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Christian Aklilu-Tesema

Psychologist(He, Him)
13 years of experience
  • Virtual & in-person
  • ADD/ADHD, Family issues, LGBTQIA+, Cultural & ethnic issues, Relationship issues
  • Individual therapy, Couples therapy, Family therapy

Great to meet you!

My practice is about listening and engagement with my patients. We will spend time understanding your journey and how your understanding of the choices you are making. We will look at conscious and unconscious patterns, behaviors, and attachment styles. I also treat compulsory and self-destructive behavior in individual, couples, and group therapy.

My approach to therapy

My approach in therapy is to understand how my patients understand and feel about their problems and concerns, and through talking arrive at deeper insight of what is keeping them from their goals. I use relational, cognitive, emotional methods to treat individuals, couples, and groups.

What you can expect from me

Clients will develop tools to think about themselves and their thoughts in ways that they did not think were possible. We will uncover the motivations for your choices and see how to open up consciousness to new possibilities.

About me

  • I identify as
    Other Racial or Ethnic Background, Man
  • My style is
    Inquisitive, Solution Oriented, Open Minded

Qualification and insurance

  • Years of experience
    13 years of experience
  • Training
    Certified in Psychoanalysis at Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, Advanced Graduate Certificate at Boston Graduate School of Psychanalysis
  • License type
    LP (Licensed Psychoanalyst) (New York)
  • Licensed in
  • Insurance accepted
    Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Providence Health Plan

Cost

Care details

  • Top specialties
    ADD/ADHD, Family issues, LGBTQIA+, Cultural & ethnic issues, Relationship issues
  • More specialties
    Substance use / addiction, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Eating disorders, OCD, Stress management, Anger management, Panic disorders, Grief or loss, Men's issues, Women's issues, Identity issues, Trauma, Infertility, Transgender issues
  • Therapy methods
    Relational, Behavioral Couples Therapy, Psychodynamic, Psychoanalytic, Attachment Based Family Therapy, Behavioral, Attachment Based, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Gottman Method / Gottman Couples, Jungian
  • Care types
    Individual therapy, Couples therapy, Family therapy
  • Ages served
    Seniors, Adolescents, Adults
  • Languages
    English, Italian
  • Location
    25 East 10th Street Apt 1F
    New York, NY 10003