Existential Therapists in Midtown, New York, NY

I am a proud cisgender gay man from Suriname with Guyanese heritage, enriched by a cultural tapestry woven with Caribbean, West Indies, and South American norms. Rooted in objectivity and nonjudgmentalism, my therapeutic approach seeks equilibrium for meaningful connections with clients. At the heart of my practice is active listening through an integrative lens, providing a space for clients to explore, heal, and grow openly. I am dedicated to co-creating a safe, nurturing environment that allows clients to develop authentically, free from fear or shame. Your healing journey deserves a comprehensive, personalized approach.

Jackson (Jax) (he/him) excels at providing psychotherapy for adults and adolescents, as well as building executive functioning skills and strategies. Due to his academic and professional experience, and his own identity as a gay trans man, Jax enjoys working with members of the queer community. Jax thrives at working with clients who have ADHD, anxiety, OCD and autism (whether formally diagnosed or not). He has extensive knowledge about executive dysfunction and related skill-building. He also specializes in helping his clients navigate issues related to polyamory/non-monogamy.

It is often difficult to identify why we are unhappy. It can feel like something has disconnected us from the sense of spontaneous creativity and joy which defines a good life. Instead of freedom and self-determination, we feel trapped and pressured by society's demands, unsatisfying relationships, or feelings that we don't know how to address. I would work with you in therapy to reconnect with your own place of authenticity, power, and creative engagement. To accomplish this, I utilize a collaborative approach including talk therapy, dreamwork, clinical hypnosis, and experiential/body-based methodologies.

Liberation Psychotherapy is a private LGBTQ-centered group therapy practice. Our foundational philosophy is based on the meaningful engagement between the therapist and client and achieved using Carl Rogers’ client-centered techniques of active-listening, empathy, and unconditional positive regard. Liberation Psychotherapy’s primary mission is to help clients explore their experiences thereby clients can heal and grow and embrace their strengths and resiliencies. To honor and respect the uniqueness of our clients, we subscribe broadly to a liberation and integrative model.

My specialty is in helping clients with anxiety, depression, PTSD, relational issues, loss of purpose, and integrating non-ordinary states of consciousness (i.e., psychedelic experiences). I use psychodynamic therapy with an existential-humanistic approach and invite my clients to see their life’s ongoing journey as an endless source of wisdom. Compassion and acceptance are key to my approach to helping with various challenges.

In the heart of every challenge lies an opportunity to reshape our perspectives. With an open and empathetic mindset, I specialize in guiding my clients through life’s intricate labyrinth of difficulties to uncover the roots of these challenges and the pathways to well-being. As a licensed therapist committed to your growth, I cultivate a warm therapeutic alliance grounded in positivity where your struggles serve as catalysts for profound transformation. In our sessions, I provide you with a safe haven rooted in the values of relationship-building, acceptance, empathy, and empowerment.

I believe that everyone is uniquely designed and no single approach in therapy can be used exclusively. Over the years of working eclectically with the individuals from all walks and being curious about finding omnimodus approach that would describe it all, I found the following sequence in treatment to be more reflective of the needs of most in therapy: Phase I: Psychoanalytic-exploring past character formation during the childhood, including obstacles, traumas through events or other people. "It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy."

Dr. Kim is a licensed psychoanalyst, a certified therapist, and a certified spiritual counselor. Besides his psychoanalytic background, Dr. Kim also was trained intensively in living Jesuit life over thirty six years. From his psychoanalytic teachings at training Institutes and from his active Jesuit life, Dr. Kim learned the fundamental queries of clinical and existential pangs in life. Depression is the most unendurable medical and emotional pain one can experience. Depression is the core symptom seating behind all the mental, emotional, physical, and existential diseases.

I am a licensed psychotherapist trained in several evidence based integrative approaches. I assist my clients in addressing issues such as depression, anxiety, OCD, grief, low self esteem, LGBTQ, codependency, family conflicts, and existential life issues. I provide supportive, compassionate, and mindful psychotherapy for individuals seeking to improve their well-being while cultivating skills that lead to a greater sense of purpose and self acceptance. My services are suitable for those feeling overwhelmed by their thoughts, emotions and general life experiences.

I am an extensively trained licensed psychologist and life coach. I use an integrative approach in which psychodynamic, existential and buddhist principles are informed by neuroscience, psychoanalysis, developmental and cognitive theory. I am interested in who you are -- your feelings and thoughts about your past experiences, present concerns, and the changes you want to make in your life and relationships. I provide a comfortable and safe framework within which you can share your story, temper your anxiety and make meaningful changes in your life. I continue to work safely and remotely with my clients and welcome your call.

I have learned the "connection" we make in therapy will lead to fruitful change. We begin by working on very specific concerns, to the more elusive, abstract conflicts of a more esoteric life that aren't so simple to characterize. Everyone comes to therapy with different hopes, unique needs, and a desire to seek what is transformational. I work to create a trusting relationship with all of my patients. In the initial sessions, I focus on what brings you to therapy at this moment in time and to establish a working rapport where you feel safe and listened to, without judgement. Therapy is a unique opportunity to find your voice,

I am a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (License # 036633) with over 15 years of private practice psychotherapy experience. I was born and raised in New York. I work with individuals and couples, especially actors, artists, singers and other creative people.I offer treatment for: Depression, Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Obsessions & Phobias, Performance Anxiety, Writer's Block, Getting to your next level of artistic excellence, Developing creativity and mental/emotional flexibility, Career transitions, Mid-life crisis, Loneliness, Being new to NYC, Relationships, and Break-ups.

Anxiety and mood disorders were my first areas of expertise. My fascination with relationships led me to study, from the lens of sex, the complicated and delicate dynamics that occur between and within people. This view point has given me a perspective on the interplay between sex, emotional difficulties, relationship patterns and attachment styles. Whether sex and relationship difficulties bring you to treatment or it's your anxiety and mood difficulties; we'll use my understanding of best clinical practices and your history to help you live a more satisfied life, inside and outside the bedroom.

I'm a trans nonbinary therapist who specializes in helping clients navigate OCD, anxiety, and sexual trauma (and often the intersection of all three). I help clients understand that anxiety is not actually an emotion, but a way of avoiding bigger, more unpleasant feelings bubbling beneath the surface. Much of my work consists of helping folks process their grief at the existential nightmare that is the world we live in. Using mind-body therapies like IFS and ERP, I teach clients how to get in touch with these Big Feelings without being swallowed by them.

I am a Psychotherapist and Sex Therapist, and the Administrative Director for Liberation Psychotherapy, my private therapy practice. To schedule a 15-minute telephone consultation with me, click on the "website" icon on my profile here; you will be able to schedule a consultation on my electronic calendar. I am accepting a few new patients for the hours of 5-10 pm, Monday-Friday. No A.M. hours. Guided by the scientific research and theories of Carl Rogers and Albert Ellis, I am interested in using profound and philosophical existential and humanistic therapies to help people to understand their own complex and worthy humanity.

I believe that my work is in helping clients walk less blindly through life. I try to ask questions to clarify the principles underlying the ways they relate to the world and others. I help not only with common problems (anxiety, depression, PTSD, phobias, OCD, etc.) but also work with those whose issues are not easily captured by a diagnosis and are existential in nature. The so-called "worried well" come to uncover and work through the sources of internal struggles, in order to become their best selves and live a more fulfilling life. I am fully bilingual and practice in both English and Russian.

If we think alike, we would agree that a good life is a life in which we are able to work, to love, and to play. However, in reality, many situations become barriers and prevent us from enjoying life. At times, we might even feel we can't breathe. As a devoted therapist, I will work together with you to remove these barriers -- whatever the cause might be: career stress, rocky relationships, identity confusion, past trauma... You need not face your problems alone. Over years, I have witnessed changes happening, wounds healed, trust rebuilt, and fear given way to courage.

I come to practice as clinical therapist through many life experiences which were, at times anxiety provoking, heart wrenching, and overwhelming. By reaching out for my own personal therapy I was I able to learn many wonderful tools that have helped me navigate all of my life struggles. As I therapist, I want to help you learn how to navigate life's challenges and to learn to live your best life. I commend you for taking the first step toward therapy, The best therapist, is someone you can relate to, feel comfortable with and whom you will trust.

Working with me, you will experience a warm, collaborative, tailored, safe, social justice-oriented, and strength-based environment. My focus is on working with clients that are facing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, identity struggles, career stress and transition, and existential crisis. I specialize in counseling entrepreneurs and C-Suite executives, clients in the consulting and finance industry, and folx from the queer community.