Zaire Smalls, MHC-LP
Culturally Responsive Therapist
Culturally responsive support for anxiety, ADHD, depression, trauma, identity, and major life transitions.
Languages: English
Currently accepting new clients
View Zaire’s profileOnline Therapists for Brooklyn Adults and Couples
You can live a full, connected life in Brooklyn and still feel anxious, depleted, unsure of yourself, or stuck in the same relationship patterns. Therapy offers a place to slow those patterns down and understand what they have been protecting.
Peace Love Wellness provides relational, trauma-informed online therapy for adults and couples throughout Brooklyn, including Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Bushwick, Park Slope, Williamsburg, Flatbush, and the rest of the borough. Sessions are fully virtual; we do not have a Brooklyn office.
Peace Love Wellness connects Brooklyn adults and couples with online therapists for individual and relationship therapy. Matching considers concerns, preferences, schedule, insurance, and clinician availability. Insurance, private-pay, and reduced-fee options are available, with coverage based on plan and clinician. Relational care can address anxiety, identity, burnout, neurodivergence, life transitions, and relationship patterns.
- Format
- 100% online
- Who we work with
- Adults (18+) and couples
- Location requirement
- You must be in New York during sessions
- Languages
- English and Spanish options; availability varies
- Cost options
- Insurance, private pay, and reduced-fee care
When insight has not changed the pattern
Many people begin therapy already knowing a great deal about themselves. You may recognize the family role you keep stepping into, understand why conflict makes you shut down, or see how perfectionism keeps you moving. Knowing the pattern can help, but it does not always make the pattern easier to interrupt.
Our approach pays attention to what happens beneath the explanation: the nervous-system response, attachment expectation, protective strategy, or lived experience that still shapes the present. The goal is not to make you less complex. It is to help you feel more choice in how you relate to yourself and the people around you.
Therapy may be useful when you are navigating:
- anxiety, overthinking, or emotional overwhelm
- burnout and the pressure to keep functioning
- identity, belonging, or the feeling of moving between worlds
- ADHD, autism, masking, chronic illness, or fluctuating capacity
- a breakup, move, career shift, grief, or another life transition
- recurring conflict, disconnection, trust concerns, or attachment patterns
Individual therapy for identity, anxiety, and change
Individual therapy can help you understand how older adaptations are showing up in present-day choices, relationships, self-worth, and stress. Our clinicians work collaboratively rather than treating you as a diagnosis or a list of symptoms. Sessions can make room for culture, sexuality, gender, neurotype, disability, family history, relationship structure, and whatever else is relevant to your life.
Explore individual therapy in New YorkRelationship therapy that makes room for more than one truth
Couples and relationship therapy is available for Brooklyn partners working through communication breakdowns, distance, trust concerns, attachment cycles, or a major transition. Our work is non-blaming and inclusive of LGBTQIA+ partners and ethically non-monogamous relationships. We help you slow the cycle down, understand what each person is protecting, and practice a different way of meeting the moment together.
Explore couples and relationship therapyTherapists who may fit what you are looking for
These clinicians have experience with several of the concerns highlighted on this page. Availability, insurance participation, and fit vary, so the intake process may point you toward one of them or another clinician on the team.
Ryn Cagle, LMHC
Affirming Online Therapy
Affirming online therapy for ADHD, autistic, neurodivergent, queer, trans, chronically ill, and disabled clients.
Languages: English
Currently accepting new clients
View Ryn’s profileInsurance & fees
Peace Love Wellness works with networks including Aetna, Anthem / Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Carelon, Cigna, EmblemHealth, MagnaCare, Meritain, NYSHIP / The Empire Plan, Optum, and United HealthCare. Coverage varies by plan and clinician. Private-pay and reduced-fee options are also available, with reduced-fee care offered primarily through supervised clinicians.
Insurance & FeesCareful therapist matching
Matching is part of the care. We consider what you want help with, how you hope therapy will feel, identity or lived-experience preferences, schedule, insurance, and current availability. We cannot guarantee a therapist who shares every part of your identity, but we will take your preferences seriously and be transparent about the options.
After you submit the intake form, we review your concerns, preferences, schedule, insurance, and current clinician availability. Inquiries receive a response within two business days, and most new clients have a first session within one to two weeks.
Start the intake formRelated therapy services
Relationship anxiety therapy
Support for reassurance-seeking, fear of disconnection, and attachment-related anxiety.
Relationship anxiety therapyNeurodivergent-affirming therapy
Care that makes room for ADHD, autism, masking, sensory needs, and different ways of processing.
Neurodivergent-affirming therapyTherapy for life transitions
Support through moves, breakups, career changes, grief, identity shifts, and uncertain next chapters.
Therapy for life transitionsOnline therapy in Brooklyn — FAQ
Practical questions about beginning online therapy while you are in Brooklyn.
Is online therapy available in every Brooklyn neighborhood?
Yes. Sessions are online, so you can attend from any Brooklyn neighborhood or another location in New York where you have privacy and a reliable connection. You must be physically located in New York at the time of the session.
How can I make online therapy private in a shared apartment?
A private room, headphones, and background sound outside the room can help. Some clients use a private office or another stationary, confidential space. If privacy is difficult, mention it during intake so we can talk through whether online care is workable for you.
Do you offer couples therapy for LGBTQIA+ or non-monogamous partners?
Yes. Peace Love Wellness offers affirming relationship therapy for LGBTQIA+ couples and partners in ethically non-monogamous relationships. Fit and current availability vary by clinician.
Can I use insurance for online therapy in Brooklyn?
Many clients do. We participate with several New York insurance networks, but benefits, copays, deductibles, and clinician participation vary. We review your plan information before the first session so you can understand the expected cost.
How soon can I begin?
Inquiries receive a response within two business days. Most new clients have a first session within one to two weeks, depending on therapist fit, schedule, insurance, and availability. Supervised clinicians often have the soonest openings.
Clinically reviewed by Cameron Eshgh, LMHC-D on July 31, 2026.
Find a Brooklyn online therapist who fits
Tell us what you are looking for, and we will help you understand the clinicians, scheduling, and cost options available to you.
Online therapy across New York City
Peace Love Wellness serves adults and couples in all five boroughs through secure online therapy. Explore the pages for other parts of the city, or the statewide overview.