Gary Dillon (He/Him/His)

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on understanding how past experiences, unconscious patterns, and early relationships shape present-day emotions and behavior. In our work, we explore recurring themes, defenses, and internal conflicts that may be limiting growth or fueling distress. Gaining insight into these patterns creates space for greater self-awareness, emotional freedom, and more intentional choices in relationships and life.

Relational therapy emphasizes how healing happens through authentic connection. I pay close attention to how relationships, including the therapeutic relationship, shape self-worth, trust, and emotional safety. By exploring relational patterns as they emerge in real time, clients can better understand how they show up with others, repair old wounds, and build healthier, more fulfilling connections grounded in honesty and mutual respect.

My approach to integrative therapy draws from multiple evidence-based frameworks to meet each client’s unique needs. Rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all model, I tailor therapy by combining insight-oriented, relational, and skills-based strategies. This allows us to address immediate concerns while also exploring deeper patterns, helping clients build sustainable change that fits their lived experience, identity, and goals.

As a therapist who works with clients relationally, I support clients in becoming aware of, exploring, and improving their relationships with themselves, others, and the world. In the context of couples work, I have been Gottman-trained and certified.

I have trained and led SafeZone training in various settings over the past decade. My identity as a person of color and a member of the LGBTQ+ community serves as a resource, often allowing me to connect to others in these communities in a way that may be difficult for those who do not have this shared identity. As a Black and LGBTQ+ therapist, I work to leverage my identities, research interests, clinical skills, and passion to work with and support people who identify as such.

I have trained and led SafeZone training in various settings over the past decade. My identity as a person of color and a member of the LGBTQ+ community serves as a resource, often allowing me to connect to others in these communities in a way that may be difficult for those who do not have this shared identity. As a Black and LGBTQ+ therapist, I work to leverage my identities, research interests, clinical skills, and passion to work with and support people who identify as such.

As a therapist who works with clients relationally, I support clients in becoming aware of, exploring, and improving their relationships with themselves, others, and the world. In the context of couples work, I have been Gottman-trained and certified.

As a Black male therapist in NYC, I bring over 15 years of clinical experience supporting clients navigating racial identity, cultural stress, and the psychological impact of racism. My work helps clients explore how race, power, marginalization and lived experience shape self-worth, relationships, and emotional well-being. Therapy is a space to name what you’ve carried, make meaning of it, and build clarity, agency, and resilience without minimizing your reality.