NYC Counseling
Therapist
Justena Kavanagh
☎️: (212) 777-6922
Website: nyccounseling.com
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📍 Manhattan, New York and Miami, Florida | ✅ Remote
Able to work with Individual, Family, Group, Coparenting Counseling, Parenting Coordination and Guardian ad Litem clients in Florida, New Jersey, New York
Able to work with Coparenting, Parenting, Evaluation, High-conflict Divorce, Divorce, Executive, Career, Performance and Sobe/Recovery Coaching clients in all 50 states and Internationally
A little about Justena...
Since 2014, NYC Counseling has been a specialized psychotherapy and coaching practice built for ambitious individuals, couples, and families navigating the legal and emotional realities of high-conflict divorce, separation, and court-involved co-parenting. Our clinicians draw from first-hand backgrounds as Wall Street professionals, tech CEOs, Ivy League academics, and creative leaders, bringing clinical depth and a direct understanding of the compounding pressures our high-achieving clients face.
The practice excels at resolving intense interpersonal friction, managing cases involving coercive control, and addressing the precise fractures that disrupt affluent family systems. We focus on helping clients minimize the trauma of high-conflict divorce to themselves and their children. Our broader expertise integrates support for intersecting crises, including founder disputes, substance misuse, and compulsive behaviors. We provide practical, strategic care designed to de-escalate crisis, break dysfunctional generational cycles, and help clients find lasting fulfillment, peace, and success beyond material achievements.
Beyond traditional therapy, we offer curated consultations, workshops, parent coaching, and immersive intensives. We run several divorce and narcissistic abuse recovery groups, see children going through separation, and offer targeted parent therapy for ADHD.
Deeply embedded in the family law ecosystem, we routinely collaborate with family law attorneys and custody professionals. We offer expert testimony, work with parents going through custody evaluations, and provide crucial collateral to evaluators. Furthermore, we provide certified Parenting Coordination and Guardian ad Litem services.
With over 25 years of clinical and academic experience, our founder, Justena Kavanagh, leads international peer consulting groups for divorce professionals. We also operate a non-profit dedicated to providing training to family court professionals—including judges, attorneys, PCs, GALs, and therapists—alongside advocacy for targets of coercive control and mental health scholarships. Physical offices in Manhattan and Miami; virtual care available widely.
Certifications
LCSW-R, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, CTT, QS, RLT, EMDR, GAL, Brainspotting
Testimonials
I have worked with Justena for over fifteen years, navigating major life transitions from pre-marriage through a complex, high-conflict divorce. As a woman in a high-stakes finance career, I was originally recruited to a top-tier firm to lead initiatives helping women succeed. Yet, when the compounding stressors of my home life began impacting my health and I turned to corporate resources, the message was clear: this was the nature of the industry, and I simply needed to push through.
Justena provided the specialized space I actually needed, helping me decode the subtle patterns of coercive control and narcissistic abuse I had normalized for years while managing severe corporate pressure. When my initial legal team fell short, her deep understanding of the family court ecosystem helped me pivot to a much stronger professional team who understood high-conflict litigation. Throughout the custody process, she provided critical strategic support as we navigated working with a Parenting Coordinator, coordinating medical specialists, and building a structured parenting plan. Her trauma-informed lens was essential in shielding my children from the destabilizing nature of the breakdown.
Today, she remains an invaluable resource as I handle the ongoing challenges of co-parenting with an undermining ex-spouse. Her clinical style is sharp, practical, and deeply insight-oriented—she seamlessly manages both the high-level legal strategy and the heavy psychological toll this takes. For any executive or high-net-worth family facing intense personal and professional turmoil, Justena and the team at NYC Counseling provide the exact clinical depth, sophisticated guidance, and path toward post-traumatic growth required to protect your family, preserve your well-being, and find lasting peace.