Anna Velychko, LCSW
Message from Anna
Welcome… My name is Anna, and I use she/her pronouns. Thank you for taking a moment to get to know me. As a first-generation American who immigrated alone at the age of 19, I understand the feeling of being othered and the challenges of navigating multiple identities. In our sessions, I’d help you identify what keeps you stuck, what creates inner tension between your desire to experience life fully, and your fear of straying from what is familiar. My background enriches my approach, offering a deep resonance with those facing similar transitions. You can read more about my work on my website, annavelychko.com. How I Work My presence is guided by bioenergetic analysis, somatic experiencing, and psychodynamic theories, enriched by my firsthand experience with immigration and cultural transition. Together, we work on increasing awareness and insight around the manifestations of internal pain and anguish, such as anxiety, depression, loss of meaning, self-trust issues, identity confusion, and fear of life and connection with others. These issues often intersect with the challenges of adapting to new cultural contexts, which I deeply understand. I practice yoga, Five Rhythms, learn pottery and interior design, and engage with psychoanalytically informed literature. Education and Training I have an MS in Social Work with an emphasis on the psychodynamics of reproductive health and a BA in Psychology. As of 2022, I completed the 3-year Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute Program, which gives me specialized experience working with attachment ruptures, developmental, and systemic trauma. My training experiences include yoga teacher training, the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC), Kint Institute Arts and Trauma Treatment, the Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT), and Elmhurst Hospital.
About Anna's practice
Weekdays After 5pm
Weekdays 9am - 5pm
Weekdays Before 9am
$$$
Sliding scale
Directive
Reflective
Body-based
In-person available: Yes
Virtual available: Yes
Anxiety
Codependency
Depression
Family Dynamics
Trauma
Artist-Related Stress
Dating
Immigration
Out of network providers
NY
Why state matters
Get to Know Anna
From your perspective, what is therapy?
Therapy is about me facilitating the environment for your self-discovery and healing; it's not about me fixing you. It's a space for you to think together with me to create awareness of your true needs and feelings, and the possibility of expressing them, maybe for the very first time. Therapy is a relationship that takes commitment, consistency, authenticity to help uncover your fears and aspirations. With time, this relationship can become a reflective mirror of the patterns from the past that kept you stuck. And above all, therapy is about bringing a sense of vitality – the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings, not just happy and beautiful, to reflect the entire range of human experience.