From a heartfelt place, I mirror back each person's beauty and potential. With intention, attention, skill and humor, I facilitate the process that allows each person to become more of her/his authentic self and to manifest that self into the world.

Paul Ammendola, LCSW - PresidentCEO The Well is my private practice as well as future counseling center and resource center. I am a dedicated, caring counselor with over 13 years experience in mental health counseling, spiritual counseling, recovery and working with the formerly incarcerated. I am passionate about seeing people go from walking in the dark to walking in the light. Changing from consistent negative thinking patterns to positive truth based thinking. There is nothing greater for me than seeing the broken and lost walking with God in harmony. I love to help, how can I help you? As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I have learned the art of integrating multiple psychotherapy models with Christian principles. I am also the Substance Abuse Director at HealthCare Choices and former Executive Director and Co-Builder of Bridges of New York. I have been a leader in New York raising the bar on counseling and recovery, bringing it to a new respected standard since 2003. I am also a member of the Nassau, Orange Queens and Kings County Reentry taskforces and have worked closely with Nassau County and the Department of Corrections at the State and County levels. I have been a business owner in multiple arenas from counseling to music. I continue to seek innovative ways to help people live free and productive lives in an intensely challenging world filled with so many different, confusing paths to choose from. Having a business background, and business education combined with finance and counseling makes for the successful driving force behind the vision of a brand new model of help at The Well. I am also a seasoned singer, musician, and songwriter, leading worship all throughout New York with the band Red Words. Our band's music continues to evolve but has a central theme that focusses mostly on honesty, transparency, hope, and healing. It is very easy to see that our message travels along very clear lines that explore many different issues coming from personal experience as well as years of helping others with counseling, spirituality, and discipleship. I will not only be there for help on your journey but continued encouragement for years to come.

I am nurturing and thoughtful. I will help you find the words to describe your experience and ensure you feel seen and heard. I will also help you decode the language you use to describe your experiences to uncover core schemas that may be generating self-defeating patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. I focus on your relational capacity, and can teach you how to be your most authentic Self and most effective advocate.

Frequently, people who have experienced trauma, develop extraordinary survival skills. Often the strategies that were critical for survival when you were a child, thwart the ability to develop satisfying work, family or romantic relationships in adulthood. Psychotherapy provides an opportunity to transcend patterns that are holding you back from achieving your goals, and realizing your potential. This often includes addressing family, career, and relationship issues within the treatment as well as recognizing thinking or behavior which may be harmful or holding you back. I specialize in the treatment of PTSD, anxiety and depression, and am certified in EMDR, CPT and MI. Additionally I am trained in Internal Family Systems. My practice is influenced by CBT, psychodynamic, Schema and mindfulness-based therapies. We will spend our first sessions exploring important historical information, assessing your needs, and setting goals. I strive to nurture relationships with clients that are compassionate, kind, and non-judgmental, and safe enough to tolerate direct but gentle confrontation. Together we will determine the approach and pace that will work best for you.

You can't always control your environment, but you can learn to adapt to it such that you can feel happier and more fulfilled. Counseling can be a wonderful growth experience. Gain self-esteem and improve the quality of your life by ridding yourself of fears, sadness, loneliness, hopelessness, grief, sleeping and eating problems or a short temper, all of which affect your relationships and your work. I can help you reduce stress from life changes, trauma, crises, marital troubles and relationship problems. And, my past business exprience enables me to help with career, business and financial difficulties. I am in private practice. I was formerly on staff at the New York Center for Psychoanalytic Training Consultation Center as well as a former Associate Director of the Jewish Association of Counseling and Psychotherapy.

Welcome! Do you currently struggle with any of the following: anxiety; indecisiveness; low self-esteem; deep, sometimes inexplicable feelings of guilt; confusion around trusting your "gut;" a heavy focus on wanting to make others like you; feeling disconnected from others; a nagging feeling you’re doing something wrong or there may be something wrong with you? The good news is, these are not inherent traits people are born with and you are not bound to eternally struggle with these things! This therapy will give you the opportunity to uncover the root causes of these struggles in order to make changes in the here-and-now. Please click on the "Visit Website" link to find out more about the benefits of this therapy. I care deeply for the people I work with and through genuine collaboration, my clients describe a sense of feeling truly heard and understood. I invite you to email or call today to find out more! *PLEASE EMAIL ME DIRECTLY AT alisonmtherapy@gmail.com AS THE GOODTHERAPY MESSAGING SYSTEM DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE WORKING* Thank you and I look forward to communicating more soon!

Deciding to enter psychotherapy is one of the most compassionate choices you can make for yourself. In fact, it can represent an essential turning point in your life. However, it can also sometimes feel uncomfortable to talk to someone you don't know well. That's why I provide a caring, safe environment where I will listen to you carefully and where we will work together to understand and resolve the issues with which you are struggling--both in terms of how they affect your life now and in terms of how they became issues for you in the first place. I work with adults and adolescents who are struggling with a wide range of concerns, including relationship difficulties, perfectionism, anxiety, depression, loss, low self-esteem, and many more. When you enter my office, we will talk together about what you are having difficulty with and where you are feeling stuck. I strongly believe that therapy should be an interactive process, where we work together as a team. I received my bachelor's degree in psychology from Yale University and my master's degree in clinical social work from New York University. My theoretical approach is eclectic, but grounded in a psychodynamic approach to therapy, which means that we will work to establish benefits that not only help you right now, but can also stand the test of time. I look forward to hearing from you!

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.

You look like you're functioning, managing your responsibilities, showing up for the people who depend on you. But internally, it can feel heavy, unstable, or quietly shut down. Maybe it's anxiety that won't settle, or a restlessness that makes it hard to feel present. Maybe it's the opposite: things go flat, distant, numb. You're thoughtful and self-aware enough to notice you keep repeating the same emotional and relational patterns, even when you don't want to. I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 8 years of experience, working with adults through anxiety, depression, self-doubt, and the relationship patterns that keep people stuck. I offer a space where you don't have to perform "okay," where we can slow things down and actually understand what's underneath instead of just managing symptoms. My approach is depth-oriented and relational. We look at where these patterns come from, often early attachment or family-of-origin dynamics, so the shifts you make in session actually hold outside of it. I offer online therapy for adults and couples across New York (including New York City), New Jersey, Connecticut, Oregon, and Florida. If you're tired of white-knuckling your way through anxiety, overwhelm, or the same relationship patterns on repeat, I'd love to talk. Reach out to schedule a consultation, and see if we're a good fit.

My approach to helping my clients is nonjudgmental, strength-based, and curious. Through the use of several psychodynamic approaches and applied Jungian analysis, I am able to help clients transform their lives by exploring their self-concept and improving their self-esteem. I believe that a nonjudgmental approach helps us uncover painful patterns and past experiences while fostering sustainable self-reflection.