Meryl Weinsaft Cooper is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and integrative psychotherapist based in New York City. She works at the intersection of trauma-informed psychotherapy, somatic-based modalities, and the creative arts, helping clients feel more grounded, connected, and at ease with themselves.
Meryl works with adults, couples, and families navigating anxiety, burnout, trauma, grief, and major life transitions. Many of the people she supports are outwardly high-functioning, yet internally feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns shaped by perfectionism, self-doubt, or relational strain. She helps clients move from the familiar question, “Why do I always do that?” toward a more compassionate and curious understanding of themselves—exploring long-standing patterns and well-worn narratives,that can offer insight into what is seeking attention or change. Drawing from a Jungian- and person-centered lens, she approaches symptoms and recurring themes as meaningful guides rather than problems to eliminate.
Prior to becoming a therapist, Meryl spent many years working in creative and high-pressure professional environments, which informs her understanding of the emotional and physiological responses tied to performance, adaptation, and survival. Long before formal clinical training, she was often in the role of listener, guide, and witness. Earlier still, creative expression was a primary way she processed experience and made meaning—an embodied foundation that continues to shape her clinical work.
Meryl’s approach integrates Creative Arts Therapy, somatic and trauma-informed psychotherapy, EMDR, and depth-oriented relational work. Therapy with her is collaborative and paced to each client’s needs, with no expectation to have the “right words,” a creative background, or a clear plan at the outset. Her work emphasizes experiential practices that support insight, regulation, and meaningful change.
Clients often describe feeling more grounded, more understood, and less alone in their work with Meryl. Therapy aims to support lasting shifts in self-trust and a deeper sense of connection to oneself and others.
She offers sessions both online and in person in New York City.
Focus Areas
- Anxiety, depression, rumination, and mood-related concerns
- Trauma (including intergenerational, complex, and developmental trauma)
- Chronic stress, burnout, creative blocks, and other workplace-related concerns
- Grief, identity shifts, and major life transitions (e.g. menopause, divorce, empty nest, etc.)
- Perfectionism, people-pleasing, and relational issues
