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Chris Anderson

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About

Chris practices largely from a psychodynamic/psychoanalytic perspective, but also utilizes CBT, Mindfulness, and other techniques. This means that understanding your relationships, your past, and your current struggles and goals are always connected in his mind, and these connections are a large focus of the way Chris work. Chris rarely gives "homework" and prefers to have less structured sessions, starting with whatever is on your mind that day, large or small. He is quite interactive and welcomes feedback throughout the therapy process.

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"I have been working with the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities since 2002, and continue to enjoy the work, and understand the importance of feeling comfortable with the person you are in therapy with."

Borough

Manhattan

licensure

LCSW-R

Pronouns

He/Him/His
Medication Management

clinical Focus Areas

Anxiety
Depression
Eating Disorders
PTSD
Addiction
OCD
Medication
Gender
Sexuality
Other

counseling types

Adolescents
Adults
Couples
Families

Queer Competencies

These are areas of expertise based on what the provider has studied, where they've worked, what they've lived through, and the clients they want to work with.
BIPOC Intersectionality
HIV and AIDS
Kink BDSM
Polyamory
Sexual Functioning
Sexual Orientation
Spirituality Intersectionality
TGNC Transition Support Letter

Modalities

Eclectic
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic

frameworks

Integrative
Multicultural
Social Justice
Strength-Based
Trauma-Informed

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