Adults Therapists in Lincoln Square, New York, NY

I work with people of all ages who are navigating life transitions, struggling with anxiety, perfectionism, and shame, and experiencing challenges in relationships. I also specialize in helping people make peace with their bodies and heal their relationships with food and exercise.

I am here to help. My clients often feel they are not maximizing their potential, despite others believing they have it all under control. My philosophy is rooted in cultivating meaningful relationships, developing awareness and challenging assumptions. Specialties include relationships, stress, executive coaching, the creative process, empowerment and the LGBT community. I believe in working co-actively. As your therapist, I help you close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. I hold you accountable to what you say is important to you. I support. I challenge. I cheerlead. I give you the honest truth.

I believe effective psychotherapy is built on trust. When emotional engagement and support are established, the therapist/client relationship can work to facilitate recovery from many conditions as diverse as depression, anxiety, grief and loss, chronic stress, and even psychosomatic disorders. The work of therapy involves learning new ways of managing emotions, changing behaviors that contribute to problems, and challenging faulty assumptions often rooted in earlier experiences.

When someone seeks psychotherapy, it is to address questions, suffering, a dissatisfaction, unmooredness, or a desire for something to be different.

Hello, my name is Joseph Ramsey and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). I have 23 years of experience in the field and 16 of those 23 years has been spent providing counseling services to families, individuals, and couples. My approach is collaborative and I firmly believe in honesty and transparency. My focus areas are anxiety, depression, problems related to anxiety and depression (i.e. obsessive compulsive disorder) and trauma. I am most comfortable treating anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorders, bipolar I and II, mood disorders, grief, complex trauma, and anger issues.

Sharing yourself with someone new takes vulnerability and bravery. Sharing your relationship struggles with someone new can be intimidating as well. As a trauma-focused individual and relationship therapist, I aim to make the experience as comfortable as possible for you. I believe that we are all deserving of compassion, respect, and generosity. My clients have diverse lived experiences and backgrounds. As such, I approach my practice with an intersectional perspective, ensuring your therapeutic experience is individually tailored to your needs.

ADHD has become a widely recognized challenge that can be treated medically as well as non-medically. Depending on the child or adult and their specific circumstances and needs, we can help. To assess and diagnose, we have experienced psychiatrists and psychologists on staff. Once diagnosed, if medication is warranted as a part of the treatment plan, the psychiatrist would continue in his/her role as the prescribing physician. He/she would communicate with the other clinicians in the center who, as part of the treatment team, would have non-medical roles in the effective treatment of ADHD and its associated conditions.

Are you looking to make positive changes in your life? Choosing a skilled, knowledgeable and collaborative therapist is the first step. As an experienced sex/psychotherapist and medical social worker, I work with you as you navigate through life's transitions, cross that communication barrier, address a medical diagnosis or address issues of a sexual nature. I provide counseling for individuals and couples addressing chronic illness/pain/disabilities, sexual/relationship issues, anxiety/depression and other challenges. I'm an attuned and empathic listener who provides a safe and supportive environment to work in to help you achieve your goals.

Feelings have a way of getting to us despite our best efforts. Cultural prescriptions for navigating our emotional experiences can easily lead to confusion and frustration. The recent crisis has further shaken the foundations of our security and stirred up previously hidden inner conflicts for many. If you are struggling with feelings of sadness, anxiety, fear, loss, insecurity or relationship difficulties psychotherapy is likely an excellent option for you.

You’re probably feeling overwhelmed. Maybe you’re tired of being upset and misunderstood all of the time, or of acting out on emotions because you think they control you, instead of the other way around. The cycle of feeling emotionally sensitive, overly anxious, guilty or ashamed, and always on edge, has probably taken a huge tole on your life and relationships. You might feel things more strongly than other people, and when you’re upset find yourself doing things that you later regret. If the above speaks to you, then you likely spend a lot of time feeling hurt, misunderstood, and alone. But you don’t need to keep living this way.

All Services available online via video conferencing! I specialize in working with individuals struggling with weight loss and weight management. I provide an alternative strategy to weight loss based on cognitive therapy that allows people to change their life and their relationship with food, instead of just dieting. Learn more at www.MeOnlyBetter.com.

I am a NYS licensed Psychoanalyst and I am Licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in Israel. I have 17 years of experience working with individuals and couples from diverse cultures and backgrounds. I invite you to explore the difficulties with which you are struggling, in an accepting, non judgmental and playful environment. Together, we will learn about unconscious and unprocessed aspects of your sense of self and about narratives you carry with you that affect your life choices and that shape your everyday experiences with people and alone and will work together to modify it in a way that will allow you higher degrees of freedom.

Life presents us with challenges that can interfere with health and wholeness. We each have the ability to approach and integrate these challenges, yet it is easier with support. I work with individuals and couples of all ages seeking help with: life transitions, grief, anxiety, depression, personal identity, LGBTQ, relationship concerns, and alternative lifestyles, including consensual nonmonogamy. I also work with individuals navigating demanding and competitive high-profile careers in finance, law, healthcare, and the arts. Together we will nurture resiliency, empowerment, wholeness, and well-being.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist and I work to help people make changes in how they lead their lives and experience themselves. Trained in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theories, I help people address a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, personality disorders and relationship problems. My approach is collaborative, empathic, and supportive.

After college, I travelled to Chennai and Ethiopia where I practiced narrative therapy and photography. My experiences learning about eastern and western treatment modalities inspired me to move to Shanghai where I earned a masters degree in social work. As a queer woman, I have been in both the client and therapist position and have experienced and understand the need for better awareness on how to offer support and to encourage self-compassion.

In my role as counselor, I’m guided by a desire to deeply understand who you are, how you see yourself and your place in the world, and the changes you want to make to lead a more fulfilling life. People are only able to reach a space of true healing and growth when they feel a deep-seated sense of safety. I work hard to create this by making space for intersecting identities and intentionally challenging thoughts and feelings that have historically caused clients to feel ashamed. No one should have to suffer alone. The therapy process can be an onerous and vulnerable one; it can also be transformative and joyful.

For all the reasons people come to seek help, learning to inhabit one's body more fully, with mindful awareness of the sensations and messages they are attempting to show us, greatly enhances the effectiveness in achieving one's goals. We work to live as fully and genuinely in the present as possible, while effectively communicating our thoughts, feelings and sensations based on knowledge of oneself and other. Our cellular memory brings to light the issues we are challenged with and greatly enhances our ability to sense and make choices about the long-held habit patterns that hurt ourselves and others.

My trainings and life experiences have shaped a unique therapeutic approach. Post Covid the challenges and anxieties we feel are profound. Psychotherapy is an invaluable journey; deepening the identification of personal strengths, greater self-awareness and self-reliance. It is important to examine recurring issues and patterns; understanding the narratives of trauma. Ultimately the goal is to achieve a greater sense of balance, joy and awareness. I am focused on crafting tools with my clients as a resource for them to draw upon. Beyond working with individuals, I have advanced training with couples.

Welcome! I am a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice on the Upper West Side. I completed my Ph.D. at Fordham University, and my pre-doctoral internship at the Yale University School of Medicine. I specialize in providing treatments that have been supported by research including cognitive behavioral therapy for mood and anxiety disorders, dialectical behavior therapy for emotion dysregulation/borderline personality disorder, and relapse prevention/motivational interviewing for substance abuse. In addition to my private practice, I work as a supervising psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine.