Golden Psychology
About
Therapy Trainee at Golden Psychology (NYC/NY) Sliding Scale Available; Virtual Therapy Available Taking on new clients for 2025-2026 year Autism, Disability, and Chronic Illness Affirming Therapy from a Lived Experience Practitioner Evidenced-Based Therapy, Tailored Therapy, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), + Offered Background in Affirming Disability Research, Public Health, Social Work, Advocacy, and Education I approach therapy as a sacred space for the process of returning home to ourselves. As a late-diagnosed autistic, multi-disabled, chronically ill person, I’m deeply familiar with navigating systems not built with bodies, minds, and ways of being like mine in mind. I know what it takes—to show up (or not), to exist, to have made it to where you are. I’m here to meet you there and to carve out a space-time in your world that is just that: yours. That might look like lying down, tending to your body/pain, stimming, shifting the sensory environment, exploring creative or nonverbal ways of processing, or sitting with grief, contradiction, or uncertainty. Maybe all of that. Maybe none. There’s no one right way to be here. I don’t see your struggles as personal failures, but as signs of surviving systems like ableism, racism, poverty, stigma, and gender and sexual oppression. My work is grounded in collective liberation, disability justice, and the belief in your inherent worth, complexity, and wholeness. It would be my deep honor to be someone with whom you feel safe to bring every part of yourself—your joy, grief, contradictions, silliness, and shame. I want to see you flourish. Golden Psychology is a NYC-based group practice providing therapy +identity-affirming care. Learn more at <https://golden-psychology.com/>
EDS Healthcare in New York
The NYIT EDS/Hypermobility Treatment Center operates in Old Westbury and Central Islip, offering specialized rehabilitation and treatment. Mount Sinai South Nassau Chiari EDS Center in Oceanside focuses on EDS with Chiari malformation. Weill Cornell provides pain management expertise. New York Medicaid covers genetic testing with prior authorization. Wait times at major programs can be 6 months or longer.
Both EDS Centers of Excellence are on Long Island, leaving upstate New York significantly underserved. Patients in Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, and the Adirondacks face drives of 4-6+ hours to reach these programs. Wait times of 6 months or more are common. Rural upstate access is very limited, and telehealth is important for follow-up care.
Finding Mental Health for EDS
Look for a therapist who has worked with chronic illness patients and understands that EDS-related anxiety and depression often have physical triggers, not just psychological ones.