Frayde Yudkowsky
United States, Arizona, New Jersey, New York
Licensed
Meet Frayde Yudkowsky, LSW, LMSW, CTP Founder of THRIVE! Mental Health Hi!! I’m Frayde Yudkowsky — and yes, I wear a lot of hats. Literally and figuratively. I’m a licensed therapist in NY, NJ, and AZ, a Certified Trauma Professional, the proud founder of THRIVE! Mental Health, and a lifelong advocate for healing, honesty, and radical compassion. I’m also a polyfragmented system living with DID, and that lived experience is my badge of honor. It’s the heartbeat behind everything I do. My Work in the World Since childhood, I’ve been drawn to creating spaces where people feel seen, heard, valued, and safe to be who they really are. That calling has taken me around the world — from the U.S. to Australia and back again — and into nearly every corner of the mental health field: I’ve founded and directed several organizations, helped build others from the ground up, and always stayed rooted in one thing: people first. Ready to help other Systems heal and THRIVE, I founded THRIVE! Mental Health — a private therapy practice based in New Jersey that supports clients in New Jersey, New York, and Arizona. I work with children, teens, adults, and older adults — offering individual therapy, groups, and creative modalities that meet people where they are. My specialty? Working with systems who live with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and OSDD. Groups I Facilitate: Why I Do This Because I know what it’s like to be on both sides of the therapy room. Whether you’re here as a client, a colleague, a fellow traveler, or just curious — I’m so glad you found your way to THRIVE! 🫶
Therapist • Educator • Advocate • Community Activist • System • Fashionista
Psych hospitals
Rehabs, PHPs, IOPs, and outpatient centers
Alternative high schools, wilderness programs, sober homes
In-home counseling and nonprofit leadership
Together, we explore who’s who inside, learn how each part is trying to protect, connect, or survive, and gently build internal communication rooted in curiosity and compassion.
Because systems deserve to be supported, not pathologized.
Because healing happens when we’re held — not fixed.
Here, we see you. All of you.
— Frayde
Treatment Approach
Inclusive, Evidence Based Healing for DID, LGBTQIAPD+, & Complex Trauma Folx
I offer a rich blend of trauma-informed methods—carefully curated to meet your unique needs and honor every part of who you are:
🌱 Building a Safe Foundation
We start with grounding techniques, coping skills, and stability—laying a secure base so that healing feels possible and parts within systems can begin to trust.
🛠️ Cognitive & Behavioral Skills
I bring in evidence-based therapies like CBT, DBT, ACT and Positive Psychology to help untangle thoughts, feelings, and actions for real-world coping.
🧘 Mindfulness & Somatic Intervention
We reconnect you to your body and nervous system, using somatic interventions and mindfulness to soothe overwhelm and reduce dissociation.
🎨 Creative Expression
Through art, music, and writing, we evoke parts that aren\'t ready to speak—allowing healing via expressive and creative mediums.
🌀 Trauma Focused Techniques
• Sand Tray Therapy: A powerful, low-verbal method where clients create scenes using miniatures in sand, allowing for deep expression and healing without needing to find the \"right words.”
• Flash Technique: A gentle, brain-based trauma tool that helps reframe painful memories quickly and safely—without diving deep into the details or reliving the distress.
💬 DID Support
Tailored for DID/OSDD systems—our work prioritizes internal communication, collaboration, system safety, and trauma processing at your pace resulting in harmonious living!
🌈 Intersectional & Affirming
Your LGBTQIAPD+ identity, history, and resilience sit front and center—recognized, celebrated, and woven throughout every part of the work.
Through this vibrant combination of CBT, DBT, mindfulness, somatic, expressive arts, sand play, Flash—and intentionally dissociation aware DID support—our sessions are both deeply caring and smartly structured. We meet you where you are, empower every part of your system, and walk with you toward integration, empowerment, and joy.
Let’s make healing affirming, creative, and real. Let’s THRIVE! — together.
Insurance:
N/A
Therapy Type:
Individual psychotherapy, Group therapy
Details
$225
Offers sliding scale fee
Either in-person or online
United States - NY, NJ, and AZ
Accepting new clients