Emily Walsh, Ph.D.

I’m thrilled to be joining the Bryant West team! I’m a licensed clinical psychologist available both in-person at the Midtown West office and virtually through New York State. I provide individual, group, and couples therapy and offer letters of support for gender-affirming care.

I have worked across outpatient, partial hospital, and inpatient clinical settings accompanying people through a wide range of emotional challenges. I have specialized training in eating and body image concerns, as well as several years of experience providing therapy in gender-affirming care clinics and college counseling centers.

Throughout my training, I have especially loved working with students and young adults who may be navigating major life transitions, seeking balance in work, school, and relationships, and exploring their authentic identities, though I welcome the opportunity to work with adults of all ages.

Together we might explore eating patterns, feelings and thoughts about your body, desire, burnout, gender, sex and sexuality, movement, play, embodiment, intuition, creativity, self-expression, relationships, communication, mindfulness, and boundaries.

Regardless of what you may be experiencing, I am committed to helping you live with more ease, pleasure, and authenticity. Liberatory care philosophies underlie my psychotherapy approach. All my work is trauma-informed and guided by feminist, fat positive (i.e., Health at Every Size), sex positive, queer-, kink-, and nonmonogamy-affirming principles, and I regularly engage with ongoing training in person-centered care.

I have foundational training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which means I may offer specific ways to help you manage intense emotional distress, navigate relationships, explore your values, and shift day-to-day behaviors. I have additional training in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches, which informs how we can explore your current and past relationships—with your family, friends, partners, and community, as well as our relationship. Reflecting on these patterns can lead to a richer, more nuanced understanding of your inner world over time.

I earned my PhD in clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I then completed my clinical internship in community mental health at Maimonides Medical Center and my postdoctoral clinical fellowship at the Pratt Institute Counseling Center.

It would be an honor to accompany you through this next season of your life. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you feel we might be a good fit!