Grief Therapists in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY

With a warm, interactive style, I help people of all ages come to a deeper understanding of the interplay between their experiences, emotions and everyday lives. Armed with greater self-awareness and acceptance, you can build on your strengths and create the life you want for yourself. The core of my work is problem-solving. What do you want your life to look like? What's standing in your way? Our work together can help you answer these questions, while giving you lifelong skills for coping with life's inevitable challenges.

Working in schools and foster care settings for years, Sam is an expert in child and adolescent therapy. He utilizes two of the leading therapies, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). With CBT, Sam helps clients change unhelpful thought processes and behavioral patterns and aids clients in bravely facing their fears. While with DBT, he helps clients learn better emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. He is passionate about building connections and assists clients in finding strengths and skills within themselves to work through any struggles they might be experiencing.

Are you feeling stuck or unsatisfied in your relationships? Do you feel like you have a hard time connecting with the people in your life? Maybe you feel overwhelmed or like you’re just going through the motions to get by? Or perhaps you want to feel more alive and energized but are afraid of being rejected or abandoned? The capacity for emotional growth and transformation lies within each of us and I believe this begins with the healing power of authentic human relationships. It is only when we feel safe that we can begin to transform our pain.

Have you experienced a recent break-up, separation, or divorce? I specialize in providing individual therapy for these and other difficult life transitions. By working together to better understand your challenges and feelings, you can develop skills to help resolve distress and move towards self-awareness, personal growth, and a sense of inner peace. While we can't always change difficult situations of the past, we can seek to learn from them and build upon our strengths for the future.

Have you started to realize that you're not coping as well as you would like with the stress of daily life? That a pattern is emerging with how you manage your personal choices or relationships. Or that your child's emotions and behaviors have been particularly intense and difficult to manage lately. Perhaps your life has shifted and you are experiencing a change that you are struggling with adjusting to? While a variety of situations bring the clients I work with to therapy, we will work together so that you can make specific changes to experience each day with a more self-aware and functional presence.

Children/adolescents: Childhood can be a challenging time and, because children lack the experience and internal resources that adults have, they often express themselves through their behaviors. As a parent it can be hard to understand your child's behaviors or how to address them. In my practice I create a warm, fun, and safe environment and work to establish a trusting relationship so that we can explore your child’s thoughts and feelings. I work collaboratively with parents to help them gain insights into their child's behaviors and how to effectively meet their child’s needs.

Are you struggling to feel connected with others in your life? Do you feel like something is blocking you from being as fulfilled as you would like to be in friendships, romance, or work? Are you having difficulties in your romantic partnership, or navigating a life transition? I'll work together with you to understand the patterns and experiences that shape your understanding of yourself and the world around you, and use evidence-based approaches to help you forge a new path forward. We'll build and strengthen your relationship with and understanding of yourself, as a way of deepening intimacy and connection throughout your life.

I am a psychotherapist working primarily with men and young men. Clients of mine may be experiencing relationship issues, anger, anxiety, feeling down or just finding that it is time to seek professional help for reasons they can't explain. I try to work in a way that is thoughtful and collaborative. Often, this involves exploring unresolved issues from the past that may be causing difficulties now. Ultimately, my goal is to help my clients confront what is troubling them and lead more enjoyable lives.

I offer a safe, respectful, collaborative and creative environment where we can explore both individual and relationship issues. The two are deeply connected, since our individual personalities are formed in relationship and expressed in relationship. Your concerns, whether they are distressing emotions, problematic patterns of behavior, or interpersonal conflict, are the starting place for a process of investigation, understanding, and change. Together we will find ways to use who you are to change how you are.

Dr. Waltman is a master clinician at the forefront of modern Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). With a wealth of experience as a clinician, international trainer, bestselling author, and researcher who develops the very therapy itself, he brings a unique blend of expertise, insight, and compassion to his work. Specializing in case-conceptualization driven therapy, he tailors his interventions to meet the unique needs of each client and is known for his extensive knowledge of therapy tools and cutting-edge strategies. By creating holistic, individualized treatment plans, he helps clients overcome barriers and achieve lasting change.

Adelyn is a seasoned therapist dedicated to guiding individuals toward a life of fulfillment, purpose, and personal growth. Specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Adelyn brings extensive experience from working in Mt. Sinai Hospital system’s top CBT and therapy programs. She has treated a diverse set of adult clients across all life stages, navigating a wide range of psychiatric and medical challenges in both outpatient and inpatient settings. She specializes in trauma- and stressor-related disorders, anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, executive functioning, and the intersection of medical conditions and mental health.

As a warm, compassionate therapist, I strive to create a safe space where my clients can openly express and explore their troubling inner thoughts and feelings. My ultimate goal is to empower my clients to live fuller, more satisfying lives. Towards that end, I take a collaborative approach, helping clients identify the underlying causes of their difficulties and establish their therapeutic goals. Through my work, I help clients tap into and further develop their inner strength and innate abilities, transforming them into skills they can use to better cope with emotional distress, improve relationships, overcome obstacles and achieve personal goals.

I work with individuals, couples, and groups. I help people identify and eliminate beliefs and perspectives that prevent them from living with love, confidence, and enthusiasm. Anxiety is reduced by identifying causes and applying mindful, body-present skills. Depression is lifted through expression and removing draining blocks that prevent action. Relationships are improved by focusing on communication and eliminating blame, resentment, and individual defenses that block deep intimacy. The more we know about ourselves, the more we're able to let go of old patterns and make decisions that lead to a more joyful and fulfilling life.

The artistic community hasn't gotten the support it needs and many artists leave the industry or spend years struggling with dire financial and serious mental health issues. Our goal is to help our clients build sustainable careers where possible by helping solve problems related to their mental, relational and financial functioning which impede artistic work. Kav Counseling operates with the implicit sense that life can be rewarding. Dreams can find realization. Creative fulfillment and the fullest expression of one's art and life is possible and probable.

I am a true believer that we are spiritual beings that are having physical experiences. At times, these physical experiences can cause us to feel detached from community with ourselves, our family members, and friends. This detachment can bring about feelings and emotions that are difficult to sit with. Feelings like sadness, worry, hopelessness, confusion, and emptiness. These feelings are normal and my goal is to create a safe space for you to find your way back to community through humanizing your experiences; to use your strengths along with the resources around you to make that journey seem more possible.

What are the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves? Where do we learn them? Therapy is a great place to start creating new stories that are more aligned with your values and desires. I believe that healing happens in the relationship and approach therapy as a creative, collaborative experience between therapist and client, where humor, kindness, and self-expression are valued and encouraged. My areas of expertise include working with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma and family conflict, though I work with individuals of all ages to help them manage the stressors of life and achieve greater self-awareness

UPDATE 3/26/24: Now accepting new clients! Please message me to set up a free phone consultation...Imagine having the tools and support to finally overcome your lingering fears and self-doubt...Having the power to improve the relationships with yourself and others...Waking up looking forward to what the day has to offer! Imagine feeling rejuvenated mentally, emotionally and spiritually—ready to take life on, no matter the challenge ahead! The answer to a sense of peace and improved relationships lies in YOU! Therapy offers a powerful and sacred space to examine, heal and ultimately change your life.

My ideal client is someone who desires to improve the quality of their life. Someone who feels stuck in certain behavior patters or thought patterns and wants to live their full life with joy and contentment. Clients who want to wake up each day with confidence and the tolerance level to manage their thought and feeling and making choices that expand their life and capacity to be in it.

As a psychotherapist in private practice, and Clinical Director of a therpaeutic agency, I bring a depth of expertise to my work that has been sharpened by 20 years of clinical experience. The cornerstone of my therapeutic work is to help people become fully present in the Here and Now, free from dysfunctional roles, psychological distortions, and trauma. To help clients rest into this connection with themselves and their environment I use a variety of modalities including Psychanalytic Relational Self Psychology, Spiritual Psychology, Focusing, and EMDR. I work with individuals, couples, families, groups, and lead workshops, teach, and supervise internationally."