Staten Island residents often face limited mental health options. Crown Counseling bridges that gap through telehealth, providing the same quality therapy available at our Crown Heights office directly to your home. Our secure video sessions are convenient, flexible, and covered by most major insurance plans. Whether you're in St. George, Tottenville, or anywhere on the island, expert care is just a click away.
How video sessions work
Our clinicians are licensed in New York State, so a client in Staten Island gets the same therapist, the same session and the same insurance coverage as someone walking into our Crown Heights office. Before each appointment we send a secure link. You need a camera, a connection and a door that closes.
If you ever want to come in, you can. Most sessions are by video. For occasional in-person visits: Staten Island Ferry + Subway: Ferry to Whitehall, then the 3 from Wall St straight to Kingston Ave (about an hour in total). SIR + Ferry: Staten Island Railway to St. George, then ferry and subway.
Who you might see
Clinicians whose profiles list the work highlighted on this page. The office matches you after a short call, so this is who works in these areas, not a menu.
Alexa GoldfederLicensed Master Social Worker
Anxiety & Depression, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy (Telehealth), Couples Therapy
Esther GeisinskyLicensed Master Social Worker
Anxiety & Depression, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy (Telehealth), Couples Therapy
Jonathan NewmanLicensed Master Social Worker
Anxiety & Depression, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy (Telehealth), Couples Therapy
Racheli SolomonLicensed Master Social Worker
Anxiety & Depression, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy (Telehealth), Couples Therapy
Mental health resources in Staten Island
Weekly therapy is one part of care. These are the places in and around Staten Island for the moments it is not enough, or for someone who needs a clinic that takes Medicaid or a sliding scale today. Our own list of hotlines is on the resources page.
If you are in crisis right now
- Call or text 988. From a 212, 718, 646, 917, 347 or 929 number you reach NYC 988 directly; from any other area code, ask to be transferred to NYC 988. Chat is at nyc988.cityofnewyork.us.
- NYC 988 can send a Mobile Crisis Team to you, anywhere in the city, between 8 am and 8 pm, seven days a week. You can ask for one for yourself or for someone else.
- If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. Every emergency room can stabilise a psychiatric emergency; the programs listed below are the ones built for it.
Psychiatric emergency, 24 hours
Richmond University Medical Center, psychiatric emergency (CPEP)
355 Bard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10310
24-hour crisis line. Their own Mobile Crisis team for Staten Island is 718-818-6900.
Addresses and numbers checked 28 September 2026 against each organisation's own site or NYC government listings. If one is wrong, tell us on the feedback page.