For Leaders, Founders, and Teams
Leadership and Team Coaching in NYC
What a couples therapist knows about how people argue, pull apart, and repair, brought to the leaders and teams who work together every day.
- Free 15-minute consultation
- Talks, team workshops, and 1:1 sessions
- Led by a licensed therapist
Why Team Coaching Starts With How We Talk to Each Other
The way people argue in public right now does not stay outside the office. Grievance, mistrust, a focus on only what is wrong, and arguments over definitions show up in team meetings the same way they show up between partners in my couples therapy room.
In couples work, these patterns are what get in the way of progress, and repair is what moves people forward again. The same is true for a team. My work with leaders and teams applies what helps couples recover trust to the places where people need to work together.
Who This Work Is For
- Your team has split into camps and every meeting picks up the same argument
- Your management style lands differently than you intend
- A conflict, a reorganization, or a broken promise has left people guarded
- You lead people and want to understand your own patterns under pressure
- You plan a conference, offsite, or HR event and want a talk that actually moves the room
If one of these sounds like your team, the first conversation is free. Request a conversation
Talks, Team Workshops, and Leadership Coaching
Talks and Keynotes
Built on my recent conference talk, The Four Pillars of Interpersonal and Cultural Repair: what couples therapy teaches about connection in divided times. Four patterns from today's public conversation, grievance, mistrust, problem orientation, and literalism, and four pillars of repair that answer them. For conferences, HR events, and company offsites, with time for small-group discussion.
Team Workshops
A workshop on how these patterns show up at work and what helps a team repair. We focus on team cohesion, management styles, and bringing a divided team back together, with small-group work built in. It also works as workplace conflict coaching for teams that have stopped hearing each other.
Leadership Coaching for Founders and Executives
Individual sessions for founders, executives, and managers who want to understand the posture they bring into a room: how they handle conflict, how they are heard, and how they repair when something breaks. Founder coaching and executive presence coaching, grounded in how people actually relate to each other.
Four Patterns and Four Pillars of Repair
My talk at the NEAFAST 2026 State of Therapy conference names four patterns from today's public conversation that I see in my office, and four pillars of repair that answer them. Each one has a direct place at work.
Grievance
Knowing what the problem is and who is to blame.From Grievance to Grief
Letting go of certainty and naming the hurt and the need underneath it.Mistrust
Nothing is trusted until it proves itself, and the proof is never enough.Trust Before Trustworthiness
Extending trust first, with open eyes, instead of waiting for proof.Problem Orientation
Seeing only what is wrong, until the problems take up the whole picture.Orienting Toward Beauty
Asking what we are working for, and not only what we are fighting about.Literalism
Arguing over definitions, which rarely helps two people reach each other.A Poetics of Repair
Language that reaches people where definitions cannot, including specific, honest praise.What Couples Therapy Teaches About Teams
A team that cannot repair after a conflict starts to protect itself instead of doing its best work. People go guarded, decisions slow down, and a manager's words are heard through old disagreements. Team communication training often stops at techniques. This work starts with the patterns underneath them.
As I put it in my talk: division happens at the speed of judgment, and repair happens at the speed of relationship.
How to Begin
- Request a conversationChoose a time that suits you, online.
- A free 15-minute callTell me about your team, your event, or what you want to work on as a leader.
- A proposal that fitsA talk, a workshop, a series of team sessions, or individual coaching.
About Avi Steinhardt, LCSW
I am Avi Steinhardt, a licensed clinical social worker and certified Gestalt therapist. I recently presented at a professional conference on how cultural discourse enters the room and what helps people repair.
Leaders who want to look at their own patterns more personally can also read about therapy for high-functioning anxiety or relational therapy.
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Bring This Work to Your Team
Whether you are looking for leadership coaching in NYC, a team workshop, or a speaker for your next event, I begin with a free 15-minute conversation about what you need and which format fits best.
Individual sessions online. Talks and workshops by arrangement.
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In Their Words
My husband and I found Avi when we were in a dark place. Avi was thoughtful, patient with us - and funny!
My husband and I found Avi when we were in a dark place. Avi was thoughtful, patient with us - and funny! We didn't know what we were looking for, but we found a fellow artist. He's so soulful, and he has this magical ability to help you unwind yourself. For that, we're grateful. We've asked him to work with our teenagers, family members, even friends. He's truly singular.
Since working with Avi, I've grown into the person I want to be - more self-aware, confident, and in touch with my needs.
Since working with Avi, I've grown into the person I want to be - more self-aware, confident, and in touch with my needs. He's truly exceptional, and working with him has been a gift!
Avi Steinhardt was an amazing counselor for myself and my family. His kind understanding, and knowledge helped me.
Avi Steinhardt was an amazing counselor for myself and my family. His kind understanding, and knowledge helped me get through a very stressful part of my life, being a single mom.
When I speak with Avi, I feel more than heard. His patience has allowed that enlightenment to occur organically.
When I speak with Avi, I feel more than heard. His patience has allowed that enlightenment to occur organically, and though the positive impact on my life has been nothing short of massive, the process has always felt simple, human, and caring.
Avi has helped us better understand ourselves and each other, which has had a meaningful impact on our relationship.
We came to Avi because we felt trapped in arguments that would end with neither of us feeling understood. Avi has helped us better understand ourselves and each other, which has had a meaningful impact on the quality of our relationship. We feel more trusting and appreciative of one another and experience less escalation during times of conflict.