No single approach works for everyone. Our practice is grounded in psychodynamic thinking, but we draw on a range of evidence-based methods — selecting what fits the person and the problem, not applying a template. These approaches are used across our individual therapy, couples therapy, and consultation services.
The foundation of our work. Psychodynamic therapy starts from the premise that much of what drives our behavior, emotions, and relationships operates outside conscious awareness — and that making those patterns visible is itself transformative.
We're interested in where patterns come from, what they're protecting, and how the relationship between therapist and client becomes a vehicle for genuine change. More than any technique, this is an orientation toward depth, curiosity, and the particular person in front of us.
Developed by Dr. Sue Johnson and grounded in attachment theory, EFT is one of the most rigorously researched approaches for couples. It works by identifying the negative cycles partners get stuck in — the pursue-withdraw, criticize-defend patterns that feel impossible to escape — and tracing them back to the underlying attachment needs driving them.
EFT helps couples move from conflict and distance toward secure, emotionally responsive connection.
Certified — New York Center for EFTCBT focuses on the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors — and how changing unhelpful patterns in any one of these can shift the others. It's present-focused, structured, and tends to produce results relatively quickly.
We draw on CBT particularly for anxiety, depression, and patterns of avoidance, often in combination with other approaches.
ACT shifts the goal from eliminating difficult thoughts and feelings to changing your relationship to them. Through mindfulness, values-clarification, and acceptance practices, ACT builds psychological flexibility — the capacity to move toward what matters even in the presence of pain or uncertainty.
It's particularly useful when the struggle against difficult thoughts has itself become part of the problem.
CBT-I is the gold-standard, first-line treatment for chronic insomnia — consistently more effective than sleep medication over the long term, and without the dependency risks. It addresses the behavioral patterns, sleep-related anxiety, and mistaken beliefs about sleep that keep insomnia going.
CBT-I is typically completed in 6–8 structured sessions and produces durable improvements in sleep quality, time to fall asleep, and how you feel the next day.
A focused adaptation of CBT specifically developed for people living with chronic pain. CBT-CP addresses the psychological dimensions of chronic pain — catastrophizing, avoidance, activity restriction, and the depression and anxiety that so often accompany it — and builds coping skills that reduce suffering and improve functioning.
Particularly relevant for older adults, people managing illness, and those navigating post-surgical recovery or ongoing medical conditions.
IPT is built around a central insight: mood and relationships are deeply interconnected. It focuses specifically on the four areas where interpersonal difficulty tends to drive depression and distress — grief, role transitions, role disputes, and social isolation.
IPT is time-limited, practical, and well-suited to people whose struggles are closely tied to a specific life change, loss, or relationship difficulty.
Developed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, MCP was created for people facing serious illness — cancer, chronic disease, or end-of-life — who are grappling with questions of meaning, identity, purpose, and legacy. It draws on existential philosophy and Viktor Frankl's work to help people find and sustain a sense of meaning even in the face of profound loss.
MCP addresses dimensions of serious illness that other approaches often don't reach. It's one of the most distinctive offerings of this practice.
Trained — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterProlonged Exposure is one of the most extensively researched treatments for PTSD. It works by gradually and systematically confronting trauma-related memories and situations that have been avoided — helping the brain process what happened rather than continuing to treat it as an ongoing threat.
PE is active and structured, typically completed in 8–15 sessions. It's particularly effective for people whose trauma avoidance has narrowed their lives — preventing them from engaging in relationships, work, or activities that matter to them.
CPT targets the stuck points — the beliefs about yourself, others, and the world that trauma leaves behind. Thoughts like "It was my fault," "I can't trust anyone," or "I'll never be safe again" are often what keep PTSD going long after the trauma itself has ended.
Through structured written exercises and guided discussion, CPT helps identify and challenge these beliefs, making room for a more accurate and less painful relationship with what happened.
TF-CBT is an evidence-based approach developed to help children, adolescents, and their families process traumatic experiences. It combines trauma-sensitive interventions with cognitive behavioral techniques — addressing not just the trauma itself, but the fear, shame, and behavioral changes that often follow.
TF-CBT is typically time-limited and involves caregivers alongside the child or adolescent, strengthening the family's capacity to support recovery.