“You don’t have to carry it alone”
A first session is just a conversation.
Healing that flows from within
A virtual psychotherapy practice offering evidence-based, affordable care. We welcome everyone — and hold particular space for those whose identities and experiences aren't always fully seen or understood in traditional therapy spaces.
A collaborative, evidence-based therapy experience — grounded in clinical expertise, guided by true care.
Therapy should be accessible and affordable. We stay in-network with most major insurances and keep expanding — because quality mental health care shouldn't be something you budget for.
Therapy that meets you where your story actually begins.
Individuals navigating any of life's challenges — anxiety, relationships, transitions, the things that brought you here.
You don't need a particular identity, background, or label to belong here. We see teens and adults across NY and NJ — anyone looking for thoughtful, evidence-based care is who we built this practice for.
We also bring deep training and lived perspective to a few specific communities, in case those nuances are part of what you're carrying.
SPEACIALTIES WE GO DEEPER ON
Additional clinical depth and lived experience — not a checklist of who can come.
BIPOC & the global majority
Racialized stress, cultural complexity, and the kind of nuance that doesn't need translating before the work can begin.
Immigrants & children of immigrants
Belonging, language, family expectations, intergenerational grief, and the quiet labor of holding multiple worlds at once.
Queer & trans community
Affirming care across coming out, identity, relationships, and the everyday weight of moving through a world that wasn't built for you.
Partners & relationships
Couples and chosen partnerships of any structure — working through communication, repair, intimacy, and the patterns you keep tripping over together.
From the things that hum quietly in the background to the ones that keep you up at night. Most of our clients are working with several of these at once — that's expected, and welcome.
What we help people work through.
The racing mind & tight chest
Worry that won't quiet down, perfectionism, panic, social anxiety, and the bone-deep exhaustion of always bracing for impact.
Heaviness, numbness, going through the motions
Low mood, lost motivation, disconnection from the things you used to love. We treat depression as a meaningful signal — not a personal failing.
What lives in the body after
Single-event trauma, complex PTSD, attachment wounding, and the layered effects of growing up in unsafe or unpredictable systems.
Endings that don't fit on a card
The deaths we expected, the ones we didn't, and the quieter griefs — of relationships, places, communities, and former selves.
Coming home to yourself
Queerness, race, immigration, family roles, gender — making sense of who you've been told to be and who you actually are.
The follow-through gap
ADHD-informed coaching for planning, task initiation, and the architecture of getting things done without burning out.
Evidence-based, trauma-informed, and tailored to you.
We don't believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. Your treatment plan is shaped by what's bringing you in, how you process the world, and what kind of care has — and hasn't — worked for you before.
We integrate the modalities below thoughtfully. Most clients work across two or three at once, with the balance shifting as the work deepens.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Practical tools for the thought-feeling-behavior loops that keep you stuck.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills.
EMDR
A structured way to process trauma memories so they stop running the show.
Internal Family Systems
Meeting the protective and wounded parts of yourself with curiosity, not judgment.
Somatic therapy
What the body knows that the mind hasn't put into words yet.
Psychodynamic
The roots, the patterns, and how your earliest relationships still echo.
Executive function coaching
ADHD-informed strategies for the gap between intention and action.
EFT & attachment-focused couples work
Emotionally Focused Therapy for any relationship structure — repairing ruptures, deepening intimacy, and rewriting the attachment patterns underneath the fight.
From your first message to a regular rhythm — what to expect.
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Reach out
Send a short note through the form, or book directly on Zocdoc. We aim to reply within two business days.
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Free 15-20 min consult
A no-pressure phone or video call to talk about what's bringing you in and whether we feel like a good fit.
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Intake & plan
Your first full session is an intake. By session two or three, we'll have a shared sense of direction.
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Weekly rhythm
Most clients meet weekly for 45 or 60 minutes — all virtual, from wherever you feel most yourself.
Most of our clients use insurance and pay only a copay — typically $0 to $40 per session. For everyone else, we offer a generous self-pay sliding scale.
Care that's honest about money.
- In-network with most major NY & NJ plans
- We verify your benefits before your first session
- You see your exact copay before you book
- Free 15 - 20 minute initial consultation
- Sliding-scale spots reserved each quarter
- Out-of-network superbills provided monthly
- Most PPO plans reimburse 50–80% of the fee
- Late cancellation policy: 24 hours
United / Optum
Aetna
Cigna
BCBS
Oscar
Oxford
If yours isn't listed, we'll still help you check out-of-network benefits before your first session.
A small team of seasoned clinicians.
Every therapist at East River brings advanced training, a specialty, and lived perspective to the room. We hand-pick our team for clinical depth, warmth, and the kind of cultural literacy that makes hard conversations land softer.
On your free consult, we'll talk through who might be the right fit for what you're bringing in.
Questions, answered honestly.
If you don't see what you're looking for, just ask in the consult call — no question is too small or too logistical.
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We're in-network with several major plans through Zocdoc and direct contracts (Aetna, Cigna, United/Optum, Oxford, Empire BCBS, Oscar). If yours isn't listed, we can usually help you use out-of-network benefits — most PPO plans reimburse 50–80% of our fee.
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Most clients notice some relief in the first 4–6 sessions, often around having a regular place to put things. Deeper change — patterns shifting, old wounds settling — usually unfolds over months. We'll check in regularly on what's working.
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Yes — well-designed studies consistently show telehealth therapy is as effective as in-person for most concerns, including anxiety, depression, and trauma work. It also removes commute time, weather, and the "I'm too tired to go" barrier that ends a lot of treatment early.
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A lot of our clients have. Tell us about it on the consult — what felt off, what you wished had happened — and we'll talk honestly about whether this work might land differently. Fit matters, and you're allowed to be picky.
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We don't prescribe, but we work closely with psychiatrists and psychiatric NPs we trust and can refer you out. Medication and therapy are often more effective together than either alone, and we'll think it through with you.
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Outpatient telehealth isn't designed for acute crisis care — if you're in immediate danger, please call or text 988 or go to your nearest ER. Between sessions, we'll build a safety plan together so you have clear steps and resources when things get heavy.
Ready When you areThe first step is just a conversation
Book a free 15-minute consultation — no insurance card, no commitment, just a chance to feel out whether we're the right fit.