HealthFirst Therapists in Midtown, New York, NY

Samantha Mittman is a licensed social worker who obtained her master’s degree from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service. Her experience in the field includes inpatient mental health, emergency room psychiatric services as well as private practice. She has received training in cognitive behavioral therapy and has extensive experience working with adolescents, parents and young adults. Samantha’s areas of practice include psychotherapy with individuals navigating life transitions, romantic / platonic relationship challenges, family-based conflict, those with anxiety, depression, OCD and PTSD.

One of the greatest gifts therapy has to offer is the empowerment and flexibility to move through and beyond your experiences. Together, therapy can be a space for reflection, discovery, skill building and greater understanding of self and the world around you. Exploring the pillars of a person's journey should be a holistic experience. As a practice, respecting one's personal, environmental, religious, spiritual and cultural beliefs can be a pathway to establish rich conversations while forming a relationship.

The doctors, therapists and counselors at Applied Behavioral Sciences have decades of experience developing and leading health care and social service programs. They has helped 10's of thousands of people overcome extreme impulsive behaviors such as impulsive anger, impulsive aggression, impulsive sexual behavior, impulsive eating, impulsive shopping, impulsive gambling, domestic violence.

Immediate Availability: 1199, Healthfirst, and Fidelis. Whether you're struggling with a particular issue or just can't shake the feeling that there should be more to life, we can help by providing you with the insight and tools you need to move beyond current obstacles. Comprehensive Counseling LCSWs is an affiliate company of LearnWell. We are a community based mental health practice where a diverse group of New York State licensed mental health professionals draw from a variety of therapeutic techniques to assist clients in achieving their treatment goals.

The Gender & Sexuality Therapy Center (G&STC) is a psychotherapy group focusing on providing LGBTQ+, kink, and poly competent therapy. We offer therapy to individuals, couples, multi-partner relationships and families. Our goal is to offer a safe, non-judgmental, and empowering therapeutic space to the individuals and communities who often lack access to services, and are met with stigma, discrimination and micro-aggressions, even while in therapy.

Perhaps you sense that you could feel happier and more gratified in life. I believe that those seeking therapy want and deserve more. I am a Psychoanalytically trained Psychotherapist. You and I will collaborate to understand you, connect you to your deep feelings, and free you from repeating self-defeating behavior and unhealthy relationships, so that you can achieve the goals and happiness you desire. I have success working with depression, anxiety, trauma, self esteem, anger, relationship issues, career issues. I worked at Bellevue Hospital, in Psychiatry, and at ICP, prior to opening my private practice.

Therapy can be a deeply transformative experience. Even in our darkest times, there is always hope for a happier, more vibrant future. I’m here to help guide and support you, whether you’re experiencing depression, anxiety, PTSD/complex trauma, or if you are dealing with a more general issue like identity or life transitions.

These are uncertain times. People are navigating anxiety, depression, grief, hopelessness, family dynamics, and life transitions. It can feel difficult to manage on your own! I want to work with you to develop interpersonal skills and tools to navigate everyday struggles. Together, we'll build on your strengths to live a happier and more fulfilling life.

Since 1987, I have logged approximately 50,000 patient contact hours with most mental health disorders. In addition, I specialize in depressive and anxiety disorders, couples work and substance abuse problems. My clients have described me as engaged, interactive and empathetic. I make this claim with confidence because I have observed how easily my clients relate their most personal issues to me without shame or fear. Emphasizing mindfulness, I focus on dynamic tensions in the therapeutic relationship that help patients feel understood in the here and now. My relational approach is intended to help patients emotionally unfold.

Therapy is a process that takes time, patience, and consistency. As your therapist, I will provide a judgement free environment along with my undivided attention to each client. I believe that everyone carries the strength to overcome a difficult situation within themselves. With a little bit of support and encouragement, we can come out stronger than before. I welcome every client regardless of cultural background with a warm, empathetic, and attentive personality. I am fluent in English, Urdu, and Punjabi.

Iris Yankelevich, Clinical Director of YES Psychotherapy Services and her team work with individuals, families and couples as well as children and adolescents, we are also dealing with a large spectrum of emotional issues: depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, relationship issues, stress at work, self-esteem, career related issues and others.

Themes from childhood, past relationships and background are often factors in how we interpret and respond to our present environment, yet, there are times when a specific situation is solely motivativating one's decision to pursue therapy and the resolution of that situation is the targeted goal. Targeted therapy begins by getting a full sense of all the pieces to the situation-puzzle and determining which pieces are the most challenging. Within sessions, we identify your best desired results and discuss resources and challenges for the purpose of creating a strategy.

Healing can mean many things to many people, whether that’s community, growth, inner peace, recovery, or support. I see healing as an act of liberation. For queer and trans people, it is liberating to show up for our most authentic and embodied selves, and to have our pain, joy, passions, identities, relationships, and journeys nonjudgmentally witnessed. I see therapy as a space to sustainably build a relationship with all parts of yourself, and to feel that you are enough, worthy, and whole in the process. I offer an empathetic, collaborative, and compassionate partnership, where you decide the course of your healing journey.

For most of the psychotherapy world, symptoms are what's targeted. But actually, the focus must be on making you emotionally healthy, i.e., a well-balanced, happy, and fulfilled individual: In my 40 years of helping people, ultimately becoming emotionally healthy was the cure. All emotional ill-ease dissipates with a robust sense of self. Just think of those moments when you have felt entirely confident and happy, could you or did you experience any emotional discomfort? Of course not. For those moments, you were perfect. Everything felt perfect. Psychotherapies’ goal,and not just for particular moments, but to give you this

I believe therapy is a creative and dynamic mapping process. Maps tell us where we are and offer a perspective and direction that inform us where we want to go. Sometimes we lose sight of our own roadmap in life and end up feeling disconnected and stuck in pain and suffering. We will work together with compassion and curiosity to explore your inner world and navigate emotional terrains. Whether you feel lost in life transition, overwhelmed with anxiety and depression, or stuck in place by trauma, together we can help you reconnect with your inner compass and find a path forward.

The decision to start therapy takes courage, and it is through courage and through a reliable therapeutic relationship that we will build your strengths, your power to heal, a sense of autonomy and control, and your own voice.

A fast-paced city like New York subjects us to much stress and anxiety. As individuals, we often try to cope by ignoring our needs while attending to everyone and everything else first. Before we realize it, our emotional, physical and spiritual health has begun to suffer, beginning the downward spiral into ill health: headaches, tension, weight loss, weight gain, heart problems, hyper-tension and a host of other ailments. Take "time out" in a supportive environment to begin your healing process. I provide Psychotherapy and Stress and Anger Management to individuals, families and groups experiencing anxiety, phobias, and mild depression.