Health and Wellness (non M.D.)

Counseling and Therapy specializing in trauma, sexuality, relationship and lifestyle dynamics.

Psychotherapeutic support for individuals of all ages, couples, those in non-traditional/expansive relationships, families, and groups. Self-identify as Gender-Expansive, Transgender, Non-binary, Asexual, Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Polyamory, Queer, Questioning, Kinky, Leather, and/or Sex-positive? Interested in living a more authentic and ALIVE life? Contact me!

Samuel Allen is a Licensed, Board-Certified Psychotherapist with more than 30 years experience working with Kink, BDSM, Leather, Alternative Sexuality, Queer, LGBTQI, Polyamory communities. More than 30 years as a specialist in Transgender issues (questions about gender identity, gender role, transitioning, couples, partners of transgender & crossdresser-identified individuals, family concerns, relationships, coming out, etc). Questions & issues related to sorting out Identity--- sexual orientation, relationship or family dynamics, work problems, career path/career change, finding/fitting into/navigating the LGBTQI or kink community, creativity, creative blocks. Brief no-cost phone consult available to provide an opportunity for you to speak directly with the therapist & ask any questions about services or therapist approach, prior to booking appointment. (Please include your phone # in initial email for fastest & most detailed response).

I provide a positive space for my clients to explore their sexual concerns.
Shame-free, Judgment-free and Criticism-free.

Wholehearted, person-centered therapy for queer, TGNC, polyam, kinky, and/or neurodiverse young folx in NY and MD. Schedule a free consultation today!

When you feel stuck in uncomfortable patterns in your relationship(s) or in other parts of your life it's easy to start to feel yourself unravel. You might not know exactly what to change or how to change it, but you know something isn't working anymore and you can't sustain health with this level of distress. I will help you find your way through this discomfort using your own resources that you have experienced from Kink and integrating them with new insights that you will gain from our work together.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 10+ years experience. I enjoy working with individuals and couples of all walks of life addressing mental health, addiction, past traumas, relational concerns, sexual concerns, self-esteem and body image, and any concerns that are standing in the way of a person living their best life. I view therapy as a collaborative journey and try to empower those that I work with to find their inner voice as they work to find the answers they seek through our work together. All sexual orientations, genders and gender expressions, all relationship styles, all sexual practices, religious and spiritual beliefs, and all races and ethnicities are welcomed equally.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist. Over 15 years experience serving LGBT HIV/AIDS and Kink communities. Specializing in Trauma Healing. Certified in Somactic Experiencing Somatic Experiencing Touch and EMDR. Currently on faculty at NYU Silver School of Social Work. Former Director of Mental Health and Social Services at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center and former Director of Intake at GMHC.

As a therapist that focus on intimacy and sexuality, I often work with people seeking deeper and more nourishing connections in their relationships and lives. Connection requires the courage to move into vulnerability and honesty to live one's truth about what they really need from their relationships to others and with themselves. This is where I can help! I serve as a guide in helping people step into their own lives, to ask for what they need, and to be present in and for their relationships. I love working with a range of different issues including, but not limited to, the following: sexual functioning and compatibility, BDSM/Kink, relationship structure, lifestyle, pleasure, shame, and vulnerability. I have extensive training in human sexuality, in all it's beautiful forms, that allows me to be a educated clinician in addition to being an advocate and ally. Through a mindfulness based approach, I work with clients to develop a stronger mind/body connection that can feed their emotional connections with others, while allowing themselves to be nourished as well. I use a strong therapeutic relationship to support building specific skill sets so that people are better able to live skillfully in all areas of their lives, sexually speaking or otherwise, and to also reap the benefits of living a more aware and empowered life.