Online LGBTQ+ therapists in Merrick, New York NY
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Serving LGBTQ+
Jay Shaw
Hypnotherapist, CHt (Certified Hypnotherapist)
Virtual sessions via Zoom for high performers nationwide and in-person sessions available in Richardson, TX for Dallas-area clients. Whether you're local or remote, Identity 2.0 works the same way: systematic, subconscious-level reprogramming built around your specific patterns. No scripts. No one-size-fits-all. Just a structured rebuild that sticks.
8 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Daniel Pagano
Licensed Psychoanalyst, PhD, LP, SCC
I provide specialized online Jungian oriented therapy and spiritual counseling for individuals and couples, addressing core issues like anxiety, depression, and complex relationship challenges. Our depth-focused work utilizes Jungian dream analysis, shadow integration, and embodied awareness to decode archaic patterns and guide your journey of individuation. We proudly serve all backgrounds, including the BIPOC and LGBTQA+ communities, empowering you to live a whole, conscious, and authentic life.
33 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Mind Body Connections
Counselor/Therapist
You will be able to connect with your therapist over a secure video call on the Simple Practice portal. You will be sent a private link to your email and/or phone via text prior to your session. All you will need is a quiet space and strong internet connection to meet your therapist. You are legally required to be physically located in the state where your clinician holds a license.
28 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Steven Merino
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
2 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY (Online Only)
Serving LGBTQ+
Therapy With You
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LCSW
Therapy With You is a boutique practice led by a team of four skilled clinicians specializing in work with children, teens, adults, couples, and families. We provide intentional, high quality care focused on relationships, emotional wellbeing, and lasting change, while remaining in network with most major insurance plans to keep services accessible.
6 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Eliza Strawbridge
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Hi everyone and welcome to my page. As your therapist, I will be a kind and empathic listener and strive to meet you where you are. Together, we will explore your inner world, look at patterns in behavior and relationships, make connections between past and present, and help you to step into a happy and productive future. My work is based on the psychodynamic model, but I also incorporate Internal Family Systems (IFS) work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Bowen Theory into my work with individuals.
16 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY (Online Only)
Serving LGBTQ+
Elena Katrantzos
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC-D, PMH-C
Telehealth sessions are offered through HIPAA secure telecommunications platforms.
11 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY (Online Only)
Serving LGBTQ+
Dr. Anna Smith
Psychologist, PsyD, MEd, MA
I offer expert online couples, sex, and relationship therapy to clients across most of the United States. Licensed in multiple states via PsyPact, my practice is intentionally virtual-only so that individuals and couples can access truly specialized care no matter where they live. Whether you’re navigating emotional distance, desire differences, sexual anxiety or shame, or the lingering impact of past experiences, therapy here is a shame-free space to slow down, understand the patterns underneath, and rebuild the kind of emotional and sexual connection that feels safe, satisfying, and deeply intimate.
10 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY (Online Only)
Serving LGBTQ+
Joseph Bailey
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MS, LCSW-R
In addition to traditional approaches, Joseph also has a specialty in integrating spiritual insights if client is interested in order to cultivate therapeutic growth. Joseph has a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology and is open to utilizing spiritual and existential thinking in order to cultivate hope and optimism so as to enable clients to see beyond their particular struggles with mental health issues. Joseph believes that each client has enormous innate capacity to be healed given a trusting and supportive therapeutic environment.
19 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Root & Rise Clinical Specialists
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-R
Root & Rise Clinical Specialists is a boutique, women-led psychotherapy practice offering high-quality online therapy for clients in NY, FL, CT, and MA. We specialize in working with high-functioning adults, leaders, creatives, and individuals ready for deeper therapeutic work. Our approach blends evidence-based treatment, trauma-informed care, and integrative practices to help you understand the root of your patterns and create real, lasting change. Sessions are private, flexible, and designed to meet you wherever you are—whether you’re managing anxiety, burnout, identity exploration, relationship struggles, or major life transitions. If you’re seeking therapy that’s compassionate, direct, and genuinely transformative, Root & Rise offers a modern, personalized teletherapy experience to support your growth and alignment.
14 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Maggie McCarthy
Counselor/Therapist, LMSW
Thinking about therapy? Reach out to me today to schedule a free consult! I specialize in working with women & LGBTQIA+ adults. My approach is collaborative, culturally sensitive, and personalized to your unique identity and goals, with your safety and comfort as a top priority. You are the expert of your own story, and I am her to support and partner with you in your healing journey. Through a blend of therapeutic methods, including themes from IFS (Internal Family Systems), narrative therapy, and mindfulness CBT, we’ll build compassion and understanding for all the parts of you, allowing space to breathe, heal, and accept yourself exactly as you are.
3 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY (Online Only)
Serving LGBTQ+
Christie Roe
Therapist, LMSW
I hold space for rest, reflection, and resources that resonate.
2 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY (Online Only)
Serving LGBTQ+
Diane Vaillancourt
Pre-Licensed Professional, M.A., psychotherapist, Life Coach
I have clients who prefers Phone sessions as it is the most convenient in terms of time, transportation and payment methods. Phone sessions/face Time/WhatsApp is an efficient way of doing therapy, it allows less distraction and more focus on what needs to be addressed.
36 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Jim Stangarone
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, Certified psychodramatist (CP)
I consider the online sessions to be the same as in person in regards to integrity and confidentiality.
21 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Dianne Gallo, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Hi, I’m Dianne Gallo, LCSW, a psychotherapist based in New York City.
I specialize in working with highly sensitive people, with a focus on addressing anxiety, trauma, and relationship concerns.
I provide EMDR in addition to psychodynamic talk therapy.
12 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Neha Chawla
Licensed Psychoanalyst, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT, LP, FIPA
I offer a free initial consultation for you to decide if remote therapy could work for you. I believe that it is very much possible for online sessions to be highly attuned, connected, deeply insight oriented and productive depending on the therapist's training. I invite you to try it out, at no cost to you.
I offer video/remote sessions to those working from home, within the hybrid model or for convenience to support time efficiency and productivity. Remote sessions can also support individuals who are still being protective of their health because they may be immuno-compromised, disabled, have long Covid, are suffering from other chronic/terminal illnesses or any limiting symptoms. Finally, remote sessions could also work better for individuals who may be feeling too depressed or withdrawn, those experiencing social anxiety, generalized anxiety, PTSD, ASD and find the outside world far too over-stimulating or unsafe at this time.
18 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY (Online Only)
Serving LGBTQ+
Karen Bisignano
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
After trauma, healing begins with understanding your experience. Trauma isn't just the event; it's the inability to make sense of what happened, often leaving you stuck in repetitive, unhealthy relationships. Whether or not you recognize childhood abuse or neglect, its effects show up subtly. You found a way to survive an absent, rigid, or abusive dynamic, but everyday life can still trigger those old wounds. You might feel a loss of control, carry deep self-doubt, or constantly put others first to your own detriment. If you are wondering how to help yourself and take the next step, you do not have to navigate this alone.
It takes immense courage to seek therapy when carrying trauma or pain. You do not have to carry it alone anymore. In our sessions—using EMDR with other modalities, we will work as a collaborative team at a pace that feels entirely safe for you. You are always the driver here. Together, we will build the lasting tools you need to reclaim your life.
I know how scary reaching out is—I've been in your shoes. Years ago, navigating trauma, divorce, and family hardships, I resisted restarting therapy. But taking that leap helped me rebuild an empowered version of myself. You deserve to feel lighter and in control again, too. Contact me today and lets see if we're a good fit.
11 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY (Online Only)
Serving LGBTQ+
Nancy Burns
Counselor/Therapist, JD, LMHC, LPC, MA, EMDR Certified
Do you often feel as if your emotions are out-of-control? Do you experience mood swings, anger, depression or anxiety? Have your relationships often felt unfulfilling? Perhaps you wonder if the ways you were treated as a child or difficult past experiences are still impacting you. Early family dynamics influence how you view yourself and your place in the world, often having a long-term impact.
6 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY (Online Only)
Serving LGBTQ+
Insight Healing Inc
Hypnotherapist, CMT, CBSP, SE, CH, MAPC
I use techniques in Guided Focus in Technicolor Flow (TM) to help clients process old hurts and trauma. I use hypnosis to replace the void from processing old hurts to support a positive, uplifted outlook moving forward. Clients have a recording of the hypnosis to listen to on their own time to reinforce positivity and calm.
32 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
Serving LGBTQ+
Mona Lee Yousef
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-R, CASAC-2, CADC, CCDC, MAC
I am fully licensed as an LCSW-R and LCSW in both New York and New Jersey, respectively. I provide both in-person treatment as well as teletherapy visits in New York and also offer teletherapy sessions to New Jersey residents who work from home.
35 Years Experience
Online in Merrick, NY
LGBTQ+ therapists in Merrick, New York Statistics
LGBTQ+ therapists in Merrick, New York average 15 years of experience and charge around $202 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (80%), Depression (70%), and Trauma and PTSD (61%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$202
Gender ID
| 56% |
Female |
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| 28% |
Male |
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| 9% |
Non-Binary |
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| 7% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 54% |
In Person and Online |
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| 46% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 80% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 70% | Depression |
| 61% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 58% | LGBTQ+ Issues |
| 53% | Stress |
| 50% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 48% | Women's Issues |