Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists in Long Island City, NY
Sam Giedris
MA, MHC-LP
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11106 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I have experience working with adolescents, adults, and couples on a wide range of issues including identity, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, body image, low self-esteem, relationship dynamics, and CNM/ polyamory.
I offer a warm, empathic, and nonjudgmental space for clients. As a queer person myself, I have a passion for working with queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming clients. I know how important a good therapeutic experience is, as my own positive experiences in therapy inspired me to become a counselor.
I have experience working with adolescents, adults, and couples on a wide range of issues including identity, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, body image, low self-esteem, relationship dynamics, and CNM/ polyamory.
I offer a warm, empathic, and nonjudgmental space for clients. As a queer person myself, I have a passion for working with queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming clients. I know how important a good therapeutic experience is, as my own positive experiences in therapy inspired me to become a counselor.
Danny Gómez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Long Island City, NY 11101 (Online Only)
Has it become difficult to make friends, feel connection or love? Do you and your partner keep having the same fight without reaching a resolution? Have you been longing for connection, truth and authenticity; but keep bumping into fear and worry? If this resonates with you, you are not alone.
Has it become difficult to make friends, feel connection or love? Do you and your partner keep having the same fight without reaching a resolution? Have you been longing for connection, truth and authenticity; but keep bumping into fear and worry? If this resonates with you, you are not alone.
Taoru Huang
MHC-LP, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11101
Waitlist for new clients
In a city where millions of people pretend to be someone they are not, an authentic self might be the most luxurious thing for one to own and celebrate. However, I believe that we can still make it without having to fake it. I am here to hold space for you to express, explore, and embrace yourself. By providing a judgement-free, gender-expansive, culturally-responsive, and trauma-informed environment, I hope to help you transform moments of challenge into opportunities for empowerment.
In a city where millions of people pretend to be someone they are not, an authentic self might be the most luxurious thing for one to own and celebrate. However, I believe that we can still make it without having to fake it. I am here to hold space for you to express, explore, and embrace yourself. By providing a judgement-free, gender-expansive, culturally-responsive, and trauma-informed environment, I hope to help you transform moments of challenge into opportunities for empowerment.
Gabrielle Kristine Fidis
Art Therapist, MA, LCAT, RDT
Verified Verified
Long Island City, NY 11101 (Online Only)
I find that I work best with interpersonal relationships, goal setting, conflict resolution, and providing an empathetic environment that is non-judgmental and supportive of action steps towards resolving client struggles or presenting issues. The clients I work with want to feel heard, want to feel seen, and want to have the space to explore their ideas and issues in a way that is productive as well as supportive. It takes time to work through goals or stressors, and I am here to provide the space and time to work on these things.
I find that I work best with interpersonal relationships, goal setting, conflict resolution, and providing an empathetic environment that is non-judgmental and supportive of action steps towards resolving client struggles or presenting issues. The clients I work with want to feel heard, want to feel seen, and want to have the space to explore their ideas and issues in a way that is productive as well as supportive. It takes time to work through goals or stressors, and I am here to provide the space and time to work on these things.
Yueh-Chun Sapphire Chao
Art Therapist, MA, LCAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11101
Life is a continuous process. Maybe it is a process of relationship struggle or life transition. We may feel anxious and stuck in repetitive patterns and find it difficult to pinpoint the reason. Partnering with me, we will pay close attention to your physical sensations, embodied emotions, and internal world. My immigrant background helps me attune with BIPOC communities, especially with Asian-Americans and international students. We can use a combination of art and talk to work through anxiety, trauma, cross-cultural adjustment, low self-esteem, being a people-pleaser, or perfectionist tendency.
Life is a continuous process. Maybe it is a process of relationship struggle or life transition. We may feel anxious and stuck in repetitive patterns and find it difficult to pinpoint the reason. Partnering with me, we will pay close attention to your physical sensations, embodied emotions, and internal world. My immigrant background helps me attune with BIPOC communities, especially with Asian-Americans and international students. We can use a combination of art and talk to work through anxiety, trauma, cross-cultural adjustment, low self-esteem, being a people-pleaser, or perfectionist tendency.
Hi! My name is Allison Steinberg and I’m a LCSW psychotherapist in New York. I received my Master of Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work. I have extensive experience with issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship issues, life changes/transitions, grief and loss, bullying, and work/school difficulties. I’m skilled in children, teens, young adults (20s and 30s), and adults.
Hi! My name is Allison Steinberg and I’m a LCSW psychotherapist in New York. I received my Master of Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work. I have extensive experience with issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship issues, life changes/transitions, grief and loss, bullying, and work/school difficulties. I’m skilled in children, teens, young adults (20s and 30s), and adults.
Mind in Motion Psychological Services
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11101
Do you ask yourself: Why do I keep drowning in the silence of my pain, fearing judgment, when screaming for help could be my lifeline? If so, it might be time to schedule a therapy session. Depression and anxiety present pervasive challenges impacting daily life. Individuals with depression experience persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a lack of interest in once-enjoyable activities. Anxiety manifests as excessive worry, fear, and heightened stress. It’s up to you to learn to understand yourself, acquire tools and skills needed to overcome fear of judgment, loneliness, or self-doubt.
Do you ask yourself: Why do I keep drowning in the silence of my pain, fearing judgment, when screaming for help could be my lifeline? If so, it might be time to schedule a therapy session. Depression and anxiety present pervasive challenges impacting daily life. Individuals with depression experience persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a lack of interest in once-enjoyable activities. Anxiety manifests as excessive worry, fear, and heightened stress. It’s up to you to learn to understand yourself, acquire tools and skills needed to overcome fear of judgment, loneliness, or self-doubt.
I work with all types of clients (couples, children, individuals) but especially marginalized groups (especially LGBTQ+) who need a place to feel comfortable, accepted, understood and respected. A place where feelings are valued, validated and matter. You may have been displaced, made to feel wrong, unaccepted and unwelcome. You want a safe space where you can express yourself freely and not be judged as society and others may have judged you. A place where you can be heard and work on feeling proud and wonderful with who you are and process negative experiences so you can be fully your authentic self and enjoy a fulfilling life.
I work with all types of clients (couples, children, individuals) but especially marginalized groups (especially LGBTQ+) who need a place to feel comfortable, accepted, understood and respected. A place where feelings are valued, validated and matter. You may have been displaced, made to feel wrong, unaccepted and unwelcome. You want a safe space where you can express yourself freely and not be judged as society and others may have judged you. A place where you can be heard and work on feeling proud and wonderful with who you are and process negative experiences so you can be fully your authentic self and enjoy a fulfilling life.
Julissa Llosa
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MEd
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11101 (Online Only)
I offer a mixture of talk therapy, hypnotherapy and somatic work. I take a compassionate and holistic approach and believe that every person has the tools within to heal. In our sessions, we will create a healing container together, where you can explore the conscious and unconscious ways that oppression and stagnation are showing up in your life.
I offer a mixture of talk therapy, hypnotherapy and somatic work. I take a compassionate and holistic approach and believe that every person has the tools within to heal. In our sessions, we will create a healing container together, where you can explore the conscious and unconscious ways that oppression and stagnation are showing up in your life.
Elliott Dalton Skaggs
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS, MHC-LP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11106 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Are you struggling with difficult feelings or a search for meaning? Are you struggling to feel affirmed in your sense of identity as someone different or marginalized? Are you trying to work through trauma, grief, loss, and other concerns with your past? Are you seeking to improve your career path or interpersonal relationships? Or perhaps you simply need a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space to process your day-to-day stress. Utilizing a wide range of therapeutic approaches, I help my clients explore themselves to find resilience, healing, and meaning in their lives.
Are you struggling with difficult feelings or a search for meaning? Are you struggling to feel affirmed in your sense of identity as someone different or marginalized? Are you trying to work through trauma, grief, loss, and other concerns with your past? Are you seeking to improve your career path or interpersonal relationships? Or perhaps you simply need a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space to process your day-to-day stress. Utilizing a wide range of therapeutic approaches, I help my clients explore themselves to find resilience, healing, and meaning in their lives.
LIC Marriage and Family Therapy PLLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11101 (Online Only)
Are you feeling hopeless or stuck in life or your relationships? Do you feel like you've been doing the same thing over and over and getting no results? Do you want to feel connected to your partner? I believe those who seek out therapy have a willingness to challenge themselves and desire to achieve self-growth. Sometimes we do not know how to adjust to a new life transition or break the pattern of a continuous cycle. At LIC Marriage and Family Therapy we establish effective communication and positive self-esteem to help empower our clients to understand themselves and their partner by acceptance and validation.
Are you feeling hopeless or stuck in life or your relationships? Do you feel like you've been doing the same thing over and over and getting no results? Do you want to feel connected to your partner? I believe those who seek out therapy have a willingness to challenge themselves and desire to achieve self-growth. Sometimes we do not know how to adjust to a new life transition or break the pattern of a continuous cycle. At LIC Marriage and Family Therapy we establish effective communication and positive self-esteem to help empower our clients to understand themselves and their partner by acceptance and validation.
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11101 (Online Only)
I believe therapy should feel like a safe environment where you are treated with openness and compassion. I bring deep knowledge alternative sexualities communities, including LGBTQ+, non-monogamous, sex positive, and BDSM/kink aligned people. I primarily work with men, and focus on a diverse presenting issues, including anxiety, depression, identity development, and relationship challenges. I also have extensive experience with clients struggling with problematic sexual behaviors and associated shame or guilt.
I believe therapy should feel like a safe environment where you are treated with openness and compassion. I bring deep knowledge alternative sexualities communities, including LGBTQ+, non-monogamous, sex positive, and BDSM/kink aligned people. I primarily work with men, and focus on a diverse presenting issues, including anxiety, depression, identity development, and relationship challenges. I also have extensive experience with clients struggling with problematic sexual behaviors and associated shame or guilt.
I provide a supportive space where you can share your inner world freely without judgement. While actively listening to your thoughts and concerns, I'll ask questions to dig deeper, offer suggestions, and help reflect on your experiences so you can gain clarity. Together, we'll tackle issues you struggle with in everyday life. Whether we work together on an individual basis or as a couple, you’ll gain valuable insights and practical tools to get unstuck from patterns that encumber you and move forward with confidence and courage. Imagine leaving each session feeling understood, empowered, and equipped to navigate life's changes.
I provide a supportive space where you can share your inner world freely without judgement. While actively listening to your thoughts and concerns, I'll ask questions to dig deeper, offer suggestions, and help reflect on your experiences so you can gain clarity. Together, we'll tackle issues you struggle with in everyday life. Whether we work together on an individual basis or as a couple, you’ll gain valuable insights and practical tools to get unstuck from patterns that encumber you and move forward with confidence and courage. Imagine leaving each session feeling understood, empowered, and equipped to navigate life's changes.
Amanda Serrett
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Long Island City, NY 11101 (Online Only)
I value a mind-body-spirit approach to healing and I am experienced in treating trauma and committed to recognizing the impact that race, culture and gender have on our mental health and well-being. I specialize in helping clients with a variety of struggles such as sexuality, sex/body positivity, anxiety, trauma, depression, PTSD, and I’m mindful of the impact that race, culture and community play in an individuals' mental health and wellbeing.
I value a mind-body-spirit approach to healing and I am experienced in treating trauma and committed to recognizing the impact that race, culture and gender have on our mental health and well-being. I specialize in helping clients with a variety of struggles such as sexuality, sex/body positivity, anxiety, trauma, depression, PTSD, and I’m mindful of the impact that race, culture and community play in an individuals' mental health and wellbeing.
Aya Dzen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11101
I am a licensed clinical social worker with a decade of experience in providing therapy for individuals and couples. I seek to create a space that is safe, non-judgemental and authentic, and am present with you as a helper in your process of healing and change. My scope of work includes relationship issues, challenges with emotional and physical intimacy, anxious cycles of thinking, feeling disconnected from one's self or others, feelings of ‘stuckness’ and/or difficulty in life transitions. In therapy we will practice tuning into your feelings, thoughts and beliefs that can help guide you.
I am a licensed clinical social worker with a decade of experience in providing therapy for individuals and couples. I seek to create a space that is safe, non-judgemental and authentic, and am present with you as a helper in your process of healing and change. My scope of work includes relationship issues, challenges with emotional and physical intimacy, anxious cycles of thinking, feeling disconnected from one's self or others, feelings of ‘stuckness’ and/or difficulty in life transitions. In therapy we will practice tuning into your feelings, thoughts and beliefs that can help guide you.
Angela Risius
Licensed Master Social Worker, MSW, LMSW, BS, BA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Long Island City, NY 11101 (Online Only)
Are you unconventional in ways that make finding a therapeutic fit hard? Need tailored sessions? Hi, I'm Locke! Whether you want to use sessions as executive function coaching, silent brainspotting, or cathartic chats, I'll aim to make it possible. Rationality-valuing, polyamorous, & LGBTQ+ neurodivergents with complex trauma report the most relief working with me, but my trauma treatment through individual and couple's counseling can benefit all. Survivors, especially those who don't wish to talk about their trauma, are as accommodated as those who do. Welcome, creatives, philosophers, and insomniacs needing flexibility!
Are you unconventional in ways that make finding a therapeutic fit hard? Need tailored sessions? Hi, I'm Locke! Whether you want to use sessions as executive function coaching, silent brainspotting, or cathartic chats, I'll aim to make it possible. Rationality-valuing, polyamorous, & LGBTQ+ neurodivergents with complex trauma report the most relief working with me, but my trauma treatment through individual and couple's counseling can benefit all. Survivors, especially those who don't wish to talk about their trauma, are as accommodated as those who do. Welcome, creatives, philosophers, and insomniacs needing flexibility!
I believe in a genuine partnership between a therapist and client and aim to create a safe space full of empathy and curiosity. I find myself drawn to helping people find the tools to more successfully communicate with those they hold dear. There are many unique facets to our individual lives, and each piece has helped to create the person, people, and family that surrounds us today. Approaching therapy with a Marriage and Family Therapy background simply means that I view each individual as part of a whole system, with many influences at play. Family, chosen relationships, and society all affect the choices we make.
I believe in a genuine partnership between a therapist and client and aim to create a safe space full of empathy and curiosity. I find myself drawn to helping people find the tools to more successfully communicate with those they hold dear. There are many unique facets to our individual lives, and each piece has helped to create the person, people, and family that surrounds us today. Approaching therapy with a Marriage and Family Therapy background simply means that I view each individual as part of a whole system, with many influences at play. Family, chosen relationships, and society all affect the choices we make.
Praha Lamisa
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
Long Island City, NY 11106 (Online Only)
Praha believes in building a healing space for clients where safety, warmth, and mutual respect are foundational in clients’ flourishing. Praha is a first-generation American of Bangladeshi descent who is committed to using a trauma-informed and decolonial perspective in the therapeutic process.
Praha believes in building a healing space for clients where safety, warmth, and mutual respect are foundational in clients’ flourishing. Praha is a first-generation American of Bangladeshi descent who is committed to using a trauma-informed and decolonial perspective in the therapeutic process.
Nour Suleiman - Expansive Therapy
MHC-LP
Not Verified Not Verified
Long Island City, NY 11101 (Online Only)
Guided by feminist and relational therapeutic practices, I work with you to uncover why, where, and who you are at this moment. In this process, I pay particular attention to the complexities of identities, nuances of relationships, and experiences of oppression that shape us all. Through psychodynamic exploration and a liberatory framework, my ultimate goal as your counselor is to empower you to empower yourself. My therapeutic practice is rooted in the understanding that you are the expert of your own experiences. I am here for you as you are, and am prepared to approach your needs with collaboration, flexibility, and compassion.
Guided by feminist and relational therapeutic practices, I work with you to uncover why, where, and who you are at this moment. In this process, I pay particular attention to the complexities of identities, nuances of relationships, and experiences of oppression that shape us all. Through psychodynamic exploration and a liberatory framework, my ultimate goal as your counselor is to empower you to empower yourself. My therapeutic practice is rooted in the understanding that you are the expert of your own experiences. I am here for you as you are, and am prepared to approach your needs with collaboration, flexibility, and compassion.
Fresh Path NY Mental Health Counseling
Counselor, LMHC, MHC-LP, Interns
Verified Verified
Long Island City, NY 11101 (Online Only)
You want to heal/ grow/ reach goals/ improve relationships/ gain insight/ create/ self-advocate/ increase joy/ love yourself/ live authentically? We Hear YOU. Fresh Path NY Mental Health Counseling PLLC is a group private practice dedicated to providing telehealth therapy & coaching services to individuals, partners and families. Our team is dedicated to working with LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and Open & Poly communities and is specialized in issues affecting our communities. We strive for accessibility and our range of rates are geared to support clients across varying financial circumstances.
You want to heal/ grow/ reach goals/ improve relationships/ gain insight/ create/ self-advocate/ increase joy/ love yourself/ live authentically? We Hear YOU. Fresh Path NY Mental Health Counseling PLLC is a group private practice dedicated to providing telehealth therapy & coaching services to individuals, partners and families. Our team is dedicated to working with LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and Open & Poly communities and is specialized in issues affecting our communities. We strive for accessibility and our range of rates are geared to support clients across varying financial circumstances.
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Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists
Why might an individual want to see a therapist specializing in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
A client seeking help with an open or consensually non-monogamous relationship will prefer to talk with a professional whom they can count on to be nonjudgmental. Talking with a supportive therapist may on its own help relieve some of the stigma and challenges partners face. That said, the most important factor in the success of any type of therapy is the ability of the client and practitioner to form a strong, trusting bond. For this reason, an individual or couple could find success with a therapist who does not specialize in non-monogamous relationships but with whom they can build trust.
When should open or consensually non-monogamous partners seek counseling?
Like other couples, polyamorous partners typically seek counseling when they face relationship challenges they can’t solve themselves. In non-monogamous relationships, this could include breaches of trust, including infidelity; unclear rules or violations of boundaries; jealousy of outside partners; the stress of juggling the needs of multiple partners; or the effect of high partner turnover on children. Like those of other couples, polyamorous bonds can be threatened by increasingly frequent arguments, poor or dysfunctional communication, diminished emotional or physical intimacy, or the feeling that something is wrong, even if they don’t know what it is.
Do therapists have special training to gain expertise in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
No, but individuals seeking help with non-monogamous relationships would most likely consult a licensed professional with specific training in couples counseling or couples therapy. Couples counseling and couples therapy both involve teaching concrete strategies to navigate conflict in relationships. A good therapist can engage both partners as they explain these approaches but can also work with a single partner.
How long does therapy for consensually non-monogamous couples typically last?
Couples therapy for any type of couple, tends to be relatively time-limited, lasting around 12 weeks on average. A good therapist will tailor sessions to the individual partners’ emotions and sometimes their past, along with patterns found to be repeating in the relationship. In many cases, clients should expect their therapist to assign “homework” between weekly sessions.