Divorce Therapists in Brooklyn, NY

Therapy can be a powerful catalyst for change and the key to bringing your life back into balance. Whether you experience anxiety, depression, or just want support to strike out in a new direction, there's no need to struggle alone. Together, we'll identify the cycle of behaviors preventing you from reaching your goals, devise strategies to cope more effectively and create a plan for positive change.

I have extensive experience helping couples & families cope with life transitions & heal past relationship injuries. I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help couples escape negative cycles, reduce conflict & reconnect - research consistently shows 90% report significant improvements. I also offer short-term, skills-based relationship coaching, premarital counseling, and relationship enhancement programs, discernment counseling for couples considering divorce , & therapy for couples coping with a bipolar diagnosis. I offer flexible scheduling options including Sat & Sun every weekend & online schedule to self-book appointments.

I work with individuals and couples seeking to transform themselves and their relationships. I provide tools and strategies to help clients let go of old relational patterns and habits and design and practice new ways of relating and being. I help them understand their coping strategies and inner conflicts and develop new relationships with themselves and others.

I strive to create a space for you to freely explore whatever thoughts and feelings are on your mind, without fear of judgement or pressure. My style is warm and compassionate and I have a light hearted sense of humor which I interject into sessions when appropriate. I believe it is important to establish a collaborative relationship, and we will work together to help you to identify and reach your treatment goals. My practice focuses on helping individuals and families overcome the challenges of family conflict, parenting, anxiety, depression and major life changes. I specialize in working with children and families of divorce .

I am a trauma informed, sex positive clinician with advanced training in CBT, DBT, play therapy, and maternal mental health. I work from a strengths based perspective to help my clients navigate the complexity of relationships and day to day stressors and work towards viable solutions. I personalize and create individual treatment plans for each of my clients and help them work towards the short and long term goals they wish to achieve.

People come to therapy for all kinds of reasons. Anxiety or sadness. Grief, divorce or chronic illness. Some are tearful or angry—lonely—can’t get out of bed. Some may just be struggling to organize themselves to get out the door in the morning You may long for an enthusiasm you once had, or a partner or companion who feels like home. —Maybe you’re hoping to find that sense of home within yourself. Is your child shy or anxious? Have school mornings become a battle zone? I bring over 20 years' experience to the pleasure of helping children, adults & parents overcome whatever has them -stuck-

David Dumais LCSW, CGP is a specialist in group treatment with over 20 years of experience in hospitals, clinics and public schools. He has lectured on adolescent treatment issues nationally in New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco., and internationally in Germany and Russia. He is the Executive Director of GroupWORKS for Education, a non-profit that brings group therapists into troubled schools to work with teachers and students. David is also on the faculty of the Center for Group Studies.

For many couples, I'm the last stop. They've been to so many therapists already that they wonder, "Why would you be any different?" It's simple: I've been there, done that. In addition to my extensive training, I understand firsthand what you're going through - whether that's dating life, an engagement, a brand new marriage, a struggling marriage, a divorce , or blending families. I know what it takes to get through it and come out stronger on the other side. And I'm proud to say I have an amazing success rate with my clients.

I make the room safe, no matter the issue you bring to me. Everyone could use therapeutic support or help achieving greater pleasure in their life at some point, whether it is to cope with a break up, figure out relationship patterns that you want to change, contend with anxiety, loneliness or depression, grieve a loss, process major life transitions or work on a marriage. I have been treating adults and couples in private practice for over 15 years.

Have you been feeling like you’re not yourself? Have you noticed a change in your mood and emotional state and perhaps don’t know what to do? Do you lack confidence and want to change how you think and feel about yourself? Have you been struggling to maintain and stay afloat since the COVID-19 pandemic? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, you find yourself struggling with your day-to-day activities, or just need some extra support during this time; I can help.

As a Narrative Life Coach, I want to help clients unlock the themes and patterns of their lives by asking probing questions and helping them work towards their next chapters. I offer weekly optional writing exercises and readings to support this journey. Narrative Coaching works well with anyone going through a painful loss or rejection, such as a death, break-up or divorce , as well as anyone who desires change but feels stuck or struggling. I'd like to help clients to realize their potentials by exploring possibilities, expanding their thinking and re-writing their narrative.

Daily struggles as a parent can be hard to manage and can leave you worried about your child. I work with children who are struggling with emotional and social difficulties that make every day challenges harder and interfere with feeling confident and secure. If you are interested in supporting your child to reach their highest potential, I may be able to help. Divorce , challenges at school, parent-child conflict are only a handful of reasons why parents seek my services. I offer ongoing guidance to parents along with weekly sessions to children and adolescents between the ages of 2 to 18.

You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy—I can help you to better understand whatever issues you are facing and find resources within yourself to work through those challenges. I integrate a variety of therapeutic tools to suit each client's needs. With extensive experience, including in the fields of sexuality and sexual health, I help clients better understand the most intimate parts of their lives and identities through compassionate dialogue.

Sheila is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York State. She is a certified Rapid Resolution Therapist and hypnotherapist. She specializes in RRT, cognitive-behavioral, brief therapy. She has extensive experience counseling people struggling with, depression, anxiety, adjustment problems, divorce and separation, trauma and grief. Sheila has worked extensively with adults and young adults dealing with trauma, and the more common issues of parenting, relationships and school concerns.

Are you feeling a diminished sense of self-confidence? Are you feeling that the way you view yourself is keeping you from experiencing life fully and/or causing you suffering? Are you experiencing nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, depression, fears, anger, impaired concentration, difficulties at work, school or home? If you answered "yes" to any question, you may be reacting to trauma.

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.

I am a warm and engaged therapist, with a focus on practical solutions. My 15+ years experience includes work with clients on a variety of important issues: relationship and parenting, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Also, issues experienced by children of divorce , and issues related to children and adolescence (including college populations). My approach, in addition to exploring feelings and examining past and present relationships, emphasizes practical solutions to current relationship problems and issues raised in therapy. I work with individuals, couples, and families (both short and long-term). I have led groups for single women, and new parents.

I am a highly trained psychotherapist with extensive experience in treating adults, children and adolescents. I have particular interest and experience in treating couples. After working for several years with couples and families in crisis, I received my postgraduate certification in child and adolescent psychoanalysis from the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, with subsequent training at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, the Stephen A.Mitchell Center for Relational Studies and additional training in Emotionally Focused Couple's therapy .

Therapy Brooklyn is a group practice made up of BIPOC clinicians, We work with individuals, couples and families. Our work with families focuses on communication issues, transitions (i.e. divorce , arrival of a new sibling), self esteem, difficulty regulating emotions and behavioral issues at home and at school. We specialize in adults struggling with depression, anxiety, and relationship issues. Couples work focuses on lack of communication, loss of connection, infidelity and intimacy issues.