Dating in the City
A space for support and connection while navigating dating and relationships in New York City.
Who is Dating in the City For?
Dating in the City is for women navigating the emotional ups and downs of dating in New York City who want a space to connect, reflect, and feel less alone in the process.
This group may be a good fit if you:
Feel discouraged, anxious, or burned out by dating or dating apps
Find yourself repeating relationship or dating patterns you want to better understand
Struggle with uncertainty, anxiety, rejection, comparison, or dating fatigue
Want to feel more confident communicating your needs, boundaries, and relationship goals
Are navigating questions around attachment, vulnerability, intimacy, or trust
Feel pressure around timelines, partnership, marriage, or starting a family
Want to date more intentionally without overanalyzing every interaction
Crave honest connection with other women who understand what dating in NYC can actually feel like
You don’t need to be in a particular stage of dating or looking for one specific type of relationship. The group is designed to offer both meaningful peer connection and therapist-facilitated support as you navigate dating, relationships, and what you want for yourself.
What We’ll Explore
Over the eight weeks, topics may include:
Clarifying what you want from dating and relationships
Exploring attachment styles and relationship patterns
Building self-trust and confidence in dating decisions
Setting boundaries and communicating needs
Navigating vulnerability, intimacy, and emotional availability
Making sense of chemistry, compatibility, and connection
Dating intentionally amid pressure around partnership, marriage, and family-building
Developing a healthier, more sustainable relationship with dating
Interested in Joining Dating in the City?
We begin with a brief complimentary consultation to learn more about what you’re looking for, answer any questions, and make sure Dating in the City feels like the right fit for you. Use the link below to schedule your consultation with a member of the Sana Psychotherapy team.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Dating in the City is designed for women who are actively dating or navigating their relationship lives and want support, reflection, and connection along the way.
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Yes. Dating in the City is designed as a space for women to connect around the shared experiences and challenges that can come with dating in New York City.
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Dating in the City is a therapist-facilitated support group. The group combines meaningful peer connection with guided discussion and reflection around dating, relationships, and emotional well-being.
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The group is $60 per session. The group meets for eight weekly sessions.
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Not at all. While dating apps may be part of the conversation, the group is about the broader experience of dating and relationships, whether you’re meeting people online, through friends, in person, or through other avenues.
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That’s completely okay. You don’t need to have your relationship goals figured out before joining. Exploring what you want, what feels important to you, and how you want to approach dating can be part of the group.
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You may still be a good fit, particularly if you’re reflecting on past dating experiences, relationship patterns, or how you want to approach dating differently when you return to it.
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Yes. Because trust and connection build over time, participants are asked to commit to the full eight-week group. We understand life happens, so we ask that you do your best to honor the commitment to the group.
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We begin with a brief complimentary consultation so you can learn more about the group, ask questions, and talk with a member of the Sana Psychotherapy team about whether it feels like the right fit.
Meet Your Group Facilitator
Co-founderDating in the City is facilitated by Jessica Erickson, LCSW, co-founder of Sana Psychotherapy and a therapist specializing in women’s mental health, relationships, and major life transitions.
Jessica has extensive experience supporting women as they navigate dating and relationships, anxiety, self-esteem, relationship patterns, changing priorities, and questions around partnership, marriage, fertility, and future family-building.
At Sana Psychotherapy, we believe dating and relationships can bring up some of our most meaningful questions about who we are, what we want, and how we connect with others. Dating in the City creates space to explore those questions with professional support and meaningful connection with other women navigating similar experiences.
Jessica facilitates the full 8-week series, allowing for consistency and connection throughout the group.
Support for Dating in the City
Dating in New York City can be exciting, hopeful, exhausting, confusing, and sometimes all of those things at once. Between dating apps, seemingly endless options, ambiguous relationships, and the pressure to find the “right” person, it can be difficult to stay connected to yourself and what you actually want.
Dating can also bring deeper questions to the surface: Why do I keep finding myself in similar relationship patterns? How do I know when to give someone a chance or walk away? Am I asking for too much, or settling for too little? How do I stay open and vulnerable without losing myself in the process? And for women thinking about partnership, marriage, or having children, dating can carry an added sense of pressure around time and the future.
Dating in the City offers a space to step outside the cycle of swiping, analyzing, and second-guessing and talk honestly about what dating is bringing up for you. Each session combines psychoeducation, guided discussion, reflection, and peer support in a confidential and welcoming environment, with the goal of helping you feel more grounded, connected, and confident in how you approach dating and relationships.