Therapists in 19106

Are you Suffering with painful Emotions? Feeling Trapped by Anxiety/Panic, OCD, Depression, Overeating, Cutting, Interpersonal Conflicts, Feelings of Failure caused by ADHD, Self- Sabotaging Behaviors, which prevent you from living life to its fullest. Therapy is a Journey. Taking that journey is worth its weight in gold-when you commit to finding healing, inner peace, and a meaningful, compassionate life along the way. Therapy is a Sanctuary--A Sanctuary, where empathy, undivided attention, and genuine positive regard exist just for you!

Working at a small practice like Alternative Choices allows me to use all of my training to help a variety of clients with many types of concerns and challenges. I work with individuals, families, couples or groups, from middle school age through adulthood, to address issues related to learning disabilities, attention-deficit disorder, autism spectrum, depression, anxiety, social skills, and others. I incorporate mindfulness techniques and strategies into more conventional modes of therapy to help my clients confront, tolerate, accept, and ultimately embrace difficult emotions and moods, in order to improve the quality of their lives and relationships.

*Exclusively teletherapy until further notice. Temporarily not accepting clients. Updated 2/10/21* I offer art therapy and counseling focused on empowerment, creative problem solving, and identity exploration from feminist, existential frameworks. Treatment issues: depression, anxiety, medical diagnosis, life transitions, and young adult, LGBTQ+ & women's issues. Special concerns: pet loss, eco-anxiety/climate crisis distress, eating disorders (including DMT1-ED/diabulimia & vegan recovery}. I will work with you to build a collaborative, communicative relationship so you can better navigate challenges in your life.

My work is designed to bridge the gap between your current experience and your desired experience. I combine traditional talk therapy, expressive art therapies, and experiential therapies in my work. You can begin to feel - and live - differently starting with your first session. I focus directly on what your needs, and together we can create significant change. I specialize in working with children, adolescents and families faced with emotional upheaval of separation/divorce parenting/co-parenting, blending families. Addressing behavioral issues, anger, anxiety, depression, and withdrawal. When working with couples and indivduals I encourage healing and recovery within an integrative style of systemic therapy.

I believe that going to therapy is one of the greatest acts of courage and hopefulness one can engage in. It is identifying a problem in one's life, and committing to changing it. For the past 17 years, I have valued work with clients from diverse backgrounds who have allowed me into their lives in order to explore and partner with them in addressing problems. The issues we have worked on together have included anxiety, depression, grief and loss, parenting issues, life/work balance, trauma, and Attention Deficit Disorder.

You’re feeling stuck. You’re unsure where to go next. You’re feeling anxious, depressed, or “lost”. Maybe you’re questioning your path, your relationship, your self. Maybe you know you need to make a change but you’re unsure where to start. Are you doing things to fill a void- drinking too much, trying fad diet after fad diet, or looking for happiness in other people? You’ve noticed that your behaviors don’t match who you are. You’re irritable, frustrated, sad, or unfocused. You’re treating yourself and your loved ones differently and you want to make changes.

Finding a therapist who will understand you and hold space for your unique process can be hard. I want to make that process as easy as possible. Here is some information about what I do but please feel free to call or email me if you have any additional questions. I see a wide range of clients working through many different concerns. I specialize in trauma and grief (both traditional grief when you lose someone, and the grief after life changes without your consent, or when you realize a relationship will never be what you'd hoped.) Here you will have the opportunity for body, mind, and spirit healing in one space, if desired.

An ideal client is one who is willing to be honest, ready to put in hard work to build resilience, coping mechanisms and deeply dive into the past to search and process triggers to what has affected them in the past and present. One would be willing to utilize creative expression via music, pulling from their own preferences and songs that have influenced their lives for support. If one's issue is anger from a harsh trauma and resulting PTSD, one's needs may be to recognize the core of the anger, process and express through various media, then work on coping skills and healing. One may want to release the anger in order to move on.

After growing up in a family with substance abuse, I’ve been where you are. I know it’s scary to work through your anxiety, depression, and trauma. I'm here to tell you that there is a better way, and that it is possible to create a life worth living regardless of what has happened to you in the past.

Many people choose to enter therapy to gain a deeper understanding of themselves – their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in addition to problems in their interpersonal relationships.  Oftentimes, the issues we face in the present stem from painful experiences in the past.  As a result of these experiences, we develop ways of coping in the world – some continue to serve us well and others may get in the way of us living a more fulfilling life. I offer a warm, non-judgmental, and safe environment for exploration, healing, and growth.

I have worked with families for over a decade advocating for maternal/ child health and wellness. I am a trained Birth/Postpartum Doula, Certified Lactation Consultant and Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT). Providing families with a brave space to process transitional issues such as giving birth, relational strains and individual concerns has been my passion and practice throughout the years. If you’re struggling to transition to parenthood, have trouble breastfeeding, coping with stressors related to postpartum mood issues, then I can help ease your transition. We collaboratively work together to meet your needs.

I have a distinctive voice as a psychologist and father of an adult son with autism, speaking at conferences nationally and internationally on family issues. I have an interest in the psychology of men and fatherhood. My book, "Autism in the Family: Caring and Coping Together" integrates research and treatment with personal experience. I have been honored by Variety, the Children's Charity for contributions to the autism community. I have given a TEDx talk entitled "How autism teaches us about being human." I am also a member of the Panel of Professional Advisors of the Autism Society of America.

I enjoy working with couples and individuals. I work with a diverse group of clients including LGBTQIA+ folks, the kink and BDSM community, trauma, sexual trauma, childhood trauma, coming out, sexual/gender identity, female sexuality, and body positivity. Although my concentration is in sex therapy, I also enjoy working with individuals dealing with anxiety, bereavement, stress, depression, divorce/marital concerns, and eating disorders.

Does any of this resonate with you? You feel anxious, depressed, or up and down with your emotions. You are going through a life transition trying to figure out the feelings that come along with it. You’ve been told you are “too sensitive.” Maybe you are struggling with your sexual identity or sexual orientation and would like a nonjudgmental space where you can explore LGBTQ-related issues. You have struggled with anxiety and/or depression for a while and have tried different things but it’s not helping.

Therapy can be an invaluable tool to help you to navigate through stressors and life changes. My goal in the therapeutic process is to empower you to make positive changes for yourself by working collaboratively with you to develop the skills and mindset to move forward to live your best life. I strive to provide a safe and non-judgmental environment for you to discuss what is bringing you into therapy. I will work with you as an individual to explore what may be helpful to you to move forward to achieve your goals.

Relationships, new life stages, career changes, can be challenging. I specialize in helping individuals transition into their new life status with confidence and perspective. We all look to increase our happiness and joy, reduce our stress , frustrations and and suffering, improve our relationships and accomplish our goals. The dilemma to many of us is that we would like these things to happen without changing too much of ourselves. My aim is to help people move through the process of change, while helping you process and cope with your current life challenges.

I believe that healing often occurs best in the context of a safe and trusting relationship between a client and therapist. As a psychotherapist, I strive to create a secure, caring, and collaborative relationship with each of my clients so that therapy is a place they feel fully seen, heard, understood, and respected. I work from an integrative and holistic perspective, meeting each client where they are and working collaboratively with clients to reach their own personal goals and to create lasting, meaningful change and healing in their lives.

We are a diverse group of therapists that provide the help and support you need through difficult times, or if you are just looking to improve your quality of life! Our therapists are experienced and trained specifically in Art therapy, mindfulness, and CBT and are experts in resolving difficult issues such as anxiety, depression, issues, relationship problems and workplace issues. We specialize in treating anxiety, trauma and body image issues.