Services
Telehealth & In-Person Therapy
Telehealth & In-Person Therapy
Telehealth & In-Person Therapy
Individual counseling services help individuals develop more adaptive responses to life’s core existential dilemmas. Sessions are designed to help you overcome personal challenges and achieve your goals whether in-person or virtually.
Couples Therapy
Telehealth & In-Person Therapy
Telehealth & In-Person Therapy
Couples' counseling services can help you and your partner improve communication, resolve conflicts, and build a stronger relationship. Whether you are facing challenges related to intimacy, trust, or other issues, couples' therapy can help you work through them and achieve greater satisfaction in your relationship.
Family Therapy
Telehealth & In-Person Therapy
Family Therapy
Family counseling services are designed to help families overcome challenges related to communication, conflict, and other issues. The goal is working with families to identify strengths and weaknesses, improve communication and problem-solving skills, and develop a stronger sense of cohesion and support.
about
Kimberly M. Pitrelli, MA, LMHC, CCTP
Background
Before starting my private practice in 2012, I had the privilege of working for the Chair of Psychiatry, William Breitbart, MD at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on end-of-life research studies for terminally ill cancer patients. Specifically, Dr. Breitbart's research and implantations of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP)--a manualized brief, structured psychotherapeutic intervention to help patients suffering with loss of meaning around illness--shaped the foundation of my clinical work.
The existential framework of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy is designed to help diminish feelings of despair that can be associated with cancer by helping patients focus on the importance of creating, reconnecting with, experiencing, and sustaining meaning in the face of illness.
I incorporate those key elements helping individuals explore the various ways in which one feels conflicted and/or in confrontation with aspects of his/her current state of well-being. My therapeutic framework addresses psychological angst and despair as it relates to one's inability to actualize his or her potential—spiritually, personally and emotionally. I am focused on helping individuals gain the courage and emotional comfort needed to ultimately alter one’s perception of self.
Education
Graduate School: New York University
Undergraduate School: New York University
Clinical Training
Post-Graduate: Weill Cornell Medical College Midtown Center for Treatment & Research
Graduate: Women-in-Need (WIN)
Certifications
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Areas of Focus
- Trauma
- Coping with Loss
- Grief & Bereavement
- Spiritual/Existential Issues
- Anxiety & Depression
- Coping & Mindfulness Skills
- Relationship issues
- Marital Counseling
