In today's social climate, women face a wide range of life and health concerns daily. Many females struggle with internal conflicts, such as perfectionism, maintaining an “ideal” image, or difficulty speaking up and feeling heard when it matters most. The pressure to serve others and overachieve can feel like a heavy burden while trying to present yourself as “together” to the outside world. Between work or professional training, relationship challenges and chaotic family struggles, it's easier than ever to suffer with diminished self-esteem and feelings resembling anxiety or depression.
You don't have to experience the hardships alone. Bryant West Psychology offers a full array of mental health services for women in New York to help you navigate societal pressures, manage difficult emotions, and move forward after significant events. In addition to helping you develop coping mechanisms, our tailored support focuses on building resilience, harnessing your strengths, and taking your next steps with confidence. Our psychiatric providers understand the unique needs of woman and the impact of hormonal challenges on mental health and functioning from puberty to post-menopause, and through complex pregnancies when reproductive psychiatry matters to both your health and that of your developing child. Our Assessment team is experienced in understanding how conditions like ADHD, Depression, Austism might show up differently in girls and women than they do in men, and are sensitive to your needs.
Common Reasons Women Seek Mental Health Services
Bryant West Psychology provides care for all stages of womanhood and specialized concerns, such as reproductive issues, grief after the loss of a pregnancy or child, and changing self-identity during menopause. Our psychiatrists use a Humanistic approach to treatment, which involves addressing your emotions as meaningful responses to your life experiences, especially overwhelming or painful events. We can help you navigate the following:
- Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar illness, ADHD
- Panic, Obsessions/Compulsions,
- Low self-esteem and self-criticism
- Reproductive mental health and infertility
- Pregnancy and postpartum adjustments
- Physical and Sexual Abuse, Harassment, Violation and Assault
- Career pressures and imposter syndrome
- Body image and perfectionism
- Sexual functioning concerns
- Boundary challenges
- Grief, loss and life transitions
Our practitioners aim to enhance your clarity, safety, and self-compassion in various situations. We employ a strengths-based approach to provide practical support and suggestions, ranging from achieving adequate sleep and optimizing your daily routines to communicating effectively with your partner and engaging in critical workplace conversations.
How Mental Health Treatment Works at Bryant West Psychology
At Bryant West Psychology, we're committed to helping women feel confident and empowered. Our clinicians offer a personalized, collaborative approach to help you face challenges. When you work with us, we'll help you map confront and change internal and relational patterns that get in your way and create distress, such as social comparisons, people-pleasing, avoidance, perfectionism and hyper-functioning that gets in your way.
Our professionals will walk you through how to regulate emotions, set clear boundaries, and practice compassionate self-talk. We encourage you to practice these skills, set realistic goals, and discuss insights between sessions. Some of our outpatient therapy options include:
- In-person therapy: Our centrally located offices at 40th Street and Broadway are easy to get to by subway, and close to Times Square, Port Authority, Grand Central and Penn Stations.
- Telehealth therapy: We're licensed to provide telehealth services throughout New York State, and some of our clinicians offer telehealth services in New Jersey and other states. These are indicated on their bios.
Once you've met with any of our clinicians, they can assist in coordinating care with other therapists who might offer Group Psychotherapy, or Couples/Family Psychotherapy, or other adjunctive psychotherapies. Any of our clinicians can coordinate care with a Psychiatric Providers for medication assessment and management, or can help set you up with a referral for Psychological Assessment Services. Please note that all of our services are available as a stand-alone services or in conjunction other services to address needs comprehensively.
Insurance and Fees
Bryant West Psychology works with most insurance plans (whether in-network or out-of-network) to make the financials easy, hassle-free, and paper-work-free for you. We can bill your insurance for you, and you can pay us any deductibles and co-pays by credit card or through Zelle, as well as the old-fashioned ways, such as check or cash.
In-Network: Our clinicians (except come of our Assessment Clinicians) are providers In-Network with Aetna and its affiliated insurances (Allied Benefit Systems - Aetna, Christian Brothers Services - Aetna, Health Scope - Aetna, Meritain, Nippon, Trustmark) and Student Health Insurances at NYU, Columbia, New School, and Fordham. Your in-network insurance company sets our fees, co-pays, and deductibles, making our service more affordable. We will discuss this with you.
Out-of-Network: We bill all insurance companies, such as United Health Care, Oxford, Cigna, Blue Cross/Shield, and Beacon (to name a few). Depending on your plan, your insurance may pay up to 80% of our fee (and sometimes more). We will do our best to work with you to make payment arrangements that won't break the bank—that is, your bank.
Take the Next Step Toward Confident Mental Well-Being With Bryant West
No matter what's happening, our clinicians can help you make sense of experiences and support changes that matter to you. We offer online services throughout New York State. Some of our, New Jersey, and other areas, and we provide in-person services in Midtown Manhattan.
We're located in the heart of New York City at 40th Street and Broadway, near all the city's major transportation hubs (Times Square, Port Authority, Grand Central and Penn Stations). Many of our clients come in from New York, New Jersey or the Connecticut suburbs.
We invite you to view our Psychotherapists – Psychiatrists – Assessment Specialists to find a clinician who resonates with you and reach out to them directly by phone or email, or book an appointment from their profile page. Or, if you need assistance in this process, please use our Contact Form to reach out to our Clinical Director, Stephen Schneider, Ph.D., who will be happy to help you find the right fit given your needs and preferences.