Therapy with Room to Breathe
Extended sessions for trauma, anxiety, and chronic stress.
This is therapy with more room and flexibility than a standard weekly hour allows. We meet in person twice a month for extended sessions, long enough to settle in, let the work deepen, and close with rest. One or two 30-minute check-ins keep us connected between them.
A closed therapy group and a weekly Yoga Nidra/NSDR (non-sleep deep rest) drop-in group for current and former patients are available to add as you wish. Both meet virtually. Treatment continues for as long as it is needed, and we review your progress together at regular intervals.
Trauma, Anxiety, and Chronic Stress in Adults
This program is for adults living with trauma, PTSD, anxiety, or chronic stress that does not ease. Perhaps a weekly appointment is difficult to keep, or the standard hour closes just as something important begins to open. You may want more depth, and a structure steady enough to hold it. Whatever brings you, you work with me directly, from first session to last.
Extended Sessions and Check-Ins
The two extended sessions, with one or two check-ins between them, form the foundation of the program.
- Extended sessions (in person): Two a month, two to three hours each, in my Manhattan office. Each session is individualized, and may draw on EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, and psychodynamic therapy as indicated, closing with Yoga Nidra (NSDR).
- Check-ins (virtual): One or two 30-minute meetings a month, to steady the work and carry it forward.
An Optional Group and Yoga Nidra Practice
Both are optional, available to add when they would serve you.
- Weekly therapy group (virtual): A closed, virtual weekly group for adults working with stress, anxiety, and trauma-related dysregulation. Discussion anchors each meeting, with meditation, journaling, or Yoga Nidra (NSDR) added as the group's needs suggest.
- Yoga Nidra drop-in (virtual): Weekly, 45 minutes, open to all current and former patients, an experiential practice of deep rest and settling.
Yoga Nidra and Non-Sleep Deep Rest in Trauma Therapy
Yoga Nidra is a structured practice of deep rest, done in a fully supported position, whether lying down, reclined, or seated. Many people now know it as NSDR (non-sleep deep rest), a recent name for methods drawn largely from Yoga Nidra. I use it to close an extended session, so the deeper work has a settled place to land, and in time it becomes a practice you can continue on your own.
I also teach it in non-clinical drop-in groups and in-person retreats, because learning how to relax naturally can ease everyday stress, whether or not you are in therapy.
Primary Therapist or Adjunct Clinician
The program can be arranged two ways. I can serve as your primary therapist, holding the full course of care. Or I can collaborate with a therapist you already have, with a signed release, a clear division of the work, and an agreed plan for urgent concerns.
First Steps. Clear Direction.
Before You Begin
Initial Consultation and Preparation Sessions
The program opens with a conversation and a few sessions of groundwork, so the extended sessions start with a shared understanding of where you are and where you want to go.
- Initial consultation (60 or 75 minutes): We go through your history, what is happening now, and what you hope will change, and shape a plan together.
- Preparation sessions (one to three, 50 minutes each, virtual or in person): We build the resources the longer sessions rely on: practices for settling in and steadying, a first experience of Yoga Nidra, and, if EMDR is part of the plan, the memories and beliefs we will focus on. How many you need depends on your history and your pace.
- First extended session: When the preparation feels complete to both of us, we schedule it, and check-ins follow between sessions from then on.
A Different Starting Point
Extended sessions are most useful on stable ground, and some situations call for a different starting point. When someone is in active crisis, is early in recovery from substance use, is living with significant, untreated dissociation, or is in the middle of a major life upheaval, weekly therapy, or a higher level of care where the need is urgent, comes first. Many people move into the longer format once the immediate concerns ease, and we choose the sequence together during the initial consultation.
Fee Structure
The program is private-pay and out-of-network. A monthly statement is provided for out-of-network reimbursement, and a Good Faith Estimate is provided at scheduling.