Couples Counseling Therapists in Gramercy Park, New York, NY

Welcome. I seek to provide individuals and couples with an engaging and collaborative process. Aspiring to be curious and supportive as you identify & explore uncomfortable feelings, discordant self-beliefs, or painful relational dynamics that are keeping you from having more meaningful, enlivened, and loving connections to yourself and others. Navigating together, we will address areas, that may include love, family dynamics, internal conflict, issues of health, work, friendship, school, trauma, addiction, & loss. With couples' areas of exploration sex/intimacy, premarital counselling, financial issues, betrayal & fertility.

Feeling anxious, lost, alone, disconnected from yourself, partner, family, or peers? I can help. I am a therapist with over 10 years of experience and training working with diverse individuals and families experiencing a range of mental health challenges. I have treated mood disorders, anxiety, grief/loss, trauma, attachment ruptures, communication, and relationship challenges. I bring a trauma- informed, strengths-based, culturally competent, anti-oppressive, and intersectional lens to my professional practice.

I work collaboratively with my patients to explore the ways in which their past experiences have shaped their current relationships, both with themselves and with others. In therapy, we will pay close attention to the dynamics of our own relationship, as well as to patterns of behavior and communication that may be holding you back in other areas of your life. By developing greater self-awareness and insight into these patterns, you can begin to break free of old patterns and forge more meaningful and fulfilling connections with others.

As a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, I am interested in how relationships heal and transform individuals. I work closely with my patients to illuminate areas in which they feel disconnected from others, and then together, we come up with ways to bridge those gaps. I have specialties in work with survivors of incest and sexual abuse, couples counseling and parenting issues, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer adolescents and adults, as well as experience working with dissociation due to trauma.

My passions and experiences lie in working with children, pre-teens, and young adults who are navigating various forms of trauma. I also work with women and couples who are navigating the different challenges that come with a partner having experienced past trauma that is impacting their day-to-day lives.

As a therapist, I prioritize getting to know the whole person and deeply value the unique relationship that grows within the therapeutic space. I have a special interest in the Queer community and work from a feminist, body positive orientation. My experience includes an array of settings and treatment modalities from eating disorders, intimate partner violence, intensive in-home family therapy to career counseling.

I am passionate about working with individuals and couples in their relationships. I acknowledge the impact of their relationship with their jobs, relationships with family, relationships with friends, lovers, anxieties, loneliness, and themselves. As an artist with a creative approach, I help clients understand the basics of these relationships while working together with them to reimagine and recreate those relationships in new ways. I seek to assist my clients in promoting peace, wholeness, and energy that reflects the uniqueness we all have. I would love to assist you in reimagining the way you approach challenges in your life.

We can never prepare for everything that life will throw at us. However, we can learn strategies to better help us change what is within our control and cope with what isn’t. Being vulnerable is scary – whether this is your first time seeking therapy or you’ve been before. I want to ensure that you feel comfortable, and I strive to provide an empathic, collaborative, and non-judgmental space where we can comfortably explore what you are wrestling with and your goals. I believe that a positive client-therapist relationship built on mutual respect and honesty is essential for effective intervention and meaningful growth.

Dealing with painful loss or an ending? In a life transition? Need to make a major decision but don't feel sure? Often people get stuck in emotional cycles and shadows of the past that offset clarity and objectivity. I offer 40 years of experience helping people through these kinds of times. Through my life coaching/mentoring practice, I provide an empathic and practical appoach to identifying patterns and providing insight, while helping clients work through fears and find solutions. I believe that developing self-compassion as one gains awareness, is useful to making changes and acting with more confidence and assertiveness.

Starting therapy can be daunting. I blend irreverence with a solution-focused approach to therapy. I enjoy helping clients tailor therapy to fit their needs and have been trained in many skills-based approaches. I have extensive experience working with individuals, couples, and families and a wide variety of issues. I have worked with people from many different cultures, ethnicities, religious backgrounds, genders, sexualities, abilities, and ages.

I am a licensed psychotherapist with ten years of experience helping people live happier, healthier, and more fulfilled lives. I hope you'll explore this profile and my website to learn more about me and my approach to therapy. My approach involves both working with clients to lessen their feelings of distress and overwhelm in the present, and also exploring deeper issues that may be at the root of their troubles.

I am an experienced psychotherapist who finds the therapeutic relationship to be a mutually meaningful experience. I have a direct, interactive approach to feelings that worry you & take up unwanted space in your mind & body. I prioritize feelings of self care & self health. I am interested in your current life experience, relationships & history. I guide you towards finding solutions that feel under your control & genuine to your identity. I help by working on personal & institutional trauma, which over looked can lead to self neglect, abuse & addiction. In sessions, positive energy & humor help you to feel in control & connected.

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.

Therapy with me is a safe space where individuals can consider their current lives, assess their circumstances, and understand their past in order to live more fully. Therapy can help you better understand yourself, navigate life's daily stressors, and help you cope with major life changes and loss. I see a wide range of clients working respectfully with individuals from diverse cultural, ethnic, sexual-identity and -orientation backgrounds.I am trained in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, helping couples to stop negative negative emotional cycles, and communicate better together.

My top therapeutic strengths lie in helping those in early, middle, and late adulthood. I have extensive experience working with individuals 21+ and feel am able to relate & help guide them towards the direction they desire to move in. I also enjoy working with veterans, individuals in marginalized communities, and those struggling with substance disorders.

There have been times I couldn't help but cry with people and I couldn't help but laugh. Suffice it to say I will join you, once you feel comfortable, being creative about finding out how to be the most alive...how to tolerate and move effectively through pain...how to live from a place of ownership, passion, love...how to just be...human. In a fast-paced world where connection and meaning are forgotten, we cultivate a space for finding yourself. Go at your pace and take seriously your story and explore ways to make changes or even start to figure out what changes you may need in your life. Life is a process for us to see about.

Couples in crisis,or quietly losing their way, have come to me for help in strengthening their relationships in a neutral, supportive atmosphere. I also have extensive experience with individuals (adult and children) and families. In crisis, short term or long term therapy, I am quite familiar with issues of depression, anxiety, work, or family stress. Many clients contact me regarding concerns about isolation, sexual identity, mood swings,and interpersonal relationships . Men, who often seek out therapy less readily than women, are well represented in my practice. People in the arts also occupy a large part of my work.

My specialty is working with young people on the cusp of adulthood who are on a journey of self discovery. They might be getting clear on their gender or sexuality or rebuilding a relationship with their body When you’ve been repressing a part of your identity, you may feel like you’re just going through the motions or unclear on what you want. My work is centered on bringing those parts of yourself to the surface so you can feel comfortable in your own skin. As you grow into yourself, my vision for you to reach a place of self acceptance both inside and out.

As a licensed marriage and family therapist, I am trained to think systemically and work with individuals, couples and families. I have worked with a wide range of presenting problems, such as: depression and anxiety, stress related to life transitions (such as marriage, pregnancy, graduation, switching careers, etc), relationship & family issues, issues related to parenting and children, trauma, chronic pain, and more.