FAQs
Where are you located?
I offer in-person therapy in New York City’s Financial District (Lower Manhattan). This location is convenient for clients working or living in Downtown NYC, Wall Street, Tribeca, Battery Park City, and surrounding neighborhoods.
What types of therapy do you offer?
I offer regular therapy and trauma-informed psychotherapy in NYC for adults, couples, families, teens, and children. My work integrates both evidence-based and body-based (somatic) approaches to support emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and lasting change.
Therapy is always tailored to your individual needs and may include:
- EMDR therapy (for trauma and anxiety)
- Somatic therapy (body–mind approaches)
- Attachment-based therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) / parts work
- Relational and developmental approaches for couples and families
This integrative approach allows us to work not only with thoughts and emotions, but also with the body, nervous system, and relational patterns that shape your experience.
For more information, please visit the services page.
Do you offer in-person and online therapy?
Yes. I offer in-person therapy in NYC’s Financial District as well as telehealth sessions for clients located in New York and Connecticut. Initial sessions often begin via Zoom, with the option to continue virtually or in person.
What My treatment approach?
My work is grounded in a compassionate, trauma-informed, and developmentally attuned approach to therapy. I understand symptoms—such as anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional reactivity—not as something to be “fixed,” but as meaningful responses to lived experiences.
At the core of my work is helping clients feel safe enough—both emotionally and within the nervous system—to explore what is happening internally. When a sense of safety is established, greater awareness, emotional regulation, and lasting change can begin to unfold naturally.
I integrate trauma-informed therapy, somatic (body–mind) approaches, EMDR, and attachment-based work to support healing in a way that is both thoughtful and effective.
What is trauma-informed therapy?
Trauma-informed therapy recognizes how past experiences—especially overwhelming or relational ones—can shape the nervous system, emotions, and patterns in relationships.
Rather than focusing only on symptoms, this approach understands that responses such as anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or feeling stuck often reflect how the body and mind adapted to earlier experiences.
Sessions are paced carefully and focus on creating a sense of safety, regulation, and support, helping to prevent re-traumatization. The work emphasizes building internal stability and resources before moving into deeper processing.
Over time, trauma-informed therapy helps clients:
- Feel more grounded and present
- Regulate emotions more effectively
- Reduce reactivity and overwhelm
- Gently process what feels stuck
This approach supports healing in a way that is steady, respectful, and aligned with your nervous system.How do you work with couples?
I work with couples using an integrative, attachment-based and trauma-informed approach. Sessions focus on helping partners understand the emotional and nervous system patterns that shape their interactions, especially during conflict or disconnection. Rather than assigning blame, we slow the process down to identify triggers, unmet needs, and protective responses that keep couples stuck.
My work with couples draws from advanced post-graduate training in several well-established relational models, including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Imago Relationship Therapy, the Gottman Method, Terry Real’s relational life therapy approach, and Ellyn Bader’s developmental model. When helpful, I also integrate somatic and body-based interventions, as well as EMDR, to support nervous system regulation and the processing of relational trauma.
This integrative approach allows couples to move beyond surface-level communication strategies and address the deeper emotional patterns, attachment dynamics, and embodied responses that shape trust, safety, and intimacy.
How Will Therapy Help Me Heal My Trauma?
Healing trauma is not about reliving everything or “fixing” you. It’s about helping your nervous system feel safe enoughto process what has been overwhelming.
In our work together, we move at a pace that feels manageable. We begin by building stability, grounding, and internal resources, so you feel supported before approaching anything difficult.
Using trauma-informed therapy, EMDR, somatic (body–mind) approaches, and parts-based work, we gently work with the patterns, emotions, and body responses that are still being affected by past experiences.
Over time, this process helps:
- Reduce emotional reactivity and triggers
- Support nervous system regulation
- Shift negative beliefs and patterns
- Increase a sense of safety, clarity, and connection
You are not required to revisit anything before you are ready. Healing happens through safe, supported, and gradual processing, not overwhelm.
The goal is for you to feel more present, more connected to yourself, and more able to respond to life with choice rather than reaction.
Do you offer couples therapy intensives?
Yes. I offer couples therapy intensives for partners who want to make meaningful progress in a shorter period of time. Intensives typically involve extended sessions over one or multiple days and are designed for couples navigating high conflict, major transitions, or long-standing patterns that have been difficult to shift in weekly therapy.
Couples intensives are carefully structured and paced to support emotional safety and nervous system regulation. They may include a combination of relational work, experiential interventions, and integrative approaches such as somatic therapy and EMDR when clinically appropriate. Intensives are available by consultation and are tailored to the specific needs and goals of each couple.
What is EMDR therapy, and how does it work?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy that helps the brain process traumatic or distressing experiences that haven’t fully resolved. EMDR does not require detailed retelling of events and is often effective when talk therapy alone hasn’t been enough. Research suggests that bilateral stimulation activates the brain’s natural healing processes, similar to what happens during REM sleep, when the brain processes information and emotions. This process reduces the emotional charge of the memory, allowing you to move forward without being weighed down by past experiences.
What is somatic or body-based therapy?
Somatic therapy works with the connection between the mind and body. Because stress and trauma live in the nervous system—not just in thoughts—somatic approaches help increase awareness of sensations, support regulation, and allow healing to happen at a deeper, embodied level. Somatic therapy at Wall Street therapy is not just about physical sensations, it is an invitation to explore the the body’s felt senses more deeply. from there your psyche reveals more information that is harder to access via talk therapy interventions.
What Is the Difference Between Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Therapy?
Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a specific trauma treatment model developed by Dr. Peter Levine. It focuses on resolving nervous system dysregulation through gradual attention to bodily sensations and stress responses.
Somatic Therapy, more broadly, refers to a category of body-based psychotherapies that work with the nervous system, physiological activation, and embodied emotional experience.
Somatic Experiencing is one method within the larger field of somatic work.
At Wall Street Therapy, somatic treatment is integrative. It may draw from somatic principles while also incorporating:
- Attachment-based psychotherapy
- EMDR-informed trauma processing
- Parts-informed exploration
- Relational depth work
This broader approach allows treatment to be tailored to complex trauma, anxiety, dissociation, compulsive patterns, and relational stress — not solely acute trauma symptoms.
Both approaches value nervous system regulation. The difference lies in scope and integration.
How long does therapy last?
The length of therapy varies depending on your goals, history, and current needs. Some clients seek short-term, focused work, while others benefit from longer-term therapy. Some choose to pause sessions and resume when they’re ready to dive deeper. We regularly check in together to assess progress and adjust as needed.
What are your fees, and do you accept insurance?
Fees start at $325 for 53–60 minute sessions. I am an out-of-network provider and can provide a superbill for clients with out-of-network benefits to seek reimbursement from their insurance.
A note about insurance:
If you plan to use out-of-network benefits, you may want to ask your insurance provider:
- Do I have out-of-network (OON) mental health benefits?
- Do I have a deductible, and how much is it?
- How much of the deductible must be met before reimbursement begins?
- What percentage is reimbursed after the deductible?
- Are there any limits on the number of sessions covered?
Common CPT codes used:
90791 – Initial intake / diagnostic evaluation
90837 – 60-minute therapy session
90834 – 45-minute therapy session
What is your cancellation policy?
I require 48 hours’ notice to cancel or reschedule a session. Sessions canceled with less than 48 hours’ notice may be charged the full session fee. This policy helps ensure consistent care and protects reserved appointment times.
How do I get started?
You can begin by scheduling a free 15-minute consultation, where we’ll briefly discuss your concerns, answer questions, and determine whether working together feels like a good fit. From there, we can schedule an initial intake session.
Is medication required or recommended?
Medication can be helpful for some individuals, while for others it may not be necessary. Therapy focuses on understanding emotional patterns, nervous system responses, and relational dynamics that contribute to distress. When medication is part of a client’s care, therapy can thoughtfully complement that work—but medication is never required to engage in meaningful therapeutic change.
Over time, as clients develop greater internal stability, emotional regulation, and self-understanding through therapy, some may find they are able to reduce or reevaluate their medication needs in collaboration with their prescribing provider.