Therapy for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and Communities of Color

Online Therapy for Communities of Color Across NY, CT, FL & NJ

We help clients work through anxiety, depression, emotional fatigue, and identity-related challenges using evidence-based modalities like CBT, mindfulness, and narrative therapy—all adapted to honor your cultural context. SHIFT Your Journey Mental Health Counseling offers virtual therapy for individuals, couples, and families living across New York, Connecticut, Florida, and New Jersey. You can access care from the privacy of your home. Our team includes Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, and multicultural clinicians who bring lived experience and clinical expertise into every session. Whether you’re navigating racial trauma, intergenerational stress, or identity development, we’re here to hold space and offer tools that work.

  • Grace Addow-Langlais, MPA, MSEd., LPC, LMHC

    FOUNDER + CEO

  • Miranda Nelson

    CLIENT CARE + BILLING COORDINATOR

    LOCATION: ALL OFFICES

  • Tracey A. Tetteh

    CLIENT CARE + BILLING COORDINATOR

    LOCATION: ALL OFFICES

  • Madeline Almonte, MSEd.,LMHC

    CLINICAL SUPERVISOR (Spanish)

    LOCATION : NY

    Focus: Children, Teens, and Adults

  • Kacia Cameron, MA., LMHC

    CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

    LOCATION: NY + CT

    Focus: Adults and Couples/Family

  • Cynthia (Cindy) Mullen, M.S., LMHC-D

    CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

    LOCATION: NY + FL

    Focus: Children, Teens, and Adults

  • Patricia "Trish" Pennix, MBA, LMHC

    CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Adults and Couples/Family

  • Guadalupe Vidal, M.S., LMHC

    CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Children and Teens

  • Juliet Adom, MSEd., MHC-LP

    MULTILINGUAL THERAPIST, (Ga and Twi)

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Teens, Adults, Couples/Family

  • Alexa Bahadur, BA, MHC-I

    ASSOCIATE THERAPIST

    LOCATION: CT + NY

    Focus: Children, Teens, and Adults

  • Ebonie Branch, MS, MA, MHC-LP

    THERAPIST

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Adults and Couples/Family

  • Vanessa Campbell, LPCA, MHC-LP

    THERAPIST

    LOCATION: CT + NY

    Focus: Children, Teens, and Adults

  • Sharmishtha Chakraborti, MA, MHC-I

    ASSOCIATE THERAPIST

    LOCATION: CT + NY

    Focus: Children, Teens, and Adults

  • Migdalia Colon, MHC-LP

    BILINGUAL THERAPIST

    LOCATION: NY

    Currently Not Accepting New Clients

  • Edilys Encarnacion, BA, MHC-I

    BILINGUAL ASSOCIATE THERAPIST (Spanish)

    LOCATION: CT + NY

    Focus: Children, Teens, and Adults

  • Dodrie Escoffery, MPA, MSEd., MHC-LP

    THERAPIST

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Teens, Adults and Couples/Family

  • Jyoti Grover, MA, MS, LPCA, MHC-LP

    THERAPIST

    LOCATIONS: CONNECTICUT + NEW YORK

    Focus: Teens, Adults and Couples/Family

  • Alyssa Hanlon, M.S., MA, MHC-LP

    THERAPIST

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Teens, Adults and Couples/Family

  • Carlyle Henry, MA, MHC-LP

    BILINGUAL THERAPIST (Haitian Creole)

    LOCATION: NEW YORK

    Focus: Teens and Adults

  • Monique-Jessica Martinez ,MBA, LPCA

    THERAPIST

    LOCATION: CT

    Focus: Children, Teens, Adults, and Couples/Family

  • Sarah Kern, M.S., MHC-LP

    THERAPIST

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Teens, Adults and Couples/Family

  • Saby Montoya, MHC-LP

    BILINGUAL THERAPIST (Spanish)

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Teens, Adults and Couples/Family

  • Kristy Paz, LPCA, MHC-LP

    Kristy Paz, LPCA, MHC-LP

    BILINGUAL THERAPIST (Spanish)

    LOCATION: CT + NY

    Focus: Teens, Adults, and Couples/Family

  • Niome Nelson, MHC-LP

    THERAPIST

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Children, Teens, and Adults

  • Althea Pettigrew, MS., MHC-LP

    THERAPIST

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Children, Teens, and Adults

  • Sophia Smalls, MSEd., MHC-LP

    THERAPIST

    LOCATION: NY

    Focus: Teens, Adults, Couples/Family

  • Tiauna S. Washington, MSEd., MHC-I

    ASSOCIATE THERAPIST

    LOCATION: CT + NY

    Focus: Teens, Adults and Couples/Family

Hear Why Clients Choose SHIFT

  • Real transformation and growth

    “ I just wanted to say thank you for the service that you have provided for during these past months. Mentally, I have made dramatic progress and it's all due to Shift. I appreciate this company very much and I wish you nothing but continued success. Again, thank you very much.”

    -SHIFT CLIENT

  • Don't just survive, thrive!

    "So far my mental wellness journey has been going amazing. When I initially began I was at home with my baby. Then I started working part-time and now I have transitioned to full-time. I am grateful to have come across this agency so that I was able to connect with my SHIFT Therapist. Thank you again for creating a space for a black professional woman who wears many capes to feel embraced and seen.”

    -SHIFT CLIENT

  • Feeling seen and understood

    “I appreciate my therapist so much. It felt like having a older sibling who understands me and the crazy things I grew up with.”

    -SHIFT CLIENT

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