Spirituality Therapy
4 Highly Recommended NYC Spiritual Therapists
Searching for deeper meaning in your life? Whether you're questioning your purpose, rethinking long-held beliefs, or simply looking for a therapist who respects your spirituality while relying on evidence-based care, you're in the right place. At New York City Psychotherapy Collective, our spiritual therapists in NYC help you explore these questions with clarity, compassion, and clinically grounded support.
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Best for integrating alternative frameworks: Greta Weiss
Best for identity exploration: Miranda Savage
Best for LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples: Maggie McCarthy
Best for sexual trauma: Lily Ostler
Not sure which spiritual therapist is right for you? Contact us for a free consultation so we can match you.
Meet our spiritual counselors
Greta Weiss, LMSW
Best for integrating alternative frameworks
Therapy with me weaves in tools that feel meaningful to you, whether that includes Enneagram insights, tarot, astrology, or traditional therapeutic approaches, to make sure your entire experience is seen and validated. I specialize in supporting young adults, helping you draw on your spirituality to turn your sensitivity from something that feels burdensome into a source of clarity, resilience, and genuine self-expression.
Credentials: Licensed Master Social Worker
Location: Virtual in NYC
Virtual therapy?: Yes, available across New York
Miranda Savage, MHC-LP
Best for identity exploration
I bring a holistic, creative perspective that honors the complexity of your identity, beliefs, and spiritual questions. With a foundation in the arts and insight from her lived experiences, I help people work through anxiety, strengthen self-worth, and deepen their sense of identity while building a life that feels authentically their own.
Credentials: Mental Health Counselor - Limited Permit
Location: Virtual in NYC
Virtual therapy?: Yes, available across New York
Maggie McCarthy, LMHC
Best for LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples
I blend CBT, mindfulness, somatic practices, and culturally attuned therapy to help people heal from emotional wounds and foster more authentic connection with themselves or their partner. I aim to provide a safe, nonjudgmental space for LGBTQIA+ folks seeking care, where your spiritual beliefs, identity, and relationship values are genuinely honored and woven into your therapeutic process.
Credentials: Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with Diagnostic Privilege
Location: Virtual in NYC
Virtual therapy?: Yes, available across New York
Lily Ostler, LCSW, CST
Best for sexual trauma
As a certified sex therapist with trauma-informed training, I bring an anti-oppressive, eclectic approach that honors all parts of who you are. I work with individuals, couples, and polycules navigating spiritual questions around sexuality, relationships, values, and life transitions, especially in your late 20s and beyond, with curiosity, care, and clinical depth.
Credentials: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Sex Therapist
Location: Virtual in NYC
Virtual therapy?: Yes, available across New York
What sets our practice apart from other NYC spiritual therapy providers
At New York City Psychotherapists, we take your spiritual questions seriously while staying firmly grounded in evidence-based care. Our spiritual therapists in NYC integrate meaning-making, mindfulness, and values exploration with well-researched therapeutic approaches to support real, lasting change. With us, you can expect:
Therapists who respect a wide range of spiritual perspectives while using clinically proven interventions.
A culturally responsive, intersectional, and feminist approach to therapy.
Clinicians from diverse ethnic, religious, and generational backgrounds who understand lived experience.
Commitment to accessible care—we’re in-network with all New York State Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Empire, Optum, Oscar, and United Health plans and offer flexible scheduling
Focus on measurable progress, helping you build insight and create practical next steps.
Openness to incorporating tools like astrology, the Enneagram, or other frameworks that feel meaningful to you.
We recognize that questions about purpose, values, and belief systems often shape mental health. Our therapists meet you where you are, combining clinical expertise with respect for your individual worldview.
Common reasons why people seek spiritual therapy
You’re going through a spiritual shift or crisis and feel unsettled by how much your beliefs, identity, or worldview are changing.
You feel disconnected from meaning or purpose in everyday life and want to reconnect with what actually matters to you.
Your evolving values clash with how you were raised, leaving you carrying guilt, shame, or tension in family relationships.
You’re questioning your religious identity or moving toward or away from organized religion and need support making sense of that transition.
You want therapy that respects your spiritual practices, such as meditation, astrology, or energy work, while staying grounded in evidence-based care.
You identify as highly sensitive or empathic and want help understanding these traits in a more compassionate, empowering way.
You’re facing a major life transition and find yourself asking bigger questions about direction, purpose, or what comes next.
You’re looking for an approach that treats mental health as part of your whole self—integrating mind, body, values, and inner life rather than keeping them separate.
What to expect from the therapy process
FAQs about spiritual therapy
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Yes, when practiced responsibly, it refers to therapy that thoughtfully includes spiritual or existential themes within a clinically grounded framework. At our practice, this always means working within evidence-based models rather than replacing them.
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A spiritual therapist helps you explore how your beliefs, values, and sense of purpose intersect with emotional health, relationships, and life decisions. They use established therapeutic methods while making space for spiritual or existential questions that feel important to you.
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Not at all. Spiritual therapy is for anyone exploring questions of identity, values, or purpose, whether you’re religious, spiritual but not religious, agnostic, atheist, or unsure where you land. Our therapists adapt their work to meet you where you are.
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The clinical foundations remain the same, but we make intentional space for conversations about meaning-making, existential concerns, and spiritual beliefs when they’re relevant to your life. We see these questions as part of the larger picture of mental health for many people.
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Not at all. Our role is not to steer you toward any particular worldview. We respect your autonomy and focus on helping you explore your beliefs, resolve internal conflicts, and integrate your values in ways that feel authentic to you.
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Yes. Our practice is committed to cultural humility and inclusion. Our clinicians work with clients from a wide range of religious, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds, including those who are questioning, transitioning, or re-examining long-held beliefs.