Therapists in Tribeca, New York, NY

In my practice, I specialize in working with people who want to improve their relationships, whether that be with others or themselves. I can help you understand your feelings and help you find tools to make more fulfilling choices in life, whether that be with your work, friends or love. I also work with passionate couples who are having challenges breaking negative patterns that keep them from growing as a couple and who want to have a more loving, trusting relationship. I am currently out-of-network with Aetna.

I believe therapy can help us navigate our lowest moments and achieve our greatest happiness, whether in relationships, careers, or within ourselves. It gives us the freedom to take chances, break negative patterns, and get beyond grappling with symptoms to instead address causes. Emphasizing collaboration, compassion, and encouragement, I work with individual adults, teens, children, couples, and families.

I am a New York State Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in evidenced-based treatment for children and adolescents. I also provide Parent Management Training, an evidence-based treatment program for parents who find their child's behavior difficult to handle. I have received extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based treatment. My approach to treatment is goal oriented, time-limited and skills-based. I take a nonjudgmental and empathetic approach to patterns of behavior that may be inhibiting your child or teenager from living life to his or her fullest potential.

Turn Transition into Transformation. Are you experiencing a life transition right now? Career change? Divorce? New Baby? Has the context of your life fallen away, leaving you with a sense of feeling lost, stuck, afraid or disempowered? I work with a range of clients who are ready to create massive change in their lives. My work involves building a solid foundation in who you really are so that despite life circumstances, you remain empowered moving through them. I help clients confront and eradicate limiting beliefs, dance with fear and create new patterns that will support a created life.

Looking for new ways to grow your life? My practice is inspired by holistic and integrative therapies, and my years as a musician as much as by my training at Columbia University and the American Cognitive Behavior Institute. But it's your needs, not my interests that will determine the shape of our work together. I use both empirical techniques and creative conversation to tailor therapy to best help the people I see. What matters is you getting the help you need.

Do you find yourself feeling unfulfilled, unmotivated, or held back in your relationships and pursuits in some way? Have you experienced loss in your life, and are noticing that your grief continues to impact you in unexpected or overwhelming ways? Perhaps you are hoping to support the growth and development of your child, who is having difficulties in their own social or academic world? By being here, you have taken an important step in trying to connect yourself with the resources you deserve. Allow me to support your journey as we work together to identify and strive towards your goals.

We are a Practice of 6 highly talented Psychotherapists. We believe in real, practical Transformative Psychotherapy focusing on more than just symptoms, helping each client live his/her happiest life through Positive Psychology. We use Mindfulness Techniques to help understand your thoughts and feelings and how these manifest in your body: yesterday, today and projecting into the future. Our team has deep training and experience in a wide range of specialties: Trauma and PTSD, Eating Disorders, Panic Attacks, Sex Therapy, Bio Feedback, Chronic Pain, IVF/Surrogacy, Spirituality, LGBTQA, Death/Dying/Hospice, and Business Coaching. We work with Children, Couples, Individuals and Families.

Curiosity and compassion are the foundation of my practice. I encourage clients to view therapy as a journey we embark on together with a goal of greater self-awareness and self-acceptance. If you're feeling stuck in some aspect of your life, feeling there must be something more, experiencing loss or life transition, coping with trauma or illness, I would be honored to provide support.

Creating a space where you feel understood is my priority. Employing humility and humor throughout sessions allows me to be flexible when helping you to strengthen your inner resources. I have been trained in a variety of therapeutic models and offer tailored sessions for individuals who are struggling with various challenges and specialize in high functioning anxiety, depression, and trauma. At this juncture in my career, I have gained further specialty in treating women during their reproductive years, including the psychological trauma, anxiety, and depression that accompanies infertility, pregnancy, motherhood, and miscarriage.

Do you feel hopelessly stuck, alienated, lost, confused, self - conscious, anxious, or weird? My specialty is working with people who are searching for meaningful connections but instead have all but given up hope that they can attain this goal. My aim is to help you answer the biggest questions of your life: who am I, what do I really want, and how best to achieve my aims and enjoy them. In this connection I will be your guide in a collaborative trip into your inner space enabling you to connect with your personal creative process.

Are you looking to make a change but not sure where or how to start? Whether you are dealing with family stress, parenting challenges, career decisions, relationship issues, or simply wondering what is next for you, I am here to help you feel more in control of your life, your goals and your aspirations.

Are you feeling overwhelmed with feelings of anxiety? Are you feeling sad ? Are you struggling to feel in control of your life? More than ever life is really challenging, making our everyday struggles even more difficult. Working together we can create calm in your inner life and your everyday life. We can decrease your anxiety, quiet those inner critics, and create a stronger sense of yourself.

NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. Diana Cannizzaro, MHC-I, is presently obtaining her Masters in Mental Health Counseling at Baruch College. Ms. Cannizzaro received her Bachelors degree in applied arts from San Diego State University, California. Ms Cannizzaro has experience providing crisis counseling to a diverse population through the online platform Crisis Text Line. Additionally, Ms Cannizzaro trained in the healing practices of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga, including an Introduction to Buddhism training at the Tushita Meditation Center in Northern India.

I believe time spent in therapy is a gift we bestow on ourselves and I also acknowledge the daunting nature of finding the right therapist to meet your needs. Having experienced firsthand both the transformative power of helpful therapeutic relationships and the discouraging letdown of unhelpful ones, I hold my clients’ trust in me as sacrosanct. I draw on a strengths-based perspective to help you marshal your inner resources as well as my teaching background to guide you when habitual patterns of thinking or behavior are caught blocking the way to a more fulfilling life.

Are you stuck? Same problems, same thoughts? Unable to play, or imagine something different? Depression, anxiety, addictions and trauma require another person to help you understand their pull and face them, so they no longer control your life. Suffering alone only forces the pain underground to emerge in symptoms, behaviors and personal interactions that undermine your life. Therapy is a relationship where you can feel safe and free to be who you are with another person to explore what you want without shame and fear.

I'm a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Tribeca, New York City. I was born and raised in Scotland, and have a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Glasgow. I came to New York City on a Fulbright Scholarship Grant and studied at Bellevue Hospital and NYU-Medical Center. I then completed the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program at the Contemporary Freudian Society. Presently I am at the NYU Post-Doctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. I use Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, particularly Relational Psychotherapy, and I specialize in work with adults with anxiety, depression, loss, and relationship issues.

Therapy is an experience that can benefit everyone especially in these challenging times. It allows us to take the time to look closely at ourselves. It can help us reflect on how to manage difficult life changes, loneliness and challenging relationships. Everyone experiences stress and worry, and speaking with a therapist who is nonjudgmental and accepting can help us understand how to meet our professional, personal, and relationship needs.

Psychotherapy is about freedom: freedom from suffering, freedom to change what is working poorly in one's life, and freedom to develop as an authentic human being. I address patient's difficulties from a number of perspectives: psychodynamic, which provides a way of understanding how people limit their lives in ways they're not aware of, as well as Somatic, which addresses the roots of trauma and emotional conflict as they manifest in bodily experience and symptoms (headache, pain, digestive problems). I also employ more directive coaching methods that are appropriate for workplace issues and conflicts.

Therapy that doesn't suck? You're not broken and you don't need to be fixed. Sure, finding a therapist is hard, but someone who appreciates that is just the beginning. I'm a Columbia-trained, holistic and non-diagnostic therapist and I work well with those who are suspicious of therapist, prefer to avoid medication, or want to avoid a cookie-cutter approach. I don't start with labeling or plugging you into a preexisting program. I won't put you in a diagnostic box or sit passively while you do all the work.

At present, April 2021, I am not taking new cases. I will adjust this profile when I have openings. I’m not receiving calls from this website. Together will find ways to process and work through such issues to enable you to engage fully with your life and enhance your personal development. I have a holistic approach and open mind and cultivate a comfortable, non-judgmental and safe space for many kinds of self-expression, whether verbal or using creative arts.