Welcome, I’m glad you’re here.

My name is Basil, and I am a clinical social worker and psychotherapist working with adult individuals, couples, and multi-person relationships in New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut.

With nearly a decade of post-graduate practice, I have significant experience working with people who are navigating challenges related to depression, anxiety, trauma, OCD, gender identity and expression, sexuality and desire, dissociation, relationship issues, grief and loss, disability, chronic pain, and the effects of marginalization and systemic oppression.

I bring warmth, curiosity, compassion, respect, and candor to the therapy space. I am very relational in my approach, and reference a range of theories and modalities to meet each client’s unique needs.

I am passionate about supporting LGBTQIA+ adults, polyamorous or otherwise non-monogamous folks, and those interested in kink, BDSM, and leather community. My approach is also informed by my life experiences as a disabled queer trans woman.

During my early career, my work focused on LGBTQ youth homelessness, suicide prevention, crisis response, sex education, HIV testing and counseling, and harm reduction. Prior to opening my private practice, I served as the director of the gender and sexuality division at a busy NYC group psychotherapy practice consulting with and training clinicians around topics of queer and trans affirming care, somatic psychotherapy, polyamory and non-monogamy, kink and BDSM, suicide prevention, and other related topics. I have also provided consultation, training, and supervision for suicide prevention and crisis intervention hotlines.

Since opening my private therapy practice, I’ve pursued additional training and consultation in somatic psychotherapy, parts work and internal family systems, dissociative disorders, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), and Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD.

If you think we might be a good fit, please feel free to reach out to schedule a no-cost consultation with me.