Now offering both in-person sessions in Midtown Manhattan and telehealth — English · Farsi · French
Individual, couples, and family counseling across New York City, in person in Midtown Manhattan or online through secure telehealth.
Simona Shokrian, LCSW-R, offers psychotherapy and counseling in New York. She meets clients in person in Midtown Manhattan and online across New York and California, including Brooklyn, Queens, and Los Angeles. Over 25 years of clinical work, she has supported individuals, couples, and families through relationship strain, anxiety, family conflict, and major life changes.
Starting therapy, or coming back to it, takes some courage. Everyone runs into difficult stretches in life. Therapy gives you room to make sense of them and to develop the understanding and coping skills that carry forward.
My first job is to listen until I truly understand what you’re dealing with. From there, we put words to your thoughts and feelings, name what you need and want, try out new approaches, and back the choices you make. You should leave sessions with more insight and more confidence in your personal, relationship, and professional life.
25 yrs
25 years of clinical experience
4,000+
post-graduate clinical hours
3
English, Farsi, and French
Ackerman
family therapy training
Individual Therapy in NYC
Private time to work through anxiety, low mood, relationship worries, pressure at work, or a major change in your life.
Couples Therapy in NYC
Strengthen closeness and learn to talk to each other more clearly, whether you’re dealing with marriage, becoming parents, or cultural differences between you.
Family Therapy in NYC
Make sense of how your family operates: who plays which role and how you communicate. Sessions can include everyone or just part of the family.
Group Therapy in New York
A confidential, guided group where shared struggles feel less lonely.
Counseling for individuals, couples, and families across New York City, plus telehealth in California. Each location below will link to its own page once built.
Therapy in Manhattan, New York
In-person sessions at my Midtown office at 1115 Broadway, with telehealth also available.
Counseling in Brooklyn, New York
Counseling and psychotherapy for Brooklyn residents, in person in Manhattan or online.
Therapy in Queens, New York
Individual, couples, and family therapy for clients in Queens, in person in Manhattan or online.
Online Therapy in Los Angeles, California
Telehealth sessions for clients in Los Angeles and across California, where I am licensed. I practiced in LA for years after earning my MSW at USC.
Sitting in the same room can make a conversation easier. My office is on the 12th floor at 1115 Broadway, a quiet, private space near Madison Square and close to the N, R, W, B, D, F, M, 1, and 6 trains at 23rd Street. I see clients in person Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. When travel doesn’t fit your schedule, secure telehealth offers the same care wherever you are in New York or California.
Six clinical lenses, one holistic understanding of you.
I combine psychodynamic, relational, and humanistic thinking with family systems theory. Using several perspectives lets me see each person, couple, and family as a whole, instead of fitting you into one model.
Multilingual practice.
You can work with me in English, Farsi, or French, which matters for New York’s many cross-cultural families and individuals.
Bicoastal experience.
I’ve practiced for 25 years in both Los Angeles and New York, with clients from many cultural and professional backgrounds.
Collaborative, not clinical.
I’m a neutral, non-judgmental listener who works alongside you, not above you.
Every format, one practice.
Individual, couples, family, and group therapy are all available with the same therapist, so you don’t have to start over as your needs change.
Rigorously trained.
A USC MSW, over 4,000 post-graduate clinical hours, and two years of training at the Ackerman Institute for the Family.
Easy to reach.
Call, text, or email me directly. Getting in touch shouldn’t be harder than what brought you here.
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Reach out.
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Free 15-minute consult.
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Begin care.
Issues We Work Through
Relationship issues:
intimacy, communication, sex, trust and commitment, roles and expectations, break-ups and loss, cross-cultural issues, pre-marital counseling
Family issues:
marital discord, parent/child conflict, sibling rivalry, parenting skills, separation, blended families, fertility issues
Life transitions:
passions and goals, career choices, college life, social isolation, adjusting to parenthood, divorce, adulting, aging
Anxiety and emotional well-being:
anxiety, depression, self-esteem, identity, and stress. This mental health counseling in New York is tailored to the person, not to a diagnosis label.
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