Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists in New York, NY
Welcome! I provide trauma-informed and gender affirming care to adults and college-age young adults who are coping with anxiety, identity, and life transition issues. We do not choose the families, countries, or systems that we are born into, and yet our interior lives are deeply shaped by these uncommon inheritances. It takes courage to create a path forward within environmental dynamics that are not in our control. I am committed to partnering with you as you continue to craft a life worth living in uncertain times.
Welcome! I provide trauma-informed and gender affirming care to adults and college-age young adults who are coping with anxiety, identity, and life transition issues. We do not choose the families, countries, or systems that we are born into, and yet our interior lives are deeply shaped by these uncommon inheritances. It takes courage to create a path forward within environmental dynamics that are not in our control. I am committed to partnering with you as you continue to craft a life worth living in uncertain times.
I am a certified Sex Therapist with additional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Recuction (MBSR) and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). I provide a supportive, client-centered experience that fosters personal growth. Treatment areas of focus include depression, anxiety, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, infidelity and sexuality. My approach is collaborative and trauma-informed with the goal of reducing feelings of fear, shame and judgement. I treat both individuals and couples as well as polycules. I also specialize in care for those living with HIV (worked at Gay Men's Health Crisis for 3 years).
I am a certified Sex Therapist with additional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Recuction (MBSR) and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). I provide a supportive, client-centered experience that fosters personal growth. Treatment areas of focus include depression, anxiety, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, infidelity and sexuality. My approach is collaborative and trauma-informed with the goal of reducing feelings of fear, shame and judgement. I treat both individuals and couples as well as polycules. I also specialize in care for those living with HIV (worked at Gay Men's Health Crisis for 3 years).
When you walk into my office, I want you to feel safe. Maybe you’re experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, or ADHD. Maybe you’re polyamorous/open or mono in a poly relationship. Maybe you’re navigating confusing sexual or relational issues. Or maybe you just want to talk about something completely different. Whatever it is, I’m here for it.
When you walk into my office, I want you to feel safe. Maybe you’re experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, or ADHD. Maybe you’re polyamorous/open or mono in a poly relationship. Maybe you’re navigating confusing sexual or relational issues. Or maybe you just want to talk about something completely different. Whatever it is, I’m here for it.
Has it become difficult to make friends, feel connection or love? Do you and your partner keep having the same fight without reaching a resolution? Have you been longing for connection, truth and authenticity; but keep bumping into fear and worry? If this resonates with you, you are not alone.
Has it become difficult to make friends, feel connection or love? Do you and your partner keep having the same fight without reaching a resolution? Have you been longing for connection, truth and authenticity; but keep bumping into fear and worry? If this resonates with you, you are not alone.
Are you the one who holds it all together while feeling stretched thin inside? You might be carrying grief from loss, transition, or systemic harm. I offer an affirming space where you don’t have to overexplain yourself and your full humanity is welcome. Together, we move at your pace toward deeper self-understanding, steadier relationships, and a life that feels more like yours. Our work can include reconnecting with your body, desire, boundaries, and voice in ways that feel safe and empowering. You deserve support that honors your complexity, not shrinks it. You don’t have to carry it alone anymore.
Are you the one who holds it all together while feeling stretched thin inside? You might be carrying grief from loss, transition, or systemic harm. I offer an affirming space where you don’t have to overexplain yourself and your full humanity is welcome. Together, we move at your pace toward deeper self-understanding, steadier relationships, and a life that feels more like yours. Our work can include reconnecting with your body, desire, boundaries, and voice in ways that feel safe and empowering. You deserve support that honors your complexity, not shrinks it. You don’t have to carry it alone anymore.
Many are drawn to polyamory or ENM, and often kink, not just for autonomy, but because traditional molds never quite make sense to their minds, needs, or hearts.
I offer sharp insight, deep attunement, and a collaborative space where we move efficiently toward real change. I specialize in disordered eating, perfectionism, and navigating nontraditional relationship structures—using integrative, tailored frameworks to meet clients who think and feel intensely, just like I do.
Many are drawn to polyamory or ENM, and often kink, not just for autonomy, but because traditional molds never quite make sense to their minds, needs, or hearts.
I offer sharp insight, deep attunement, and a collaborative space where we move efficiently toward real change. I specialize in disordered eating, perfectionism, and navigating nontraditional relationship structures—using integrative, tailored frameworks to meet clients who think and feel intensely, just like I do.
It takes courage to seek support for your relationship, and I'm here to meet you with compassion and understanding. My passion is working with couples, helping them move from conflict and distance to true intimacy and connection. I bring a specialized understanding to my work with LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent couples, creating an affirming environment where every part of your identity is honored.
It takes courage to seek support for your relationship, and I'm here to meet you with compassion and understanding. My passion is working with couples, helping them move from conflict and distance to true intimacy and connection. I bring a specialized understanding to my work with LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent couples, creating an affirming environment where every part of your identity is honored.
Thank you for being here - reaching out is never easy. You might feel unseen, overwhelmed by self-doubt, or struggle to connect deeply with yourself and your body; you might seek to improve relationships or recover from past wounds; you might be navigating complex identities, facing social injustices, or yearning for deeper self-understanding - my ideal client is someone determined to heal, change, and grow. I’m a bilingual, queer, and international therapist with a background in classical music. I help clients navigate identity, relational wounds, and the pressure to “hold it all together” with greater clarity and compassion.
Thank you for being here - reaching out is never easy. You might feel unseen, overwhelmed by self-doubt, or struggle to connect deeply with yourself and your body; you might seek to improve relationships or recover from past wounds; you might be navigating complex identities, facing social injustices, or yearning for deeper self-understanding - my ideal client is someone determined to heal, change, and grow. I’m a bilingual, queer, and international therapist with a background in classical music. I help clients navigate identity, relational wounds, and the pressure to “hold it all together” with greater clarity and compassion.
I work with couples who are at a breaking point, or approaching one, and want to address what's actually happening, not just manage the surface. We take an active, structured approach to help you interrupt patterns that keep you stuck, understand what's underneath the conflict, rebuild trust and restore emotional and physical connection. My work is best suited for couples who are motivated, balancing demanding careers and home life and ready to decide if they are in this to rebuild or move forward. You'll be challenged to show up honestly, take responsibility and engage in new ways that serve you and your relationships better.
I work with couples who are at a breaking point, or approaching one, and want to address what's actually happening, not just manage the surface. We take an active, structured approach to help you interrupt patterns that keep you stuck, understand what's underneath the conflict, rebuild trust and restore emotional and physical connection. My work is best suited for couples who are motivated, balancing demanding careers and home life and ready to decide if they are in this to rebuild or move forward. You'll be challenged to show up honestly, take responsibility and engage in new ways that serve you and your relationships better.
My expertise is with non-traditional relationship structures, including but not limited to conscious monogamy, polyamory, non-monogamy, open relationships, solo-poly, relationship anarchy, and kink power exchange dynamics.
Are you seeking to improve your relationship with yourself and your loved ones? Maybe you're feeling stuck, struggling to navigate complex life transitions, or feel burdened by past traumas. Perhaps you're seeking a safe space to explore your identity, relationships, and/or sexuality. I work with individuals and couples (monogamous and non-monogamous) to help them live more authentically, cultivate deeper connections, and embrace more fulfilling lives. I guide individuals and couples towards connecting with their internal emotional landscape to move beyond the defenses and facilitate more honest, compassionate communication.
My expertise is with non-traditional relationship structures, including but not limited to conscious monogamy, polyamory, non-monogamy, open relationships, solo-poly, relationship anarchy, and kink power exchange dynamics.
Are you seeking to improve your relationship with yourself and your loved ones? Maybe you're feeling stuck, struggling to navigate complex life transitions, or feel burdened by past traumas. Perhaps you're seeking a safe space to explore your identity, relationships, and/or sexuality. I work with individuals and couples (monogamous and non-monogamous) to help them live more authentically, cultivate deeper connections, and embrace more fulfilling lives. I guide individuals and couples towards connecting with their internal emotional landscape to move beyond the defenses and facilitate more honest, compassionate communication.
If you want to explore your emotional life, then I'm ready to meet you where you are. Instead of triaging emotions as they come, I specialize in creating an enduring relationship with your feelings that will help you weather the inevitable peaks and valleys of life. I believe that building a foundation of awareness and self-compassion are important tools to building a better present and future. My clients and I work together to build resilience, find greater acceptance for themselves and others, and turn toward challenges instead of away.
If you want to explore your emotional life, then I'm ready to meet you where you are. Instead of triaging emotions as they come, I specialize in creating an enduring relationship with your feelings that will help you weather the inevitable peaks and valleys of life. I believe that building a foundation of awareness and self-compassion are important tools to building a better present and future. My clients and I work together to build resilience, find greater acceptance for themselves and others, and turn toward challenges instead of away.
Genevieve Bixler
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10003
Waitlist for new clients
Geneviève Bixler, LCSW has over a decade of experience in psychology and social work. Her approach is holistic, and includes behavioral, somatic, and psychodynamic theories. Her intention is to provide a trusting, warm, and non-judgmental space where you feel understood and curious. She specializes in working with young adults experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, identity issues, low self-esteem, life transitions, trauma, and grief. Her areas of passion are resistance to change, nontraditional relationships and non-monogamy, and dream analysis.
Geneviève Bixler, LCSW has over a decade of experience in psychology and social work. Her approach is holistic, and includes behavioral, somatic, and psychodynamic theories. Her intention is to provide a trusting, warm, and non-judgmental space where you feel understood and curious. She specializes in working with young adults experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, identity issues, low self-esteem, life transitions, trauma, and grief. Her areas of passion are resistance to change, nontraditional relationships and non-monogamy, and dream analysis.
If you are exploring your identity, navigating polyamory or non-monogamy, untangling relationship conflict, or struggling with shame and anxiety, therapy can help you feel more grounded, confident, and secure in who you are.
My approach is collaborative, compassionate, and affirming. I integrate attachment and relational therapy with practical tools so you leave with insight and clear strategies. Whether healing from relationship trauma, navigating CNM, kink, exploring identity, or working through shame, our work centers your lived experience without pathologizing it.
If you are exploring your identity, navigating polyamory or non-monogamy, untangling relationship conflict, or struggling with shame and anxiety, therapy can help you feel more grounded, confident, and secure in who you are.
My approach is collaborative, compassionate, and affirming. I integrate attachment and relational therapy with practical tools so you leave with insight and clear strategies. Whether healing from relationship trauma, navigating CNM, kink, exploring identity, or working through shame, our work centers your lived experience without pathologizing it.
I work with individuals and couples, adults and adolescents on a range of issues including: overcoming depression, anxiety, and mood disorders; adjustment issues and life transitions; gender and sexuality; premarital counseling; career and vocational; social anxiety and peer relationships; hoarding and organization; smoking cessation; and overcoming substance use and addictions. I have extensive experience working with military veterans, individuals who identify as LGBT, and people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
I work with individuals and couples, adults and adolescents on a range of issues including: overcoming depression, anxiety, and mood disorders; adjustment issues and life transitions; gender and sexuality; premarital counseling; career and vocational; social anxiety and peer relationships; hoarding and organization; smoking cessation; and overcoming substance use and addictions. I have extensive experience working with military veterans, individuals who identify as LGBT, and people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
I offer shame-free, sex-positive counseling to help you live with meaning, power, and purpose. I help adult individuals and couples untangle the “why” behind their patterns—so they can choose the “what now” with clarity and courage. As a cisgender gay man in my 50s, I bring lived experience and past professional expertise to my counseling work, blending the deep empathy of Mr. Rogers, the no-shame attitude of Dr. Ruth, the humor of Dan Savage, with the insight of Brené Brown.
As Mr. Rogers said, "I like you just the way you are." Come as you are, and let's get curious together. Tell me your story. I'd love to hear it.
I offer shame-free, sex-positive counseling to help you live with meaning, power, and purpose. I help adult individuals and couples untangle the “why” behind their patterns—so they can choose the “what now” with clarity and courage. As a cisgender gay man in my 50s, I bring lived experience and past professional expertise to my counseling work, blending the deep empathy of Mr. Rogers, the no-shame attitude of Dr. Ruth, the humor of Dan Savage, with the insight of Brené Brown.
As Mr. Rogers said, "I like you just the way you are." Come as you are, and let's get curious together. Tell me your story. I'd love to hear it.
Tired of having the same arguments and getting nowhere? I help teens (16+), adults, and high-conflict couples break unhealthy patterns, quiet anxious overthinking, and build stronger, more meaningful connections—with themselves and others. As a relational therapist, I guide you through tough conversations, emotional patterns, and attachment wounds to create secure, meaningful relationships. My clients value personal growth, spirituality, and authenticity. Together, we work on communication, emotional clarity, and healing identity-based stress. Now accepting individual and relationship therapy clients.
Tired of having the same arguments and getting nowhere? I help teens (16+), adults, and high-conflict couples break unhealthy patterns, quiet anxious overthinking, and build stronger, more meaningful connections—with themselves and others. As a relational therapist, I guide you through tough conversations, emotional patterns, and attachment wounds to create secure, meaningful relationships. My clients value personal growth, spirituality, and authenticity. Together, we work on communication, emotional clarity, and healing identity-based stress. Now accepting individual and relationship therapy clients.
Sorting through the complexity of the human experience is a collaborative process, and I'm here to be a part of your team. My therapeutic approach is warm and inquisitive, and tailored to suit my individual client's needs and strengths. My practice draws from a belief in social constructivism: that our understanding of the world exists in social and cultural contexts, including our meaning making of diagnosis and mental illness.
We are hurt in relationship, and we heal in relationship. I am interested in creating a space for insight and experimentation, where your identity, experience, and autonomy are respected.
Sorting through the complexity of the human experience is a collaborative process, and I'm here to be a part of your team. My therapeutic approach is warm and inquisitive, and tailored to suit my individual client's needs and strengths. My practice draws from a belief in social constructivism: that our understanding of the world exists in social and cultural contexts, including our meaning making of diagnosis and mental illness.
We are hurt in relationship, and we heal in relationship. I am interested in creating a space for insight and experimentation, where your identity, experience, and autonomy are respected.
I specialize in the needs of the people whose identities, expression, practices, desires, or relationships don’t fit neatly into society’s prescribed gender and sexuality boxes: People navigating kink, fetish, gender nonconformity, LGBTQIA+ identity, polyamory, FLRs and CNM/ENM relationships.
I believe therapy begins with the person and what they are seeking from the therapeutic experience. Therapy can be transformational, but the key is what the changes are that you want in your life. We can explore that together and along the way nurture the self-compassion, self-acceptance, and satisfying relationships that let you thrive. My style is collaborative, warm, affirming, and non-pathologizing and my approach draws on relational, psychodynamic, strengths-based, narrative, and behavioral modalities.
I specialize in the needs of the people whose identities, expression, practices, desires, or relationships don’t fit neatly into society’s prescribed gender and sexuality boxes: People navigating kink, fetish, gender nonconformity, LGBTQIA+ identity, polyamory, FLRs and CNM/ENM relationships.
I believe therapy begins with the person and what they are seeking from the therapeutic experience. Therapy can be transformational, but the key is what the changes are that you want in your life. We can explore that together and along the way nurture the self-compassion, self-acceptance, and satisfying relationships that let you thrive. My style is collaborative, warm, affirming, and non-pathologizing and my approach draws on relational, psychodynamic, strengths-based, narrative, and behavioral modalities.
I am a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst for individuals and couples. In my time with you, our intention is to change the way your life looks and feels. We will be curious about your thoughts, feelings, environment, and history. We will uncover the conscious and unconscious motivations that shape the choices you make. The aim is increased self-awareness, more comfort with emotions, a better understanding of your relational patterns, a greater sense of ease, and more access to joy. These changes will allow you to expand your sense of what is possible and free you to pursue it.
I am a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst for individuals and couples. In my time with you, our intention is to change the way your life looks and feels. We will be curious about your thoughts, feelings, environment, and history. We will uncover the conscious and unconscious motivations that shape the choices you make. The aim is increased self-awareness, more comfort with emotions, a better understanding of your relational patterns, a greater sense of ease, and more access to joy. These changes will allow you to expand your sense of what is possible and free you to pursue it.
Therapy can help you open up new possibilities and pathways to explore, redefine, and play with notions of family and intergenerational community. A foundation of our work will be to identify societal factors and history that impact the relationships you have with yourself and others. This includes factors impacting how you move through the world such as race, social class, gender, sexual orientation and ability. We will identify how your relationships to each of these factors impact your ability to build the interdependent relationships and the community that you want.
Therapy can help you open up new possibilities and pathways to explore, redefine, and play with notions of family and intergenerational community. A foundation of our work will be to identify societal factors and history that impact the relationships you have with yourself and others. This includes factors impacting how you move through the world such as race, social class, gender, sexual orientation and ability. We will identify how your relationships to each of these factors impact your ability to build the interdependent relationships and the community that you want.
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Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists
Why might an individual want to see a therapist specializing in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
A client seeking help with an open or consensually non-monogamous relationship will prefer to talk with a professional whom they can count on to be nonjudgmental. Talking with a supportive therapist may on its own help relieve some of the stigma and challenges partners face. That said, the most important factor in the success of any type of therapy is the ability of the client and practitioner to form a strong, trusting bond. For this reason, an individual or couple could find success with a therapist who does not specialize in non-monogamous relationships but with whom they can build trust.
When should open or consensually non-monogamous partners seek counseling?
Like other couples, polyamorous partners typically seek counseling when they face relationship challenges they can’t solve themselves. In non-monogamous relationships, this could include breaches of trust, including infidelity; unclear rules or violations of boundaries; jealousy of outside partners; the stress of juggling the needs of multiple partners; or the effect of high partner turnover on children. Like those of other couples, polyamorous bonds can be threatened by increasingly frequent arguments, poor or dysfunctional communication, diminished emotional or physical intimacy, or the feeling that something is wrong, even if they don’t know what it is.
Do therapists have special training to gain expertise in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
No, but individuals seeking help with non-monogamous relationships would most likely consult a licensed professional with specific training in couples counseling or couples therapy. Couples counseling and couples therapy both involve teaching concrete strategies to navigate conflict in relationships. A good therapist can engage both partners as they explain these approaches but can also work with a single partner.
How long does therapy for consensually non-monogamous couples typically last?
Couples therapy for any type of couple, tends to be relatively time-limited, lasting around 12 weeks on average. A good therapist will tailor sessions to the individual partners’ emotions and sometimes their past, along with patterns found to be repeating in the relationship. In many cases, clients should expect their therapist to assign “homework” between weekly sessions.