Experiential Therapy in Yonkers, NY

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Mindful Living, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10704  (Online Only)
Max Guttman is the owner of Recovery Now, a private mental health practice in New York City. Through his work as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, therapist, and disability rights advocate, Max fights for those without a voice in various New York City care systems. He received a ‘2020 Bearcats of the Last Decade 10 Under 10’ award from the Binghamton University Alumni Association. Guttman treats clients with anxiety and depression but specializes in issues related to psychosis or schizoaffective spectrum disorders.
Max Guttman is the owner of Recovery Now, a private mental health practice in New York City. Through his work as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, therapist, and disability rights advocate, Max fights for those without a voice in various New York City care systems. He received a ‘2020 Bearcats of the Last Decade 10 Under 10’ award from the Binghamton University Alumni Association. Guttman treats clients with anxiety and depression but specializes in issues related to psychosis or schizoaffective spectrum disorders.
(914) 915-8222 View (914) 915-8222
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Dr. Cristina Bucur
LMHC, PhD
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10710
My commitment is to promote an atmosphere of emotional safety, respect, and trust, an atmosphere in which facilitation of insight and of processing is oriented toward growth, healing, closure, and change.
My commitment is to promote an atmosphere of emotional safety, respect, and trust, an atmosphere in which facilitation of insight and of processing is oriented toward growth, healing, closure, and change.
(914) 415-7454 View (914) 415-7454
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Ashanti Marie Palatnik
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10701
Welcome I am here to listen to your story and work through the hard times together. Life obstacles can hurt but together we can work towards helping you overcome these times.
Welcome I am here to listen to your story and work through the hard times together. Life obstacles can hurt but together we can work towards helping you overcome these times.
(914) 201-4999 View (914) 201-4999
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Aedrea Androus
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10704  (Online Only)
Hello! My name is Aedrea and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of New York. I address different mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, chronic mental health needs and interpersonal challenges. I hold zeal in supporting those in the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as non-traditional relationships, sex, and sexuality. I encourage growth with adolescents, adults, and couples, and I utilize an eclectic, integrative approach that is tailored to your unique needs.
Hello! My name is Aedrea and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of New York. I address different mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, chronic mental health needs and interpersonal challenges. I hold zeal in supporting those in the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as non-traditional relationships, sex, and sexuality. I encourage growth with adolescents, adults, and couples, and I utilize an eclectic, integrative approach that is tailored to your unique needs.
(646) 846-5020 View (646) 846-5020
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Adam Abraham
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10703  (Online Only)
Adam Abraham, 006553. My approach to therapy varies based on the needs of each client I work with. I most frequently use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, as both modalities help me, and the client build a shared understanding of their reality and allow us to work together to chart a path forward. My communication style is calm, accommodating, and personable. I want my clients to feel comfortable talking with me about anything, and I pride myself on my ability to listen without judgment.
Adam Abraham, 006553. My approach to therapy varies based on the needs of each client I work with. I most frequently use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, as both modalities help me, and the client build a shared understanding of their reality and allow us to work together to chart a path forward. My communication style is calm, accommodating, and personable. I want my clients to feel comfortable talking with me about anything, and I pride myself on my ability to listen without judgment.
(914) 768-2964 View (914) 768-2964
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Ellen Theg
Licensed Psychoanalyst
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10701
Do you struggle with loss from death, divorce, relocation, aging, illness? Come out of isolation and heal. We will work together to move through your grief and find a resolution for your pain and a return to joyful living. Discover and work through your unfinished business, manage upsetting emotions and bring a balance to your thoughts and feelings. I'm a gestalt therapist, and my methods employ deep listening and creating scenarios to bring your issues to life during our sessions. Compassionate confrontation and education about emotions are central aspects of my work. And safety is my hallmark.
Do you struggle with loss from death, divorce, relocation, aging, illness? Come out of isolation and heal. We will work together to move through your grief and find a resolution for your pain and a return to joyful living. Discover and work through your unfinished business, manage upsetting emotions and bring a balance to your thoughts and feelings. I'm a gestalt therapist, and my methods employ deep listening and creating scenarios to bring your issues to life during our sessions. Compassionate confrontation and education about emotions are central aspects of my work. And safety is my hallmark.
(914) 417-4435 View (914) 417-4435
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David Behar
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10701
I work primarily with individual adults, couples, families and adolescents. I have great success helping patients navigate and healthy boundaries in a relationships and to teach how to deliver respect. Issues I'm best suited to treat are depression and other mood disorders, relationships of all kinds, substance abuse, addiction and recovery. I have experience and training with human sexuality and sexual identity, I'm trained as a family therapist and work with parents to establish healthy boundaries with their children. All of this is in service of personal growth and increased happiness better living strategies.
I work primarily with individual adults, couples, families and adolescents. I have great success helping patients navigate and healthy boundaries in a relationships and to teach how to deliver respect. Issues I'm best suited to treat are depression and other mood disorders, relationships of all kinds, substance abuse, addiction and recovery. I have experience and training with human sexuality and sexual identity, I'm trained as a family therapist and work with parents to establish healthy boundaries with their children. All of this is in service of personal growth and increased happiness better living strategies.
(914) 465-3243 View (914) 465-3243
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Eric Rodriguez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10705
Waitlist for new clients
Therapy is a great first step to improving one’s quality of life. Although we understand it’s benefit it can also be intimidating. Therapy isn’t about ‘fixing’ an individual, instead the focus is on empowerment and utilizing the skills the person possesses while developing other skills which may help support and maintain change. I believe a strong therapeutic alliance can assist anyone with facilitating the change they are seeking by developing a structure of exploration that alleviates the angst that comes with creating change in one’s life.
Therapy is a great first step to improving one’s quality of life. Although we understand it’s benefit it can also be intimidating. Therapy isn’t about ‘fixing’ an individual, instead the focus is on empowerment and utilizing the skills the person possesses while developing other skills which may help support and maintain change. I believe a strong therapeutic alliance can assist anyone with facilitating the change they are seeking by developing a structure of exploration that alleviates the angst that comes with creating change in one’s life.
(646) 713-1533 View (646) 713-1533
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Danielle Luz Matias
Counselor, LMHC, LPC
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10705
The goal of my practice is to improve the quality of life of my clients and assist them reach their full potential and personal goals. Specializing in family and couple therapy. I also specialize in depression and anxiety. The ideal client will be dedicated to their own treatment and have a strong desire to feel better. Together with my client we work as a team to achieve the therapeutic goals and make life worth living and enjoying. I have been working in a mental health for over a decade and it's my greatest passion in life.
The goal of my practice is to improve the quality of life of my clients and assist them reach their full potential and personal goals. Specializing in family and couple therapy. I also specialize in depression and anxiety. The ideal client will be dedicated to their own treatment and have a strong desire to feel better. Together with my client we work as a team to achieve the therapeutic goals and make life worth living and enjoying. I have been working in a mental health for over a decade and it's my greatest passion in life.
(646) 204-2295 View (646) 204-2295
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Anne M Ernest
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10704
I have extensive clinical experience working with people with anxiety, depression, traumas and interpersonal issues that interfere with effective level of functioning and overall well being. My focus in the therapeutic process is working together with my clients in an interpersonal, present-centered approach. Through this experiential, here and now focus, we work on increasing your awareness of alienated aspects of self that interfere with your self-realization, healthy relationships and overall well-being.
I have extensive clinical experience working with people with anxiety, depression, traumas and interpersonal issues that interfere with effective level of functioning and overall well being. My focus in the therapeutic process is working together with my clients in an interpersonal, present-centered approach. Through this experiential, here and now focus, we work on increasing your awareness of alienated aspects of self that interfere with your self-realization, healthy relationships and overall well-being.
(914) 303-7946 View (914) 303-7946
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Danielle Matias
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Yonkers, NY 10705
Footprints was started by a therapist who realized that often times the services provided to low socio-economic communities is lacking quality care. We noticed these communities were confronted with long wait times, disrespectful admins, and subpar treatment. The one and only purpose was to exploit the community for profit without providing the level of care deserved. Feel Better Therapy began from the inspiration to provide quality mental health care to the poorest of communities and treating the clients of this community the same way a rich patient would be treated in a clinic treating affluent clients.
Footprints was started by a therapist who realized that often times the services provided to low socio-economic communities is lacking quality care. We noticed these communities were confronted with long wait times, disrespectful admins, and subpar treatment. The one and only purpose was to exploit the community for profit without providing the level of care deserved. Feel Better Therapy began from the inspiration to provide quality mental health care to the poorest of communities and treating the clients of this community the same way a rich patient would be treated in a clinic treating affluent clients.
(646) 204-2295 View (646) 204-2295
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Tom Lorio
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Yonkers, NY 10703
Not accepting new clients
I have worked with all different folks in the last 20 years and still do. However, I have recently focused on gay men and the trauma of growing up gay. I am interested in what it means to be gay/queer identified in 2023, what relationships mean and how they change, and how we negotiate work, family, relationships, sex, love, and identity. I believe that growing up LGBTQ can be a trauma that needs to be explored.
I have worked with all different folks in the last 20 years and still do. However, I have recently focused on gay men and the trauma of growing up gay. I am interested in what it means to be gay/queer identified in 2023, what relationships mean and how they change, and how we negotiate work, family, relationships, sex, love, and identity. I believe that growing up LGBTQ can be a trauma that needs to be explored.
(914) 618-3280 View (914) 618-3280

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Kristine Baker
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Tuckahoe, NY 10707  (Online Only)
My name is Kristine Baker. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 8 years of clinical experience working with various individuals and couples with Anxiety, Family Conflict, Military, Relationship Issues, Trauma, and PTSD. I can help provide tools necessary to combat current areas of struggle as well as highlight resources you already have. Some of my treatment modalities include Experiential Therapy, EMDR, Family Therapy, Family Systems, and Family / Marital therapies. I believe that one of the most significant components of treatment is learning healthy coping tools necessary to combat current areas of struggle.
My name is Kristine Baker. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 8 years of clinical experience working with various individuals and couples with Anxiety, Family Conflict, Military, Relationship Issues, Trauma, and PTSD. I can help provide tools necessary to combat current areas of struggle as well as highlight resources you already have. Some of my treatment modalities include Experiential Therapy, EMDR, Family Therapy, Family Systems, and Family / Marital therapies. I believe that one of the most significant components of treatment is learning healthy coping tools necessary to combat current areas of struggle.
(332) 286-2961 View (332) 286-2961
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Negar Morshedian
Counselor, MA, EdM, LMHC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
New York, NY 10039  (Online Only)
Hello and welcome to my page! I believe that all individuals are capable of healing and growth with the help of an understanding, compassionate, and supportive therapist. Therapy is a vulnerable process and I strive to provide an environment where my client feels safe. I also believe that insight alone is not enough for change to occur and therefore I bring experiential work into the room, often engaging the body and somatic experience in our work. My approach to therapy integrates Attachment Theory, Psychodynamic Theory, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Experiential Therapy, and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP).
Hello and welcome to my page! I believe that all individuals are capable of healing and growth with the help of an understanding, compassionate, and supportive therapist. Therapy is a vulnerable process and I strive to provide an environment where my client feels safe. I also believe that insight alone is not enough for change to occur and therefore I bring experiential work into the room, often engaging the body and somatic experience in our work. My approach to therapy integrates Attachment Theory, Psychodynamic Theory, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Experiential Therapy, and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP).
(646) 832-4954 View (646) 832-4954
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Lisa Siclari
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rye, NY 10580
Lisa utilizes a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused, Psychodynamic and Strength Based Approaches. She believes in the strength of the collaborative relationship between client and therapist. Lisa employs honesty, humor and her genuine love of people to create a compassionate, nonjudgmental and therapeutic environment. She aims to meet clients where they are to help foster self awareness, acceptance, personal exploration and growth.
Lisa utilizes a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused, Psychodynamic and Strength Based Approaches. She believes in the strength of the collaborative relationship between client and therapist. Lisa employs honesty, humor and her genuine love of people to create a compassionate, nonjudgmental and therapeutic environment. She aims to meet clients where they are to help foster self awareness, acceptance, personal exploration and growth.
(646) 969-9692 View (646) 969-9692
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Steven Ausbury
Licensed Psychoanalyst, MFA, LP, CSAT
Verified Verified
White Plains, NY 10602
Are you struggling with self-destructive or problematic sexual behaviors? Are you the partner or spouse of someone who can't stop lying, hiding and acting out sexually? Do you feel like your life is spiraling out-of-control because of your actions? There is help for you. I am a certified Sexual Addiction Therapist (CSAT) with many years in the field. This is a specialized treatment that is often misunderstood by otherwise competent therapists. If you are ready to start healing from the pain of sexual acting out and get your life back on track, please contact me.
Are you struggling with self-destructive or problematic sexual behaviors? Are you the partner or spouse of someone who can't stop lying, hiding and acting out sexually? Do you feel like your life is spiraling out-of-control because of your actions? There is help for you. I am a certified Sexual Addiction Therapist (CSAT) with many years in the field. This is a specialized treatment that is often misunderstood by otherwise competent therapists. If you are ready to start healing from the pain of sexual acting out and get your life back on track, please contact me.
(332) 239-1436 View (332) 239-1436
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Tony Parmenter - Emdr + Integrative Healing For Complex Trauma
Counselor, LMHC, LAADC, LCMHC, LCPC, EMDRIA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rye, NY 10580  (Online Only)
I provide EMDR and other integrative therapies for healing complex and generational trauma and am currently accepting people interested in individual weekly therapy and half- and full-day intensives. My work is focused on helping your nervous system and inner child find freedom from wounds that are so deep, you may have never been aware of them. I have witnessed many of clients alleviate long-standing struggles/challenges related to Complex PTSD, unresolved childhood trauma, and related addiction issues through this work. I am the creator of TF-EMDR for nature-based work & MARS.
I provide EMDR and other integrative therapies for healing complex and generational trauma and am currently accepting people interested in individual weekly therapy and half- and full-day intensives. My work is focused on helping your nervous system and inner child find freedom from wounds that are so deep, you may have never been aware of them. I have witnessed many of clients alleviate long-standing struggles/challenges related to Complex PTSD, unresolved childhood trauma, and related addiction issues through this work. I am the creator of TF-EMDR for nature-based work & MARS.
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Moira Casalino
MS, LCAT, R-DMT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
White Plains, NY 10601
Short Term Therapy for Inner Child Somatic Healing. I specialize in somatic inner child healing. I will help you connect to your inner-child somatically and give you the tools you need to excel your healing process and find alignment. You will have three sessions within one month. You will leave each session with tangible tools.
Short Term Therapy for Inner Child Somatic Healing. I specialize in somatic inner child healing. I will help you connect to your inner-child somatically and give you the tools you need to excel your healing process and find alignment. You will have three sessions within one month. You will leave each session with tangible tools.
(516) 973-5278 View (516) 973-5278
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Janet Solomon
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Mount Vernon, NY 10550  (Online Only)
Hello! My name is Janet Solomon, and I am a licensed certified social worker ( LCSW). I have been in the mental health field for the past 25 years and I love what I do, helping others to live the best life to the fullest capacity. I work with folks 18 years and up. I see everyone as a human being first and the unique differences that make us who we are.
Hello! My name is Janet Solomon, and I am a licensed certified social worker ( LCSW). I have been in the mental health field for the past 25 years and I love what I do, helping others to live the best life to the fullest capacity. I work with folks 18 years and up. I see everyone as a human being first and the unique differences that make us who we are.
(914) 928-2563 View (914) 928-2563
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Judith Liu
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
New Rochelle, NY 10801
I am the owner of a group practice. We are accepting new clients. I have limited spots. There are times in life when everyone needs a little help. You might be dealing with grief, such as losing a family member or a beloved pet. You may be struggling with daily problems like past trauma, financial difficulties, or issues focusing. We help individuals feeling overwhelmed, hopeless, or want to feel differently. With a supportive relationship and a safe space to share these things this process can allow the time for you to start to enjoy life, feel more confident, and recognize yourself again.
I am the owner of a group practice. We are accepting new clients. I have limited spots. There are times in life when everyone needs a little help. You might be dealing with grief, such as losing a family member or a beloved pet. You may be struggling with daily problems like past trauma, financial difficulties, or issues focusing. We help individuals feeling overwhelmed, hopeless, or want to feel differently. With a supportive relationship and a safe space to share these things this process can allow the time for you to start to enjoy life, feel more confident, and recognize yourself again.
(203) 941-5498 View (203) 941-5498
Experiential Therapy

How does experiential therapy work?

Experiential therapy works by allowing an individual to use their creativity to re-imagine themselves and their lives in an effort to process their emotions. Experiential therapy may take many forms, including engaging clients through art, re-enactments, role-playing, music, or forms of physical recreation. By focusing on these activities, experiential therapists help individuals identify the emotions they associate with previous experiences and work together to cope with negative reactions, like fear, anger, or shame.

Is experiential therapy evidence-based?

Experiential therapy incorporates many therapy modalities, some of which have been more closely researched than others. Music therapy, for example, has been shown to help with sleep problems. Some studies find that art therapy can be beneficial for those with eating disorders or personality disorders, while other research suggests that such approaches have little impact.

How long does experiential therapy last?

The duration of experiential therapy will depend on the type of therapy used as well as the severity of the challenges an individual faces. Play therapy sessions may last for 30 to 45 minutes, and usually occur weekly for about 20 sessions. Art therapy may comprise 10 to 15 weekly sessions. Music therapy sessions generally last between 30 and 50 minutes and can be scheduled weekly or on an as-needed basis. For each therapy type, clients should periodically discuss their goals with their therapist to make sure the two are aligned on process and progress.

Does experiential therapy help with trauma?

Trauma is one area where experiential therapy may be useful. Traumatic experiences such as combat or childhood abuse can be so painful that articulating them can be too scary or painful; creating visual art allows people to express themselves without words, and tell their story in a different way. Listening to music can be relaxing, while making music as part of a group provides plenty of opportunities to connect with other people. Play therapy is often of value to children who have experienced a loss or distressing family experience, or who have been physically or emotionally abused.