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Alex ConwayYour therapist
Depth therapy for LGBTQ+ adults in New York
You've gotten really good at holding it together.
That's a skill, not a life. Full Color is depth therapy for LGBTQ+ adults in New York — EMDR-trained trauma work paired with positive psychology, pointed at a life you aren't just managing. One you're living, in full color.
Where we begin
You don't have to translate yourself here.
A lot of therapy asks you to do two jobs at once: be in the room, and also explain the room you came from. Here, the queer and trans context is just — understood. Session one starts at your actual life, not a glossary, not the coming-out story you've told a hundred times, not your identity standing in for the whole agenda.
That fluency isn't the point of the work. It's what makes the real work possible — the goals you're actually here for, with none of the hour going on translation.
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Trauma work that moves
Some things don't stay in the past.
A tone of voice. A particular kind of silence. A text that takes too long to get answered. Some experiences don't get filed away the way they're supposed to — so years later, your body reacts like it's happening again, even when your mind knows better.
The work is helping your brain finish processing what it couldn't finish at the time, so the memory stays yours instead of running the show. It's called EMDR — Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing — and I'm EMDR-trained. It's a structured, well-researched approach, not a trend — an excellent tool that happens to have a terrible name.
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Positive psychology
Joy isn't where you start. It's where this is headed.
Most therapy marketing leads with what's wrong with you. We think that's backwards. Positive psychology asks a second question alongside the hard one — not just what's broken, but what would actually make this life worth living, for you specifically.
That's the throughline here: EMDR clears out what's in the way. Positive psychology points toward what's on the other side. Not relentless positivity — a real, structured practice of building toward a life in full color, at whatever pace actually fits your nervous system.
Session
Secure videoFrom wherever you feel most yourself
The work
EMDR & beyondTrauma, anxiety, identity
Everyday
A fuller lifeOutside the therapy hour
Ways to work together
The practical part.
Weekly sessions are held over secure video, out-of-network. A superbill comes with every session, and many PPO plans reimburse 50–80% of it after deductible.
The caseload is deliberately small. That is what keeps your hour unhurried, keeps the same slot yours week after week, and means the person you booked is the one still thinking about your work between sessions.
When you want the work concentrated rather than spread across a season, EMDR intensives are available by quote — a day given entirely to the work, without the weekly stop and start, held with the same privacy and care.
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Who you'll be working with
Depth you don't have to take on faith.
I'm Alex Conway, a licensed therapist in New York. I studied at Brown and took my master's in psychology at George Washington University, and I'm EMDR-trained. Before private practice I did crisis counseling with The Trevor Project and spent time at the ACLU. I've written a book about how a person actually changes.
None of it is theoretical for me, either — I've lived in queer community my whole adult life.
Licensed in New York Brown University EMDR-trained The Trevor Project
Everyone deserves joy
Ready when you are.
The first conversation is fifteen minutes, by video, and free. Say what's going on; you'll leave knowing whether this is the right room for it.