Treating Burnout in NYC: Effective Therapy for High Achieving Women
New York City is a city of hustlers; it’s called the City That Never Sleeps for a reason. You are busy and you are on the top of your game and yet, there is something that feels “off.” If you are a woman practicing law, social work, mental healthcare, or medicine, this is a therapy practice that is tailored to keep you grounded as you achieve higher ground in your career. I offer therapy in NYC in an empathetic, highly attuned, anti-oppressive practice. Providing secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth for New York-based professionals.
When life feels heavy, “just pushing through” eventually stops working. Whether you are navigating the heartbreak of perinatal loss, the high-alert state of PTSD or chronic stress,, or the specific exhaustion of a helping profession, I am here to help you untangle the “stuck” places. My practice offers a warm and supportive space. I will help you learn to focus inward to attend to your bodily experience and connect your somatic experience to your thoughts, beliefs, and actions. This is not a place to come vent; therapy is empathetic and goal-oriented. Together, we’ll explore strategies that feel meaningful and work for you.
The Result: You will leave therapy with more than just “coping skills.” You’re going to find yourself moving from rundown and pushing through to energized and responding to your limits.
I specialize in supporting high achieving women in NYC with the following:
- Pregnancy and navigating parenthood in NYC: Navigating pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and the complex transition to parenthood.
- EMDR for helping professionals in NYC: Using EMDR to help your brain and body finally realize that the “danger” of a workplace trauma is over, allowing you to live fully in the present.
- Chronic stress & burnout treatment for moms in NYC: Nobody experiences chronic stress like a professional in NYC. Whether you’re an attorney, in finance, or an NYC doctor, you might find that you’re stuck in the grind and need new ways to get out of this cycle.
- Therapy for acute and complex trauma: Anyone can experience trauma. Acute trauma is typically a single, large event that continues to impact you after it ends. Complex trauma is built up over time, often starting in childhood, and can be related to your neighborhood, family, or existing in the systems of oppression that are unique to the US and NYC, including things like “broken windows” policing.
Fees
My fees are set intentionally. There’s a misconception that therapists with low fees don’t know their worth. I pay close attention to my overhead and training costs and charge based on the clients I see, who are largely healthcare providers and therapists in community settings. Additionally, I don’t believe in up-charging based on your profession or zip code.
$225 for initial session, $185 for follow-up sessions (55-minute sessions)
$278 per 90-minute session (EMDR and couples therapy sessions).
$600 per 3-hour EMDR intensive (note: This is higher than $185 for 3 hours due to the additional prep time required for intensives)
I provide what’s called a “super bill” to simplify using your out-of-network benefits.
Special Offers
3-Hour EMDR Intensives for workplace trauma
Women in healthcare professions have unpredictable schedules that sometimes get in the way of the consistency the standard EMDR schedule requires. These intensives are meant for your if you are a healthcare professional needing support with an acutely stressful event at work, chronic stress/burnout, or compassion fatigue.
Drop-In Group Virtual EMDR for NYC Healthcare Workers with Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
In addition to targeted individual therapy for mental health professionals, I am offering a discounted, drop-in group for vicarious trauma for healthcare professionals and social workers in NYC. I specialize in working with therapists, social workers, nurses, and doctors. You see it all in your work, and sometimes carrying it home is unavoidable. This short-term group offers relief from the experiences that stick with you.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Therapy Services in Colorado
What is a phone consultation?
- You can learn a lot from reading someone’s website, but you can’t get a feel for your therapist without at least hearing their voice. This is your first opportunity to meet a therapist. You’ll want to hear that your therapist knows something about your unique experience and has a plan to help you. Your therapist should be able to speak to that. And, even if someone knows what they’re talking about, they still might not feel like the right fit for you and that’s OK.
- My consultations are 15-minute phone calls. It’s free of charge and there’s no pressure to move forward.
Please share your credentials
- I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Maine, New York, and Colorado. To maintain my clinical license in New York, I complete 35 hours of continuing education every three years.
- My graduate work was completed at Columbia University, where I completed a program to earn my Master’s Degree in Social Work and Master’s Degree in Public Health.
- To become an LCSW in New York, I completed 2000 hours of supervised clinical experience within 5 years of graduating and passed a national exam on clinical social work practice.
- Additional credentials:
- EMDR-certified therapist and Consultant-In-Training. To retain this credential, I complete 12 hours of continuing education in EMDR practice within every 2 year period.
- Certified Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner (PMH-C). To retain this credential, I complete 12 hours of continuing education within every 2 year period.
Do you only offer EMDR therapy when treating healthcare providers?
- No. In addition to being an EMDR-certified therapist, I have advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). My additional training in schema therapy, somatic therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and internal family systems therapy informs my therapy practice.
- Because we never dive right into EMDR processing, I use somatic practices, CBT, and DBT skills to help you find stability through the initial phases of EMDR. Some people choose to move into EMDR work for deeper trauma healing and recovery, while others feel comfortable meeting less frequently or ending therapy once they have moved through the acute situation/s that brought them to me.
Why should I trust you? What experience do you have supporting healthcare professionals and therapists with burnout?
- Trauma therapy for healthcare professionals has made up a substantial part of my work since 2020. At that time, healthcare professionals came into my practice to process the trauma of their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. They came to me feeling exhausted, disconnected, and numb. We’ve worked through burnout, grief, acute workplace traumatic events, and vicarious trauma to find relief, connection, and the ability to experience the joy at their weddings, births of their children, and other life events.
- I have supported therapists and social workers with burnout and vicarious trauma as a supervisor and as a therapist. The work we do is hard and I know the systems you’re facing and the depth of the work you do well. My focus is supporting therapists through their burnout, compassion fatigue, and workplace trauma, so that they can reconnect to the meaning that brought them into the field. Therapists who come to me feeling numb and withdrawn leave therapy feeling embodied and present with their loved ones.
Are there benefits to paying outside of insurance?
- There are a couple of benefits to paying out of network. One is that it keeps therapy out of your medical record. While mental health care is now more accepted as an important part of self care, it is still stigmatized in certain fields and communities. People also have real concerns about how their diagnosis or mental health treatment might impact their professional growth. Being out of network offers discretion and privacy.
- Additionally, paying out of network means that there aren’t restrictions on the work we do. We will talk about length of treatment, costs, and treatment planning from our very first phone consultation. Insurance plans sometimes restrict the number of therapy sessions they’ll reimburse or only reimburse for certain modalities for specific disorders. EMDR is a great example of this: Many insurance companies will only reimburse EMDR therapy if you have a PTSD diagnosis, despite trauma having pervasive effects that may not meet the diagnostic threshold for PTSD.
What support do you offer with out of network claims for healthcare professionals in NYC?
- I offer a monthly “super bill” to support your reimbursement. This bill will include your information, a diagnosis, and the billing code and cost for your session.