Magenta Therapy
Emilia Shapiro, LCSW
Therapy for Teens, Adults, Couples & Families · New YorkEmilia Shapiro, LCSW, is a compassionate and dedicated therapist who helps individuals, couples, and families navigate life's challenges with understanding, empathy, and evidence-based strategies. With dual master's degrees—one in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University and another in Clinical Social Work from Hunter College's Silberman School of Social Work—Emilia brings a rich academic foundation to her practice.
Her studies included a specialized focus on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which gave her unique expertise in understanding and treating this condition. Emilia works with adolescents, young adults, and adults, addressing a range of mental health issues, including OCD, anxiety, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and relationship challenges. She also offers couples counseling, creating a safe and supportive space for partners to strengthen their connection and improve communication.
Known for her warm and collaborative approach, Emilia tailors her therapeutic methods to meet the unique needs of each client. Whether working to reduce anxiety, navigate relationship dynamics, or navigate life's complexities, she strives to empower her clients to achieve lasting change and personal growth.
In her work, Emilia integrates proven therapeutic modalities with a genuine commitment to understanding each client's story. She helps patients foster a strong commitment to themselves that prioritizes their personal growth and goals. Emilia prioritizes access to affordable care and accepts many insurance plans. Having personally experienced the struggle of not having access to affordable care, Emilia now works diligently to offer both insurance and out-of-network options.
Emilia resides in New York City, where she was born and raised. In her spare time, Emilia enjoys exploring new perspectives through reading, cooking, exercise, travel, trying new restaurants, enjoying the city's rich cultural landscape, and connecting with the community around her.
Tell us a bit about what’s going on and we’ll set up your first session with Emilia.
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Care for a wide range of people and concerns
Emilia works with teens, adults, couples, and families across many of the reasons people seek therapy, from everyday stress, life transitions, and self-worth to relationships, mood, and anxiety. She has a particular depth of training in OCD, but you don't need a specific diagnosis, or any diagnosis at all, to begin. If something keeps getting in the way of the life you want, that's reason enough to reach out.
Where Emilia goes especially deep
Alongside general individual, couples, and family work, Emilia draws on evidence-based methods (including ERP for OCD) matched to each client. Explore a few of the areas she focuses on.
Therapy for OCD
ERP-led treatment for intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and the exhausting need for certainty.
Learn moreTherapy for Anxiety
Steadier ground for racing thoughts, worry loops, and the bracing that never quite switches off.
Learn moreRelationship & Dating Therapy
Support with attachment patterns, dating anxiety, and the dynamics that keep repeating.
Learn moreWorking with Emilia, answered
What kinds of clients does Emilia work with?
Emilia sees adolescents, young adults, and adults, and offers couples counseling as well. Her work spans OCD, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, and relationship and dating challenges, among others.
Are sessions online or in person?
Sessions are held online over a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform, so you can meet with Emilia from anywhere in New York State. There's no commute and no waiting room, just a private, convenient space to do the work.
Does Emilia take insurance?
Emilia prioritizes access to affordable care and accepts many insurance plans, with both in-network and out-of-network options available. The best first step is a free 15-minute consultation, where we can talk through fit and benefits.
See whether working with Emilia feels right.
A free 15-minute consultation is a no-pressure conversation, a chance to be heard and to get a sense of the fit before anything else.
Tell us a bit about what’s going on and we’ll set up your first session with Emilia.
Not sure Emilia is the one? Request a free consultation and we’ll match you.
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