Therapists in Lloyd Harbor, NY

Has a stressful or traumatic event left you feeling depleted, depressed, anxious, or disconnected from your loved ones? By getting lodged in our bodies, stress makes it very difficult to “just get over it,” or "move on." Moving forward and healing, however, is possible. Even by considering psychotherapy, you are making a very important first step towards regaining control of your life. Your choice to value your mental health is the key to getting back your feelings of agency, self-confidence, and sense of control of our own emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.

What is a “mindful parent,” exactly? A mindful parent is the one that asks: how do I know that what I am doing is preparing my child mentally and emotionally for an increasingly complex future? How do I optimize the relationship I have with them right now to better ensure they become an adult that is empowered not entitled, self-reliant and compassionate, curious, and competent in a world of increasing artifice? Those are great questions and, luckily, we have the answers. Developmental research has identified ways you can enhance the parent-child relationship to prepare your child for a more secure, autonomous adulthood.

My approach is to be warm, genuine, open and honest. My therapeutic approach comes from a family systems perspective as well as interpersonal framework. We'll explore different aspects of one self and enhance your ability to identify and analyze problems, explore solutions, and deepen your interpersonal connections. In recognizing your own strengths, my goal is to empower and understand you. I’m going to meet you right as you are, right now.

It can be hard to be a person in the world sometimes, especially if you have experienced loss, survived trauma or learned that something terrible will happen if you are not "perfect." Despite being “put together” on the outside, you find yourself spending so much energy trying to stay that way that you are burning out. You want to feel better but you are getting so overwhelmed that you shut down before you even know where to start. Many of my people have these concerns when we first meet but together we are able to practice actionable steps to access joy and security in the present and reconnect with hope for the future.

Have you been struggling with how you're feeling and seeing it affect your wellness, your relationships, or your life? Have you been experiencing sadness, hurt, self-doubt, or are just trying to find balance and peace? Letting someone in can be scary but given the privilege, I would love to be able to walk with you in your journey towards personal healing. Being provided with a safe, non-judgemental space to be comfortable and vulnerable, what you're able to do will be beautiful.

Everybody goes through difficult seasons in their lives. Therapy is a process of learning and growth to help us to overcome the challenges that we experience, whether they’re from trauma, loss, anxiety, depression, failure or interpersonal conflict. I work primarily with adults and some adolescents and have over 7 years of experience working with clients from highly diverse backgrounds.

My specialty is holding space for those within the LGBTQIA+ communities. My goal is to provide gender-affirming, culturally humble, and trauma-informed care to all my clients. My clients and I work together to explore their depression, anxiety, interpersonal communication, religious trauma, and chronic illnesses like HIV.

I specialize in working with women and children. I am trained in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International, specializing in working with postpartum mood disorders, postpartum anxiety, postpartum OCD, infertility, pregnancy loss, people trying to conceive, and termination for medical reasons. I also work very closely with parents on parenting difficulties and strategies. Besides supporting women through motherhood, I am also passionate about supporting high achieving women manage anxiety and stress and unlearning unhelpful patterns in their personal and professional lives.

I am culturally aware and sensitive to the unique backgrounds, customs, and worldviews of my clients. I am a compassionate therapist who appreciates working side by side with my clients on their therapeutic journey. I utilize a multimodal approach to treatment as I recognize that there is no one approach that applies to all situations. Through building a solid rapport and forming a strong treatment alliance with my clients, I work to help my clients learn healthy and adaptive coping skills, increase awareness, and experience greater joy and meaning in their lives.

Especially for some of the most successful among us, we can hold ourselves to the highest standards of performance in all areas. Sometimes we may feel that we're supposed to have all the answers to the challenges life throws our way, even when that isn’t always possible. An achievement focus can come at the expense of other areas of our lives. I see therapy as a collaborative experience. I work with individuals and couples to help unlock what holds them back to gain an understanding of how our histories shape our present, while building a foundation of skills in the here-in-now to promote healing and a future that is self-defined.

Accepting New Clients for Tele-therapy. My style is warm, empathetic, interactive and straight forward. Do you feel certain emotions with life changes and relationships that sometimes feel out of your control? How about feeling alone, pain, or struggling to connect to the best version of you and others? In the good and the bad we need someone to help reconnect for our emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical health. Please reach out for help, I provide VIRTUAL therapy in many areas. Clients state feeling freedom & growth through therapy with me! Check out my website for more details: www.toloveandbeloved.org (copy URL on left)

Have you lied awake at night, wondering why you just can’t find solutions to your problems? Do you seek a change in your life? Are you anxious about something - or about nothing? And can it ever be different? What if I told you that you have untapped potential and strengths already inside you to engage with and overcome your problems? As a compassionate, caring and experienced psychotherapist it is my goal to engage with you to recognize and utilize those untapped strengths in order to help you make the changes you desire.

My name is Francis and I welcome you on this ride we call life. My professional background is heavily invested in youth services and community outreach programs. My passion for helping and providing support is deeply rooted in my personality and personal lived experiences. After years in social services, I was driven by curiosity and longing to better understand relationships, so I became a Marriage and Family Therapist. My hope is to hone on my lived experiences coupled with clinical insight to further support individuals, couples, families, and communities to build healthier attachment bonds.

Most people hope to live a healthy, happy, and fulfilling life. I would love the opportunity to help you achieve this. It is not easy to overcome some of the hardships encountered throughout life that interfere with our sense of well-being. Everyone, at some point, could benefit from support to cope with the hardships. Whether you are having difficulty with a relationship, self-confidence, depression, or anxiety, there are solutions that we can work towards together.

As humans, we tend to avoid our more difficult and complex emotions in hopes that they will disappear. However, it is more often the case that the feelings we turn inward find their way out, and sometimes in a less-than-ideal way. Therapy is a unique space to explore the parts of you that tend to stay hidden. It is a space to “look beneath the hood” to understand more fully who you are and "why" you are. With this newfound insight, we can explore ways for you to engage more fully in your life and relationships, dig into your sense of purpose, and reconnect with (or discover for the first time) feelings of stillness and joy.

I am a mental health counselor with a limited permit, working under the supervision of Dr. Sheila Chiffriller, a licensed psychologist. I provide psychotherapy to a diverse population of clients, specializing in survivors of trauma, borderline personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, LGBTQIA+ issues, anger, family issues, couples' issues, bipolar disorder, chronic illness, grief and bereavement. My practice is rooted in principles of affirmation, intersectional justice, harm reduction, and embodiment and holds the position that social oppressions and systemic problems operate as barriers to wellness.

Hello! I am a licensed psychologist who specializes in substance use and trauma-related mental health concerns. I work from a psychodynamic and attachment-based perspective while drawing from my experience with a wide variety of treatment approaches, including harm reduction, CBT, Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention, and empirically validated treatments for PTSD. My focus is on building a supportive and non-judgmental therapeutic space in which we can investigate how early relationship models may inform current interpersonal patterns, with the goal of helping you to relate to others with greater flexibility and choice.

Individuals and couples who see me for therapy are typically dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, a low sense of self-worth, grief, and/or trauma. They are struggling to take risks with vulnerability, to process loss, set boundaries, understand the power of no, discern safe spaces, and build trust. Many of my patients are challenged by the stories their anxiety tells them, negative self-talk, sadness that makes it difficult to effectively process their thoughts and feelings, and previous traumatic experiences or vicarious exposure to trauma.

Life can be overwhelming. Finding a therapist shouldn't add to that stress. Each one of us deserves access to a safe, judgment-free space. As a therapist, I fiercely defend that space for my clients, and I hope to meet you there with warmth, authenticity, and humor. Having served the diverse population of this city in medical, educational, and non-profit settings, I am sensitive to the complex New York experience while acknowledging that your journey is unique. I offer a trauma-informed, culturally-sensitive approach for adults and young adults struggling with stress, anxiety, or depression.