Psychotherapy in NYC & Long Island

Come back to the truest version of yourself.

Support for attachment trauma,
anxiety, and depression.

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Midtown East, Manhattan &
Garden City, Long Island

Living with anxiety, depression, or the lingering effects of attachment trauma can feel quietly exhausting.

You may find yourself constantly scanning for what could go wrong. Questioning your decisions after the fact. Feeling waves of sadness you can't fully explain. Shutting down in moments that matter. Snapping more quickly than you'd like. Carrying a steady undercurrent of shame. Or simply sensing that something feels off, even when your life looks “fine” on paper.

Relationships might stir up more intensity than you expect. You want closeness, yet you brace for disappointment. You worry about being too much, or not enough. You replay conversations. You pull away. You long to feel secure, but instead feel anxious, low, or disconnected.

These patterns often have roots in attachment trauma: early relational experiences that shaped how safe it feels to depend on others, express needs, or trust yourself. Anxiety and depression aren't personal failures. They are often signals from parts of you that learned to adapt in order to survive.

In our work together, we slow down and listen to those parts with care. We create a space that feels steady, collaborative, and emotionally safe, where nothing about you is “too much” and nothing needs to be pushed away.

Healing doesn't mean becoming someone different. It means feeling more at home in yourself.

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Healing is possible. You can come back to yourself.

Therapy in Midtown East, Manhattan and Garden City, Long Island

How I can help

Michelle Barsky, LMHC

I'm so glad you're here.

I'm Michelle Barsky, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor specializing in attachment trauma, anxiety, and depression. I am a Certified Level 3 IFS Therapist with extensive advanced training in IFS. I'm also trained in EMDR and AEDP, integrating these trauma-informed approaches to support deep, lasting healing.

My clients are often insightful, self-aware, and highly motivated, yet still feel stuck in patterns they can't think their way out of. That's because attachment trauma isn't cognitive. It's relational and embodied.

I help clients move beyond insight and into internal transformation, unburdening old wounds and reconnecting with their innate capacity for calm, clarity, and connection. I believe therapy should feel both deeply safe and meaningfully effective.

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Why wait to begin your journey?

If you're ready to understand your patterns instead of judging them and build relationships that feel secure instead of activating, I'd be honored to work with you.

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Two locations to serve you

Manhattan

211 E 43rd St, Suite 704
New York, NY 10017

Garden City, Long Island

520, 2 Franklin Ave Suite L-11 Room
Garden City, NY 11530

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