Therapists in Gramercy Park, New York, NY

I work with clients to identify their most important areas for personal growth, develop plans for change, and enact that plan; by matching the therapy to the client, ensuring that every client develops tools and strategies to tackle their own personal challenges and life transitions.. My approach includes influences from yoga, drama, music, and art.

Drawing on 15 years of experience in a range of clinical settings, Amanda combines energy, humor, and empathy to help her clients overcome life's challenges and achieve their goals. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Amanda believes there is no cookie-cutter approach to therapy — instead, she offers a personalized blend of traditional talk therapy and practical skills and tools as she builds meaningful relationships with her clients.

I imagine that you are seeking therapy because you feel depressed or anxious and want to explore what troubles you and why. Maybe you're unhappy at work, or aren't getting along with a partner, or are grieving the loss of someone dear to you. Therapy is a safe place where you can be yourself and open up about the difficulties you're having. Together we will identify how you get in your own way and work to remove the blocks that weigh you down and keep you from achieving your goals and more contentedly living your life.

As a therapist and yoga teacher, part of my approach involves integrating mindfulness, the mind-body connection, and movement into talk therapy. By bringing awareness to how your body experiences emotions, we can address stress, overwhelm, and anxiety you’re carrying and create space for more joy, compassion, and ease. We’ll also use other evidence-based strategies to recognize unhelpful patterns, explore the relationship between your past and present experiences, and identify goals to support the future self you want to create.

When we are given a safe space to explore our innermost thoughts and feelings, opportunities for self-expansion are endless. I consider the intersecting areas of the dynamic person you are to guide you on your journey of healing and self-discovery. I'm passionate about working with AAPI individuals, couples, and women navigating relationships, cultural identity, anxiety, eating disorders, and self-esteem. Together, we'll work toward self-acceptance, building emotional resilience and deepening self awareness. You are the expert of your own life and I am here to support you in welcoming meaningful change.

I am an individual, couples and family therapist practicing in NYC for over 20 years. I supervise and teach family therapy at Ackerman Institute. My approach is collaborative, active, and empathic. I use a systemic approach that decreases blame and helps people move from overwhelming feelings of despair, anger, anxiety, and jealousy to the possibility of experiencing the love and compassion that they long for in their lives. I bring years of personal and professional experience to my practice.

I believe that everyone deserves help and a warm, empathetic environment to express themselves. My therapy style is guided by the unrelenting hope for a better future while holding space for the current suffering and negative emotions. I hold expertise treating couples and individuals from diverse backgrounds and have helped my clients in dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship problems, intimacy issues, trauma, and life’s challenges.

Having worked in both programmatic and private practice settings, I bring a breadth of experience to my work with clients. I primarily see adults and adolescents, including couples and families, but am open to referrals of all types.

I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, life stressors, family/relationship issues, and forensic issues. To tailor my services to the needs of each client, I utilize a variety of therapeutic approaches in my practice, including CBT, somatic therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and interpersonal and social rhythm therapy, among others.

I believe that we all engage in repetitive behaviors in our approaches to relationships, our work, and ourselves. These ways of being and coping made sense at earlier points in our lives, but hold us back from feeling authentic in the present. The process of therapy can create long-term shifts through building understanding of ourselves and by allowing for greater freedom in self-expression. I view therapy as transformative because of the safe space it provides for a new relational experience, one in which patients can experiment with new thoughts, feelings, and words in the presence of a receptive professional.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Manhattan, New York. My goal in working with individuals is to develop a supportive and collaborative relationship that can facilitate personal growth. I believe in each person's ability and capacity for self reflection and insight. I strive to provide a safe and engaging environment in which change can occur.

I specialize in working with people who are committed to enhancing their lives through self-exploration under the guidance of a highly trained professional. I work with adults who desire a better understanding of themselves and look for freedom in how they experience their emotional life and the world around them. I am also the Founder and Clinical Director of Gotham Mental Health Group, PLLC, a Flatiron (and Northern Westchester) based group private practice. We offer individual, couples, family and group psychotherapy. www.gothammft.com

In my work I use therapy to help identify and support my clients in getting what they want out of life. Whether it is making a big life change, working on a relationship, or resolving an issue that you have not been able to get a handle on, therapy can help you develop the necessary tools and insight to navigate through life's challenges. Furthermore, the skills you will gain will help you not only with the presenting problem, in our work we will explore how these skills can be applied to improve other areas of your life.

Therapy is a safe place to work on life challenges. My style is an eclectic approach using psychodynamic and behavioral modification methods, guided by my intuition, compassion and belief in you. I help clients discover their strengths while empowering them to discover the "why" of negative patterns, and the "how" of making changes. I am candid, without judgment and I encourage without pressure.

Over the past thirty years, I have worked with individuals, couples, and families who are internationals coming from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds. I use a range of psychotherapeutic approaches to offer you guidance and help you build coping skills to resolve your unique experiences, such as depression, anxiety, loss, relationship conflicts, work stress, traumas, family/couples' conflicts, and parenting struggles. I am dedicated to helping you transform unhealthy habitual patterns by opening opportunities for you to find more strength, compassion, and aliveness in your life and in your relationships.

Life can often be challenging, overwhelming, and confusing. I believe therapy should be a safe and supportive space to process and resolve past difficulties, current stressors, and anxieties about the future. I aim to empower individuals and couples to be their authentic selves, to pursue the lives they want, and to embrace vulnerability in their relationships. Together, we will work to help you achieve your goals and feel more at peace with yourself.

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.

Engaging in creative work, connecting with your partner, and deepening intimacy requires being in touch with your emotions. So it can be particularly challenging when you’re too anxious to get into character, too depressed to get out of bed, or too anxious for date night. All of a sudden, you find yourself feeling isolated, misunderstood, or like a painter working with frayed brushes. You deserve a space in therapy to work through life’s challenges. Sometimes, we get so wrapped up in the mind that it becomes difficult—or even painful—to slow down and notice what you're feeling both emotionally and in your body.

I work with a diverse range of individuals, families and partners. I hold a certification in family and couples counseling. My approach includes reprocessing traumatic events & triggers, building an attuned and confident sense of self, improving communication and managing a life that will bring forth a purposeful future.