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Hi, I’m Carrie.

I’m a psychotherapist in New York City working with individuals, couples, and families as they navigate relationships, identity, and life challenges.

My Approach

My work with clients begins by slowing things down enough to understand your unique story. Together, we think carefully and honestly about your experiences, relationships, and patterns.

As our work deepens, what once felt automatic—self-criticism, anxiety, disconnection—becomes more visible and more open to change. Therapy becomes not only a place of support, but a space where you explore new ways of thinking and relating.

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I pay close attention to how early experiences continue to live in the present—in emotional patterns, relational dynamics, and the narratives we carry about ourselves. My approach integrates psychodynamic and attachment-based perspectives, along with trauma-informed models including Internal Family Systems (IFS). I hold a non-pathologizing view of the mind, understanding even the most difficult patterns as adaptive responses to earlier experiences.

Throughout our work together, I remain attentive to the realities of your daily life. The goal of understanding the past is to support meaningful and lasting change in the present—sometimes through insight, and sometimes through active, thoughtful problem-solving.

Credentials

Education & Training

  • Cornell University, 1999 (BS)

  • New York University School of Law, 2002 (JD)

  • Ackerman Institute for the Family, Basic Divorce Mediation (2014)

  • New York University School of Social Work, 2019 (MSW)

  • Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy-Family and Couples Treatment Services, 2020 (Post-graduate clinical training)

  • IFS Institute-Level One IFS training (2022)

  • Stabilization, Pacing and Clinical Judgment in Complex Trauma (2026)

Professional Affiliations

My Story

My path to this work was not linear. After college, I attended NYU School of Law and worked as a lawyer in New York. Alongside complex litigation, I engaged in pro bono work involving asylum cases, restorative justice, children's rights, and advocacy with the Oneida Nation. From early on, I found myself more drawn to the complexities of my clients’ lived experiences than to legal arguments or litigation outcomes.

This interest in the inner experiences of the people around me stretches all the way back to childhood, when I wrote a story called The Man of Sorrow—about a girl who became preoccupied with understanding a deeply sad man. She would lie awake at night wondering what had caused his pain, and whether she could reach him. Eventually, she found the courage to approach the man. While she never learned his story, she sensed that her presence brought him some comfort.

Over time, something became clearer: my role was always to be with people in a way that allows them to feel seen, understood, and less alone in what they are carrying.

As that pull deepened, I returned to NYU to complete my Master’s in Social Work and went on to advanced training in IFS, as well as couples and family therapy at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, where I now teach, supervise clinicians, and serve on the FACTS Executive Committee.

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Across my work and training, one constant is my a belief in the transformative power of understanding and compassion.

Today, I support people in developing a more compassionate and authentic relationship with themselves, their loved ones, and their lives.

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“There’s a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.”

– Lou Reed

  • "Working with Carrie was one of the most grounding experiences I've had in therapy…What stood out immediately was that she never had an agenda for us… She just listened and helped us understand ourselves and each other more clearly.”

    —Former Client

  • “I have known Carrie for over eight years. She is warm, smart, creative, collaborative, and an extremely talented therapist and couples therapist. She also is an excellent supervisor and teacher. If you are looking for a therapist or couples therapist, I highly recommend you work with Carrie.“

    — A Fellow ICP Therapist, Supervisor, and Educator

  • "Working with Carrie within IFS was a crucial first step to developing self-compassion and an understanding of my inner world. I came into therapy with very little experience of emotional attunement and receiving care from anyone in my life - including other professionals. IFS and Carrie's attunement helped me overcome initial blocks I had around shame and fear to trust someone to witness my internal experience. She helped reframe parts of myself that I found challenging and that negatively impacted my life and relationships by exploring why it made sense that I developed the protection I did and how I may be able to foster the same safety in a way that was more aligned with my values."

    —Former Client

  • “Having Carrie there, someone who knew us both and had witnessed the full picture, gave me the space to say what I needed and mean it. She held the room in a way that made it harder for my words to get dismissed or negotiated away. That kind of support and validation changed everything for me. I'd recommend Carrie to any couple at any stage. She brings warmth, honesty, and a rare ability to make sure both people are truly heard."

    —Former Client

  • “Carrie helped me with challenges in my relationship with care for each individual and the couple as a whole. She was kind, generous, and patient while working through difficult feelings and complicated dynamics. She very much helped me understand myself and myself in a relational dynamic and working with her provided tools and insights that I'll take with me for healthier relationships throughout my life.”

    —Former Client