Depression Therapists in New York, NY
I work with adults, older adolescents, and couples facing interpersonal, emotional, and psychological difficulties related to anxiety, OCD, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
Life’s challenges can at times feel overwhelming, especially when anxiety, emotional pain, relationship difficulties, or uncertainty begin to shape how we relate to ourselves and others. In these moments, it can become difficult to feel grounded, connected, or aligned with the life we want to live. Therapy offers an opportunity to better understand these experiences and develop new ways of responding to them with greater awareness, flexibility, and intention.
I work with adults, older adolescents, and couples facing interpersonal, emotional, and psychological difficulties related to anxiety, OCD, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
Life’s challenges can at times feel overwhelming, especially when anxiety, emotional pain, relationship difficulties, or uncertainty begin to shape how we relate to ourselves and others. In these moments, it can become difficult to feel grounded, connected, or aligned with the life we want to live. Therapy offers an opportunity to better understand these experiences and develop new ways of responding to them with greater awareness, flexibility, and intention.
If you’re experiencing stress from life transitions, distress in relationships, career challenges, depression, anxiety, or inauthenticity within yourself, therapy can be an investment in moving towards the direction you choose.
My approach to therapy is collaborative and it starts with your story. I offer a supportive space to help you navigate challenges, pain points, blind spots, and barriers to change. I utilize solution-focused and mindfulness based techniques to explore the impact of thoughts and feelings on patterns of behavior.
If you’re experiencing stress from life transitions, distress in relationships, career challenges, depression, anxiety, or inauthenticity within yourself, therapy can be an investment in moving towards the direction you choose.
My approach to therapy is collaborative and it starts with your story. I offer a supportive space to help you navigate challenges, pain points, blind spots, and barriers to change. I utilize solution-focused and mindfulness based techniques to explore the impact of thoughts and feelings on patterns of behavior.
I am a licensed clinical social worker, certified psychoanalyst and certified group psychotherapist practicing in New York for over twenty years. My style is interactive and direct. I specialize in treating depression, anxiety, addiction/compulsive disorders, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties.
I am a licensed clinical social worker, certified psychoanalyst and certified group psychotherapist practicing in New York for over twenty years. My style is interactive and direct. I specialize in treating depression, anxiety, addiction/compulsive disorders, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties.
Are anxiety, depression, trauma, phobias, bipolar disorder, or OCD keeping you from living the life you want?
I specialize in depression, anxiety, emetophobia, other phobias, OCD, trauma, and addiction. I use evidence-based practices like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to address the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and help you build practical coping strategies.
Are anxiety, depression, trauma, phobias, bipolar disorder, or OCD keeping you from living the life you want?
I specialize in depression, anxiety, emetophobia, other phobias, OCD, trauma, and addiction. I use evidence-based practices like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to address the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and help you build practical coping strategies.
Areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, relationships, career, sexuality, gender identity, body image, self-esteem, life transitions, trauma, loss, grief, and chronic illness.
I’ve been in private practice since 2004, working with adults individually, in couples, and in groups. My style is warm, empathic, and collaborative. I strive to create a non-judgmental space where you can be yourself and share freely. You’ll find me listening intently, asking questions, but also allowing for moments of quiet reflection. My approach is informed by my training in psychoanalysis as well as cognitive behavioral therapies, and I believe that a good therapeutic fit, where you feel truly seen and heard, can be transformative.
Areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, relationships, career, sexuality, gender identity, body image, self-esteem, life transitions, trauma, loss, grief, and chronic illness.
I’ve been in private practice since 2004, working with adults individually, in couples, and in groups. My style is warm, empathic, and collaborative. I strive to create a non-judgmental space where you can be yourself and share freely. You’ll find me listening intently, asking questions, but also allowing for moments of quiet reflection. My approach is informed by my training in psychoanalysis as well as cognitive behavioral therapies, and I believe that a good therapeutic fit, where you feel truly seen and heard, can be transformative.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, life transitions, and self-esteem challenges.
My approach is collaborative and evidence-based, blending CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, ACT, and EFT. I tailor each session to your goals, helping you build resilience, develop practical coping strategies, and grow into your most authentic self. I believe in meeting clients where they are and using therapy as a space to foster voice, insight, and lasting change.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, life transitions, and self-esteem challenges.
My approach is collaborative and evidence-based, blending CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, ACT, and EFT. I tailor each session to your goals, helping you build resilience, develop practical coping strategies, and grow into your most authentic self. I believe in meeting clients where they are and using therapy as a space to foster voice, insight, and lasting change.
For anxiety, depression and relationship issues, I listen, I am supportive and I help you better clarify what you feel and think and the best courses of action and internal experience for you.
I imagine you may wonder what your life means. You might want to feel vitally connected to nature, the spiritual world and people in your life. Or you feel sad or numb and want to understand why, to feel more energy. Or you just want to sit still and not worry about the future. In one way or another, you are looking to feel safe and fulfilled, to relieve distress and feel less alone. Perhaps you feel loneliness and don't know what to do about it or have an addiction you sometimes hide and sometimes admit to yourself. You may have a child or adolescent you're concerned about, with conflicts you hope can heal.
For anxiety, depression and relationship issues, I listen, I am supportive and I help you better clarify what you feel and think and the best courses of action and internal experience for you.
I imagine you may wonder what your life means. You might want to feel vitally connected to nature, the spiritual world and people in your life. Or you feel sad or numb and want to understand why, to feel more energy. Or you just want to sit still and not worry about the future. In one way or another, you are looking to feel safe and fulfilled, to relieve distress and feel less alone. Perhaps you feel loneliness and don't know what to do about it or have an addiction you sometimes hide and sometimes admit to yourself. You may have a child or adolescent you're concerned about, with conflicts you hope can heal.
At different times in our lives we can feel stuck and struggle with finding our way. Oftentimes, our usual ways of dealing with these struggles aren't helping or may even be preventing us from feeling better. I see individuals who are dealing with anxiety, self-doubt, sadness, loss and trauma or having difficulties in relationships, work, school, parenting, and varying life-stage transitions.
At different times in our lives we can feel stuck and struggle with finding our way. Oftentimes, our usual ways of dealing with these struggles aren't helping or may even be preventing us from feeling better. I see individuals who are dealing with anxiety, self-doubt, sadness, loss and trauma or having difficulties in relationships, work, school, parenting, and varying life-stage transitions.
People come to therapy for a variety of reasons: struggles with anxiety or depression, low self-esteem, relationship problems, loss, life changes and others.
I strive to provide provide a space free of judgement and open to exploration. My style is warm, interactive, flexible and collaborative. My approach is tailored to the individual. My areas of expertise are relationship difficulties, family concerns, depression, anxiety, life transitions and questions around identity.
People come to therapy for a variety of reasons: struggles with anxiety or depression, low self-esteem, relationship problems, loss, life changes and others.
I strive to provide provide a space free of judgement and open to exploration. My style is warm, interactive, flexible and collaborative. My approach is tailored to the individual. My areas of expertise are relationship difficulties, family concerns, depression, anxiety, life transitions and questions around identity.
As of November 1, I will only be able to conduct sessions through telehealth; I have had a studio in person atmosphere throughout my professional career that clients report feeling comfortable and creative. I am sorry to not be able to offer this option that has been an important part of my work. I have a holistic approach and open mind and cultivate a comfortable, non-judgmental and safe space for many kinds of self-expression, whether verbal or using creative arts.
As of November 1, I will only be able to conduct sessions through telehealth; I have had a studio in person atmosphere throughout my professional career that clients report feeling comfortable and creative. I am sorry to not be able to offer this option that has been an important part of my work. I have a holistic approach and open mind and cultivate a comfortable, non-judgmental and safe space for many kinds of self-expression, whether verbal or using creative arts.
I treat a wide spectrum of conditions including mood and anxiety disorders (e.g., bipolar, depressive and anxiety disorders), ADHD, marital issues and PTSD.
Although my practice is mainly guided by empirical modalities, I tend to approach each client in an eclectic manner to customize treatment as needed. The evaluation takes place over the initial sessions. A treatment plan is then discussed to assure a treatment agreement. I like to include homework, books, and new life activities. (new hobbies, etc).
I treat a wide spectrum of conditions including mood and anxiety disorders (e.g., bipolar, depressive and anxiety disorders), ADHD, marital issues and PTSD.
Although my practice is mainly guided by empirical modalities, I tend to approach each client in an eclectic manner to customize treatment as needed. The evaluation takes place over the initial sessions. A treatment plan is then discussed to assure a treatment agreement. I like to include homework, books, and new life activities. (new hobbies, etc).
I provide therapy to adults experiencing a range of mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, insomnia, grief, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), relationship issues, & life transitions.
My approach is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an evidence-based method that empowers clients to identify and move beyond unhelpful patterns, navigate difficult emotions more skillfully, and take meaningful steps toward personal growth. To provide tailored care, I integrate Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
I provide therapy to adults experiencing a range of mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, insomnia, grief, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), relationship issues, & life transitions.
My approach is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an evidence-based method that empowers clients to identify and move beyond unhelpful patterns, navigate difficult emotions more skillfully, and take meaningful steps toward personal growth. To provide tailored care, I integrate Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Are you succeeding despite struggles with depression, anxiety, anger, or other difficulties?
I am an LCSW-R and psychotherapist with over a decade of professional experience working with individuals, couples, and families grappling with these and other issues. Together we can work to understand and address them.
Are you succeeding despite struggles with depression, anxiety, anger, or other difficulties?
I am an LCSW-R and psychotherapist with over a decade of professional experience working with individuals, couples, and families grappling with these and other issues. Together we can work to understand and address them.
I will meet you where you’re at and help you find relief from painful symptoms such as anxiety, depression, loneliness and trauma.
My warm, genuine and relaxed approach allows for clients to make incremental shifts that build up over time and provide deep and lasting change. I welcome humor, playfulness and creativity in the therapeutic relationship.
I will meet you where you’re at and help you find relief from painful symptoms such as anxiety, depression, loneliness and trauma.
My warm, genuine and relaxed approach allows for clients to make incremental shifts that build up over time and provide deep and lasting change. I welcome humor, playfulness and creativity in the therapeutic relationship.
Seeking out therapy is a sign of strength and you deserve a safe place for discovery. Ultimately therapy is a journey of exploration. I strive to create a therapeutic environment where you genuinely feel understood, heard, and seen in a compassionate, non-judgmental space. Our work together can explore and navigate through your concerns to reach a more meaningful and fulfilling life while reaching your extraordinary potential.
Seeking out therapy is a sign of strength and you deserve a safe place for discovery. Ultimately therapy is a journey of exploration. I strive to create a therapeutic environment where you genuinely feel understood, heard, and seen in a compassionate, non-judgmental space. Our work together can explore and navigate through your concerns to reach a more meaningful and fulfilling life while reaching your extraordinary potential.
I am a licensed mental health counselor with 10 years of experience treating mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, and unhealthy/risky behavior, with a particular specialty in problematic sexual behaviors. Additionally, I have a lot of experience working with those involved in the criminal justice system. In my practice, I integrate cognitive therapies, dialectical behavior therapy, and strengths-based approaches to be adaptable for my clients needs. I try to provide a warm, trusting, and collaborative space to deepen insight, clarify goals, and create meaningful change.
I am a licensed mental health counselor with 10 years of experience treating mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, and unhealthy/risky behavior, with a particular specialty in problematic sexual behaviors. Additionally, I have a lot of experience working with those involved in the criminal justice system. In my practice, I integrate cognitive therapies, dialectical behavior therapy, and strengths-based approaches to be adaptable for my clients needs. I try to provide a warm, trusting, and collaborative space to deepen insight, clarify goals, and create meaningful change.
Claude Borenzweig | CBT | Great Barrington &
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW
Online Only
Areas of Expertise: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Anxiety, Panic, Grief, Loss, OCD, ADD, ADHD, Addiction, Substance Abuse, Social Phobia, Relationships, Couples, Marital Counseling, Insomnia/Sleep issues.
My psychotherapy practice is dedicated to helping people overcome difficulties in managing troubling emotions, dysfunctional behaviors, or problems in career, relationship, or life transition. Working primarily in short-term cognitive behavioral models, trouble areas are defined and broken down. Clients are actively encouraged to collaborate on developing new, healthier perspectives, and to generate and practice effective coping strategies and skills. Foundations in psychodynamic and developmental theory, neuroscience, as well as eastern philosophy and mindfulness practice often inform and shape the course of work.
Areas of Expertise: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Anxiety, Panic, Grief, Loss, OCD, ADD, ADHD, Addiction, Substance Abuse, Social Phobia, Relationships, Couples, Marital Counseling, Insomnia/Sleep issues.
My psychotherapy practice is dedicated to helping people overcome difficulties in managing troubling emotions, dysfunctional behaviors, or problems in career, relationship, or life transition. Working primarily in short-term cognitive behavioral models, trouble areas are defined and broken down. Clients are actively encouraged to collaborate on developing new, healthier perspectives, and to generate and practice effective coping strategies and skills. Foundations in psychodynamic and developmental theory, neuroscience, as well as eastern philosophy and mindfulness practice often inform and shape the course of work.
If you are struggling to succeed in work or school, having problems with relationships, dealing with anxiety, depression or loneliness, therapy can help you to get unstuck so that you can feel stronger and more in control of your life.
My approach is warm and empathic. My style is psychodynamic and relational, meaning that I am an active participant in the therapeutic process. I believe that the relationship between therapist and client is the ultimate tool for facilitating healing and growth.
If you are struggling to succeed in work or school, having problems with relationships, dealing with anxiety, depression or loneliness, therapy can help you to get unstuck so that you can feel stronger and more in control of your life.
My approach is warm and empathic. My style is psychodynamic and relational, meaning that I am an active participant in the therapeutic process. I believe that the relationship between therapist and client is the ultimate tool for facilitating healing and growth.
I specialize in treating a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, eating disorders, and perfectionism.
Dr. Seltzer is a compassionate and skilled therapist who is dedicated to helping adolescents and adults navigate life’s challenges. Dr. Seltzer received advanced training in evidence-based approaches, including CBT , DBT, ACT, and family-based interventions, with a focus on building strong therapeutic relationships and tailoring treatment to each individual’s unique needs. His commitment to his craft is reflected in his ongoing clinical supervision and training in cutting-edge therapeutic techniques. Additionally, he has contributed to the field through research and teaching on the intersection of mental health and relationships.
I specialize in treating a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, eating disorders, and perfectionism.
Dr. Seltzer is a compassionate and skilled therapist who is dedicated to helping adolescents and adults navigate life’s challenges. Dr. Seltzer received advanced training in evidence-based approaches, including CBT , DBT, ACT, and family-based interventions, with a focus on building strong therapeutic relationships and tailoring treatment to each individual’s unique needs. His commitment to his craft is reflected in his ongoing clinical supervision and training in cutting-edge therapeutic techniques. Additionally, he has contributed to the field through research and teaching on the intersection of mental health and relationships.
I help patients navigate their defenses so they can tolerate being with the core feelings sitting underneath anxiety and depression.
Our work will be about helping you to deal with feelings in a more constructive way so they don't becoming overwhelming or stuck. Getting practiced in noticing and making space for core feelings lets us move through them in ways that leads to insight, calm, and clarity. We'll also use our relationship as a window to explore dynamics that happen elsewhere.
I help patients navigate their defenses so they can tolerate being with the core feelings sitting underneath anxiety and depression.
Our work will be about helping you to deal with feelings in a more constructive way so they don't becoming overwhelming or stuck. Getting practiced in noticing and making space for core feelings lets us move through them in ways that leads to insight, calm, and clarity. We'll also use our relationship as a window to explore dynamics that happen elsewhere.
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.