Oxford Therapists in Upper West Side, New York, NY

I am committed to helping people prosper through life’s challenges. I work with you to develop your strengths, resolve inner conflicts, and create a sense of satisfaction with your life. I work to help you: Manage life stressors, tolerate difficult emotions, increase your understanding of yourself, improve your self-confidence, build internal safety, and increase intimacy and connection with friends and loved ones.

Have you been feeling alone or stuck? Having trouble completing day to day tasks due to feeling down or anxious? Do you feel like there is no one that understands, or nothing that can help? If you are reading this, you have taken a powerful first step towards positive change. Allow me to provide a safe and compassionate space for us to collaborate together to address your concerns. I use a cognitive-behavioral and strengths-based approach to help identify and overcome the obstacles in your way and empower you to build independence to face them in the future.

I am a Clinical Social Worker, having worked in the field for over 25 years. I work with women, men and teens surrounding depression, fertility, grief, PTSD, sexual assault, sexual and gender identity. I utilize the interpersonal psychodynamic approach, as well as aspects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Together we can identify your strengths, weaknesses, struggles and successes and help you to reach each of your life goals.

Arriving at the realization that you require emotional assistance can be overwhelming. Life, can and should be meaningful and worthwhile! As a therapist I believe that we achieve happiness by accepting ourselves and by discovering the reasons we have become confused and stressed as a result of unresolved issues and negative life circumstances. I will work with you in a secure therapeutic partnership to clear away the debris from cumulative trauma. I look forward to getting to know you as you get to know yourself. My goal is to guide you as you travel away from fear and dissatisfaction towards increased comfort and peace.

Do you want to find your way through this crisis and come out stronger and even more empowered? It is possible!!! Quarantined and in "social isolation" we can go deeper within (even if we didn't want to.) We can use this opportunity to look inside and discover inner issues that keep us from being who we really are, and find the inner gifts and resources we didn't know we had, to go to the next level of our more empowered life. We can learn how to adapt successfully.

I work primarily with individuals and couples struggling with relationship distress and believe that everyone has the power to change when given the opportunity to do so. While relationships can lead to stress and anxiety, they can also be the source of safety and security for us if we let them. Whether you're struggling in your relationship with your partner or yourself, we can work together to identify the parts of yourself that need attention and change negative patterns so you can feel closer to those around you and live a more meaningful life.

In my practice of 30 years I work with adults and couples to help examine and make choices that will help you feel more deeply satisfied in your relationship and work lives. I engage with patients who may be anxious, depressed, in a life transition, in conflict with a partner or child or experiencing a difficult challenge at the moment. I create an environment that is interpersonal, warm and non-judgmental, so that you can feel safe in order to deeply explore your feelings. Anxiety, depression, sadness, anger, irritability, conflict or difficulties in relationships may motivate you to seek therapy.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Master's Degree in Human Development and Family Studies, as well as Bachelor's Degrees in both Psychology and Sociology. I strive to provide clients with the space to explore life's obstacles in a nonjudgmental environment. Whether it is relational hardships, family concerns, or individual stressors, I believe that everyone can benefit from the space that therapy can provide to work through these issues. I work with clients to explore issues from all angles, while providing a listening ear and the helpful tools to work through the issues they are grappling with.

I believe in the journey on which psychotherapy takes both the client and the psychotherapist. No matter how complicated things may feel, I am prepared to walk this path with you. With over 18 years of experience, I have a personal and professional mission to enhance the lives of individuals in need of support. I have had the privilege of working with adult clients and have had success treating a wide range of issues such as depression, ADHD, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties and adjustment to life’s changes. Ultimately, psychotherapy can give you control over yourself and your future choices.

Anxiety, depression, relationship problems and stressful life transitions often trigger the desire to seek help from a psychotherapist. It is my role to create an atmosphere of trust and safety conducive to the telling of your story and challenges and then exploring new ways of working on these. I like to introduce different ways of thinking about a problem to open up various possibilities and solutions. Together, we work to move you closer to your goals.

I offer a non-judgmental, compassionate, and encouraging environment to assist LGBTQ BIPOC individuals through whatever difficulties they may be confronting. Together we will collaboratively explore tools and strategies that will help you feel better about yourself, have better relationships, and experience more joy. I am a bilingual, bicultural, queer Afro-Latina cis-woman. In my practice, I bring together evidence-informed techniques and a social justice lens.

As a therapist, I believe that collaboration between patient and therapist is critical to the success of any therapeutic process. I am influenced by relationship dynamics and family systems. My work incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Relational Therapy, Family Systems and Multiculturalism. I hope to help clients live authentically, explore their aspirations, and reach their own personal goals. Most importantly, my work is shaped by the person sitting in front of me.

As a seasoned psychotherapist of over 30 years, I combine a variety of approaches in my work which may be long-term or brief, in person or by phone. The concerns you present may be about relationships, work, health, stress-management, loss or other life issues. Together we will explore your personal history, long-standing patterns and crises, integrating an Adlerian-based cognitive-psychodynamic approach with Gestalt, mind/body work, dreams or other appropriate modalities. Our goal will be helping you to feel a greater sense of control in your life with discovering your inner vitality, creativity and wisdom.

I offer psychotherapy to individuals. I specialize in working with adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, career issues, and other difficulties. I accept Aetna, Optum, United Healthcare, and UMR insurance. I can also help you submit claims for out of network reimbursement, if your plan offers that. My office is located on 15th street in Manhattan, close to Union Square. It's a peaceful place to have a conversation.

If you are sufferring, in emotional pain, and wishing things would change, I would like to help. I've been trained by John Gray (of Men are from Mars fame), Dr. Sue Johnson (Emotionally Focused Therapyc- Advanced Levels) and numerous other experts to become an expert myself in working with relationship issues. Marital infidelities, overcoming fear of committment and understanding the nature of a healthy attachment to a significant other are areas in which I am able to work and help those seeking assistance.

My psychotherapy practice is a synthesis of my insights in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, psychoanalysis and both long and short-term psychotherapy techniques. The goal is to identify an individual's core values and to use them to overcome obstacles and support a balanced life. I deliver simple and reliable tools that help motivated clients to make positive, enduring changes for the better. Many of my clients are very creative; writers, musicians, filmmakers, academics, and fine artists. Others are extremely successful in the fields of medicine, law, finance and commerce

Together, we will work to help you gain a greater knowledge of yourself and thereby close the gap between how your life is and how you would like it to be. My therapy focuses on helping you feel better in the short term. However, my main objective is to assist you in identifying patterns of behaviors that are at odds with achieving the changes you desire in your life. Over time, by exploring your unconscious motivations, you will improve coping with everyday life and will gain the freedom to make better choices.

I work with clients who suffer from various psychological ailments including eating disorders, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, OCD, trauma, and sexual problems. I help individuals to uncover and understand the root of their disorders. I believe that unhealthy behavioral patterns are often an individual's attempt to fill a void resulting from dissatisfaction in career, relationships, finances, spirituality, or life purpose. Healing happens when individuals begin to understand where their issues are coming from, thus allowing them to gain control over their mind and body and ultimately mastery over their lives.