Psychotherapists - Licensed or Registered

I specialize in psychotherapy for polyamorous relationships, as well as social justice activists, adult children of alcoholics, issues of codependency, and survivors of sexual trauma. I am kink and bdsm friendly. My orientation is somatic, relational, and feminist.

I specialize in anxiety, ADHD, relationships (of all structures), sexuality, polyamory/non-monogamy, and multicultural identities. I am especially passionate about supporting queer people of color and individuals from immigrant communities. I also enjoy helping clients build self-compassion, improve communication skills, and get more in touch with their emotional experiences. Couples and partners who want to deepen their relationships, build empathy and understanding for each other, and explore their attachment dynamics are also a joy for me to work with. As a child of Chinese immigrants, I am also conversationally fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Welcome. You have taken the first steps toward finding a therapist, a very personal and significant decision. I am a licensed Psychotherapist and Board Certified Clinical Sexologist practicing in Midtown, Manhattan as well as on Long Island. I am caring, skilled, and experienced in working with individuals, providing couples therapy and family therapy for those who are in both traditional and non-traditional relationships. Most of us have struggled with dating, relationships and communication at some point. Few of us are formally taught how to create rewarding relationships in which we may lovingly and effectively communicate our preferences and have our desires met. Whether you are gay or straight and are dating, engaged or married, you and your partner may be facing various problems for which there are solutions. My work with individuals, couples and families aims to alleviate distressing symptoms, enhance relationships and encourage self-awareness and growth. If your relationship is suffering, it may be one of the many that can be saved with the proper guidance. If your conflicts cannot be reconciled, therapy can assist you in leaving the relationship on good terms, allowing you both to proceed with healthier and more confident outlooks. - Does Facetime and telephone consultations.

I specialize in helping my clients navigate struggles in their intimate relationships, regardless of what form they take. I utilize Attachment Theory as a framework for understanding various relationship dynamics, including Ethical Non-Monogamy. I apply skills from Internal Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy to empower you to make choices that align with your goals and values. I identify as polyamorous and am committed to creating a space that supports inclusivity and respect for people with diverse identities and needs. I facilitate both individual and group therapy.

English

Adults and young adults struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues and transitions

Dr. Shapiro has extensive clinical experience with children, adolescents/teens, young adults/transitional-aged youth, adults and older adults and enjoys working with clients of all different ages, races, religions, ethnicities, sexual and romantic interests, gender identifications, personal preferences, and identity expressions in any treatment setting. Dr. Shapiro is also especially sensitive to the psychological treatment needs and concerns of sexual and gender minorities and provides kink-aware and kink-informed psychotherapy. Dr. Shapiro is an outspoken advocate for nontraditional and alternative psychological practices in substance abuse treatment, internet addiction and technological dependence, adolescent behavioral problems, and teenage delinquency. Dr. Shapiro focuses on addressing and improving the underlying causes of symptoms rather than emphasize diagnosis. Through her unique approach to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing, Dr. Shapiro empowers her clients and helps them reach their individual personal goals. Dr. Shapiro specializes in working with clients who have a history of trauma and has received distinction as a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Dr. Shapiro has worked at the intersection of mental health, the legal/justice system (Forensic) and the medical field (Med-legal) to specialize in the complex world of psycho-legal issues. As such, Dr. Shapiro has come to be known and respected for her comprehensive psychological testing, evaluations and assessments; med-legal and psycho-legal consultation, evaluation, and treatment; and thorough forensic reports and legal consultation services.

Professional specialties and skills

LGBT, gender and sexual minorities, kink-aware and kink-informed, technologically-integrated, CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, forensic psychology

Populations served

Adolescents and young adults, gender and sexual minorities, history of trauma

Fees, insurance

Private pay: $150 - Intake, $125 - Session (45 minutes); Sliding Scale through Open Path Collective: $85 - Intake, $60 - Session (45 minutes); Co-pay determined by contracted insurance panels: Optum/United Healthcare, Magellan/Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Triwest, Medicare

I help patients find the permission they need to give themselves in order to live their most full, most authentic lives. I facilitate modern, collaborative psychotherapy grounded in anti-oppressive frameworks that recognize the impact and importance of what happens in both the outside world and your own, unique interior emotional world. I work from my own lived and embodied experiences, and seek a deep understanding of yours, to guide and inform our work together, moving you towards a more grounded, authentic, connected life.

Whether the pain and disconnection you’re experiencing is related to your sense of self or your body, whether based in trauma, chronic pain or illness, gender dysphoria, chronic dieting, disordered eating, or related to struggles with relationship problems, LGBTQIA+/GSM issues such as claiming queerness, examining identity and sexuality, and navigating relationship dynamics, with chosen family and family of origin, friends, romantic and sexual partners and peers, I’m here to help. I’ll focus on cultivating a strong partnership with you, and in doing so, will help you better understand yourself and your relationships.

I work with patients aged 13+, individuals, families, couples and those in relationships of all structures. While all are welcome in my practice, I offer special insights for queer and trans folks and those living in larger bodies.

I help patients find the permission they need to give themselves in order to live their most full, most authentic lives. I facilitate modern, collaborative psychotherapy grounded in anti-oppressive frameworks that recognize the impact and importance of what happens in both the outside world and your own, unique interior emotional world. I work from my own lived and embodied experiences, and seek a deep understanding of yours, to guide and inform our work together, moving you towards a more grounded, authentic, connected life.

Whether the pain and disconnection you’re experiencing is related to your sense of self or your body, whether based in trauma, chronic pain or illness, gender dysphoria, chronic dieting, disordered eating, or related to struggles with relationship problems, LGBTQIA+/GSM issues such as claiming queerness, examining identity and sexuality, and navigating relationship dynamics, with chosen family and family of origin, friends, romantic and sexual partners and peers, I’m here to help. I’ll focus on cultivating a strong partnership with you, and in doing so, will help you better understand yourself and your relationships.

I work with patients aged 13+, individuals, families, couples and those in relationships of all structures. While all are welcome in my practice, I offer special insights for queer and trans folks and those living in larger bodies.

As a marriage and family therapist, I work collaboratively with you to help identify your strengths, weaknesses, and solutions to your presenting issues. I have experience working with couples, families, and individuals with a variety of issues including: various sexual issues and lifestyles, financial difficulties, bereavement, communication, parenting, families with mental illness and academic problems. Therapy is conducted in a secure, safe, non-judgemental, and confidential environment.

I provide LGBTQAI+ friendly, neurodivergent-affirming, and ENM welcoming individual therapy in Jacksonville FL and throughout the State of Florida via Telehealth. My treatment specialties include gender and sexuality identity, anxiety, life-transitions, depression, trauma (including systematic trauma common in the polyam-community), and neurodivergence. You can read more about me and request a free phone consult on GreenhouseTherapyServices.com.

Language(s) spoken: English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc.: Adult (18-65yrs old) individual therapy, we do not offer couple’s or family therapy at this time

I work primarily with youth, adolescents, and young adults that identify with the LGBTQ* community, or are questioning their sexuality and/or gender. I work with my clients on their mental health concerns as well as inter-/intrapersonal conflicts related to their identities. My clients seek peace with themselves and those around them, and I meet them where they’re at to address any and all concerns they may have. My practice is strongly rooted in Solution-Focused Therapy in addition to using a trauma-informed, person-centered, strengths-based, and mindful approach. Personally, I am a very nonjudgmental, calm, and grounded person. I am currently offering Telehealth sessions with the hope of adding office-based sessions starting Summer 2021.

I work from an empathetic, accepting, and non-judgmental stance in which I affirm and celebrate differences including body positivity, sex/kink positivity, LGBTQIA, ethical non-monogamy, and non-neurotypical identities. I have advanced training in relational therapy. For example, I have a master’s degree in professional counseling with an emphasis on marriage, family, and couples. I am levels 1-3 trained in the Gottman method. I am also a certified Prepare/Enrich provider. I have experience providing sex therapy and am an ally for sex workers. My dissertation focused on therapist biases in the treatment of infidelity. I also have extensive experience providing divorce support. I have advanced training and experience with eating disorders, specifically bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Thus, I am body positive and a health at every size ally. I also have extensive experience with LGBTQIA+ identities and identify as pansexual. Additionally, as a latinx identifying individual, I am a racial justice ally who incorporates empowerment and social justice perspectives into my work. I’m also trained and experienced using prolonged exposure and CPT for the treatment of PTSD and incorporate a trauma informed lens in my work with clients. At this time, I only work with clients 18+.

Individual therapy, relational therapy (couple and alternative/CNM/ENM relationships)

Professional specialties and skills: Internal family systems-informed (parts work), Relational Life Therapy-informed, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Brainspotting

Language(s) spoken: English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc.: Adults, LGBTQIA+, individuals, relationships.

I see clients virtually and in person.

I provide therapy to individuals and couples who are interested in polyamory, actively engaged in the lifestyle, or who are in need of support.

Lauren Michelle Reminger is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT112585) whom serves individuals, couples and families in California via teletherapy. Lauren specializes in working with clients with diverse needs and circumstances towards achieving healthier and happier lives and relationships. Lauren specializes in inclusive counseling including, but not limited to: LGBTQI+, multicultural, polyamorous, blended family, monogamous, and kink positive. Lauren does not accept insurance directly, but can provide a superbill for potential reimbursement under out of network benefits.

As a somatic counselor and dance/movement therapist, I help clients develop their authenticity and resilience by bringing body awareness and expressive movement into the counseling process. I believe that working with the mind-body connection allows us to tap into our natural capacity for healing and growth.

I specialize in supporting women recover and thrive after emotional abuse, relationship trauma, and unhealthy dynamics in their families or intimate partnerships. These experiences can leave you feeling ungrounded, uncertain, and disconnected from your own desires and sense of self. This is an area where somatic counseling really shines! This isn’t the type of thing you can just think your way through.

Together we can:

feel, understand, and move with your emotions

balance the nervous system to manage anxiety and fear

move beyond confusing or traumatic experiences

clarify your core values, passions, and desires

rebuild your ability to trust in yourself and others

practice communicating your needs in relationships

deepen your connection to your body, sensuality, and sexual self-expression

uncover your own unique and beautiful identity so that you can move through the world in ways that feel good!

I currently offer online sessions for individual clients in Colorado

I am an Energy Psychologist. I have studied western psychology and spiritual practices from around the world. I have taken the best of the best of what I have learned and created Ascension Psychology. The focus is usually on healing subconscious conflict from past life, ancestral patterns and childhood trauma. Attachment patterns are usually the first trauma and can create anxiety, depression, low self esteem and other relationship, mental, and emotional issues. I help people remove, resolve and heal the stuff that is not theirs and identify who they truly are and help them live authentically as themselves. In the process of doing this, people feel a whole lot better!

I work with adults aged 18 and above, all religions, gender, sexual orientation, etc. My main focus is on spiritual seekers and people that want to know the truth of who they are and the world around them. I have a special interest in the mind/body connection and healing the emotional, mental, and spiritual causes of physical disease so the body can heal itself.

As a counselor, I work with my clients to help facilitate growth, change, and healing. I believe that everyone has the ability to live a happy and meaningful life and to achieve emotional wellness. As each client is unique, I use a variety of skills and techniques to meet my clients’ needs in the way that feels comfortable and empowering for them. My theoretical orientation draws largely from acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness approaches, DBT, interpersonal neurobiology, and experiential models.

I work with individuals, couples, and adolescents. Areas of specialty include trauma, relationship challenges, personal growth, poly and kink dynamics, anxiety, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and depression.

Through talk therapy, I seek to help clients build healthier, happier relationships with their loved ones and themselves. Even in the most difficult situations, there are moments where that difficulty lessens. My clients and I explore what it would take to make those moments more frequent. Specializing in sex therapy, my style is solution focused, strength based, and systemic. Please reach out with any questions or concerns. Evening and Sunday appointments are available. Insurance is not accepted, but receipts will be provided for potential reimbursement.

My treatment approach is integrative and holistic, and centering the client’s treatment needs is my number one priority. I am mainly a psychodynamic, interpersonal, and attachment oriented therapist, but like to intersperse behavioral techniques as needed. As a sex-educator, I approach all my clients from a sex-positive, trauma-informed perspective.

My top priority as a clinician is working at the intersection of sexual and mental health. From my background as a sex educator, I am never one to shy away from uncomfortable and taboo topics. It is important to me to provide LGBTQ+, kink, non-monogamous, and sex work affirming care to my diverse caseload. Furthermore, as a social worker dedicated to the mission of social justice with a background in implicit bias research, providing accessible, culturally-humble care from an anti-oppressive framework is imperative to my clinical practice. I only speak English and I work with teens and adults.

I provide individual and couples counseling in a judgement free atmosphere. Please see website for more information. I offer some night and weekend appointments. I accept Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Aetna and private pay.

Laurin is a lifelong Texan who has never fit many of the stereotypes associated with being a Texan. She believes authenticity to be the most important trait a person can bring into a counseling relationship. She views all clients from a humanistic, trauma-informed, and holistic perspective that allows her to truly see the client as they are. She is passionate about recovery from religious and sexual trauma, grief and loss, non-monogamy, and providing a brave space for clients to explore their personhood. She graduated with her Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Texas State University. Prior to that, she graduated from Austin Community College with a Business Administration AS and University of Houston with a Psychology BS.

She is currently working toward her Sex Therapist certification through Sexual Health Alliance. She has also attended conferences covering such topics as problem sexual behavior, keeping the spark in long-term relationships, grief counseling, and various antiracist and social justice topics. Laurin lives in Austin with her partner and daughter. She likes to enjoy the outdoors (weather permitting) and reading. Through therapy, we can work to become our own relationship role models.

The relationship between client and therapist is the key to transformative change, and finding a clinician who is the right “fit” for you is an important part of your therapeutic process. I believe that you are the expert on your life and your healing, and my role is to join you on your path to living well by offering compassion, insight, and guidance to facilitate growth. I strive to create a space that is collaborative and inquisitive, exploring your intersecting identities and the experiences, patterns, strengths, and struggles.

My work is informed by anti-racist and anti-oppressive ideologies, psychodynamic theory (particularly relational and attachment perspectives), and I incorporate mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and a social justice lens into therapy. I welcome and affirm members of the LGBTQIA+ communities and erotically-marginalized clients. I actively support all of my clients in building healthy relationships and particularly create space in my clinical practice for consensually nonmonogamous clients.

I work with individual adult (18+) clients and my sessions are held in English. I am offering in-person and telehealth sessions at this time.

In my practice, my main and primary focus is on polyamorous, open, and ethically non-monogamous relationships. I provide LGBTQ+ affirming services and also interweave my knowledge around communication strategies that work for people engaging in open, polyamorous, and other ethically non-monogamous relationships. I speak English and work with adults. I have developed two courses on the subject matter of polyamory, one called “Polyamorous Ways of Loving” and “Being Polyamorous: A Roadmap for Success.” Those courses may be accessed at https://leah-hughes.teachable.com/. I also am excited to announce that I will have a companion book on the subject area of polyamory coming in 2021.

Drawing from my 35+ year career as a professor of anthropology specializing in sexuality, gender, marriage and partnering patterns, I am offering my knowledge and deep analysis with singles, couples and multiple-partner configurations. I am especially skilled at working with culturally diverse populations and issues including Polygamy, Arranged Marriage vs. Love Marriage, Culturally Imposed Virginity, Polyamory, Swinging, Cheating, Sexual Assault Accusations, Cybersex/Sexting, BDSM/Kink practices and LBGTQ identities.

My sessions offer a unique perspective drawing from years of research and teaching that can include reflection on history, culture, biology, psychology, ritual and spirituality. I may be one of the least judgmental and most insightful professionals you will ever meet!

My goal is to enable you to understand the social, cultural and family structures that have led you to seek help. Once we establish the ways the world around you has inhibited the core expression of all you can be and how you might love, we will work to reposition harmful and limiting paradigms. Working with me can be a deep adventure in discovering “what else is possible.”

I provide both in-office and online therapy for individuals, couples, and families warmly welcoming those aged 13+ of all identities in polyamorous lifestyles, helping them address their unique needs and build fulfilling, balanced lives. I’m here to support you in a safe, affirming space where you can explore and grow.

I draw on various therapeutic approaches including:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Short-Term Solution Focused Therapy
• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
• The Gottman Method Couples Therapy

I focus on establishing a warm, honest and authentic relationship with my clients which helps each person have the best chance for making change happen in their lives. I offer a free 30-minute consultation to see if we’d be a good fit for therapy. It gives us both a chance to see if we “click” and for me to make sure I believe I can help.

I am the owner/director of Washington Psychological Wellness. I have a passion for helping members of the Montgomery County, Maryland community fulfill their mental health & wellness goals. I provide an integrative, holistic, therapeutic approach to treatment and have specialized knowledge and training in individual, adult, adolescent, child, couples, and family therapy and the treatment of various mental health concerns. I value honesty, authenticity, integrity, inclusivity, and equal respect for ALL individuals. I strive to promote excellence in mental health care regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, class, caste, religion, belief, sex, gender, language, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics, age, health, or another status. I promote a multicultural stance to wellness and will work with you to ensure holistic care. Whether you are facing anxiety, depression, OCD, eating concerns, low self-esteem, divorce, anger problems, bipolar disorder, lack of motivation, mood disorder, social phobia, ADHD, grief, loss, PTSD, trauma, personality disorders, LGBTQ-related concerns or just overall life dissatisfaction, I am here to help. Currently accepting new clients. I am proud to offer HIPAA-compliant telehealth (online therapy) appointments and insurance. Call me now to schedule your complimentary 15-minute consultation!

I am the owner/director of Washington Psychological Wellness. I have a passion for helping members of the Montgomery County, Maryland community fulfill their mental health & wellness goals. I provide an integrative, holistic, therapeutic approach to treatment and have specialized knowledge and training in individual, adult, adolescent, child, couples, and family therapy and the treatment of various mental health concerns. I value honesty, authenticity, integrity, inclusivity, and equal respect for ALL individuals. I strive to promote excellence in mental health care regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, class, caste, religion, belief, sex, gender, language, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics, age, health, or another status. I promote a multicultural stance to wellness and will work with you to ensure holistic care. Whether you are facing anxiety, depression, OCD, eating concerns, low self-esteem, divorce, anger problems, bipolar disorder, lack of motivation, mood disorder, social phobia, ADHD, grief, loss, PTSD, trauma, personality disorders, LGBTQ-related concerns or just overall life dissatisfaction, I am here to help. Currently accepting new clients. I am proud to offer HIPAA-compliant telehealth (online therapy) appointments and insurance. Call me now to schedule your complimentary 15-minute consultation!

I am a licensed and board certified psychologist, experienced with people age 17-75 years old who have a wide range of concerns. I provide individual and couple therapy from a highly integrated approach, and practice on the Washington/Oregon border. My experience in the arenas of sexuality, orientation, gender-reassignment, BDSM and polyamory spans 20+ years. I am a sex-positive professional with experience helping people in opposite-sex and same-sex relationships.

I am an experienced trainer and teach about sexual orientation, therapy with GLBTQ people, sexuality, HIV and HIV prevention. For a decade, I was a program development consultant at AIDS Community Services of Western NY, and I continue to remain active in prevention. Additionally, I supervise other mental health and sexuality professionals, and I’m a family/divorce mediator.

Other expertise includes: Depression, Trauma, Interpersonal & Relationship Difficulties, Coupling, Uncoupling & Divorce, Pre-marital counseling, Affairs, Healthy and Destructive Sexuality, Major Life Transitions, Loss & Grief, Substance Use & Abuse, and Health-Related Behavior Change (life style changes associated with health risks, follow through with challenging medical treatment, HIV, environmental/ food allergies, HIV & STD Prevention, Managing Chronic Illness to cope with the emotional toll of chronic illness and practical management of illness).

• Professional specialties and skills: I am a kink and non-monogamous and polyamory affirming therapist. I offer individual and relationship therapy via telehealth and in-person at my VA and NYC locations. I use Supportive Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Imago Relationship Therapy in helping partners manage communication issues, jealousy issues, intimacy/ sexual challenges, exploring non-monogamy with the help of establishing an agreement.
• Language: English
• Populations served: Adults 18+ with intimacy/ sexual challenges, mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety, trauma and mood disorders, Cisgeder heterosexual clients and LGBTQIA+ clients