PsychotherapyTherapy that goes where the pain actually lives.

Depth-oriented, psychoanalytic psychotherapy for adults.

New York & Connecticut  ·  Westchester County  ·  Fairfield County  ·  PSYPACT Psychotherapy  ·  Nationwide Coaching & Consultation
Why psychotherapy

Sometimes understanding what happened
is not enough.

You may know that a relationship is unhealthy. You may understand that your childhood affected you. You may recognize the pattern you keep repeating, and still find yourself living inside it.

Psychotherapy gives us the space to be curious about what is happening beneath the surface: your history, relationships, defenses, fears, desires, and the meanings you may be making outside your awareness.

We are interested not only in what happened, but in how you came to experience yourself, other people, and relationships as you do.

What remains hidden still has influence. As more becomes visible, you have greater freedom to choose, and to restore what has been lost or disrupted.

Areas of focus

The work begins with what is happening now.

Relationships & Repeating Patterns Narcissistic & Psychologically Confusing Relationships Trauma & Betrayal Anxiety & Depression Divorce & Separation Family & Parenting Identity, Loss & Life Transitions

Our therapists work with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, narcissistic abuse, betrayal, divorce, parenting stress, postpartum adjustment, chronic illness, career stress, and major life transitions.

Telehealth psychotherapy for adults in New York, Connecticut, Westchester County, Fairfield County, and eligible PSYPACT jurisdictions.

Dr. Kristine Danback, clinical psychologist
How we think about therapy

The person in front of us is more than the problem that brought them here.

Symptoms have meaning. Patterns have histories. Relationships affect how we understand ourselves. And sometimes the ways we learned to protect ourselves become the very things that limit us later.

Our work is curious rather than prescriptive. We help you examine what you feel, what you assume, what you avoid, what you repeat, and what may be happening in the minds of the people around you.

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What Remains Hidden Shapes What Is Lived.

Our approach

Much of psychological life operates outside awareness: our defenses, expectations, fears, conflicts, and assumptions about ourselves and other people. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy brings more of that inner world into view.

Not because everything hidden must be uncovered, but because what we cannot recognize can continue to organize our choices.

Let's Confront Reality Together.
Insight Restores Choice.

Ways of working

Two paths. One aim: greater freedom.

Together we choose the depth and pace that fit your goals, your capacity, and your life.

Exploratory · Active · Depth-Oriented

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy begins with the life you are living now while remaining curious about what lies beneath it. Together, we examine recurring patterns, relationships, defenses, emotions, and earlier experiences that may be shaping the present outside your awareness. The work can be supportive when life is difficult and exploratory when deeper understanding is needed.

Typically one to two sessions per week
Deeper · Intensive · Transformative

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis offers more time and continuity to understand the unconscious patterns shaping personality, relationships, conflict, and choice. Meeting more frequently allows us to notice what emerges not only in the stories you tell, but in the therapeutic relationship itself, creating an opportunity for deeper and more enduring character change.

Typically three to four sessions per week
Telehealth psychotherapy session from a warm home space

A place to think and feel together.
Depth does not depend on being in the same room.

In their words

What the work can change

★★★★★
"After a long time of feeling stuck in every way, I have started to feel hope for myself, and I know she has hope for me too. I am learning so much more about myself than with any other professional. She is the perfect balance of relatable and professional."
Client review · "Giving me hope"
★★★★★
"Dr. Danback is patient and compassionate. She intently listens and makes sure she understands what you are expressing. Professional yet relatable, with a good sense of humor. Non-judgmental, and easy to talk to."
Client review · "Compassionate"
Ready to begin?

Start with a conversation.

You do not need to know what kind of therapy you need, or even exactly how to explain what is wrong. Meet with our Director of Intake & Growth. Tell us what has been happening, what you have tried, and what you are trying to understand. We will think with you about what comes next.

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