he/him
Tenzin PalbarLMFT
Nice to meet you
I value collaboration, compassion, open-mindedness, psychoeducation, and cultural humility in therapy. I work with individuals, couples, and families from diverse racial, gender, sexual, and professional identities. Clients always have the agency to customize their therapy journey, and I will always prioritize your input. Your identities and vulnerabilities are always welcome in my therapy space.
I am a psychotherapist and Relational Therapist who draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy, Positive Parenting, Structural Therapy, Solution- Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Bowen, and Gottman approaches to support meaningful growth and connection.
About Tenzin
Location
Virtual, New York
Insurance Accepted
Centivo, UnitedHealthcare/Oxford/Optum, Cigna Healthcare/Evernorth
Communication Style
Action-oriented, Affirming, Calming, Exploratory, Solution-oriented
Focus areas
Addiction (not substance use), ADHD, Adoption/Foster Care, Alzheimer's/Dementia, Anger Issues, Animal Loss, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Body Image, Burnout, Caregiver Burnout, Chronic Illness, Couples Therapy (2+ adults in session), Cultural Issues/Racial Stress, Depression, Divorce, Eating Disorders, Family Conflict (1 adult in session), Family Therapy (2+ adults in session), Grief, Individual Therapy, IPV/DV, LGBTQ+, Life Transitions, Men's Issues, OCD, Panic, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Pregnancy/Peripartum/Infertility, Premarital Counseling (2 adults in session), Relationship Concerns (1 adult in session), Religious Trauma, Self-Harm, Sexual Assault/Sexual Abuse, Sleep, Stress, Substance Use, Trauma, Workplace Stress
Experienced with
BIPOC, Asian / Pacific Islander community, Black community, Geriatric clients, Parents, Veterans, First responders, Immigrants, Neurodivergence, Blended families, Students, Latine Community
Years of Experience
1+
Your identities and vulnerabilities are always welcome in my therapy space.
License number
#2520
Approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
- Couples [Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)]
- Couples [The Gottman Method]
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Harm Reduction
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Relational
- Solution-Focused
- Strengths-Based
Languages Spoken
English, Hindi
Education
MS - Couple and Family Therapy, University of Maryland
Interests
Outside of work, I enjoy leading discussions and talks on mental health, neuroscience, and higher education within my Tibetan refugee diaspora and Buddhist monastic universities. In my personal life, I enjoy learning about food cultures from around the world, photography, music, fashion, and spending time with family and friends.