Transgender Therapists in Shrub Oak, NY
Greetings! I am Laura, a trauma informed psychotherapist passionate about providing a non-judgmental therapeutic environment for teens, young adults, and older adults to navigate the complexities, adversities, and stress in their lives. My passion to help and empower others is inspired by my own therapeutic journey in young adulthood and wanting the best for others. If you are someone who prioritizes their mental and emotional well-being and is willing to roll up their sleeves and dig deep; I can help you understand your past, get unstuck in the present and feel confident about moving forward towards your goals.
Greetings! I am Laura, a trauma informed psychotherapist passionate about providing a non-judgmental therapeutic environment for teens, young adults, and older adults to navigate the complexities, adversities, and stress in their lives. My passion to help and empower others is inspired by my own therapeutic journey in young adulthood and wanting the best for others. If you are someone who prioritizes their mental and emotional well-being and is willing to roll up their sleeves and dig deep; I can help you understand your past, get unstuck in the present and feel confident about moving forward towards your goals.
We believe self-exploration is the key to a healthier, more fulfilling, and more balanced life. Our sole mission at the Teal Door Counseling Center is to help you achieve your goals. We want to empower you to make positive and lasting change. At The Teal Door, you will get unbiased support, unconditional compassion, and sound guidance. Our brand new office moves away from the traditional clinic setting to provide a space filled with warmth. Here, you will always feel safe, cared for, and comfortable. Treatment gives us the opportunity to fix what's not working and make room for improvement. www.thetealdoor.com
We believe self-exploration is the key to a healthier, more fulfilling, and more balanced life. Our sole mission at the Teal Door Counseling Center is to help you achieve your goals. We want to empower you to make positive and lasting change. At The Teal Door, you will get unbiased support, unconditional compassion, and sound guidance. Our brand new office moves away from the traditional clinic setting to provide a space filled with warmth. Here, you will always feel safe, cared for, and comfortable. Treatment gives us the opportunity to fix what's not working and make room for improvement. www.thetealdoor.com
Glenn Haun is a dedicated therapist at LifeStance Health, providing compassionate and individualized mental health support to clients across New York. He offers a safe and non-judgmental space where individuals can openly explore their thoughts, emotions, and challenges. Through a collaborative approach, Glenn helps clients build resilience, develop coping strategies, and work toward personal growth. He supports a diverse range of individuals, including children, adolescents, adults, and seniors, tailoring his approach to meet their unique needs.
Glenn Haun is a dedicated therapist at LifeStance Health, providing compassionate and individualized mental health support to clients across New York. He offers a safe and non-judgmental space where individuals can openly explore their thoughts, emotions, and challenges. Through a collaborative approach, Glenn helps clients build resilience, develop coping strategies, and work toward personal growth. He supports a diverse range of individuals, including children, adolescents, adults, and seniors, tailoring his approach to meet their unique needs.
Gwendolyn Blackett-Sullivan is a New York State licensed mental health counselor. She has experience treating children, teenagers, adults, families and couples. She has expertise in the areas of trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as well as working with couples utilizing the John and Julie Gottman's curriculum. Ms. Blackett-Sullivan specializes in substance abuse, grief, sexual assault, PTSD, domestic violence and works with diverse mental health populations. She has supported families dealing with crisis intervention, dealing with disabilities and trauma.
Gwendolyn Blackett-Sullivan is a New York State licensed mental health counselor. She has experience treating children, teenagers, adults, families and couples. She has expertise in the areas of trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as well as working with couples utilizing the John and Julie Gottman's curriculum. Ms. Blackett-Sullivan specializes in substance abuse, grief, sexual assault, PTSD, domestic violence and works with diverse mental health populations. She has supported families dealing with crisis intervention, dealing with disabilities and trauma.
Alison always strives to be culturally competent and promotes gender affirming care.
Alison Loewy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York who has been practicing since 2012. Throughout her career Alison has worked with different populations, including children, adolescents, and adults. She is experienced in crisis-based work, exploring feelings of suicidal ideation, and assessing symptoms of anxiety and depression. Alison is trauma focused and tries to explore how a person’s past experiences attributes to the way we live day by day. She uses a client focused approach to meet her clients where they are to help them get where they want to be.
Alison always strives to be culturally competent and promotes gender affirming care.
Alison Loewy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York who has been practicing since 2012. Throughout her career Alison has worked with different populations, including children, adolescents, and adults. She is experienced in crisis-based work, exploring feelings of suicidal ideation, and assessing symptoms of anxiety and depression. Alison is trauma focused and tries to explore how a person’s past experiences attributes to the way we live day by day. She uses a client focused approach to meet her clients where they are to help them get where they want to be.
Caryn is particularly passionate about working with adolescents and young adults, addressing issues such as ADHD, gender identity, and school avoidance.
She employs evidence-based interventions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), to help her clients gain insight into their thoughts and behaviors.
Caryn is particularly passionate about working with adolescents and young adults, addressing issues such as ADHD, gender identity, and school avoidance.
She employs evidence-based interventions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), to help her clients gain insight into their thoughts and behaviors.
Ms. Yanosy is a New York State licensed clinical social worker who has treated individuals, couples and families for over 20 years. She uses a range of approaches, and specializes in trauma-specific treatment, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy. Ms. Yanosy completed her MSW at Smith College School for Social Work and received post graduate certifications from Fordham, Columbia, and New York Universities.
Ms. Yanosy is a New York State licensed clinical social worker who has treated individuals, couples and families for over 20 years. She uses a range of approaches, and specializes in trauma-specific treatment, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy. Ms. Yanosy completed her MSW at Smith College School for Social Work and received post graduate certifications from Fordham, Columbia, and New York Universities.
Susan Baron Eber is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 25 years of experience treating children, adolescents and adults. She received her graduate degree from the Hunter College School of Social Work and has extensive additional training in a wide range of evidence-based treatment modalities. Susan has an eclectic but trauma informed approach to treatment.
Susan Baron Eber is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 25 years of experience treating children, adolescents and adults. She received her graduate degree from the Hunter College School of Social Work and has extensive additional training in a wide range of evidence-based treatment modalities. Susan has an eclectic but trauma informed approach to treatment.
Making your first appointment can be one of the most challenging steps in your mental health journey. At LifeStance, we make it simple by offering both online and in-person therapy and psychiatry services, covered by major insurance plans.
Making your first appointment can be one of the most challenging steps in your mental health journey. At LifeStance, we make it simple by offering both online and in-person therapy and psychiatry services, covered by major insurance plans.
Bianca Ventura Goldman is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in the treatment of children, adolescents and adults. She is trained in evidence based practices and utilizes a person centered, strength based relational approach. She is trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and is using the EFT approach in marital and family therapy. She practices at the Yorktown office.Bianca Ventura Goldman is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in the treatment of children, adolescents and adults. She is trained in evidence based practices and utilizes a person centered, strength based rel
Bianca Ventura Goldman is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in the treatment of children, adolescents and adults. She is trained in evidence based practices and utilizes a person centered, strength based relational approach. She is trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and is using the EFT approach in marital and family therapy. She practices at the Yorktown office.Bianca Ventura Goldman is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in the treatment of children, adolescents and adults. She is trained in evidence based practices and utilizes a person centered, strength based rel
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Do you care deeply for others, but rarely feel truly cared for yourself? Maybe you're the strong one, the one people turn to, but inside, you're feeling lost, overwhelmed, or exhausted. You might crave intimacy or connection but still feel unseen, even in relationships. Maybe you've always been "the responsible one," but no one's ever held space for your story.
You could be navigating a major life transition- identity, parenting, loss, or change- and longing for somewhere to land. A place where you can stop performing and start becoming. A space where your full complexity is welcome, not too much.
Do you care deeply for others, but rarely feel truly cared for yourself? Maybe you're the strong one, the one people turn to, but inside, you're feeling lost, overwhelmed, or exhausted. You might crave intimacy or connection but still feel unseen, even in relationships. Maybe you've always been "the responsible one," but no one's ever held space for your story.
You could be navigating a major life transition- identity, parenting, loss, or change- and longing for somewhere to land. A place where you can stop performing and start becoming. A space where your full complexity is welcome, not too much.
Let's work together to be able to build skills that you can take with you outside of session. Navigating the road of understanding childhood trauma, currents events, and interpersonal connections, does not have to be a lonely road. By creating a safe, gentle space, we can begin to emotionally and somatically process the pain you feel. You will take away life long skills for emotional regulation and begin to feel harmony and balance. We take steps, one at a time, to find our way towards healing and success.
Let's work together to be able to build skills that you can take with you outside of session. Navigating the road of understanding childhood trauma, currents events, and interpersonal connections, does not have to be a lonely road. By creating a safe, gentle space, we can begin to emotionally and somatically process the pain you feel. You will take away life long skills for emotional regulation and begin to feel harmony and balance. We take steps, one at a time, to find our way towards healing and success.
I have five years of training in therapy with LGBTQ clients, folks living with HIV, and gender affirming care through my work at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Callen-Lorde Community Health Center.
I provide trauma-informed therapy for queer, POC, cross-cultural, and non-monogamous couples and partners to support intimacy through self-awareness and intentionality. You may be entering a new stage together, rebuilding after a rupture in trust, exploring non-monogamy, or seeking to deepen a strong connection.
Our closest connections can reveal subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways we tend to sabotage our relationships. These behaviors are often unconscious and can quietly serve to "protect" us from intimacy. As counterintuitive as this may sound, closeness is very vulnerable, and we do not always feel comfortable with this.
I have five years of training in therapy with LGBTQ clients, folks living with HIV, and gender affirming care through my work at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Callen-Lorde Community Health Center.
I provide trauma-informed therapy for queer, POC, cross-cultural, and non-monogamous couples and partners to support intimacy through self-awareness and intentionality. You may be entering a new stage together, rebuilding after a rupture in trust, exploring non-monogamy, or seeking to deepen a strong connection.
Our closest connections can reveal subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways we tend to sabotage our relationships. These behaviors are often unconscious and can quietly serve to "protect" us from intimacy. As counterintuitive as this may sound, closeness is very vulnerable, and we do not always feel comfortable with this.
Recovering from trauma and dealing with systemic injustice is a tall order for both individuals and for partnerships and couples, and you deserve a supportive and understanding space where you can grow and heal. Neurodivergence, queerness, non-monogamy, chronic illness, trauma, depression, and anxiety can all impact our relationships with ourselves and others and require an understanding and compassion for the unique intersections of those identities.
Recovering from trauma and dealing with systemic injustice is a tall order for both individuals and for partnerships and couples, and you deserve a supportive and understanding space where you can grow and heal. Neurodivergence, queerness, non-monogamy, chronic illness, trauma, depression, and anxiety can all impact our relationships with ourselves and others and require an understanding and compassion for the unique intersections of those identities.
Welcome! We provide candid, affirming, and evidence-based counseling to members of the queer and trans community.
Welcome! We provide candid, affirming, and evidence-based counseling to members of the queer and trans community.
Art is a powerful tool for healing! It can help resolve conflict, improve relationships, manage behaviors, reduce stress, and foster insight. It also offers the joy of creative expression. I strive to create a space that feels safe, affirming, and gently challenging. We might talk, make art, or blend approaches. You don’t need to be an artist; just open to exploring.
My ideal clients are curious + open to growth. They are navigating family conflict, identity, immigration, queerness, anxiety, depression, or life transitions, & are seeking creative, supportive healing. Therapy can be tender and hard, but it can also be fun & playful!
Art is a powerful tool for healing! It can help resolve conflict, improve relationships, manage behaviors, reduce stress, and foster insight. It also offers the joy of creative expression. I strive to create a space that feels safe, affirming, and gently challenging. We might talk, make art, or blend approaches. You don’t need to be an artist; just open to exploring.
My ideal clients are curious + open to growth. They are navigating family conflict, identity, immigration, queerness, anxiety, depression, or life transitions, & are seeking creative, supportive healing. Therapy can be tender and hard, but it can also be fun & playful!
The parts of ourselves that we struggle with are sometimes our greatest assets. Therapy can be a place to better realize our strengths and identify where long-term narratives and behaviors are no longer serving us. I am passionate about working with people on areas such as OCD, anxiety, trauma, adoption, gender, and relationships including romantic and parental. Oftentimes religion/spirituality and sex/sexuality, come up in my work. My therapeutic approach incorporates both systemic and relational pieces. We do not exist in a vacuum. All of our experiences shape the person we are today
The parts of ourselves that we struggle with are sometimes our greatest assets. Therapy can be a place to better realize our strengths and identify where long-term narratives and behaviors are no longer serving us. I am passionate about working with people on areas such as OCD, anxiety, trauma, adoption, gender, and relationships including romantic and parental. Oftentimes religion/spirituality and sex/sexuality, come up in my work. My therapeutic approach incorporates both systemic and relational pieces. We do not exist in a vacuum. All of our experiences shape the person we are today
My ideal clients are looking to build more fulfilling relationships with themselves and the people in their lives—as this intersects with mental health journeys as BIPOC, queer and trans folks, polyamorous/CNM/ENM/RA folks, allies/accomplices, neurodiverse folks & people of all identities with feminist/social justice values. I help people dream and envision the lives they want—in their bodies, their sexuality, their healing, their relationships/friendships/families, their work, in their spheres of influence—and move towards them. I help people heal & grow from patterns that we formed out of survival or socialization.
My ideal clients are looking to build more fulfilling relationships with themselves and the people in their lives—as this intersects with mental health journeys as BIPOC, queer and trans folks, polyamorous/CNM/ENM/RA folks, allies/accomplices, neurodiverse folks & people of all identities with feminist/social justice values. I help people dream and envision the lives they want—in their bodies, their sexuality, their healing, their relationships/friendships/families, their work, in their spheres of influence—and move towards them. I help people heal & grow from patterns that we formed out of survival or socialization.
My ideal client navigates life with a neurodivergent mind (ADHD/Autism), often battling anxiety or trauma from trying to fit a mold that wasn't built for them. They struggle with executive dysfunction, sensory overload, and the exhaustion of 'masking' their true selves.
They need more than support; they need a neuro-affirming strategist. Their goal is not to 'fix' their brain, but to master it. They want practical tools (CBT/REBT) to handle emotional regulation and focus. Ultimately, they seek to move from surviving chaos to living authentically, finding a space where they are fully understood.
My ideal client navigates life with a neurodivergent mind (ADHD/Autism), often battling anxiety or trauma from trying to fit a mold that wasn't built for them. They struggle with executive dysfunction, sensory overload, and the exhaustion of 'masking' their true selves.
They need more than support; they need a neuro-affirming strategist. Their goal is not to 'fix' their brain, but to master it. They want practical tools (CBT/REBT) to handle emotional regulation and focus. Ultimately, they seek to move from surviving chaos to living authentically, finding a space where they are fully understood.
My telehealth practice serves adult clients who navigate concerns around challenges with their sexuality or sexual enjoyment, folks who are impacted by their own or a loved one's gender identity, and those who have experiences with trauma and grief that now impact their sexual functioning.
I am an AASECT certified sex therapist. My specializations include trauma and grief, somatic healing, and gender identity. I work with people from diverse experiences and orientations, those living with disabilities, and folks within alt sex or ENM communities. For more on my background and training, please visit my website.
My telehealth practice serves adult clients who navigate concerns around challenges with their sexuality or sexual enjoyment, folks who are impacted by their own or a loved one's gender identity, and those who have experiences with trauma and grief that now impact their sexual functioning.
I am an AASECT certified sex therapist. My specializations include trauma and grief, somatic healing, and gender identity. I work with people from diverse experiences and orientations, those living with disabilities, and folks within alt sex or ENM communities. For more on my background and training, please visit my website.
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Transgender Therapists
As a gender-diverse individual, why might I want to see a therapist who is also gender diverse?
A trans or gender-diverse client may want to see a therapist who is also trans or gender diverse because the client may feel safer sharing their experiences and more confident that the therapist will understand, validate, and support them. But trans or gender-diverse clients can also benefit from therapy with cisgender therapists; this is a personal decision based on the connection between the client and the therapist, and if that connection is strong, therapy will be successful.
What if I cannot find a therapist who shares my gender identity?
Therapy can still be effective if a therapist does not share a client’s gender identity; a large body of research indicates that the most important factor in successful therapy is the therapeutic alliance. A therapist can also be interviewed for sensitivity and competence on gender identity and expression to ensure they possess appropriate knowledge and skills. Many therapists have excellent training and extensive experience working with gender-diverse clients, and that expertise can be invaluable despite a therapist not sharing the same firsthand experiences.
How can I recognize a good therapist for working with gender-diverse clients?
An experienced therapist should be able to help clients explore their gender identity and expression, alleviate discomfort related to their gender identity, treat mental health challenges and trauma, address existing relationships and communication with family members and loved ones, and determine the next steps pertaining to nonmedical or medical gender-affirming interventions. To recognize a good therapist, clients can ask about these topics and explore their comfort and connection with the clinician.
How might I inquire about a therapist’s experience working with transgender clients?
Clients should feel comfortable asking therapists directly about their experience working with transgender or gender-diverse clientele. For example, clients may ask about the therapist’s training and education with regard to gender identity, how many trans clients they’ve worked with in the past, and what sorts of matters were discussed. You may wish to inquire how a therapist specifically supports the needs of transgender clients or clients questioning their gender identity. A good clinician who is nonetheless not the right fit for you is often happy to make referrals to others based on the concerns you articulate in a preliminary conversation.