Therapists in Plainview, NY

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I am a New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 20 years of experience providing services to diverse populations in English, Spanish and Portuguese. I specialize in helping individuals explore and better understand acculturation and adjustment issues, anxiety, depression and other mood disorders, grief, trauma and life transitions. I provide a warm and safe environment that fosters collaboration in the therapeutic alliance, and I strongly believe that therapy holds the potential to be transformative.

I am an extensively published, world-travelled expert on trauma and chronic illness. I conduct therapy in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, German, and Dutch. For the past 25 years, I have been assisting individuals with ADHD/behavioral challenges, trauma, PTSD, dissociation, depression, bipolar disorder, and physical illness. My clients range in age from 3 to 103. Early in my career, I developed a support group curriculum for AIDS orphans now available in 35 countries. Review of my work as a therapist are available online. Kindly employ email to contact me initially if possible. Thank you.

Your life is meant to be exciting and fulfilling. At Clarity Therapy, our passion and purpose is helping individuals reconnect to themselves and their true purpose. We nurture people as they re-learn how to access their innate strengths and improve their experience of emotional wellness. While many people may face similar issues, no two people experience an issue in exactly the same way. We provide compassion, insight, practical tools, and acceptance for where you are. Together we can help you confront and overcome whatever issue you’re currently facing. Additionally, we demystify the process of therapy and do our best to ensure you’re taken care of each step of the way. From finding the right therapist to getting reimbursed, we’re here to make the process as simple as possible.

I have two specialties - Helping couples to improve their relationships and helping people to change. With couples, I start with the belief that caring about each other doesn't always mean understanding each other and that many of us have never learned how to handle conflict effectively in a relationship. For those trying to change, I start with the assumption that we've usually already changed anything that's easy to change and that there are probably obstacles (often ones we are not aware of) to changing things we struggle more with - whether at work, outside of work or both.

My practice incorporates and integrates knowledge and techniques from various therapeutic modalities. I can conduct therapy sessions in English, Spanish or Portuguese. I have specific training in EMDR and Sensorimotor (somatic) Psychotherapy. I am a practicing psychedelic-assisted therapist and have trained extensively with ketamine. I offer ketamine-assisted psychotherapy sessions in partnership with Journey Clinical. I offer psychedelic prep and integration sessions that are guided by my familiarity with Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicines. In September 2022 I will train in psilocybin assisted therapy in Amsterdam.

Natalia Porter is a New York State licensed Mental Health Counselor, certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, with twenty years of experience providing services to diverse populations in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Ms. Porter provides a warm and safe environment to foster the collaborative work that is essential in assisting individuals to achieve their personal goals.

I am a clinical psychologist who conducts therapy in both English and in my native Brazilian Portuguese. My approach is insight oriented but I can also use elements of cognitive therapy to help individuals develop practical and life skills. I work collaboratively with my patients whether it's to help them build better relationships, balance work and personal life, or navigate a new life in a different culture.

Hello, thank you for stopping on my page. In my experience, the process of being in a therapeutic relationship helps create an internal space that promotes self reflection. Which in turn, allows for greater meaning to be felt in life. There are many reasons that prompt us to extend outwards and search for support. I would like to get to know what those might be for you. I invite you to come and experience this work. I speak fluently in English, Spanish and Portuguese. I am also able to work with people in other countries, such as Panama and Brazil where I am a licensed clinical psychologist.

I welcome individuals from all backgrounds who wish to explore any aspect of their experience in a safe and productive environment. My approach is grounded in psychodynamic theory and I have training in evidence-based interventions such as CBT, DBT, and ACT. How I work with individuals depends on their situation, interests, and strengths. I attempt to create space for people to explore their wishes, relationships, personal and family history, culture, and goals.

My therapeutic treatment is an individual personalized plan (IPP) that starts by assessing client’s expectations and goals and progresses into a tailor-made treatment. "Starting with The End in Mind", states Covey, S., clients bring to therapy their own narratives to which expect solutions. As we unfold, several plots emerge. With the ultimate client's goal in mind, our sessions take a ride in the client’s journey thru past, present and future. Whereas seizing the present is the key, looking ahead and glancing back at the past gives it a re-significance as the past does live in our present and is strong enough to shape our future.

As a Clinical Psychologist, I provide a safe and warm environment where my clients can explore areas of their lives that cause distress. I help clients to uncover their strengths and enhance their potential to heal. The process of cultivating self-awareness, exploring oneself and their relationship world, unpacking deep feelings, processing trauma, coping techniques, create change. When clients are listened to with compassion and sensitivity in a safe space, enormous transformation becomes possible. I also offer many adjunct holistic techniques such as reiki and meditation, if desired. I witnessed beautiful growth over the years.

As a Latina immigrant and queer woman of color, I use a social justice-focused, anti-oppression approach to promote an affirming environment where clients can reconnect with their strengths and lineages. I work with clients on healing life experiences in the context of intergenerational trauma and systems of oppression. I specialize in working with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ clients, immigrants and children of immigrants, people with mixed racial or cultural backgrounds, and clients of all identities interested in working to end oppression.

Are you looking for support to master life's challenges, break free of ineffective patterns of behavior & improve your mental health & well-being? With over two decades of experience, I am passionate about helping individuals enhance their performance & better manage anxiety, life transitions, trauma, depression, pain, sleep, and more. My approach to therapy is grounded in mind-body, non-pharmacological techniques for dealing with the complexities & stress of busy home, school, work, sports & family lives. Additionally, I am credentialed to practice teletherapy in 36 states listed on the PsyPact Map at psypact.org under Quick Links.

Schedule a free consultation easily using this link: calendly.com/brian-ackerman-lmsw/consult. Life would be so much easier without uncomfortable feelings, painful experiences, and inner turmoil, but here we are. As humans, we are the universe getting to know itself, in all our joy and pain. In my practice, I aim to accompany you, using a trauma-informed lens and psychoanalytic approach to explore your unconscious, on your journey inward. I believe each of us has so much to learn and teach from our experiences and perspectives if we can give ourselves the space and self-compassion to process them.

Perhaps you have come to realize you need support to cope with what some might term a high-conflict divorce or maybe you have come to feel that you are a shadow of your former self after a long-term painful relationship or maybe you are questioning whether or not you have been a victim of domestic abuse. These experiences could indicate that you have been a victim of coercive control, sometimes referred to as narcissistic abuse, a type of relational abuse that is increasingly common. If so, you are not alone. If so, you are likely in need of support, education and help in healing from betrayal trauma.

I have expertise in treating anxiety, mood and OCD disorders (trichotillomania, BDD, skin picking). I use cognitive behavioral methods that have been shown to be effective in specific problem areas and tailor them to particular patients. My treatment philosophy is one that combines humanistic values and CBT interventions.

I primarily focused my studies on communities of color, the LGBTQIA+ community, and the effects of pervasive trauma. I also am very interested in neurodivergent and anxiety disorders.

In the current society we live in, buzzwords from the psychology field are being used widely. This has allowed for a drastic change in how therapy is perceived. From that, something else surfaced: the concept of modern loneliness, an issue that seems to be all around us like an invisible, yet quantifiable, statistic. We constantly hear about self-care, self-worth, self-love and boundaries as remedies for all challenges we face. The need for connection with the self is essential to a healthy life but to what extent have we decided the focus on the self will lead us to relatedness and responsibility for others?