Sara Gillooly LMHC

(She/her)

Accepting Clients

I am a queer, neurodivergent therapist who specializes in working with LGBTQ+, neurodivergent adults and those healing from complex trauma.

Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York

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Services

  • Individual

About My Clients

I'm a queer and neurodivergent therapist who specializes in working with those healing from complex trauma, survivors of emotionally immature parents and narcissistic abuse, LGBTQIA+ folks, and autistic and ADHD adults. I offer a warm, collaborative, and compassionate space that allows us to work together on deepening your understanding of yourself and connection to others while moving towards an embodied sense of healing, growth, and self-compassion.

My Background and Approach

I practice with a strong awareness of the inextricable link between systemic oppression and mental health while blending various modalities that are tailored to the unique needs of each client that serve to foster safety within our bodies, calm emotional and sensory dysregulation, increase connection, and strengthen our own authentic voices. I work from an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed lens utilizing various modalities in my practice such as relational, psychodynamic, DBT, RO-DBT, somatic, attachment, and mindfulness-based therapies.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

From my perspective, being a neurodiversity affirming practitioner means that I don’t believe neurodivergent people need to be “treated” but rather understood and affirmed for who they are. I strongly stand against ABA “treatments” that traumatize the autistic people they serve. As a queer therapist, I have a deep understanding of how navigating a cis-hetero world impacts our own mental health. I provide an affirming space for people across the gender and sexuality spectrum that is sex, kink, and poly-positive.

Techniques I Use

Other Techniques

  • Attachment Theory
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties

ADHD Therapists Autism Spectrum Disorder LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists

Other Issues

  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Body Image Issues
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Immigration/Acculturation
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Sexual Problems
  • Spirituality
  • Systemic Oppression Therapy
  • Women's Issues

Client Focus

Languages
English

Qualifications

License
LMHC, State of New York · #012172
Years in practice
7 years

Insurance Plans Accepted

  • Out of Network

I offer online counseling in the following states:

Hours & Availability

New clients welcome
Currently accepting new clients
Telehealth
Available

At A Glance

  • Experience: 7 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $150 - 225/session

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