Therapy for adults in New York, in English or Spanish.
For expats, immigrants and high-achieving professionals who are tired of holding everything together on their own.
You cannot think your way out of anxiety, depression, or trauma.
I help clients build a healthier relationship with their thoughts by working with the mind-body connection, where stress and trauma often settle.
Unlike the traditional image of a silent therapist, I take an active, engaged role in our sessions. You can expect empathy and a real commitment to your well-being, along with gentle challenges that help you grow.
What I help with
Anxiety and overthinking
When your mind won't switch off and worry runs the day.
Depression
Low mood, numbness, or losing interest in what used to matter.
Professional burnout
High performance that has started to cost too much.
Trauma, anger and hypervigilance
Feeling on edge, reactive, or never quite safe.
Grief and life transitions
Loss, moves, breakups, new roles and other big changes.
Adjustment difficulties
When a change in your life is harder to recover from than you expected.
Identity and relationships
Cultural identity, sexual orientation, gender expression, and how you connect with others.
Expat and immigrant life
Adjusting to a new country and living between cultures.
You can belong to more than one place.
Se puede pertenecer a más de un lugar.
Therapy for expats and immigrants
Moving to a new country can be the right decision and still be hard. Many of my clients built impressive lives in New York and still feel caught between two places: not fully at home here, and no longer quite at home where they came from.
Together we make room for both. We look at what you carry from your culture and family, what you are building here, and how to feel more settled in your own skin.
Acculturation stress
The quiet exhaustion of new rules, a second language, and always having to adapt.
Identity between cultures
Questions about who you are now, and which parts of you get to stay.
Loneliness and distance from family
Missing people, holidays and milestones, and the guilt that can come with leaving.
Career pressure in a new system
Proving yourself at work while learning unwritten norms.
Relationships across cultures
Partners, family expectations, and different ideas of what a good life looks like.
About Alonso del Conde
Psychotherapist, LMHC with Diagnostic Privileges
My goal is to help you cultivate presence and self-awareness, with practical tools to work through anxiety, depression, anger, hypervigilance, trauma and relationship challenges.
I address the full range of your experience, emotional, psychological and spiritual, while honoring the complexities of cultural identity, sexual orientation and gender expression.
I work with adults in English and Spanish, because it matters to be understood in the language you feel in.
How I work
Therapy works best when you feel truly met. Change happens within the therapeutic relationship itself: a space where you can be honest, be curious about yourself, and feel accompanied rather than analyzed.
Within that relationship, I draw on several approaches.
Client-centered therapy
Starting from your experience, at your pace, with respect for who you are.
Psychodynamic therapy
Understanding how your history and relationships shape the patterns you live with today.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Getting to know the different parts of you, including the ones that protect, push or criticize, so they can work together instead of against each other.
Metacognitive therapy
Changing your relationship with worry and rumination, so your thoughts lose their grip.
I don't apply a method to you. I bring these tools into a relationship shaped around you.
Consultation for psychotherapists
I offer clinical consultation to fellow psychotherapists who want a thoughtful space to reflect on their work, in English or Spanish.
General clinical consultation
With a holistic view of both the client and the therapist.
IFS consultation
For clinicians bringing Internal Family Systems into their practice.
Psychodynamic consultation
Focused on case formulation, transference and the therapeutic relationship.
Use the contact form to ask about availability.
Fees and insurance
$200 per session
- In-network
- Aetna and UnitedHealthcare.
- Other insurance
- I'm an out-of-network provider. I can give you a superbill to submit to your insurer for possible reimbursement.
- Sliding scale
- Available for clients who need it.
- Pro bono
- A limited number of free spaces for Latin American immigrants facing financial hardship.
Pro bono therapy
Part of my practice is reserved for Latin American immigrants who are going through financial hardship and could not otherwise access therapy.
This space is for adults who:
- are from Latin America and live in New York
- are facing financial hardship that puts therapy out of reach right now
- are going through a difficult time, such as the stress of migrating, loss, distance from family, or adjusting to a new country
- prefer therapy in Spanish (sessions are online)
Spaces are limited. If this describes you, write to me through the contact form and mention "pro bono." I'll reply personally to talk about availability.
Questions
Do you take insurance?
I'm in-network with Aetna and UnitedHealthcare. For other plans I'm an out-of-network provider, and I can give you a superbill so you can request reimbursement.
What are your fees?
Self-pay sessions are $200. I also offer a sliding scale for clients who need it. If your plan includes out-of-network benefits, I'll give you a superbill so you can request reimbursement.
How do I get reimbursed with a superbill?
A superbill is a detailed receipt with the information your insurance company needs: session dates, diagnosis and service codes, and my license details. You pay for the session, submit the superbill to your insurer (usually online or by mail), and they reimburse you based on your plan's out-of-network benefits.
Before you start, it helps to ask your insurer: Do I have out-of-network benefits for outpatient mental health care? What is my deductible, and how much of it have I met? What percentage is reimbursed after that? Do I need pre-authorization?
Are sessions online or in person?
All sessions are online, so you can meet from home, the office, or wherever you feel comfortable.
Who do you work with?
Adults, including expats, immigrants and professionals navigating stress, difficult changes, life transitions and adjustments. I also work with anxiety, depression, burnout, trauma, grief, and questions of identity and relationships.
Is what I share confidential?
Yes. What you share in therapy is confidential, with the limited legal exceptions I'll explain in our first session.
How do I get started?
Send a message with the form below or email alonso@presence-therapy-ny.com. I'll reply personally to set up a consultation and see if we're a good fit.
Request a consultation
Tell me a little about what you're looking for. I'll get back to you personally.
Please don't include details you'd rather share in person. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 or go to the nearest emergency room.