Welcome to Counseling to Comfort

Working to help you master your emotions and communicate effectively in ways that strengthen your relationships—so you thrive personally and professionally. Let's work together to prevent burnout and friction before they lead to poor outcomes in the places and spaces that matter most.

Helping clients through therapy since 2021. Now applying that clinical expertise to corporate training for emotionally intelligent leaders and high-performing teams who communicate effectively under pressure—enhancing not just team dynamics, but results. You can learn more about corporate training here

If you're in NY or NJ looking for a standout therapist and leadership development expert, you're in the right place.

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NYC Online Therapy & Training Services

For Anxiety, Stress, and more

45-minute sessions

Online Individual Counseling

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Online Couples Therapy

For Effective Communication and more

60 minute sessions

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For Emotionally Intelligent Leaders & High Performing Teams

In Person/Online

Corporate Training

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Shared Journey, through Group Therapy, for Personal Growth

Online

Support Groups

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Best Individual Therapist Near You. Best Couples Therapist Near You.

You’ve mastered a lot in your life—your career, your responsibilities, your ability to push through. But lately, you’ve felt the strain. Not because you’re failing, but because the strategies that once helped you succeed no longer feel sustainable.

Many of our clients are high-achieving professionals who look composed on the outside but feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or under-supported on the inside. They’re navigating demanding careers, complex relationships, and the pressure to “hold everything together.”

They don’t need crisis care.
They need specialized support that understands the multitude of emotions they feel daily when going from work to home, feel like clocking into one shift to another without a break.

At Counseling to Comfort, therapy blends emotional clarity & regulation, effective communication skills, and stress management tailored for high performers—so you can reset and reconnect to move through life with more peace and joy.

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Quinelle Hickman of Counseling to Comfort sitting in her office space to provide therapy to clients.

Founder: Quinelle Hickman

Quinelle is a Licensed Individual, Couples, and Family Therapist with 11 years of experience. Bringing a wealth of expertise to her practice and the public. As featured in magazines like 21Ninety,  theGrio and Black Love, discussing topics related to dating, relationships, healthy communication, and emotional wellbeing. Today, Quinelle also brings her expertise to organizations through leadership development and corporate training—helping teams communicate effectively under pressure, reduce friction, and build psychologically safe cultures that enhance performance.

Whether working with individuals, couples, or companies, her mission remains the same: to create spaces where people feel grounded, supported, and capable of performing their best—at work and at home.