HOLISTIC THERAPY
HOLISTIC THERAPY
Virtual Psychotherapy Serving NY
An individual therapy session at Rooted Therapy is first and foremost a real, engaged conversation between two humans. It’s not overly clinical or one-size-fits-all. We talk about what’s actually happening in your life:
Work stress
Relationships
Identity
Emotional reactions
Patterns that keep showing up in ways that feel confusing or frustrating
Together, we slow things down enough to understand not just what is happening, but why it makes sense given your experiences.
The Therapeutic
Relationship Matters
Just as important as the approaches we use is how we show up. Our New York based therpaists bring our humanity into the room through curiosity, presence, attunement, and honesty. The relationship itself is part of the work. We are engaged, thoughtful collaborators who pay attention not only to your story, but to what unfolds in the space between us.
Integrative Therapy Using Psychodynamic, Somatic, and Parts Work Approaches
Rather than relying on a single structured modality, we work integratively and responsively. We may draw from:
Psychodynamic therapy
Attachment-focused therapy
Parts-based frameworks
Mindfulness
Somatic awareness
Relational therapy
These are not techniques we apply to you, but tools we bring in when they help something make sense, support regulation, or deepen the work.
Relational and Trauma-Informed Therapy based in New York City
Our practice based in NY is grounded in a holistic, relational perspective. We don’t see you as a set of symptoms to fix; we see you as a whole person shaped by your history, your relationships, your environment, and the systems you move through. Many of the patterns you’re dealing with are not random or “wrong,” but adaptations that developed for a reason and often make a lot of sense in context.
For example:
Constantly scanning other people’s moods
Trying to prevent conflict
Feeling responsible for others’ emotions
Struggling to express needs directly
We don’t start by labeling that as “overly anxious.” We get curious about where it comes from and how it may have once been a meaningful way of staying safe or connected. Part of our work is helping you understand these patterns with more clarity and less self-blame.
Anti-Oppressive and Decolonial Mental Health Care
We don’t position ourselves as experts on your culture or lived experience, nor do we assume that Western psychological frameworks hold all the answers. Instead, we approach therapy with:
Humility
Curiosity
Respect for healing practices and worldviews that exist beyond a Eurocentric lens
Therapy here isn’t about shaping you into something more acceptable. It’s about helping you feel more like yourself, with more context, more self-understanding, and more choice in how you move through the world.
Understanding Emotional Patterns Through Context and Attachment
As New York social workers, we bring a systems-oriented and anti-oppressive lens into the room. We pay attention to how power, identity, culture, and context shape your mental health and your sense of self. We also understand therapy as inherently connected to larger systems. Policies, institutions, and social structures directly impact people’s access to safety, resources, and support, and therefore their emotional and psychological well-being.
Our approach is decolonial in that we:
Question narrow Western definitions of wellness
Remain mindful of the intergenerational and ongoing impacts of colonization and systemic oppression
Resist pathologizing difference
Make space for multiple ways of knowing, healing, and relating
Therapy in NYC That Moves at Your Pace
Rather than following a predetermined structure, sessions are shaped in real time around your needs, experiences, and goals. Some days we focus on something immediate and pressing; other days we slow down and reflect, connecting past experiences to present patterns. We move at your pace, respecting your capacity while gently supporting growth over time.
The goal isn’t just insight, but integration. Over time, many clients find they feel more steady, more self-aware, and more equipped to navigate their inner world and their relationships with greater clarity, intention, and self-trust.