Therapists for college students near 10003

I work with people navigating a season of change, whether through grief, identity exploration, burnout, or relationship transitions, and they are seeking a space where they don’t have to carry it all alone. They may be feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or uncertain about the future, but they also have a deep desire to heal, grow, and reconnect with themselves. Many of the people I work with are highly introspective and care deeply about others, but struggle to extend that same compassion to themselves. They want to feel seen, validated, and supported as a whole person with layered experiences. I specialize in working with people moving through grief, life transitions, and identity-related challenges. I offer a queer-affirming and trauma-informed space where clients can show up as they are. My approach to therapy is relational, compassionate, and grounded in deep listening. If you're feeling the weight of grief, burnout, identity shifts, or emotional disconnection, you don't have to face it alone. Healing isn’t linear, and it doesn’t happen overnight, but it does happen when you feel safe, understood, and empowered. Therapy is a powerful act of selfcare and trust, and I'd be honored to be part of that journey with you.

What was your path to becoming a mental health provider? Having experienced the challenges associated with health issues and the limited access to care I experienced, I seek to create an equitable, safe space for all searching for support. What should someone know about working with you? I find that humor has its place in a quality therapeutic relationship-I want to hear about your interests, your moments of levity, and things that make you laugh-not just challenges. How do you continue learning and building new skills? I am constantly seeking out training opportunities. Currently I am exploring PhD options to further deepen my understanding of how to provide quality care.

Hi! Are you struggling with self-esteem, anxiety or stress, relationship issues, or just need someone to vent to? You don’t have to go through it alone. College can be a stressful time already, so having the right therapist to help you through this period of your life can make all the difference. I take a down to earth approach to therapy, meeting you where you’re at. Together we can figure out the best course or action for you to reach your goals and hopefully even make therapy enjoyable!

Hi! Congratulations on taking the next step towards your healing. I’m Lucielle, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who creates a space where you can feel safe, heard, and supported. I believe healing starts when you no longer have to carry everything on your own. My style is compassionate, collaborative, and tailored to your unique needs. I’ve worked with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. I meet each client where they are—with empathy and respect. I look forward to meeting you! You can book an intake with me on my headway link provided or feel free to call/email for further assistance.

Being self aware is a fantastic attribute ! Though sometimes it can get in the way of feeling our feelings. We may click in this therapeutic relationship if you feel like your self awareness is a double edged sword, where you can see what's going on but can't seem to change or manuever life as it goes.

What if, what if you had a person to help you with reducing the burden of sadness...anxiety...fear... What if, what if you had a person who created a safe, non-judgmental space who could help you move towards positive change in your life. With over 20 years of experience, I have developed a compassionate and informed approach to therapy. My client centered approach integrates culturally informed and evidenced based treatment practices to address your specific needs. I believe in starting with people where they are and empowering them to create change in their life. If you’re ready to begin the journey of self-discovery and healing, I’d be honored to work with you.

Hi there, I’m Colette! Life and all of its changes can be extremely overwhelming, and I’m here to walk alongside you through it all. I work to provide an empathetic and culturally sensitive environment, bringing in evidence-based care to support you. You may be struggling to understand your place in the world, worrying about your relationships, or wondering what your future may hold. I aim to help you discover your strengths so that you are able to face challenges head on. In my work, I strive to create a safe, welcoming space where you can show up as your true, authentic self. I enjoy working with adults navigating anxiety, identity exploration, life transitions, and questions around personal values. Before entering the counseling field, I spent time in the fitness industry, which was an experience that deepened my belief in the profound connection between physical and mental well-being. I bring that mind-body awareness into my clinical work, along with a deep respect for each person’s unique story. Reaching out for help is difficult, especially if you’ve ever felt that you are unsure where to turn. I want to thank you for taking this first step, and recognize the hard work you’ve already put in. I am here to offer a kind, confidential, and supportive space where we can find your strengths and paths to growth. If you feel ready to take the next step in your mental health journey, I invite you to reach out. Therapy is a collaborative effort, and I can’t wait to work alongside you.

Hey there, I'm Keyaira Hamilton, a Clinical Resident with Living Purpose Mental Health Counseling. I am currently in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Northwestern University pursuing a Masters in Counseling. Navigating life’s transitions and distressing experiences can be emotionally, mentally, and physically overwhelming. If life came with a manual, navigating its unpredictable chapters would be far less overwhelming. But we sometimes find ourselves at a crossroads, not knowing which way to go. As a Clinical Resident, I offer a sacred and compassionate space where we don’t have to face these experiences alone. I specialize in holding a safe space for those journeying through trauma, anxiety, depression, and identity-related challenges. Grounded in inclusivity, exploring inner narratives, reactional dynamics, and building the tools to promote resonance and self- discovery. My approach emphasizes an integrative care, incorporating culturally responsive, mindfulness-based practices, in a judgement-free environment and taking into consideration your struggles and concerns regarding the mind-body connection. I want to honor each of your lived experiences to encourage openness, reflection, and healing. When you're ready, I will be here to walk alongside you

Hi! I’m Alexandra—your partner in healing and growth. When I was little, I used to say I wanted to be a “Feelings Doctor.” I didn’t know exactly what that meant, but I knew I wanted to help people feel better—emotionally and mentally. I started college at 16 and initially pursued pre-med, but I quickly realized that the clinical world wasn’t where I felt most at home. What truly called to me was connecting with people, understanding their stories, and helping them heal from the inside out. I grew up in one of the poorest areas of Colombia, and those early experiences taught me the power of resilience, community, and hope. I saw how vital emotional support is when life gets hard—and that’s what led me to psychology. It gave me the tools to do what I’ve always wanted: walk alongside others as they navigate life’s challenges and rediscover their strength. As a licensed mental health counselor, I specialize in helping people manage anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, insomnia, and more. I’m trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and I work with children, teens, and adults. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or just not like yourself, I’m here to help you find clarity, confidence, and calm. Outside of therapy, I’m a runner (yes, I run for fun!), a guitar enthusiast, and a sci-fi lover—currently reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. I love dancing with friends, cooking while video chatting with my family back home, and traveling whenever I can. These moments of connection—whether across a kitchen or across continents—remind me of the joy and strength we find in togetherness. I speak both English and Spanish fluently, and I’m passionate about creating a safe, inclusive space where you can be fully yourself. Healing isn’t always easy—but you don’t have to do it alone. I’d be honored to walk this path with you.

Are you looking to be understood? Do you feel stuck in a loop that you can’t seem to get out of? Are you wanting to build a relationship with your mind, body or soul, so that you can feel more at home within yourself? This is what therapy is about in the sessions I have with my clients. Whether you need EMDR to process some heavy trauma, or CBT to jump out of negative thought loops. Maybe you need IFS to connect with different parts of yourself, break things down. Or perhaps, some art therapy to bring out the joy that’s been missing. Breath work and body work can be combined to any approach we take. I have thorough training in multiple therapeutic techniques, and create a unique blend that aligns to you and your life context. At the center of our work together, is you. This is your space. I cannot fix you, I cannot heal you. But I can guide you. I can help facilitate your healing process, help you reveal and use the power to heal you already posses, however deep it may be buried. We can also create new tools together, ones that truly align with who you are as a person so that they feel natural, and as easy to use as your diaphragm is for breathing. As your therapist, we will explore your inner world together, and how that inner world is impacted by and communicates with the external world you’re in. Our work will be done within a space of humanity and true understanding. If or when you feel ready to begin, I look forward to working with you.

Hello, I'm Grace Moon, a Master of Arts student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Northwestern University. My ideal client is someone who feels stuck, perhaps overwhelmed by anxiety, navigating the weight of past experiences, or struggling to find meaning and direction in their present life. They might be grappling with difficult emotions, feeling disconnected from themselves or others, or facing challenges in their relationships. Their needs center around feeling understood, validated, and empowered. They long for a safe and non-judgmental space to explore their inner world, to make sense of their experiences, and to develop healthier coping mechanisms. They need support in identifying their strengths and in fostering a greater sense of self-awareness and self-compassion. Their goals often involve reducing their distress, improving their relationships, increasing their self-esteem, and living a more authentic and fulfilling life. They want to feel more in control of their emotions, to break free from patterns that no longer serve them, and to connect with their values and purpose. Ultimately, they want to feel a greater sense of peace, joy, and agency in their lives. I specialize in creating a warm and collaborative therapeutic environment where you can explore your thoughts and feelings without judgment, and I tailor our work together to your unique needs and goals. I offer space to delve into the roots of your challenges, understand the patterns that may be keeping you stuck, and develop new perspectives and skills to navigate life’s complexities. My aim is to empower you to gain deeper insight into yourself, cultivate inner resources, and move towards greater well-being and personal growth. It takes courage to reach out for support, and if you’re reading this, you’ve already taken a significant step. If any of this resonates with your own experience, please know that you don’t have to navigate these challenges alone. I offer a confidential and supportive space where we can work together to understand your struggles and explore pathways towards healing and growth. If you’re feeling ready to take that next step, I invite you to reach out. I’d be glad to learn more about what you’re going through and discuss how I might be able to help.

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Master-level CASAC, Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). With over 10 years of experience working in higher education and 7 years teaching counseling courses, I understand the unique challenges students face and use that insight to enhance my work as a therapist. I provide a supportive and authentic space to address anxiety, trauma, substance use, life transitions, and identity exploration. My approach is person-centered and integrates tools from Motivational Interviewing, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and emotion-focused techniques—always tailored to your needs. Life’s challenges can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to carry them alone. In therapy with me, you’ll find compassion, clarity, and guidance to help you heal, grow, and reconnect with your strengths.

Mental health care should encompass more than just the alleviation of symptoms. That’s why, as a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, I value a holistic, participatory approach to care that considers the whole person, including social, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of well-being. Drawing on psychiatric experience across acute inpatient hospitals, eating disorder residential facilities, and outpatient care, I help adult and adolescent clients develop healthy coping skills, build resilience, and achieve lasting personal growth and emotional stability. My goal is to help each individual struggling with mood, anxiety, and/or eating disorders not just manage their symptoms, but truly thrive. I take a patient-centered approach in my practice, creating treatment plans that are tailored to your unique needs and goals. Through this recovery-focused care, I place great emphasis on empowering you to take an active role in your recovery journey while building on your strengths, skills, and resilience. From beginning of treatment to continuing care, you can trust in me to create a safe environment that fosters healing and provides you with the tools you need to move forward on a healthier path. I look forward to helping you feel understood, build resilience, and take meaningful steps toward lasting well-being in our work together. My journey to becoming a psychiatric nurse practitioner began by witnessing firsthand the challenges of navigating a complex mental health care system and the stigma attached to seeking help. Because of these experiences, I am dedicated to making mental health care more approachable and supportive for others.

Therapy approach A relationship between you and your therapist is a primary ingredient fostering meaningful change and personal growth. My approach is warm, open, and empathic. I listen deeply and engage actively as is helpful. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe to be your authentic self, free from judgment. You decide whether this is a comfortable setting for you to grow. I am a psychotherapist (LCSW) with a PhD and advanced training from a four-year psychotherapy institute. While I have had the privilege of working with individuals across the lifespan, a majority of my clients have been college age through young career adults. They come from diverse cultural, gender, ethnic, religious, and spiritual backgrounds. I have supported them through challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, often related to issues of this age group: life transitions, family issues, career decisions, dating, parenting, identity, and loss. I draw from a psychodynamic perspective to understand your unique story, while incorporating therapeutic approaches that seem to us to be most helpful for you. Therapy focus I see therapy as a journey we take together. You bring your unique situation and goals. I provide travel skills based on having taken journeys with others. I have never, however, been to your desired destination. You determine the direction and duration of therapy; only you can decide what to focus on and when you feel ready to move forward. While present-day concerns may be paramount, exploring your past can provide valuable insight into your current situation. I interact with you to ensure I understand what you are saying and to help you more fully express your thoughts and feelings. I use a variety of techniques to assist in therapy including role play, homework, journaling, naming aspects of the self, labeling thoughts that are helpful or not to increase your skills in desired areas and decrease those that prevent progress to your goal. All feelings including tears, anger, joy, and laughter can be part of our work together. Communication style I like a relaxed atmosphere that allows us to communicate easily. I am curious. I like to listen. I like to smile but I am also serious. I reflect back to you what I think you are telling me, ask some questions to ensure that I more fully understand what you are saying, encourage you to delve deeper, and wonder with you about when your goals and your actions do not seem aligned. I get to know you not only by what you say but by feelings that may emanate from you. I am comfortable with a broad range of feelings. I support strength and empowerment. I encourage you to let me know what interaction with me is helpful to you and what is not helpful. My goal is to offer a compassionate, thoughtful space where you feel heard and supported. Therapy Goals My goal for you is that you can live fully in the present, understand aspects of your past as they impact the present, and move forward on a path that is best for you. You can let go of people, situations and thought patterns that are not helpful. You can seek and find people and situations that will support you. You can find satisfaction in life and laughter even though everything will not be perfect and parts of life could remain difficult. Our first session After an initial conversation to help us get to know each other, our work together begins. You share the concerns that brought you to therapy, current life situations, and relevant history. I seek to understand what you are telling me as you begin to develop goals for therapy. You let me know how I could be most helpful to you. We begin to explore avenues to your goals and how to measure the progress you seek. This conversation expands over sessions as you feel more comfortable in therapy and as aspects of your life become clearer to you. At the end of this initial session, you can assess whether we could work well together.

Hi! I am Dr. Amy and I love working with college students, whether as a professor or as a counselor. I understand the types of stress that college students have to navigate and how overwhelming it can feel. Together you and I will break things down into smaller pieces and look at your thoughts and feelings against the background of possible diagnoses. Sometimes having a name for what we are struggling with can be very helpful. I specialize in ADHD, disordered eating, substance misuse, relationship issues, and anxiety/depression. I have been teaching and working with college students for many, many years—primarily teaching attachment and developmental psychology—so psycho-education is a big part of what we will do together. Please feel free to reach out to me to see if we are a good fit.

Swaroopa Dundon is a psychotherapist based in Westchester, NY, who works with teens and adults across the lifespan. She helps clients gently explore their thoughts and emotions to uncover the root causes of challenges such as anxiety, depression, perfectionism, and low self-esteem. Through this process, clients gain insight into their life experiences, learn to reduce emotional pain, and discover new pathways to healthier relationships and a more meaningful life. Swaroopa is especially passionate about supporting families, couples, and people of color. Trained in CBT, family systems, mindfulness, and hatha yoga, Swaroopa integrates her background as a longtime yoga practitioner and teacher into her work. She often weaves in mindfulness and breathwork, helping clients deepen their self-awareness and access their inner resilience. Her approach is collaborative, supportive, and gently challenging—always with the goal of helping clients grow into the best versions of themselves. Having lived in different parts of the world, Swaroopa brings a culturally informed perspective to her practice. As an immigrant, she has a personal understanding of the unique challenges first- and second-generation families face as they navigate assimilation and identity. She strives to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where trust is built, goals are set, and progress unfolds at a pace that feels comfortable and respectful. Swaroopa holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from New York University and completed a two-year intensive clinical program at the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy, specializing in work with families and couples. Outside the therapy room, she enjoys designing native plant landscapes and spending time with her family and beloved dog, Ruby.

Samantha is a therapist licensed in both MA & NY that works with young adults, college and graduate students, and adults with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family issues. Samantha is a trained EMDR therapist, and offers individual, couples, and family counseling. Samantha is passionate about empowering and supporting her clients in their journey to becoming their most authentic, confident selves. She has expertise in treating anxiety, depression, trauma, career & school difficulties, compassion fatigue, coping with grief and loss, coping with life changes, family conflicts, relationship issues, self-esteem, and stress management. Samantha received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan where she specialized in working with adults, older adults, and caregivers. She has received specialized training treating geriatrics and people with neuropsychological and somatic disorders, including FND and PNES. Samantha has expertise in providing family counseling to caregivers, helping families cope with diagnoses, and navigate care. She has worked in a variety of settings including both inpatient and outpatient mental health clinics. Samantha is trained in EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Motivational Interviewing. Samantha takes an integrative humanistic and strengths-based approach in her work with clients. Her psychotherapy style tailors to each client’s personal journey and goals. When working with clients, she focuses on the positive traits that give them the ability to find wisdom, growth, healing, and fulfillment within themselves. She is passionate about creating a genuine, positive, respectful, and safe space for her clients.

At Northstar Psychology Group, we specialize in psychological assessments and evaluations for college students. We are experts in ADHD, Autism and learning disorders and are passionate advocates for students receiving the accommodations and therapy they need to succeed. We are in-network with Aetna and are licensed in California, Florida, Maryland, New York, Virginia and Washington D.C. If you are experiencing academic challenges, difficulty with time management, motivation and organization, schedule a consultation with us through our website.

Dr. Sarah E. Jung is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She received her Doctorate in Philosophy in Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (APA-accredited) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She completed her APA-accredited Internship and postdoctoral experience (Advanced Fellow for Women’s Health) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the San Diego Veterans Healthcare System. Her prior training experiences include the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), the San Francisco Veterans Healthcare System and the Baltimore Veterans Healthcare System.Dr. Jung specializes in psychoeducational assessments and evaluations for ADHD, Autism and psychological disorders. She is licensed in California, Florida, Maryland, New York, Virginia and Washington D.C. She is a trusted referral source for Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Berkeley and the University of Maryland.

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and art therapist with nearly 10 years of clinical experience, I aim to provide a space where patients feel supported and empowered to explore behaviors, perception, emotional needs, and day-to-day stressors through the use of verbal and creative processes. I specialize in both talk and art therapy to help pre-teens, adolescents, and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, emotional dysregulation, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. My approach is collaborative and encouraging, designed to let you take the lead to encourage healing. I'm passionate about building a strong therapeutic relationship with you, as I believe this is one of the most fundamental parts of healing and therapeutic growth. Working together, you can expect a warm and supportive environment that uses customized talk therapy and creative arts techniques to help explore patterns, build insight, gently challenge thoughts, and empower you to make meaningful changes. I believe in active, person-centered collaboration and building a strong therapeutic relationship, which allows me to be the supportive partner you need to heal. I look forward to working alongside you and providing ongoing support, collaboration, and encouragement in our work together. My path to becoming a therapist started with community work in high school. Multiple groups I was part of gave me the chance to provide several types of 1:1 services for students. Later, I was able to integrate creative arts into those services and witnessed how doing so can foster a space for creative self-expression and further healing for all ages. This experience deepened my commitment to providing creative and therapeutic services, which now allows me to truly meet my patients where they are with an adjustable and open-minded approach.