I operate as a therapist combining body/mind/spirit approaches when indicated, such as Mindfulness Meditation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, insight-oriented therapy, using guided visualizations, and written assignments between sessions. My purpose is to give you the tools to be independent of my services, to know your strengths, direction, and the means to attain your goals. My training has prepared me to work with ALL ages and conditions, as an experienced therapist with three licenses in CT: Occupational Therapist #000097 Massage Therapist #000083 Marriage & Family Therapist #000517

"Compassion is one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives"-Dalai-Lama. We often forget-or-struggle to be compassionate towards ourselves. Making it difficult to validate our experiences. In my capacity as your Clinical therapist, I will provide a space to allow you to do just that. Ideally, a balance-and-peace in your life-and-relationships can be achieved. I focus on validation-balance, and moving from the past by practicing, to stay-in-the-moment.

I am a mental health practitioner with over 20 years experience. My goal is to help clients who feel they are struggling in any area of their life. Together we will find solutions, build coping skills to manage, and set and meet goals in order to live a well balanced and fulfilled life. My approach is highly individualized whether I am working with individuals, couples or families. I truly believe change is possible and focus on using client centered and strengths based perspectives to help clients find authenticity and connection.

I help adults and adolescents who are going through a difficult time managing stress and finding balance in their lives. I use a collaborative, supportive and strength-based approach to help individuals learn practical skills to better manage the stress in their lives.

People should feel secure in finding the right "fit" with their provider. I work with children/adolescents and adults. As a school and clinical psychologist, I understand childhood behavior, adolescent needs and parenting issues as well as the school system. I support adult concerns of anxiety, depression, interpersonal functioning, and life transitions. I offer support from an eclectic orientation and invest in tailoring my work to your needs. I promote interacting with others compassionately, with realistic boundaries, and with care for oneself. We all need a place to feel "heard". Feeling understood, we become open to learning.

My passion is helping clients to achieve their goals and create positive change through a client-centered and solution focused approach. I believe that having a supportive and safe relationship between client and therapist is the key to a successful therapeutic journey. My compassionate and gentle style allow me to meet my clients where they are at and work towards making their life more healthy and fullfilled. For over 10 years, my specialty is treating individuals struggling with substance abuse and co-occuring disorders, along with their families.

Hello, thanks for visiting. My experience as a therapist includes working with adolescents and adults into late adulthood. I have compassionately supported a diverse group of clients (at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT and elsewhere) by teaming with them to address issues such as: addiction and co-occurring disorders; anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, identity development and acceptance; low self-esteem, emotional self-regulation; stress management; relationships, family conflict; co-dependency, career struggles; academic difficulties; grief and loss; and other life transitions. My goal is to understand your needs, and provide tools to help you live your best life.

I believe that by working collaboratively, my clients have the capacity to create long-lasting positive change. I pay close attention to patterns and look to understand a person’s full story before examining the “issue” that’s bringing my client into therapy. My theoretical perspective includes relational, systems-based approaches to therapy, allowing me to determine the best fit for my client. I specialize in helping individuals, couples, and families of diverse populations who are experiencing a broad range of problems.

With over 25 years of experience as a psychologist working with children, adolescents and adults, I have learned that a comfortable and honest relationship is the key to a successful outcome. I strive to create an environment that allows clients to feel safe in addressing their challenges and goals. I have extensive experience as a developmental psychologist, and I consider any intervention in the context of the client's broader environment. While I have extensive training in several clinical methods, my work draws most from research in cognitive behavior therapy and family systems.

I have a strong dedication in helping those to navigate their strengths by incorporating treatment modalities such as solution focused therapy, dialectal behavioral therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and motivational interviewing. I have clinical experience treating both adults and adolescents suffering from addiction, domestic violence, eating disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, and psycho-social challenges.

Peggy Mayo is a Licensed Social Worker (LCSW) and has clinical experience in various setting over the past 20 years ranging from bereavement and grief work in hospice care, substance abuse outpatient and private practice settings. Peggy’s philosophy in therapy is to partner with her clients in a collaborative manner and teach practical problem-solving tools and techniques to help her clients find their best life possible.

When people are under stress, they often forget about inherent strengths and abilities. I like to remind my clients of who they are and build on those abilities. I work with individuals and families in the areas of strengthening family relationships, self-harm reduction, parenting skills and helping at-risk teens.

I offer high quality, confidential behavioral health services to adults, couples and teens. I work collaboratively with clients to identify their goals and develop strategies to overcome personal roadblocks that may be holding them back.

I help women heal from the heartbreak of relationship breakups. I also help them to cope with other life changes that cause stress, sadness or anxiety. These can be past or current situations. Things like toxic relationships, career changes or deaths, just to name a few, can be highly disruptive to ours lives and leave us feeling stuck. When things like this occur we may feel sad or depressed, angry, overwhelmed and hopeless. I help you navigate these things so that you can move forward in life. Ask me about my heartbreak healing group coaching program.

I am so proud of you for starting this process of looking for a therapist for your self or someone you love. It takes tremendous courage to begin. I am a psychotherapist who believes strongly in the power of the therapeutic relationship, which can allow healing to take place. I work with individuals and families from teenagers through adulthood and believe that therapy should be tailored to each individual. I meet with a wide vareity of clients, including those with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, peer, parenting and/or school issues, anger management and self esteem.

I believe that everyone has a right to go through life feeling well, happy and positive about themselves. This can be difficult when living life with mental health issues. I use a solution focused, person-centered approach, partnering with my clients to ensure that they play an integral part in the planning and treatment process. This results in clients that are more focused and prepared for treatment. They generally achieve better results and experience the treatment process positively.

Our challenges provide the opportunity to tune into our adaptive capacities, to heal, and to transform. Using a safe and a secure therapeutic relationship, we can work together with pain, trauma, and loss and move towards increased self-compassion, calm, and confidence.

Substances and alcohol does not only effect the user, but family and friends who struggle to know what to do or how to handle the situation. Feeling like you are surviving and not living, wanting to get outside of yourself, or watching someone become self destructive and not knowing how to help can feel devastating to individuals. Getting clean and or sober While adjusting to everyday life can be difficult but I am here to help. Together we can create your path to recovery and lay down the foundation to how that looks. Together we can help you cope watching a loved one becoming self destructive with drugs or alcohol.

Pain is inevitable. So is hope. People need a caring and skilled guide to get from pain to hope and success in life. I have expertise in helping adolescents, young adults, and adults struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma (PTSD), and substance use disorders. Having worked in residential treatment programs, intensive outpatient programs, psychiatric hospitals, schools, and private practice. I am dedicated to helping you through your challenges and passionate about offering an environment that is safe and free of judgment. I have worked in the mental health field for 16 years helping people make their lives better.

I provide a comforting, safe environment to address issues holding you back from achieving your goals. I believe you are the expert on your life; my goal is to offer clinical expertise to resolve your specific issues. I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from domestic violence, sexual assault, and childhood sexual abuse. I also help families in crisis, focusing on divorce, co-parenting issues, and single parent transitioning. I also have expertise working with clients struggling with hoarding.