Questions
If yours isn't here, email us and ask.
How do I start?
Email info@kiptherapy.com. We'll set up a short conversation — what's bringing you in, what you're looking for, practical constraints — and then match you with the clinician best suited to it. If that's not someone here, we'll say so and point you elsewhere.
Do you take my insurance?
We are out-of-network with all plans. Fees & insurance explains how out-of-network benefits usually work and what we do to help you use them.
In person or online?
Both. In person at 330 West 58th Street in Manhattan, and online anywhere in New York State. Some clients alternate.
Do I need to be LGBTQ+ to work with you?
No. Our clinicians' depth is in queer and trans lives, and that shapes how they think, but the practice sees anyone whose questions sit in this territory.
Do you see couples?
Yes, in every relationship configuration, including relationships with more than two people.
Do you work with teenagers?
Yes. We have dedicated work with trans and gender-questioning youth and their families.
What kind of therapy is this?
Psychodynamic. We are less interested in managing symptoms than in understanding what they are trying to communicate, and how the past shapes the present in ways that are hard to see. The work is grounded in relational theory and object relations, and the relationship between you and your therapist is itself a site of change. Most clients meet weekly, sometimes more. This is not therapy as a quick fix.
What happens in a first session?
Mostly history and orientation: what brought you now, what has happened before, what you want to be different. You do not need to arrive with it organized.
Is what I say confidential?
Yes, with the narrow legal exceptions every licensed clinician in New York is bound by: risk of serious harm to yourself or someone else, and suspected abuse of a child or vulnerable adult. We go over this at the start.