Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Human beings suffer. There’s no getting around it. It’s a fact of life. People suffer from anxiety, depression, relationship/intimacy conflicts, various forms of addictions, low self-esteem, career-related concerns, grieving loss and from the vicissitudes of life transitions.
How can a therapist guide you from a place of discomfort and discontent to a place of relative peace of mind?
I offer a particular kind of relationship (a therapeutic reliance) that enables you to better understand yourself and to gain distance/perspective about your distress as well as leading to insight that translates to change.
I work to help you to see that some of the strategies you’ve been using to live your life have not really resulted in you getting the things you most value most in life. Therapy is about putting these dysfunctional strategies under a microscope and, together, constructing a new way to “do” your life. The tools you get to implement these new strategies will help you to navigate the inevitable obstacles you’ll come across in your day-to-day living towards the achievement of your goals.
The result of a successful period of psychotherapy is that the individual achieves more stability in his/her work and relationship life as well as feeling more satisfaction and contentment about himself and his life.
I am particularly experienced and trained in the area of addictions, both substance abuse and “process” addictions – sex, porn, shopping, gambling. I am published and interviewed by major media about cybersex addiction and am considered to be an expert in “kink friendly” therapy, having been interviewed in a British HBO show about sadomasochism.
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Dorothy Hayden brings three decades of clinical experience to her practice in New York. She helps people who are coping with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy conflicts, low self-esteem, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, addictions, and the challenges that come with life changes.
She is a licensed clinical social worker in New York and combines clinical training with a practical, goals-oriented approach that many people find useful when facing persistent distress. Dorothy offers a steady therapeutic relationship that helps clients gain perspective on their difficulties and develop insight that leads to meaningful change.
In sessions she examines the patterns and strategies a person has been using that may be getting in the way of what they most value. Together with each client she works to identify alternatives and to build concrete tools that support new ways of living – tools intended to help navigate obstacles and move toward stated goals.
When psychotherapy is successful, Dorothy aims for her clients to experience greater stability at work and in their relationships, along with increased satisfaction and contentment in everyday life.
She has particular expertise in both substance addictions and process addictions such as sex, pornography, shopping, and gambling. Dorothy has been published and interviewed by major media on the topic of cybersex addiction, and she is recognized for kink-friendly therapy work, including an interview on a British HBO program about sadomasochism.
For many common concerns – including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and major life transitions – online therapy has been shown to be just as effective as traditional in-person care. It can offer comparable support for day-to-day struggles and for finding strategies that lead to improvement.
One of the clearest benefits is flexibility. Clients can choose the format that works best for them – video appointments, phone conversations, live chat, or in-app messaging – which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to connect from different locations.
Therapists who provide online services are licensed professionals, and clients have the option to change providers if they need a different therapeutic fit. For many people, the convenience and variety of communication methods make online therapy a practical and effective way to pursue mental health and personal growth.
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