About Us

About Fire Island Pines Psychotherapy

Created from lived experience. Built on acceptance. Inspired by chosen family.

Fire Island Pines Psychotherapy was founded on the belief that everyone deserves to be seen, affirmed, and supported exactly as they are.

Our practice was shaped by lived experience, navigating identity, searching for belonging, and discovering that family can be built through love as much as through biology. Those experiences continue to guide the compassionate, affirming care we provide every day.

Mat Wunsch, LCSW-SIFI , founded the practice after learning firsthand how profoundly acceptance, or the absence of it, can shape a person’s sense of self. That journey inspired a practice where no one has to question whether they belong before they begin to heal. Learn more about Mat’s story →

Today, that mission is carried forward by a team of clinicians who believe therapy starts with understanding, not assumptions. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, identity exploration, family building, or life’s many transitions, we create a space where you can show up authentically and be met with compassion.

We don’t believe healing begins when you become someone different.

We believe it begins the moment you realize you no longer have to hide who you are.

Because everyone deserves a place where they belong.

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Virtual across New York • In person in Bohemia

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