
David Amarel
Psychologist, PhD
I have 22 years experience working productively with people of diverse backgrounds, ages, and sexual orientations. Our job together is to identify dysfunctional patterns that contribute to—even perpetuate—your difficulties. The main focus of therapy is to remove inner and outer obstacles that prevent you from reaching your goals and having better relationships. Please note, after years of counseling and assessment in offices, I‘ve recently moved into a different space: video. Active listening in a safe, private setting is foundational to this work. I’ve learned that the catalytic elements of good therapy can thrive via video too.
My approach is supportive, empathetic and, above all, pragmatic. While understanding the past is essential, change can only occur in the present. I will challenge you to be an active partner in therapy and to work toward ongoing insight, growth, and positive change both in and outside of sessions.
My experience ranges from psychotherapy with adults, teens, and couples to counseling trauma survivors with acute PTSD. Whether you seek to make a major change, overcome a life blow or obstacle, or to break a chronic pattern, I will meet you where you are at.
Call or Email David Amarel for a free phone consultation now - (917) 791-1180
Finances
- Cost per Session: $125 - $225
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Out of Network
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 24 Years
- License: New York / 015685
- School: New York University
- Year Graduated: 2002
Additional Credentials
- License No. and State: PSY1621 New Mexico
Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Depression
- Anxiety
Issues
- Addiction
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Divorce
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Life Coaching
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Addiction
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Trauma and PTSD
Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- Lesbian
- Gay
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
African-American and Asian
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Cancer
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Transgender Allied
- Veterans
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Culturally Sensitive
- Eclectic
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Problem-Focused
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
Last Modified: 27 Jun 2020