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
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.

Why psychotherapy

Why psychotherapy, specifically.

Coaching helps you take the next step. Psychotherapy helps you understand why you keep ending up at the same step, dressed differently, with a new person.

This is not a case against coaching; we offer it ourselves, deliberately. But when a pattern is old enough, and the stakes are high enough, strategy alone won't move it. What moves it is understanding what the pattern is protecting you from, and building the capacity to tolerate what's underneath without needing the old defense.

That is the truth most self-help does not tell you: insight is slower than advice. It is also the only thing that actually holds.

Dr. Kristine Danback, clinical psychologist, in session with a client
How we think about therapy

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 continues 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

Begins with the life you're living now while staying curious about what lies beneath it: recurring patterns, relationships, defenses, and earlier experiences shaping the present.

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

Psychoanalysis

More time and continuity to understand the unconscious patterns shaping personality, relationships, conflict, and choice, including what emerges in the therapeutic relationship itself.

Typically three to four sessions per week
A note on integrity

We won't tell you that you need more therapy than you do, and we won't tell you coaching will fix something that requires depth work. Matching you to the right kind of help, honestly, is part of the work itself.

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"
★★★★★
"I am a male patient and Kristine is invested in me. My wife has the personality disorder and she was able to help me make decisions that have lead to greater mental health. I am a medical doctor and I need to be healthy for my own patient. Kristine is wonderful."
Client review
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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