Roxy Wang 天依

She/Her
Psychotherapist |LMSW
Teen, Adult, and EMDR Therapist
Language: English/Mandarin

“I support individuals and couples who feel disconnected from themselves and their loved ones by making space to feel all our emotions, challenging unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and building skills to set new boundaries and make choices that are intentional and genuine.”

  • - ADHD
    - Anxiety
    - Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
    - Depression
    - Racial/ Queer Identity & Community
    - Infidelity
    - Family Conflict
    - Life Transitions
    - LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
    - Relationship Conflict
    - Trauma

  • - Internal Family Systems
    - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
    - Trauma-informed
    - Strength-based
    - EMDR
    - Psychodynamic informed

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor New York State/#016681

    Certificate:
    - Externship Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy
    - EMDR training with The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy

  • - Columbia University, Master of Science in Social Work

    - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bachelor's of Science in Psychology, Economics

  • - Aetna
    - Northwell Direct
    - United Healthcare
    - Oxford & Optum

  • Self-Pay/Out-of-network rate:

    • $200 per 50-minute individual session.

    • $250 per 60-minute couples session.

    • Sliding scale is available.


      *We can provide you with a monthly superbill to submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement for individual sessions. If your plan has out of network benefits, they may reimburse 60-80% of your fees, and many plans will reimburse at 100% after your out of network deductible is met. We will help you figure out your out-of-network benefits. Please contact us directly with any questions, to discuss fees, or to schedule a free consultation.

    • Virtual therapy across New York State

    • In-person therapy in Flatiron Manhattan

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My Background

I began my journey far from home in China at sixteen, leaving everything familiar to study abroad. I wore my independence like a badge of honor: "I was capable, I was strong, I didn't have needs." It took years of slowly turning inward to recognize that much of what I called independence was actually adaptation.

What changed everything was learning to slow down and listen. I was reminded that the process was not about acquiring a new skill, but about returning to remember the inherent sensitivity and attunement I had always had. Our bodies and feelings have always been there for dialogue, and all we have to do is listen. The ways we learned to cope, defend, and survive were never failures. I see thick layers of protection and defense as armor, carefully crafted to protect us when we needed it most. The tenderness I've found in my own healing is in recognizing that armor with gratitude, and gently noticing when it no longer fits. What once protected us now chafes against our skin, leaving marks on our body and soul.

Healing is a lifelong journey I believe we are all on in our own ways, and it is not a destination. Rather, I see it as an ongoing, courageous act of returning to ourselves. We learn to hear our own voice, to trust our own body, and to extend toward ourselves something more honest and raw than love: unconditional acceptance. This is what I hope to offer in the space we share together. A place where you do not have to earn being heard. Where your feelings, your history, your body's wisdom, all are welcome.

My Approach and Specialities

My approach is relational and depth-oriented. I take pride in holding space and getting to know you as a whole person. How you walk into this brave space with your history, your family, and your culture. I work from psychodynamic, attachment-based, and family systems foundations, becoming more aware of every footprint that shaped you, so that you get to choose what to carry forward, what to gently set down, and what you are deeply proud of and want to honor. I understand diagnoses and symptoms not as something to fix or eliminate, but as the way trauma and pain show up in our body and our story.

I work with late adolescents and adults navigating life's disorienting and transformative moments: starting college, changing careers, ending relationships and navigating divorce, losing loved ones, and recovering from emotional abuse, intimate partner violence, and interpersonal relationships shaped by narcissistic dynamics. Much of my work centers on something quiet but just as profound: learning to separate your own voice from the voices you inherited from family, culture, and the systems that shaped you, and mindfully discovering who you are on the other side.

I specialize in working with first- and second-generation immigrants, bicultural individuals navigating the unique tension of belonging to more than one world, and the particular weight of moving through systems not built with you in mind. I work with LGBTQIA+ individuals and those healing from religious trauma, as well as family members carrying the weight of a loved one's struggles with substance use or illness. I strive to provide an affirming, warm, and brave space for all.

In my experience, healing is learning to listen. I think of healing the way I think of nurturing a tree. My role is not to decide which direction it grows or what shape it takes. What I do is help provide the essentials. Sunlight. Water. Space. The tree knows what to do from there; and you already have everything you need from within. What we do together is keep the space open and the air fresh, so you can grow into who you were always becoming.