Book a therapist or psychiatrist in Beacon, NY covered by Aetna

I am a first generation Afro-Caribbean, born and raised New Yorker from the Bougie down Bronx and proud mother of one. I am compassionate about working with adult women and BIPOC individuals. Throughout my mental health experience, I have treated clients with anxiety, depression, and trauma. My passion is in trauma, most specifically generational trauma. I hold a Master's degree in Social Work from Adelphi University and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Hunter College.

I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over eight years of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through meaningful change. My background spans community-based programs, hospital settings, and telehealth, giving me a deep understanding of how people grow within their relationships, environments, and daily challenges.

I specialize in evidence‐based approaches including Multisystemic Therapy (MST), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Solution‐Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. I work with clients navigating anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, family conflict, trauma, and major life transitions.

Many people reaching out to me have been looking for the same thing: someone who can see the full picture. I am Catherine, a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, and offer something rare: both medication management and therapy with a single provider. After 20 years in healthcare, including a decade as a family NP, I came to psychiatric care because I saw how inseparable mental and physical health are. My goal is that every appointment leaves you feeling heard, supported, and cared for.

Hello, I'm Alyssa :)

Are you finding yourself feeling stuck, stressed, overwhelmed, or just not your true self lately? I would love to help support you, and create a safe, judgement free space for us to work together to identify and reach your goals.

I can assure you that I will meet you each session with respect, support, empathy, a little bit of humor, and maybe a guest appearance of one of my oversized lap dogs. I will meet you where you're at, and we will work as a team.

I help couples and individuals build deeper connections and enhance eroticism in their lives. I studied to obtain my Certification in Sex Therapy from the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists. My work focuses on a number of sexual health and mental health issues, including desire discrepancies, physical concerns that limit one's ability to enjoy preferred sexual activities, erotic recovery after infidelity and/or trauma, establishment of monogamy agreements, kink-affirming care and assistance to co-create polyamorous relationship agreements. I also see clients for more generalist concerns including anxiety, depression, the general stress of living in the world today. Some of the concerns I help couples and poly folks with include: communication difficulties and strategies for interpersonal effectiveness in relationship, including coaching on scripted communication strategies; enhancement of desire, play and eroticism; recovery from infidelity; integration of kink/poly dynamics.

I am a collaborative and interactive therapist that utilizes a variety of psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, EFT, and solution-focused techniques based on the individual client, their wants, needs and goals.

The work of therapy entails a deep, genuine engagement with ourselves - at times the unknown or unpleasant parts of ourselves. As with all challenging tasks, therapy is most rewarding when approached with honesty and openness. I have been practicing psychotherapy with individuals and couples for 20 years and I am committed to offering my clients expert and compassionate help on this courageous journey.