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New York: Hudson Valley--Rhinebeck and Kingston

Sandy Sklar, LCSW-R

Sandy Sklar  

There are times when the pain of our habitual patterns motivates us to find a new approach to life. Through contemplative psychotherapy, you can use the very obstacles that you are experiencing as a key for discovering how to feel more deeply and see more clearly. You can learn how to cultivate a new way of responding to your life, just as it is…
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(845) 876-1176

New York: Katonah

Linda Jame

Linda Jame  

It is my position that individuals are intrinsically healthy, but that their awareness of this is obscured, and that cultivating loving-kindness and compassion towards oneself helps uncover what is already there....
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(914) 772-8750

New York: New York: The Bronx

Victoria Rivera

Victoria Rivera  

I graduated from Columbia University School of Social work in 1972. Over the past twenty two years I have been working with English and Spanish speaking individuals, families and couples in private practice. My work has evolved to incorporate Contemplative Psychotherapy...
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(718) 653-0684

New York: New York: Manhattan

Bornali Basu, PhD

Bornali Basu  

My intention is to provide a peaceful and caring space in which you may access your inner wisdom. Although suffering is universal, the pathway to healing is often very individual. I believe that transformation occurs when you are listened to deeply, and your uniqueness is respected....
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(646) 202-0122

Claude Borenzweig, LMSW

Claude Borenzweig  

In mindfulness meditation we seek to develop pure attention, to stay present despite the seemingly hardwired tendency of our minds to dwell in thought; to wander, judge, obsess, avoid.....
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(917) 312-8708

Cesar Bujosa, LCSW-R

Cesar Bujosa  

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a New York State “R” rating which is recognized by all insurance carriers.  The purpose of my work is to teach the practice of Mindfulness Based Anxiety Reduction to adults, regardless of their gender, health status or sexual orientation....
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(917) 734-3680

Barbara Chutroo, LCSW

Barbara Chutroo  

Many of us never received the loving support that enables the full flowering of our potential.  My intention is to help you cultivate that support within yourself.  Together, we investigate the details of who you are (attending to both body and mind) and take the steps that enable you to make friends with yourself....
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(212) 721-4284

Naomi Cohen, LCSW, IKH

Naomi Cohen  

I have been practicing psychotherapy for twenty years. I have always seen this work as a spiritual path, leading us toward freedom from narrow beliefs. As we are able to see ourselves and our patterns in a compassionate light, we become free to grow into our truest selves....
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(212) 777-8713

Paul C Cooper, LP, NCPsyA

Paul Cooper  

"Choshi" forms the basis of my approach. Simply said, choshi means "rhythm" in Japanese. We can unpack this modern definition with a traditional meaning: "The great peace resulting from the harmony between heaven earth."...
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(212) 779-2425

Scott Feldman, Ph.D.

Scott Feldman  

When we are able to come most deeply in contact with our suffering, to see it for what it truly is, there is the possibility of release from this suffering. From a Buddhist perspective, depression, anxiety, destructive relationship patterns reflect self contractions....
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(646) 457-7913

Portia Franklin, LCSW

Portia Franklin  

My goal as a psychotherapist is to help you come home to yourself--to deeply know, accept and value yourself as you truly are. I believe this quality of unconditional friendliness toward yourself, what Buddhist psychologist Tara Brach calls radical acceptance, is essential for peace of mind, personal happiness and a satisfying life....
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(212) 427-6921

Rob Handelman, Psy.D.

Rob Handelman  

One of the definitions of the word contemplate is to gaze at thoughtfully, to have in view as a possibility. As a mindfulness-based psychologist and psychotherapist, I help to facilitate this gazing, by helping people to slow down and pay a close and deep attention to all aspects of their experience. It is in this present moment, out of the past and the future that we learn that all experiences can be allowed and accepted....
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(646) 232-0013

Elise Joffe, LCSW, IKH

Elise Joffe  

I have been working in the field of mental health since 1999 and have been in private practice as a psychotherapist and healer in NYC since 2003. Prior to this I spent many years in dance and theatre, and bring my knowledge of the body as an expressive instrument to my work. I work with both individuals and couples with a wide range of issues....
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(718) 938-5295

Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D.

Jonathan Kaplan  

Life can be painful, but we don't have to suffer. Drawing from Buddhist principles and scientific research, my approach to therapy involves both compassion and science. We all have wisdom and dignity -- and the capacity for a peaceful existence -- within us....
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(212) 308-2440

Martha J Klein, LCSW

Martha Klein  

In my 22 years of private practice, I have come to know that we as humans are psychological, physiological, and spiritual beings operating in either harmony or dysfunction with ourselves. We develop strategies throughout our lives to deal with the disavowal of our true selves....
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(917) 684-9800

Christina LaGreca

LaGreca  

I have been in private practice in New York City for over 10 years, providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples and groups. My practice tends to revolve around issues with depression and anxiety, as well as interpersonal and relationship issues....
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(212) 414-0506

Ruth Landstrom, Ph.D.

Ruth Landstrom  

My intent is to help you live fully and happily. My experience with Buddhist meditation guides all my work. I believe that bringing nonjudgmental awareness to our experience can help us to see clearly, and that the attentive presence of another person can help us to move beyond our fears and limitations. I attempt to offer that presence to all my clients.....
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(212) 721-0499

Miles Neale, Psy.D., LMHC

Miles Neale  

“To disarm negativity, cultivate virtue and train the mind, this is the path of the awakened” – the Buddha

For Buddhist psychotherapy, meditation classes and contemplative education programs in and around New York City please visit me at www.milesneale.com
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(917) 750-3594

Susan Pinco, Ph.D., LCSW, BCD, CCR

Susan Pinco  

My practice flows from a deep belief in the healing properties of silent attention and radical acceptance.  These elements, when combined in a structured format, have the power to transform your life....
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(917) 327-3405

Lynn Somerstein, PhD, RYT

Lynn Somerstein  

Often people are waylaid by anxious and depressive thoughts, kidnapped by unruly emotions that prevent them from finding and pursuing the fulfilling paths that by rights are theirs. I enjoy working with people who seek to create a life that is "easeful, peaceful and useful," filled with loving relationships and satisfying work...
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(212) 861-6818

New York: Rochester

Steve Davis, LCSW, CASAC

Steve Davis  

When someone begins psychotherapy they are often in a state of disconnection from themselves and the world around them. This disconnection leads to "symptoms" that can be psychological, emotional and/or physical in nature and decreases our ability to access many of the important capacities we have for creating a valuable meaningful life....
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(585) 272-7210

New York: Scarsdale

Naomi Cohen, LCSW, IKH

Naomi Cohen  

I have been practicing psychotherapy for twenty years. I have always seen this work as a spiritual path, leading us toward freedom from narrow beliefs. As we are able to see ourselves and our patterns in a compassionate light, we become free to grow into our truest selves....
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(914) 673-7343

New York: Tarrytown

Paul C Cooper, LP, NCPsyA

Paul Cooper  

"Choshi" forms the basis of my approach. Simply said, choshi means "rhythm" in Japanese. We can unpack this modern definition with a traditional meaning: "The great peace resulting from the harmony between heaven earth."...
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(212) 779-2425

New York: Warwick

Ruth Landstrom, Ph.D.

Ruth Landstrom  

My intent is to help you live fully and happily. My experience with Buddhist meditation guides all my work. I believe that bringing nonjudgmental awareness to our experience can help us to see clearly, and that the attentive presence of another person can help us to move beyond our fears and limitations. I attempt to offer that presence to all my clients.....
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(845) 986-7686

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