German Therapists in New York, NY
I use a psychodynamic approach which integrates spirituality and psychotherapy, helping people who struggle with depression, loneliness, sexual abuse, drug addiction. I help couples and families learn to communicate their needs and feelings effectively. I work with gay men and lesbians seeking to integrate their sexual identity, as well as those working to enhance their relationships. I work extensively with people suffering from chronic illnesses (e.g. AIDS) and those who care for them. I am a Member of AAMFT, ACPE, and EGPS and have certificates in Pastoral Psychotherapy, Marriage and Family Therapy and Group Psychotherapy.
I use a psychodynamic approach which integrates spirituality and psychotherapy, helping people who struggle with depression, loneliness, sexual abuse, drug addiction. I help couples and families learn to communicate their needs and feelings effectively. I work with gay men and lesbians seeking to integrate their sexual identity, as well as those working to enhance their relationships. I work extensively with people suffering from chronic illnesses (e.g. AIDS) and those who care for them. I am a Member of AAMFT, ACPE, and EGPS and have certificates in Pastoral Psychotherapy, Marriage and Family Therapy and Group Psychotherapy.
Trained in a psychoanalytic paradigm, I believe that past experiences profoundly influence how we manage our fears and anxieties and thus impact the quality of our relationships with others and the world around us, i.e., they affect the ways in which we are able to shape our lives in the present. While this belief fundamentally guides my thinking and informs my treatment approach, I am versed in a variety of techniques rooted in other traditions and am comfortable treating a wide range of clinical issues. I also have extensive experience conducting neuropsychological, psycho-educational, and personality assessments.
Trained in a psychoanalytic paradigm, I believe that past experiences profoundly influence how we manage our fears and anxieties and thus impact the quality of our relationships with others and the world around us, i.e., they affect the ways in which we are able to shape our lives in the present. While this belief fundamentally guides my thinking and informs my treatment approach, I am versed in a variety of techniques rooted in other traditions and am comfortable treating a wide range of clinical issues. I also have extensive experience conducting neuropsychological, psycho-educational, and personality assessments.
I am fluent in English, German, and Swedish (native), and have some proficiency in Italian.
I am a clinical psychologist, licensed in NY and TX, with over 20 years of experience in private practice and hospital-based psychiatric clinic settings. I meet with adult patients once or twice weekly to address anxiety, sadness, loneliness, difficult relationships, creative blocks, and addictions. Whether you’re in a profound crisis, navigating a challenging life transition, or simply curious about your internal world, therapy will offer a space for exploration and a deepening understanding of the self.
I am fluent in English, German, and Swedish (native), and have some proficiency in Italian.
I am a clinical psychologist, licensed in NY and TX, with over 20 years of experience in private practice and hospital-based psychiatric clinic settings. I meet with adult patients once or twice weekly to address anxiety, sadness, loneliness, difficult relationships, creative blocks, and addictions. Whether you’re in a profound crisis, navigating a challenging life transition, or simply curious about your internal world, therapy will offer a space for exploration and a deepening understanding of the self.
Are you looking for a therapist that actually "gets it"? Do you feel anxiety first thing in the morning, randomly throughout the day, or just before bed? Do you experience fear or panic reconnecting with friends, family, and coworkers since the world changed in 2020? Are you in the process of (or thinking about) coming out and feel unsure of how to go forward? Are you wanting to restructure your life in a more meaningful way but not sure what your new life can look like? I can assist you. My clientele includes diverse religious and cultural backgrounds, LGBTQA, individuals, couples, and families. Let’s talk.
Are you looking for a therapist that actually "gets it"? Do you feel anxiety first thing in the morning, randomly throughout the day, or just before bed? Do you experience fear or panic reconnecting with friends, family, and coworkers since the world changed in 2020? Are you in the process of (or thinking about) coming out and feel unsure of how to go forward? Are you wanting to restructure your life in a more meaningful way but not sure what your new life can look like? I can assist you. My clientele includes diverse religious and cultural backgrounds, LGBTQA, individuals, couples, and families. Let’s talk.
I also offer therapy in Polish and German.
Past experiences can shape how you feel about yourself and how you relate to others. You may struggle with anxiety, trust, emotional numbness, painful memories, or relationship patterns that are hard to change. I help clients process these experiences safely while building greater self-understanding and emotional stability.
I also offer therapy in Polish and German.
Past experiences can shape how you feel about yourself and how you relate to others. You may struggle with anxiety, trust, emotional numbness, painful memories, or relationship patterns that are hard to change. I help clients process these experiences safely while building greater self-understanding and emotional stability.
I conduct therapy in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, German, and Dutch.
My 9/11 mental health first-responder efforts were chronicled in a prestigious publication, given as a keynote speech, and are now archived at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Ten years’ tenure at Postgraduate Center for Mental Health’s Child Clinic has informed my work with children and adolescents undergoing complex emotional struggles.
I conduct therapy in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, German, and Dutch.
My 9/11 mental health first-responder efforts were chronicled in a prestigious publication, given as a keynote speech, and are now archived at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Ten years’ tenure at Postgraduate Center for Mental Health’s Child Clinic has informed my work with children and adolescents undergoing complex emotional struggles.
I offer a safe space in which you can be fully seen and valued for who you are, while developing new tools for navigating life’s challenges. My approach is trauma-informed, multicultural, and focuses on understanding you as a whole person. I offer a sex-positive, LGBTQ affirming, and strengths-based space. Through healing and self-exploration, we will implement skills together that can help you manage life stressors and improve your life, whether that is improving relationships, managing anxiety, overcoming trauma, building self-esteem, enhancing connection to life, help with feeling stuck, or making peace with tormenting thoughts.
I offer a safe space in which you can be fully seen and valued for who you are, while developing new tools for navigating life’s challenges. My approach is trauma-informed, multicultural, and focuses on understanding you as a whole person. I offer a sex-positive, LGBTQ affirming, and strengths-based space. Through healing and self-exploration, we will implement skills together that can help you manage life stressors and improve your life, whether that is improving relationships, managing anxiety, overcoming trauma, building self-esteem, enhancing connection to life, help with feeling stuck, or making peace with tormenting thoughts.
As a Trauma Therapist I use an experiential, body-centered approach that focuses on the acceptance, exploration and integration of your authentic experience in the moment. This approach recognizes that our bodies and our emotions hold tremendous wisdom. I will facilitate this process collaboratively and respectfully so you can express yourself, expand your awareness, and examine the patterns and beliefs about yourself that create inner conflict and struggles. You will discover options and choices, and access your potential, so you can find satisfying answers to your questions and concerns. Fundamental and sustainable change in your life is our key objective.
As a Trauma Therapist I use an experiential, body-centered approach that focuses on the acceptance, exploration and integration of your authentic experience in the moment. This approach recognizes that our bodies and our emotions hold tremendous wisdom. I will facilitate this process collaboratively and respectfully so you can express yourself, expand your awareness, and examine the patterns and beliefs about yourself that create inner conflict and struggles. You will discover options and choices, and access your potential, so you can find satisfying answers to your questions and concerns. Fundamental and sustainable change in your life is our key objective.
Psychotherapy can help you to develop greater self awareness, deepen connections with others, and create a personally meaningful life. I see myself as a concerned and nonjudgmental partner in this process. I try to foster an atmosphere of safety in which you experience a sense of freedom to think and feel. Maybe you are having trouble adjusting to a new change or are feeling stuck; perhaps you repeatedly find yourself in unhappy relationships or conflicts at work and struggle with low self-esteem. It may be that your familiar assumptions and modes of behaving, which originally developed out of need, are no longer working for you.
Psychotherapy can help you to develop greater self awareness, deepen connections with others, and create a personally meaningful life. I see myself as a concerned and nonjudgmental partner in this process. I try to foster an atmosphere of safety in which you experience a sense of freedom to think and feel. Maybe you are having trouble adjusting to a new change or are feeling stuck; perhaps you repeatedly find yourself in unhappy relationships or conflicts at work and struggle with low self-esteem. It may be that your familiar assumptions and modes of behaving, which originally developed out of need, are no longer working for you.
Dr. Silvia Birklein, SYNC Psychological Services™
Psychologist, PhD, MA, LCAT, BC-DMT, CMA
New York, NY 10010
German/English speaking.
I am a licensed psychologist/psychoanalyst with over 20 years of practice in psychotherapy and body/mind approaches. If you experience trauma, anxiety, depression, or relationship problems, I am dedicated to helping you. I'll work with you on becoming aware of unresolved issues that limit your choices and freedom in life by attending carefully to your narrative and experience. Emphasis is on an exploration of your issues, and on the therapeutic relationship. In addition, our group has a team of experts/clinicians who are trained in a variety of approaches and issues. Please see the website for more info: WWW.SYNCPSYCH.COM
German/English speaking.
I am a licensed psychologist/psychoanalyst with over 20 years of practice in psychotherapy and body/mind approaches. If you experience trauma, anxiety, depression, or relationship problems, I am dedicated to helping you. I'll work with you on becoming aware of unresolved issues that limit your choices and freedom in life by attending carefully to your narrative and experience. Emphasis is on an exploration of your issues, and on the therapeutic relationship. In addition, our group has a team of experts/clinicians who are trained in a variety of approaches and issues. Please see the website for more info: WWW.SYNCPSYCH.COM
I offer my services in both English and German.
I am a licensed Psychologist and Psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City, specializing in individual and couples therapy since 2002. I focus on helping you to improve and enhance self-understanding, to learn how to make better decisions, and to live a happier and more satisfying life, with stronger self-determination, autonomy, and a greater sense of freedom. I am also a Staff Member at at the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic of New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, where I specialize in the treatment of Personality Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, Dissociative Disorders, PTSD and Identity Issues.
I offer my services in both English and German.
I am a licensed Psychologist and Psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City, specializing in individual and couples therapy since 2002. I focus on helping you to improve and enhance self-understanding, to learn how to make better decisions, and to live a happier and more satisfying life, with stronger self-determination, autonomy, and a greater sense of freedom. I am also a Staff Member at at the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic of New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, where I specialize in the treatment of Personality Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, Dissociative Disorders, PTSD and Identity Issues.
Are you looking for couples therapy? You've come to the right place! My passion lies in helping couples navigate life transitions and relational challenges. Together, we may work on improving your communication skills, increasing emotional connection, or helping you recover from an affair. We may explore issues related to sex, finances, parenting, infertility, and/or trauma. You may also choose to see me before deciding to take the next step (pre-marital counseling) or when separation is an option (discernment counseling; uncoupling).
Are you looking for couples therapy? You've come to the right place! My passion lies in helping couples navigate life transitions and relational challenges. Together, we may work on improving your communication skills, increasing emotional connection, or helping you recover from an affair. We may explore issues related to sex, finances, parenting, infertility, and/or trauma. You may also choose to see me before deciding to take the next step (pre-marital counseling) or when separation is an option (discernment counseling; uncoupling).
I work with Adults, Teens and Couples, mostly in Psychotherapy and CBT treatment forms. I specialize in the treatment of Depression, Anxiety, and Relationship issues. In our work clients will identify blocks and beliefs that inhibit their taking charge of their life. I take a collaborative and active role in helping clients develop the skills for making desired changes. The goal is for the patient to develop a more deliberate approach to reaching personal and professional goals, greater vitality and fulfillment. Office hours: M-F 8-8 pm, Sat 9-1pm. Video and phone sessions.
I work with Adults, Teens and Couples, mostly in Psychotherapy and CBT treatment forms. I specialize in the treatment of Depression, Anxiety, and Relationship issues. In our work clients will identify blocks and beliefs that inhibit their taking charge of their life. I take a collaborative and active role in helping clients develop the skills for making desired changes. The goal is for the patient to develop a more deliberate approach to reaching personal and professional goals, greater vitality and fulfillment. Office hours: M-F 8-8 pm, Sat 9-1pm. Video and phone sessions.
I provide an environment for you to express yourself without the expectations and etiquette that is typically demanded of us. My position as a neutral, non-judgemental listener, enables you to grow more and more comfortable as our work together unfolds. My goal is for you to speak with an ease that is rare, if not impossible, in other relationships. I carefully listen to your memories, impressions, and reactions–and also notice the subjects you avoid or minimize–in order to help mitigate the issues that brought you to therapy in the first place.
I provide an environment for you to express yourself without the expectations and etiquette that is typically demanded of us. My position as a neutral, non-judgemental listener, enables you to grow more and more comfortable as our work together unfolds. My goal is for you to speak with an ease that is rare, if not impossible, in other relationships. I carefully listen to your memories, impressions, and reactions–and also notice the subjects you avoid or minimize–in order to help mitigate the issues that brought you to therapy in the first place.
The way we feel—whether anxious, depressed, or acutely traumatized, is directly related to our experiences with others and the meanings we have derived from them. Part of this process takes place on an unconscious level. - In my work with clients I offer a safe space in which to explore and understand the ways in which you have made meaning of your experiences. We will consider the issues you are dealing with in their context, including the larger family and cultural background. My approach is informed by a psychoanalytic perspective, though I may include cognitive behavioral interventions; my style is shaped by empathic listening.
The way we feel—whether anxious, depressed, or acutely traumatized, is directly related to our experiences with others and the meanings we have derived from them. Part of this process takes place on an unconscious level. - In my work with clients I offer a safe space in which to explore and understand the ways in which you have made meaning of your experiences. We will consider the issues you are dealing with in their context, including the larger family and cultural background. My approach is informed by a psychoanalytic perspective, though I may include cognitive behavioral interventions; my style is shaped by empathic listening.
Hello, I provide a safe, warm, and exploratory environment. Together you and I co-create a space that will facilitate greater insight into and understanding of issues, both internal and external, which are causing discomfort. The push of discomfort brings you into treatment and the pull of hope sustains your motivation and determination to resolve the conflicts. You are the expert on your life. Therefore, my role is to provide a caring, nurturing, and analyzing set of eyes and mind to assist your growth. I look forward to meeting you and working with you.
Hello, I provide a safe, warm, and exploratory environment. Together you and I co-create a space that will facilitate greater insight into and understanding of issues, both internal and external, which are causing discomfort. The push of discomfort brings you into treatment and the pull of hope sustains your motivation and determination to resolve the conflicts. You are the expert on your life. Therefore, my role is to provide a caring, nurturing, and analyzing set of eyes and mind to assist your growth. I look forward to meeting you and working with you.
Are you leading the life you always wanted to live ? Are you aligned with your goals, values and dreams ? If you have lost your direction, experienced a setback or other challenge, leaving you discouraged, struggling with anxiety, depression or grief, or facing difficulties in relationships, know that there is help and that you don't have to do it all alone.
Are you leading the life you always wanted to live ? Are you aligned with your goals, values and dreams ? If you have lost your direction, experienced a setback or other challenge, leaving you discouraged, struggling with anxiety, depression or grief, or facing difficulties in relationships, know that there is help and that you don't have to do it all alone.
The practice New Decision Therapy was designed to heal those who have less than ideal relationships with themselves and others. When trauma happens to us, these memories embed themselves in our bodies on a cellular level. This is what leads to our particular types of behavior, personalities and affects our reactions and relationships. When we feel overwhelmed, unhappy, alone and disconnected, this is a matter of suppressed trauma and previous pain. NDT goes into the memory, back to where the pain or trauma initially happened, and removes that old memory and pain through taking a New Decision which only happens through forgiveness.
The practice New Decision Therapy was designed to heal those who have less than ideal relationships with themselves and others. When trauma happens to us, these memories embed themselves in our bodies on a cellular level. This is what leads to our particular types of behavior, personalities and affects our reactions and relationships. When we feel overwhelmed, unhappy, alone and disconnected, this is a matter of suppressed trauma and previous pain. NDT goes into the memory, back to where the pain or trauma initially happened, and removes that old memory and pain through taking a New Decision which only happens through forgiveness.
Anxiety can be overwhelming, ruining important events. If you suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, obsessions, compulsions, phobias - there IS help. You can learn ways to stress less and enjoy more. Gotham Wellness specializes in Solutions. Focusing on Anxiety/Stress Management, Adult ADHD, Navigating Difficult Relationships, & Couples Counseling. The ideal client is one willing to get to know themselves in a fresh way. Our clinicians are Pierre Desir, MA, LMFT, and Cynthia Giocomarra, PsyD., LMFT.
Anxiety can be overwhelming, ruining important events. If you suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, obsessions, compulsions, phobias - there IS help. You can learn ways to stress less and enjoy more. Gotham Wellness specializes in Solutions. Focusing on Anxiety/Stress Management, Adult ADHD, Navigating Difficult Relationships, & Couples Counseling. The ideal client is one willing to get to know themselves in a fresh way. Our clinicians are Pierre Desir, MA, LMFT, and Cynthia Giocomarra, PsyD., LMFT.
You may be facing fertility challenges, pregnancy or postpartum changes, loss, or a major life transition—and feeling anxious, depleted, or disconnected from yourself. These experiences can be isolating and overwhelming, especially when others don’t fully understand what you’re going through.
You may be facing fertility challenges, pregnancy or postpartum changes, loss, or a major life transition—and feeling anxious, depleted, or disconnected from yourself. These experiences can be isolating and overwhelming, especially when others don’t fully understand what you’re going through.
