Therapists in New York, NY

When your inner world feels out of balance, it's time to talk. Sometimes sadness or worry sends up a red flag and lets you know when you need support. Other times you might feel lonely or disconnected and not certain how to make things right. These are great opportunities to get to know yourself better. My therapeutic approach emphasizes 'true self experience' and aims to peel back the layers of compromise that come to feel so heavy, ill-fitting, or inauthentic over time. Feeling more alive and a renewed sense of discovery are the benefits of this deeply personal process.

We are more mysterious to ourselves than we know. Rather than explore this mystery, though, we tend to seek quick fixes -- diagnosis, medication, self-help, worksheets -- in order to meet the grinding demand for maximum productivity. But ignorance of the unconscious not only compromises our creativity and potential, it also results in significant pain. Our relationships suffer, our goals remain unattainable, we develop harmful habits, and we may even experience depression, anger, anxiety, and despair. Quick fixes provide temporary symptom relief, yet our deeper conflicts endure, and sometimes worsen.

Briony's approach draws from various client-centered therapies to create individualized and unique therapy experiences, encouraging clients to explore their strengths and potential. She integrates Humanistic and Existential perspectives, intertwining evidenced-based practices, in order to meet the client where they are, and to promote healing, acceptance, and growth. Briony believes that creating a supportive and non-judgmental environment can inspire change by building trust, confidence, and awareness.

I am passionate about my work and would be honored to help you get started on an enriching journey towards self-discovery and change. My focus is on individual psychodynamic therapy and psychoanalysis. I have some expertise in psychedelic integration and harm reduction for substance abuse and addiction. I mainly work with disorders related to anxiety, depression, complicated grief, attention issues, attachment and relational disorders, sexual trauma, work-life balance, and gender dysphoria. It is my goal to provide a safe and secure space to build a collaborative therapeutic relationship in which to navigate life's challenges.

Oftentimes, people just need someone to listen to them, to help them work through an issue, and sort out their feelings. That's where I come in as a licensed psychotherapist as well as a medical social worker. I'm skilled at hearing what people are saying and helping them to figure out strategies for improving their situation. I work with a variety of clients ---men, women and children from all sexualities, gender identities, and races to help them with all sorts of issues. My clientele ranges in ages; however, a majority of my clients are in their early 30's.

BILINGUAL PSYCHOTHERAPIST.I enjoy my work as a Psychotherapist and Psychoanalyst. My very extensive training at an analytic Institute has prepared me to listen first and then assess the patient's needs. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is an important guide to help face the challenges of love and work in their lives. Symptoms of depression, anxiety phobias and Rage are often indication that something needs to change. I try to help the patient utilize psychotherapy for their personality issues that make it hard to function effectively in the world or be content , feel more whole, and more productive.

I offer a welcoming space for individuals and couples to discuss your concerns and find new ways forward. Together with you, I look for ways to navigate life’s challenges, and support your inherent capacity for growth, providing professional guidance and a caring, candid relationship. My approach is informed by advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, systemic-psychoanalytic couples therapy and EFT, and integrative harm reduction psychotherapy.

I work with those who are experiencing distress in their lives, either due to a specific life change, incident or ongoing life issues. My background as a social worker, therapist, and psychoanalyst gives me the tools to help you with a wide range of personal issues, such as anxiety, depression, a sense of being overwhelmed, anger, life transition issues ie, divorce, loss, relocation, and all relationship issues. I provide short and long term therapy. I work well with ongoing issues from childhood, focusing on individual strengths and coping skills. My practice is located in Midtown Manhattan (Bryant Park), and in Larchmont, NY.

Therapy can change your life. It is a powerful, creative process supporting your authentic capacity to heal and grow. Great therapy is collaborative, tuned into your specific needs. I listen deeply, with warmth, and work with you to craft and support your therapeutic journey. My many years as a supervisor and professor taught me that therapists need to be self-aware, and above all, hold compassionate, safe, reliable space that invites your trust. This “container of trust” is the vital ground for therapy to unfold. It encourages ALL parts of you to feel welcome, so we can work to heal your innermost wounds and traumas.

Coping with life isn't always easy but can be more meaningful with someone to share your hopes and dreams with as well as your challenges and worries. Sometimes changes in moods and emotions can seem confusing and even scary in both ourselves and in others and make us question who we are and who the other person is. We are always in relationships with ourselves and with others at home, at work, in school, in our past and present. What and who do you want in your life? What brought you to where you are today and where do you want to go from here? Who do you want to be? These and other questions will be explored and entertained.

Are you living the life you want? Stuck or unsatisfied in your relationships? Tired and depleted? Maybe you have friends, but find yourself wondering who you would really call in the middle of the night. Or your romantic relationship feels stuck, like you are repeating the same pattern over and over. We all know that deeper connection and intimacy are necessary for a more satisfying life, yet we feel that we are not getting what we need or want. Or maybe your pain is related to your job. You are working hard but not getting the recognition you crave. For many of us, we feel depleted or anxious and don't fully understand why.

My practice is informed by my firm conviction in the possibility of change, founded in extensive personal & professional experience. I employ an eclectic approach in therapy, with a primary focus on interpersonal, psychodynamic treatment. I have successfully worked with people struggling with many of life's central challenges: identity, relationships, depression, & self-defeating or self-destructive behaviors. I have particular expertise in working with people affected by alcoholism/addiction: not only those who have substance abuse problems, but also the partners or adult children of alcoholics/addicts & people in long-term recovery.

Sometimes life does not seem to go how you would like it to. It may feel like everything is building up and you may explode into tears. Perhaps it seems as though the more you have going on the more you feel like not doing anything at all and when you aren’t doing anything you still feel like you should be doing something. Sometimes we find ourselves being overworked and underappreciated not only by other people around us but within ourselves as well.

No matter what brings one to therapy - seeking relief from symptoms, difficult relationships, or a quest for inner balance and calm - certain components could prove essential for a successful outcome. One of these components is the client's active participation in the process; another - treatment tailored to individual needs; and, most importantly, a safe and welcoming environment and the therapist's open-minded attitude. These principles serve as my ethical framework, while my approach to treatment is primarily guided by training in Psycho-dynamic Psychotherapy and my experience working with clients of diverse backgrounds.

As a trained scientist-practitioner, Eleonora incorporates contributions of empirical research and evidence-based practice to inform her work with individuals and couples who are ready to step into the unknown in order to create positive changes in their lives. She is highly integrative in her thinking and utilize the therapeutic framework which consists of psychodynamic, cognitive/dialectical behavioral, multicultural, humanistic, and feminist theory based interventions. Eleonora is honored to bring practical experience across multiple professional settings based on her over ten years of postdoctoral clinical practice.

I provide a safe therapeutic treatment space for those within and outside the LGBTQ/QI 2-S+ spectrum, GNC/Non-Binary, and BDSM/Kink community. I have extensive experience working with individuals who have been diagnosed as Differently-Abled/Special Needs/ASD/Neuroatypical/ Neurodivergent or with an Intellectual and Emotional Disability.

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." Carl Jung. We are psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and supervisors in private practice in New York City who incorporate a variety of Eastern modalities into treatment. In healing, the spiritual can't be separated from the psychological and vice versa; the full package is one in which the two worlds exist side by side. This approach is informed by our journey which has led to a variety of healers and experiences that have resulted in a healthier, truer and more fulfilling life than we had ever imagined possible.

Uncovering deep feelings and internalized anxiety can better help one to understand the motivations for problematic behaviors or interruptions to ones well being. In the search for more balanced personal and professional lives and long term harmony and self esteem, we will work together to uncover those deeper feelings and impulses in a safe, non judgmental space.

We create personal narratives to make sense of our subjective experience of life. Embedded in our narrative, are the internalized images of ourselves that we draw on to explain our lives (e.g. unworthy, undesirable, shameful, superior, unappreciated etc.). In therapy we examine the images that so often lead us to make the unconscious choices that return us to the painfully familiar circumstances that have come to define our life. As we become aware of the ways in which our images have unwittingly influenced our choices, we will have the opportunity to make new choices that may better support living the life to which we aspire.