Annabelle Seife, Ph.D.
Training
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University, Brooklyn; Master’s in Psychology from the same institution.
Clinical Training & Experience
NYU – Bellevue Hospital Center
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center
LIU Brooklyn College Counseling
Brooklyn and Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Many of my clients come to therapy stuck in the same patterns, unsure how to break the cycle but knowing they want to make a change. I help them understand where these patterns come from, how these patterns served them in the past, and empower them to shed those parts they have outgrown. My clients appreciate my warm and candid perspective.
As a couples therapist, my goal is to help couples break free from entrenched ways of relating in order to build a new path forward. I do this by helping each partner better understand how their emotions fuel their conflict, and find new ways to get unstuck from rigid response patterns. In line with this strengths-based approach to relationships, I offer precommitment and premarital counseling, both individually and in a group format called Before the Leap, to promote greater connection and a solid foundation as couples move into the next phase of their relationships.
I am also certified in Discernment Counseling, a brief intervention for couples on the brink of ending their relationship. When couples are on different pages about the future of their relationship, Discernment Counseling can offer a path forward. In Discernment, I help each partner gain clarity and confidence in their decision about their relationship by gaining a deeper understanding of how they have gotten to this point in their relationship.
I work from a psychodynamic perspective, bringing the full emotional landscape into awareness in order to live with clarity and intention. I also integrate Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques when immediate relief is needed, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) when working with couples. I have extensive experience working with people who have faced oppression and prejudice, including BIPOC, and am trauma-informed. I am a sex-positive, kink-aware psychologist, and am affirming of all sexual orientations, gender identities, alternative sexualities, and relationship structures.
In addition to my role as a therapist, I am the Director of the Couples Therapy Program. In that role, I help personally match couples with therapists, supervise psychologists both at TNY and in the community, provide didactic trainings, and develop practice-wide intiatives.
Midtown, NY
