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Gavin HamnettMS, LMHC
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When nothing seems to move

Therapy for adults in New York who feel stalled in work, relationships, or life.

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Who This Is For

Feeling stuck usually means part of you wants something different while another part is holding on tight. You might be in a job you have outgrown, a relationship that stays the same no matter what you try, or a life that looks fine on paper and feels flat.

The people I see with this are rarely lazy. Most have been trying hard for a long time. Pushing harder hasn't worked, and they are starting to wonder if anything will.

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What We Work On

  • Career and business

    Ambition that keeps stalling, or work that no longer fits who you are.

  • Relationships

    The same arguments and the same distance, year after year.

  • Decisions

    Going around in circles on a choice you can't seem to make.

  • Getting started

    Knowing what you want to do and not being able to begin.

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How I Work With Feeling Stuck

Stuckness is often a kind of protection. Some part of you learned that standing still was safer than moving. In Hakomi and somatic work, we slow down and notice what happens in your body when you imagine change. Fear, heaviness, or a strange calm can all tell us something.

Psychodynamic work helps us find where that protective pattern began. When you can feel why you stopped, it often gets easier to move again, in a direction that is actually yours.

More about my approach
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What Sessions Look Like

  1. A free phone call

    20 minutes to talk about where you feel stuck and whether I am a good fit.

  2. Regular sessions

    55 minutes, weekly or every two weeks, in person in Rhinebeck or Hudson, or by telehealth in New York.

  3. One real step

    We look for small, concrete movements in your week, not giant leaps.

What Can Shift

I sometimes describe therapy as helping people out of the desert and into the oasis of Self. Being stuck can feel a lot like the desert.

What I hope for is the moment you notice you are moving again, and that the direction feels like your own.

Rates in Brief

Sessions are $160 for 55 minutes. The first step is a complimentary 20 minute phone consultation.

Rates
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Questions People Ask

What if I don't know what I want?

That is often part of feeling stuck. We can start with what you don't want, and with what you notice in your body when you think about different paths.

Is feeling stuck a sign of depression?

It can be, though often it is something else. Either way, we start with what you are noticing, and a name for it can come later if it helps.

Can therapy help with career problems?

Yes. Many of the people I see are entrepreneurs, people building something, and working artists whose stuckness shows up at work first.

I've tried therapy before and stayed stuck. Why would this be different?

That is fair to ask. My work focuses on what you feel, not only what you understand, which can reach patterns that insight alone hasn't touched.

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Start With a Free Consultation

Send me a short message and I'll set up a free 20 minute phone call.

Request a free consultation (845) 532-8336