IHI Therapy Center

IHI Therapy Center IHI is a NYC-based non-profit psychotherapy and training center dedicated to fostering personal grow We listen, we support, we affirm and we help.

We’ve been the leader in affirmative LGBTQ psychotherapy for 40 years. Our professional, experienced and specially trained therapists are here to help you. Anxiety, Anger, Depression, Addiction, Fear, Coming out? IHI Therapy Center can help. Located in Chelsea, IHI: Therapy Center is the oldest and leading LGBTQ affirmative psychotherapy center in New York, and provides high quality individual, couples, family and group therapy. In a safe and friendly environment you will receive specialized and individualized counseling to help you reach your goals, find acceptance, gain resolution and foster growth. As a training institute, IHI provides expert training for Masters and Doctoral level clinicians, and affordable rates for therapy with advanced clinical interns.

Especially for those of us loving someone with an eating disorder, avoiding making comments on weight can be a way of sh...
12/23/2025

Especially for those of us loving someone with an eating disorder, avoiding making comments on weight can be a way of showing attuned support. 💛

This season (and every season!) when meeting up with loved ones, use compliments that acknowledge the receiver’s experience.

Today is the shortest day of the year 🥶For those struggling with the lack of light this season, we’re here to offer some...
12/21/2025

Today is the shortest day of the year 🥶

For those struggling with the lack of light this season, we’re here to offer some insights. 🌞💛

As always, we’re here if you need additional support — especially as T&GNC folx are among the more vulnerable populations to experiencing S.A.D. ❤️‍🩹

You are not alone. Reach out to us!

The holidays can bring up triggers for all of us, especially for those navigating substance use. We’re happy to share a ...
12/18/2025

The holidays can bring up triggers for all of us, especially for those navigating substance use.

We’re happy to share a few tips for those seeking guidance around how to cope in healthier ways.

Many of our therapists specialize in substance use. If you need additional 1:1 support, reach out to us for expert care. 💛🌈

Happy holidays from us at IHI! 🥰 We’re so grateful to have shared this year with you. 🎊 Stay tuned for an eventful 2026 ...
12/15/2025

Happy holidays from us at IHI! 🥰 We’re so grateful to have shared this year with you.

🎊 Stay tuned for an eventful 2026 — we’re entering a full and vibrant year alongside our community! 🌈

Brainstorming gift ideas? Don’t forget to include your community this season. 🥰 Our Donation Page now includes a menu of...
12/11/2025

Brainstorming gift ideas? Don’t forget to include your community this season. 🥰

Our Donation Page now includes a menu of services where you can donate to a community cause that matters to YOU.

Plus, all donations are tax deductible — perfect timing to get your final deductions in before the end of the year, AND make a difference for LGBTQ+ folx. 💰

Visit us online today and give a gift that gives back! 🎁

12/05/2025

💰Stressed about MONEY this holiday season?

Navigating challenging dynamics with your partner(s) around finances? 🖤

We’ve got a FREE seminar for you.

Join us on Monday December 15th at 7pm on Zoom to gain some support this season.

We’ll work on our communication tools, process what’s coming up for us, and help create more ease around this often tense subject.

Register via email by reaching out to info@ihitherapy.org and requesting a zoom link. 💌

We can’t wait to see you there! 🥳

Meet our therapist, Carveth Martin!Carveth is motivated by the belief that with guidance and commitment, individuals, co...
12/04/2025

Meet our therapist, Carveth Martin!

Carveth is motivated by the belief that with guidance and commitment, individuals, communities, and even cultures have the capacity to mitigate past traumas and change harmful patterns. She works deeply and kindly with life’s complexities: from despair to the urge to create, from feelings of low self-esteem or shame to the capacity for love. Centering the client as the expert of their own experience, she collaborates to create a safe, supportive therapeutic relationship. 

At the heart of Carveth’s practice is the view that healing is an act of radical self-compassion. As an Integrative Psychotherapist intern, she practices from a de-stigmatizing, multicultural, intersectional perspective recognizing that healing looks different for everyone and cannot be reduced to one method. She uses anti-racist, trauma-informed, affirming, and strengths-based approaches, with a focus on mindfulness and the mind-body-spirit connection. Her work is rooted in social justice, ensuring that each person’s experiences, identities, and values are central to the healing process. 

Carveth is eager to work with people from many paths of life. Her experience includes helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity, intimacy, relationships and family, and self-esteem. Prior to pursuing the study of psychotherapy, she worked to defend women’s reproductive healthcare and in a variety of non-profit and advocacy spaces.

Visit our website to begin your therapeutic journey with Carveth today. 💛🌻

We know finances can be challenging for relationships, especially around the holidays. 🥺⛄️Join IHI therapists, Kenn and ...
12/02/2025

We know finances can be challenging for relationships, especially around the holidays. 🥺⛄️

Join IHI therapists, Kenn and Rachael, for our Financial Wellness Couples Seminar!

This seminar will be a space for couples (or other relationships!) to come together, process what can be challenging about these conversations, learn new tools, and find ways to move forward together. 💛

Register via email! Just reach out to info@ihitherapy.org and request a zoom link.

We can’t wait to see you on Monday December 15 from 7-8:30pm via Zoom! 💻💰💸

11/19/2025

Meet Kenn, one of our amazing interns at IHI! 🎊

💛 To increase access to therapeutic care, during October and November, we have been offering subsidized sessions with our interns, including Kenn.

Only 11 days left for our $65/session discount! Book today ✨

Kenn is a q***r, first-generation Caribbean American, Marriage & Family Therapy (MFT) intern with a passion for providing affirming, relational, and justice-oriented care. Rooted in systemic theory and cultural humility, their approach to therapy is deeply informed by lived experience and a commitment to challenging oppressive structures within mental health.

As a Marriage & Family Therapy intern, Kenn works with individuals, couples, and families to explore how relational patterns, cultural contexts, and systemic forces shape emotional experiences and communication. They support clients in navigating identity development, intergenerational dynamics, and conflict resolution, with a focus on fostering connection, understanding, and healing across difference.

Kenn brings experience working with LGBTQ+ communities, with particular focus on intersectionality, trans and nonbinary identities, race relations, neurodivergence, and trauma. As an anti-capitalist clinician, Kenn believes in decentering pathology and reframing emotional struggles within broader sociopolitical contexts. Their practice draws from postmodern, strengths-based, and non-pathologizing frameworks, aiming to co-create therapeutic spaces that honor identity, community, and resistance as essential parts of healing. They are influenced by q***r theory, feminism, disability justice, and an awareness of how capitalism, white supremacy, and cisheteronormativity impact mental health and relationships.

Kenn is especially passionate about empowering partners and families navigating complex identities and systemic oppression, as well as with neurodivergent clients including those with autism and ADHD.

Fun fact: When they’re not in session, you can find Kenn exploring worlds through gaming or curled up with their cat.

Learn more about Kenn and book a session with them on our site! 👏

It’s not too late — we’re 94% of the way to our goal, and we’re stoked to finish strong! 💪🌈Every contribution helps cult...
11/17/2025

It’s not too late — we’re 94% of the way to our goal, and we’re stoked to finish strong! 💪🌈

Every contribution helps cultivate life-saving access to LGBTQ+-affirming therapy provided by therapists who vigorously study the impacts of marginalization, support clients in navigating its detriments, and often live these experiences themselves as q***r folx.

Your donation directly funds sliding-scale therapy, training for emerging clinicians, and vital outreach support that extend our impact beyond our walls. Donate today to make a difference! 💛

We’re only $855 away from our $15K goal!🗣️… At least 300 people will see this post, according to our analytics tracking ...
11/14/2025

We’re only $855 away from our $15K goal!

🗣️… At least 300 people will see this post, according to our analytics tracking 🤖👀

That means, if each of us paused our scroll to donate $3, we’d reach our goal instantly!

Thank you to all who have donated so far. We’re so excited to finish strong!!

Double tap or drop a comment if you were there last weekend?🏳️‍🌈✨Thank you especially to our hosts, Michael and John, to...
11/14/2025

Double tap or drop a comment if you were there last weekend?🏳️‍🌈✨

Thank you especially to our hosts, Michael and John, to our incredible staff that made this possible, and to all who came out. We sold out this event!

Our community has been resilient for over 50 years since our founder opened IHI’s doors. We will always show up for what matters.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates this week. ✨

Address

322 8th Avenue Suite 802
New York, NY
10001

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 9pm
Tuesday 10am - 9pm
Wednesday 10am - 9pm
Thursday 10am - 9pm
Friday 12pm - 7pm

Website

https://givebutter.com/investihi

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ANXIETY, ANGER, DEPRESSION, ADDICTION, FEAR, COMING OUT? IHI THERAPY CENTER CAN HELP We’ve been the leader in affirmative LGBTQ psychotherapy for 40 years. We listen, we support, we affirm and we help. Our professional, experienced and specially trained therapists are here to help you. Located in Chelsea, IHI: Therapy Center is the oldest and leading LGBTQ affirmative psychotherapy center in New York, and provides high quality individual, couples, family and group therapy. In a safe and friendly environment you will receive specialized and individualized counseling to help you reach your goals, find acceptance, gain resolution and foster growth. As a training institute, IHI provides expert training for Masters and Doctoral level clinicians, and affordable rates for therapy with advanced clinical interns.