Find a Therapist in Long Beach, NY

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I am excited to start each session with my clients, picking up from our conversation last week, or exploring something new. Therapy is easier, and frankly more fun, when therapeutic work doesn't feel like a chore. I work with individuals, couples, and families to explore new perspectives and practice new solutions. I primarily use systemic therapies, which help us understand issues within different contexts, like family, work, or culture. By understanding your daily life, and your systems, we can explore how to evolve smaller solutions so they feel achievable. Each time we talk, we build upon our therapy goals, moving with life. Communication is everything in couples therapy. Combining our goals, or empathizing with past injuries, requires finding new ways to talk, and listen. Often the beginning of couples work requires building trust to believe and understand one another. I utilize Gottman Method and emotion-focused work to help couples to connect to shared goals and to each other. For individuals, I commonly work with mood conditions (anxiety, depression, etc.), as well as exploring familial or social relationships. Solution-focused work helps with managing symptoms and finding smaller achievements that build into bigger change over time. It's then important to evolve those solutions in natural systems, like family or work contexts.

My name is Stephanie and I'm the proud owner of Live, Love, Loud Mental Health Counseling PLLC. We work with adults and seniors, individuals, couples, families, and groups struggling with anxiety, depression, and identity issues. We help by allowing you to tell your story, tap into your individual strengths to facilitate healing, achieve greater emotional intelligence, develop healthier communication styles, and overcome your life challenges. Within a strength-based, client-centered environment, we utilize an eclectic approach using elements of solution-focused brief therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, and positive psychology.

I believe in providing therapy that is nonjudgmental, empathetic, and attuned to your needs. While the process may be challenging at times, I aim to offer a safe, supportive space where you can better understand yourself and how to approach the challenges you may be facing. I take a warm, conversational approach to help you make sense of your emotions and experiences, and to support you in reaching your goals. I am LGBTQ-affirming, kink- and body-positive, and disability-informed. I’m fluent in a range of modalities, including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness, somatic therapy, and motivational interviewing, and I’m happy to help you find what works best for you. I practice trauma-informed care, and I offer support in building skills that foster emotional regulation and resilience. I work with adults experiencing depression, anxiety, substance use issues, identity concerns, and relationship challenges. I’m happy to collaborate with other providers to help ensure you receive the care you need. I look forward to working with you as you take the next step to grow and thrive.

Adult and Adolescent Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Hello, and nice to meet you! I have been in healthcare as a bachelor’s degree registered nurse since 2010, and I have worked across many different healthcare settings in New York and Texas. I am a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), specializing in psychiatry. I received my Master of Science in Nursing from Walden University in 2022. After graduating, I worked at a psychiatric emergency room (ER) in Dallas, Texas, before transitioning to outpatient services. In addition to my professional experience, I have pursued complementary and alternative therapeutic modalities for my personal health. My interests include yoga, meditation, and kickboxing. I provide mental health treatment services to children, adolescents, adults, and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who want to break out of unhelpful patterns affecting their lives, in order to awaken unrealized vitality, potential, and creativity. I prescribe psychiatric medications with a holistic perspective, as needed. I am currently pursuing my Doctorate in Nursing because I am committed to patient care and professional development. I have a special interest in advancing psychiatric nursing practice through education, research, and quality improvement projects.

I specialize in helping couples who care deeply about their relationship but find themselves having the same fight over and over again. I’ll help you understand your cycle and find ways to get unstuck. Together, you can build a relationship that feels secure and safe. I use emotionally focused therapy (EFT), a well-researched, evidence-based approach to couples therapy that helps partners move from conflict and disconnection toward a stronger, more secure emotional bond. Rather than focusing only on surface-level communication skills, EFT looks at the deeper emotions and attachment needs that shape how couples interact. Many partners find themselves stuck in repetitive cycles, one pursuing and the other withdrawing, without fully understanding why those patterns keep happening. In EFT, we work together to slow down these moments and make sense of what’s happening beneath the surface. You’ll begin to understand your relationship patterns in a new way, recognizing how both partners are affected and how each of you is trying to cope. As those deeper emotions become clearer, sessions focus on helping you express them in ways that create connection rather than conflict. This process helps partners feel more seen, heard, and understood. Over time, couples can shift out of painful, reactive cycles and build a more secure, supportive relationship. EFT has been shown to be highly effective in helping couples strengthen trust, improve emotional intimacy, and create lasting change. The goal is not just to reduce conflict, but to help you feel more connected, safe, and supported in your relationship.

Accepting new clients! With 22 years of experience working with families, my primary goal is to help others reach their fullest potential. I utilize various treatment modalities to meet each client’s needs. I use creative approaches to help clients recognize destructive thought patterns that negatively influence behavior. I assist clients in identifying their personal therapy goals to create a path toward optimal health, inner peace, and feeling content. It is my privilege to be of assistance to you.

Anne Cutler has been in private practice as a psychoanalyst for 15 years in Manhattan, NY. In her practice, she works with individuals, couples, and groups. She works with patients to uncover hidden conflicts to allow for greater freedom of choice in their lives and create positive change. She works with adults and adolescents, and specializes in dealing with depression, anxiety, and relationship issues. She has also trained with Montague Ullman (a dream expert) in a group approach to dream interpretation and runs weekly dream groups. Anne Cutler trained in psychoanalysis at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) in New York City. She is a licensed psychoanalyst in New York State. Anne received her BA in Psychology from Yale University in 1982. She earned an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Columbia University in 1987. She worked for many years in the publishing industry as a manager and a management consultant, while also building her psychotherapy practice.

I believe the key to successful treatment is creating a safe, nonjudgmental space that enhances shared curiosity and connection. I will work with you to identify thoughts and behaviors that may be limiting your potential to lead your most fulfilling and meaningful life. Together, we will get to the root of these self-limiting thoughts and behaviors. I have experience working with adults of all ages and backgrounds. I am particularly passionate about supporting clients going through fertility challenges and entering parenthood.

Are you struggling to feel fulfilled? Whether it’s anxiety, depression, relationships with others, regulating emotions, or navigating being neurodivergent in a world not designed for your neurotype, therapy can help create a safe space where you can get real, get to the why, and make positive change. I use a trauma-informed, neuro-affirming, strengths-based approach to support a space where you can show up as you. My goal is to create a safe space for you to show up as your authentic self. I’m passionate about helping people advocate for themselves and feel empowered. By building self-awareness and coping skills, we’ll work collaboratively so you can make progress toward your most fulfilling life.