ALYSSA STEINWAY lcsw

therapy for those who

feel misunderstood and isolated

feel burnt out or disconnected

are unsure where they belong

are highly sensitive

feel like the black sheep

You’re used to being the one who holds it together for everyone. It's time for you to feel held, too.

do you:

feel highly self-aware and able to understand your patterns, yet still find yourself repeating the same relationship dynamics?

feel burnt out or at capacity from holding so much emotionally?

replay past interactions and question how you showed up?

overthink interactions or track how others are responding, while losing touch with your own experience in the moment?

find yourself giving a lot in relationships, and still not always feeling met in return?

find yourself unsure of what you need, especially in the moment with others?

together we can help you:

develop a clearer, more stable sense of identity and internal trust

feel more confident in what your needs are, especially in the moment with others

stay connected to yourself without automatically adjusting to others

build connections that feel reciprocal and steady

feel more grounded and confident in honoring your needs—both intellectually and in your body

have more space and choice in how you respond, especially when something feels activating

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In our work together, we slow things down so you can begin to notice your own experience in
real time, rather than only making sense of it afterward.

From there, we create space for you to reconnect with what you’re actually feeling and needing—especially in the moments where you might typically shift your focus toward others.

As this awareness builds, you may begin to trust yourself more—feeling clearer and more connected to what you need, even in the presence of others.

Over time, this awareness creates space to express yourself more authentically, set boundaries with greater clarity, and participate in relationships in ways that feel more aligned and true to you.

This work isn’t about fixing or forcing change—it’s about creating the space, practice, and permission for you to feel more grounded, more embodied, and more at home in yourself.

It’s a collaborative process that moves at your pace, allowing for meaningful, lasting change rather than quick or surface-level solutions—so you can stay connected to yourself while also staying in relationship with others.

LET'S SHIFT

I'm Alyssa

I’m Alyssa Steinway, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in NYC,
offering attachment-based and somatic therapy for highly sensitive adults in New York and Brooklyn.

I know firsthand how frustrating it can be to spend years in therapy understanding your patterns, yet still feel stuck inside of them. I’ve come to find that insight alone doesn’t create change when these patterns are held at a deeper, embodied level.

Many of the people I work with are highly insightful and skilled at making sense of their experience—and still find themselves caught in cycles of overthinking or intellectualizing, creating distance from what they’re actually feeling. in our work together, we focus on moving beyond understanding why you feel the way you do, and into shifting how you experience yourself and your relationships.

Over time, we begin to integrate what you know with how you feel and respond—so change becomes something you can actually experience, rather than something you’re continually chasing.

SHE/HER/HERS

more about alyssa

You may find yourself showing up for others with ease, while feeling less clear about your own needs or desires. Even when things are working on the outside, something underneath may still feel unsettled or unfulfilled. You might feel deeply attuned to others, yet struggle to feel fully seen or understood in return. You may sense that you’ve been living in ways that don’t fully reflect who you are, yet feel unsure how to shift. Or notice a pull between different parts of yourself—one that keeps moving forward, and another that feels stuck, uncertain, or disconnected.

If this resonates, these patterns likely developed for a reason. In our work together, we focus on understanding how they formed—while creating the conditions for a more integrated, authentic way of being.

If you’ve taken the road less traveled and now feel disconnected from yourself or unseen by others, you don’t have to navigate that alone.

Together, we begin to explore what lies beneath the numbness, burnout, and familiar feelings of being “too much” or “not enough”—so you can feel more connected to your body, your voice, and your sense of self.