Divorce Therapists in Upper West Side, New York, NY

You are invested in your relationships, work and creating the next big step in your life. Or maybe you are reeling from a setback at work or home. Maybe you have a sense that you're not where you want to be in life but don't know exactly why. Or, you may be feeling positive, but you're at a crossroads -- and not sure which direction to go. You have limited time, and want results from therapy.

“I’m so sad.” “I’m stuck.” “I’m lonely.” “I hate my life.” “I’m nervous about everything.” If these sentiments sound familiar, you have just taken the first step toward change. I have specialized training in the treatment of anxiety, depression, and complex trauma. I have unique experience in treating men and women with relationship issues as well as those contemplating, or in the process of, divorce. I have worked extensively with religiously observant individuals of the Catholic and Jewish faith, negotiating the tension between modern contemporary life and religious practice.

KRISTINEDANBACKPHD.COM I am the owner of Random Thoughts Psychological Therapy. A clinical psychologist/therapist in NY-CT, divorce coach/mediator, expert witness, and offer co-parenting, focusing on high conflict divorces/relationships. Our work will strengthen your resilience, ability to cope and adjust. Areas of focus are: narcissistic abuse, parenting, betrayal & loss. Psychotherapy allows for gaining awareness of how your history, biology, and emotions came together to create who you are, as well as, learning how to regulate your emotions, to have a healthier and more fulfilling life, work and love.

Have you been impacted by loss due to Covid 19? Is isolation and social distancing causing you loneliness, anxiety or conflict in your family? Grief and mourning are being experienced as never before. Our traditional ways of coping - through the participation in rituals and communal gatherings, the hugs of loved ones and being with family - have been upended. The reality of not being able to be with loved ones, especially those who are ill or dying is traumatic. We are also having to negotiate with our family in new ways. I can help you find a path through these challenges.

The men and women who work with me are struggling with the most important relationships in their lives. They are either hoping to rekindle their love in Couples Theapy or dissolve their partnership through a thoughtful, sensitive and cost effective method, Mediation. Because of my years of training in understanding couples and individuals, I firmly believe that every crisis is an opportunity for growth and growth brings new opportunities. Through working with me, people will learn that they have the power to make choices for themselves and change their lives.

Updated 3/2/2024: Accepting new clients. While I have been helping people feel better through therapy since 2007, I have found that my work with couples’ communication, parenting, work related stress and divorce have been what a lot of my clients need help with right now.

What is child therapy? Do children sit and talk over their problems like adults do? How do I know if my child needs professional help? And, what kind of therapist is best suited for my child? Most adults have a hard time understanding that children, especially very young children, can be in need of psychotherapy. In my private practice, where I specialize in the treatment of children and adolescents, parents bring children of all ages to me with a variety of reasons for their anxiety or depression. School related issues are quite common. Children who struggle with learning and attention deficit issues are prone to lowered self-esteem, often accompanied by behavior issues at home or in school. These children may also have developed problems making friends. Other children I see are feeling the effects of a transition or loss within the family. This could pertain to an illness, death, separation or divorce of parents, even the result of a parent's depression.

I am a warm caring psychotherapist with a direct approach with over 30 years of experience treating adults and adolescents. I empathize with how difficult it can be to speak with someone about very personal matters and I provide a caring and nurturing environment for patients. My specialties include eating problems, with an emphasis on binge eating, obesity, and anorexia. In addition depression and anxiety, grief counseling, women's issues, interpersonal relationships as well as transitions through divorce for individuals, parents and children.

Life's challenges are inevitable. Asking for help is your strength. Welcome to my practice! I am a licensed psychologist trained to work with children, teens, parents and adults. Healing starts with feeling connected. My warmth and easy going calm, create an atmosphere of comfort and openness. While encouraging self awareness, I respect and value the practical issues of life and incorporate them in my work. Listening, interacting, being supportive and solution oriented, characterize my style. I believe that people can strive toward increased fulfillment and happiness. Feeling listened to, validated and understood are essential ingredients for change and of course a little humor helps!

As a Narrative Life Coach, I want to help clients unlock the themes and patterns of their lives by asking probing questions and helping them work towards their next chapters. I offer weekly optional writing exercises and readings to support this journey. Narrative Coaching works well with anyone going through a painful loss or rejection, such as a death, break-up or divorce, as well as anyone who desires change but feels stuck or struggling. I'd like to help clients to realize their potentials by exploring possibilities, expanding their thinking and re-writing their narrative.

I am committed to working collaboratively to help my clients achieve their goals and improve their quality of life. Always using a trauma-informed approach, I bring my years of experience in the healthcare setting and in oncology support services to help clients find hope and meaning in the face of a crisis. Whether managing a life transition or serious illness, mourning the loss of a loved one, or processing the end of a relationship, my training supports individuals managing a range of stressors and losses. I have support group facilitation experience with bereavement, cancer and divorce.

Finding the right psychotherapist is challenging and can be a lengthy process. Once the search is completed, and the therapy is under way, it will become rewarding and healing. My approach to psychotherapy is mindful, accepting and supportive. Trained in individual, couple, and family therapy, complex trauma, as well as clinical medicine and public health epidemiology, I provide treatment from an individualized integrative perspective, based on what is most beneficial to each person. My cultural and crosscultural perspectives allow me to also factor in the cultural impact on human behavior.

You struggle to create change in your life. Perhaps, a relationship has ended, or has begun;your children are having peer and school-related conflicts, or have left home. Uncertainty about having children, and infertility. Unhappy with your body, your feelings, your family, work and/or your life, you aim to make sense of your past, and move to a more satisfying present and future. We will respectfully unpack the past, and create growth in new directions geared toward self-exploration while relieving anxiety, depression, body image struggles, infertility, marriage and premarital issues, as well as parenting, and divorce, and loss.

Hope, resilience, renewal, expansion. We all have a fundamental need, and the innate capacity to heal, grow and flourish. It is a sign of your strength and striving for health that you are seeking support from a professional. With a safe, affirming therapeutic relationship as our base we can harness the power of your strengths to transform what may be blocking you from living your full potential.

I specialize in Grief and Loss Counseling, in traumatic, non traumatic loss and bereavement. My credentials include National Certification in Thanatology which addresses Death, Dying and Bereavement. Sixty percent of my practice involves counseling on issues of grief, bereavement, mourning related to relationship and the death of a loved one, miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion. The remaining 40% of my time is devoted to issues of loss such as separation, divorce, relationship expectations and disappointments, childhood neglect and abuse, trauma, aging and other ambiguous losses. You will have a safe place to bring your pain, your secrets, your thoughts and feelings.

I bring more than 20 years experience to my psychotherapy practice, workshops and consulting. Clients describe me as easy to talk to, real, and insightful in figuring out what their problems are and how to make actual change, so life can feel and work better.

My expertise is in helping people who suffer from anxiety, depression, loneliness and obsessive compulsive disorders. I focus on not only on your current challenges, but themes and patterns that have impacted you throughout your life. My approach is active, collaborative, and relational. I am trained in working with people who have difficulties in either inter-personal or work related relationships. My practice consists of working with individual adults, couples and families in both long and short term therapy as well as with people who identify as LGBT. I have a multi-faceted approach to helping people achieve their life goals.

It's hard to stay on top of demands and responsibilities and give each part of your life the consideration it deserves. Maintaining close relationships, parenting, divorce, illness and loss can be stressful and lead to feelings of helplessness and anxiety. We can work together to discover your own story and to develop coping skills for challenges in your family and work relationships.

Are you feeling anxious or depressed? Do you find yourself feeling hopeless? Are you going through a difficult transition? Are you and your partner feeling emotionally distant from each other? Do you misunderstand each other and find it impossible to communicate without fighting? Are you and your partner having sex less frequently? You do not have to struggle alone. Asking for help is a sign of strength. As a compassionate and caring psychotherapist I offer you support in a safe environment free of judgment that will allow you to resolve your challenges, whether they are rooted in the past or they are present-day circumstances