Therapists in 07030

I believe that therapy is a partnership! There are times in our lives when we need to get an empathetic, objective, and professional perspective for the many challenges life brings our way. I have been working with people just like yourself, in the process of healing, for over 15 years.

I believe that creating a safe and non-judgmental space is key to promoting change. I view therapy as a collaborative process and strive to help my clients heal and grow in their lives and relationships.

Living Mindfully is focused on working with young adults and professionals in their 20's and 30's encountering the major changes and transitions that this time of your life brings forth. Whether it be dating and relationships, workplace difficulty or navigating marriage and parenthood, this period is filled with issues around building your self worth, finding meaningful and fulfilling relationships and navigating challenges to become who you want to be. Often we find ourselves getting in our own way and we have to understand and process what experiences shaped us to be who we are and then build the skills to propel us forward.

In addition to being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) and Certified Yoga Instructor. I am passionate about employing mindfulness and bodyfulness techniques to help you regain the equilibrium that trauma steals and restore your sense of control in this chaotic world. Along the way, you’ll learn to read your body’s messages instead of fearing them and pushing them away.

Therapy enables you to live more fully, with increased awareness and self-acceptance. However, it requires that you trust someone to travel with you to difficult places you might otherwise avoid. Whether you are experiencing a difficult life transition, wrestling with a problematic pattern, or wish to have a better relationship with yourself or others, it is important to feel that you are working with someone attuned to your needs and knowledgeable about how to handle them.

The Center for Specialized Psychology (CSP) was founded by Dr. Nina Badaan Shinway in 2017, with a focus on helping female survivors of domestic violence and other trauma related experiences. CSP's mission is to promote healing and recovery for women who have experienced unfortunate life circumstances. CSP focuses on helping women heal, energize and become aware of their inner strengths. Treatment is provided via a range of theoretical approaches that are integrated and tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual patient. This eclectic approach fosters maximum potential for personal growth and evolution.

My practice will focus on helping you identify and understand your current source(s) of stress, while learning healthy coping skills to manage them. Through an integrative approach, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), we will explore your unmet needs to alleviate the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are interfering with your functioning, whether that be in your schooling/career, relationships, or daily health. I will support your journey to connect with your TRUE self through a collaborative process of Trust, Reflection, Understanding, and Engagement with your strengths & intended life plans and goals.

Hello! I'm Nikki Dukes, a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people maintain healthy relationships with themselves and others. My style is warm, inviting, compassionate, and goal-oriented. If you find yourself overthinking, having intrusive thoughts, setting healthy relationship boundaries, or striking that happy work-life balance- you are not alone! Chances are you can benefit from talking to someone who can help you use the tools that already exist within you. My person-centered approach ensures that you are in the driver’s seat of your treatment.

I am a Licensed Social Worker and have a certificate in Violence Against Women and Children. I received my Bachelors in Family and Child Studies from Montclair State University, and my Masters in Social Work from Rutgers University. I have experience working with individuals, couples, groups, and families in various mental health settings. My therapeutic model combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). I understand that all clients come from different backgrounds, and therefore believe in using techniques that are specific and accommodating to individual clients.

Welcome! My name is Rachael and I am a psychotherapist who supports adults experiencing difficult life transitions in their desire to become self-sufficient through individual therapy sessions that focus on step-by-step behavioral change. I am passionate about helping my clients learn what they are capable of and realizing their true potential! I look forward to being there for you in your time of need.

LANI SOMMER-PADILLA, LCSW, is a New Jersey state licensed psychotherapist focusing on individual, couples and family psychotherapy. Among her areas of expertise are marital and family relationship issues, parenting adolescents, school refusal, and the treatment of depression and anxiety.

Challenges, problems, crises are all part of life. Sometimes we experience much difficulty dealing with them and end up feeling sad, anxious, fearful, frustrated, stuck, desperate or overwhelmed. Fortunately, there are other ways to face your situation. Through counseling, clients learn that they have options in how to cope with difficulties. Utilizing evidence-based treatment modalities, Noelia helps clients learn how to reduce negative emotions while increasing their ability to find solutions, overcome, cope and accept. She provides individual, couples and family counseling, as well as Life coaching and Relationship coaching.

Family. Work. Friends. School. Health. Finances. (Slow Internet. Stubbed Toe. Bad Haircut!). The list of potential stressors can seem endless. People often find themselves tapping their proverbial inner microphone thinking: Is this thing on? Is anyone listening? Cue the internal teetering. Whatever the stress, whatever the issue… I am here. To Listen. To Help. To Advocate. To Empower.

If you and/or your love ones are struggling with life, work, family or school, I can help with getting "unstuck." With 15 years counseling experience and training from Columbia University, I utilize specialized skills in CBT/DBT to support professionals, young adults, youths and families living and working in greater New Jersey. I will identify the triggers that you need help with, and create an action plan to help you move forward. IMPORTANT: CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS FOR Telehealth/Telemedicine sessions, private pay and out-of-network insured ONLY. Please check back for updates to insurance.

Vanessa is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and a Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC) who earned her Master of Arts in Clinal Mental Health Counseling from Northwestern University. Vanessa uses an integrative approach, where she combines contemporary psychodynamic and mindfulness-based therapy practices. She believes that acknowledging our pasts and obtain tools of mindful awareness can stabilize our present and empower us to build a better future. Vanessa is also passionate and committed to delivery trauma-informed and culturally appropriate counseling to diverse and marginalized communities.

Are you feeling anxious, sad, depressed, angry, or overwhelmed? Having difficulty in relationships? Maybe you’re feeling stuck, lonely, unmotivated. Perhaps you can’t even pinpoint what is going on but you’re here because you could use someone to talk too. Life has certainly been difficult to navigate these days and it can be easy to lose sight of who you are and what you want out of life. I’m here to help you do the work to get back to the life you want. Let me help guide you on your healing journey.

I am a Board Certified Counselor & TeleMental Health Provider. I am here to help & empower you to safely get you through challenges! Are your relationships, personal/professional issues causing stress, anxiety, unexplained sadness, self-doubt, restlessness, impulsiveness & feelings of hopelessness? Do you feel that you need to change these uncomfortable feelings/behaviors? Let's work together. I see you as an expert on your own life, and offer my expertise to achieve your goals to make positive & lasting changes. I will actively support & guide you to explore the obstacles you face & the old thought/behavioral patterns that undermine your happiness.