Therapist in Melville, New York Taha Alvi, Therapist

Taha Alvi, LMHC, provides affirming, insightful mental health care to individuals, couples, and families across New York. Practicing at LifeStance Health, he supports teens and adults navigating life’s complexities with a personalized and holistic approach. Taha works with clients ages 15 through 64, offering individual therapy, couples counseling, group therapy, and family therapy. His work centers on creating a safe, engaging space where clients feel empowered to explore their identities, confront challenges, and build more fulfilling lives. With specialized training and deep cultural understanding, Taha supports clients through a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. His approach integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness techniques to help clients better understand themselves and implement meaningful change. He is especially skilled in working with the LGBTQ+ community and individuals from South Asian and Middle Eastern backgrounds, offering culturally sensitive care that honors the complexity of intersecting identities. Taha is particularly passionate about helping clients explore issues related to gender identity, trauma, and LGBTQ+ mental health. As a queer therapist, he brings lived insight and authentic empathy to his work with clients exploring sexuality, coming out, or navigating nontraditional family structures. He also offers support for those healing from trauma or facing cultural stigma around mental health. Taha’s commitment to inclusive, multilingual care extends to speakers of Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi, ensuring broader accessibility to underserved communities. Outside of therapy, Taha enjoys fashion styling, video games, anime, and engaging in LGBTQ+ community events. He’s also an avid reader of self-help literature and finds joy in social connection and cultural expression—values that enrich his therapeutic relationships.