Individual Therapy in NYC: Manhattan, Williamsburg and Online
We help people with…
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Feeling disconnected from joy, purpose, or fulfillment
Low mood
Indecisiveness and self-doubt
Loneliness and social isolation
Self-worth and confidence issues
Feelings of emptiness or emotional numbness
Difficulty identifying, expressing, or regulating emotions
Anger, frustration, and emotional reactivity
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Chronic worry
Social anxiety and fear of judgment
People-pleasing and difficulty setting boundaries
Self-worth and confidence issues
Repetitive or compulsive behaviors
Identity exploration and self-discovery
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Trauma recovery and post-traumatic stress
Generational and family trauma
Racial trauma and identity-related stress
Internalized oppression, including classism, sexism, and racism
People-pleasing and difficulty setting boundaries
Healing from narcissistic relationships
Adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional family systems
Identity exploration and self-discovery
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Identity exploration and self-discovery
Relationship challenges and attachment concerns
People-pleasing and difficulty setting boundaries
Healing from narcissistic relationships
Adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional family systems
Dating challenges and relationship patterns
Generational and family trauma
Examining relationships with sex, intimacy, technology, social media, and money
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Healing from narcissistic relationships
Parenting support and family transitions
Generational and family trauma
Internalized oppression, including classism, sexism, and racism
Pregnancy, postpartum, and reproductive mental health
Adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional family systems
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Career development and professional transitions
Workaholism and achievement-driven patterns
Workplace stress and burnout
Balancing personal identity with professional success
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Disordered eating and body image concerns
Self-worth and confidence issues
Body dysmorphia
Pregnancy, postpartum, and reproductive mental health
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Repetitive or compulsive behaviors
Exploring your relationship with alcohol or other substances
Psychedelic preparation and integration
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Repetitive or compulsive behaviors
Compulsive spending and financial behaviors
Who comes for individual therapy
People come for individual therapy with anxiety, including panic and performance anxiety, with depression or low mood, or with trauma from childhood or from relationships. Others want to understand patterns that keep repeating in their relationships and family, or need help after someone close to them has died. Raising children and other family matters bring people in too.
Burnout, imposter syndrome and feeling stuck at work come up often with people in tech, finance and law, and therapy for high-performing professionals covers that work in more detail. Some adults with ADHD come because daily life has become hard to organize.
What happens in sessions
You meet one-to-one with the same psychotherapist, in an office or by video.
Psychodynamic therapy looks at how earlier experiences and relationships shape the patterns that show up in your life now. Dori Ellowitch and Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke both work this way, and Lola Noero trained in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic methods.
Psychodynamic work is often combined with other approaches. Somatic work, which Dori and Lola use, pays attention to what you notice in your body, such as tension or a racing heart, alongside your thoughts. Lola also trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), which looks at the different parts of you, such as a harsh critic and a part that wants rest, and how they get along.
Psychodynamic therapy and other approaches
EMDR is a structured trauma therapy in which you recall a hard memory while following side-to-side eye movements or taps. We use it on its own or within ongoing therapy, and also as intensives over a few days.
Lola Noero, LCSW, is a Certified EMDR Therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and Dori is trained in EMDR. If a past trauma is what brings you here, you can work through it with either of them in EMDR therapy or in wider trauma therapy.
Where EMDR fits in
Choosing a psychotherapist
Three psychotherapists at New York Psychotherapy Group see adults for individual therapy:
Dori sees busy professionals and adults with ADHD, and helps them build tools for focus and staying steady under stress.
Lola sees people with depression, anxiety and relationship issues, and uses EMDR for trauma.
Kara sees people through grief and loss, and through parenting and family concerns.
Where we see you
We have offices in Union Square/Gramercy and Chelsea in Manhattan, and two in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; the offices page lists the addresses. In Williamsburg, Lola sees clients at the Bedford L office, and Dori and Kara at the Domino Park office. All three also see clients by video, and online therapy in New York explains how it works.
Book a free consultation
Book the free 15-minute video call with the psychotherapist you would like to see, to talk about your goals and ask about fees and scheduling. Fees are set with you on that call, and the practice is out-of-network with a sliding scale; fees and insurance explains reimbursement.