At Our Kind Therapy,
healing is an experience
Because change happens when your story is witnessed and rewritten, not just recalled.
Clinically grounded experiential therapy
We exist to offer
high-quality therapy
that gets you results
Moving beyond transactional care to restore genuine connection, release fears held in the body, and awaken a sense of inspired aliveness within those we serve.
Don’t pick just one when you get a blend
Evidence-Based Therapy Techniques We Use
The Our Kind Method combines multiple evidence-based therapeutic modalities used by the best therapists in NYC:
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Attachment Therapy looks at how you learned to bond and survive in relationships. In therapy, we gently rewire those patterns so closeness doesn’t feel scary, confusing, or exhausting anymore.
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Narrative Therapy focuses on how you talk to yourself and make sense of your life. We use this to help you rewrite your trauma & defenses, so that you regain choice, and move forward with clarity and self-trust.
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AEDP creates a safe, attuned space to feel what’s been held back, so deep changes happen where they actually live: in your body or nervous system.
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Somatic Experiencing works with your body, through connection with your five senses, to gently release stress and trauma.
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EMDR supports the brain’s natural healing process, allowing painful memories to settle instead of consuming your present.
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IFS is about understanding why every part of you exists, so nothing inside has to fight for control anymore.
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ISTDP helps you face the emotions you’ve learned to avoid, so anxiety lessens, clarity sharpens, and real change happens fast.
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Jungian Psychoanalysis is a depth-oriented approach that helps you understand the deeper movements of your inner psyche.
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At Our Kind, play therapy for adults uses imagination, metaphoric world-building, and creative tools to help you access parts of yourself that are better expressed through experiential exploration.
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Sex therapy helps you explore intimacy, desire, communication, and sexual patterns with honesty and safety.
When we say experiential therapy, we mean:
You don't just analyze your fears
you experience safety in real time with an attuned therapist
You don't just talk about relationships
you build corrective bonds that teach your nervous system new patterns
You don't just understand your trauma
you feel it release in your body through somatic work
This looks like:
Find Emotional Root
Unlock the unconscious core beneath your defenses
Somatic Release
Process the true emotional experience suppressed in your body
Corrective Rewiring
Experience being witnessed and responded to as you create new neural pathways
Emotional Completion
Integrate your new emotional truth & ease into your dream life
When these moments happen in Our Kind Therapy sessions, your body learns to feel safe, to connect, and to expand.
You belong with your community, you belong with Our Kind.
Our Values
Integrity
Unconditional Love
Belonging
Growth & Repair
Resilience
Expression
Play
High Quality
Collectivism
Empowerment
Imagination
Meet Our Founder
Alaina Grable
Alaina Grable, LMHC-D, is an experiential, attachment-focused therapist who believes therapy should feel alive, relational, and deeply effective. She founded Our Kind Therapy to reimagine the therapeutic experience, bringing in more play, challenge, and a deeper emotional return-on-investment for our clients.