About Karen Senecal-Davis
Clientele seen
Adults (25-64)
Couples
Seniors (65+)
Individuals
Treatment approaches
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic
Identity
Gender
FemaleLanguages spoken
English
Getting to know Karen Senecal-Davis
Karen creates a comfortable, thoughtful, and supportive therapeutic environment where clients can engage in meaningful personal growth. She offers a highly personalized approach, tailoring her work to each individual’s unique needs, goals, and life context.
Karen is a queer-identified, sex-positive, and affirmative therapist with particular expertise working with trans, gender-nonconforming, and LGBQ individuals. She also provides a supportive and nonjudgmental space for parents of LGBTQ+ children and adolescents, recognizing the wide range of emotions that can arise in this role. Karen is deeply committed to practicing as an anti-racist clinician and welcomes clients from all backgrounds and identities.
Her clinical specialties include depression and anxiety; sexual and gender identity exploration; support for parents raising LGBTQ+ youth; work with individuals engaged in social justice movements; and issues related to grief and loss.
Karen believes that the quality of the therapeutic relationship is the strongest predictor of meaningful change. Her approach is empathic, collaborative, and responsive, with careful attention to each client’s particular challenges and strengths.
Karen completed a five-year training in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies and has been in private practice since 2013. She previously served as Director of Training at the Training Institute for Mental Health, where she designed curriculum and worked closely with candidates and faculty. She is also certified in Psychoanalytic Supervision.
What should a new client know about working with you?
Our practice name is Roots and Branches Therapy. After you book your initial therapy session on ZocDoc you will get a call, email, or text from our team to schedule a 15-minute informational appointment with a member of the leadership team in our practice. The purpose of this appointment is to (1) ensure we are able to provide the services you are looking for, (2) discuss insurance/financial questions, (3) decide if you will meet in-person or via telehealth. Our leadership team will also answer any questions you have. After your informational appointment, we will then send you intake documents via our portal that must be completed before your first session with your therapist.
What is your typical process for working with clients?
The first session with all our therapists will be approximately 60-minutes and every weekly session thereafter will be 45 minutes. For individuals, our therapists will begin by taking your life history to better understand the context for your current goals and challenges. Over the next few weeks, you and your therapist will decide upon your goals for treatment. Each week, you will have the opportunity to process traumas, share challenges you are facing, celebrate victories, learn tools/techniques and strategize/role-play how to use them. Over time, your therapist will offer insights into your behaviors, validate your emotions, and help you become more connected, more effective, and less symptomatic.
Couples therapy is a similar process with a few exceptions in the intake process. Couples will meet for 1 (occasionally 2) sessions where they will share their history as a couple. After the first session, you will complete a Gottman couples assessment online that will help us quickly identify your strengths and challenges as a couple. In the next two sessions, your therapist will meet with each member of the couple individually to take their life history and understand the relationship in the context of their individual story. In the fourth session, you will review the results of the assessment and any insights your therapist has based on the prior sessions. Together, you will prioritize where to focus treatment. Each week, you will address current/past hurts/challenges as well as learn and practice skills to help you cope with them.
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Karen Senecal-Davis, LP has 50+ in-network plans.
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Office location
Karen Senecal-Davis, LP also offers online video visits for patients
Education and background
Practice names
Education and training
- Union Theological College, Master's in Divinity
NPI number
1609007764
How soon can I make an appointment with Karen Senecal-Davis?
Generally, Karen Senecal-Davis has appointments available on Zocdoc within 1 week. You can see Karen Senecal-Davis's earliest availability on Zocdoc and make an appointment online.
Is Karen Senecal-Davis accepting new patients?
Karen Senecal-Davis generally accepts new patients on Zocdoc. You can see Karen Senecal-Davis's earliest availability on Zocdoc and schedule an appointment online.
Does Karen Senecal-Davis accept my insurance?
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Can I make an appointment with Karen Senecal-Davis online?
Yes, you can make an appointment online with Karen Senecal-Davis using Zocdoc. It’s simple, secure, and free.
What practice does Karen Senecal-Davis work with?
Karen Senecal-Davis works with Roots and Branches Therapy.
Where is Karen Senecal-Davis's office located?
Karen Senecal-Davis has 2 office locations in Brooklyn, view full addresses on Karen Senecal-Davis's profile.
What are common reasons for patients to see Karen Senecal-Davis?
Karen Senecal-Davis frequently sees patients for New Patient Visit, Pain Management Consultation, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit, and Sleep Problems. You can see other visit reasons for Karen Senecal-Davis on their profile.
What languages does Karen Senecal-Davis speak?
Karen Senecal-Davis speaks English.