Gender and Sexuality Therapy for all identities

BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ affirming, anti-oppressive, somatic healing

VNC Therapy New York is a private psychotherapy and coaching practice founded to affirm and empower historically marginalized communities; placing emphasis on fostering healing spaces for BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and all humans seeking a sex-positive, ENM competent, culturally-rooted, and kink-informed approach to therapy.

With over 8 years of counseling experience, Veronica Chin Hing-Michaluk, LMHC brings a unique clinical lens into therapy- one that is rooted in a queer, sex-positive, multicultural, evidence-based, somatic, and anti-oppressive identity.  That means you can feel comfortable bringing all of yourself to session without having to worry about compartmentalizing aspects of your identity, culture, gender and sexuality. You can expect a therapist who has the capacity to hold multiple truths, respect your beliefs, and challenge patterns of behavior in a supportive way that facilitates lasting, positive change. There is no quick fix here, and sessions will often be weaving through the tapestry of your life at a pace that feels comfortable to you.

The therapy fee is $300 for a 45-minute session or $400 for an hour, and sessions are held weekly or biweekly to start. This practice is not in network with any insurances and can provide a superbill each session for your reimbursement so out-of-pocket costs can be much lower. Sliding scale for those with fluctuating income streams and solidarity rates for those with abundant wealth and financial security are available. Some areas of focus include:

  • exploring cultural identity, boundary-setting in BDSM/kink scenes, reclaiming pleasure, changes as a gender expansive human, existential meaning of life and ancestral messaging
  • navigating political stress, immigration wounds, surviving capitalism, healthcare systems, dating and living in NY
  • improving low self-esteem, relationship with mind-altering substances, recovery journey experience, wholistic health and wellness, coping skills to regulate nervous system
  • processing complex trauma/ CPTSD, intergenerational family of origin conflicts, workplace discrimination, carceral impact
  • moving through guilt, shame, loneliness, fear of failure or inadequacy, grief and loss, life transitions, performance anxiety
  • living out loud and authentically in ways you may have never thought possible

About the Therapist

Veronica is a Queer Nonbinary BIPOC Gender and Sexuality Psychotherapist
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Post-graduate training in sex therapy, somatic healing, anti-oppressive healthcare, anger management, and more…

NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor
M.A., Forensic Mental Health Counseling, CUNY
B.A., Neuroscience & Forensic Psychology, CUNY

Kintsugi Therapist Collective, 2023
Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians, 2021
New York Mental Health Counselors Association, 2020
Manhattan Alternative, 2020
Inclusive Therapists, 2020
Bridges Mental Health Collective, 2019
Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, 2018
European Association for Occupational Health Psychologists, 2016

Radical Mental Health First Aid, Joko Wellness, 2024

Cultures Impact in Sex Therapy training facilitator, 2021
LGBT Institute for Family Therapy, The Center, 2019
Sex Therapy Collaborative Scholarship, 2019
Opioid Overdose Prevention, DOMH, 2018
Anger Management Specialist Level II, 2017

What Can You Expect in Therapy?

You can expect to feel surprised at how comfortable it can be to feel seen and heard.​

You can expect to laugh, cry, and connect with many other emotions you may not have access to right now. ​

You can expect me to hold any guilt or shame you may feel with integrity, compassion, and benevolence.

You can expect to understand yourself and others more.

You can expect to learn self-advocacy and nervous system regulation skills that empower you to take up space in the world.

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