What Brings You In Today?

Specialties

Welcome to What Brings You In Today? Manhattan and Westchester Mental Health Counseling. Founded by Garen Amirian, LMHC, he specializes in treating adults, adolescents, and children who struggle with depression, anxiety, and PTSD. He has also written articles on the subject of PTSD and childhood sexual trauma.

Finding the right therapist is imperative to overcoming the obstacles that brought you to therapy in the first place. If your Honda Civic breaks down, would you bring it to a Jeep specialist that’s never worked on Hondas? Of course not — and the same goes for therapy. If your therapist is not keyed into exactly what type of help you need, that may leave you feeling lost and even more hopeless than before. Garen’s style in therapy is centered on embracing emotions, exploring all factors that may be contributing to stress, and ultimately — the fact that ‘you are the expert on you’. Together we work as a team to find out how we can best bring you to your goals.

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History

Established in 2014.

I, Garen Amirian, LMHC, opened my practice with the fundamental intention of bringing a fresh take to therapy for both the experienced and first-​time client. Therapy, also called counseling, is often represented in on TV and in the media under the common stereotype of a therapist nodding along to their client’s monologue with an occasional «Hmm» while the client rails on aimlessly. That trope has always bothered me because it sends a message to the viewer that the therapist, and therapy in general, is not useful. With me, I strive to form an alliance with you so that we can discover new perspectives on what troubles you, experiment with new ways to think, and test old habits to determine if they truly serve your needs. My ultimate goal is to help make your life better.

Meet the Business Owner

Garen A.

Business Owner

Garen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) by the state of New York. The LMHC license, similar to a license in social work (LMSW, LCSW), is a masters level license in mental health. It is unique from any other masters level license because the training has an emphasis in counseling and counseling theory in order to directly prepare licensees to become proficient therapists.

Garen earned two masters degrees in Psychological Counseling from Columbia University. He began his education at East Stroudsburg University where he graduated with honors with a BS in Psychology. As a professional psychotherapist, he has worked in non-​profit community mental health and recovery oriented programs. To date, he has helped both adults and adolescents who struggle with issues that include chronic mental health issues, childhood trauma, adulthood trauma, depression, anxiety, parenting issues, substance abuse issues, among others.