“What is natural cannot be immoral.”
Therapeutic Approach
My therapeutic approach is rooted in the tradition of the Scottish psychiatrist and psychoanalyst R. D. Laing.
Laing advocated a collaborative treatment focusing on self-examination in order to liberate individuals from shame and trauma.
He was staunchly against stigmatizing and medicalizing individuals struggling with mental health symptoms, and worked to help his patients live free of psychiatric medication.
Psychotherapy can thus be a powerful tool for individual and collective liberation, making it particularly well-suited to addressing the needs of historically disenfranchised and stigmatized groups.
About Me
Dr. C. S. Hovey
Educated and trained in New York City, I spent time working in outpatient clinics, inpatient hospital units, and college counseling centers.
I have chosen to spend my career specializing in work in the LGBTQIA+ community, a group too often subject to trauma and societal stigma.
I have extensive experience with college mental health, and have found undergraduate and graduate students often derive great benefit from psychotherapy during this pivotal moment in their lives.
I hold an M.A. degree in Jungian psychology, and a doctorate in clinical psychology, specializing in trauma and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Professional Affiliations:
American Psychological Association, Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology
The New School for Existential Psychoanalysis
Connecticut Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
The National Register of Health Service Psychologists
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. ”
Psychotherapy Services
I currently work virtually in New York City and maintain an in-person office in New Haven.
I am licensed to practice in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and am also registered with Psypact, an interjuristictional psychology license compact, which allows me to practice virtually in most states. For a map of all states in which I can practice, please consult the Psypact website: https://psypact.gov/.
I accept Aetna insurance in New York and Massachusetts, as well as the NYU student health insurance plan (Wellfleet.) If you do not have insurance, I’m happy to assist in securing out-of-network reimbursement, which in some cases can be comparable to in-network rates.
Finding a good fit with your therapist is important, and to that end I offer a 15-20 minute phone consultation at no charge.
“Psychotherapy must remain an obstinate attempt of two people to recover the wholeness of being human through the relationship between them. ”
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