My group practice, Union Square Psychotherapy, offers therapy on a sliding scale, and free initial intakes. If you’re interested in scheduling a 45-minute initial session, you can do so here.
I also offer therapy on a sliding scale individually, but at the moment, my sliding-scale slots are full – I’m not currently accepting reduced fee patients.
I don’t accept insurance, but I can help you get reimbursed by your insurer if it covers out-of-network benefits. If we are not a match, you have other options:
I’m a member of the Contemporary Freudian Society (formerly the Freudian Society of New York). I have many trusted colleagues, and you can call CFS’s clinical referral service at 212-752-7883, where you can be referred to therapists with credentials and experience including LP (licensed psychoanalyst), MSW, Psy.D, MD, and PhD.
This is a list of low-cost and sliding-scale therapy and analysis providers in New York City. I update it frequently, and hope you find it useful. If you know of any such resources that I’ve omitted, I hope you’ll use my contact form (at the bottom of the page) to let me know.
There are many other psychoanalytic institutes in New York at which one can obtain sliding-scale therapy. Some of them are listed here:
The American Institute of Psychoanalysis
The Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center
The Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy
The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy
The Institute for Expressive Analysis
Institute for Psychoanalytic Education
Jungian Psychoanalytic Association
The Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis
Metropolitan Center for Mental Health
The National Institute for the Psychotherapies
The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis/Theodor Reik Clinical Center
The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
The New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center
The Training Institute for Mental Health
The Washington Square Institute for Psychotherapy and Mental Health
The William Alanson White Institute
Yeshiva University Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology – Parnes Clinic
In addition, there are fee-for-service clinics that accept payment from most insurances all over the city including:
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Center for Psychotherapy
The Guidance Center of Brooklyn Heights
The Park Slope Center for Mental Health
Manhattan
The Child and Family Institute
Keith D. Cylar Community Health Center
Neighborhood Counseling Center
Fifth Avenue Counseling Center
Queens