Getting Started
- A crisis in your relationship or job difficulties or career path?
- Anxieties, fear or anger?
- Depression or variable moods?
- Intimate relationships?
- Your career path or job difficulties?
- Stuck in old patterns?
- Suffering from trauma, grief, loss or addiction?
Goals and Methods Of Therapy
Goals of Psychotherapy:
- Minimizing stress at work, home and in interpersonal relationships.
- Find new ways to solve problems.
- Learn to manage conflict.
- Overcome procrastination and self-sabotage.
- Re-establish intimacy and trust.
- Avoid mistakes from past relationships.
- Develop and perfect communication skills.
Methods:
- Individual Psychotherapy- Most clients start in individual therapy.
- Individual and group psychotherapy.
Often the best for getting support and feedback. - Individual and group psychotherapy.
Often the best for getting support and feedback. - Couple/Marital Therapy – Couples are often in the middle of a crisis. The first goal is to deal with the crisis and then to work to understand and work on underlying issues.
- Relationship therapy – For people wanting to start, improve or end a relationship.
Work:
I see many clients who enter counseling with feelings of anxiety regarding work and careers. I’ve had excellent results helping clients who feel stuck in various ways become more hopeful, energetic, and successful.
Issues often dealt with are:
- Issues of authority – being supervised and/or supervising.
- Conflict with colleagues
- Procrastination
- Advancement and recognition for good work
- Substance misuse
Family and Work Balance:
For women and men. I help find ways of balancing the demands and rewards of family and work.
Coaching
Coaching is a short term, cost-effective way of dealing with personal and professional issues.
The purpose of the coaching is to help clients progress in whatever way they want to change. I will help you set goals, evaluate the situation and help you, the client, find the best choices for a healthier, happier personal experience and life in general.
Coaching is designed to facilitate thinking or learning new behavior for personal growth or professional advancement.
My Credentials
- 20+ years in clinical psychotherapy practice
- New York Licensed Certified Social Worker- Clinical,
License #PR021638-01 - Maryland Licensed Certified Social Worker- Clinical,
License #05447
Education:
Graduate - Washington School of Psychiatry - Advances Group Psychotherapy Program
Masters of Social Work - New York University
Bachelors of Arts - Columbia University
Professional Affiliations:
New York Start Society for Clinical Social Work
Former Board Member - Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
Former Chairperson - (EGPS) Brooklyn Discussion Group
Men's Health Network Advisory Board
SUCCESS STORIES
I am frequently asked, “What kind of clients come to see you, and what kinds of things do they talk about with you?” I think that the best way to answer that question is to share some typical stories.
PLEASE NOTE: Client confidentiality and privacy is respected. The stories have been generalized and personal information of clients removed to safeguard their identities. However, the essential crisis and journey toward recovery remain intact.
Insightful
Hello Dr. Sachs. I want you to know how much you’ve helped me. If you are still accepting patients I would LOVE to see you again. I’ve had several therapists over the years, but none of them has been nearly as insightful and compassionate as you.
Professional Stuck in a “Toxic” Work Environment
A professional woman was stuck in a “toxic” work environment. She learned in therapy how her relationship with her supervisor was similar to her relationship with her critical and unsupportive mother. She kept hoping and expecting the supervisor to reward her efforts. Instead she was belittling of her work. After realizing these connections she was able to view the work situation and her boss realistically. She took some very proactive steps and ended up with a new job that matched her skills, with colleagues who appreciated her talents and supported her efforts.
She wrote the following as she was terminating her therapy:
Many thanks for guiding me to the insights into my family dynamics. They helped me see things so much more clearly. I am now dealing much better with the situations I face at home and in my law practice.
Praise
I recently had a crisis in my love life, and Jerry was exceptionally skilled at listening to my understanding of the problem and making suggestions about how to proceed. He did it with a combination of insight, compassion and humor that was unique. I haven’t found that many therapists with all those qualities, but Jerry has them, and I strongly recommend him.
Divorcee’s Anxiety over Fatherhood
A 38 year old divorced re-married financier came to me with nervousness over impending fatherhood. The anxiety was harmful to his sense of self and his marital relationship. He wanted a family, but because he feared repetition of the problems in his first (childless) marriage, he was reluctant to invest himself seriously in this new relationship. Through therapy, he realized that his first marriage had been similar to his parents’ relationship, a poor model, where as his new one was actually very different. This insight was of great importance and allowed him to invest himself in his new family. As the relationship deepened he was able to confront his fears of parenthood and embrace his role as the father, and derive great joy from the birth of his daughter.
Not Very Good with “Good Byes”: Road to Recovery
I’m not very good with “good byes” and tend to avoid them. I had meant to say a proper good bye to you, but didn’t and I wanted to tell you how much you have helped me, and how grateful I am for that. I don’t think I’d be where I am today without your non-judgmental guidance and your subtle pushing for me to confront my issues and feelings, break out of old patterns, and sort out what I want.
A lot has happened over the past several years I have been your patient, and while I continue to struggle with many of the same things, I feel that my recovery trajectory is a positive and forward-moving one. I feel like my “recovery” has culminated in my daughter’s birth (though of course she brings up new issues!). She is the best thing that has ever happened to me. The love I feel for her is overwhelming, and she brings me so much JOY. She is a reason to struggle with my issues.
Anyway, this is my after-the-fact way of saying good-bye and thank you. I will miss you. We are leaving town soon. During some visit to New York I would like to check in with you.
Due to Covid-19 safety concerns, all psychotherapy and coaching will be remote through our secure Zoom or phone connections.
Acceptance of LGBTQ people, of people of color or nationality.
FEES: We discuss fees at our initial session.
Out of Network Insurance Accepted
