Megan Cortese (She/Her/Hers)

LCAT
Accepting Clients

Each person has a unique journey and I would be honored to join you on yours! Together we can create a path that is right for you!

Art Therapist in New York

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Child
  • Adolescent/Teen

About My Clients

Healing can look and feel different for everyone. Whether you have experienced significant trauma, setbacks, loss, difficult relationships/attachment, parenting difficulties, anxiety, or depression; there has been an impact on the way you think, feel, and interact. These experiences shape and mold our understandings of the world and how we fit in it. If you are looking to create a healing centered path based in the connection between our mind and body, we may make a great team!

My Background and Approach

I am a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (NY) that focuses on a bottom-up approach to therapy. What this means is, our brain stores our experiences in the brainstem....so that is where we have to start our treatment in order to move to the top with higher level thinking. Until we can learn to be present and regulated in our body, it’s impossible to truly process and heal from our experiences. I am trained in utilizing DBT, CBT, TFCBT, EMDR, PSB-CBT and pull from Dr. Bruce Perry, Paris Goodyear-Brown, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, and Brene Brown. I utilize art therapy and talk therapy interventions as appropriate based on clients comfort, need, and preference. I have practiced in the field for 10 years and have partnered with children through adulthood in additional to parent support and family therapy. In addition to the experience listed, I am also trained in supporting sexual reactivity and sexual abuse in children and their families.

Techniques I Use

Other Techniques
  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment Theory
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Couples Counseling
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Expressive Art Therapy
  • Family Systems
  • Family Therapy
  • Harm Reduction Therapy
  • Holistic Therapy
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Play Therapy
  • Relational Therapy
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)
  • Trauma Therapy

Issues I Treat

Other Issues
  • Abuse
  • Anger Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Child Issues
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief or Loss
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Sexual Problems
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Teen Issues
I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: 14 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $90 - 120/session

Reach out to Megan