Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Taking those first steps towards seeking help is no easy task, so take a brief moment to congratulate yourself on your initial efforts! Throughout my years of experience, it has been my mission to assist individuals to improve their emotional lives and to help them find the peace they are seeking. I have extensive experience working with adults, teens and children. I have successfully helped individuals struggling with relationship issues, addictions, anxiety, depression, parenting issues and various family/life conflicts.

In my private practice, I utilized a multi-modal approach including DBT, CBT, basic EMDR, family systems therapy as well as other techniques. I tailor all of my sessions to the client needs and modes of expression whether that is verbal, narrative or through play. I welcome clients from all walks of life who seek assistance in overcoming their obstacles to become the best that they can be.

I am a psychodynamic clinical social worker interested and experienced in working with individuals (ages 18-75), couples and families facing life transitions. My preferred method of practice is goal oriented with an emphasis on self-awareness and self-acceptance. Through clarity of goals, I'll guide you through any life transitions to identify priorities and values and assist to bring the courage to change to the surface of your life so that you can live in harmony and balance.

When you make the commitment to engage in therapy, I will be there to guide you on your unique journey. By forming a therapeutic relationship, I will help you enhance your strengths, gain personal insight, reconcile your past, and build a better future.

Whether you are feeling stuck, anxious, overwhelmed, or depressed, I can support and assist you. We will work together to create a safe environment where we will explore and identify what has blocked and held you back from living your best life. While we can't change difficult or painful situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life today.

I provide unconditional positive regard, genuineness, empathy, support, and strength perspective based care for my clients. I believe we all have the potential to meet our goals and to thrive personally and professionally. My treatment is aimed at helping my clients explore and confront life's issues, process related feelings, identify options and resources, and learn new skills to manage and cope with their lives. During this process, I provide my clients with needed support and hope to create change.

I’m an executive coach, speaker and psychotherapist. I help hard working, ambitious people trade feeling overstressed and overworked for fulfilment and purpose. I’ll show you how to dig deep into your own strengths, bust through internal limits, and grab the steering wheel of your own life. My practical no-nonsense approach gives you the tools you need to become truly self reliant in life. Because when you become self-reliant you get to call the shots. You decide how to spend your time, and who to spend it with. Your life is truly in your hands.

My long-time practice first in Greenwich Village and now in Huntington has always drawn creative and spiritually minded people because of my specialty in clinical meditation, imagery and the transpersonal psychology of psychosynthesis. I work online and/or in-person.

I am a caring and compassionate psychotherapist who works well with adolescents , families , adults and couples. My expertise includes treating depression , anxiety and self esteem issues. My goal is to help each client reach their full potential . I engage my clients with a warm and nonjudgmental style. I use a psychodynamic , cognitive -behavioral approach to create a shift in my clients self awareness . I have over 18 years of expirence and love working with people.

James is a psychotherapist, a life coach, and a motivational speaker. He has over 20 years of experience in the mental health profession and is considered to be an effective healing agent of change who can encourage you, motivate you, and inspire you to fulfill your potential.

If your young child is struggling with anxiety, behavioral problems, social relationships, or other challenges, I can help. And if you worry about how to set clear limits and communicate lovingly and effectively with your child, I can support you, too. My warm and friendly approach to play therapy and parent coaching will provide the opportunities your family needs to build confidence, new skills, and stronger relationships.

My experience in working with individuals , couples and families has been mutually gratifying. Although changes have occurred in the mental health field,including more targeted medications and claims for instant relief, I believe people desire a more qualitative overall improvement in themselves and in their relationships.

Good therapy is an exploration of the self. People seek therapy to manage what ails them, whether it be anxiety, depression, phobias, etc. Yet these are merely symptoms, and good therapy seeks the discovery of their root cause, so that true healing may begin.

Are you or your adolescent looking for the strength and courage to address difficult life situations? Do you not know where to begin? I know it can be difficult to ask for help. However, once that first step is taken with the right therapist, who appreciates and respects you as an individual, positive attainment of your goals can be achieved. I approach my work as a therapist with empathy, acceptance, compassion, and mutual respect. When working with adolescents I make it a requirement to involve the parents and provide them with frequent updates on their child.

I believe that therapy should help you to understand the forces that made you who you are, empower you to escape the patterns of interaction and negative feelings that seem inescapable, help you find your voice and discover more effective ways to navigate life's challenges. Therapy is worth something if in the end, it helps you to change the way you operate or feel differently about yourself. That's why I will encourage you to turn what we learn about you into alternate ways of interacting and to encourage you to practice these in the situations you face.

The highest priority of NYC Cognitive Behavioral, is to improve the quality of life. We encourage our patients not to avoid times of challenge and distress but to utilize them as opportunities for re-prioritizing, transformation and personal growth. We are committed to helping each of our patients to identify what a purposeful life means to them and to mutually working through whatever obstacles may interfere with living that life. The center continually incorporates the most up to date research and training on evidence based psychotherapy. The gold standard for scientifically based therapy is CBT.

I believe in identifying and integrating those techniques that fit your individual needs. I ask that you do the best you can to express your goals, your concerns, your hopes and your dreams. I will work to understand you, help you understand yourself better, and explore your relationships. Together we will find or unlock the steps to help you meet your individual goals, and/or resolve conflicts in relationships. My approach is strength based. I believe that your decision to come to treatment reflects a readiness to tap into a basic human process that strives for health and growth.

There is no need to face some of life's challenges alone. The mission of my practice is to offer individuals, couples and families, a safe place to explore all of life's possibilities.

Treatment begins in a relaxed setting within the context of a comfortable and safe relationship. Although past history and experiences certainly can play a role in contemporary problems, treatment starts in an active and directive way to help relieve the symptoms or distress that motivates treatment in the first place. This includes learning specific techniques and strategies to better manage symptoms and improve ones ability to function freely.