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I'm a dedicated psychotherapist with an extensive and diverse background, spanning private practice, schools, college clinics, foster care, and hospitals, including acute care. With a passion for treating individuals of all ages, I specialize in harnessing the power of evidence-based therapies to create long-lasting positive change, focusing on the core of issues, rather than surface change. I take pride in fostering a safe, warm, and compassionate environment that embraces the unique perspectives of clients from diverse backgrounds. Even the most resistant patients find themselves engaged in the therapeutic process under my care.

I believe in the individual's unique experience. Psychological theories can help us understand ourselves up to a certain point, but ultimately we have to write our own story. I try to be as open minded as possible and not to presume anything about my clients. I believe in diversity of thought, feelings and experience and encourage my clients to embrace their uniqueness rather than pressure themselves to conform. I try to provide a nonjudgmental environment in which clients can explore their struggles, make changes or accept themselves for who they are.

My practice has a dual specialty neuropsychology and psychotherapy. I see children, adolescents, and adults. In Neuropsychology, I see individuals who have experienced a learning difficulty or frustration in an academic environment. I specifically look to identify patterns of learning and adapting novel information to help individuals achieve the most out of their academic career. On the psychotherapy side, I use both psychodynamic and interpersonal modalities incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy to identify negative patterns of coping. Utilizing gentle challenges to current patterns, positive coping can be effected.

To say, “Life is hard,” is an understatement, but it is and you deserve to feel supported. Going through big changes, like graduating, starting a new relationship, moving, or changing jobs, can leave us feeling confused. Our brains can swirl with thoughts like, “I should’ve…” or, "Why didn’t I…?” Our bodies can respond with unexplainable headaches or trouble sleeping. What if I told you I could help you feel less alone in holding these experiences?

Offering in-person and tele-therapy for individuals only. Couples therapy is not offered. In-network for all Blue Cross plans. I am not in the medicare or medicaid networks. If you're feeling stuck in unhealthy, repetitive patterns of behavior or feel the need to change the direction of your life but don't know how to go about it, call me, I can help. With over 35 years of experience, I practice traditional psychotherapy, and have a specialty in targeted, cognitive-behavioral approaches (CBT) Office on the Upper West Side.

I am an experienced and flexible psychologist/psychoanalyst who has been practicing for over 30 years. I find if my patients give treatment a chance, they usually have good results, that is, they have significantly greater control over their lives and problems (e.g. anxiety, depression, OCD, inter-personal problems, etc.). I accept Insurance, and my fees are adjusted to Income.

I provide insight oriented psychotherapy and behavioral interventions such as CBT and DBT to help individuals, teens, and children meet their highest potential and free themselves from emotional disregulation. A primary focus is relief from depression and anxiety while increasing self-esteem and pleasure along with stability in personal relationships. I empower my patients to make the needed changes in their lives while staying motivated and provide the safe space and emotionally healing environment essential for growth.

Depression and anxiety hold us back from reaching our potential. So many factors in our daily lives work to develop and reinforce those negative emotions over time. They leave us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, and unfulfilled. In order to cope, we often develop behaviors that we know aren’t good for us but feel impossible to stop. You try to make things better, but moments of change and growth are fleeting. You’re ready to create lasting change and free yourself from what’s holding you back. You deserve to experience a satisfying life filled with joy and happiness!

Recognizing that taking the first steps towards seeking help can be frightening, I bring a warm and compassionate presence to help create a safe and non-judgmental space for clients to feel comfortable sharing their concerns. I use a versatile and relational style to ensure clients feel heard, seen and understood. In my therapeutic work, I believe it is important to consider how political influences, societal narratives, intergenerational and genetic predispositions are interwoven to shape one’s emotional being.

Felling unsatisfied in your relationships or career? Is your child or adolescent struggling with school or at home? Is anxiety getting in the way of identifying and realizing life goals and aspirations? Do you see yourself repeating various patterns and feel ill-equipped to change them? Learned patterns from the past can persist into adulthood and frustrate one's ability to realize age-appropriate goals with relationships, career issues, and impede academic success.

I am interested and committed to seeing you grow and develop as you explore your patterns, scripts, and inner workings to develop a more integrated YOU. Whether you are an individual, couple, or family system, that wants to be the best you can be and free yourself from your emotional or social blockages, I am able to work with you. I have worked with many different ages and presenting concerns with positive outcomes. I handle most cases through an attachment lens as I am certified in EFT. I build easy rapport and provide a very emotionally safe environment for therapeutic exploration.

Therapy can be life-changing, but starting can be difficult and anxiety-provoking. I commend anyone who begins this process. I have worked as a therapist for over 20 years, first as a clinical social worker and now as a psychologist, and feel honored by the chance to help people make greater sense of their lives; manage painful or problematic feelings, thoughts, and behaviors; improve their relationships and ability to do good work; and find sources of vitality.

For the past twenty years, I have actively treated patients through a variety of therapeutic modalities including: psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, patient-centered, as well as eclectic therapy tailoring the therapy to the patient's specific needs while also encouraging the patient to be an active participant in it.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist, practicing in New York City for over 40 years. I offer individual psychotherapy to adults and adolescents, as well as couples and family therapy. We may address a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, loss, life crises, problems in intimate relationships and troubling patterns of behavior. Inevitably the work expands to include an exploration of beliefs and self-protective ways of being that are no longer needed and get in the way of a whole-hearted appreciation of one's unique strengths, one's entitlement to make active choices and to pursue one's most authentic goals.

I will provide you with a place in which you can explore how to use your own strengths to resolve the complexities in your life. This entails exploring your current and past experiences and relationships which are contributing to your problems. My style is to ask you questions that will allow you to figure out what will work for you in managing your anxiety or depression, and in enhancing your individual pursuits.

Often, clients enter my practice seeking relief from painful internal states, including sadness, unshakeable anger, anxiousness, or feelings of “stuckness.” Challenging relationships and life circumstances are typically part of their struggles. As a therapist, I honor the singularity of each person’s experience in the world. I am dedicated to helping clients explore themselves truthfully, with intimate curiosity, so that they can achieve whatever change or goals are meaningful to them.

My goal in therapy is to help you have more satisfying and effective relationships, find a greater sense of stability and empowerment, and discover a greater sense of meaning to your life. Though the work sometimes takes great courage, requires significant hope, commitment, and strength, in my experience it’s well worth it. From the start, I work towards establishing a trusting relationship, communicating clearly and collaborating with you to make sure you are getting what you need.

Do you feel trapped or controlled by your emotions? Or feel like you have people who listen, but don’t really get what you've been through?

I am licensed in NY, MA, and TX. I have been a Licensed Master Social Worker for over 10 years. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including Depression, Anxiety, Relationship Issues, Sports Performance, Memory Loss, Weight Loss, Substance Abuse, and Career challenges. I am Certified in Problem Solving Therapy (PST). I also helped many people who have experience caring for loved one who was dying and then the grieving process thereafter.