What patients are saying
Overall rating
4.61
Average wait time
4.66
Bedside manner
4.58
“I have been a patient for just over a month and he has helped me tremendously. He is a great listener and provides meaningful insights. I would recommend to anyone looking for a good therapist.”
Christopher G.August 7, 2024
“Benjamin Schafler is great at making you feel comfortable, allowing yourself to be vulnerable. He does a fantastic job at putting your thoughts and actions in perspective, helping you understand yourself in the world around you.
It was my first time going to therapy in general, I have been with career/life coaches before but never felt that they were helpful. After visits with Schafler, I feel like I am moving in a positive direction.”
Initials hiddenJuly 24, 2024Video visit
About Benjamin Schafler
Clientele seen
Young adults (18-24)
Individuals
Adults (25-64)
Couples
Seniors (65+)
Treatment approaches
Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
Interpersonal
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Psychodynamic
Eclectic
Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
Identity
Gender
MaleLanguages spoken
English, Hebrew
Getting to know Benjamin Schafler
NOTE: WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY MEDICARE or MEDICAID Plans even if under other labels such as Aetna, Anthem, Oxford etc.
With over twenty years of experience helping adults, children, and adolescents overcome obstacles to greater happiness and success, I bring out and support the special qualities of each person at their own level. I provide support, insight, understanding, and practical, solution-focused guidance and assistance. If seasoned professional input regarding school, career, family, relationship, behavioral, or personal progress could be of benefit, please call me to discuss how I can help.
I hold a Master's in Social Work from Yeshiva University and offer warm, thoughtful, objective professional counseling, assessment, psychotherapy, and consulting services. Services are available in the office, by phone, and at home, school, work, and other settings as needed.
What should a new client know about working with you?
I make therapy comfortable, relaxed, easy. I am here to help you overcome obstacles to happiness and success. I bring out and support your special qualities, and provide support, insight, understanding and practical solution focused guidance and assistance.
What is your typical process for working with clients?
Always start with here and now. Support, understanding. Feeling and functioning in your environment. Positive strategies.
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Out-of-pocket fees and assistance
Initial session: $150 for 45 minutes
Ongoing session: $150 for 45 minutes
Office locations
Benjamin Schafler, LCSW-R also offers online video visits for patients
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Education and background
Practice names
Education and training
- Yeshiva University, Master's in Social Work
Professional memberships
- Association of Professional Chaplains
NPI number
1144599259
Patient reviews
All reviews have been submitted by patients after interacting with the practice.
Overall rating
4.61
Wait time
4.66
Bedside manner
4.58
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Ben is a great therapist, straight forward guy. He has years of knowledge and helps me a lot in getting over my anxiety.
More than 1 year agoAB
Experienced and seasoned therapist who listened patiently and gave advice after understanding the entire situation.
More than 1 year agoInitials hidden
Hes Very professional great person very very helpful i highly recommend Mr Schafler
More than 1 year agoLM
Doctor is Insightful and easy to talk with. Looking forward to next discussion!
July 25, 2023Initials hidden
Straight shooter. Pushed me forward. Looking forward to speaking with him again.
More than 1 year agoInitials hidden
Great listener. Gave great advice. Made me feel comfortable the whole time
June 2, 2023Ellenmarie I.Verified patient
Excellent. Very knowledgeable and took his time to listen.
February 19, 2023Gleny M.Verified patient
Easy to speak to, good listener. Felt very comfortable.
More than 1 year agoInitials hidden
Ben was late for our first appointment, seemed like he wasn't even aware, I had to call him instead of him showing up to the Alma video link. For our second appointment, I never received any reach out or video link even though zocdoc told me the appointment was "confirmed". I called the number given, but nobody picked up, and I gave up after 15min of radio silence.
More than 1 year agoInitials hiddenVideo visit
I have been a patient for just over a month and he has helped me tremendously. He is a great listener and provides meaningful insights. I would recommend to anyone looking for a good therapist.
August 7, 2024Christopher G.Verified patient
Great job!
August 7, 2024Timothy V.Verified patientVideo visit
Benjamin Schafler is great at making you feel comfortable, allowing yourself to be vulnerable. He does a fantastic job at putting your thoughts and actions in perspective, helping you understand yourself in the world around you.
It was my first time going to therapy in general, I have been with career/life coaches before but never felt that they were helpful. After visits with Schafler, I feel like I am moving in a positive direction.
July 24, 2024Initials hiddenVideo visit
This is my first time doing therapy and I was very nervous but Ben made it very comfortable and definitely helped me through my Issues I’d highly recommend doing therapy and seeing Ben
July 21, 2024Shanice B.Verified patient
I had a great counseling session with Benjamin Schafler, and he left me with two game changers. One is that I left with a different perspective and mindset on something that was bothering me, and we turned it from a negative into a positive. And the second one was a breathing exercise to help me de-stress myself. I highly recommend Mr. Benjamin Schafler in his therapy.
June 7, 2024Conrad S.Verified patientVideo visit
Ben was a very personable therapist and made me feel comfortable talking about my troubles right away. He offered new perspectives to my situation and provided a lot of clarity with one session. He also provided practical methods to dealing with my anxiety and I will definitely be returning to him as my therapist.
June 7, 2024Jessica L.Verified patientVideo visit
My experience with Ben was life changing. He has helped with my panic attacks I've been recently having by listening to what has happened to me and giving feedback that I write down to reminder and use for my journey of self-healing. He's well spoken, and one particular thing during our conversation that made sense is that not every day you're going to have a perfect day. Your going to have your lows and your highs and you just want to improve at it little by little and eventually you'll get through your panics.
June 2, 2024Dimitrios M.Verified patient
Ben was a thoughtful, humorous, and insightful therapist who immediately made me feel comfortable. He helped me grapple with recent anxiety and stress I’ve been dealing with as a high achieving 28 year old in NYC. I’ll be leaning on him regularly moving forward!
April 8, 2024Chase C.Verified patientVideo visit
Very helpful, I have been dealing with depression/anxiety and he has helped me put things into prospective. I am glad that i reached out when i did
January 25, 2024Nicholas T.Verified patientVideo visit
He is great to talk to and makes me feel very comfortable with no pressure. He gives great advice and speaking to him has helped a lot
January 18, 2024Steven H.Verified patientVideo visit
Therapist was late two sessions in a row and even when on the calls he seems distracted and not focused on the conversation at hand. Family members are walking behind him during the call and the connection he was using was not great as many of the words he said were cut off.
July 31, 2023Initials hidden
Great experience, listened to all my concerns and gave some wonderful advice, I am a work in progress and will be continuing my sessions. Thank you so much!
July 25, 2023Initials hidden
Great great listener and willing to meet you where you are on your mental health journey. I am Dealing with a tragedy and i dont Feel forced to take any one route. But I have multiple options! Thanks ??
More than 1 year agoDD
Benjamin is a very good listener and asked great questions that helped me to think about aspects of the situation that I previously hadn’t realized could be connected.
July 23, 2023Michael H.Verified patient
Mr. Schafler is very kind and professional in contacting you and speaking to you during the meeting. He strives to guide you to be most successful in all your endeavors.
More than 1 year agoJL
He is someone who listens and gives honest feedback and advice. He will give you a different perspective on your thoughts and isn’t afraid to give it to you straight. I’m always appreciative of his sessions. Would definitely recommend.
More than 1 year agoAlex A.Verified patient
After about 7 minutes into our only session after asking me to share my story and issue the doctor interrupted me to say that he needed to txt his plumber. I waited for him to do so. Then we returned to my obviously not as important issue. He then again interrupted after another 5-7 minutes saying he now needed to talk to his plumber. That concluded our first and only session for me. I wanted to share my experience in case this might be helpful for others.
July 18, 2023Initials hidden
Awesome visit. Insightful responses. Allowed me to lead the conversation and had timely input and thought provoking, yet simple questions. I appreciated the visit. Will be doing it again.
July 7, 2023Initials hidden
I highly recommend this doctor because he is a great listener and knows what he is doing. He gives great advice and gives great explanations.
June 23, 2023Michael C.Verified patient
He was very professional, caring, honest, and helpful. Give me great tips to overcome some obstacles I faces. Can’t wait for our next meeting
More than 1 year agoEI
Amazing therapist.
More than 1 year agoRT
Will hear what you have to say and tells you what you have to hear to better yourself.
Will book again for future appointments!
More than 1 year agoDP
Got me to understand hot to navigate through panic attacks and how to get out of them. He genuinely listened and had great advice that was proven to work and did work on me.?
May 6, 2023Amanda Z.Verified patient
on my first visit Benjamin made me feel really comfortable. Especially when it's hard to talk open up about your problems. He answered all my questions with ways I can easily relate to. He was witty and funny. Definitely looking forward to my next therapy session. I have a lot of things to work out. So happy to have found Benjamin. Highly recommend him.
March 14, 2023Ignacio G.Verified patient
Benjamin Schafler is fantastic. I deal with severe anxiety and depression and Benjamin immediately began teaching me techniques. He is wonderful and very educated!
March 7, 2023Amanda R.Verified patient
Benjamin's session was effective from the first visit my husband and I had with him. He was straight forward, honest and knowledgeable. He was able to immediately make both my husband and I feel safe and comfortable in our time together and gave us productive feedback. I appreciate how quickly he was able to deescalate our tension and replace that space with constructive energy. You can tell this is a person who loves their job and does it well! 10 out of 10!
More than 1 year agoSD
It’s so comfortable to talk to Mr. Schafler, I know I will feel better and actually feel better every time after talking to him, nothing is too minor to talk about, every piece of your life is important while doing the therapy, and every piece of it can guided and listened from Mr. Schafler. This is my first therapy, I’m really glad I had it with Mr. Schafler. I know what to do and who to look for when I’m not feeling good. I wished whoever is hesitating to take a therapy can start the first therapy with Mr. Schafler. It’s worth trying!
More than 1 year agoNW
This is my first therapy and Mr. Schafler is my first therapist ever. It feels so comfortable to talk to Mr. Schafler, every information I shared is confidential and I can trust him that after talking to him, I will feel a lot better and be able to function. Probably he won’t solve my problems, but I will have the courage and motivation to move on and face the problems. He will guide me when I’m having thoughts that’s dragging me down and make myself feels awful and terrible. I stop crying all day after having the therapy with him, and whenever I’m back into the mood of overthinking and about to start crying uncontrollably, I know who to look for. My life seems more meaningful and I believe life will get better overtime.
January 17, 2023Initials hidden
Very easy and comforting to speak with and I felt very comfortable asking about personal issues with him basically right off the bat. It was my first time reaching out to a therapist and he immediately made me feel and know that it is a very common and helpful tool that poeple use daily for all sorts of things. He is very willing to listen and willing to give his best advice to help with anything you might want help with.
More than 1 year agoTC
Ben was caring and honest and helpful. He really allowed me to think of things in a different light! I would recommend him to anyone!
More than 1 year agoAA
This was such a pleasant experience. Benjamin was able to establish an immediate rapport with my teenage son. He was engaging and offered direction. It was a great session and my teen is very pleased!
November 21, 2022Initials hidden
Great therapist, would be honest with you, and share his advice that’ll help. would make time for you when you need it. Highly recommend
More than 1 year agoEV
Ben Schafler is a very helpful healthcare provider. He is easy-going and understanding. Ben has very interesting insight, and he deeply listens to concerns and tries to find genuine tools for one to self improve and feel relief. Professional but not intimidating.
More than 1 year agoAE
Highly recommend!! Benjamin Schafler was understanding and offered excellent strategies and advice to help me. He is a compassionate psychologist who truly cares! He led me to the path of recovery! I am truly grateful!!
More than 1 year agoEF
Benjamin Schafler was very compassionate and helpful. During my visit, he offered advice and proved himself to be an exceptional therapist who truly cares about his client’s wellbeing. Would highly recommend.
More than 1 year agoSF
This doctor was 20 minutes late to the appointment. Also in the middle of our session the doctor fell asleep and was snoring (I have it on video) Unprofessional and Unreliable. Do not recommend.
More than 1 year agoInitials hidden
Mr. Schafler is an exceptional therapist. He is very helpful and insightful. He is a great listener and easy to talk to. thank you
September 5, 2022Initials hidden
Easy to talk to
August 30, 2022Mark S.Verified patient
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August 20, 2022Haresh L.Verified patient
Helpful
August 19, 2022Jasmin P.Verified patient
Less than 3 months agoInitials hiddenVideo visit
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What practice does Benjamin Schafler work with?
Benjamin Schafler works with Caring Counseling & Psychotherapy.
Where is Benjamin Schafler's office located?
Benjamin Schafler has 8 office locations, including in New York, Smyrna, and Long Beach, view full addresses on Benjamin Schafler's profile.
What are common reasons for patients to see Benjamin Schafler?
Benjamin Schafler frequently sees patients for Depression, New Patient Visit, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit, and Sleep Problems. You can see other visit reasons for Benjamin Schafler on their profile.
What languages does Benjamin Schafler speak?
Benjamin Schafler speaks English and Hebrew.
How do patients rate Benjamin Schafler in reviews?
105 patients have reviewed Benjamin Schafler. The overall rating for this doctor is 4.61/5. They have a 4.58/5 rating for bedside manner and a 4.66/5 rating for wait time. You can read individual reviews and ratings on their profile.