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Are you experiencing new emotional distress - like the discovery of a mood disorder, career transition or relationships stressors? Are you interested in learning about your response to these changes and developing tools to help you cope? My goal is to provide a collaborative atmosphere in which people can openly explore their feelings, better understand their personalities, and reach new resolutions. Using a combination of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and strengths-based approaches, I can help you identify solutions that will help you lead a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

My goal is to create a warm, genuine, and compassionate space where you feel validated and comfortable expressing your emotions. I support client’s struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, and relationship issues. I do not subscribe to a one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. I believe every client is unique and interventions should be tailored to your specific needs. I will actively listen and gently encourage you towards increasing self-acceptance, challenge unhelpful thinking patterns, and learn effective coping skills to uncover and utilize the power within yourself to make meaningful changes in your life.

Our initial meeting will involve getting to be familiar with one another. Meeting a qualified expert whom you experience comfort and confidence with is essential to the beginning of a successful therapeutic experience. My expertise in psychology involves utilizing the state of the art treatment for a wide array of conditions. I am trained in utilizing behavioral and cognitive techniques. In addition I apply methods of mindfulness and acceptance based approaches.

I believe in the capacity of us all to define our life's path by taking risks and stretching in new directions. This can be one of the hardest parts of OCD and anxiety: feeling like your choices are dictated by the lump in your throat, the pit in your stomach or obsessive thoughts. Before I became a therapist, I was a lawyer for almost 20 years. That experience informs my work with clients as we strengthen their inner advocate and, often, develop a truer understanding of who they are and want to be when they are actively choosing how to live. YOU are not that critical, anxious voice in your head; let's clarify and pursue YOUR path.

Relationship strain, communication issues, PTSD, anxiety, trauma, mistrust of happiness and feelings of depression are some of the experiences I help you heal from. I work with folks whose past pains are inhibiting present fulfillment within relationships and quality of life. We work together to navigate stressors and responsibilities they are expected to keep up with, while managing past pains to relearn safety on their current path. I treat the person as a whole- meaning in addition to your psyche, I also take into account your environmental, circumstantial, and physical self and how that impacts your mental health overall.

I welcome you on your path to personal growth. Self discovery is an important and very personal journey in ones life and requires careful consideration on how to navigate it. I provide a caring, safe and authentic connection in the therapeutic relationship. We work collaboratively to explore and resolve your concerns and improve the quality of your life. For some, the burden of the pain and suffering can be overwhelming. Together we will take steps in creating an awareness of your emotional world while we minimize your distress and maximize your pursuit of your life goals,

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist working with individuals and couples. My primary focus is sex therapy and sexual/relational problems in men and women in all stages of life. Areas of expertise include sexual dysfunction; arousal, desire, and orgasmic issues; intimacy issues with self and partners; compulsive/hypersexual behavior/sex addiction; love addiction; paraphilias; and treating partners of sex addicts. Please note that I am licensed in both CA & NY.

I have over fifteen years of experience providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families; as well as psycho-educational testing and assessments; to children, adolescents, and adults of all age ranges. I also provide consultation to schools and educational facilities on learning and developmental issues.

Throughout my training and career, I've worked with diverse populations facing a variety of challenges, including relationship issues, identity exploration, mood disorders, grief, addiction, and life stage transitions. In my work as a psychotherapist, I embrace an expansive view of the individual. We will collaborate to clarify how your sense of self, past experiences, inner conflicts, and family background impact your current moods, relationships, and self-beliefs in the present. Together we will identify patterns and what areas of life you would like to further explore to best reach your goals in this process of self-discovery.

Zeist employs a non-pathologizing therapeutic outlook, tailoring her approach according to each client's unique needs, drawing from modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Person-Centered Therapy (PCT), Psychodynamic Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS).

As a solution-focused, mindfulness based cognitive/behavioral psychologist, I work by collaborating with you to identify problem areas and devise manageable strategies in the service of gradual, stepwise change. Our work looks at perceptions, thoughts, feelings and behavior and helps you alter and manage these. The fact that you are indeed able to make change becomes surprisingly clear to you, and it is done at a pace that feels workable.

I'm a therapist because I love working with people and embrace humanity in all its glorious, messy, wondrous complexity. I'm here to work with your needs as a client, to help you understand yourself better and to empower you on your journey of growth and healing. I practice using an integrative approach, which means: I see you as a person shaped by your past, present and thoughts about the future; by your innate personality, environment and upbringing; by your social relationships, likes, dislikes and relationship with yourself.

Briony's approach draws from various client-centered therapies to create individualized and unique therapy experiences, encouraging clients to explore their strengths and potential. She integrates Humanistic and Existential perspectives, intertwining evidenced-based practices, in order to meet the client where they are, and to promote healing, acceptance, and growth. Briony believes that creating a supportive and non-judgmental environment can inspire change by building trust, confidence, and awareness.

I work with adults and young adults facing a variety of mental health concerns, such as anxiety, depression, substance use, relationship difficulties, and challenges with self-regulation (such as avoidance, people-pleasing, impulsivity, perfectionism, and procrastination). I am committed to helping clients exercise more agency over their emotions, behavior, and relationships through the balance of acceptance and change. I am passionate about supporting adults of all ages in making meaning as they navigate life transitions, whether they are adjusting to college, retirement, or anything in between.

Have you been feeling down or anxious? Do you have marital/relationship stressors and feel like things will never change? Does your child experience behavioral challenges and/or has a hard time communicating/socializing with peers? Perhaps parenting has been overwhelming and you need a safe space to talk and find new ways to manage your emotions and situations?

You are like all other people, like some other people, and like no one else. I believe it's far more important to know the person who has a problem, than to know which problem the person has. I am warm, passionate, and committed. I work with patients in a transparent, genuine, and collaborative way. I was trained at Columbia University and Mount Sinai Hospital. I have had many opportunities to lend my insight and support in order to provide a holistic approach to wellness. My experiences have shown me that therapy can be beneficial and useful to people experiencing different levels of distress.

We are licensed in Oregon, Maine, Minnesota, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Colorado. We currently offer telehealth and virtual therapeutic services. We work with individuals with a wide range of concerns including depression, mood disorders, family relations issues, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders. We combine different therapeutic approaches based on client's presenting concerns, goals, and motivation, such as, cognitive-behavioral, brief therapy, mindfulness, client-centered, solution-focused therapy.

Sometimes, the difficulties of our past, compound with the trials and tribulations of our present could make it seem almost impossible to change our future. As a licensed clinical psychologist in the states of New York and New Jersey, my mission is to provide an environment that could facilitate these changes. It is my promise that I will always strive to do my best to help each individual acquire the skills necessary to overcome these obstacles, and live a more fulfilling life.

At Mindful Momentos, Marriage and Family Therapy, we seek to accompany my clients on their journey towards emotional healing and self-worth. Therapy is a difficult and often painful process of self-discovery. It is most effective when done in a supportive and empathic environment where it feels safe to be challenged, to explore the influence of the past, and to make changes in the here and now.