CBT / EMDR Associates of New York
Manhattan Therapists
A growing therapy practice in the heart of Manhattan.
Life in New York moves fast. Expectations are high. You’re juggling work, relationships, responsibilities and sometimes, it’s just too much. You might feel anxious, stuck, exhausted, or disconnected from yourself. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Therapy isn’t just for crises. It’s a step toward understanding yourself more deeply, breaking old patterns, and learning how to show up for your life differently. That’s where our experienced Manhattan therapists come in.
We provide structured, evidence-based psychotherapy designed to bring lasting change. Using clinically proven methods like CBT and EMDR, our team helps you work through anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, and emotional pain, so you can feel more present, more grounded, and more in control.
Why Others Trust EMDR / CBT Associates in Manhattan
Why Manhattan Needs Therapy
Mental health challenges in Manhattan are more than just individual struggles, they’re part of a broader citywide crisis. According to New York City's first-ever State of Mental Health Report (2024), 1 in 4 adults experience a mental health disorder each year. Yet 34% of those with a diagnosis say they’re not receiving the care they need due to cost, stigma, or lack of access.
This isn’t just a statistic. It’s a reflection of how many people are silently struggling without support. At CBT / EMDR Associates of New York, we offer therapy that’s structured, evidence-based, and grounded in real human connection so you don’t have to carry it all alone.
A Modern, Science-Backed Approach to Therapy
Our practice is built on two core principles: clinical excellence and authentic connection. We don’t believe in generic advice or passive listening. Every session is active, focused, and rooted in what’s been proven to work.
We specialize in:
1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT is one of the most researched and reliable therapy methods available today. It focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and how those patterns influence your daily life. In CBT, we work with you to identify automatic thoughts, challenge harmful beliefs, and create new behavioral responses that support your goals. This method is especially effective for anxiety, depression, negative thinking cycles, and stress-related disorders.
2. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a structured therapy that helps people process and resolve trauma. It works by activating the brain’s natural healing system while addressing distressing memories that have been “stuck” or stored dysfunctionally. Through bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), EMDR helps the brain reprocess traumatic experiences in a way that reduces their emotional charge. Clients often find that old memories no longer feel as overwhelming or intrusive after EMDR.
3. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
ERP is a highly effective method for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety, and phobias. In ERP, you learn to face the triggers that cause distress while resisting the urge to perform avoidance behaviors or compulsions. Over time, this reduces anxiety and builds tolerance. ERP sessions are structured, active, and measurable, making them one of the most reliable approaches for OCD and related anxiety disorders.
4. Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy (ECFT)
Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy is a clinically supported model that helps couples rebuild connection and resolve long-standing relationship pain. EFT helps partners identify negative interaction patterns, express core emotions, and form secure emotional bonds. It's especially effective for couples struggling with communication, trust, intimacy, or emotional distance. In EFT, change happens not through surface fixes, but through emotional reconnection and mutual understanding.
5. Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness-based therapy teaches you to observe thoughts, emotions, and sensations without judgment. It centers on being fully present, which helps reduce stress, improve focus, and support emotional regulation. By noticing patterns rather than reacting to them, mindfulness creates space between stimulus and response. For those feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in negative cycles, it offers a grounded, evidence-based way to reconnect with calm and clarity.
Manhattan Therapy We Help With
Anxiety and Panic
Persistent worry, overthinking, physical tension, and panic episodes can make daily life feel overwhelming. We help clients understand where anxiety comes from, how it operates in the body and mind, and what can be done to interrupt the cycle. With structure and support, you can build a calmer, more manageable internal world.
Depression and Low Mood
Depression can show up as sadness, emptiness, irritability, or lack of motivation. It often disrupts sleep, appetite, relationships, and concentration. We work with clients to identify underlying beliefs and behavioral patterns, and to reconnect with meaning, energy, and emotional clarity without pressure or judgment.
Trauma and PTSD
Trauma affects how you think, feel, and relate to others. It can come from one event or years of experiences that left you feeling unsafe or unseen. Using trauma-informed care and tools like EMDR and CBT, we help clients process painful memories, reduce emotional reactivity, and feel more present in their daily lives.
OCD, Phobias, and Compulsions
Intrusive thoughts, rituals, fears, or compulsions can create intense distress. With Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and other focused interventions, we help clients reduce avoidance behaviors and build tolerance for uncertainty. Our goal is not just symptom relief, but confidence and control in your life again.
Relationship and Communication Struggles
Arguments that never resolve, emotional distance, intimacy concerns, and unclear boundaries can all create pain in relationships. We help individuals and couples understand communication patterns, unspoken needs, and emotional blocks so they can build healthier, more connected partnerships.
Grief, Loss, and Life Transitions
Loss isn’t always death. It can be the end of a relationship, a job change, becoming a parent, or any shift that leaves you feeling disoriented or emotionally unsteady. Therapy creates space to move through these changes with clarity and steadiness without needing to minimize what you’re feeling.
Burnout and Chronic Stress
High-functioning burnout is real. Many clients arrive feeling emotionally flat, physically exhausted, and disconnected from themselves. We help you step out of survival mode, reestablish emotional balance, and regain access to the parts of yourself that stress has pushed into the background.
Burnout isn’t just stress, it’s prolonged emotional depletion that affects your energy, motivation, and health. WebMD outlines it as a distinct condition with symptoms like fatigue, cynicism, and reduced performance that can impact work, relationships, and physical wellbeing.
Sexual Dysfunction
Sexual difficulties can leave you feeling disconnected—from your body, your relationships, even your sense of self. These challenges can be deeply private, tied to shame, fear, performance anxiety, trauma, or pain. In therapy, we create a space that is compassionate, confidential, and free of judgment. Healing is not about perfection—it's about restoring intimacy, rebuilding confidence, and reconnecting with your sexual self in a way that feels safe, empowered, and whole.
Sleep and Focus Issues
Mental health and rest go hand in hand. Many clients struggle with racing thoughts, difficulty falling or staying asleep, or problems concentrating. These aren’t minor issues, they affect your ability to function and feel stable. We help identify what’s behind these disruptions and develop practical strategies to restore rhythm and focus.
Therapy That Fits You — In Person or Online
We understand that time and flexibility matter. That’s why we offer both in-person sessions at our Manhattan office and secure video visits for clients across New York.
In-Person Therapy in Manhattan
Some clients feel most comfortable working face-to-face in a calm, private setting. Our Midtown Manhattan office offers a quiet space where you can step away from daily noise and focus fully on yourself. The location is easy to reach by public transit, and the environment is professional, warm, and free of distractions.
In-person sessions create room for deeper presence, body language awareness, and uninterrupted connection. If you value structure and physical space for therapeutic work, this setting supports that process fully.
Online Therapy Across New York
Video sessions are ideal for clients who need convenience without compromising quality. With secure, HIPAA-compliant platforms, you can meet with your therapist from your home, office, or any private setting. Many people appreciate the ease of logging in without a commute, especially with full schedules or changing routines.
Online therapy keeps the work consistent. The connection stays strong. You stay supported, no matter where you are in New York.
What Makes Our Manhattan Therapists Different
Every clinician here is a licensed clinical expert. That means you’re not working with someone who’s improvising. You’re working with professionals trained in the most effective methods, from CBT and EMDR to Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Written Exposure Therapy (WET).
But credentials alone aren’t enough.
We also value presence, empathy, and professionalism. We’re therapists who challenge when needed, listen carefully, and care about outcomes. Our therapists stay current with research and participate in supervision and consultation to bring you the highest quality care.
Who We Serve
Types of Therapy We Provide
Our services are customized based on your needs. These include:Individual Therapy\This is your space to focus on what’s getting in the way anxiety, past pain, self-doubt, burnout, or emotional exhaustion. In individual therapy, you meet one-on-one with a therapist who helps you sort through patterns, manage stress, and reconnect with your internal strength. Sessions are structured but personal. The work is active, direct, and centered on what matters to you, not just what’s “wrong,” but what you want to shift.
Couples Therapy
When connection feels frayed, therapy can help. Couples therapy is a space where both partners are heard and where conflicts are no longer on repeat. We help you slow down, communicate more clearly, and get to the core of what’s actually driving the disconnection. Whether you’re dealing with arguments, intimacy issues, infidelity, or emotional silence, couples therapy creates a path back to clarity, honesty, and renewed trust.
Group Support
There’s power in shared experience. In group therapy, people working through similar challenges come together in a confidential, structured space. Facilitated by a licensed therapist, these groups create community, reduce isolation, and help participants practice new skills. Topics may include trauma recovery, boundary setting, relationship dynamics, or self-esteem. Each group runs for a set time period and welcomes members who are ready to show up for themselves and each other.
Individuals
We work with adults who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, stuck, or emotionally drained. Some are facing specific challenges like panic attacks, low self-worth, or grief. Others want to understand patterns that keep repeating. Therapy gives you a space to speak freely and begin sorting through it all. With structure, trust, and the right guidance, we help you reconnect with yourself and move forward with more calm, confidence, and emotional clarity.
LGBTQIA+ Community
You deserve a space where your identity is affirmed and understood. Our team includes clinicians with deep experience supporting LGBTQIA+ clients around gender, sexuality, family dynamics, dating, safety, and more. We know that even supportive environments can feel isolating. In therapy, you won’t have to explain the basics, we meet you where you are, and build a space where all parts of you can speak freely.
Couples
Relationships don’t fall apart overnight, but repair is possible. We support couples working through communication breakdowns, trust issues, emotional distance, or constant conflict. Some arrive in crisis; others simply want to reconnect. In session, we create space for both voices to be heard. You'll learn how to address what's not working and rebuild emotional closeness in a way that feels safe, honest, and grounded in mutual respect.
BIPOC Clients
We recognize that therapy hasn’t always felt accessible or culturally relevant. That’s why we prioritize racial literacy, lived experience, and ongoing reflection in our clinical work. Our practice welcomes Black, Indigenous, and clients of color seeking a space that respects the weight of identity, family systems, generational trauma, and systemic pressure. This is a space for honesty, protection, and healing without code-switching, minimizing, or justification.
Adults and Young Professionals
Modern life demands a lot especially in New York. Our clients often manage heavy workloads, high expectations, and complex personal lives. Many are high-functioning on the outside, but overwhelmed inside. We help professionals, creatives, students, and entrepreneurs work through stress, burnout, anxiety, and self-doubt. You don’t need to fall apart to ask for support. Therapy here is practical, focused, and built around real tools that create lasting change.
Those With Trauma Histories
Not all wounds are visible. Many of our clients carry the impact of early experiences, abuse, neglect, or complex trauma that shapes how they feel, think, and relate. We provide trauma-informed therapy that respects your pace and works with your nervous system, not against it. Using methods like EMDR and trauma-focused CBT, we help you shift long-standing responses and build the sense of safety you may not have known was possible.
Matching You With the Right Therapist
The relationship between client and therapist is the foundation of meaningful work. That’s why we don’t assign you at random. We take the time to understand your goals, challenges, and communication style. From there, we connect you with someone who fits not just clinically, but personally.
Every therapist on our team brings a unique perspective and focus. Some are more structured, others more process-oriented. Some specialize in trauma or anxiety; others work deeply with relationship dynamics, identity, or grief. You’ll work with someone who gets what you’re dealing with and knows how to help.
Therapy for High-Performers and Professionals
Working in New York often means pushing limits. Many of our clients are professionals in law, finance, healthcare, media, and tech, people who are high-functioning, driven, and overwhelmed. You may look successful on the outside while feeling scattered or hollow inside.
Our therapist independent mindset respects your need for privacy, clarity, and time-efficiency. Therapy isn’t self-indulgent; it’s strategic. We help you quiet inner noise, break burnout cycles, and show up with more focus and emotional strength in work and beyond.
Trauma-Informed Support
Past experiences don’t disappear. They live in the body, affect how you think, and influence how you react even when it seems like they’re “behind you.”
Our psychotherapist trauma approach combines EMDR, CBT, and narrative processing to help you shift the way those memories show up in your day-to-day life. Trauma work isn’t about reliving everything. It’s about helping your nervous system calm down, build safety, and make sense of the story.
Clients often say they finally feel “off the loop” after trauma therapy here. That’s the power of working with someone trained to understand what’s underneath the surface.
Therapy for Emotional Regulation and Reactivity
Some clients find themselves overwhelmed by strong emotional reactions like anger, fear, or sadness that feel out of proportion or impossible to manage. Others feel the opposite: emotionally shut down, numb, or disconnected. Neither end of the spectrum is “wrong,” but both can interfere with relationships, work, and well-being.
We help you understand your emotional responses not just intellectually, but through practical tools that support nervous system regulation. By identifying triggers, learning how emotions work, and strengthening emotional tolerance, you can begin responding instead of reacting and feel more in control from the inside out.
Burnout Isn’t Just Exhaustion — It’s a Signal
In a city that rarely stops, burnout can feel like a badge of honor until it leaves you depleted, irritable, or emotionally flat. Many of our clients arrive after weeks, months, or even years of pushing through without rest or support. They’re successful but running on fumes.
We help clients recognize the difference between occasional stress and chronic burnout. In therapy, we work to untangle the mental, emotional, and physical patterns that keep you in survival mode, so you can build a life that doesn’t just function, but actually feels good again.
You're Doing the Work. Therapy Helps It Stick.
Maybe you’ve read the books, listened to podcasts, taken mindfulness courses, or journaled your way through a dozen self-help exercises, but things still feel off. That doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It means deeper support might be needed.
Therapy helps translate insight into actual change. With a trained therapist, you're not just processing things intellectually. You're rewiring patterns, shifting responses, and working in real time with someone who can reflect, redirect, and help you practice a different way of being. Growth doesn't have to be solo. In this space, it isn’t.
Therapy for Identity and Self-Concept
Many people come to therapy feeling unsure about who they are or disconnected from who they used to be. Life experiences, family expectations, and internalized beliefs can make it difficult to feel grounded in your identity. This can lead to confusion, self-doubt, or the sense that you're performing rather than living.
We help clients explore and clarify their sense of self with honesty, depth, and without judgment. This work often includes unpacking shame, challenging long-held beliefs, and building a stronger internal voice. Whether you're questioning identity, struggling with authenticity, or looking to strengthen self-trust, therapy creates space for that discovery.
Mental Health Maintenance — Not Just Crisis Recovery
Therapy isn’t just a last resort. Many clients work with us not because things are falling apart, but because they want to keep them from getting to that point. Emotional health, like physical health, benefits from ongoing attention. Think of therapy as a gym for the mind, a space to strengthen, reset, and sustain clarity.
This kind of proactive support helps you spot burnout earlier, stay ahead of spiraling thoughts, and make more intentional choices. It also deepens self-awareness so you're not just reacting to life, but moving through it with purpose.
Burnout Isn’t Just Exhaustion — It’s a Signal
In a city that rarely stops, burnout can feel like a badge of honor until it leaves you depleted, irritable, or emotionally flat. Many of our clients arrive after weeks, months, or even years of pushing through without rest or support. They’re successful but running on fumes.
We help clients recognize the difference between occasional stress and chronic burnout. In therapy, we work to untangle the mental, emotional, and physical patterns that keep you in survival mode, so you can build a life that doesn’t just function, but actually feels good again.
You're Doing the Work. Therapy Helps It Stick.
Maybe you’ve read the books, listened to podcasts, taken mindfulness courses, or journaled your way through a dozen self-help exercises, but things still feel off. That doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It means deeper support might be needed.
Therapy helps translate insight into actual change. With a trained therapist, you're not just processing things intellectually. You're rewiring patterns, shifting responses, and working in real time with someone who can reflect, redirect, and help you practice a different way of being. Growth doesn't have to be solo. In this space, it isn’t.
Take the First Step Toward Wellness
You don’t have to carry it all by yourself. Real progress starts with one conversation. At CBT / EMDR Associates of New York, we help you work through anxiety, trauma, burnout, and relationship stress with structure, clarity, and care.
Therapy gives you space to reset, understand yourself, and build emotional strength that lasts.
Contact us today to schedule your free consultation. In-person and video sessions available across New York.
Frequently Asked Questions
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If you're feeling overwhelmed, emotionally stuck, burned out, or disconnected from yourself or others, it’s worth reaching out. You don’t need a diagnosis to benefit from therapy. If you’ve been struggling silently or can’t seem to “snap out of it,” it may be time to speak with a professional.
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Your first session is a conversation. We’ll talk about what brings you in, what’s been difficult, and what you’d like to get out of therapy. You’ll never be pressured to share more than you're ready for. It’s about understanding where you are and where you want to go.
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Yes. We offer secure, HIPAA-compliant video visits to clients throughout New York State. Online sessions are private, focused, and just as effective as in-person care. Many clients find video therapy fits their schedule better and allows for consistent support even during travel or busy work weeks.
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Therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all. Some clients work through short-term challenges in a few months, while others stay in therapy longer for ongoing support and deeper work. Your goals, preferences, and pace shape the process. We’ll check in regularly to make sure therapy is helping you move forward.