Iris Vargas-Pagan, LCSW-R

Pronouns: she/her

Iris Vargas-Pagan in front of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Therapy can feel like a big step—especially if you’re anxious, overthinking, or used to handling everything on your own. Iris offers a warm, grounded space to slow down, understand what’s driving the pattern, and move toward more clarity, self-trust, and steadier relationships.

Approach

Iris’s work is psychodynamic and relational, with a collaborative, strengths-based style. She helps clients explore how past experiences shape present patterns—especially in relationships, identity, and self-esteem—so change can feel both meaningful and sustainable. Iris is bilingual and provides therapy in both Spanish and English.

Areas of focus

Iris works primarily with professional women navigating relationship concerns and anxiety, including the ways stress and self-doubt can show up at work, at home, and internally. She offers thoughtful, relational work that supports clients in feeling more grounded, more empowered, and more at ease.

Clients often seek Iris out for support with:

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Education & Credentials

  • Bilingual-Spanish Licensed Clinical Social Worker (NY license #R078808, NJ license #44SC06045400, CT license #13289)

  • Master of Social Work (MSW), Fordham University

  • Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), Long Island University

  • Postgraduate psychoanalytic training through the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP)

  • Advanced Level II Certification, Telebehavioral Health Institute

  • Advanced Level III Fertility Support Certification, American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

  • Member, ASRM Mental Health Professional Group

  • ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider

  • Clinical Operations Supervisor, The Keely Group