Leah Mendelson, LMSW, NY | Psychotherapist

About Leah Mendelson

Focus areas

Academic Stress

Work-Related Counseling

Anxiety

Young Adult Issues

Depression

Clientele seen

Young adults (18-24)

Adults (25-64)

Individuals

Treatment approaches

Compassion Focused

Relational

Culturally Sensitive

Strength-Based

Emotionally Focused

Identity

Gender

Female

Languages spoken

English

Getting to know Leah Mendelson

Hello! I’m Leah Mendelson. I’m a Columbia University School of Social Work graduate, nature lover, and big fan of creative expression. I’m here to assist you in exploring what you need to, sitting with what you find, and supporting realistic changes to enhance your life. I draw from several modalities to inform my therapeutic style, including Mindfulness, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Systems Theory, DBT, and creative artistic expression.

What should a new client know about working with you?

I take a client-centered and humanistic approach to the therapeutic relationship, meaning that I believe you know yourself best and have the potential to chart your path and execute your goals. I’m here to help you explore your experiences, needs, and potential paths forward, and offer supports along the way. These supports may look like identifying behavior patterns, engaging mindfulness practices, rewriting your self-narrative, establishing achievable goals, or exploring past experiences through a new lens, among many other things. We’ll collaborate to determine what routes and practices are best for you. Our first few sessions together will be explorative and fairly unstructured. As we move forward, we may identify goals that you want to focus on or topics you want to explore. We’ll tailor the amount of structure from there. I often encourage clients to compassionately reconsider what “progress” means to them, especially when thinking of the therapeutic setting. Mainstream society can be overwhelmingly materialistic and accolade-driven. Psychotherapy can offer space and perspective to reevaluate what progress, and overall well being, may mean to you. I ground myself in cultural humility; we may have different backgrounds, but I will always regard your experiences and beliefs with respect and dignity.

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Out-of-pocket fees and assistance

Initial session: $200 for 60 minutes

Ongoing session: $200 for 50 minutes

Popular visit reasons

Agoraphobia

Depression

New Patient Visit

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit

Sleep Problems

Worry

Young Adult Issues

Agoraphobia

Depression

New Patient Visit

Psychotherapy

Education and background

Practice names

Phronetic Psychotherapy LCSW PC

Education and training

Columbia University, Master's in Social Work

NPI number

1760160428

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Frequently asked questions

How soon can I make an appointment with Leah Mendelson?

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Is Leah Mendelson accepting new patients?

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What practice does Leah Mendelson work with?

Leah Mendelson works with Phronetic Psychotherapy LCSW PC.

What are common reasons for patients to see Leah Mendelson?

Leah Mendelson frequently sees patients for Depression, New Patient Visit, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit, and Sleep Problems. You can see other visit reasons for Leah Mendelson on their profile.