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Existential Therapy in NYC
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Reconnect with a sense of purpose when life feels aimless or uncertain
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Explore your values and make choices that feel more aligned and authentic
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Develop greater emotional depth and resilience in the face of change, grief, or transition
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Understand yourself more fully—beyond roles, expectations, or past stories
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Strengthen your ability to navigate uncertainty with clarity and self-trust
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Find meaning in painful experiences rather than feeling defined by them
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Cultivate a more honest, compassionate relationship with yourself
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Move beyond “coping” into conscious, intentional living
Existential therapy doesn’t give you all the answers—it helps you live more fully inside the questions.
Existential Therapy in New York
Guidance Through the Big Questions of Life
Are You Asking Yourself, “What’s the Point?”
Maybe you’ve achieved what others call success—but still feel empty. Maybe you’re in a relationship, or not, but loneliness persists. Or maybe you’re in a moment of transition—grief, identity loss, career change—and the ground beneath you feels unstable.
These aren’t “mental health problems.” These are existential concerns. And they’re incredibly human.
At Authentically Living, we offer existential therapy in New York for individuals who are ready to confront these deeper questions, move through emotional pain, and reconnect with meaning, purpose, and self-trust.
More Than Just Therapy — A Philosophical Partnership
Existential therapy is a dialogue between therapist and client, not as expert and patient, but as two human beings facing the rawness of life together.
We won’t rush your insights. We won’t bypass your pain. We’ll sit with you in the unknown, help you reframe suffering as part of being fully alive, and walk with you as you shape a life that feels more authentic, courageous, and self-led.
What Is Existential Therapy?
Existential therapy is a powerful approach rooted in philosophy and psychology. Rather than focusing solely on symptoms, it helps you examine the core of your human experience:
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Who am I beyond what I do or produce?
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What do I truly value?
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How do I make peace with uncertainty, freedom, and loss?
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What does it mean to live an authentic life?
This therapy invites you to explore your truth courageously, without needing to “fix” or avoid it. It’s especially effective for those who feel:
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Lost, stuck, or detached from their values
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Overwhelmed by life’s uncertainty
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Paralyzed by choice or directionlessness
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Haunted by existential anxiety or spiritual emptiness
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Tired of surface-level coping strategies that don’t last
Hers is a voice of healing, transcendence and elegance, humility and loving-kindness.
I felt heard and understood, and words can never describe how eternally grateful I am...
Not sure how to describe it, but I finally learned who I am.
Why Existential Therapy Matters—Especially in New York
New York is a city of ambition, diversity, and intensity. It’s a place where people push themselves to grow, achieve, and adapt. But beneath the drive, many quietly wrestle with profound questions: Am I living the life I want? Am I connected—to others, to purpose, to myself?
Existential therapy creates space for these questions—not as problems, but as gateways to freedom.
If you're looking for therapy that doesn't reduce you to a diagnosis, that honors the full weight of your experience and complexity, existential therapy with our team in New York may be what you’ve been missing.
Why Choose Authentically Living?
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Deeply trained, licensed clinicians in existential, trauma-informed, and humanistic therapies
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Emotionally nuanced care for complexity, depth, and inner conflict
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LGBTQIA+ affirming, identity-conscious, and culturally responsive practice
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Personalized, flexible, and non-pathologizing therapeutic approach
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A space where you can be messy, searching, and fully human
🔗 Schedule a free consultation with Cynthia Shaw or Sapira Cahana
📍 Serving all of New York – NYC, Brooklyn, Upstate, Long Island, and beyond
📞 Prefer to talk first? Call us directly at 312.600.3775🌿
"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." – Viktor Frankl
FAQs about existential therapy
Begin Your Existential Journey Today
Maybe you’ve tried strategies—meditation, journaling, podcasts, even other therapies. They may have helped temporarily, but something still feels... unresolved.
You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re human.
What you may be experiencing is not a crisis of productivity—it’s a crisis of meaning. Existential therapy doesn’t offer easy solutions or quick fixes. What it offers is the rarest kind of space: one where your pain, your questions, and your complexity are not just tolerated—they're welcomed.
Here, you're not asked to quiet your inner voice. You're invited to listen to it more deeply.
You don’t need to have the answers. You just need a space where asking the questions is safe, sacred, and supported.If you’re seeking a New York existential therapist who will meet you at the level of your humanity, we invite you to work with
Cynthia Shaw at Authentically Living.