I am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Barnard College of Columbia University and a master’s degree with honors in social work from NYU’s Silver School. I hold advanced certifications from the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP), the Training Institute for Mental Health (TI) for couples and relationship therapy, and the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP) for sex therapy.
As a certified couples and sex therapist, I have expertise in helping clients successfully navigate relational conflicts, intimacy challenges, emotional detachment and overwhelm, fear of abandonment and commitment, codependency, people-pleasing, aggression as defense, blockages to self-expression and communication. In terms of sex therapy, I tackle everything from dating concerns, medic issues, and desire discrepancy, but specifically enjoy work with non-traditional relationships, ethical non-monogamy, kink and BDSM, and I approach all topics with compassion, knowledge and understanding. My approach to couples work synthesizes ideas and techniques from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Bowenian family systems theory (BFST) and intergenerational patterning, Imago relationship therapy (IRT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and a psychobiological approach to couples therapy (PACT) derived from neuroscience-informed and attachment-based practices.
My work is shaped by a deep passion for helping individuals, couples, and families nurture meaningful connections—with themselves and their loved ones—while exploring the interplay of these relationships. From a basis of self-understanding, I guide the examination of unhelpful patterns and cultivate healthier, more gratifying ways of relating.
My style is highly interactive. While rooted in a relational and an insight-oriented approach, I integrate techniques from various models to meet my clients’ needs. I have advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, while also incorporating elements of developmentally-sensitive, identity-affirming, trauma-informed therapies and systemic models where individuals are understood within the context of their most important relationships. Additionally, I specialize in treating a wide range of presenting concerns, including depression, anxiety, and trauma experienced in both child and adulthood.
Mrs. Veronica Paige, LCSW, CST (she/her/hers)
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