Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

We all have the capacity to heal. With the right safety and support, we can come home to ourselves, allow difficult emotions to be released, and re-author old stories to create new meaning in our lives. I use experiential therapy to help you move through barriers so you can arrive into your body with compassion and connection. From this place, we can explore your relationship to self and others, come to understand patterns that create stuckness, and practice new skills so you can embody insights, change and self-belonging.

Michael Skinner, LCSW has 25 years experience in the mental health field. He works with toddlers, children, adolescents, adults and families. He has trained in family therapy, infant toddler mental health and developmental issues, child and adult Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma Focused Child and Adult Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. He also has experience working with veterans, NYC Police Officers and Fire Fighters.

I believe that a trusting therapist-patient relationship is key to helping you achieve the growth and change you are looking for. Success in therapy occurs when you learn more about yourself, your thoughts, and your feelings. I aim to facilitate this process through an active, empathic, non-judgmental approach. We will work together to identify your own unique goals for therapy, help you access and use your individual strengths, and navigate the challenges that might be getting in your way.

I am a psychotherapist with over forty years experience. I work with individuals, couples and groups who are seeking help with many different issues including anxiety, depression, grief/loss, trauma / PTSD , self esteem, identity, relationship, career and other areas of human concern. I offer a safe and comfortable environment in which to explore issues relating to your life circumstances. My approach is compassionate, supportive and interactive with focus on the whole person. It is important to explore the mind, body, spirit connection to work toward insight, awareness, practical solutions, positive action and change.

My approach is collaborative, kind and creative. Together we can build an authentic connection and create a space where change can emerge. Whether it’s distress from a relationship, life transitions, obstacles with artistic endeavors, or patterns of behavior and thought that are causing adversity in your life, psychotherapy can offer relief and a chance for personal growth.

I assist in helping each individual work through whatever may have brought them into therapy so that they can find their own internal potential and ability to better cope with stressful situations. I specialize in working with individuals dealing with depression, anxiety and panic related disorders, PTSD , relationship struggles, bereavement, and work related issues. I believe that therapy offers the individual a safe space to share their struggles and work on ways to resolve these difficulties with the support and assistance of the therapist.

By creating an open, non-judgmental space for self-reflection, I help individuals gain insight into the past and identify new ways of moving forward. Whether you're going through a major life transition, struggling with relationships, or feel that you are somehow holding yourself back, we'll work together to understand the conflicts underlying your unique story, and to implement significant, achievable change in your life.

I pursued a career in psychotherapy due to my interest in how psychology and gaining perspective can improve one's quality of life. Therapy won't make complex realities disappear, whereas you integrate your experiences to increase your comfort of living with yourself in the present. We enter an oasis from outside pressures to relax in authenticity. With freed-up headspace, you have room to understand your life in context, experiment with new ways of being, and increase creative flow to generate a brighter future.

Come, join me, together we will work to help you with feelings, thoughts, inner conflicts, struggles, whatever is weighing you down. Do you find yourself stressed, stuck, overwhelmed or in emotional pain? I am experienced and compassionate, working with adults and adolescents for more than 35 years. I have a non threatening, down to earth style. I enjoy helping people grow, move forward and find their inner light. I have a direct approach. Whether you find it difficult to start your day, feel sad or worried often, struggle in relationships, or feel dissatisfied with work, therapy can provide hope and be life changing.

There is something about being seen, heard and gotten that can make even the most unbearable situation bearable. I will accompany you through difficult situations and feelings, and help you to work with limiting (painful!) beliefs and behaviors that can affect your ability to work and love well. I offer attuned, integrative psychotherapy for the body-mind that recognize the dramatic impact of your social and physical environment.

These are difficult and important times that we can choose to inspire us toward personal growth. Let me help you feel less alone and stronger, develop your relationships, and strengthen your coping skills and immune system. I provide a variety of techniques to help you grow. They include talk therapy, EMDR, meditation, Hypnosis. and a spiritual orientation. All these methods enable you to relax and contact your inner strength and wisdom. Thus, you will be able to find solutions and abilities you didn't know you had to overcome your trauma and loneliness, as well as finding strength and hope.

DBT Skills Group Starting April 2023! Now accepting referrals! Welcome - My intention as your therapist is to help you understand your personal journey and empower you to make the effective changes that you are seeking. Consider me a collaborator as well as your therapist. We will work together to identify and develop insightful and practical tools that can help you reach your goals.

Contemplating change is an important step on the path towards personal growth and freedom. Allowing a therapist to mirror, witness and provide containment, could be a vital next step toward transformation. I work from a compassionate, Trauma Informed framework, to enhance mental wellness through the exploration and connection of the mind, body and behaviors. My passion is working with families, teens and young adults who have experienced traumas, and/or who live with learning disabilities, anxiety, depression and substance abuse.

Are you struggling to feel fulfilled in life? Does waking up and functioning day to day seem unnecessarily difficult? Are you experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depression, or the lasting effects of grief or trauma ? Therapy can help. I utilize and have training in a range of therapeutic modalities including Trauma Focused-CBT, DBT, EMDR, Psychodynamic therapy, Expressive Art Therapy, the Gottman method for couples, as well as EFT. I tailor unique plans for each individual client or couple in order to empower them to better understand themselves, achieve their goals and feel more fulfilled.

I provide a safe, welcoming place to bring your thoughts and feelings, inner conflicts and concerns and your hopes for change. We will work together to understand patterns that no longer serve you and may be contributing to emotional pain. Whether you have issues around intimacy, relationships, parenting, work dissatisfaction, overcoming creative blocks or overwhelming feelings that keep you from creating a richer, more purposeful life, therapy can be life changing. For children, play therapy in addition to talk can help get to the root of difficult behavior in conflicts with peers, at school and with family.

I work with clients to create the conditions for greater self-acceptance, ease, and self-agency. I often work with creative or sensitive people, and with those recovering from complex trauma , addiction, and family-of-origin wounds that may cause depression, stuckness, or disconnection. I believe in the liberating process of creating space for grief, sorrow, anger, humor and joy as a means to support growth, healing, and change. I work with clients in a highly experiential way, honoring the wisdom of the body and language of the soul. I believe that building and creating one's life is more powerful than attempting to "fix" oneself.

Hello . I am an experienced psychotherapist, and easy to talk to. I work with individual adults, families and children and help each client learn to understand and better control emotions and behavior, reduce anxiety and depression, in order to restore greater balance in life.

I approach therapy from the perspective that healing comes through the caring and dynamic engagement created between two people. Our time together will be a collaboration that encourages mutual presence, relatedness and commitment. Research confirms the importance of this. While no specific technique is consistently effective in eliciting change, certain therapists who bring a particular quality to their work often are. I believe I am such a therapist and my clients consistently report feeling met, nurtured, and empowered by the work we do together.