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In person in Cedarhurst, NY & Virtual Across New York
Two clients and their therapist in conversation in a calm, light-filled session room

Individual, Couples & Marriage Therapy in the Five Towns & New York

Healthy relationshipsdon't happen by accident.They're built.

We help adults, who grew up with emotionally unavailable, critical or complicated parents build the relationships they were never shown how to have.

In person · Cedarhurst, Long IslandVirtual across New York
What we offer

Accessible. Down to Earth. Results Oriented.

  • Individual, Couples & Group Therapy
  • Cedarhurst, NY
  • Virtual across NY
  • Concierge Out-of-Network Billing
  • Same-Week Appointments
  • Attachment-Focused Care

Our Team

NY Therapists Who’ve Done The Work.

You can’t take someone somewhere you haven’t been yourself. We’ve done the work, so we can truly be there for yours.

Portrait of Bassy Schwartz, LMFT at Core RelationshipsBassy Schwartz, LMFT
Founder & Clinical Director · Cedarhurst, Long Island + Virtual

Founder of Core Relationships and a licensed couples and family therapist with specialized training in helping partners reconnect. Bassy offers a warm, judgment-free space where the hard things start to feel safe to say, gently helping couples and individuals heal old wounds and rebuild a bond that feels secure.

Meet Bassy
Portrait of Julia Ayriyan, LMHC at Core RelationshipsJulia Ayriyan, LMHC
Individual Therapist · Virtual

A licensed therapist who specializes in the quiet exhaustion of always being the strong one. Julia offers a calm, unhurried space where you can slow down, tune into what your body has been holding, and gently make sense of the patterns that keep you running on empty.

Meet Julia
Portrait of Yisroel Shubowitz, LMHC at Core RelationshipsYisroel Shubowitz, LMHC
Individual & Couples Therapist

Yisroel helps adolescents, individuals, and couples understand the patterns beneath stress and conflict. His warm, collaborative approach draws on psychodynamic and attachment theory to support resilience, self-understanding, and meaningful connection.

Meet Yisroel
Portrait of Avigail Deutsch, MFT at Core RelationshipsAvigail Deutsch, MFT
Individual & Couples Therapist

Avigail helps individuals and couples navigate relationship anxiety, people-pleasing, boundaries, and recurring patterns, building a stronger sense of self and more secure connections.

Meet Avigail
Portrait of Malka Farber, MFT at Core RelationshipsMalka Farber, MFT
Individual, Couples & Family Therapist

Malka works with individuals, couples, and families, with a particular interest in couples and relationships. Her warm, collaborative approach helps you understand your patterns, feel more secure in yourself, and build healthier connections.

Meet Malka
Portrait of Azalea Catalina at Core Relationships
Azalea Catalina
Practice Administrator

With a warm, grounded, and thoughtful approach, Azalea believes that feeling supported should begin long before someone enters the therapy room. She brings genuine care and attentiveness to every interaction, guiding clients through intake, scheduling, billing, and the everyday details of navigating therapy with ease. Her goal is to make the entire experience feel seamless, personal, and welcoming, ensuring every client feels seen, cared for, and supported every step of the way.

You keep showing up.
The patterns keep showing up too.

Exhaustion

You're high-functioning on the outside and exhausted on the inside.

Disconnect

Your relationship looks fine to everyone else, but you know something is missing.

Stuck

You've tried therapy before. It helped a little. Nothing really changed.

Distance

You're tired of having the same fights, the same silences, the same distance.

Every pattern has a beginning. We help you create a different ending.

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Why choose Core Relationships

When the work works, this is what you get back.
The Core Relationships therapy team
Energy that's actually yours
You stop running on empty and have something left at the end of the day.
A stronger sense of self
Boundaries that hold under pressure, without the guilt spiral after.
Room for what fills you
The parts of your life that got buried under the load come back into view.
An inner voice you can trust
Self-doubt stops running the show. Your own judgment gets louder.
Conversations that move forward
Instead of looping through the same fights and the same silences.
Closeness that holds
Real connection with the people who actually matter to you.
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