Therapists in New York, NY

Through my meaningful work with clients, I apply an emphasis on identifying what has been holding you back from achieving goals, or causing unhealthy patterns in your every day life. I will always focus on holding a safe space for you, and identifying your individual needs while building the confidence that is necessary to improve your coping skills, lifestyle, and overall well-being. In my work, I often pull techniques from therapeutic approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotion-focused therapy, while maintaining a warm and gentle approach.

Our beliefs and assumptions about the world inform our feelings, which in turn, influences our behavior. Many of those assumptions however are not entirely our own, or even in our conscious awareness. They come from our parents, communities, traumatic experiences, or a less developed version of ourself. Living a life that does not reflect our authentic values often results in inner conflict that negatively spills outward into our intimate, familial, and professional relationships. Taking time to explore what thoughts and values belong to our authentic selves, is one of the most important gifts an individual can give to themselves.

I am passionate about working with adults 18 and older that are struggling with painful life experiences. I provide a safe, accepting environment, using evidence-based modalities for change, and support my clients in the process of healing and becoming the best versions of themselves. My clients are resilient- however, having to be "strong" and in survival mode all the time is exhausting, and it's okay to let your guard down with me. I aim to support my clients in not only surviving, but thriving. My clients ultimately achieve a healthier relationship with themselves, others, and the world around them.

Struggle with depression, anxiety, confidence or inter-personal relationships? My background in both social work and sociology allows me to work holistically with your needs to help you on your healing journey. I have a passion for working with children, and young people of all ages, navigating through life’s transitions and challenges. I am strengths based, and regularly uses tools and techniques of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness to build trust and rapport through a non-judgmental demeanor.

I am a warm and engaged psychologist. My collaborative work is grounded in an understanding of the shaping forces of relationships, affect, and experience. I offer a safe space, where we will understand and explore your challenges – discovering ways to enhance your life.

Hello! I am an LMHC with over 10 years of experience working with children, teens, families, and young adults. I enjoy working with children who experience anxiety, depression, oppositional behaviors, PTSD, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and other adjustment difficulties due to life changes and family transitions. I also enjoy working with young adults to help support transition from childhood to adulthood and work through the adjustment of finding your own way during the post-high school, college, and graduate school years. I enjoy helping people find increased peace in their daily lives and more confidence in themselves.

Aliza Shapiro, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and Founder of Therapy In The City, PLLC. Aliza practices in New York, New Jersey, and Florida, and utilizes both Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior therapies in her treatment approach. In her clinical work, Aliza helps adults, young adults, and adolescents overcome an array of mental health challenges including depression, OCD, anxiety, and general life transitions. Aliza was trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Dr. Charles Swenson; and in Cognitive Behavior Therapy by Harvard psychologist, Dr. David Rosmarin, and specializes in treating OCD, panic, and anxiety disorders.

*Not currently accepting new clients* **Currently providing telehealth sessions only** Are you dealing with stress and anxiety regarding COVID-19? Do you find yourself overwhelmed with daily life challenges and transitions? Relationship issues? Conflict at work? Are you searching for a sense of peace that seems to be missing in your life?

My work is my passion. I am committed, whole-heartedly, to helping people improve the quality of their relationships, clarify their goals, and create the conditions to best support their interests and self-expression. My therapeutic style is highly collaborative and interactive. I will work with you to create a customized treatment approach to meet the specific needs that are bringing you to treatment. I put forth great effort in building a nonjudgemental, trusting, and safe relationship where you can be free to explore frustrating patterns that keep interfering with your ability to achieve your personal desires.

If you’re struggling with relationship issues you don’t have to face them alone. I’m an experienced and compassionate therapist who can help you resolve relationship problems. If you’re looking for long-term partnership, I can help you determine your needs and goals in forming a relationship so that you can decide whether someone you’ve met is right for you. If you’re in a relationship and experiencing conflict, I can help you implement boundaries and communicate with your partner in a way that strengthens your union. I support those seeking to end a relationship that's no longer working including those seeking to divorce.

I use therapeutic skills and my training in strategic leadership to help women, most specifically WOC, advance in both their careers and their interpersonal relationships while at the same time developing a more compassionate relationship with themselves. I specialize in working with confidence or identity issues, imposter syndrome, anxiety and depression in women that can hold you back from making positive and progressive life transitions. With the understanding that there is room for all parts of ourselves in the therapeutic process.

I help clients to be learn how to identify and communicate their needs. I help clients to navigate their presenting problems in order to not be a prisoner of their past. Together we work on ways to become stronger, more resilient, more confident and to love yourself more.

I am an empathic, compassionate, psychodynamically trained psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience helping people do the courageous work necessary to make meaningful, transformative changes in their lives. Therapy, as I practice it, involves a collaborative process, requiring the active engagement of both myself and my client. I have particular success with people who already have some degree of intellectual insight about themselves but who have difficulty translating that knowledge into making emotional and practical changes in their lives -- building bridges from mind to heart and spirit.

My passion is to help clients make life changes that bring confidence, fulfillment and authenticity. As a Core Energetics Practitioner, with over fifteen years of experience, I help clients reengage their flow, purpose and direction. We can easily lose our sense of direction when struggles take over, whether those struggles are personal, relational or financial. We can find ourselves stuck in survival mode, depressed and anxious. Thoughts and movements become blocked and disconnected; we no longer feel in the flow of life. 

I think you'll agree that there are times in your relationship when breaking up seems the only option. You've hit a wall, and you can't figure out how to get around it. Or you've made the same bad choice again, even though this time it looked so-o-o different. Or you find yourself ready to slap your child, because you've run out of other solutions. You've reached a choice point. That's when my clients come to me.

The world can be a complicated, confusing, and really overwhelming place, and we all develop our own ways of coping. Sometimes we reach a point where we realize some of our strategies need to change. I strongly believe that removing the shame and stigma associated with certain coping mechanisms and behaviors is integral to adjusting them. I work with clients to identify, and have compassion for, why they enact certain responses, behaviors, and patterns, and develop new ones that meet their current needs and desires.

Feeling alone, anxious, sad, hurt, or depressed in this uncertain world? It's difficult to bear alone. This often interferes with every day life, if not peace of mind. Maybe I can help you. Practicing for many years as a psychotherapist, I have come to know what a difference it makes when you have a trusted empathic person to talk to. I provide a safe, confidential space and hope to form that empathic understanding bond with you. It is there that you can discuss your fears and/or anxieties, and find resolutions and options in your life where you feared there were none.

Feeling STUCK? People come to therapy when they feel burdened, suffering, or passing through a life transition that shocks or baffles them. People come for help to learn to accept themselves or make changes in their lives. But, old habits get in the way of attaining goals, connecting with people, and enjoying the richness of life. There is therapeutic magic in understanding and expressing the internal parts of ourselves that feel in conflict. Here, you learn ways to quiet the inner dialogue enough so that you can feel free to listen and take action to promote your own well-being.

For 30 years, I have helped couples learn the communication components necessary for strong, resilient relationships. You'll learn to use your strengths effectively in your work and personal life while resolving your weaknesses. Using a tried and true approach to decision making, I will help you develop a plan to move you towards your goals. We will deconstruct the causes of stress, tension and painful upsetting moods in your life. Privacy, confidentiality and respect for your needs are fundamental to my work with you.