There are times in our lives when we don't know what is wrong; just that something is. We wonder if we are "crazy" and are scared to be judged if we ask for help. The truth is that very sane people struggle when the difficulties in their lives outpace their coping skills. I've been a therapist for 18 years and believe strongly that healing comes through connection with others. As we increase our knowledge, we become healthier and more resilient when approaching future problems. It is an honor to work alongside people as they discover hidden strengths and resources.

With more than 30 years of clinical experience, my clients (adults, couples and groups) tell me they most appreciate my patience, insight and good humor. I believe deeply in my clients' abilities to find their truth when met with skill and honesty offered without judgment. Many come people come to me with trauma-based issues. It is essential for fear and frustration to be addressed in ways that are both effective and tolerable. I often use EMDR as well as EFT - Meridian Tapping and Mindfulness Practices to help clients move through painful memories and/or negative, limiting self-beliefs which get in the way of high performance and joyful living. I do not practice "cookie cutter" therapy - each client is unique in his or her needs. The first thing I do with each person is listen. Then, together, we work out a plan that will meet your needs in the safest, most respectful and efficient way possible.

At the foundation of my approach, I conceptualizes all individuals and their interactions with others (relationships) within the Systems framework. More simply, one cannot understand the dynamic of our struggles without exploring the familial, social, and cultural contexts. My work is based in Solution-Focused Therapy. This encourages dialogue to explore client's strengths, resources, and past successes. My collaborative approach fosters a sense of agency in clients, creating a co-constructed dialogue to explore and create realistic attainable therapeutic goals. This approach further emphasizes that clients best understand their unique circumstances. Therefore the role of therapist is to support a co-constructed dialogue around necessary changes in perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors. Lastly, I bring to the environment a compassionate and gentle stance, providing my clients with a warm and safe environment allowing more opportunity for clients to deeply explore their history and present struggles.

Ms. Jennifer Krom is a Connecticut Licensed Professional Counselor. Jennifer founded One Piece of the Puzzle, an organization dedicated to providing high quality behavioral support services for children and families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders and mental health illness. One Piece of the Puzzle started as a passion for volunteering and helping others at a young age which was modeled by her family of teachers. This passion developed into a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology and a desire to devote her knowledge and time towards supporting families and individuals with special needs. Jennifer has over twenty years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders, mental health illnesses and their families addressing a variety of mental health, social, emotional and educational needs. Jennifer has extensive training in Applied Behavior Analysis and Functional Behavioral Assessments as well as treatment experience for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Trauma, Depression and Mood Disorders, Conduct Disorder and in working with individuals with intellectual and learning disabilities. She has also working in public and clinical school settings as well as acute psychiatric hospitals and has provided in-home behavioral supports. Jennifer presented at National Association of Social Workers Convention as well as Grand Rounds Trainings at Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth and Connecticut Regional Educational Consortium regarding diagnosis, treatment modalities and how to access services for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and have trained other clinician in Functional Behavior Analysis and the Behavior Support Plan process. Jennifer is committed to providing a trusting and supportive experience for both the identified client as well as meeting the needs of the family and building collaborate relationships with other treatment providers with the spectrum of care. Jennifer has a strong commitment to building collaborative relationships as the core of effective treatment.

My clients are fundamentally healthy, curious, and creative people who are feeling stuck in some way. They have come to counseling because they are finally ready to put to rest some old family issues, or are running into patterns or anxieties that they are tired of carrying around. Counseling helps mobilize your own resources to regain a sense of purpose, aliveness, and meaning. In addition to my counseling practice, I am a holistic health coach, offering nutritional coaching program to people who want to make dietary and lifestyle changes that will increase their energy, health, and happiness.

I will help you bring forth your natural well-being to improve your experience of life and your relationships. My approach to counseling is educational and I will provide many resources to deepen your understanding of ther inside-out nature of life. This approach, sometimes referred to as "health realization," guides clients/students toward insights since positive and sustainable change occurs automatically through insight. There is no need to practice techniques or strategies. Insights last a lifetime and help you to bounce back quicker from difficult situations regardless of your situation or circumstances. It all begins with a simple conversation to uncover the ways in which you've been thinking that may be hidden in your blind spot but is getting in the way of a fulfilling life. I also provide coaching sessions for business executives and work teams to help maximize individual potential and team performance.

Private and personalized client centered therapy. The highest outcome from therapy are long-term lasting intimate relationships. Sometimes we can become overwhelmed by our life situations and are unable to successfully integrate our experiences. Instead we are taken hostage by our symptoms and without professional help the best we able to do is experience temporary relief. Quality therapy produces trait change which is permanent. Sessions are paced and have a progressive informed consent approach that keeps you in the "window of tolerance" and self-regulation techniques are taught and practiced to ensure your ability to ground yourself. Mindfulness techniques help you to stay present and breath techniques help you experience mind-body relief.

Increased stress within our professional and our personal relationships can impact us and our loved ones so intensely that we all need a little extra support to get through these moments. Everyone has strengths, and I help men, women, couples and families use their strengths to move forward to brighter days ahead.

Providing individual, group, couples and family counseling. Treatment specialization includes: Addictions - Alcohol, Drugs, Sex Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Couples Counseling Family Counseling Parenting Support Grief Counseling Work and Career issues Stress Management Sexual Complusion / Addiction Trauma Addiction & Recovery

The Adolescent & Family Counseling Center, our outpatient private practice since 1980, offers therapeutic care and other services including mental health, health, and educational services. We perform our assistance to clients through assessments, evaluations, and individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy. We also offer EAP / Employee Assistance Program services, workshops, and presentations to our clients and to members of the community. Our professional staff of clinicians consists of 12 psychotherapists, each of whom has a Connecticut license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker / LCSW, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist / LMFT, or Licensed Professional Counselor / LPC. We are on most major insurance panels. Several of us are also Connecticut Certified School Social Workers / CSSW. At various times, we also have aboard a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Registered Dietician, Psychiatrist, and Certified School Guidance Counselor. For over 39 years, we have caringly served child / children, teenagers, adult, and senior adult clients presenting behavioral, emotional, and psychological issues of abuse, addictions including alcoholism and substance abuse, anxiety, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD, depression, divorce, grief, parenting sexual issues, violence and other trauma, and victims / survivors of child sexual abuse / CSA. Our primary office, Cheshire, serves that community and contiguous surrounding towns of Southington, Meriden, Wallingford, Hamden, Bethany, Waterbury, Prospect, and Wolcott .. and beyond. Our Danbury office serves that community and the contiguous towns of the Housatonic Valley, including Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Newtown, New Milford, Redding, Ridgefield, and Sherman. There are no geographic boundaries for receiving our services and some clients travel significant distances for our assistance. They may have been referred by family members, friends, their physician, EAP support-team, or they have been self-referred, searching for us on competent find-a-therapist sites like this one.

Insights Wellness Center works with individuals and groups. We specialize in relationship issues and work with individuals, couples, and families. Addiction diagnosis and treatment are also part of the work that we do at Insights. Depression anxiety self esteem and life coaching can also be treated here at our practice. We use more than one type of approach including, but not limited to, cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused therapy, task centered and symptom management. Our practice is skilled at working with your insurance company and we are contracted with several major carriers. Call today and ask any questions you may have. Groups for women and teen girls forming now! Currently providing tele-behavioral health services!

I believe in the power of change and each person's ability to achieve progress. My approaches are most often strength based and person centered. I use motivational interviewing as a counseling method to explore goals in therapy; along with the use of counseling modalities that stem from Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Exercise as therapy. My practice has also begun using EMDR to treat trauma and assist individuals in working through negative cognitions that effect their human experience. ​ ​ The mission of Uplift and Recover LLC is to provide hope and encouragement that uplifts and inspires individuals to develop insight and take action.

Seeking out psychotherapy is an investment in yourself so that you can reach your dreams and overcome emotional hurdles like depression, anxiety, trauma, loss, relationship problems, and addictions. I have experience helping hundreds of people jump over these types of hurdles and get more of what they want from life. I do this by creating a safe and confidential space where we can explore and understand what's getting in the way. I work with adolescents, adults, and older adults, as well as group work and families. I specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of people who have substance use and process addictions, depression, anxiety, as well as individuals that have experienced various forms of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, and war-related trauma. I utilize mindfulness and acceptance strategies in conjunction with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral techniques. I am further certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and most enjoy working with clients to transform painful emotions and experiences into opportunities for healing and growth. Schedule an appointment online or call today.

I believe that everyone encounters periods in their lives when they can use the guidance and support of an empathic therapist. When I work with clients I am respectful of where they are in their lives, and I strive to provide them with the insight, tools and skills they need to move forward effectively and productively. The basis of the client-therapist relationship is confidentiality. It's important for a client to feel safe within the four walls of my therapy office when talking about very personal issues. Clients can expect me to respect their confidentiality to the fullest extent possible, and to be honest with them about my policies and procedures so that there are no surprises. For example, at the outset of therapy I explain to clients that there is one exception to confidentiality, and that is where I perceive there to be child abuse. In those cases, I am mandated by law to report the situation to authorities.

The truth of what is essential to know, you are whole just as you are, and you do not need to be,fixed. You may have been through unforgettable experiences such as Systematic oppression, racism, homophobia that created the belief you are not good enough or that you are less then enough. All of these untruthful messages get internalize and often become the story of your inner critic. This builds an even stronger falsehood. What is wrong with me? This health crisis can stir up past past trauma or create new shock waves of uncertainty. Therapy will expand your capacity to cope and ignite your sense of hope. Hope has the power to build resilience and support mental health even in difficult times. I am now doing exclusive tele health session. I use a HIPPA compliant platform it offers a secure client portal.

Northampton Sex Therapy Associates, LLC (NSTA) is the only group private practice in New England dedicated exclusively to providing sex therapy, relationship therapy, and sexuality counseling to individuals, couples, and people in poly and non-monogamous relationships. Like most other forms of psychotherapy practice, sex therapy is exclusively talk therapy. This means meeting regularly with a therapist to talk about how to overcome whatever problem you have presented. During these meetings, sex therapists share their knowledge of human sexuality and expertise in working with sexual functioning and relationship challenges. Our clinical approach is grounded in research and evidence, rather than smoke and mirrors or vague, general promises. We provide clinical approaches and solutions that actually work, based on research and clinical experience. Over the course of a person's lifetime, multiple factors can add up and lead to difficulties with sex. Stress, trauma, illness, the side effects of medications, depression, and lack of self-esteem often negatively impact a person’s sexual functioning and desire. It is not uncommon for couples and individuals to experience sex-related challenges at some point in their lives. Everyone, and every body, deserves to experience satisfying, exciting, loving, and fulfilling sexual relationships and sexual contact. Sex therapy can often help. Most clients come to us with trauma, shame and guilt about the ways in which they are sexual and embodied. NSTA therapists understand the ways in which trauma—and the resulting fear and anxiety—impacts sexual functioning, and inhibits healthy sexual behavior. We help clients overcome sexual difficulties by using trauma-­informed clinical practices. Anxiety and shame are at the root of most sexual dysfunctions. These are typically emotions and feelings that trap human beings in rigid and fearful ways of expressing, or not expressing, themselves. These emotions and feelings have a powerful impact, particularly on how we manifest ourselves in sexual ways, sometimes to the point of retreating and hiding our bodies and sexuality, and occasionally to places of sexual compulsivity and over-expression. Regardless of the ways in which clients experience challenges with sex, we are in a unique position to help them navigate the often complex pathway toward feeling at home in their bodies and in their sexuality.

We are now offering on-line counseling TR Counseling & Wellness offers individual, couples, and family therapy. TR Counseling & Wellness provides effective, compassionate counseling in a private setting. There are four therapists at TR Counseling & Wellness meeting the needs of diverse populations with a variety of issues. We specialize in addiction, OCD, anxiety disorders, panic disorder, stress management, Christian counseling, women's issues, trauma/PTSD, and more.

Imagine feeling in control of your life again. You feel calm, focused and relaxed. You have the strategies and tools necessary to keep your stress in check and you’re making strides toward living the life you desire. Maybe something unexpected recently happened in your life and you're not sure how to navigate through. Maybe your mind is racing all the time, making it difficult for you to focus and accomplish your goals. Maybe your relationships have suffered because of this. Maybe you just feel stuck and need someone to help guide you through this phase of your life. Regardless of your current struggles, we can help. Our goal is to help clients develop new skills and insights to improve the quality of their lives, relationships, and careers and move from simply surviving to thriving. In addition to highly-tuned intuition, we integrate action-oriented strategies to increase insight and awareness into what isn’t working, which opens the doors for lasting change. We understand no two people are alike, so we don’t adhere to a “one-size-fits-all” model. Our tailored approach is simple: implement a straightforward, no-nonsense model using evidence-based, solution-focused strategies for fast, effective, long-lasting results.

My practice specializes in treatment trauma, both individual and complex, with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR is an evidence/research model that is successful in the treatment of recent and past traumatic events. EMDR is especially helpful to clients who have experienced trauma given it is not an exposure treatment model and does not required extensive talking about the traumatic incidents. The first two sessions are used to develop a psychosocial history and to identify the specific events to be desensitized with EMDR. Prior to treatment of traumatic events, clients create and practice realization tools to help with the success of the therapy. Traumatic incidents are scaled on the Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale ( 0 to 10) with 10 being the most severe. The goal in treatment is to bring the level of distress for the trauma to 0 or neutral. In addition, I specialize in working with Homicide Survivors, an individual who has had a member of their family murdered. I use the EMDR and the Recent Event Protocol to focus on and desensitize the event for the victim.

It has been my privilege to work with people to assist them in finding their own inner strengths and their path to wellness as they overcome the challenges we all can face in our lives. The answers to the blocks we all experience are found within, and though we struggle to identify them, implement those answers, and find clarity, as a team the journey can be much easier. I join with my clients to forge the way with joy, and hope while maintaining a safe, grounded space from which to work. Compassion, acceptance, and patience hold the client in his or her truth, and form the basis of a strong and effective therapeutic relationship, and this relationship is the essential element for the trust that is needed to address difficult issues and make changes that can lead to a fuller and more rewarding life. One of the tools that I have used with great success in working with my clients is EMDR. EMDR is a relatively new psychotherapeutic treatment tool, which I am pleased to offer to my clients. Developed just a couple of decades ago. Now practiced all over the world it offers rapid results with a variety of issues that clients frequently bring to the therapeutic process. EMDR is stated to be the foremost treatment tool in major trauma such as combat, or child abuse, but is also used effectively for lifelong challenges that may be based on "minor" traumas that have left negative self beliefs behind such as "I am worthless" or "I don't deserve..." that can affect and limit any aspect of an individual's life. The EMDR technique, which is simple, safe and yields rapid results, involves bilateral stimulation of the left and right brain hemispheres via either eye movements fro

I believe everyone has the capacity to change and improve the quality of their life, no matter what has happened. My style of counseling combines working with insight and cognitive therapy, which explores past events in light of how the choices we now make affect well - being. I also utilize an awareness approach, whereby, getting in touch and releasing the feelings in the body helps to create a new sense of relief and empowerment.

The Humanistic approach has and continues to be the form of therapy that most closely matches my sense of the world and how human beings exist within it. Based on the fundamental concept of the power of human growth, it speaks to me of hope, of personal power, of the ability for each of us to change ourselves and our world into someone or something that we can experience differently. It seems to me that it takes courage to try to change things that matter to us - which is why I believe the therapeutic relationship is so valuable.

My goal is to assist individuals, couples and families to develop emotional and relational well-being. This is done by learning new skills and having experiences so that new feelings and behaviors can be integrated into our life and relationships. When couples come in for marriage counseling they are usually in some sort of distress, frequently one or both not feeing their emotional needs are being met. When stressed people tend to either react or shut down, thus impeding communication. It is also hard for one to empathize and comfort the other when in a stress state. When each learns how to monitor their own stresses and has the tools for alleviating stress, relationships fair better. At this point it becomes easier to dialogue and learn about the other's needs and communicate ours. Indviduals seek counseling or coaching frequently because of stress in relationships. They may be experiencing anxiety or depression as a result. These relationships problems can be in family, at work or with friends. On occasion someone may seek psychotherapy for personal growth reasons, they want to feel they can understand themselves better and improve the relationship they have with themselves. Singles who are looking to find the right relationship also may seek counseling in order to help clarify who they are and who would be a good match for them. At other times people are suffering from trauma that has occurred from childhood wounds or more recent events. Until these wounds and traumas are healed and resolved they may impact the current functioning and wellbeing of the individual.

Schaperow Psychology offers caring, professional help for children, adolescents, & adults. Seeking psychological services can be a difficult step to make. Whether looking for therapy or an evaluation, the right clinician/client match is essential. At the Schaperow Psychology Center, we can help in a variety of ways. We offer psychotherapy and counseling to individuals, families, couples, and children ages two and up. We also offer psychological and educational testing. We have several therapists in our practice and can help you find the right one for you. Our multidisciplinary practice consists of psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and licensed professional counselors. Call the main number to talk to the Schaperows and they can set you with the right therapist!

On the outside, everything's fine. But on the inside? Is there a part of your life that feels wrong...maybe even downright awful? Is your child's behavior oppositional and you need parenting skills? Are your marriage or personal relationships strained or disconnected? Are you making a career move and you don't know how to begin? These and other life issues can lead to anxiety and depression. How do you cope with those? You know something needs to change... I provide real and positive counseling, never hesitating to be direct when something is off and for finding laughter or a smile even at the toughest times.

Scott W. Stern is named “TOP CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK” by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals and is published in Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare. He has integrated empowerment techniques into his private practice for over 20 years. He is a specialist in the treatment of addictions, anxiety, OCD, trauma and Post Traumatic Stress. He is an award winning author, editor and subject matter expert. He provides training and clinical supervision to other mental health and addiction professionals. He is an international expert witness in his field featured by The Expert Institute and JurisPro Expert Witness Association. He serves as a member of the NASW Addictions Institute for Policy, Planning, Training and Development in New York City. He is a former Contractor/Care Ambassador and Team Lead at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta and New York City. He trained in psychiatry and addiction treatment at major New York City hospitals, medical centers and private clinics. He has treated adults, adolescents and families in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He has served as district examiner to substance abuse counselors for the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. He is an authority who has been featured in the media for his work in mental health health as well as for PTSD/Trauma Response throughout the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster, and other critical incidents. Prior to establishing his private practice, he was educated at UC Berkeley, New York University and Harvard University.