Practice focused on adults. I specialize In EMDR and have 21 years of experience as a practicioner, EMDRIA Consultant and Facilitator. We work as a team. You know yourself better than anyone else. We use your expertise combined with mine as a seasoned therapist to find solutions, work out problems and put your life back on track. What you tell me is confidential in most cases. As a clinician, I assess you but I will not judge you General practice with specialties in anxiety, depression, Biolar Disorders, Post traumatic stress disorders. Help Professionals find balance in their lives.

Sometimes the hardest part of what we carry is feeling like no one truly sees or understands what’s happening beneath the surface. You may be struggling with shame, guilt, disconnection, intense emotions, or patterns that feel difficult to change. You may understand what you want to do differently, but still find yourself responding in ways that feel outside of your control. I work with clients navigating trauma, including sexual trauma and abuse, dissociation, shame and guilt cycles, and the lasting impact these experiences can have on how you see yourself and relate to others. My approach is compassionate, trauma-informed, and focused on helping you understand yourself rather than judging or trying to “fix” the parts of you that developed for a reason. I incorporate Parts Work, EMDR, and DBT to help clients develop a deeper understanding of their internal world. We may explore the different parts of you that hold fear, anger, shame, protection, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or other emotions and responses. Rather than fighting against these parts, we work toward understanding what they are trying to communicate, what they may need, and how they have helped you cope. As you build a stronger relationship with your parts, you can begin to recognize patterns, respond to yourself with greater compassion, and develop practical tools that support both you and your parts. We’ll work together to find strategies that feel realistic and helpful, while creating more space for you to feel grounded, present, and connected to yourself. Therapy isn’t just about learning how to manage difficult emotions in the moment. While building coping skills is an important part of our work, we can also look beneath the surface to understand where these patterns come from. Through trauma-focused work, including EMDR, we can begin addressing experiences at the root and explore how they may still be influencing the way you feel, respond, and relate to yourself and others today. My hope is that therapy becomes a place where you can feel genuinely seen and understood while developing a deeper relationship with yourself. Together, we can make sense of what you’ve been carrying, honor the parts of you that have worked hard to protect you, and begin creating new ways of moving through life that feel more connected to who you are.

I treat adults for depression, anxieties, phobias, addictions and similar emotional disorders, using behavioral and cognitive methods that have clear scientific support of their effectiveness and efficiency. They do not involve extensive exploration of a patient's childhood or unconsciousness mind. Instead, my methods are active, directive, and educative; I aim at solving the problems the patient faces here and now. Group & individual therapy sessions are available weekday evenings, Saturday & Sundays.

Why choose Paula? Because I can offer you the path out of pain to a life worth living! Using the knowledge and skills I continue to learn from the brilliant minds in the field, I do deep transformational work that goes beyond "talk therapy." Tools like neuroscience and EMDR offer healing in short therapy time.

I have had over 30 years experience,working with teens,adults,alterative lifestyles and those having relational issues both in families and indivuals.I was trained at the Alfred Adler Institue as well as the Philadelpia College of Osteopathic.I attended both Johns Hopkins and Harvard to study Brain theory and how it impacts on counseling and therapy.I have an office in Hazlet JMA Counseling and Therapy LLC I do home visits in southern ocean county,which has been quite successful,I see people from Forked River to Egg Harbor Township.You will see me as a empathetic and compassionate,if you come to me I will work very hard with you so that you leave feeling someone really cares about you. My focus of practice is eclectic,depending upon what your needs may be you will have a feeling of comfort in time and all my energies will focus on your well being. I treat depression ,bi-poplar,autistic,anger management,family relationship issues as well as individual.I also consult with parents of special education who are having problems with their local school boards and need someone to represent them.My other areas of expertse is in PTSD,sexual issues adult and teens,and lastly working with those living the alternate like style:gays,lesbians relationship issues partner married or indidivual as well as teens who may be confused as to who they are,my success rate in all my experience is a solid 95%. If you are looking for a non-judgemental,caring therapist,than please get in touch,we can work out reasonable fees,based on economic status.