I specialize in working with queer and trans people, and with anyone for whom gender, sexuality, power, and authority have become sites of suffering. I work with people experiencing psychosomatic distress, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, anxiety, and depression. My treatment style is best suited for people who feel dissatisfied with quick fixes, and want a lasting sense of aliveness, self-knowledge, and the freedom to be in more fulfilling relationships.
Adults & Adolescents
I work with adults and adolescents on a weekly or multiple-times-per-week basis. Some people come in feeling panicked, stretched too thin, or out of control; others come feeling isolated, disinterested, or hopeless. Many people I work with have experienced harm because of their identities — whether at the hands of peers, families, schools, institutions, or governments. My clinical experience includes work with artists, activists, immigrants, academics, sex workers, and other care professionals; and with people who have experienced trauma and extreme states, including sexual assault, violence, abuse, and self-harm.
Therapy for Children
I approach my work with children with joy, curiosity, sincerity, and a willingness to make a mess. Often children have a presenting behavioral issue — such as acting out, withdrawing, or signaling distress to adults and caregivers — and I provide a safe and confidential environment in which we can find out what’s going on. I use drawing, pretend play, and collaborative games to provide a space where children can symbolize their internal worlds, and over time, can process their distress through the therapeutic relationship. My experience includes work with children who are queer, trans, and/or have LGBTQ+ families; and with children on the autism spectrum, presenting with ADHD symptoms, or responding to acute traumas.
About Me
I am currently pursuing independent formation as a psychoanalyst, which has included clinical supervision, personal psychoanalysis, coursework through psychoanalytic institutes, and peer study groups. My interest in psychoanalysis is rooted in questions about language, the body, and the unconscious: How do our symptoms feel, what meanings do we ascribe to them, and how do social and political forces get spun into our internal psychic worlds? As a singular journey for each person, psychoanalytic treatment places an emphasis on subjective experience and the internal conflicts that can contribute to suffering.
I graduated with honors from the Silberman School of Social Work, and previously received degrees in the arts from Yale University (M.M.) and Columbia University (B.A.). My professional affiliations include Manhattan Alternative, Das Unbehagen: A Free Association for Psychoanalysis, and the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (Division 39) of the American Psychological Association. My writing appears in the psychoanalytic journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality.
I offer both in-person sessions in Lower Manhattan and virtual sessions via Zoom. My office is ADA accessible and there is an all-gender bathroom on site. I am out-of-network with insurance, and currently have sliding scale availability. I am part of Dulcinea Pitagora’s team of psychotherapists.
You may reach me at 646-535-6769 or jasminegelber.therapy@gmail.com.