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Soo Ngai, LCSW Psychotherapist

About Soo

 

Welcome to Cognizant Psychotherapy.

We often work hard to keep everything together—at work, in our relationships, and in the

lives we've built—while struggling internally with anxiety, overwhelm, self-doubt, or the feeling

that something no longer feels right.

 

I understand the professional world from the inside. Before becoming a therapist, I worked in

the fashion industry and experienced the ambition, creativity, pressure, competition, and

uncertainty that can come with building a career. These experiences inform how I understand

the ways work can shape our identity, sense of worth, and vision for the future.

While therapy often begins with concerns around career, identity, or life transitions, these experiences don't exist in isolation. Therapy provides space to explore what you're experiencing within the larger context of your life. As an Asian American therapist, I'm attuned to how family, culture, and social expectations can shape our experiences. My cultural perspective brings sensitivity to cross-cultural and intergenerational dynamics and their influence on identity, relationships, and how we understand ourselves.

 

The goal isn't to become a different person, but to understand yourself more fully and make choices aligned with who you are becoming.

​​Session Fee: Individual Therapy $250

​                  Couple/Family Therapy $300

Sliding Scale: I offer a sliding scale, should you be eligible.  

ADVANCED EDUCATION & TRAINING

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Logotherapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Psychodynamic Therapy (PDT) and Solution Focus Therapy (SFT) Reminiscence Therapy (RT) & Motivational Interviewing (MI)

  • Child Play Centered Therapy

  • NYC Tobacco Cessation Training

  • Culturally Sensitive

  • Career Coaching

 

LANGUAGE

  • English, Mandarin, Cantonese & Fujianese 

 

EXPERIENCE

  • Psychotherapist at FiDi Therapy (Private Practice) 

  • Staff therapist at Talking Work Counseling 

  • Staff therapist at Blanton-Peale Institute & Counseling Center 

  • Trained at NYC Health + Hospitals (Gouverneur) - Behavior Health Department.

  • I attend training and workshops regularly to keep up-to-date on treatment modalities.

 

LICENSURE

  • Licensed Clinical Social Work

 

EDUCATION

  • Master of Social Work - Fordham University | New York

  • Bachelor of Fine Art - Parsons School of Design | New York

Let’s Work Together!

We offer daytime and

evening hours.

Tel: 1(914) 573.7758

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