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Don Michael Greif
Psychologist, PhD
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603 West 111th St., New York, NY 10025
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Psychotherapy can be a transformative and healing experience, which may seem like a good thing—and it often is—but change can also be scary because it might mean shedding long-standing ways of being in the world and adopting new ones. Additionally, it is normal to be anxious about trusting your inner life to someone you don’t know—to risk being vulnerable by disclosing feelings of shame, desire, regret, fear, rage, etc. A sense of safety and trust develops slowly over time, and depends on feeling accepted, cared for and understood. For these reasons it takes courage to engage in therapy. I try to establish a relationship and...
a space where you can talk about things that may have been hard to discuss with others, in which unacceptable, unformulated and, at times, unexpected feelings, thoughts, memories, and experiences can emerge. When you recognize that your feelings and perceptions are inherently valid and part of who you are-and understand something about their origins-it is...
often enlightening and provides relief because it eases the burden of having to ward off, protect or anesthetize yourself against distressing emotions. The process of discovering more about yourself can truly be an adventure. I have sub-specialties in forensic evaluations/expert testimony and sports psychology.
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Don Michael Greif
Psychologist, PhD
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 009347-1 Don Michael Greif
- In Practice for 38 Years
- Certificate from William Alanson White Institute--Psychoanalyst 2003
- Certificate from Yale College B.A. / 1977
- Attended Yeshiva University, Ph.D. , Graduated 1986
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Trauma and PTSD
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Career Counseling
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Forensic evaluations/Expert testimony
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Peer Relationships
- Racial Identity
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports issues
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Testing and Evaluation
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Forensic Psychology
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Psychological Testing and Evaluation
- Relational
- Trauma Focused
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Don Michael Greif
Psychologist, PhD