Adoption Therapists in Upper West Side, New York, NY

After more than two decades in the field of family building, we are uniquely qualified to help you achieve your family building goals. Whether you need guidance navigating your infertility or adoption process, thinking about egg freezing, considering using donor sperm or eggs to have a child or coping with difficult parenting issues we can assist you in realizing your dreams and help make your journey easier. We also can provide assessments for donor egg, donor sperm or surrogacy arrangements.

Building our trusting relationship is the surest way I know to reduce your anxiety, depression, and quiet those punishing parts of yourself that seem to threaten your confidence and safety. We work together to make room to experience yourself in new ways, to feel the ground under your feet. Our relationship opens pathways to your life to feel your better self. Doubt, fear and depression will be lessened. Relationships will evolve, and options will open. We will talk and challenge automatic thoughts. We will also use your bodily experience to bypass the loops of stories stored in your critical mind.

Whether you are new to therapy or have worked with therapists before, I will create a safe space for you where we will identify, address, & resolve your issues. I have 34+ years of clinical experience. I have expertise working with patients ages 5 to 80. You will find me understanding & level-headed as we explore the origins of your distress. I am trained as an Adult, Child, & Adolescent psychotherapist. In addition, I am a certified psychoanalyst. My psychoanalytic training & specialization in psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy priorities getting to the roots of the conflict. The approach I offer produces lasting change.

Kimberly Chu has worked with adults, children and adolescents in individual, couples, family, and group therapies for over twenty years. She works both intensively (multiple sessions per week) and in weekly sessions. The issues bringing a person or family to treatment are never easy, nor simple. Curiosity, exploration, understanding, and change can be challenging and elusive at times. It is essential that your therapist respect you and the process you are beginning to change yourself and your life. Kimberly's approach to therapy is focused on respect for the individual and the difficulties that lead a person to seek help.

Welcome to my practice. I have over 25 years of experience providing psychotherapy and coaching, primarily within the adoption community. I specialize in addressing unique themes that emerge for adoptees, pre-adoptive and adoptive parents, and birth/first parents. Adoption search and reconnection, questions related to identity and transracial adoption , and understanding the impact of loss are some of the areas that I can help you with. My style is down-to-earth and I have an integrative approach blending psychodynamic, behavioral, and attachment-based therapies.

I am an actively engaged therapist with more than thirty five years experience with young adults, adults, older adults (Medicare accepted), children, adolescents and their parents. I do short term as well as long term intensive psychodynamic psychotherapy(relational/interpersonal). I assist people with Interpersonal concerns, internal conflicts, phase of life issues, resolution of trauma and loss, anxiety and depression, and parenting concerns.

Struggling with relationship conflicts? Longing to repair hurt or betrayal? An adoptive, step or remarried family member struggling with loss or loyalty conflicts, or not sure where you belong? My specialty is helping individuals, couples and families to recover and discover pathways to understanding and loving, emotionally-attuned communication. I work to mobilize the healing power of relationships (including the therapeutic one) with an ear to strengths, resources, & your transformative potential. My skills include AEDP (certified), EMDR, Somatic Experiencing (modes of working with trauma), relaxation/visualization.

As a therapist I am privileged to help. I provide a space where clients can rediscover or develop authentic selves and deepen emotional connections with others. I enable clients to recognize how thoughts, beliefs and values affect relationships and to consider new ways of being in the world; to develop healthier adaptive strategies when facing problems, and to work through past and present trauma, grief, and losses.Psychotherapy does not have to be painful - it can be a safe, creative, and playful process of strengthening one's health and well-being.

As a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist, in clinical practice for 35+ years, I deal with issues of depression, anxiety, relationship and social life problems, aging, creative blocks, marital conflicts, parenting, divorce, child and school problems, loss, adoption , spousal and/or family member's dementia, etc... My practice includes adults of all ages -- from the young to the elderly. My clinical experience includes people from varying backgrounds and fields -- including the creative arts, law, media, education adults of all ages either in transition, or returning to school, as well as those who are stay-at-home mothers or fathers.

My work as a psychologist centers on problems with anxiety and stress, particularly within the context of our multicultural society. I help people with conflicts in: interracial identity; adolescent-young adult identity and ethnic identity; intergenerational relationships; interracial relationships; and adoption . Such conflicts often coexist with struggles in mood regulation, depression, and anxiety, for which there are effective psychological treatments and healthy solutions.

I am available for psychoanalytic psychotherapy to address life struggles, manage anxiety, depression, dissatisfaction and indecision. It is a brave and optimistic step to begin therapy which has the power to heal old wounds, renew self confidence, and expand emotional experience. I have a special interest in helping individuals and families improve communication regarding adoption and donor assisted reproduction. It is never too late to talk with children. Adult resistance to these conversations can reflect difficult life experiences, especially regarding infertility, including experiences of shame and embarrasment.

Have you been experiencing anxiety, depression, creative block, or have struggled to establish satisfying work and love relationships?  If you are curios about the workings of the mind and wish to gain insight into long-standing maladaptive patterns that have interfered with achieving your goals, then perhaps it is time to seek professional help. I have over 30 years of experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. I focus on adapting the treatment modality to fit your needs, paying close attention to cultural differences. Whether psychoanalysis or psychotherapy, it is a joint endeavor between therapist and client.

I love helping people be their best. For more than 20 years I have had the opportunity to work with individuals, families and couples with a variety of issues. I take a holistic approach, considering every aspect of my client's life in order to help them make the changes they are seeking. I listen deeply and without judgement. I treat clients with a variety of issues such as depression, anxiety, marital and relationship difficulties, adoption , infertility, parent support, family conflict and life transitions. Life can be difficult, let's try to make it easier.

Welcome to my practice. I am a caring, knowledgeable, and experienced therapist with a wide range of eclectic specializations. I work with clients interactively, partnering with them to identify issues and find solutions to the problems which bring them to treatment. Awareness, demystification, and education are important ingredients in the kind of therapy I practice. In a safe and supportive environment, clients are able to explore options and practice more effective ways of thinking and behaving in order to take the steps necessary to achieve their goals.

I work with all ages, but specialize in children, adolescents and young adults. My approach is eclectic, grounded in a psychodynamic orientation that utilizes a variety of tools, tailored to individual needs. My clients and I work toward goals in a non-judgmental atmosphere of empathy and understanding. Some issues I have been able to help people with are: relationship problems, depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, life transitions, self esteem, parenting, childhood issues such as separation anxiety, behavior and school problems, ADD, adoption , and divorce. I also have experience with artists and the issues they face. Therapy makes positive change!

I am a GW trained clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults. I provide individual psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and parent-child consultations. My solution-focused approach takes the whole person into account, emphasizing psychological barriers, personal history, ambitions and desires. If you struggle with inhibitions, depression, anxiety, or intimacy; If you feel unable to move forward in work or love; If you cannot break free of self-defeating behaviors or distracting preoccupations, therapy is likely to help you.

A good fit and easy relationship between therapist and patient are crucial to success. I'm a licensed psychologist who works well with children, adolescents, adults struggling with emotional, behavioral, or relational issues. My work with couples and families deals with various life challenges. It takes true courage to recognize and confront the issues affecting daily functioning and satisfaction in life. If you suffer from anxiety, depression,low self-esteem, parenting issues, divorce, adoption , grief, and more, please contact me and I will help you find constructive strategies and solutions in order to live a happier life.

I approach psychotherapy as a creative, collaborative undertaking between therapist and client with the goal of creating a safe, healing relationship through which clients can discover and mobilize their deepest capacities for transformation. I have been in practice for over 25 years, working with clients of all ages, including adults, couples, families, young children & adolescents. Areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, trauma, bereavement, issues surrounding adoption , parenting, and co-parenting after divorce. As a psychotherapist and special educator I have worked extensively with children with learning differences.