression, loss, and relationship issues.

My approach to therapy is collaborative and established in openness, trust, honesty and humor. I believe that our work is rooted in the relationship we build together and should build upon your strengths and uniqueness. It is a privilege for me to be invited to work with my clients as they go through challenges and transitions. I am very passionate about being able to provide a safe, non-judgmental and compassionate space where you can feel supported and understood. My aim is to help you feel empowered, live freely and authentically, thrive in your relationships with yourself and others and experience healing and change.

Starting psychotherapy can be an exciting and anxiety-provoking process as you take active steps to make changes in your life and relationships. I approach psychotherapy as a collaboration and work in an integrative way, tailoring interventions to individual needs. I believe that therapy's aim is not only to make improvements but also to manage disappointments. To this end, we can simultaneously engage in meaningful explorations while developing important coping skills, including mindfulness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance. I offer individual, couples, and family psychotherapy to adults, children, and adolescents, and work with different family and relationship configurations.

How do you feel? Maybe stuck, anxious, depressed, and out of balance, in your life and your relationships? When was the last time you felt fulfilled? Hi, I'm Renee Welde, I help clients through transformation- no matter what it is! Our crisis points are also our turning points. Although it may not feel like it, these crisis points are an opportunity to discover hidden gifts. Together we will transcend your fears and obstacles and transform them into your greatest strengths.The foundation of my practice is self care, and we find strategies that uplevel your life immediately.

We all can live rewarding, loving, empowered lives. Regardless of orientation and identity - straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, questioning, pansexual, asexual, trans, transgender, transsexual, noxnbinary, genderqueer, gender nonconforming, detransitioner, kinky, BDSM, sexworker, vanilla, monogamous, single, polyamorous, even unicorn - we all struggle. We all have suffered trauma. But we all can work toward happiness.

UNFORTUNATELY MY CASELOAD IS FULL AT THE MOMENT!!! Finding the right therapist can feel frustrating; however once the right fit has been found, the power of that relationship can be life changing. I believe that you are the expert of your own life and therefore capable of making any changes necessary to experience true relief from any inner struggle or pain and to achieve an overall higher level of life satisfaction. My job is to create a safe and supportive space where we can collaborate in identifying goals and needs specific to you and to help you navigate the path to happiness and bring about transformation and opportunity.