Karen Tantillo

Karen Tantillo accepts Centivo, Oscar, Cigna Healthcare/Evernorth, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Highmark, Prime Health, Aetna, and Mount Sinai Employee UMR (United Healthcare). Octave clients pay an average of $28 per session through insurance, and more than 95% pay less than $45 per session. Your exact cost depends on your plan’s copay or deductible. You can use the cost estimator to see what you would pay before your first session. If you would rather pay out of pocket, self-pay sessions in New York are estimated at $180-250 per session.

Karen Tantillo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Karen is licensed to practice in New York and Georgia, so clients located in any of those states can book sessions. Karen’s New York license number is 40257, and you can look it up through the state licensing board. Octave verifies every therapist’s license before they begin seeing clients, and licenses are kept current as a condition of practicing with Octave.

Karen Tantillo has been practicing therapy for 22 years. Karen’s education and training include MSW - Social Work, New York University; DSW - Social Work, University of Pennsylvania; Core Skills in EFT Certification - International Centre for Excellence In Emotionally Focused Therapy. Over that time, Karen has worked closely with BIPOC, Asian / Pacific Islander community, Black community, Non-monogamous relationships, LGBTQ+, Trans+, and Latine Community. Octave therapists average more than a decade of experience, and Karen is part of that group.

Karen Tantillo works with BIPOC, Asian / Pacific Islander community, Black community, Non-monogamous relationships, LGBTQ+, Trans+, and Latine Community and specializes in Anxiety, Couples Therapy, Depression, Grief, LGBTQ+, Life Transitions, Pregnancy/Peripartum/Infertility, Premarital Counseling, Relationship Concerns, Stress, Trans+, Trauma, and Women's Issues. These are the areas where Karen spends most of their clinical time. Karen also sees couples together in joint sessions. If the concern you want help with isn’t listed here, a Care Navigator can tell you whether Karen is a good fit or match you with another Octave therapist who specializes in it.

Karen Tantillo draws on Couples [The Gottman Method], Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Psychodynamic, Relational, Solution-Focused, and Strengths-Based. In sessions, Karen’s style is affirming, authentic, engaging, and warm. In Karen’s words: “I have an empathic, warm style and work well with relationship issues and couples. I make use of therapeutic approaches that are integrative, experiential and emotion-focused, relational, trauma-informed and somatic body-based.”

Karen Tantillo (she/her) offers therapy in English. Karen identifies as White. Karen provides LGBTQIA+ affirming care.

Karen Tantillo offers online sessions over secure video as well as in-person sessions at 680 West End Avenue in New York. Karen is licensed in New York and Georgia, and you need to be located in one of those states at the time of each session. All you need is a device with a camera and a stable internet connection.

Your first session with Karen Tantillo is a chance to talk through what brought you to therapy and what you want to work on. Karen will ask about your background, your current concerns, and your goals, and together you will start shaping a plan for your sessions. It is also a chance to see whether Karen’s style feels like a good fit for you. After their first session, 9 in 10 Octave clients say their therapy experience has been good or better.

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