Grace Doyle (she/her)

I'm a New York State Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and psychotherapist at Manhattan Mindful Psychotherapy. I earned my Master of Social Work from NYU's Silver School of Social Work and am a candidate in the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy's (ICP) Four-Year Psychoanalytic Training Program.

My interest in psychotherapy grew, in part, from a longstanding fascination with how people make meaning of their experiences. Before becoming a therapist, I studied art history and studio art at the University of Vermont and worked in arts education. That background continues to shape how I listen, think, and relate to others. Art taught me to pay attention to what is expressed as much as what remains unspoken, to tolerate ambiguity, and to recognize that there can be many ways of understanding the same experience. I bring that sensibility into my clinical work.

My approach is grounded in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapy. I'm particularly interested in the parts of ourselves that aren't immediately accessible: the feelings we struggle to name, the contradictions we live with, and how our histories continue to shape our relationships and sense of self. Like the creative process, therapy asks us to approach what feels unfamiliar or hard to understand without rushing to an explanation. Sometimes the most important discoveries emerge when we stay curious about something we thought we already understood.

I work with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, identity exploration, and significant life transitions. Rather than focusing exclusively on relieving symptoms, I'm interested in understanding what our emotional experiences might be communicating and how familiar patterns can persist even when we consciously wish to change them. I see the therapeutic relationship as an important part of this exploration, offering opportunities to recognize and experience different ways of relating to ourselves and others.

I bring warmth, attentiveness, creativity, and a sense of humor to my work. I don't believe therapy is about fixing what is wrong with someone or arriving at a more acceptable version of ourselves. To me, it is an opportunity to develop a richer understanding of who we are, including the parts that feel contradictory, unfinished, or difficult to put into words, and to discover what might become possible when we no longer feel so confined by the stories we've come to tell about ourselves.