In Person Therapy
At the beginning of therapy your individual needs and treatment goals are best assessed in an office setting. It ensures a fully experienced and more authentic patient-therapist relationship. Our offices in Manhattan are designed to enhance your comfort and make you feel at ease in a pleasant and tasteful setting.
Benefits of Human to Human Therapy
When working with our innermost feelings - some of which might have never been accessed before - we can feel very raw and vulnerable. In this emotional state we are transported back to an earlier developmental state where we long for comfort and containment. The therapist is not only a professional expert who offers clinical advice but also another human in a shared safe space. Holding each other's gaze, vocal intonation, gestures, facial expressions and shifting bodily positions are all much more intensely experienced in human to human therapeutic work.
Virtual therapy as an alternative or occasional option
Sometimes life just takes over and we have to find pragmatic solutions to making it all work. This is where the convenience of telemedicine comes in. Working with your therapists in video sessions is still very beneficial if you keep a few important factors in mind:
Make sure you have established a strong professional rapport with a trusted therapist
Try to make time in your schedule for occasional in-person sessions
Use the video session option for times of work or private travel and family life needs