Linda Charnes, Marriage Counselor in New York, 10128

Linda Charnes LMFT

Profession(s):
Marriage & Family Therapy
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
Primary License:
LMFT

My Approach to Helping

You are searching for help to make changes in your life. You are frustrated with your own attempts to solve your problems. You want to be happy. Welcome to the beginning of your healing journey.

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings to my work with individuals, couples, families, and groups many years of experience as well as intelligence, warmth, humor, and enthusiasm. My mission is to help people improve relationships and to change unhappy and unhealthy patterns in their lives. Change is possible, but you cannot heal by repeating the same things that haven't worked before.

Do You:
Feel you are not getting what you really want?
Feel overwhelmed by stress or unhappiness?ï
Feel dissatisfied with your relationship?
Find yourself unable to find a relationship?
Suffer from a destructive relationship with food or toward your body?
Feel unhappy with your work life?
Have parenting or family problems?
Believe you are simply out of solutions?

My Areas of Specialty:
Couple Therapy
Parenting and Family Problems
Bulimia
Weight Reduction and Control
Depression and Anxiety
Career issues
I know these problems can seem impossible to overcome. Don't give up hope. You have unknowingly trapped yourself into unhealthy patterns of thought and behavior you cannot fully see or understand. Our work together offers you a chance to change these protective, but self defeating behaviors. I guide you to establish and pursue what you really want in your life. I have earned the trust of many by guiding them through the gratifying, but challenging journey of psychotherapy.

My clients are usually high functioning people who are genuinely motivated to change, but simply do not know how. I will provide you with the expert guidance, inspiration, education, and support you need to discover your true capacity for happiness. This therapy can be an unbelievably powerful vehicle for change.

More Info About My Practice

My fee is $200.00 for a 45 minute session.

Upon request, I will provide a bill for paid services which you may submit to your insurance company for reimbursement. I am accepted as an out of network provider by most insurance carriers. I am not an in network provider, nor do I accept insurance directly as payment.

Since coverage varies widely, it is recommended that you contact your insurance company to determine which services your policy includes. I am committed to discretion, excellence of care and confidentiality.

My Role as a Therapist

I have been a psychotherapist for over 20 years. I practice both long and short-term psychotherapy with individuals, couples, families, and groups treating a variety of issues, including relationships, bulimia, weight reduction and maintenance, parenting, family, singles, depression, anxiety, and addictions. I practice psychodynamic psychotherapy, using a family therapy perspective, and also utilize cognitive and behavioral strategies in treatment. Using all of these approaches helps solve current unhappy situations, while resolving the roots of your issues to insure long lasting changes. Together, we uncover and reshape old, faulty beliefs which have been limiting your life. You will gain emotional skills to achieve what truly makes you fulfilled. I provide the tools, structure and support every step of the way. I work with you to discover and use your strengths, talents, and assets. The psychotherapeutic journey is exhilarating, but can also, at times, feel frightening. You are asking yourself to really change, and that can feel challenging. Our work provides a safe environment for hope, trust and happiness. • I help you to discover joy and become a happy person. • I take the time to find out what success in life means to you. • I challenge you to uncover and change what limits your happiness. • I believe you have the answers within yourself. • I help you to see all the existing possibilities. • I help you to see that you are not your beha