Sula Malina, LCSW

Hi! I'm Sula, the administrator for Queer Therapy NYC and a psychotherapist in my own private practice. Here, I support staff therapists by managing payroll, PTO and Safe & Sick Leave, and monthly reports on client attendance, invoicing, and progress notes. In addition to my work here and as a therapist, I serve as the Director of Operations for Manhattan Alternative and for another group therapy practice. I earned my Bachelors in Gender & Sexuality Studies from Bryn Mawr College, and graduated with my MSW from Columbia University in 2021.

I believe that everyone deserves to show up to life (and therapy) in their entirety, without need for explanation or justification. I center my work in my private practice around empathic listening -- which asks how you would like to be heard. I center you as the expert of your own experience, and take a strength-based approach to our work as I accompany you through the processes of growth and cultivating self-compassion. I have specialized training and expertise in working with queer and trans identities, polyamory and consensual non-monogamy, kink and BDSM, body image, eating disorders, navigating gender transition in the medical industrial complex, depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, infidelity, and trauma.