David Shipper
Mental Health Counseling
Some days, it’s hard to explain why you feel off. You’re doing all the right things, but everything still feels heavier than usual. That doesn’t make you weak; it makes you human.
Mental health shapes your emotions, thoughts and actions. It helps you connect with others, handle stress, make choices and find meaning. It can change overtime. Mental health affects everyone at every age, but each person’s journey is different. Some people have a smooth path. Others may face bumps along the way, including emotional responses to life changes.
Taking care of your mental health isn’t just good for your mood; it’s essential for your whole body. Your mind needs care just like your body does to stay healthy. But your mind and body don’t work in isolation, they’re part of the same system.
Focus areas and specializations
Aging, life stressors, Life Transitions
Why is it important to take care of our mental health as we age?
As people age, they may experience certain life changes that impact their mental health, such as coping with a serious illness, losing a loved one, stress at work, or moving. Although many people will adjust to these life changes, some may experience feelings of grief, social isolation, or loneliness. When these feelings persist, they can lead to mental illnesses, such as depression and anxiety.
Mental health is important at every stage of life. Therapy is an effective treatment option available to help aging adults manage their mental health and improve their quality of life.
Change can stir up uncertainty, even when it’s a positive change. I’ll help you navigate these shifts so you can move forward with more confidence and clarity.
Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Depression
Coping with stress and anxiety will make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger. Everyone reacts differently to stressful situations. How you respond can depend on your background, the things that make you different from other people, and the community you live in. If you have feelings of numbness, disbelief, anxiety or fear, changes in appetite, energy, or activity levels, or have difficulty sleeping, therapy may help.
With today's challenges, we need more effective and efficient strategies for managing our lives. Whether it is a lifetime of worry, reoccurring depression, or a recent crisis; my gift is empowering people to overcome their obstacles.
Grief/Loss
In life, we experience many kinds of loss; we lose partners, friends, careers, opportunities, chapters of our life, our physical health, abilities, and ultimately our own lives.
Grief counseling offers a safe space for you to unpack your emotions without the fear of hearing well-meaning but difficult opinions from other people. Grief is a complicated emotion that at times outsiders can struggle to empathize with.
I work with people experiencing loss and grief, and individuals experiencing anticipatory grief, such as living with a loved one who is in the process of dying due to Alzheimer’s, cancer or other medical conditions.
There is no immediate solution to grief, but rather a process working with our capacity to carry it over time.
AFFORDABLE & CONFIDENTIAL
Mental Health Counseling in New York
Now accepting new patients for in-person in New York
and tele-therapy in Florida and Delaware
COUNSELING SERVICES
Anger Management
Anxiety Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Divorce
Eating Disorders
Emotional Disturbance
Grief
Intimate / Romantic Relationships
Life Coaching
Mood Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive (OCD)
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Self Esteem
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Identity / LGBTQ+ Issues
Social Skills
Spirituality
Trauma & PTSD
Want to talk about an issue
that’s not on this list?
David Shipper
LMHC, CCTP, MBA
He / Him / His
Licensed in Delaware, Florida, and New York
Works with: Individuals (16+)
With today's challenges, we need more effective and efficient strategies for managing our lives. Whether it is a lifetime of worry, reoccurring depression, or a recent crisis; my gift is empowering people to overcome their obstacles. Share with me what it is like to be you, and together we will create a plan for safely transforming your negative life experiences into healthier perspectives that will provide lasting relief.
More specifically, each session is likely to include a blend of:
- Understanding your role in your family and environment
- Reprocessing disturbing events for resolution
- Integrating healthier messages
- Learning new life skills in areas such as asserting, relaxing, dating, or parenting.
I have always been the person people opened up to about what was bothering them. I am a professionally trained counselor and I want to help you understand what has gotten you to this point in your life and determine where to go from there.
I'm open, honest, authentic, and have a deep faith that prevails. I believe all humans, no matter their experience or trauma, can heal - and there are lots of ways to heal! Let’s customize a plan, blending a wide range of treatments.
Send David a Text: (914) 713 - 5503
Book a free 15-minute consultation session
Fees
In-Network
As per contractual agreement with insurance company.
There are times when deductibles, co-pays, or co-insurances may apply, regardless of having in-network or out-of-network benefits. These are individual to each plan and are the client’s responsibility.
Our list of insurance providers currently includes:
Out-of-Network
If we are out-of-network for your insurance plan, we offer individual 45-minute sessions, billed directly to you:
Individual Session: 45 minutes, $240
Important Questions
to ask your insurance company:
Do I have in-network or out-of-network benefits?
Do I have a deductible?
How much of the deductible have I reached?
Do I have a co-pay or co-insurance? How much?
Are CPT codes 90791 and 90834 covered? At what rate?
Do I need a referral from my primary doctor?
Do I have a limited amount of sessions?