Interpersonal Therapists in Woodside, NY

As a mental health researcher and expert in culture and identity conflicts, my therapy work starts with making space for your unique lived experiences, identities, and how you show up in your different worlds. I am trained in a range of evidence-based therapy techniques including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, and psychodynamic therapy. I help my patients learn about themselves, explore issues that have led to emotional distress, and teach skills to manage the situations at hand. Therapy can involve exploring your past, present, and future challenges and pursuing an emotional growth to handle it all.

Making a change can be a scary process, but with the guidance of the right person it can be just as rewarding. Therapy can help you overcome challenges, learn more about yourself, achieve goals, and increase satisfaction in your life. As a therapist, I provide a genuine, warm, and open environment that allows you to explore your difficulties, understand your strengths and weaknesses, and develop insight. I view each individual I work with as unique and strive to create an environment that is best suited for your personal needs.

Hi! I'm Ariana, a Mental Health Therapist and Clinical Psy.D Doctoral student. Welcome to the beginning of this beautiful journey of therapy! You are simply, a human, wanting freedom from past trauma, pain, and the daily stressors that threaten to take you down. I can relate in more ways than one and promise to be with you every step of the way. There will be challenging times, exhausting even. However, you deserve to live a life that is authentic, joy-filled, and open to receiving all of life's blessings. Don't doubt yourself, doubt your doubts. Be unapologetically you and you will experience a freedom that you've only dreamt of.

Do you struggle with anxiety, self-doubt and self-esteem? Perhaps you have a deep fear of making mistakes and have a harsh inner critic? You may find yourself having trouble making decisions or putting other people's needs ahead of your own. Together we will explore the root causes of your current emotional and relationship challenges so you can have greater joy and freedom.

I see clients for anxiety, depression, anger management, obsessive-compulsive disorder, worry, substance use, behavioral and relationship issues. I create a calm, welcoming and comfortable environment for my clients. I engage with my clients and create a therapeutic environment which encourages them to share their feelings and thoughts openly. I also collaborate with my clients in creating treatment plans specific to each client's needs.

Have you been having trouble making sense of and finding your place in the chaotic world that we live in? Are you experiencing emotions that may feel overwhelming, foreign, or scary? Are you struggling to connect with a loved one on a deeper level? Therapy can help you learn more about who you are and what you need, and to start prioritizing the things that are most meaningful to you. Whether your goal is to cope better with life's greatest challenges or to find deeper meaning in your journey, I would love to share with you how my approach to psychotherapy can help you begin to build a more satisfying, stable life.

Are you interested in reducing anxiety or depression and improving coping while making connections to past experiences? Are you noticing patterns in your life that are not serving you? Would you like to improve your relationships? Therapy can be an important step for making meaningful and lasting change. I am skilled at creating a warm, nurturing, and therapeutic environment in which we will explore your strengths and challenges, discuss important issues from the past, and work towards meeting your goals. In this collaborative and safe space, I will support you on your journey to become the best version of yourself.

1. Are you or a loved one experiencing hardship because of a threat of deportation? If you need a hardship evaluation for immigration, you must be able to prove that you need to stay in this country for your family. A psychological report that you can exhibit to immigration, documenting the emotional trauma you and your family have endured is a necessary step in helping you stay here in this country.

Like many people as of late, you might be reevaluating life. If you came across this page, you're probably looking for an experienced, trained professional to help you process your thoughts and feelings. Now more than ever, people are seeking therapy. Time is valuable. Therapy is an investment of your time and resources in you. Your unique life experiences, cultures, sexuality, and gender identities are just a few of the components that intersect to make you, well, you. Together, we can explore how these intersecting identities and your cognitive-behavioral patterns come together to create your experience and your life.

As a practitioner I seek to assist my clients to begin to shed the layers of the their cocoon, and accept themselves as whole people. I utilize mindfulness techniques, somatic awareness, meditation, attachment and experiential psychotherapy. I encourage clients to stay with their feelings in the here and now, and ask them to accept and honor the present moment with all its feelings rather than exiling or "fixing" their feelings.

Has trauma affected how you function? Do you find it difficult to express your feelings, use your words? Are you seen as grumpy, serious, or stoic? Are you one to not cry... or do you hide that part of yourself? My goal is meeting you where you are, to help guide you through. With 15+ years of social work experience, I have a warm & pragmatic approach to helping patients cope with the past and present, providing a safe & confidential place to say things they've always wanted to say but felt unable.

There are a lot of things that happen within us while we engage in our normal day to day lives. From our physiological processes to our mental and emotional processes. We spend a great deal functioning completely unaware of our internal world. Interestingly enough it is what’s inside of us that is the precursor to our behaviors and physical health condition. As a psychodynamic therapist I aim to help you come into contact with your inner person or what I refer to as your inner child. I review your childhood history to make sense of your current challenges. A lot of the ways we think and behave come from childhood learnings.

Sometimes on this journey of life, we get in our own way and aren't ready to change until things get hairy! This can translate into a mindset or habit that no longer serves us. Does it seem like no matter how hard you try, there's a feeling of doom and gloom? Maybe you excel in one area of life but feel like you're far behind in another. Maybe there are personal goals that seem unobtainable due to feeling stuck. I have helped Clients get to the other side of the progress they want to see. Whether you're in the pre-contemplative or the action phase of change, I provide guidance and support while holding you accountable to your goals.

Are you confronted with immigration problems? I conduct psychosocial evaluations for immigration proceedings. Are you having personal struggles? I can provide a safe space where you can be heard without judgement. This can grant you clarity, and help adjust your perspective on life, which essentially impacts your mental health. I am committed to bringing you clarity, by helping you find your own path, heal from painful events/memories, take risks and change what’s not working. I try to work on developing a plan of action that will help you succeed. The key is to identify unhealthy and repetitive patterns.

I am a licensed psychotherapist who works with individuals, adolescents, families, and couples treating a broad range of mental health issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, identity and relationship concerns. I integrate elements of evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, as well as psychodynamic and mindfulness techniques to help you gain awareness and autonomy over your day to day functioning.

As an Indo-Caribbean-American mental health counselor, I bring a deep understanding and empathy to those grappling with mental health challenges. I know firsthand the cultural stigmas that often accompany these struggles. Growing up in a Guyanese household where emotions weren't openly discussed, I've experienced feelings of being misunderstood or ostracized after being vulnerable. I want you to know that I recognize these unique experiences and identities that shape our mental health perspectives. You can expect a safe, non-judgmental space to explore your thoughts and feelings in our sessions.

Taking this step in pursuing therapy to honor yourself and your journey of personal growth is to be commended! You are the expert of your own lived experience and together we will create a personalized and transformative plan to place you on the path toward increased self-awareness, self-compassion, and change. Using trauma-informed therapy, I specialize in providing individual/group counseling to survivors of Gender-Based Violence. In addition I have experience working with at-risk adolescent and the LGBTQ population. As a first-generation immigrant and a woman of color, I am particularly interested in empowering all individuals.

Are you a woman struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, or relationship conflicts? Perhaps you're dealing with intimacy/ sexual addictions, porn addictions, partner betrayal trauma, family conflicts or parenting challenges, including neurodivergent children w/ special needs. If these issues affect your daily life and leave you feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or lost, know that there is hope for a better life. You don't have to settle for less or live unhappy anymore. It shouldn’t be so hard to live better, people can change, there is hope and answers. I am here to tell you there is light at the end of the tunnel!

My work and approach is to help guide my clients in understanding their difficulties in life so that they may feel empowered to make positive, long lasting changes for the future. I am a licensed mental health counselor with clinical experience treating a wide variety of mental health issues. I take a new-age dynamic approach that is tailored to each of my client's individual needs.