Psychotherapist

Individuals & Couples

Greenpoint Location & Telehealth

We all want to be seen and heard holistically. Sometimes we experience shame, depression, and anxiety due to conflict. I believe it’s important to examine these feelings to strengthen and improve our sense of self. Different parts of ourselves interact with the world through systems of race, culture, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, family, and community environments.

My therapeutic approach is psychoanalytic; together we will explore how the past persists into the present both consciously and unconsciously, and how it may hinder how we function in and think about the world. I strive to create a caring, friendly, curious, and non-judgmental space to facilitate your process to work through the conflict. I also value the use of dreamwork and what it can inform us about the unconscious.

I am a Licensed Social Worker with five years of experience working with individuals who are experiencing anxiety, depression, sexual trauma, life transitions, immigration, family conflict, drug/alcohol abuse, LGBTQ+, and gender issues. I also work with couples to improve communication, reduce conflict, and work through life transitions.

Tanina Restivo, LCSW is a graduate of New York University Silver School of Social Work, trained in psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC), and holds a B.A. in Psychology from Hunter College.