justin butler, LCSW
Message from justin
We will work collaboratively to reach mutual understanding, honest emotional expression, and to acknowledge and nourish your true self, in all of its complexity - which will hopefully lead to a more authentic, vibrant, fulfilling life. Therapy can offer a path through the stress and trauma of everyday life, and increase our resilience. My clients say that therapy has re-introduced them to themselves, allowed them to understand and accept themselves, helped them identify and change problematic patterns, given them new coping tools, helped them heal, and helped them find their voice. I work with a wide variety of clients and issues, with a focus on depression & mood issues, anxiety, identity, trauma, isolation, addiction, personality disorders, psychosis, loss & bereavement, and relationship & intimacy issues. I work with individuals, couples, and families; I also facilitate therapeutic groups. Contact me for a free phone consultation.
About justin's practice
Weekdays 9am - 5pm
Weekdays After 5pm
Weekdays Before 9am
$$$
Sliding scale
Reflective
Body-based
In-person available: Yes
Virtual available: Yes
Addiction and Substance Use
Trauma
Romantic Life
Self-Esteem
LGBTQIA-Related Stress
Life Transitions
Loneliness
Bipolar Disorder
Aetna
NY
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Get to Know justin
Are there any philosophies or values that inform your work that I should know about?
-Mental health is the capacity to tolerate difficult emotions. -By being allowed to be our authentic selves, and validated in a non-judgmental space, our true selves emerge more and more--and the answers to our questions and problems emerge, too. -Mood, psychosis, and personality are complex spectrums, and we all exist somewhere on those spectrums--and in different parts of those spectrums depending on the moment. -Personality 'disorders' are treatable. -Therapy can offer life-changing 'corrective emotional experiences.'
How can you tell if I am benefiting from working with you?
We'll be able to tell because you've described how your symptoms or unwanted behavior/pain/challenges have lessened; or you report or appear to be a more vibrant, authentic, spontaneous version of yourself; or your awareness understanding of your Self has improved/increased; or your resilience and ability to tolerate difficult/negative feelings has increased.
How should I prepare for my first session with you?
You can think about what brought you to therapy, what questions you have about therapy, what ideas you have about therapy, what you would like to change, or how you're feeling today--right now. But really you don't have to prepare anything because your honest self in the moments we're together is all that you need to be!
Where did you work before going into private practice?
Community clinic in Brooklyn; Rikers Island / NYC Jail system; NYC Health + Hospitals; Embodied Mind NYC; Bronx Veterans' Hospital; Children's Aid Society; Good Shepherd Services