Top in-person New York children therapists who accept cash payments

My clients are going through difficult life transitions, whether it is parenting in a new phase, caregiving elderly parents, empty nest, career shifts and relationship changes, or even aging concerns. I take a relational approach to healing and managing stress and overwhelm that often comes from being human in a changing world and with family, work, and health concerns.

My name is Alex Queralt. I’m a bi-lingual licensed therapist in the states of Connecticut and in New York. I’ve been in practice for 20-plus years, dealing with adolescents and families from multiple different cultures. I also have dealt with multiple types of cases with families and individuals who have been dealing with PTSD, trauma, child abuse, and sexual abuse. I am trained in CBT, DBT, and RET. My main focus is to work with many families and couples who need to seek help and find solutions or tools how to cope with their traumas and issues. I believe that as a therapist, I should be able to gain their trust, confidence, and support while giving them the proper support.

As an experienced therapist I provide individual therapy and couples counseling. I am interested in you as a person and want to know all about you, and be helpful in resolving your stressors, concerns or issues. I believe in you and your potential, and I want to help you reach it. I am eclectic in my approach of working with you, drawing from current modalities of therapy which will best match your current concerns. Together we will learn and better understand why you feel the way you do, and assist you to improve your perception of yourself, others, daily incidents, and the events of your life. I utilize the wisdom I have gained from life experiences, and I am empathic, supportive and encouraging. I was where you are now. Personally, I have overcome anxiety, depression, and addiction. I am 12-step friendly. After recovering from depression, anxiety and addiction I went back to school. I obtained a Masters of Social Work, and I have been a social worker for thirty four years. Together we can resolve your current difficulties and concerns.

I enjoy helping people find ways to make positive changes. My clients initially come to their first session with depression, anxiety, and frustration. They are trying to juggle life issues, along with financial and personal issues. Most people need effective skills to help them manage life with less frustration and stress, along with methods to improve their decision-making, thus improving the quality of their life. The best question to ask anyone is, "how can I help you?" My lifetime's experience, along with my education, has built a foundation that helps me understand the pain and trauma we endure. I believe strengthening a persons self-worth, increasing their ability to tolerate stress and to manage life at its worst, is a skill...to be learned, and practiced, with the result of an amazing transformation of a happier you. Open to working with children ages 6 and up.

Life can get really tough sometimes and I think we all need a place to come and just BE REAL with another person. Vent feelings, share thoughts that we may not really be comfortable sharing with close friends and family, and just lay it all out, however messy. I believe that finding the right match with a therapist is crucial. It’s like dating—you have to keep looking until you find some chemistry, a click, and feel like the person really gets you. I am LGBT-affirming and have years of experience working with creative people in various fields. I build resilience in clients by teaching skills to manage anxiety, depression, and life's ups and downs, whether that’s learning to be kinder to yourself, getting more comfortable with vulnerability, or learning to manage feelings when relationships change. My style of therapy is warm, compassionate, honest, and direct. I welcome your mess; we can look through the piles together and see if we can come out with some gold.

I strongly believe that my clients are the experts of their own lives. No one knows you better than yourself. In saying such, I empower my clients to harness that knowledge and discover their intentions while guiding them through the process. You can expect that I will be there to listen, provide understanding, practical feedback, and support through life’s challenges. My practice focuses on trauma informed care, empathetic understanding, and person centered therapeutic response. I have experience addressing concerns such as depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, substance use concerns, family turmoil, and life transitions as well as working with all ages and backgrounds. I find it important to focus on strengths, personal growth, and achieving goals whatever we determine that looks like. It takes courage to open yourself up and build trust in another person. I am privileged you have taken the time to read about me and I hope we can begin this therapeutic journey together. Open to working with children and adolescents ages 13 and older.

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), I use a trauma-informed care approach to work with individuals, couples, and families. A few challenges that I have supported my clients with navigating include: chronic anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, relationship issues, and healing from the damaging effects of familial and societal messaging. I am passionate about empowering individuals whose needs are often overshadowed or misunderstood due to historical and ongoing sociocultural issues. I also provide consultations for students and healers dealing with burnout and relational difficulties. I have been described as a collaborative, warm, and non-judgmental therapist. I utilize the unique strengths clients bring to therapy to help elicit a natural and lasting positive change. I approach therapy as my authentic and genuine self, helping my clients feel comfortable bringing forth their truth.

I am from Tbilisi, Georgia. New York has been my home for 20+ years and I have so much to thank for to this amazing City. I worked as a waitress through my schooling, and I can say that it was already in some ways practicing the basic therapeutic skills: good listening, treating everyone with respect, meeting each customer’s specific needs (ex: regarding dietary restrictions) and developing positive relationships with them. My Approach Maya Angelou’s quote: “Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better” is my personal mantra and I emphasize it in my work with my clients. I also understand that our best can be different on each day, since we are vulnerable living beings. Loving- kindness and compassion guide my professional and daily life as well. In therapeutic process I invite people on the journey of self-knowledge and self-understanding that can create self-kindness and personal growth.

Originally from the New York City area, I now live a more peaceful life in the MidHudson Valley with views of the Catskills, farms, birdsong in the morning. My border collie Casey loves it here. From my decades of experience, I believe the most powerful healing tool is a relationship of compassion and unconditional acceptance between therapist and client. I offer my ability to listen deeply and teach you how to listen to your own heart/mind. We talk, we meditate, we use poetry, art and music as a way to open up and get past what is stuck- What is in the way of a happier and freer life?

I have worked with a diverse population of individuals in my 5+ years of experience as both a social worker and a counselor in NY. Cultural competence is something that I take pride in as a counselor, especially working in this melting pot of a city. In many cultures, there is still a stigma attached to Mental Health, I know this firsthand from my own experiences as a Latino. This makes it difficult for some to even think about going to therapy at all. Therefore, it is important for me to build a therapeutic relationship based on understanding, empathy, and genuineness so that you may feel comfortable in a non-judgmental setting. What I offer is an integrative approach to therapy that is tailored to you. I often apply skills and ideas from person-centered, cognitive-behavioral, and existential therapy in my sessions, however, I do not limit myself to just any one technique. I am constantly seeking more knowledge and new strategies to apply in practice and with my clients. Open to working with adolescents 15 years and older. I can do in-person sessions on Tuesdays at: 157 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221