Manhattan Mental Health Counseling was founded to solve a specific problem: New Yorkers struggle to find competent psychotherapists who also accept their health insurance. Founded by Natalie Buchwald, LMHC-D, and led with Managing Director Steven Buchwald, MMHC has grown to a team of 91+ clinicians and supervised clinicians offering in-network therapy across New York State. Meet the people who built the practice.
Natalie Buchwald, LMHC-D
I founded Manhattan Mental Health Counseling after discovering that many New Yorkers struggle to find competent psychotherapists that also accept their health insurance.
I believe that your mental health is just as important as your physical health and that everybody can benefit from psychotherapy. Most health insurances recognize that too and offer full or partial coverage for weekly counseling.
Manhattan Mental Health Counseling is a space where patients can experience the quality and personal attention of a private practice while also being able to afford their sessions using insurance or moderate fees.
Professional and competent care is of utmost important to me.
All our therapists are mental health counselors licensed by the New York State Office of Mental Health, who have been meticulously vetted by me personally. You can take a look at our psychotherapists by visiting the Meet the Therapists page.
Finding a therapist that is right for you and that also take your insurance can be challenging.
We are here to help.
Respectfully,
Natalie Buchwald, LMHC-D
Founder
Steven Buchwald, Managing Director
Expanding access to therapy and improving the quality of care should reinforce each other. That premise drives my work at Manhattan Mental Health Counseling, an insurance-based practice of 91+ therapists serving clients across New York State. The right structure can turn growth into more options for thoughtful matching, less administrative work for clinicians and a clearer picture of client progress. My job is to build that structure through strategy, systems and technology.
Good care begins before the first session: with a clear path into therapy, a thoughtful match and the ability to use insurance for ongoing care. I work with MMHC’s clinical leadership to strengthen those conditions while keeping clinical decisions where they belong, with clinicians.
Growth should make the practice better, not just bigger. A practice this size can see patterns no single caseload can show: how clients are progressing, when progress stalls and what gets in clinicians’ way. MMHC uses brief, standardized measures across the practice. Interpreted alongside each client’s own account and the therapist’s judgment, they help clients and therapists recognize and discuss change over time. They also give the practice a firmer basis for improving the systems around care.
Respectfully,
Steven Buchwald
Managing Director
