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During this crisis please safeguard your mental health. I'm ready to help you adapt and reduce anxiety by offering video/teletherapy.
About
I provide empathy, insight, and a seasoned approach in treating addiction, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and personality challenges. I assist individuals seeking freedom from out-of-control behaviors including substance abuse, sexual compulsivity, and other habituated difficulties. I'm credentialed to treat partners and couples affected by sexual betrayal as well as those experiencing negative relationship dynamics in general. My scope of practice also includes treating LGBTQ issues. Being a guide through adversity and loss, be it sudden or cumulative, is a primary objective in my collaborative approach with all my clients.
Persistent difficulties hijack every aspect of our lives and are often deeply rooted in past adverse experiences. Using schema therapy, relational interventions, and EMDR, I help locate and treat the source of counterproductive behaviors and moods. From there, a roadmap is constructed that will lead to new skills and a healthier relationship to the present.
I can help you break the suffering from unrelenting behaviors that have taken over and offer nothing more than diminishing returns and increased consequences. My skills can also meet your needs in breaking free of persistent life traps in the form of self-defeating patterns and distorted perceptions of self and the outer world.
Call or Email Christopher M. Shea for a free 15 minute consultation now - (917) 979-5596
Finances
- Session Fee: $225 per session
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Check
Though I do not take insurance, I do provide monthly invoices to submit to your insurance provider for reimbursement.
Email me or call (917) 979-5596 with questions.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 14 Years
- License: New York / 089479
- School: New York University Silver School of Social Work
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: NYS OASAS / 23275
- Certificate Date: 2020
- Certificate: IITAP / 2017-2582
- Certificate Date: 2017
Christopher M. Shea's Groups
Partners Online Support Group
This group offers a welcoming and healing space for partners affected by betrayal trauma due to infidelities and out-of-control sexual behaviors. We assist group members in identifying boundaries, meeting core needs, and gaining emotional stability in a supportive and vitally relatable environment. I co-facilitate this group with my colleague Merry Frons.
Men's Online Support Group
This group focusses on equipping men with the tools necessary to gain freedom from out of control sexual behaviors. Relationship reparation, developing stunted parts of self, and achieving healthy sexuality are primary goals within the group process. I co-facilitate this group with my colleague Merry Frons.
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Specialties
- Addiction
- Sexual Addiction
- Trauma and PTSD
Issues
- Alcohol Use
- Anxiety
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Men's Issues
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Stress
- Substance Use
Mental Health
- Personality Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Teen
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- EMDR
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Humanistic
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Psychodynamic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Group
Last Modified: 17 Feb 2023
(917) 979-5596