Female Therapists in New York, NY
I focus on the treatment of adolescents and adults by integrating both psychodynamic and CBT principles. I aid my clients in achieving meaningful and lasting change by helping them better understand their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. It is my firm belief that clients ultimately do the heavy lifting in helping themselves. While I can guide them through with careful listening and appropriate questioning, it is with their dedication and hard work that they find the answers to a more fulfilling and happy life.
I focus on the treatment of adolescents and adults by integrating both psychodynamic and CBT principles. I aid my clients in achieving meaningful and lasting change by helping them better understand their thoughts, feelings and behaviors. It is my firm belief that clients ultimately do the heavy lifting in helping themselves. While I can guide them through with careful listening and appropriate questioning, it is with their dedication and hard work that they find the answers to a more fulfilling and happy life.
I've been working for 32 years helping people develop confidence and the capabilities for personal and profession growth, and for fulfilling relationships. I'm a "Relational" psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapist and psychoanalyst but draw from CBT and solution based therapies as well. I work with individuals and couples from all walks of life and from a wide range of professions. In a safe setting I focus on self-development, communication, and emphasize finding your voice. There isn't a single therapy style for everyone. Together, with your input, I try to create a therapeutic approach suited to your individual needs.
I've been working for 32 years helping people develop confidence and the capabilities for personal and profession growth, and for fulfilling relationships. I'm a "Relational" psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapist and psychoanalyst but draw from CBT and solution based therapies as well. I work with individuals and couples from all walks of life and from a wide range of professions. In a safe setting I focus on self-development, communication, and emphasize finding your voice. There isn't a single therapy style for everyone. Together, with your input, I try to create a therapeutic approach suited to your individual needs.
I have more than 10 years working experience with patients who struggle with substance abuse and underlying issues. My experiences assisted me to develop skills to help people to identify their core issues, change their behavior and life circumstances by implementing coping strategies and build a healthier lifestyle. My approach is to create a safe environment where communication can begin and working relationships can happen throughout conversations and awareness.
I have more than 10 years working experience with patients who struggle with substance abuse and underlying issues. My experiences assisted me to develop skills to help people to identify their core issues, change their behavior and life circumstances by implementing coping strategies and build a healthier lifestyle. My approach is to create a safe environment where communication can begin and working relationships can happen throughout conversations and awareness.
Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, or stress? Hi, I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a degree from Nyack College, based in New York. I chose this career to support and guide individuals like you. I specialize in cases involving anxiety, stress, and depression. My compassionate, judgment-free approach empowers you to navigate your feelings and thoughts towards healing and growth. I implement therapeutic methods such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy, and also provide Christian Counseling.
Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, or stress? Hi, I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a degree from Nyack College, based in New York. I chose this career to support and guide individuals like you. I specialize in cases involving anxiety, stress, and depression. My compassionate, judgment-free approach empowers you to navigate your feelings and thoughts towards healing and growth. I implement therapeutic methods such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy, and also provide Christian Counseling.
If you have found yourself in a difficult season of life, know you’re not alone. Life can feel overwhelming while carrying the weight of emotions, trauma, relationship stress or working through significant life changes. No matter what season you’re in, I’d love to sit with you. I will meet you where you are without judgment while integrating empathy, humor, and warmth into our sessions. I believe you have everything you need to work through your challenges, and together we can work to identify and elicit your innate skills and strengths. I hope to create a safe and nurturing space for you to explore your experiences and emotions.
If you have found yourself in a difficult season of life, know you’re not alone. Life can feel overwhelming while carrying the weight of emotions, trauma, relationship stress or working through significant life changes. No matter what season you’re in, I’d love to sit with you. I will meet you where you are without judgment while integrating empathy, humor, and warmth into our sessions. I believe you have everything you need to work through your challenges, and together we can work to identify and elicit your innate skills and strengths. I hope to create a safe and nurturing space for you to explore your experiences and emotions.
My name is Fernanda, I am a therapist in training at Express Yourself Therapy. As a queer Latinx individual, I strive to create a collaborative and inclusive therapeutic space where people from all backgrounds and identities can feel safe and supported while exploring their experiences. My experiences with my intersecting identities inform my practice, providing me with a unique understanding of the complexities and challenges of navigating diverse identities in today's world.
My name is Fernanda, I am a therapist in training at Express Yourself Therapy. As a queer Latinx individual, I strive to create a collaborative and inclusive therapeutic space where people from all backgrounds and identities can feel safe and supported while exploring their experiences. My experiences with my intersecting identities inform my practice, providing me with a unique understanding of the complexities and challenges of navigating diverse identities in today's world.
Anxiety, depression, and panic are normal feelings individuals will experience during their lifetime. But in some cases, these symptoms can manifest into more severe issues. When this happens, it might feel like you're losing control and isolated from the rest of the world. Although this experience can be scary, it doesn't mean you have to do it alone.
Anxiety, depression, and panic are normal feelings individuals will experience during their lifetime. But in some cases, these symptoms can manifest into more severe issues. When this happens, it might feel like you're losing control and isolated from the rest of the world. Although this experience can be scary, it doesn't mean you have to do it alone.
Kelbe Beck
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10013 (Online Only)
I work with adults of all ages struggling with depression, anxiety and life transitions. As a queer woman, I understand the existing barriers around access to mental health support in queer and trans communities; I have worked with many queer and trans clients surrounding issues of trauma, identity development, self-exploration and more. Having had training in couples therapy, I also specialize in work with couples and relationships focusing on intimacy, communication and conflict management.
I work with adults of all ages struggling with depression, anxiety and life transitions. As a queer woman, I understand the existing barriers around access to mental health support in queer and trans communities; I have worked with many queer and trans clients surrounding issues of trauma, identity development, self-exploration and more. Having had training in couples therapy, I also specialize in work with couples and relationships focusing on intimacy, communication and conflict management.
Ellen Fischel
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
New York, NY 10025 (Online Only)
Are you exhausted from feeling anxious, experiencing negative thought patterns, difficulty sleeping, challenges in your relationships, and more? I have a passion for empowering both adolescents and adults to overcome these barriers and to embrace a life filled with purpose and fulfillment. I utilize warmth, understanding, and a holistic trauma-informed lens, which can pave the way for lasting change. In our collaborative sessions, we'll work together to explore the intricacies of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and to begin making change.
Are you exhausted from feeling anxious, experiencing negative thought patterns, difficulty sleeping, challenges in your relationships, and more? I have a passion for empowering both adolescents and adults to overcome these barriers and to embrace a life filled with purpose and fulfillment. I utilize warmth, understanding, and a holistic trauma-informed lens, which can pave the way for lasting change. In our collaborative sessions, we'll work together to explore the intricacies of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and to begin making change.
Using proven scientific based tools, I help my clients to successfully overcome depressive moods, anxieties or break bad habits such as addictions or procrastination. My experience as a psychologist with over 20-years and a distinguished scientist puts me in a unique expert position to offer professional guidance how to successfully conquer fears and cope with life's challenges. From the first evaluation session, I work with clients, step by step, to positively change thinking, develop better coping skills, and healthier habits patterns. If you are ready, I can help you make positive changes and achieve your goals.
Using proven scientific based tools, I help my clients to successfully overcome depressive moods, anxieties or break bad habits such as addictions or procrastination. My experience as a psychologist with over 20-years and a distinguished scientist puts me in a unique expert position to offer professional guidance how to successfully conquer fears and cope with life's challenges. From the first evaluation session, I work with clients, step by step, to positively change thinking, develop better coping skills, and healthier habits patterns. If you are ready, I can help you make positive changes and achieve your goals.
Hello! I am an LMHC with over 10 years of experience working with children, teens, families, and young adults. I enjoy working with children who experience anxiety, depression, oppositional behaviors, PTSD, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and other adjustment difficulties due to life changes and family transitions. I also enjoy working with young adults to help support transition from childhood to adulthood and work through the adjustment of finding your own way during the post-high school, college, and graduate school years. I enjoy helping people find increased peace in their daily lives and more confidence in themselves.
Hello! I am an LMHC with over 10 years of experience working with children, teens, families, and young adults. I enjoy working with children who experience anxiety, depression, oppositional behaviors, PTSD, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and other adjustment difficulties due to life changes and family transitions. I also enjoy working with young adults to help support transition from childhood to adulthood and work through the adjustment of finding your own way during the post-high school, college, and graduate school years. I enjoy helping people find increased peace in their daily lives and more confidence in themselves.
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10013 (Online Only)
With the use of bilateral stimulation, somatic experiencing and polyvagal based therapy I have witnessed many women change the story line, capitalize on the strengths within them and create a different future.
Are you a little bit afraid that you will get into yet another unhealthy relationship? Have you been a magnet to those with dark triad personality traits. I understand what you're going through: wishing you had a crystal ball to be able to tell if the new person in your life will turn out to be yet another toxic connection. I don't want you to have to suffer alone or resort to isolating yourself in order to be safe. Post Traumatic Growth is not only possible but inevitable. I am a trauma-informed therapist who specializes in helping women regain their interpersonal power and align with their soul's purpose.
With the use of bilateral stimulation, somatic experiencing and polyvagal based therapy I have witnessed many women change the story line, capitalize on the strengths within them and create a different future.
Are you a little bit afraid that you will get into yet another unhealthy relationship? Have you been a magnet to those with dark triad personality traits. I understand what you're going through: wishing you had a crystal ball to be able to tell if the new person in your life will turn out to be yet another toxic connection. I don't want you to have to suffer alone or resort to isolating yourself in order to be safe. Post Traumatic Growth is not only possible but inevitable. I am a trauma-informed therapist who specializes in helping women regain their interpersonal power and align with their soul's purpose.
When conducting neuropsychological testing, my mission is to provide a warm and caring environment and to see the complete person so that you leave feeling like you have been heard. As a trained neuropsychologist I understand neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as attention and learning difficulties and how they affect abilities. Psychological/neuropsychological evaluations include assessment of all brain functioning, academic performance, language, and social/emotional development. My aim is to help determine how you or your child are functioning now and how to best help you move forward.
When conducting neuropsychological testing, my mission is to provide a warm and caring environment and to see the complete person so that you leave feeling like you have been heard. As a trained neuropsychologist I understand neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as attention and learning difficulties and how they affect abilities. Psychological/neuropsychological evaluations include assessment of all brain functioning, academic performance, language, and social/emotional development. My aim is to help determine how you or your child are functioning now and how to best help you move forward.
We are all feeling pulled in multiple directions and struggle to manage it all. Therapy can help you create more balance in your life and improve your relationships with others. While I like to create a warm and non-judgemental space to allow you to share your feelings I tend to take a more interactive “hands-on'' approach. I consider therapy to be an active and collaborative process where we will work together to get you where you need to be. Our work together and the relationship we create together is a very important part of this process and contributes to lasting change.
We are all feeling pulled in multiple directions and struggle to manage it all. Therapy can help you create more balance in your life and improve your relationships with others. While I like to create a warm and non-judgemental space to allow you to share your feelings I tend to take a more interactive “hands-on'' approach. I consider therapy to be an active and collaborative process where we will work together to get you where you need to be. Our work together and the relationship we create together is a very important part of this process and contributes to lasting change.
Melanie Marin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, NCPsyA
Verified Verified
New York, NY 10010
Waitlist for new clients
One of my favorite quotes is from Leonard Cohen: "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Our brokenness can cause us so much pain and turmoil, and yet it is that very brokenness or imperfection that can help us uncover our greatest potential. As a psychotherapist, my goal is to help you tap into that luminous potential in order to unlock more choices in your life and to further personal growth.
One of my favorite quotes is from Leonard Cohen: "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Our brokenness can cause us so much pain and turmoil, and yet it is that very brokenness or imperfection that can help us uncover our greatest potential. As a psychotherapist, my goal is to help you tap into that luminous potential in order to unlock more choices in your life and to further personal growth.
Debra Linch
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
New York, NY 10017 (Online Only)
I believe the fit between a patient and therapist plays an important role in healing and growth. My approach to therapy begins with respect and validation for your feelings and experiences. I strive to create a safe and comfortable environment where dialogue can flow without fear of judgment. I specialize in treating people struggling with depression, anxiety, addiction and women's issues such as perinatal and postpartum depression. I will work with you to restructure your unhelpful beliefs that cause distress, develop new and healthier coping skills and improve your communication skills, confidence and self-esteem.
I believe the fit between a patient and therapist plays an important role in healing and growth. My approach to therapy begins with respect and validation for your feelings and experiences. I strive to create a safe and comfortable environment where dialogue can flow without fear of judgment. I specialize in treating people struggling with depression, anxiety, addiction and women's issues such as perinatal and postpartum depression. I will work with you to restructure your unhelpful beliefs that cause distress, develop new and healthier coping skills and improve your communication skills, confidence and self-esteem.
Alessandra Avallone
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
New York, NY 10023 (Online Only)
Welcome! I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York. I have extensive experience working with diverse teens and adults experiencing a wide range of concerns including grief/loss, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship issues, multicultural issues, and LGBTQ+ related issues. I provide therapy in English, Spanish, or my favorite Spanglish. My goal is to provide you with a warm, down to earth, and non-judgmental environment where you will explore and gain insight into the patterns that can keep us stuck. While therapy can feel daunting, our work together will provide you with the tools to feel empowered.
Welcome! I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York. I have extensive experience working with diverse teens and adults experiencing a wide range of concerns including grief/loss, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship issues, multicultural issues, and LGBTQ+ related issues. I provide therapy in English, Spanish, or my favorite Spanglish. My goal is to provide you with a warm, down to earth, and non-judgmental environment where you will explore and gain insight into the patterns that can keep us stuck. While therapy can feel daunting, our work together will provide you with the tools to feel empowered.
Aisha Raja
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10001 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I value the therapeutic relationship as the foundation of effective therapy. Through collaboration and empathy, my aim is to empower you, foster self-awareness, and make meaningful changes in your life. I have had the opportunity to live and work with individuals from various parts of the world, which has given me a deep understanding and respect for multicultural and diverse perspectives. Many clients seek my services due to our shared identity or their struggles with anxiety, depression, multicultural concerns, identity development, family and relationship challenges, grief, loss, spirituality, trauma, self-esteem, stress, etc.
I value the therapeutic relationship as the foundation of effective therapy. Through collaboration and empathy, my aim is to empower you, foster self-awareness, and make meaningful changes in your life. I have had the opportunity to live and work with individuals from various parts of the world, which has given me a deep understanding and respect for multicultural and diverse perspectives. Many clients seek my services due to our shared identity or their struggles with anxiety, depression, multicultural concerns, identity development, family and relationship challenges, grief, loss, spirituality, trauma, self-esteem, stress, etc.
Hello and thank you for visiting my profile. Recognizing a need for understanding and support is a first step. Even if part of you is ambivalent, something in you may still want to reach out for guidance. Perhaps you have goals or intentions but are unsure where to begin. I help those seeking to enrich their inner lives and social relationships. My 30 years of experience, education, caring and attentive listening style allow for a safe and nurturing place for your unique needs, feelings, challenges and situations. Our work together may increase your sense of clarity, security, possibility and well-being.
Hello and thank you for visiting my profile. Recognizing a need for understanding and support is a first step. Even if part of you is ambivalent, something in you may still want to reach out for guidance. Perhaps you have goals or intentions but are unsure where to begin. I help those seeking to enrich their inner lives and social relationships. My 30 years of experience, education, caring and attentive listening style allow for a safe and nurturing place for your unique needs, feelings, challenges and situations. Our work together may increase your sense of clarity, security, possibility and well-being.
I applaud you on taking this important step in caring for yourself! Seeking help is not easy and requires hope and courage. As a psychologist for the past 17+ years, I have been privileged to share in the journey of many adults and couples as they navigate their emotions, identities and relationships. I am also a 1.5 generation immigrant (Filipina) and parent, interracially married, and comfortable with complexity and nuance. I know you are more than your roles, relationships and jobs. Together we will explore how to identify what may be getting in the way of you living a life of truth and authenticity based on your core values.
I applaud you on taking this important step in caring for yourself! Seeking help is not easy and requires hope and courage. As a psychologist for the past 17+ years, I have been privileged to share in the journey of many adults and couples as they navigate their emotions, identities and relationships. I am also a 1.5 generation immigrant (Filipina) and parent, interracially married, and comfortable with complexity and nuance. I know you are more than your roles, relationships and jobs. Together we will explore how to identify what may be getting in the way of you living a life of truth and authenticity based on your core values.
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, this is not an important factor, as there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or ingrained beliefs about how people of different genders think and behave. Exploring the roots of such preferences and considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender truly matters to them.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist, either because they believe that a woman will be able to relate to their specific challenges (for example, sexism in the workplace) or because they imagine feeling more comfortable disclosing sensitive information to a woman. Such beliefs may not turn out to be accurate, however, and adhering too rigidly to a gender preference can at times hinder a client from finding the best therapeutic match.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists—both men and women—may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.