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I'm a licensed creative arts therapist, registered drama therapist, and EMDR trained practitioner who works with adults, teens, and couples. I specialize in anxiety, depression, trauma, identity development, life transitions, relationship concerns, and LGBTQIA+ affirming care. My approach is relational, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, liberation focused, and affirming. My style with clients is warm, curious, and engaged.

As a therapist, I strive to create a safe and affirming environment to support my clients in their journey towards emotional growth and healing. I practice from an integrated therapeutic approach, drawing from psychodynamic and relational theories, as well as goal-oriented behavioral interventions. My clients should expect warmth, compassion, curiosity, and candor.

I am passionate about working with, and have grown my practice with a focus on, LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples. My practice scope also includes anxiety management, healing from trauma, life transitions, and improving relationships. Additionally, I have specialized training and experience, and deeply enjoy, working with adolescents and their families.

In my practice I strive to create an open, empowering, and creative atmosphere so clients can gain comfort in self-expression. I firmly believe therapy is most effective when there is a collaborative relationship based on trust, curiosity, and growth. Drawing from both science and art, I flexibly and openly provide interventions grounded in research and empirically-supported treatments. I consider myself an integrative therapist with a specialization in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with 10+ years experience treating eating disorders. I also have specialties in anxiety disorders and maternal mental health. I practice from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework, while also drawing from a feminist perspective. Clients often describe me as warm, patient, and humorous.

I provide relational, psychodynamic psychotherapy for individuals and couples navigating some of life’s most complex relational and identity questions. I specialize in supporting people through perinatal experiences, including pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, infertility, and decisions about whether or not to have children.

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 20 years of experience providing therapeutic services for people of all ages, identities, and backgrounds. I provide individual therapy for adults for a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

I am a licensed Creative Arts Therapist based in Brooklyn, NY. I work with adult clients struggling with generalized anxiety, social anxiety, trauma, and depressive symptoms. I primarily focus on how their symptoms affect their self-esteem, their locus of control, and their personal and professional relationships. My overall approach is strengths-based and collaborative. I also use CBT techniques and the attachment theory modality as a framework with my clients.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in treating anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem issues, and relationship conflicts. I help my clients identify troubling thoughts, emotions, and behavioral patterns with the goal of shifting to healthier and more adaptive perspective and decision making. I work with an eclectic, integrative approach and base my practice techniques on the unique needs of the individual, as psychotherapy is not based upon a "one size fits all" approach. I pay close attention to the relationships within a client's life, and incorporate techniques from both cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy. I provide tools on how to effectively alter maladaptive thoughts and behaviors, while also taking into consideration the individual's history and past experiences.

I am a clinical psychologist and run a small group practice in NYC called City Lights Psychology (www.citylightspsychology.com). I was formerly a staff psychologist at The Motherhood Center of New York. I work primarily with women and their families during the perinatal period and couples across the lifespan. I work from a psychoanalytic framework, specifically object relations, and also have training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples. My approach is integrative, warm, and direct.

Dr. Kafker specializes in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), which helps families strengthen relationships and teaches caregivers to be the therapist at home and effectively manage their young children's difficult behaviors. In addition to PCIT, she is highly experienced with and passionate about working with adolescents and adults to manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, and trauma.

I am a creative art therapist, working with those who have anxiety, developmental/intergenerational trauma and high sensitivity (HSP). My practice weaves together mindfulness, trauma-informed practices and creative, embodied practices to help my clients feel more confident, able to move out of stuck patterns, and more connected to themselves and others.

Jenny Mariaschin-Rudin is Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been providing therapy to children, adolescents, and adults for over 15 years in New York City. Jenny graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Wesleyan University and her MSW from NYU School of Social Work. Jenny works with youth and adults, blending evidence based practices and insight oriented therapy to help clients cope with overwhelming emotions and navigating the stresses of daily life. Jenny is trained in CBT, DBT, and Neurodiversity-Affirming care to support clients and family members of clients dealing with diagnoses of ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

As a seasoned Psychotherapist, my private practice is unique, in that all services are determined by the specific needs of the individual, couple and/or family that reaches out for assistance. Areas of special interest include: anxiety, depression, addiction of any kind, mood and personality disorders, couples therapy, college students and teenagers. Both in-person and virtual services are available. I am certified to supervise LMSW students.

I am a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst working in the Grand Central area. I work with adults with histories of traumatic events and/or relationships, with members of the LGBTQ+, Kink, and Sex Positive communities, with people working in the creative arts, with those needing help with disenfranchised bereavement, and with the special needs of those who have a service animal or emotional support animal.