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Alex Conway, LMHCYour 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, working toward a version of your life that isn't just managed. It's lived, in full color.
No pressure, no pitch — just a conversation about what's actually going on.
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, reachable faster because nothing's getting lost in 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 Alex is EMDR-trained through an EMDRIA-approved training program. 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
TelehealthAcross New York State
The work
EMDR & beyondTrauma, anxiety, identity
Everyday
A fuller lifeOutside the therapy hour
Ways to work together
The practical part.
New client sessions are $395, held over secure video, out-of-network for New York residents. A superbill comes with every session, and many PPO plans reimburse 50–80% of that after deductible.
For concentrated work in a shorter window, EMDR intensives are available by quote — months of therapy compressed into a day, held with the same privacy and care. And if you're outside New York, or what you need isn't clinical work, coaching is a separate, non-clinical offer built for that: no diagnosis, no trauma processing, just structured work toward what's next.
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Who you'll be working with
Depth you don't have to take on faith.
I'm Alex Conway, LMHC — a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York. I trained at Brown University and George Washington University, and I'm EMDR-trained through an EMDRIA-approved program. Before private practice, I did crisis counseling with The Trevor Project and LGBTQ+ advocacy work with the ACLU. I'm also a published author on identity and psychology.
None of that is theoretical for me, either — I've lived in queer community my whole adult life.
LMHC · New York Brown University George Washington University EMDR-trained Trevor Project ACLU Published author
Everyone deserves joy
Ready when you are.
The first conversation is free — fifteen minutes, no pitch, no pressure. Just space to say what's going on and see if this is the right fit.