Meet Cora

In person in Manhattan + Brooklyn, NYC | Virtual in NY State

Welcome.

I work with individuals and couples navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, and identity exploration. My practice is guided by the belief that healing happens through connection— within ourselves, between one another, and in community. I don’t approach therapy as an expert with all the answers, but as a companion in curiosity, someone willing to slow down and listen for what’s beneath the surface.

I hold deep respect for the ways culture, identity, and power shape our inner worlds. I’m committed to creating a space that is LGBTQ+ affirming, anti-racist, and grounded in a Health at Every Size (HAES) perspective. I love working with queer and gender-expansive clients, and I also feel especially called to support people navigating body-image concerns and disordered eating patterns.

WORK WITH CORA

FOCUS AREAS

Adults, individuals, couples/partners, group

  • Anxiety, OCD and rumination

  • Trauma and complex trauma

  • Relationship challenges

  • Somatics and physical manifestations of trauma and grief

  • Queer & LGBTQ clients

  • Identity exploration

  • Mood disorders

  • Body image

Cora Melcher, LMSW she/they

THERAPIST

TRAINING + QUALIFICATIONS

I’m an LMSW in New York state and received my MSW from Siberman School of Social Work. I’ve worked in a variety of clinical settings, including inpatient treatment centers, public schools, and private practice.

  • Somatic, relational, and psychodynamic

  • American Institute for Psychoanalysis, advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy

  • Karen Horney Clinic, Psychoanalytic dydactics

  • EMDR Institute, Training I

  • Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping

  • Hakomi Institute, Introductory Training & Level I ongoing

  • Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) trained

  • Exposure Therapy

NY LMSW License # 128823*

*In accordance with New York State Education Law and the regulations of the State Board for Social Work, Cora is receiving direct supervision by Grace Dickman, LCSW (NY License #092319).

WORK WITH CORA

COLLEAGUE

“Cora brings rare warmth and clinical depth - weaving relational, somatic, and psychodynamic approaches with curiosity and care. She has a gift for making people feel met in the room with her.”

MY CREATIVE OUTLETS + WORKS I LOVE

Art is one of the ways I orient myself in the world. I’m a painter with a particular love for psychological portraits and abstracted figures, and I’m drawn to work that feels emotionally honest, strange, tender, or a little unresolved. Artists like Alice Neel and Coady Brown have deeply shaped how I think about people, interiority, and storytelling through images.

When I’m not working or painting, I love spending my time cooking, learning about herbalism, being horizontal, and spending time with friends.