Therapists in Turtle Bay, New York, NY

With insight and compassion, I offer bilingual (Spanish/English) psychotherapy and psychoanalysis to people who are trying to better understand their relationship to intimacy, professional achievement, and struggles with depression and anxiety. I am a fully bilingual psychotherapist, born and raised and Peru, who has been practicing in New York City for 25 years.

Amanda is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works as an associate therapist and Head of Training and Development at Carmichael Psychology, the group practice of Dr. Chloe Carmichael on Park Avenue by Grand Central Station. Amanda focuses on helping clients explore and clarify their personal goals, recognize their strengths, regain a sense of control, and develop the tools they need to move forward in their lives. Her work is imbued with energy, humor, and understanding. Amanda is a strong proponent of the value of CBT techniques in helping clients reach their goals and improve their quality of life.

I am an experienced Clinical Social Worker who is able to work with individuals from varied cultural backgrounds. I assist children and their families to address a range of issues that are found in Early Childhood and School Age populations. This assistance enables the individual to make maximum use of their educational, cultural and spiritual environment. I have several years of experience helping adolescents and young adults with career exploration and planning. as well as adults who wish to transition to second careers or work in international -multicultural environments.

I work with clients who struggle with a broad range of issues that inhibit intimacy in relationships, satisfaction in the workplace as well as a sense of meaning and fulfillment in life. Having trained in both the individual analytic model as well as family systems I view therapy as a collaborative process between therapist and client intending on meeting agreed upon goals. My style is interpersonal and believe that goals are met in the context of a therapeutic relationship based on empathy, insight and trust.

Making the decision to change takes courage. When that change involves our private inner world, it takes the most courage of all. My work is centered on helping clients gain freedom from the complaints that brought them in. My aim is to be an unwavering ally and partner in this journey. We will work together to dismantle belief and behavior patterns that interfere with finding joy and the freedom to live as fully as possible. My areas of specialty are relationship difficulties, life transitions, anxiety, trauma, problematic behaviors with food, and out-of-control behaviors of all kind.

Dr. Backfield-Weiss brings considerable clinical experience, intelligent understanding, emotional warmth, and thoughtful creativity to her therapeutic work with culturally diverse adults, couples, and families struggling with problems in living and working. Her professional practice encompasses 30 years of clinical teaching and supervising at Columbia University, and experience working with individuals contending with unproductive behavior patterns, unstable mood, anxiety, and emotional states, the pain of combined medical and psychological distress, and helping individuals negotiate all forms of creative and emotional expression.

Yoon Im Kane is a psychotherapist, author, keynote speaker and the founder and CEO of Mindful Psychotherapy Services, a Manhattan-based Psychotherapy Company with offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Trained at Yale University, Yoon has been providing treatment as a psychotherapist for more than two decades. She is also the founder of a Maui-based tech company, mndlink, inc., a remote therapy platform that securely connects therapist with patients. Yoon is the author of Mindfulness Workbook for Depression: Effective Mindfulness Strategies to Cultivate Positivity from the Inside Out.

Seeking help is the first step in creating real change in your life. I believe that change is possible, and that therapy can lead to a greater sense of freedom and creativity, as you work through old patterns that keep you stuck.Together we will explore the underlying dynamics of your life choices and relationships - including those in your family of origin - with the goal of deep and lasting transformation. In my experience, therapy can foster healing of even longstanding personality and relationship issues, so you can move forward with a new sense of hope.

In a safe, supportive environment we will work together to help you live a happier, healthier and more fulfilling life. While I have extensive experience helping clients with depression, anxiety, trauma & other painful conditions, I also offer specialized treatment for those seeking healing & recovery from sexual addiction/compulsivity, love & romance addiction, attachment disorders & other problematic behavior patterns involving relationships. My clients describe me as empathetic & caring while also highly effective at facilitating positive growth & transformation in their lives. All sexual orientations/gender identities welcome.

Your feelings carry important information. They are an essential part of who you are. Because feelings can be difficult to face, they are sometimes avoided or pushed away. By exploring your difficulties and conflicts in the safety of my office, you will develop compassion toward yourself and others. While trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing and dielectical behavior therapy, I also offer a deeper psychodynamic approach to psychotherapy in a safe and supportive environment.

I work with individuals who are struggling with issues that interfere with their overall life satisfaction and level of happiness. My basic optimism that people can change drives my practice philosophy. I recognize that there are motivational factors that interfere with people's readiness for change and therefore see myself as a change agent to help the individuals I work with to become ready and then able to make changes in terms of coping skills, relationship skills, managing mood instability, substance issues, eating disorders and other compulsive behaviors. My years of practice experience and training have prepared me to offer skilled interventions and expertise.

I genuinely believe that all people have the innate capacity for healing. I work with individuals who are experiencing anxiety, depression or otherwise struggling with life's many challenges. My main goal is to make you feel supported and comfortable in our working relationship. I utilize a client-centered approach meaning you are the expert on yourself, not me. Sometimes you may not be able to speak directly about certain struggles in your life, but being able to process it visually through art making can be healing in itself. Together, we will navigate you towards living a more meaningful and harmonious life.

Are you struggling with emotional issues that are getting in the way of your enjoyment of life and fed up with trying to do it alone? You may have been thinking about getting help for awhile now, or are responding to an immediate crisis and haven't yet found someone you trust to help you. With compassion, focus and humor, I work with you to create the positive changes you have been seeking. I work with individuals and with couples wanting to more out of life. I offer a sliding scale for select daytime sessions.

Our beliefs and how we see the world are influenced by things we don’t get to choose, like our families or the circumstances we’re born into. Even if we don’t get to choose these things, we have the ability to change in the ways we want to. Therapy can help us become more free. If you want to begin that journey in self discovery, I’m here to walk with you. We will explore the circumstances that shaped you. We will explore the past, present, and imagine the future. I will help serve as a navigator down the path to your answers, your destinations, and ultimately, your truth.

I have learned the "connection" we make in therapy will lead to fruitful change. We begin by working on very specific concerns, to the more elusive, abstract conflicts of a more esoteric life that aren't so simple to characterize. Everyone comes to therapy with different hopes, unique needs, and a desire to seek what is transformational. I work to create a trusting relationship with all of my patients. In the initial sessions, I focus on what brings you to therapy at this moment in time and to establish a working rapport where you feel safe and listened to, without judgement. Therapy is a unique opportunity to find your voice,

*Know Yourself Counseling Currently Has a Waitlist* Therapy helps us make connections and see patterns to avoid old setbacks and make choices that are aligned with our true wants, needs and values. We do this by examining a range of variables including: symptoms, behavior patterns, relationship and family dynamics, aspirations, distractions, and apprehensions. Heightened awareness leads to a more empowered understanding of ourselves and others, which helps us live up to our full potential - becoming better friends, more confident parents, more stable partners and more productive, fulfilled members of society.

Healthy relationships provide us with support, connection and a deeper meaning in our lives. They are the fruits of our labor and, sometimes, the thorns of our circumstances. However they may show up in your life, you might have wondered about overcoming these obstacles, rearranging things in your life, changing the quality of your relationships, revitalizing your circumstances, redefining the meaning of your life, reseting it & rebuilding it to a higher ground. It starts & ends with you, that is where change happens.

Times are not always easy. Things happen, situations arise , decisions are made and they are not always the easiest to manage and deal with. I specialize in these exact situations whether it be substance use related, addiction issues or just general life difficulties associated with everyday occurrences. I encourage you , if you are viewing this page and are debating seeking assistance , reach out and give therapy a try. The worst case is that you do not enjoy or feel any benefits and end up right where you started , however; you never know about what works if you do not exhaust all options first. I look forward to hearing from you.

Whether you are looking for a short term, targeted treatment to address a current challenge or transition in life, or seeking greater understanding of long held patterns or beliefs that may contribute to recurrent conflict and unhappiness, I take a relational, mindfulness based approach to help individuals, couples and families develop greater insight and discretion around thoughts and behaviors that foster well being and need nurturing versus those that get in the way and require the difficult (but not impossible!) work of change.