Attachment-based Therapists in Gramercy Park, New York, NY

My guiding therapeutic belief is that each person is unconditionally valid and worthy of positive regard, no matter what you may be going through. I cultivate an environment where you can show up fully, exactly as you are. From that solid foundation, we can work on untangling distressing symptoms, entrenched patterns, or negative beliefs that may no longer be serving you. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, gender and sexual identity, trauma history, disordered eating, ADHD, and relationship issues.

I am a licensed social worker offering individual psychotherapy that is dynamic, supportive, non-judgemental and interactive. Together we will create a warm therapeutic environment where one can explore painful feelings, identify goals and develop strategies for coping with difficult emotion's and circumstances. My style is personable and challenging.

Are you feeling isolated in your relationships? While romance may begin in an instant, long-term relationships are not easy to maintain alone. No matter where you are in your relationship, seeking guidance, opening the lines of communication, and establishing safety in emotional expression are the cornerstones of any lasting and fulfilling relationship. I aim to empower my clients to realize the strengths they already possess. I work with them, both individually and as couples and families, to utilize those unique strengths to develop a positive narrative for their lives and relationships.

I believe that genuine relationships have the power to heal. And the relationship between a client and therapist is a particularly unique bond. Irvin Yalom has described this relationship as one of fellow travelers on an adventure of mutual growth and discovery. As your fellow traveler, I’ll stand alongside you as an active collaborator on your journey. I believe in the innate resilience of all human beings, and our ability to create a life in which we can thrive. We’ll use our relationship to understand and shift the patterns that are holding you back, and help you realize your vision for the life you want to lead.

Taking this step is likely a daunting and courageous one for you. I offer a safe, supportive environment in which to help you deal with difficult problems. No matter what the struggles are, I will actively listen and help you build self-awareness so that we may find ways to help you cope with problems and live in a way you feel better about. I work with people from all walks of life who struggle with anxiety, depression, relational/marital issues, postpartum, parenting and substance use disorders, to name a few.

I'm a Licensed Psychoanalyst and a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist. I have extensive experience working with people coping with depression, PTSD, relationship issues, anxiety and career concerns. I'm also trained in specific trauma evidence base treatments such as Internal Family System, EMDR, and Psychedelic Integration, all are specifically focused treatments designed to create meaningful, desirable and durable lifestyle changes.

How can we unearth our true potential? How can we release emotional trauma that is limiting our ability to achieve our version of success? When navigating the self I am inventive and curious. I give my clients a warm, soft place to land. My office is a safe, contained, vibrant space that fosters growth and reinvention. If you are someone feeling blocked by past trauma, stuck in destructive patterns, or harassed by anxious thinking, then I encourage you to reach out. You are not alone.

The best kind of therapy will help you feel more alive to yourself, to others, and to the world. It will imbue your life with color and dimension. In my practice, I have seen countless times how an open, warm and dynamic patient-therapist relationship can act as a remarkable catalyst in people’s lives. Our sessions should work as a vitalizing force against the ways you feel stuck—in dispiriting relationships, self-destructive habits, bleak self-image. This is a chance for both of us to understand you better so that you can let go of the old, rigid patterns and reach for new ways of being in the world.

Kas Ross is a psychotherapist and art therapist focused on working with queer, transgender, and non-binary youth and adults at Full Spectrum Creative Arts Therapy, a queer & trans group practice that provides in-person and remote psychotherapy for clients throughout New York State. Kas cares deeply about issues surrounding identity formation and self-esteem, human rights and advocacy, intersectionality, and culturally sensitive, affirming care. They incorporate holistic and eastern approaches into their work, including art and music, Tai-Chi movement, breathwork, tarot, and meditation.

I work creatively with individuals to identify and explore choices to shift unhealthy lifestyle patterns of behavior. I further approach my work with an anti-oppressive and social justice lens that allows me to work with individuals and families in finding emotional and social balance in communities of color affected by traumatic experiences. I am acutely aware of individuals' experiences and challenges working in the entertainment and sports industry. My personal experience as an artist, mother, and clinician in communities of color informs my understanding of anxiety's hidden complexities in this population.

Are you thinking "if I had made different choices in my life, I would not be feeling so empty, lonely or worthless."? You may not even know where these feelings are coming from or why they continue to overwhelm you. Although you cannot change or erase the past, you can come to a place where you can learn to relate to and experience the past differently. You can begin to understand where your patterns, feelings and behaviors come from and how they play out in your life. You can start to feel like a worthwhile person deserving of happiness and love in your life.

Congratulations on taking this step in seeking help and support for yourself or your family. I work with children and adolescents, families, men, and women. My 20-plus years of clinical work with children and families is built on an attachment-oriented foundation and is informed by my personal experience as an adoptive parent and training in relevant play and family therapies. Regardless of a child’s emotional/behavioral presentation or attachment (RAD) history, I view parents as partners in their child’s therapeutic process and support and guide them, in parent sessions and/or in family sessions with their child.

Psychotherapy is a gift you can give yourself. If you're feeling down or you can never fully relax; it might be hard to imagine you could feel better. Maybe you keep repeating unsatisfying relationship patterns even though you want something else. These challenges, as well as many others, can interfere with the joyful, satisfying life you want. Psychotherapy can help you understand parts of yourself you don't fully know. Ultimately, this enables you to experience greater freedom and to explore new possibilities. Psychotherapy involves emotional, intellectual, and bodily experience and can therefore be deeply transformational.

I believe that the client – therapist relationship is the single most important factor for successful treatment. It is my goal to provide a safe space that is non-judgmental, attuned to your needs, engaging and genuinely empathetic. This allows for a trusting and collaborative partnership to explore your thoughts, feelings and patterns of interacting with others.

As a psychologist, I help people address their struggles and reach their potential. I pay careful attention to the establishment of a safe, trusting environment where people feel heard, seen, and supported. I have come to recognize the issues that come along with our attempts to cope with challenges that life presents. We often use strategies that might have been useful in the past and are less helpful now. These patterns--many of which are not in our immediate awareness--are multilayered and as such, present as portals for us to access the enormous field of potential for lasting change which we aim to access collaborativelly.

What's keeping you from meeting the world the way you want to? Many people seek therapy because of a specific set of symptoms or problems. Others feel more generally stuck, fed up, or confused by patterns that they cannot break despite continued efforts. I work with adults, couples, and adolescents struggling with relationship issues, depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, sexual identity, and the impact of traumatic experience. Together, we will create an exploratory space that fosters emotional authenticity, relief from shame, and a restored sense of vitality.

I work with young adults and adults individually and with couples, who are eager to resolve internal/external conflicts and understand themselves better. My clients typically struggle with depression, anxiety, relationship or personality issues, low self esteem. During therapy, we explore how you process your life experiences and the ways that you might be creating obstacles to your personal growth. Together we look at patterns of behavior that are maladaptive and focus on how to make changes. I encourage you to express creativity. A therapy session with me is an active conversation: direct, focused, and compassionate.

I’m an individual and couples therapist specializing in trauma. Many seek therapy for help with issues that are hard to face alone and find therapy can help overcome obstacles to their well-being by learning strategies to express themselves, heal from painful experiences, and gain practical skills to manage difficult feelings and situations. Through my specialties of EMDR, couples and trauma therapy, I help my clients heal heartaches from the past, build stronger bonds, and start living a happier, and healthier life in the present.