Depression Therapists in Ridgewood, NY
Teresa Shen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
Feeling depressed, anxious, stressed, or downright angry in a world that often values productivity over care? It's hard to find wellness and healing when the world around you constantly perpetuates systemic harm. I hope to create a supportive space in which you can share your story, reflect on your experiences, and connect with what healing means to you. I draw from a flexible range of modalities to create an approach that suits each client’s experiences and needs. I have most to offer in these areas: stress, depression, anxiety, and identity issues.
Feeling depressed, anxious, stressed, or downright angry in a world that often values productivity over care? It's hard to find wellness and healing when the world around you constantly perpetuates systemic harm. I hope to create a supportive space in which you can share your story, reflect on your experiences, and connect with what healing means to you. I draw from a flexible range of modalities to create an approach that suits each client’s experiences and needs. I have most to offer in these areas: stress, depression, anxiety, and identity issues.
I work with adults with depression, anxiety, ADHD, challenges with emotional regulation and those experiencing difficult adjustments to changing life situations.
I believe that you are the architect and the builder of the life you want, and I want to be there to support you in that. I believe that you are more than your current struggles and more than a diagnosis. I believe that every person has the right to grow into the fullest, most expansive version of themself, and that it's never too late to start. I believe that every person has the innate capacity to create whatever lasting changes that they seek, and is deserving of the support they need to do so.
I work with adults with depression, anxiety, ADHD, challenges with emotional regulation and those experiencing difficult adjustments to changing life situations.
I believe that you are the architect and the builder of the life you want, and I want to be there to support you in that. I believe that you are more than your current struggles and more than a diagnosis. I believe that every person has the right to grow into the fullest, most expansive version of themself, and that it's never too late to start. I believe that every person has the innate capacity to create whatever lasting changes that they seek, and is deserving of the support they need to do so.
I am a licensed psychotherapist with extensive experience treating a range of mental health issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship distress. My practice is guided by evidence-based approaches to improving mood, promoting change, understanding relational dynamics, and resolving conflict.
I am a licensed psychotherapist with extensive experience treating a range of mental health issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship distress. My practice is guided by evidence-based approaches to improving mood, promoting change, understanding relational dynamics, and resolving conflict.
Alexandra Tesnakis
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
I find I do my best work with teens and millennial adults who struggle with childhood and complex trauma, emotional dysregulation, self-esteem and self-worth issues, relational trauma and depression. Past traumatic experiences shape how we see ourselves, how we relate to others, and how we regulate our emotions. I utilize the therapy space as a way to help you build empathy and understanding for yourself, develop insight into long-term relational patterns that may be holding you back, and build skills for emotional regulation.
I find I do my best work with teens and millennial adults who struggle with childhood and complex trauma, emotional dysregulation, self-esteem and self-worth issues, relational trauma and depression. Past traumatic experiences shape how we see ourselves, how we relate to others, and how we regulate our emotions. I utilize the therapy space as a way to help you build empathy and understanding for yourself, develop insight into long-term relational patterns that may be holding you back, and build skills for emotional regulation.
Vito Rastelli
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
We all inevitably encounter life stressors and challenges that leave us feeling stuck, anxious, ashamed or depressed. The process of therapy allows us to slow down, explore our difficult feelings and gain awareness into how we may or may not be serving ourselves. It is a process that facilities growth and empowerment, as well as a space where we can celebrate and honor the wonderful things in our lives.
We all inevitably encounter life stressors and challenges that leave us feeling stuck, anxious, ashamed or depressed. The process of therapy allows us to slow down, explore our difficult feelings and gain awareness into how we may or may not be serving ourselves. It is a process that facilities growth and empowerment, as well as a space where we can celebrate and honor the wonderful things in our lives.
Cesar G. Vanegas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Let me commend you for taking a step toward self-care and wellness. I am a bilingual-Spanish therapist with over 20 years of experience helping individuals manage stress, depression, anxiety, persistent thoughts, and other emotions. Speaking with a professional often complements the ability to cope.
Let me commend you for taking a step toward self-care and wellness. I am a bilingual-Spanish therapist with over 20 years of experience helping individuals manage stress, depression, anxiety, persistent thoughts, and other emotions. Speaking with a professional often complements the ability to cope.
Zoe Reyes
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
My goal is to help clients gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their world so that they can make changes and experience greater satisfaction with all aspects of their lives. I work with clients on a wide range of issues including managing stress, anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships and informal life coaching. I use an eclectic approach incorporating strategies from psychodynamic treatment, motivational interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. My communication style is based on my belief in using honesty and humor to engage clients. I work collaboratively with clients to identify and attain their goals.
My goal is to help clients gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their world so that they can make changes and experience greater satisfaction with all aspects of their lives. I work with clients on a wide range of issues including managing stress, anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships and informal life coaching. I use an eclectic approach incorporating strategies from psychodynamic treatment, motivational interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. My communication style is based on my belief in using honesty and humor to engage clients. I work collaboratively with clients to identify and attain their goals.
Are you an individual who is experiencing anxiety, prenatal, parenting, trauma, depression, or low self-esteem? I can help! I have experience working with individuals from multicultural backgrounds. In addition, I have worked with individual who have newly arrived from the Carribbean in the U.S. who are trying to assimilate to Westernized culture. Furthermore, I have worked with individuals who have experienced Domestic Violence and their families.
Are you an individual who is experiencing anxiety, prenatal, parenting, trauma, depression, or low self-esteem? I can help! I have experience working with individuals from multicultural backgrounds. In addition, I have worked with individual who have newly arrived from the Carribbean in the U.S. who are trying to assimilate to Westernized culture. Furthermore, I have worked with individuals who have experienced Domestic Violence and their families.
I am passionate about working with individuals who are battling anxiety, depression, life transitions, intergenerational trauma, among other life stressors.
Through one-on-one therapy, I hope to create a safe and judgment-free environment to build a strong therapeutic alliance with my clients and to experience deep self-understanding.
I am passionate about working with individuals who are battling anxiety, depression, life transitions, intergenerational trauma, among other life stressors.
Through one-on-one therapy, I hope to create a safe and judgment-free environment to build a strong therapeutic alliance with my clients and to experience deep self-understanding.
My main focuses have been Depression, Anxiety, and trauma/abuse related difficulties.
My mission as a therapist is to serve my clients in whatever fashion they may need. My approach is to have us collaborate in a way to not only help you FEEL better, but to actually BE better. Lets work towards being your ideal self. I pull from many psychotherapy orientations in an integrative way and am always striving to learn more. I incorporate knowledge from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychoanalysis, Client-focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Existential Therapy, and more. In addition, I incorporate knowledge acquired from over a decade of studying psychology. This background includes supervising other therapists.
My main focuses have been Depression, Anxiety, and trauma/abuse related difficulties.
My mission as a therapist is to serve my clients in whatever fashion they may need. My approach is to have us collaborate in a way to not only help you FEEL better, but to actually BE better. Lets work towards being your ideal self. I pull from many psychotherapy orientations in an integrative way and am always striving to learn more. I incorporate knowledge from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychoanalysis, Client-focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Existential Therapy, and more. In addition, I incorporate knowledge acquired from over a decade of studying psychology. This background includes supervising other therapists.
Max Bivona
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
My specialties focus on anxiety, depression, complicated family dynamics and men's issues.
Therapy is a space where you can expand your understanding of self, find support, acceptance and insight. People come to me feeling unsure and insecure, repeating the same frustrating patterns over and over again, and afraid to let go of what’s not working. We will work together to dig deep into those things they know they need to look at to move out of old and unhealthy cycles, get unstuck, and move forward.
My specialties focus on anxiety, depression, complicated family dynamics and men's issues.
Therapy is a space where you can expand your understanding of self, find support, acceptance and insight. People come to me feeling unsure and insecure, repeating the same frustrating patterns over and over again, and afraid to let go of what’s not working. We will work together to dig deep into those things they know they need to look at to move out of old and unhealthy cycles, get unstuck, and move forward.
15 Second Videos
Lauren Ann Urban
Alexandra Tesnakis
Maria Pietruszka
Bethly C. Abreu
H. C. Cristina
Stephanie Sanz
Mandolin Moody
Jasmine Cepeda
Juan-David Rivera-Del Valle
Paula Medina
Tricia Lynn Park
Gina Sita-Molz
Emily Sharp
Destiny Maldonado
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
Hi there! My name is Destiny and I’m so glad you’re here. I know that life can sometimes feel like a never-ending dumpster fire. And I’ve lived enough life to know that sometimes, life feels really difficult. Have you felt riddled by anxiety or depression? Do you feel like you need help navigating through tough times, some life transitions or need some accountability to help get yourself back on track? Whether you’re trying to piece yourself together after a loss or just trying to keep your head above water to handle tough times, I’m here for you and I get it.
Hi there! My name is Destiny and I’m so glad you’re here. I know that life can sometimes feel like a never-ending dumpster fire. And I’ve lived enough life to know that sometimes, life feels really difficult. Have you felt riddled by anxiety or depression? Do you feel like you need help navigating through tough times, some life transitions or need some accountability to help get yourself back on track? Whether you’re trying to piece yourself together after a loss or just trying to keep your head above water to handle tough times, I’m here for you and I get it.
Areas of expertise include PTSD, anxiety, depression, addiction, and stress.
My name is Yara Adam-Whiter, and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Brooklyn, New York, working with clients statewide via telehealth. I work mostly from a person-centered approach to understand your worldview so that we can achieve progress toward your unique therapy goals. I enjoy working with LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and their families. I may also be a good fit for clients for first-generation and immigrant clients. We can work on understanding how your intersectionality forms your ideas about the world and the challenges you deal with navigating different cultural expectations in different situations.
Areas of expertise include PTSD, anxiety, depression, addiction, and stress.
My name is Yara Adam-Whiter, and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Brooklyn, New York, working with clients statewide via telehealth. I work mostly from a person-centered approach to understand your worldview so that we can achieve progress toward your unique therapy goals. I enjoy working with LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and their families. I may also be a good fit for clients for first-generation and immigrant clients. We can work on understanding how your intersectionality forms your ideas about the world and the challenges you deal with navigating different cultural expectations in different situations.
Beth Henderson
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
Hi there, my name is Beth and I’m a therapist providing virtual services across New York state. I help people develop an integrated and joyful sense of self, specializing in trauma, gender/sexuality, dissociative disorders, anxiety, and depression. My goal in therapy is to help you build a healthy life that feels good, grounded, and free. My practice is both sexuality and gender-affirming with a belief that you are the expert in your own story. I approach therapy as a judgment-free collaboration, using compassion to examine the stressors in your life and curiosity to build connections between the past, present, and future.
Hi there, my name is Beth and I’m a therapist providing virtual services across New York state. I help people develop an integrated and joyful sense of self, specializing in trauma, gender/sexuality, dissociative disorders, anxiety, and depression. My goal in therapy is to help you build a healthy life that feels good, grounded, and free. My practice is both sexuality and gender-affirming with a belief that you are the expert in your own story. I approach therapy as a judgment-free collaboration, using compassion to examine the stressors in your life and curiosity to build connections between the past, present, and future.
John Castillo
Counselor, MSEd, LMHC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Ridgewood, NY 11385
Waitlist for new clients
I am a licensed mental health counselor who believes in using a positive therapeutic partnership to help you create the change you are looking for. Over the past 8 years, being a mental health advocate and practitioner has allowed me to work with a variety of ethnic/cultural backgrounds, genders, and people of all ages. My passion has been focused on helping others who experience anxiety, depression, major life changes, stress, and trauma. Our work together will be focused on you achieving your goals and removing barriers to your personal success.
I am a licensed mental health counselor who believes in using a positive therapeutic partnership to help you create the change you are looking for. Over the past 8 years, being a mental health advocate and practitioner has allowed me to work with a variety of ethnic/cultural backgrounds, genders, and people of all ages. My passion has been focused on helping others who experience anxiety, depression, major life changes, stress, and trauma. Our work together will be focused on you achieving your goals and removing barriers to your personal success.
Michelle M Miller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
I'm so glad that you’re here! I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in child, adolescent and young adult psychotherapy, and experienced with folks of all ages. I take an integrative approach to therapy, drawing from a range of established treatment and utilizing trauma-informed and evidence-based practices. I have supported youth, adults and families with complex and diverse needs, and who hold varied and intersecting identities. I'm experienced with a range of difficulties including depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, family conflict, grief, school and work related issues, self-esteem and major life transitions.
I'm so glad that you’re here! I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in child, adolescent and young adult psychotherapy, and experienced with folks of all ages. I take an integrative approach to therapy, drawing from a range of established treatment and utilizing trauma-informed and evidence-based practices. I have supported youth, adults and families with complex and diverse needs, and who hold varied and intersecting identities. I'm experienced with a range of difficulties including depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, family conflict, grief, school and work related issues, self-esteem and major life transitions.
Tricia Philbert
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
Hi, my name is Tricia Philbert and I am a Licensed Clinical Therapist (LCSW) and Empowerment Coach. I am passionate about journeying with clients into an authentic and empowered life in spite of experiences, trauma, and negative self-thought. There is a better version of you, let's find it together! My mission in life is to see young women and adult women become the best version of themselves. I specialize in trauma-related issues that result in low self-worth, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, identity crisis, etc. I do this work filled with enthusiasm and grace.
Hi, my name is Tricia Philbert and I am a Licensed Clinical Therapist (LCSW) and Empowerment Coach. I am passionate about journeying with clients into an authentic and empowered life in spite of experiences, trauma, and negative self-thought. There is a better version of you, let's find it together! My mission in life is to see young women and adult women become the best version of themselves. I specialize in trauma-related issues that result in low self-worth, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, identity crisis, etc. I do this work filled with enthusiasm and grace.
Jenna Hartom
Art Therapist, MPS, LCAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Sometimes the best thing you can give yourself is the chance to be heard, tell your story and share your experience. In the current climate it may be especially hard for you to find the support you need. Maybe you have experienced trauma that seems to affect your work or relationships. Daily stressors can compound and impact your wellbeing, leaving you feeling distressed, anxious, irritable, depressed or overwhelmed. I aim to help you gain new awareness about your feelings and how they relate to current challenges or past experiences, leading to a sense of relief, improved self-acceptance and even curiosity and excitement.
Sometimes the best thing you can give yourself is the chance to be heard, tell your story and share your experience. In the current climate it may be especially hard for you to find the support you need. Maybe you have experienced trauma that seems to affect your work or relationships. Daily stressors can compound and impact your wellbeing, leaving you feeling distressed, anxious, irritable, depressed or overwhelmed. I aim to help you gain new awareness about your feelings and how they relate to current challenges or past experiences, leading to a sense of relief, improved self-acceptance and even curiosity and excitement.
I work with a variety of people whose active, creative lives have been interrupted by depression, mania, anxiety, mourning, and trauma. Psychotherapy with me is a process of guided expression. Thoughts and feelings, dreams and fantasies, desires and fears are given voice – loud, clear, and without judgment. The experience of formulating authentic verbal and emotional expressions can be transformative in and of itself. Also, as patterns in your way of being become clear, you can begin to consider alternatives, find courage to change, and experience what is commonly known as freedom.
I work with a variety of people whose active, creative lives have been interrupted by depression, mania, anxiety, mourning, and trauma. Psychotherapy with me is a process of guided expression. Thoughts and feelings, dreams and fantasies, desires and fears are given voice – loud, clear, and without judgment. The experience of formulating authentic verbal and emotional expressions can be transformative in and of itself. Also, as patterns in your way of being become clear, you can begin to consider alternatives, find courage to change, and experience what is commonly known as freedom.
I am a clinical psychologist with 25 years of experience. I focus on assisting my patients becoming happier, healthier and more peaceful. Most of the patients I work with suffer with anxiety, panic disorder, depression, and relationship issues. My goal is to assist you in decreasing your suffering and improve your quality of life. I always try to stay grounded in the present while taking into consideration how you got here and where you are going. It is important to me that you not only feel better but that in addition to that you are actually getting better.
I am a clinical psychologist with 25 years of experience. I focus on assisting my patients becoming happier, healthier and more peaceful. Most of the patients I work with suffer with anxiety, panic disorder, depression, and relationship issues. My goal is to assist you in decreasing your suffering and improve your quality of life. I always try to stay grounded in the present while taking into consideration how you got here and where you are going. It is important to me that you not only feel better but that in addition to that you are actually getting better.
See more therapy options for Ridgewood
Nearby Depression Therapists Searches for Ridgewood
- Corona
- East Elmhurst
- Elmhurst
- Flushing
- Forest Hills
- Jackson Heights
- Kew Gardens
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Maspeth
- Middle Village
- Rego Park
- Richmond Hill
Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.