Existential Therapists in 05753
Katherine Jordan
Counselor, MA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Middlebury, VT 05753
I work with clients on issues such as stress and anxiety, lgbtq+ related topics (including gender identity and expression), motivation, self confidence, life transitions, self-compassion, as well as trying to find meaning and purpose in life, facing climate change anxiety, coping with uncertainty/change, and existential concerns.
I work with clients on issues such as stress and anxiety, lgbtq+ related topics (including gender identity and expression), motivation, self confidence, life transitions, self-compassion, as well as trying to find meaning and purpose in life, facing climate change anxiety, coping with uncertainty/change, and existential concerns.
Timothy R Lyman, MA Clinical Psychology, LADC
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MA, LADC
Verified Verified
Middlebury, VT 05753
Waitlist for new clients
I work from an Integrated Harm Reduction perspective utilizing a strong Existential approach supported with cognitive behavioral elements.
I hope to assist in bringing compassion, respect, acceptance, insight, freedom and healing to individuals experiencing struggles with mental health challenges and or substance use concerns.
I work from an Integrated Harm Reduction perspective utilizing a strong Existential approach supported with cognitive behavioral elements.
I hope to assist in bringing compassion, respect, acceptance, insight, freedom and healing to individuals experiencing struggles with mental health challenges and or substance use concerns.
Brian Tobin
Counselor, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Middlebury, VT 05753
Waitlist for new clients
I specialize in working with those exploring anxiety, depression, relationship problems, emerging adulthood, existential questions, identity development, and the effects of trauma.
I offer integrative psychotherapy in Shelburne, Vermont, and via teletherapy. I believe that psychotherapy can support an individual in living a purpose-driven life that includes dynamic relationships and genuine self-expression in all facets of life. My work revolves around supporting individuals to access their inner, emotional world. Through this process, one can broaden their sense of themself and live a more full and dynamic life. The therapeutic relationship can serve as a unique platform on which one can explore all facets of themselves with a freedom that is rarely accessible elsewhere in life.
I specialize in working with those exploring anxiety, depression, relationship problems, emerging adulthood, existential questions, identity development, and the effects of trauma.
I offer integrative psychotherapy in Shelburne, Vermont, and via teletherapy. I believe that psychotherapy can support an individual in living a purpose-driven life that includes dynamic relationships and genuine self-expression in all facets of life. My work revolves around supporting individuals to access their inner, emotional world. Through this process, one can broaden their sense of themself and live a more full and dynamic life. The therapeutic relationship can serve as a unique platform on which one can explore all facets of themselves with a freedom that is rarely accessible elsewhere in life.
Willow N. Broaddus
Counselor, MA, LCMHC, LPC
Verified Verified
Middlebury, VT 05753 (Online Only)
Individuals/Groups. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Life happens, so it helps to have someone who will really listen, without judgement. When we lay down our burdens, we can feel lighter, heal places that were hurt, and find a way back to ourselves. Therapy can be about coming to deeply know and understand ourselves; with help learning skills for managing life, emotions and relationships, claiming self-worth and a sense of competence. I specialize in supporting people with holistic, research based psychotherapy. ACT, IFS, ARC, DBT, Somatics, CBT and Jungian components. Dating, Anxiety and Parenting Groups.
Individuals/Groups. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Life happens, so it helps to have someone who will really listen, without judgement. When we lay down our burdens, we can feel lighter, heal places that were hurt, and find a way back to ourselves. Therapy can be about coming to deeply know and understand ourselves; with help learning skills for managing life, emotions and relationships, claiming self-worth and a sense of competence. I specialize in supporting people with holistic, research based psychotherapy. ACT, IFS, ARC, DBT, Somatics, CBT and Jungian components. Dating, Anxiety and Parenting Groups.
Kathleen Walls
Counselor, MS, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Middlebury, VT 05753 (Online Only)
Welcome! I believe that it is possible for you to find emotional balance, wherever you are in your journey. Your needs and emotional well being will be the guiding force in our work together, whether you are negotiating challenging situational stressors, or wanting to understanding persistent sadness that seems to have no source. Maybe you are feeling stuck, grieving, dealing with addiction, or feeling disconnected. Together we can work toward putting you in the driver's seat of your own life.
Welcome! I believe that it is possible for you to find emotional balance, wherever you are in your journey. Your needs and emotional well being will be the guiding force in our work together, whether you are negotiating challenging situational stressors, or wanting to understanding persistent sadness that seems to have no source. Maybe you are feeling stuck, grieving, dealing with addiction, or feeling disconnected. Together we can work toward putting you in the driver's seat of your own life.
Lea Schupak
Counselor, LMHC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Middlebury, VT 05753
My practice focuses on women's mental health/ fertility / pregnancy / postpartum (incl. new dads & LGBTQ families), grief (more specifically early mother loss, and pregnancy loss), and relationship issues. Throughout our lives, we're constantly relating to one another, and building new experiences from these relationships. Unfortunately, relationships can also often feel unfulfilling, or make us feel neglected. They can bring on feelings of loss and disconnection. Then, life in general starts to feel unfulfilling. This can be changed. Psychotherapy, where the fit between patient-therapist is right, can be an immensely powerful tool.
My practice focuses on women's mental health/ fertility / pregnancy / postpartum (incl. new dads & LGBTQ families), grief (more specifically early mother loss, and pregnancy loss), and relationship issues. Throughout our lives, we're constantly relating to one another, and building new experiences from these relationships. Unfortunately, relationships can also often feel unfulfilling, or make us feel neglected. They can bring on feelings of loss and disconnection. Then, life in general starts to feel unfulfilling. This can be changed. Psychotherapy, where the fit between patient-therapist is right, can be an immensely powerful tool.
Jennifer D Kiewit
Counselor, MS, LCMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Middlebury, VT 05753 (Online Only)
Life’s many challenges can leave us feeling powerless, out of control, and stuck in unhealthy patterns. Our wellbeing is also affected by social and cultural factors beyond our control, such as restrictive gender roles, rigid social norms, and systemic oppression. Therapy can help you gain insight on both the internal patterns and the external pressures affecting your mental health, and it can open you up to different ways of thinking, behaving, and responding to the world.
Life’s many challenges can leave us feeling powerless, out of control, and stuck in unhealthy patterns. Our wellbeing is also affected by social and cultural factors beyond our control, such as restrictive gender roles, rigid social norms, and systemic oppression. Therapy can help you gain insight on both the internal patterns and the external pressures affecting your mental health, and it can open you up to different ways of thinking, behaving, and responding to the world.
Michael P Schaal
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Middlebury, VT 05753
Waitlist for new clients
I assist and support individuals and couples to live from the deepest places, to make meaning in their lives, and to improve functioning within self, and between self and others. I offer possibility.
I have been in the private practice of psychotherapy since 1977. Clients sometimes come to me when therapy with other therapists has not worked. I am willing to go as deeply as you are within the safety of clear ethical boundaries.
I value difference and work to hold and accept and work with differences, whether they be personal, sexual, racial or cultural.
I assist and support individuals and couples to live from the deepest places, to make meaning in their lives, and to improve functioning within self, and between self and others. I offer possibility.
I have been in the private practice of psychotherapy since 1977. Clients sometimes come to me when therapy with other therapists has not worked. I am willing to go as deeply as you are within the safety of clear ethical boundaries.
I value difference and work to hold and accept and work with differences, whether they be personal, sexual, racial or cultural.
Victoria Diederich
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, LLC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Middlebury, VT 05753
Are you looking to find a greater sense of self-compassion, ease, and presence in your daily life? Maybe you are feeling stuck with anxiety, low self-esteem, or relationship issues and can't seem to move forward in a new way. As a therapist, I aim to help you uncover the healing energy and wisdom that already exists within you. You will receive guidance and support in becoming more present and connecting with yourself, while processing past experiences and exploring current patterns that may be holding you back. Come as you are; I will meet you there.
Are you looking to find a greater sense of self-compassion, ease, and presence in your daily life? Maybe you are feeling stuck with anxiety, low self-esteem, or relationship issues and can't seem to move forward in a new way. As a therapist, I aim to help you uncover the healing energy and wisdom that already exists within you. You will receive guidance and support in becoming more present and connecting with yourself, while processing past experiences and exploring current patterns that may be holding you back. Come as you are; I will meet you there.
Amy Rice, MA, LLC
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, RD
Verified Verified
Middlebury, VT 05753
I approach therapy holistically, influenced by a career in which I found myself continuously expanding my knowledge and skills to better support my clients' health and well-being goals. I started in athletics and fitness before branching into dietetics, noting its importance as well. Still, my knowledge felt incomplete as I observed how people's relationship with food and their bodies was deeply affected by their emotional state of mind, their experiences, their relationships, and their perspective on what it means to be human. Incorporating psychology enabled me to fully integrate the interplay between the mind and body in therapy.
I approach therapy holistically, influenced by a career in which I found myself continuously expanding my knowledge and skills to better support my clients' health and well-being goals. I started in athletics and fitness before branching into dietetics, noting its importance as well. Still, my knowledge felt incomplete as I observed how people's relationship with food and their bodies was deeply affected by their emotional state of mind, their experiences, their relationships, and their perspective on what it means to be human. Incorporating psychology enabled me to fully integrate the interplay between the mind and body in therapy.
Morgan Flagg
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Middlebury, VT 05753
Being a human is not easy. We search for our meaning, our purpose, all while the world spins a web of uncertainty making it hard to feel safe and leaving us feeling anxious, hopeless, and estranged from what makes us happy. My goal as a therapist has always been to support my clients, both teenagers and adults, in looking at their lives to identify their meaning and purpose. I am of the firm belief that confronting those things that are hardest, with the support of others, can break the overwhelm of anxiety, the frustrations of ADHD, and the domination of OCD.
Being a human is not easy. We search for our meaning, our purpose, all while the world spins a web of uncertainty making it hard to feel safe and leaving us feeling anxious, hopeless, and estranged from what makes us happy. My goal as a therapist has always been to support my clients, both teenagers and adults, in looking at their lives to identify their meaning and purpose. I am of the firm belief that confronting those things that are hardest, with the support of others, can break the overwhelm of anxiety, the frustrations of ADHD, and the domination of OCD.
Emily Hair
Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Middlebury, VT 05753 (Online Only)
Life can be challenging, but it can also be wonderful and exciting. Challenge finds its way into our lives and we are not always equipped to manage life's demands. It can be hard to find hope in these moments - but I want you to know you are not alone in this. I work with many young adults and adults who are experiencing anxiety, relationship issues, and who are having difficulty finding balance in their lives. If you’re feeling less like yourself, experiencing anxious thoughts, depression, or just feeling like your life isn't what you expected, we can work toward a new path of healing and purpose.
Life can be challenging, but it can also be wonderful and exciting. Challenge finds its way into our lives and we are not always equipped to manage life's demands. It can be hard to find hope in these moments - but I want you to know you are not alone in this. I work with many young adults and adults who are experiencing anxiety, relationship issues, and who are having difficulty finding balance in their lives. If you’re feeling less like yourself, experiencing anxious thoughts, depression, or just feeling like your life isn't what you expected, we can work toward a new path of healing and purpose.
Anne Goldman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Middlebury, VT 05753 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
I offer an integrated approach which draws upon mindfulness-based psychotherapy, cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapies, attachment theory and existential psychotherapy.
Therapy can be as much about finding more ease and joy in one's life as it is about reducing symptoms and suffering. Self-limiting cognitive, behavioral, emotional and sensorimotor (gestures/postures) tendencies often stand in the way of fully engaging in relationships (with self/others) and in the present moment. Bringing non-judgmental attention and awareness to these patterns allows us the freedom to replace re-activity with mindful responding. I work with adults seeking assistance with issues of anxiety, depression, stress management, trauma grief/loss and interpersonal/relational challenges.
I offer an integrated approach which draws upon mindfulness-based psychotherapy, cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapies, attachment theory and existential psychotherapy.
Therapy can be as much about finding more ease and joy in one's life as it is about reducing symptoms and suffering. Self-limiting cognitive, behavioral, emotional and sensorimotor (gestures/postures) tendencies often stand in the way of fully engaging in relationships (with self/others) and in the present moment. Bringing non-judgmental attention and awareness to these patterns allows us the freedom to replace re-activity with mindful responding. I work with adults seeking assistance with issues of anxiety, depression, stress management, trauma grief/loss and interpersonal/relational challenges.
Carolyn M Dundon
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Middlebury, VT 05753
Not accepting new clients
I specialize in treating difficulties with anxiety, OCD, depression, mood regulation, & trauma in adults. I also treat couples/relationship issues, & sexual concerns. My theoretical orientation emphasizes mindfulness-based & cognitive therapies & integrates principles from contemporary psychodynamic/existential therapies. In my work I am inspired by the human potential for psychological flexibility, behavioral change, & greater self-understanding. My research in women's sexuality has informed my comfort with sexual concerns, while my studies in Buddhist philosophy strengthen my implementation of mindfulness-based therapies.
I specialize in treating difficulties with anxiety, OCD, depression, mood regulation, & trauma in adults. I also treat couples/relationship issues, & sexual concerns. My theoretical orientation emphasizes mindfulness-based & cognitive therapies & integrates principles from contemporary psychodynamic/existential therapies. In my work I am inspired by the human potential for psychological flexibility, behavioral change, & greater self-understanding. My research in women's sexuality has informed my comfort with sexual concerns, while my studies in Buddhist philosophy strengthen my implementation of mindfulness-based therapies.
Gavin Flanagan
Counselor, MA, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Middlebury, VT 05753
Not accepting new clients
For over 20 years I have been fortunate to counsel individuals, couples and families as they strive to improve the quality of their lives. Clients and colleagues describe my style as caring, insightful, humorous, open and direct. The people I help often come to counseling feeling "stuck," weighed down by heavy moods or anxiety, and isolated. They yearn to experience greater joy and ease in their daily life, to recover from past hurts, to feel a deeper sense of meaning in their lives, and to have less conflict with loved ones. Some are looking to be free of addictive behaviors.
For over 20 years I have been fortunate to counsel individuals, couples and families as they strive to improve the quality of their lives. Clients and colleagues describe my style as caring, insightful, humorous, open and direct. The people I help often come to counseling feeling "stuck," weighed down by heavy moods or anxiety, and isolated. They yearn to experience greater joy and ease in their daily life, to recover from past hurts, to feel a deeper sense of meaning in their lives, and to have less conflict with loved ones. Some are looking to be free of addictive behaviors.
Kristen Goulette
Counselor, MA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Middlebury, VT 05753
Not accepting new clients
I work with adults (18+), providing support and guidance for those navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, depression, life transitions, and personal growth. I aim to create a space of comfort and safety where one can find the courage to look compassionately within.
I work with adults (18+), providing support and guidance for those navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, depression, life transitions, and personal growth. I aim to create a space of comfort and safety where one can find the courage to look compassionately within.
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Existential Therapists
How does existential therapy work?
Existential therapy focuses on a patient’s inner experiences. The therapist tries to help the individual comprehend and alleviate symptoms by exploring their interior life. By confronting negative disquiet and emotions, the individual will hopefully become more open to finding meaning and purpose. This therapy can be administered to individuals or groups.
Is existential therapy evidence-based?
Existential therapy is an evidence-based practice. Research has determined that existential therapy can lead to significant improvement in the mental health of patients, and for some people it can be just as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy. The benefits of existential therapy are enduring, even long after treatment has ended.
How long does existential therapy last?
The goal of existential therapy is to understand a person’s internal experiences, which may sound like a lengthy process, but it does not have to be so in-depth. However, sessions are not short-term, and therapy can continue for months or up to a year. And because patients learn the theory behind existential therapy during treatment, they can also practice its tenets throughout life after therapy sessions have been completed.
Is existential therapy effective?
According to research, many patients find success with existential therapy. Researchers note that the therapy is particularly useful in improving feelings of isolation, feelings of purposelessness, as well as conditions such as anxiety and depression. Improvements in problem areas can persist even after the end of existential therapy, as individuals can continue working on themselves by using the tools they’ve developed during treatment.