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I felt drawn to a healing profession after noticing that I was often the person with whom people sought to share their struggles. These experiences inspired me to understand how we as humans respond to life’s many adversities. Gratefully, these gifts and interests guided me onto a therapist’s career path.
Personally and professionally, lessons of healing and growth have been frequently illustrated. One such lesson is, as Rumi worded it: “the wound is where the light enters you.” I’ve also seen that when people have the self-compassion to understand why they cling to patterns that no longer serve them, it is easier to find the courage to trust new and more fulfilling ways of existing.
I’ve seen these lessons in action in my positions at several New York City hospitals and my dissertation research with veterans with depression at the Manhattan VA. Currently, in addition to Winding Elm Psychotherapy, I am a supervising psychologist at the Mount Sinai World Trade Center Mental Health Program. I have been honored to work with and learn from 9/11 rescue and recovery workers as they confront the trauma the have experienced.
Should we embark on the journey of therapy together, I will bring compassion, creativity, humor, warmth, and curiosity as we learn where your inner wisdom is guiding you.
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TRAINING–JOSH STIEBER, PHD
Winding Elm Psychology, PLLC is an independent practice and is not affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
The practice is named after the Elm Tree overlooking Central Park’s East Meadow. Despite being near the 96th Street throughway wall, the roots of this tree have found depth in other directions, allowing the tree to grow tall and wide.
Elm Trees in many other places have struggled due to Dutch Elm Disease—yet Elms have thrived in New York City.
The East Meadow’s towering Elm Tree stands as a living example that, even within a buzzing metropolis, we can find the grounding to allow for the winding process of growth.
