INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING

Our psychotherapy practice is geared towards helping adults who are looking to address and manage the aspects of their life that are not working. Much of our client base is young adults who are experiencing significant life angst or transition related to identity, career, sexuality, and interpersonal relationships. Our therapists are versed in working with people who are looking to process life experiences that are unresolved, issues related to family of origin, as well as those who are looking to better understand and/or make changes to their relationship with substances of use, abuse, or dependence.

While we do not do couples counseling, we are able to offer referrals to this service if needed. We do meet with collaterals at times when an existing client requests to bring in a family member or partner for a therapy session or two. We offer referrals to trusted providers who are able to prescribe medications if we determine that this would be a helpful supplement to your talk therapy.

GROUP COUNSELING IN NYC + HUDSON VALLEY 

Daring Greatly™ groups offered at Resilient Self Therapy are designed to help members explore areas related to their own relationship to vulnerability, shame, and wholeheartedness. These groups are offered in both an 8-week format as well as weekend intensives. See our Daring Greatly page for more detailed information about our group offerings.

For agencies and organizations that would like to provide Daring Greatly™ for their staff, Sarah Perl, LCSW-R, CDWF is available to work with your team on a consulting basis.

CLINICAL SUPERVISION

Clinical Supervision is one of the greatest gifts a clinician can give themself. It’s a gesture of professional self-care to have a safe, trusted space where therapists can present their challenges, enhance the thoughtfulness of their clinical relationships/interventions, and celebrate successes. Some reasons to seek supervision with Resilient Self Therapy are:

• The desire to deepen your clinical skill set and take your work to the next level
• Exploration of countertransference
• Increasing your comfort level working with substance use, shame, and issues commonly found amongst the millennial population
• Support around private practice building
• To attend to and reduce feelings of professional isolation

MILLENNIALS

Do you feel dissatisfied with the quality of your connections and relationships with others? Is dating feeling more like a drag than a desirable adventure?
Are you contemplating some of the biggest questions you’ve ever had to consider about love, work and/or becoming a parent? Are you feeling overwhelmed with juggling all of the responsibilities that are expected of you in adulthood?

Life is hard, we totally get it! The team at Resilient Self Therapy is familiar with the multitude of challenges that can arise during a “quarter-life crisis.” Your therapist will take the time to get to know you and the context in which your worries are impacting you. Together you will work to identify your goals towards relief and effective change.

SUBSTANCE USE

Are you finding it increasingly difficult to make good choices about your alcohol or drug use? Perhaps you’re starting to notice incremental ways that your use is starting to interfere with your relationships or commitments? Or maybe your use has gotten to a point where you are feeling out of control?

Working with a therapist at Resilient Self Therapy can help assess the nature of the problem and together we will collaborate to set goals towards positive change. We take a Harm Reduction approach to our work with substance using clients, which may mean finding safe ways to moderate your use or could also mean developing an abstinence plan to support your sobriety and recovery.

Family members or loved ones of substance users are also a common client to our practice. Being in relationship with people who are struggling with substance use can pose its own set of challenges, which we believe is very beneficial to have support around. Sometimes the best place to start is with yourself, so give us a call today to see how we can help.

WORTHINESS + PERFECTIONISM

Do you struggle around your own feelings of worthiness? Are you your own biggest critic and have a hard time feeling like you’re even on your own team? Do you tend to minimize your own successes and find limited satisfaction when you make achievements?

At Resilient Self Therapy, our clinicians can help with finding the deeper origins of this sort of self-loathing. Utilizing a philosophy of mindfulness and helping to teach compassion practices, our approach to helping is designed to combine both insight-oriented work with actionable steps that you can incorporate into your daily life.

Kathryn Pace, LMSW
Psychotherapist

Kathryn is a Licensed Master Social Worker offering psychotherapy via telehealth as well as in the New York City location of Resilient Self Therapy. Kathryn has a BA and MS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MSW from Columbia University. Before becoming a psychotherapist she worked in international economic development and as a yoga teacher in Washington, DC.

Kathryn enjoys approaching life from a place of curiosity, play, and humor, and brings much of this into her clinical practice. A life-long learner, she loves to explore and integrate modalities based in mindfulness, cognitive, and somatic work to create holistic and safe spaces for clients to explore and grow.

Kathryn grew up in the Midwest and after living in DC for nearly 10 years, is currently living in NYC. During her free time, she loves to explore outside, be physically active, meet up with her loved ones, or read a good mystery.

Siobhan Vondra, LMHC
Psychotherapist

Siobhan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor at the Hudson Valley location of Resilient Self Therapy. Siobhan received her BA from SUNY New Paltz and her MA from New York University in Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling. Prior to her shift into mental healthcare, she’s worked in the fitness industry as well as in Human Resources.

Siobhan has experience working with clients amongst the substance use/abuse/dependence spectrum and has done so through both individual and group therapy modalities.  She is interested in Interpersonal Neurobiology, the mind/body connection and mindfulness.  Siobhan is a lifelong learner and is always seeking out new opportunities to grow as a clinician.

Siobhan grew up in NYC and Ireland. Hence the unusual Gaelic name! It’s pronounced Shavon. She now lives in the Hudson Valley with her family. Reading and spending time with family and friends are her favorite past times.

Sarah Perl, LCSW-R, CDWF
Founder, Clinical Director, Psychotherapist

Sarah is the Founder and Clinical Director of Resilient Self Therapy with office locations in Manhattan and Kingston, New York. She received her BA from SUNY Stony Brook and her MSW from New York University. Sarah continued on to obtain a post-graduate certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. She has extensive experience in community-based social work, HIV/AIDS mental healthcare, harm reduction psychotherapy, and shame resilience work.

Sarah is committed to professional development and finds it essential for her practice. Continuing to learn and read keeps her engaged in her work. Sarah participates in clinical supervision as well as attends conferences, lectures, and webinars often.

Sarah grew up in the Hudson Valley and lives in Upstate, NY with her family and their dog. Traveling, spending time in NYC, all things culinary, and exploring nature are amongst her most cherished activities.

Hannah Houston
Administrative Assistant

Hannah is a Clinical Mental Health Counseling student, in her final year, at the College of Saint Rose. She received her Bachelors in Psychology from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2018.  She is currently interning as a Bereavement Counselor in an upstate hospice and joined the RST team as the Administrative Assistant in the Fall of 2022.

Hannah appreciates the care it takes to keep up with best practice. Hannah is committed to providing that care through the provision of administrative assistance That care extends from the clinicians to those we serve. She is here to help cross the Ts and dot the Is.

Hannah grew up in the Catskills. She currently lives with her partner and their dog, Sgt. Peanut Butter. She loves dance, crafting, reading, and alone-together time with her fiancé.