We are all presented with challenges, stressors, and anxieties on a daily basis. Most of us have become conditioned to respond, both behaviorally and emotionally, in certain ways due to past experiences or environments. Some have even endured significant past trauma that may still be affecting their present lives. 

 Talk therapy is a useful tool for many and it often can help clients reach new levels of insight into their lives and relationships with others. However for some, alternatives are needed. Each client is unique and my aim is to create an individually tailored approach to treatment. Many people may not be able, or simply may not want to access feelings/cognitions right away, and it can be helpful to start in the body. Treatment is often most effective when the body is part of the healing process. In my practice, I hope to teach clients the “language of their bodies.” Emotions and trauma are often stored or trapped in the body. Yoga and other mindfulness techniques can be used to help clients reconnect with their bodies, giving them an opportunity to have a present moment experience both physically and emotionally. As a psychotherapist and yoga practitioner I will give my clients tools to re-inhabit their bodies in a new way. Sessions will be client centered and can start with talking and lead into movement; start with movement and lead into talking; integrate movement and talking together – or just focus on movement alone. I hope to be able to provide an experience that is most useful for the client – which can change on any given day, or even within the session itself.

My approach to counseling is collaborative in that I enter into a partnership with my clients rather than maintaining the distanced stance of an expert. My view is that each person contains within them all of the resources necessary for healing and transformation and that my role in the relationship is to help them to see and actualize these strengths. The expressive arts are an incredibly useful aid in this process of self-understanding and the techniques I have been developing can also serve as tools of coping and adaptation as well. My training enables me to integrate the arts into traditional counseling practices in a way that supports and deepens the healing process. I have worked with clients struggling to overcome a wide range of issues in their lives including depression, anxiety, domestic violence, trauma, grief and loss as well as more the more general challenge of life transitions. I have been continuously amazed at the resilience of the human spirit and the power of the therapeutic relationship as a vehicle for navigating the waters of the unknown. These difficulties can be our greatest teachers if we consider ourselves worthy of happiness and I am committed to using my own strengths of compassion and a deep understanding of human nature to help people find their way along this path.

I am experienced at helping my clients as they face loss and grief, depression, anxiety, illness, and life transitions (such as managing the transition to college, mid-life issues, aging and aging parents). These challenges call for an ally in understanding and developing new coping strategies. I work with individuals and also with couples(married or unmarried) to improve their relationships or reduce the negative impact of endings, to cope with the challenges for new parents, to manage the challenges of emerging adulthood for college students and young adults, and to productively address stresses of aging and caring for aging family members. I offer careful listening and active attention to your concerns when facing both the unexpected and inevitable stresses of life. I work with un-partnered adults who lack the connections that they value. In addition to my psychotherapy practice, I am an experienced clinical supervisor and offer case consultation and mentoring to mental health clinicians.

Each of us is unique, complex and special. Together we can resolve the inner and outer conflicts that create pain and exhaustion. Our life often brings experiences not of our choosing. Sometimes we’re hurt by others. Sometimes we don’t fit easily into the world we live in. Sometimes what life brings feels too big to accept and manage. I can help you find peaceful and practical ways of doing the best you can with what is, of managing your self and situations with compassion and skill, of finding joy and nourishment in this life at this time. For over 25 years I have been practicing my craft with children, adolescents, middle adults, elders, couples and families. They have come to me with developmental, situational and relational issues. Some had experienced tragedies; some felt overwhelmed by their children or partner. Some were deeply grieving, some filled with anger. Some had illnesses or disabilities they wish they didn’t. Each of them added to my understanding of what it is to be human. Most of us long for happiness, self acceptance, caring relationships and success in our endeavors. Together, drawing from my extensive training and experience and your inner and outer resources, we can create meaningful, lasting and joyful change.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist, who works collaboratively with clients to help them improve relationships and take better care of themselves emotionally. Adult children of aging parents, ACOA's, spouses of substance abusers and professional caregivers (including therapists) value my warm, collaborative style and respect for each individual's unique ways of adapting. Through my books, lectures and teaching, I have trained and supervised 100s of clinicians in group psychotherapy, as well as individual and couples therapy. I teach what I love about my work -- helping clients to feel more empowered in relationships, to improve self-esteem, and to deal with family-of-origin issues, communication problems, life transitions, anxiety, depression, and self-defeating behaviors (including addictions). As founder and former Director of the Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic at McLean Hospital, I have helped family members to cope with the pain of chaotic and unpredictable lives, find more effective ways of intervening to help their loved ones, and improve the quality of their own lives. I have a special interest in helping clients deal with the complicated feelings and emotional upheaval often associated with major transitions in their own lives and those of family members (marriage, divorce,empty-nest, retirement and bereavement). This work may be done in individual therapy, couples therapy or group therapy.

Along with my twenty five years plus of professional counseling practice, I have a lifetime of challenges that have added to my understanding and compassion of my clients; Joyful experiences such as adoption to life altering traumas as death by suicide and illness of loved ones. All people are different and there is not just one or two or even three "appropriate" ways to deal with life events. Our timelines and our processing needs are individual. Each person is capable of knowing what is right for themselves. Together, respectfully, I help my clients find what is helpful for themselves. Then my client will reach their goals with my support, suggestion and encouragement. All efforts, whether productive or not, are valuable. Change is inevitable and my clients feel empowered to make adjustments that bring the results that are needed. Your journey,your life values; I will accompany you to understand and meet your own needs.

At CEDC we offer a complete spectrum of recovery services for patients ages 12 and older. Our goal is to help our patients achieve lasting recovery. Our Adolescent (12+) and Adult programs consist of: Residential Programs (females only) Adolescent Program ages 12-18 Emerging Adult Program ages 18-26 Adult Program ages 26 and up Partial Hospital Programs (males/females) Adolescent Program ages 12-18 Adult Program ages 18 Intensive Outpatient Programs (males/females) Adolescent Program ages 12-18 Adult Program ages 18+ Outpatient treatment Programs Transitional Living Programs (ages 18+) Concord, NH location 10 and 6.5 hour Partial Hospitalization program Day and evening Intensive Outpatient program. Our multidisciplinary team of highly qualified psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, counselors, and registered dietitians work closely together to ensure the highest level of care for the individuals in all of our various programs. Current Insurance Accepted AETNA BCBS CDPHP CIGNA COMMONWEALTH CARE ALLIANCE GALAXY HEALTH GHI HEALTH SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL HUMANA/LIFESYNCH INTERGROUP MAGELLAN MARTINS POINT MINUTEMAN MIT MMC PHYSICIAN HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION- MARTIN'S POINT MODERN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM NETWORK HEALTH PENN BH PHCS POMCO TUFTS VALUE OPTIONS WELLNESS CORPS

Are you grieving the loss of an important person in your life? Grief can shake your world. You might be struggling with conflicting feelings, a need to, and sometimes a fear of, expressing and understanding your feelings; seeking a way to honor the deceased person; struggling to live your day-to-day life; and wondering what your future will be like. Are you experiencing a life-stage transition such as early adulthood or midlife? Are you overwhelmed and uncertain, feeling sad, anxious, grief-stricken, resentful, conflicted, or confused? Change of all types stirs up unsettling feelings, including unresolved issues, memories and traumas. Or, you might feel a sense of loss one minute, and a sense of new frontiers the next. You might feel like a stranger to yourself, acting in ways that are different from your usual ways of acting and being in the world. Transitions are a part of life, just as they are a part of nature. They are special times because they provide an opening for increased self-understanding and for strengthening your core self. Whether you have chosen a transition or it has come into your life without your choosing or wanting it, a transition offers you an opportunity to increase your self-confidence and your ability to make more conscious choices. ~ Though it may seem daunting, sorting out your feelings with a trained professional can enhance your sense of control and well-being, helping you weather the difficulties and make a smoother transition. When your feelings overwhelm you, they can cloud your vision and interfere with your best intentions. When they are given a voice in a safe place with a compassionate and skilled listener, rather than being at their mercy, your feelings can infuse your life with energy and passion. I enjoy helping people find, listen to, and accept the wisdom of their own inner voice while navigating difficult life transitions.

Using a relational model, I offer people a safe and trusting environment to explore life challenges, hopes and goals. My expertise is in trauma recovery, eating disorders/body image and addictions. However, I enjoy all areas of mental health and wellness. My approach to therapy is fluid, depending on where a person is at any particular time. Throughout the course of therapy, a person's needs change, so the approach needs to remain flexible. Some of the work I offer is related to family of origin, improving the quality of relationships, mind-body awareness and making cognitive-behavioral changes. I use various techniques that include psychoeducation, role play, psychodrama and an energy therapy called Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).

Being fully alive, having a fulfilling life and healthy relationships is possible for all of us. But we can get in our own way and short change ourselves. Fear, guilt, shame, sadness, pain, past traumas, addictions and compulsions all contribute to stifling the possibilities of who we are and what we can be. I believe that a careful exploration of these obstacles can open us up to a more authentic self, full of life, courage and our true potential. Practicing since 1989, I integrate psychotherapy with Emotional Freedom Techniques or EFT, Mindfullness and Emotionally Focused Therapy to help eliminate emotional and psychological blocks and get on with the task of living a full life.

“I feel very optimistic that people have the ability to make positive changes in their lives and can create lives that are rich with meaning. Within a therapeutic relationship of trust and connection, I help people understand how their perceptions can keep them feeling and remaining stuck . With support, understanding, and clarity, clients can begin feeling motivated and able to to master the different and difficult challenges life presents. I employ a number of skills to help people achieve positive change in their lives. Through a relationship of trust and connection, together we figure out how perceptions can keep people stuck. By understanding and obtaining clarity, my clients master challenges in their relationships, alter habits, adjust to the transitions of life, cope with chronic illness, and more.

I’ve been a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Massachusetts since 1988, working with individuals, couples, families, groups, and veterans. My clients say my commitment, engagement and honesty helps them open up and be real with me. I've published articles about stress, pain, geriatric psychology, and attitude change. Our relationship can begin with an initial free phone consultation. Sessions are 45 minutes. During our initial meeting, we set goals, determine approximately how many sessions might be needed, and decide what type of therapy would be most effective. My hobbies include yoga, biking, and creating stone and rock sculptures.

I see therapy as a collaborative relationship that involves compassion and challenge. I actively engage with people to help them move through places where they are stuck in their lives. This may involve letting go of past hurts, learning loving kindness, developing skills and agency for living, and being able to play and experience joy. Each therapy is unique: it is devised to facilitate living a full, creative, and meaningful life. I work with individuals and couples. I am very helpful working with people in life transitions: Addressing blind-spots in current work situations that connect to unresolved historical issues; ways in which people are stuck regarding relationships, for example, compromising themselves because of an old and limiting version of their sense of self that is not true and leads them into unsatisfying relationships. I understand the importance of these aspects of people’s lives. I create a safe space for people to learn about themselves and experience themselves authentically.

I provide short and long term psychotherapy to individuals and couples from late adolescence through adulthood in a private and confidential setting. I see individuals with a variety of needs including dual diagnosis and substance abuse, anxiety and depression, problems with interpersonal relationships and self-esteem, difficulties with trauma and abuse, addiction in the family, compulsivity and cross-cultural concerns. Additionally, I have a great amount of experience in addressing multicultural concerns and issues of adjustment and acculturation. My specialty areas are the treatment of mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety and trauma with co-occurring substance abuse problems and treatment of individuals affected by addiction in their families and relationships. In addition, I can provide psychotherapy in Spanish. My approach to treatment is psychodynamic and reflects my interest in Existential-Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis. I work with each individual to find and fulfill their personal goals. Some individuals I work with enter therapy with a specific goal in mind, while others are interested in gaining increased insight and awareness through ongoing psychotherapy.

Robert Fox sees clients with a wide range of issues unrelated to job stress but he has a speciality in work related stress. JOB STRESS - It can be brutal when you're going through it! It keeps you up at night, making you toss and turn. You end up staring at that alarm clock watching the minutes tick by until that alarm clock tells you it's time to face another day of fatigue and misery all over again. There are thousands of therapists out there to choose from...Robert Fox is a warm and caring professional who's been specializing for the past 18 years in providing counseling and coaching to people with work related stress and mental health issues. Sometimes, it's coping with severe burnout, a difficult co-worker/boss, or other mental health issue that's interfering with being able to make a living. Are you confused about what you want to do with your career or are you feeling stuck? Contact Robert Fox for a FREE 20 minute telephone consultation.

The amount of training I have is what differentiates me from other psychologists. I believe in meeting someone where they are at and do so by drawing from a wide range of types of interventions. I treat clients from young children and adolescents to adults and couples. Parenting, stress management, relationship issues, ADHD, anxiety and depression are my specialty areas. Individual Therapy Through developing a warm and trusting relationship, we will utilize your strengths to help you learn more effective ways to cope with life’s struggles, feel more in control of yourself and your life, and improve your connections with others to get your needs met. We will begin to understand and heal your pain in a way that is tolerable in order to change underlying patterns of behavior. You will learn concrete strategies to manage feelings so that you do not become overwhelmed. Often people come in due to an inner critic that is costing them their joy. If this describes a big part of your inner struggles, you will learn how to stop your internal judge and fear of judgment from others from running and ruining your life. Frequent areas addressed in individual therapy: Relationship Issues Considering or Adjusting To Separation/ Divorce Stress Reduction Depression or Loss Issues Self Esteem Issues Anxiety and Sleep Problems Addiction Trauma Anger Management Issues Career issues and changes LGBT issues Finding the right couples therapist is key given you are ready to work on one of the most central relationships in your life. Some conversations are easier to have with help, especially if you want them to go differently or they are on sensitive topics. My focus is on creating a safe space so you can learn new strategies to work through problems together effectively, learn how to be less reactive, and gain perspective on your relationship. Whether you are choosing to find a way back to each other if there has been a rupture in the trust, save your marriage or find a way to separate amicably, handle a divorce, or just need help finding your way through a transition or parenting issues, I can help! If your relationship has become more of a business relationship than an intimate one, you will learn how to increase your passion for each other again. I have been extensively trained by John Gottman, as well as by Toni Herbine Blank, and work with both heterosexual and homosexual couples. I feel privileged to see the tremendous benefits couples enjoy when they are committed to making changes. Frequent areas couples seek help for include: Communication Increased Connection Appreciation and Support Infidelity Parenting Issues Financial Stress Anger Management Sexual Intimacy Assistance with Life Transitions (premarita

I am focused on helping individuals, couples and families overcome past hurts, restore confidence and create life purpose by employing empirically proven, holistic and integrative, transcendental techniques. I specialize in working with adolescents (14-18), adults (18-60) and couples. I specialize in assisting my clients to work through relationships (infidelity, anger, communication, sex/intimacy), trauma (witness to violence, domestic violence), impulsive addictive behaviors, eating disorders, ADD/ADHD, anxiety and depression

Welcome to Inspirations, founded in 2005 as a source for positive psychotherapy and counseling. Located in Acton, MA and Ashburnham, MA, Inspirations counseling is individualized, empathic, and professional. The approach I use is to help people identify and use their personal values and strengths to overcome difficulties and create a truly joyful life.

Tired of Talk Therapy? Bored with Behaviorism? Sick of being Stuck? There are ways to end your discomfort. You can make friends with your pain, move through it and thrive, like the Phoenix rising from the ashes. With a wise and loving guide you can find your way through your life story and beyond it into health. You can release emotions that have been stuck in your body your whole life opening you to a peaceful place within, because you are already loved and forgiven. You can release your shame and befriend yourself. I would like to help. I've been a psychotherist for 40+ years; I'm skilled in many approaches, ancient and modern. I love what I do, and am told that I'm very good at it. Often, people are helped by me after other approaches failed, filled with pain, fear and sadness; even with histories of trauma. Freud said that a therapist cannot take her clients deeper than she herself has gone. I face my own issues, so as to be clear, compassionate and without judgement. This powerful work is grounded in reality... And it WORKS. Author of "Self-Care" Pub. Spring Hill Press

Dr. Colleen practices from a positive psychology approach- meaning that instead of requiring you to undergo 20 years of therapy talking about what went wrong, sessions are short-term, solution-focused, and focused on what's going right. Dr. Long believes that while insight is important in treatment, some times the solution lies in what the individual can implement in their present life, to better influence their future. Dr. Colleen's initial intake focuses on the areas of the individual's life that need fine-tuning, and then helping the client understand what unique strengths they have to tackle those areas. Through her unique model, she utilizes the principles from her research, to help YOU achieve your optimal level of contentment and bliss. Dr. Colleen is a very action-oriented therapist, meaning that most sessions end by giving the client an assignment for next week. She believes that genuine progress lies in the work of the client and not the therapist. However, happiness and the happiness of her clients is her true passion, and as such- she maintains a weekly blog titled The Happiness Rx.

Conflicts in a marriage are rarely about the issues, but instead how couples talk about the issues. In our couples counseling sessions, partners communicate face-to-face, openly and honestly about their issues. Throughout the conversation we will identify and prevent flashpoints that create conflict escalation. We will give feedback and provide direction toward the most effective way of communicating in a given situation. Our feedback encourages respectful and mutually compassionate interactions, and helps dispel miscommunications that cause marital tensions. Small steps soon become major strides as couples progress from confrontation and impasse toward an understanding of their differences. The underlying goal of our sessions is to: • Increase the pleasure of spending time with your partner • Heighten or reestablish emotional intimacy • Help rediscover happiness in your relationship Over the years, Relationship Resources has helped hundreds of married and unmarried couples undo rigid and negative patterns of behavior and transform their relationships to newfound levels of happiness and enjoyment.

Starting therapy can often be daunting, so please don't hesitate to reach out to discuss your needs and goals for treatment in a safe environment. I continue to offer a client-focused, personalized approach to therapy utilizing various cognitive and psychodynamic modalities. This may mean addressing early life influence on your current daily function, or specific goals for your relationships with yourself, loved ones, and the world around you. Whether it is solution focus for a specific need, or healing, personal growth, and exploration- positive change is possible and within reach. The client defines both the work and its pace. As a colleague once said, "My job is to put myself out of a job". As such, it is my goal to aid clients in building a strong critical toolbox that can be taken into the world, allowing healing, personal improvement and exploration, emotional regulation, and thus better relationships with self and others. Tele-therapy is available to clients across the Northshore and statewide, so contact me to discuss your options.

Dr. Christopher Joaquim, EdD, MEd, MS, LMHC Dr. Christopher Joaquim, recognized as the best psychotherapist in Los Angeles, has over 21 years of experience as a licensed counselor. He specializes in anxiety, men's issues, relationship challenges, and life transitions. Using CBT, mindfulness, and strength-based techniques, Dr. Joaquim provides a supportive environment for clients to achieve their goals and enhance well-being. Specialties: - Anxiety - Men's issues - Relationship challenges - Family dynamics - Life transitions Therapeutic Approach: Dr. Joaquim blends CBT, mindfulness, strength-based techniques, and positive psychology to foster emotional growth, resilience, and personal development.

When you are in pain, you need an experienced professional. One who will address your feelings and experiences, and who will act as a resource while you work on the issues that brought you into therapy. Dr. Dolinsky's treatment approaches may include Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapies, as well as strategies and techniques adopted from Mindfulness Based Therapies, Hypnotherapy, Family Systems and Self-Regulation or Stress Management. Dr. Dolinsky specializes in active, goal directed, short-term psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, couples and families. Some Speciality Areas: Anxiety Disorders (phobias/fears, OCD, Panic, etc.), Relationship Issues, Depression, Divorce, Stress and Stress-Related Disorders, Parenting, & Self-Esteem.

Family Counseling Associates’ counselors and psychologists provide compassionate and experienced psychological services. We serve Andover, North Andover, Tewksbury, Methuen, North Reading, MA and the surrounding communities. If you are looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation, or if you are just ready to move in a new direction in your life, we look forward to working with you to achieve your goals. Please call or email us for an individual, couples, or family therapy consultation today.

Many of my clients have tried talk therapy and found that they had limited results. That's because most issues reside in the subconscious mind, and simply discussing the problem is a conscious mind activity. I help clients access subconscious material directly through experiential methods that include EMDR, EFT, Hypnotherapy and Gestalt therapy. Many clients find that these methods work quickly and effectively to access and begin to transform unwanted beliefs and patterns. I work intuitively and encourage my clients to enhance their own intuitive sense, learning to listen to and trust their own inner wisdom. As a Certified Life Coach, I sometimes work with clients to create the life they always wanted and to learn to fulfill their life purpose. I take Blue Cross / Blue Shield, Tufts, United, and Harvard Pilgrim. Out-of-pocket charges are $120 per session.

While I do provide general psychotherapy for adults, my specialty is addictions counseling. Having worked for many years with individuals and family members who have suffered because of the disease of addictions, I can attest to the reality that the quality of life and relationships become significantly better with treatment. I offer individual and couples counseling and work with people in all phases of the disease. Becoming sober is the beginning of recovery. With the help of an addictions expert , as well as 12step programs, life does get better for all.

. As a Former Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, I have been in private practice for over 15 years. I have particular experience in helping clients with anxiety and eating disorders but also see people with a wide variety of concerns relating to relationships, difficulty with life transitions, adjustment to medical issues and other mood issues.

Everyone needs a little help sometimes; whether you have been through a major traumatic event, struggled with a personal issue most of your life, or would like to receive a little extra help coping with day to day stress. I believe everyone has the capability to make positive changes that will help enhance their quality of life. I believe there is great value in creating a therapeutic environment that fosters support, safety, respect, and trust. I believe in the greatness and the power of will and that every individual has the strength and the resilience within themselves to create their own path.

I provide evidence-based treatments delivered with compassion and humor. I specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy I specialized in the treatment of children I see adults for individual and couples counseling My treatment modalities are CBT, DBT, expressive therapy, exposure therapy, and life coaching.

I am a Licensed Independent Social Worker. I am an active participant in the therapy process. Generally I find my clients have walked through my door with their own answers, decisions, plans, strategies.These may not be clear at that time we start our work together It is my task to assist you in discovering what these may be and to help you work towards your goals. I work with individuals and couples. some of the issues I work with clients on are stress; work and home, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, weight loss, improving communication in your relationships with family, friends and and coworkers, healing from traumas and dealing with life's transitions; job change, marriage, divorce becoming a parent, children leaving the nest, aging parents.

I have been in practice for 30 yrs. I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. There are many stresses in life and many ways to better care for yourself. I can help you to manage your stress, reduce your anxiety, improve your depression, or to deal with panic attacks. I also help couples learn to communicate better, more effectively connect, to parent as a team and to make decisions together. . I am certified in EMDR and Natural Processing which are very effective and efficient treatments for becoming unstuck in ones life. These could be stuck memories, experiences or responses to life events. EMDR can help you heal from traumas, past and more recent, reduces anxiety and frees you up to get unstuck in your life. I am an active participant in the therapy process with you. I will ask you to think about your situations in ways you may not have considered and therefore come up with some new approaches and strategies.My work with people continues to be interesting and fulfilling. I look forward to working with you.

Treatment is results oriented, which means we work together at the beginning to define the changes that are meaningful to you. In a basic sense, psychotherapy is for thinking about feelings. We are all part of systems, be they family, work or society. The outcome is more freedom to be yourself. With children, treatment approach is family-centered. In the long run, the best therapist for your child is you, the parent. Parent consultation is an integral part of treatment for children and teens. Play space, art therapy and parent observation available. Psychological testing and family meetings are options. In Couples Counseling or Marital Therapy the patient is the relationship. In couples treatment, i thoughtfully guide your interactions to encourage better understanding of each other. This approach reduces the tendency to blame one another for differences, and leads the two of you into your own manner of accepting them. Pet-Assisted Therapy (PAT).

▪ Columbia University Educated. Rhode Island, New York, and Virginia State Licensed Psychotherapist. Specializing in Men's Mental Health & Career Counseling. ▪ Goals May Include But are Not Limited to: Career Exploration/Development, Decreasing Work-Related Stress, Preparing for An Interview/Negotiating Offers, Making Difficult Decisions, Improving Self-Esteem, Strengthening Relationships, Decreasing Anxiety and Depression ▪ Offering a Non-Judgmental Space for You to Work Toward Your Personal and/or Professional Objectives. Solution-Focused and Goal-Oriented. Modalities: Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy