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Veronica Chin Hing-Michaluk

LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Counselor and sex therapist

Founder of VNC Therapy New York, a sex-positive, ENM-competent, and kink-informed psychotherapy and coaching practice serving individuals, couples, and multi-partner relationships.

Areas of focus

Ethical non-monogamy, kink, identity, and intimacy

About Veronica

Sex-positive, ENM-competent, culturally rooted therapy

Veronica is a New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor and sex therapist who has practiced as a fully licensed counselor since 2019, with more than nine years of counseling experience. Veronica's clinical work centers on people practicing or exploring ethical non-monogamy, along with multicultural, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and interracial couples.

VNC Therapy New York, the group practice Veronica founded, offers individual therapy, multi-partnered couples therapy for ENM, polyamory, and relationship anarchy, coaching, and clinical consultation. The approach is integrative and trauma-informed, drawing on somatic, attachment-based, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, psychodynamic, and relational therapies to support nervous system regulation, clear communication, and greater connection, intimacy, and pleasure.

Background

Education, licensure, and professional work

Education and training

  • Master of Arts in Forensic Mental Health Counseling, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
  • CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies in Neuroscience and Forensic Psychology
  • LGBTQ Institute for Family Therapy program certificate
  • National Anger Management Association certificate

Licensure and directories

Veronica holds New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor license 009890 and National Provider Identifier 1861984080, and is listed in ENM, kink, and LGBTQIA2S+ affirming provider directories.

Areas of expertise

  • Ethical non-monogamy and polyamory
  • Multi-partner couples therapy
  • Sex therapy
  • Kink and BDSM affirming care
  • Gender identity and LGBTQIA2S+ affirming therapy
  • Interracial and multicultural relationships
  • Trauma-informed and somatic therapy
  • Neurodivergence

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More about Veronica's work