Fidelis Therapists in New York, NY

Denise Elizabeth Erker is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who has been in the field for over 25 years. She received her Master's in Social Work (MSW) from SUNY Stony Brook, and she has worked in a wide variety of settings. Ms. Erker strongly believes in Trauma Informed Care. Her approach to care is to work collaboratively with the client. She has been trained in a number of different modalities, believing different people needs different ways of help, and sometimes people need one way of assistance one day and a different one another day. She has been trained in CBT, MI, DBT and EMDR.

I help with anxiety and related specialties while working with you to overcome obstacles and reach your goals in order to live a healthier and happier life. My ideal clients are motivated individuals, professionals and students who are dealing with issues of anxiety, depression, loss, or transitions. If you are struggling and need to unburden yourself, gain insight, or develop healthier coping mechanisms, let's talk. I utilize Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (talk therapy), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and other treatment orientations.

Are you struggling with anxiety, self-defeating behaviors, shame, depression, or holding onto painful feelings and memories? Do you feel you don't truly understand yourself, your friends, your spouse, or your partner? Together, you and I can explore and help you recognize your true, deep-rooted feelings and help you resolve them. By looking into our beliefs, emotions, early-life experiences, and thoughts, we can recognize recurring patterns and develop proper coping mechanisms to avoid our distress and move forward.

I view treatment as a collaborative effort between patient and therapist. This working relationship is essential to the healing process. I take an eclectic approach to treatment and try to fit the treatment to the needs of the patient. I draw from modalities such as psychodynamic, interpersonal, and cognitive behavioral in addressing the problems at hand as well as their underlying causes. My areas of specialty include anxiety, depression, addictions, eating disorders, life transitions, and relationship difficulties. I find it extremely rewarding to assist clients in recognizing and freeing up their potential.

I have extensive experience working with young adults striving to live intentional lives full of purpose and meaning in a chaotic world they did not make. My clients experience low self-esteem, cross-generational conflict, anxiety about the future, and sadness about the past. We explore experiences regarding family, feeling loved in intimate relationships, communicating effectively, and questioning spirituality. The clients I work with want to be seen for who they are while feeling comfortable in their skin.

Professional Mental Health Counselor / Life & Wellness Coach offering Individual & Relationship (Couples/Premarital/Marriage) Counseling/Coaching & Organizational Consultation. I work intimately with young adults (18-25), emerging adults (25-35), and diverse groups (35-older). You’ll be empowered to navigate life transitions; relational issues; racial injustice; healthily process and overcome effects of traumatic experiences; learn and improve conflict resolution skills; and find safety in addressing struggles with your Faith. I guarantee you an ally every step of the journey of achieving overall wellness.

Welcome! As a mental health counselor, I understand the difficulties of taking the first step to seek treatment. Individuals may feel strange talking about aspects of their life they have yet to view and/or process. Our sessions will serve as a safe and judgment-free environment to explore past experiences, current behaviors, and difficulties processing trauma. You will be provided with the ability to explore difficulties in your life and be provided with as much structure as needed to build on skills and make changes. I work to hear the client and ensure interventions are helpful to support growth.

The Second Wind is a small group practice specializing in mental health and substance abuse treatment. All therapists are LCSW's with several years experience. We believe treatment focuses on assisting patients in relieving the constraints to actualizing potential. In order to do this effectively, our therapists have extensive post graduate experience and training. Therapy is a collaborative effort between patient and therapist.

I am a psychotherapist and coach with a specialty in helping young adults to manage learning challenges and in working with the spanish speaking population .

When you're experiencing a challenging time in your life, time may feel as though it is standing still. The pain from life's rough patches can easily cause you to feel hopeless. Sometimes, there simply are no "right or wrong" answers, but solutions may be closer in reach than you think. My goal is to help you navigate through challenges - the grey areas - that make you feel powerless. I hope to help you discover meaning and your own unique center of gravity that will positively change the way you view yourself, others, and the world.

I am an experienced psychotherapist and practice in a neutral, non- judgmental way. If you are looking to gain a deeper understanding of your internal struggles or feel a greater sense of personal fulfillment, I can help you. I have worked with people with a variety of concerns; including, trauma, emotional dysregulation, identity concerns, difficulty in relationships, addictions and managing mental illness. I have extensive postgraduate training in adult, child and adolescent psychotherapy. My practice is limited to adult (individuals and couples) and teens. I work with people to receive out of network insurance reimbursement.

Ever felt the pressure of life’s burdens on your shoulders? Yearning to make life choices, just right for you, yet, constantly boggled down with spiraling thoughts that leave you feeling stuck and bare? Navigating through life can be demanding and overbearing, at times. It can almost, suck the glimmering hope out of you. All hope is not lost though. Your comprehension of this entire experience is a powerful place to be. Your courage to seek help is a thousand-fold step in the right direction!

I’m so glad you’re here. I know that seeking out therapy sometimes takes courage! I am committed to creating a space for you and I that is free from judgment, rooted in compassion and guided by empathy.

Feeling stuck? Lost? Currently in an unhealthy relationship? We can change that. Together we will help you access the path that is best for you. Healing and change can be scary, but the process that will lead you to your best whole self is waiting for you. Yes, you can build a healthy, positive path forward for lasting positive change. Reaching out is the first step to that path.

Do you sometimes feel that life is harder than it should be? Almost as if everyone else received a manual on happiness and you didn't? Well, You're not the only one. Often we reach a point in our lives where we question ourselves and what we do. There are other times when we feel things like anger, sadness, loneliness, anxiety, and don't really understand why or where these feelings are coming from. It is not easy to talk about these feelings with other people, even those that are close to us. But, what would it be like for you to find someone that will not only listen to you, but also help you manage those feelings?

Having practiced for many decades and having taught many psychiatrists for so many years on`the faculty of Einstein Medical, I am among the moist experienced therapists in the New York Area. -I am conveniently located next to Grand Central and in Westchester.

Guide and support adult women to live a meaningful life, amass personal strengths through personal discovery, actualize intellectual/physical/social/spiritual potentials, cultivate mature and deep social relationships, and nurture mutually beneficial interactions with the society and her external environments. This will be accomplished by clarifying goals and action steps, as well as working through conflicts, in the many dimensions of the woman's life.

Sometimes life has us so overwhelmed that words evade us. We can be drenched in emotion, or we can be numb to it all. Our struggles manifest uniquely according to the biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual elements in our lives. We might feel lost and alone, but it is important to remember that we are not. I wish to provide a safe and nonjudgmental space for you, in which we can explore together. We may attempt to connect words with feelings, or we may let silence hold its power; the conscious and the unconscious are both invited. Through our relationship we may discover new pathways of resilience.

I earned my Master of Social Work from New York University Silver School of Social Work with a focus in trauma-informed care for adolescents and young adults. I am particularly interested in working together with clients to process childhood trauma. I understand that past experiences have an impact on our present life. I believe that trauma impacts the nervous system and can present in both mental and physical symptoms in the body. I wishs to work with clients to build healthy coping mechanisms to help regulate the body.