Emotionally Focused Therapists in Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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Robin Brady LCSW, MBA
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MBA
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I am a certified Relational Life therapist (RLT,) training with Terry Real and have trained with Sue Johnson in
Emotionally Focused
Therapy (EFT.
My work is compassionate, interactive and decisive, always towards your greater authenticity. We focus on discovering, developing and achieving your goals and on reducing obstacles towards them. We can work quickly in a crisis or explore deeper issues. I love complex issues: the tensions within couples that stunt their intimacy. The challenges of parenting. The lingering sense that you cannot reach some vital aspects of yourself.
Avi Klein
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
10 Endorsed
Verified
10 Endorsed
I am trained in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and
Emotionally Focused
Therapy (EFT), two powerful forms of psychotherapy designed to promote connection, healing and growth.
Are you living the life you want? Is your relationship a source of pain for you? Are you arguing more, trusting less, or finding yourself not looking forward to spending time together? Maybe your relationship feels stuck, like you're just replaying the same disagreement over and over again. Do you not like the person you are when you're in a relationship or wonder why you keep repeating patterns in the type of person you date? Human beings are wired for connection, yet somehow the people we are closest with also seem to cause us the most pain.
Colette Ingrid Brown
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MA Ed, LMSW
Verified
Verified
I use an inclusive approach and am trained in
Emotionally Focused
, Psychodynamic, Narrative, and the Ackerman Relational therapies.
For 15 years, I was a NYC public school teacher working in specialized high schools and that experience has informed my understanding of how our intersectional identities influence how we comfortably we move in our world today. I believe that personal, cultural and societal narratives can influence who we are and what we believe we can achieve. I use an anti-bias trauma informed lens and techniques to help all people navigate life’s provocations. I am also an avid gamer and use video & tabletop games, RPGs and other staples of Geek culture in my work with some clients to build empowering metaphors of their life experience.
Anita Mambo Cohn-Harvest Your Strengths
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MA
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
I have training in AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) and EFT (
Emotionally Focused
Therapy).
If you're experiencing anxiety, stress, overwhelm, depression, loss, loneliness, dissatisfaction, going through a life transition or struggling in relationships, we will focus on harvesting your inner and resilient strengths to ignite healing and recovery. Harvest Your Strengths is designed to help you: feel better, grow stronger and wiser, discover what makes you happy and strengthen your relationships. I also work with couples seeking to better understand one another and strengthen their bond- we increase trust, intimacy and connection.
Lola Argiro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, EdM
Verified
Verified
I (she/her/hers/ella) believe that therapy should be accessible, trauma-informed and should help people lead lives that interest and challenge them. My therapeutic approaches are rooted in social justice with an emphasis on exploration through learning and storytelling. I believe that everyone is an expert on their own lives and that clients are best supported when they are engaged in shaping their therapeutic experiences. I support clients who identify as Latinx, queer/trans/GNC and/or neurodivergent, as well as young adults.
Rebecca Demi Lermsider
Art Therapist, MS, LCAT
Verified
Verified
I am a licensed creative arts and dance/movement therapist. My clients sense that their trauma lives in the body but may not know how to access it. My passion lies in using a holistic approach in order to help you become more functional in regulating emotions and overcoming anxiety and depressive symptoms. Moving, attuning, and creating through life’s transitions with a therapist as witness allows for your sustainable health and growth. Your resilient body-mind connection is attainable with this combination of body-oriented practices I offer which focuses on body-mind integration, repairing self-esteem, and true trauma healing.
Amy Michelle Rosenthal
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
Life in New York can be challenging, especially if you feel alone or overwhelmed. You may have exhausted your usual coping methods and need someone to talk to gain insight and establish newer, more adaptive skills. The impact of a difficult childhood, complex family dynamics, trauma, a stressful/unsatisfying job or relationship, or parenting in isolation can add additional stressors. We will explore these and any other issues you have, so you can articulate what is going on, gain insights about your feelings, behaviors, and reactions, and figure out how to make lasting changes that will lead to a more peaceful and satisfying life.
Braulio Pimentel
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified
Verified
It is through congruence, a genuine ability to empathize and to be compassionate, that I believe is how an organic developing therapeutic relationship manifests. My style’s core foundation revolves around a collaboration between Rogerian Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT),
Emotionally Focused
Therapy (EFT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). It is with an open heart that I invite you to give yourself an opportunity at enhancing your quality of life through the process of self-discovery.
Josephine Olivia Ferraro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
EMDR Therapy, Clinical Hypnosis, Somatic Experiencing, AEDP,
Emotionally Focused
Couple Therapy (EFT), Sex Therapy, Strengths Based approach.
I help clients to overcome obstacles that are keeping them from maximizing their potential. I provide a supportive treatment environment. My specialties include trauma, depression, anxiety, sex therapy, kink aware, bereavement, grief, loss, relationship issues, couples therapy, career issues, codependency issues, LGBTQ issues. During COVID-19 crisis, I am providing online therapy.
Easton Gaines
Psychologist, MSEd, PsyD
Verified
Verified
I practice Holistic Psychology and am passionate about making evidence-based therapeutic practices accessible. Therapy with me is collaborative, flexible, and strengths-based. My approach is grounded in scientifically-backed methods with specialized training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). I see clients of all ages ranging from young childhood through adulthood, including families and couples.
Anthony Preischel
Pre-Licensed Professional, MCH, LP
Verified
Verified
I am extensively trained in CBT through the through the Beck Institute of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, REBT through the Albert Ellis Institute, EFT Couples Counseling through New York Center for
Emotionally Focused
Therapy, and Couples Therapy using the Gottman Method.
Accepting new clients. Knowing where you want to be and not knowing how to get there can be one of the greatest challenges anyone can face. You don’t have to face it alone. As a psychotherapist, I work with you through this process. I have dedicated my life to helping people and have over 25 years of experience working with clients transforming their bodies and their lives.
Jennifer Stone-Levine
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PhD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I also have specialized trainings in
Emotionally Focused
Therapy, Imago therapy, Sex therapy, and working with LGBTQ individuals and couples.
Therapy is about listening in-depth - to stories of our past and present, to our emotions, our affects, and our ways of relating. I create a safe space to listen carefully and empathically to help you understand how you have developed into who you are, and what gets in the way in the here and now. There are many ways to do this work. I believe the most important place to start in any modality is by establishing a solid therapeutic alliance. This relationship becomes a vehicle for exploring other ways of relating. I have a particular interest in childhood trauma, attachment, depression, anxiety, and relationship difficulties.
Nicholas Samstag
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis are potentially useful ways to connect more productively with the myriad challenges of what it means to be human. The patients I work best with are curious about how to change their current behavior to reduce psychological difficulties, as well as to address how their prior history has influenced their current situation. I hold a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and a certificate in psychoanalysis from the William Allison White Institute. In addition, I have also completed advanced training in
Emotionally Focused
Therapy for couples.
Tess Rafferty
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
When so much feels uncertain, I am here to help you find your way from fatigue and overwhelm to peace and acceptance. The dedicated time and space of our sessions and a safe, non-judgmental therapeutic relationship will support you in creating the fulfilling relationships and experiences you are longing for. I bring my background as a mindful-living coach to my work as a therapist, and I love to support clients who are seeking to cultivate more compassion for themselves and within their relationships. I believe that everyone can benefit from therapy, no matter what is currently taking center stage in their lives.
Ken Leeds
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I provide an integrative, psycho-dynamically based psychotherapy. I work with individual adult clients, couples and teens. I work with my clients in an acceptance-based, patient, gentle and methodical way. Therapy for me is a collaborative process in which the client and therapist mutually identify, clarify and explore the issues that are facing the client, paced in a way that is fully comfortable to the client
Hope Kelaher
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I am an Individual, Couples, and Family Therapist practicing in NYC for the past several years. I have completed a post graduate training program at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, and have training in
Emotionally Focused
Couples Therapy and trauma-informed practice. My practice is collaborative, engaging, transparent, and empathetic. I work to build bridges of understanding within and amongst individuals using a systemic approach that focuses on reducing blame, hopelessness, and anxiety so as to build bonds of connection, love, and compassion. View my website: HopeKelaherTherapy.com.
Linda J Bradley
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, AT, LCSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
To feel unsafe, emotionally unsafe, with your partner can feel very unsettling and certainly unfulfilling. And to seek help around these issues can feel scary: As an advanced trained therapist in working with Couples and Families I use
Emotionally Focused
Therapy (EFT) that centers around restructuring a once secure bond by identifying negative cycles that have led to distance, distrust, fear, and hurt. Through EFT the couple learns to look to each other through a new lens. The relationship can now be experienced as the place for secure emotional connection where their partner is accessible, responsive, and engaged.
Lexi Garber
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
My approach is integrative, strengths-based, and crafted to meet my clients' needs, drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy,
emotionally focused
therapy for couples, EMDR, and the mind-body connection among other therapeutic techniques.
I believe in the beautiful complexity of humans and in human fortitude to navigate what hurts. As a therapist, I am here to help deepen your understanding of the wonder and the pain within your meaningful story and make space for something new. Reaching for support takes courage; I will meet you on your path, assess your needs, and together, help healing unfold in a warm, safe, and encouraging space. I have expertise and a special dedication to those managing perinatal challenges. I also work with those coping with anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, the myriad of life’s transitions, and the unique experience of first responders.
Dr. Natalie Zaragoza
Marriage & Family Therapist, DMFT, MS, LMFT
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I am passionately trauma-informed and am advanced trained in somatic experiencing (SE) and advanced trained in
emotionally focused
therapy for individuals (EFIT) and couples (EFT).
Welcome! I am a psychotherapist striving to deliver high-quality therapy that is holistic and tailored to you. My priority is providing a safe and comfortable therapeutic relationship. This foundation is the groundwork that allows my clients to take risks in therapy and discuss what is really getting in the way of the life they want to lead. Therapy with me means going beyond the surface of thoughts and behaviors to access underlying emotions that are often at the root of feeling stuck. As an attachment-based therapist, I help my clients explore their relationships and their emotional and behavioral patterns.
Not accepting new clients
Garcia Marriage and Family Therapist, PLLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CST
Verified
Verified
This includes
emotionally focused
therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, internal family systems and narrative therapy.
As a licensed and skilled family therapist, I offer services to individuals, couples, teens, children, and families. Based on my education, training, and life experiences I believe that the individual can be better understood through the context of their relationships (family, romantic, etc.). I believe it is more important to understand the meaning of emotions, versus whether they are right or wrong to feel.
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Emotionally Focused Therapists
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an approach to therapy that helps clients identify their emotions, learn to explore and experience them, to understand them and then to manage them. Emotionally Focused Therapy embraces the idea that emotions can be changed, first by arriving at or 'living' the maladaptive emotion (e.g. loss, fear or shame) in session, and then learning to transform it. Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples seeks to break the negative emotion cycles within relationships, emphasizing the importance of the attachment bond between couples, and how nurturing of the attachment bonds and an empathetic understanding of each others emotions can break the cycles.