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Are you grappling with the weight of depression and anxiety, making it challenging to find peace and balance in your life? Do you find yourself facing difficulties in your relationships, whether with partners, family, or friends? Are you seeking a therapist who not only understands the complexities of your experiences but also values the diversity of cultures and identities? If any of these questions resonate with you, please know that you are not alone, and I am here to support you on your path to well-being and self-empowerment.

Grayson is a licensed clinical social worker that works as an associate therapist at the group practice of Dr. Chloe Carmichael. Grayson holds a Master of Science degree in social work from Columbia University. Grayson is a warm and engaging therapist who creates a safe environment for her clients to explore and effectively manage difficult feelings.

Do you feel the pressure of the city and recognize that you're stressed with work or relationships? If you're wanting more connection, collaboration, and balance, I can support you. Coping with the intensity of New York City, career, well-being, and any kind of balance in the adult, family-building years is HARD. There's no textbook for success, partnering, or parenting, and managing difficult relationships. Do you seek less stress in the home or workplace? Do you want a life that feels more balanced and healthy?

Welcome and thank you for visiting my profile. I am a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice serving. I offer individual therapy, as well as psychological assessment services. I am a registered provider with the World Trade Center Health Program, offering both evaluations for and treatment of 9/11-connected mental health conditions. I specialize in the treatment of 9/11 first responders and rescue/recovery workers. I also specialize in the treatment of military veterans and law enforcement officers, and their families.

I believe therapy should be client-centered and take an integrative perspective, bringing techniques from various approaches such as psychodynamic, creative art therapy, CBT, mindfulness practice, and interpersonal therapy. I am also trauma-informed and hope to create a safe space for you to explore your past and create new experiences for the future. I honor the time spent together in building a collaborative alliance with my clients and I am curious to understand individual's life from their sociocultural backgrounds.

As a first generation Latinx woman, I understand the stigma that can come up when addressing mental health as a Hispanic/Latinx individual. I am passionate about working with people juggling acculturation concerns, mental health stigma, and societal expectations. I have vast experience working with a wide variety of age ranges, genders, and cultural backgrounds with expansive therapeutic goals in both English and Spanish.

You may find yourself here because you feel lost within your relationships, or are losing control over your thoughts and emotions. You may be stuck in a pattern of attracting toxic or emotionally unavailable partners. As your therapist, I want you to feel worthy of a healthy and wholesome life. Together, we will explore your relational patterns and strengthen your understanding of your true self, leading to higher-quality connections. You will feel confident and empowered in your authenticity.

Whether you are stuck making a significant life decision, feel overwhelmed by life, feel hopeless or detached from your own power, or simply cant seem to connect with others in a meaningful way, you likely are reading this because you want to get to a better place. I can point you to new options, give you concrete tools to use every day and make you feel heard and understood. I help people who are having relationship problems improve their communication skills, navigate conflict and disagreements, set healthy boundaries, make confident decisions, overcome guilt and shame and reach forgiveness of self and others.

My belief is that if we can change the way we think, we can change the way we feel. As a relatable and intuitive therapist, my primary goal of treatment is to provide you with an exploratory environment that will facilitate you in understanding your current thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and how they affect your daily life and general sense of self. Some values that I bring to each session are transparency, exploration, curiosity, humor and novel insight. In working with me, you will be challenged, appropriately guided, and sometimes even laugh while you learn some new and interesting things about yourself.

It’s been tough. You are struggling and have tried everything from meditation to herbal supplements, yet you still can’t get past that barrier to your happiness. You may have even tried therapy and although it helped, it still didn’t completely do it for you. Now what? You are not broken. Often, the general focus in treatment has been on feeling good rather than being good. It is exactly what we are taught since day one. If you are willing to break out of this cycle, we will work together to build your holistic resilience.

Aggression is easy. Intimacy is hard. All of you is welcome.

Finding a therapist can be a daunting process and I believe that it is important to feel at ease in order to do the work that therapy entails. I offer a confidential, safe, supportive and non-judgmental space to explore, heal and grow. Together we will collaborate to unravel meaning and identify changes you’d like to make. We will look at the past and the present to increase awareness and identify how early childhood experiences may be impacting your behaviors and beliefs today.

Are you a young adult navigating life in NYC while feeling anxious, lonely, and disconnected? Do you find it difficult to set boundaries with family, partners, friends, or work? Do you struggle with expressing your needs in relationships? I get it and I’m here to help. Together, we’ll work on identifying and letting go of these patterns, which is tough, but will lead to healthier and more fulfilling relationships, a stronger sense of self-worth, and bring you closer to the life you want and deserve.

I believe therapy is an opportunity for people to explore themselves and their relationships in order to create space for self-acceptance and deeper connections. In our work together, we will explore life’s challenges, celebrate its joys, and process the experiences in between. I practice focusing on clients' strengths, collaborating to create an individualized approach to address each client’s unique needs.