Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT) Therapists in Mamaroneck, NY

Manage your mind with kindness and you'll find harmony. Therapy and coaching can help you develop a greater understanding of how to handle difficult emotions, think differently about your thinking, improve your relationships with effective communication, and follow through on what matters to you. How you think about yourself is the lens through which you view the world, impacting motivation, mood, and well-being. Working together, we will identify steps for managing discomfort, honoring boundaries, and building inner trust. Moving life in the direction you want is an active process available to anyone willing to give it a try.

If you find yourself wrestling with overwhelming intrusive thoughts and exhausting compulsions or specific phobias, I am here to guide you. My ideal client courageously confronts OCD's challenges, seeking relief from intrusive thoughts and behaviors. They crave empathy, understanding, and effective strategies to regain control. Their ultimate goal is liberation from OCD's grip, reclaiming autonomy and pursuing a fulfilling life. They yearn for validation, support, and a transformative journey toward lasting healing. With determination and courage, they're ready to embark on this path toward a brighter future.

Perhaps you are experiencing stress in your days, have relationships filled with conflict, or are not feeling passionate about your career - thinking your goals seem out of reach. A total approach through clarifying your needs, identifying your goals, managing stress, increasing coping skills, and improving relationships, comprehensively we will make strides towards greater overall life satisfaction. Collaboratively we will create functional habits and make positive changes, by overcoming mental/emotional obstacles which prevent you from living your best life. The psychotherapy process will support you in addressing challenges which prevent you from living authentically and becoming the best version of yourself.

I have 30 years of experience providing evidence-based treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and their families. My specialties include trauma work, diagnostic assessment, substance abuse treatment, assessment of high-risk behaviors, major life transitions, school-based interventions, mood disorders and anxiety. I am licensed as a Ph.D. clinical psychologist and as a school psychologist.

I am a bilingual (Spanish and English) Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor with more than three decades of varied clinical experience. I have a true respect for the art and practice of therapeutic counseling with those struggling with substance use and/or mental health disorders. I focus on building a professional and respectful relationship with clients from the moment we meet. Each individual is an expert on their story and my role is to listen with openness, patience, and compassion to provide others with a journey toward healing, recovery, joy and hope.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years' experience providing skilled, compassionate care to adults, young adults, adolescents and families. I am a graduate of Columbia University's School of Social Work and have extensive additional training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness- Based Cognitive Therapy, Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Social Skills/Relational Training. I have worked in outpatient mental health in school and hospital settings, and am currently a staff member at the Anxiety Institute in Greenwich, CT in addition to my private practice.