Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) therapists in Manhattan, New York NY

I founded Manhattan Mental Health Counseling after discovering that many New Yorkers struggle to find competent psychotherapists. Our mission is to provide knowledgeable, compassionate and effective psychotherapy in the intimate setting of a warm and inviting private practice while also accepting many of the insurances which are popular in New York. Our therapists. Our practice is composed of a team of licensed mental health counselors with multidisciplinary expertise including: anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, grief, self esteem and LGBTQ among others. Our mission is to help our clients build the tools needed to cope with a variety of mental health conditions, allowing them to pursue their dreams while living a balanced and healthy life.  

I’m Dr. Thomas Ballas, a licensed clinical psychologist with specialized expertise in treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), trauma, and perfectionism. My professional background includes hospital settings, private practice, and serving as a medical officer within the U.S. Army, where I gained invaluable experience addressing diverse mental health challenges. These experiences have shaped my commitment to offering compassionate, individualized care that empowers clients to overcome obstacles and create meaningful, lasting change. I use evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), tailoring each method to your unique needs and goals. Together, we’ll work to improve your emotional well-being, break free from unhelpful patterns, and guide you toward a more fulfilling, balanced life.  

My goal as a therapist is to create a warm, supportive, genuine and safe environment where you alone or with your significant other feel comfortable sharing with me your negative repetitive pattern that prevents you from from sailing through your relationship more smoothly. I want to help you to reinvent your marriage or long term relationship so that your lives intersect in the same space so I can get the opportunity to teach you how to respect each other's differences and teach you how you can agree to disagree and yet you are still able to say "I love you." I can help you both to come up with a common love language when you are home and happy or not so happy; and I can also teach you another love language that works well publicly. One works well in the bedroom and the other works well in front of strangers. All couples must develop love languages that work well privately and publicly. I want your relationship to maintain the love that brought you together in the first place. You may wonder why your love is not consistent, and you may notice that the respect you once had for one another has dissipated and the personal meaning once attached to your relationship is no longer there.. Most couples in your situation have what I refer to as their own "dance of anger" that happens again and again and again. By this, I mean couples fight about different issues but the way that they fight takes on a repetitive negative pattern and that pattern is their way of expressing anger and/or rage, regardless of the argument at hand. I refer to the way that most couples argue and fight as their "dance of anger". Remember, you can't change your partner and that is why you need professional advice. I can be your "go to person" who can teach you how to effectively communicate when you once again have disagreements that can be a threat to the survival of your relationship. I only accept accept couples who really want to preserve their relationship and can tell me that they are willing to put in the hard work, because married monogamous relationships are difficult to sustain, but by taking your marriage vows seriously, you both signed up for a loving partnership for a lifetime. Taking your vows and dancing at your wedding is just not enough because everyone's life is difficult. Life is more like "a bowl of cherries" and despite the succulent juice from the cherries, you will still have to deal with "the pits." We can't always dance through our problems. Despite making yourselves an expensive wedding or having gone to the court to take your vows,-what all married couples dwell on is trust. Is one person feeling like they don't trust the other or both feel the same way when it comes to trust, then pick up your phone to call Lorna Hayim-Baker at Riverdale Therapy & Counseling Services. I offer a free phone consultation before accepting new couples. I tell the truth when I counsel couples, and therefore, I vet each couple before I agree to meet with them in an "in person session" to avoid sessions where one partner or both can blow up my session because their personality does not mesh well with mine. My heart goes out to everyone who is about to experience "a bad breakup" or "a disastrous divorce.". I go many extra miles for each and every couple who comes into my office. I try to understand their shared stories and having a shared story is a lot easier to problem solve because they are in sync; but more often than not, I have to hear out each partner because they each have different stories to tell. I decipher their own personal stories because, in reality, there are two different versions of the same presenting problem and then their is the third version which is the most realistic story. It is only fair to hear each partner's voice as they often come to session offering their own point of view, but if one pays close attention, it often seems like there are 2-3 different problems; but in reality, there are two different sides about he same problem and sometimes even a third side that the therapist discovers and is being presented by each person. All three stories are different versions of the same problem. All sides are carefully listened to and It takes time to hear each person's interpretation of the same arguments. All stories are aired and I do my best to come up with possible solutions by providing lots of feedback. Couples can disagree with me about possible solutions that are offered. I have become very attuned to my couples because I have been doing this type of therapy for a very long time. I listen carefully to their presenting problems before providing feedback. I am not always right but I am pretty intuitive at this point in my career. Someone must try to understand the couple who came in to preserve their relationship and the hope is that I, as their therapist will remain neutral and unbiased in order to shed light on why the couples are not hearing each other as they each struggle to voice their complaints. More often than not, one or both partners become very defensive and neither one is listening to the other and their fight escalates. That's why they need an unbiased and caring therapist to intervene and help the couple deescalate by having them share the details of the original complaint that turned into a communication breakdown. Couples begin fighting right in front of me & my job is to stop their dispute and call a halt to their bickering so we can examine why their communication pattern broke down in the first place. Both partners are acting out and becoming nasty and defensive. Each partner had the same wish, which was to have their voice heard as he or she expresses their own complaint. I need to point out when their wheels are spinning but they are getting nowhere and they are in fact, stuck. Couples need to stop and listen to each other so I can help them come up with a plan that can get them "unstuck." To be an effective couples' counselor means that at the end of the session, the couple walks out with a sense of having a shared understanding of their problems and with a shared sense of hope because they learned how to tackle the types of ineffective communications that lead to "blow out fights" Hopefully, I will be your therapist who teaches you how to not add fuel to the fire. I want to be part of the solution and teach couples how to stop turning molehills into mountains. I am the therapist who loves watching love as it grows and makes both partners seem so much more mature.  

I am an LCSW and Certified psychodramatist . I treat children, adolescents, and adults who are confronting a wide range of challenges. With experience in treating alcoholism and addictions, my focus is on helping people recover from a history of severe trauma, sexual abuse, and narcissistic abuse.  

For over a decade in New York City, I've worked with people who are smart, self-aware, and still struggling — and watched them change in ways they didn't think were possible anymore. Certified in EMDR and CPT, with Level 2 IFS training, I bring both clinical rigor and genuine warmth to every session. If you're ready to stop managing your pain and start actually moving through it, I'd love to talk.  

I understand how difficult it can be to reach out for help and how important it is to find the right kind of experienced care. I provide evidence based and task centered practice with the highest quality of treatment for long term healing. You and your partner deserve to experience transparency, trust and a healthy loving sexually intimate relationship. As a CSAT, I have a passion for your recovery and I’ll be glad to help you stop active addiction and isolation; live a life of integrity; address the underlying issues; treat depression and anxiety; heal attachment failures; experience healthy sexual intimacy; repair partner relationships and regain control of your life.  

I am a licensed psychologist offering therapy, parent coaching, and comprehensive evaluations for autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and developmental challenges. My approach focuses on empowering children, adolescents, and adults by identifying their strengths, addressing challenges, and building practical tools for growth and success. I take a strength-focused, neurodiversity-affirming approach, offering evidence-based strategies tailored to meet your specific needs. In addition to my work with neurodivergent individuals, I have extensive experience supporting those who are adopted or have experienced trauma, including related to chronic illness. My services are grounded in a trauma-informed framework for you to feel safe, understood, and confident as we work together. I believe that growth starts with collaboration, which is why my approach emphasizes working together towards practical solutions and achievable goals. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation today to take the first step to discuss how I can help you or your child thrive.  

As a licensed professional counselor, I will guide you in exploring your core issues to move toward a more healthy and fulfilling life. Utilizing a variety of approaches including Biopsychosocial, Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Existential/Humanistic, Family Systems, Gestalt, Integrative, Jungian, Multicultural, Object Relations, Psychosocial and Rational-Emotive, I will work with you to create a treatment plan that is customized to meet your unique circumstances and needs. We will work together to create an open line of communication, establish your goals and create a treatment plan that will help you develop and grow.  

Choosing a therapist is tough. You deserve high-quality treatment at a reasonable rate. A therapist that is affirmative, experienced, and non-judgmental. We are here to listen and guide your therapy process. Our goal is for you to leave your first meeting feeling heard and supported. Our sessions will allow you to better understand why you act, feel, and think the way that you do. We help with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, addiction, trauma, anger management, life transitions, LGBTQIA+ issues, and many other stressors affecting today’s world.  

Holding Hope is comprised of a collaborative team of Marriage and Family Therapists. We are highly educated, culturally sensitive and deeply engaged in our individual and couples therapy work with clients. We are passionate about the healing process and believe it is a journey and not a destination. We believe that all behavior makes sense in context and that with enough warmth, compassion (and a bit of humor!) you are capable of experiencing the life (and love) you deserve.  

Tête Therapy is a collective of thoughtful, experienced clinicians offering psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families. We focus on creating a supportive space where clients can explore their emotions, strengthen relationships, and navigate life’s challenges with greater clarity and ease.  

As a licensed therapist and passionate advocate for mental health equity, I founded CMHC with a clear mission: to create an affirming, inclusive, and culturally diverse space where LGBTQ+ individuals and people from all backgrounds can feel truly seen, heard, and supported. My journey into therapy was shaped by both personal experience and a professional calling—recognizing the deep need for compassionate, identity-affirming care in communities that have too often been marginalized or overlooked.  

For forty years as a respected and trusted psychologist in the Queens and New York regions, Dr. Joel Stukalin has provided quality couples counseling, marriage counseling and individual psychotherapy and psychoanalysis to his clients from many cultures, religions and ethnicities.  

I specialize in working with people who are depressed or dealing with addiction, (alcohol abuse and compulsive sexual behaviors in particular). Sometimes even just beginning to speak out loud about your struggles can start the process of change. In our work together, we won't just manage your symptoms; we will look deeper. By exploring how these challenges first took root, you can gain the clarity needed to make empowered decisions today. This combination of insight and action can create powerful and lasting change.  

As a psychologist and neurotherapist for 30 years plus, I have worked with many clients with serious brain disorders and have been successful in assisting them in achieving good mental health. Each client is unique as well as their brains are unique and when the issues are pinpointed the journey to health can be achieved. I conduct a brain map analysis to pinpoint the dysregulations that are impeding the client and then construct protocols to address the issues. Clients have often commented that the work with myself and associates has provided them with quicker and more long lasting relief than many years of just talk therapy. The best way to reach our office for questions or to schedule an appointment is via email rather than calling. Please email merlynh@nyneurofeedback.com  

EK Mental Health Counseling specializes in treating OCD, including pure O & perinatal/postpartum OCD, anxiety, trichotillomania, and relationship issues. Anxiety can feel debilitating making you avoid all the things you enjoy the most in life. Intrusive thoughts can plague your mind and lead to a downward spiral of repetitive thoughts and actions. The therapists at EK Mental Health Counseling have specialty training in evidence based practices such as exposure response prevention (ERP), acceptance commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help you find the relief you are searching for. We are a diverse group of mental health counselors with experiences in helping people of various cultural backgrounds.  

For a long time, you've handled it. You stay busy, you stay ahead, and it mostly works. Then something breaks through anyway — a panic attack out of nowhere, or a reaction that's way bigger than the thing that caused it. You can't think your way out of it, and working harder isn't helping. That's usually a sign your system is still holding onto something it never got to process. It's not a willpower problem. I specialize in EMDR, which is a well-researched approach to trauma that helps your brain actually process old experiences so they stop driving how you feel now. I work with successful, high-functioning people on anxiety, depression, and trauma — including the kind that doesn't look like trauma. The loss you moved past too quickly. The thing you've never said out loud. I see clients remotely, throughout New York, and my office has options for in-person care as well. EMDR works well online, and for most of my clients the flexibility makes it easier to actually commit to the work. I'm straightforward and I'm kind, and I won't let you talk circles around the thing you came in to deal with. You've been the strong one for a long time. You don't have to be that with me. If you're ready to stop managing this and start working through it, let's talk and see if we're a good fit.  

Therapy is an investment. Much is at stake. Is it your career, your marriage or your life? Not all therapists are equally skilled. I want you to know my expertise & how I will help you before you see me. Listen to my free audio at REBTDoctor.com I have practiced for 31 years.  

31 years experience exclusively in sexual misbehavior (what some call "sex addiction"). I have an elite, high end, private practice, for high functioning men accustomed to superior services, and who want a psychotherapist who understands them and their behavior.I am a 2X University Certified in Sexual Misbehavior, a Foremost Expert with a specialist practice. My preeminent expert status had "The Adam Friedland Show” put me on 1st episode of 2nd season re: sexual addiction behaviors, I was interviewed by Rolling Stone Magazine on "virtual companions". I enjoy being the go to clinician and thought leader on high functioning men acting out sexual misbehaviors such as Infidelity, Prostitution use, Sugar Babies, etc. The main guest was former Congressman Anthony Wiener. *Appointments available, I can see you within three days, sometimes even see you the same day you call, giving you very fast access to the expert level treatment for sexual misbehavior.  

New York Pathways offers individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy and weekend workshops focused on sex addiction treatment. Our goal is to help individuals gain freedom from addictive sexual behaviors and develop healthy sexuality through identifying self-defeating behaviors. Our team of highly trained therapists maintain a supportive, confidential, and safe environment where treatment goals can be met and compulsive sexual behaviors can be stopped. For relationships or partners impacted by sex addiction, we offer betrayal trauma therapy as well as a relationship restoration process to guide the process of relationships healing or beginning anew.