Therapists in Swanzey, NH

I have worked as a personal counselor since 1986 and as a licensed clinical social worker since 2004. I am a solution-focused therapist who listens deeply to my clients, then engages each in a true two-way conversation. Whether I'm seeing adults, older adolescents, or couples, I treat my clients respectfully. We focus on the issue at hand, work to understand the history and causes behind it, then together implement steps to bring change quickly. Most clients see me for six to eight weekly sessions, moving to less and less frequent sessions as their confidence and life satisfaction increases. I look forward to working with you.

Sometimes we find ourselves struggling, unsure of how to make things better and most of us have experienced challenges within an important relationship. It’s important to know that at times like those, you are not alone. The Couple and Family Therapy Institute (CFTI) is here to help.

I realize searching for a therapist can be a daunting process; whether you know the specific issue you want to work on or you’re simply unsure, but you just “know” (or have been told) you could use a skilled therapist. I bring to this work my experience, my knowledge, my empathy and humor. I will ask you to walk this journey with me as we explore the paths to growth.

I offer compassionate, attentive, thoughtful counseling in the context of the relationship I build with my clients. I see our work as a collaborative endeavor that centers clients as the experts on their own lives and looks at problems as separate from people. I am interested in the stories of people's lives, creative responses to problems we encounter, and how our relationships with ourselves and others shape our sense of self and belonging. I believe in the healing power of the creative process, and can include the arts and movement into my work if that is something my client would like to explore.

The quest to live authentically is challenging but ultimately transformative. With hard work and supportive professional guidance, clients have the opportunity to examine persistent, troubling patterns without judgment or shame, and in doing so create space for growth and possibility. I work with clients age 6 to end of life -- individuals, partners, and families -- to explore individual and relational challenges that may lead to feeling depressed, anxious, or "stuck." I offer support with life transitions, including separation and divorce. My work is LGBTQ+ affirmative, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, confidential.

We live in an incredibly fast paced world, focused on capitalistic systems that value productivity, individuality, and a quest for materialism. This often leads to exhaustion, challenges in our relationships, and a disconnect from caring for ourselves. My goal is to provide a compassionate setting to explore your experiences that may be contributing to internal distress and disconnection, focusing on you as the expert.

Looking to change your life? Liberate yourself? Become your authentic, whole, full self? Clear Reflection Counseling Associates is experienced in compassionate, evidence-based care to help those dealing with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring mental health issues.

I work with individuals ages 16 and up suffering with eating disorders, trauma, anxiety, and depression among other challenges. My goal is to create a safe, collaborative, and supportive environment for my clients to gain a deeper sense of awareness, understanding, and healing. I work with clients who are seeking a mind-body centered focus along with increased coping skills based in cognitive behavioral, trauma, and solution focused modalities. In my practice I am sensitive to how family systems along with sociocultural and systemic factors impact individual development and wellbeing.

Accepting new clients! Empowering lives at every stage. Welcome to a compassionate space where healing begins. I specialize in supporting children, teens and adults through the challenges of ADHD, depression, anxiety, low-self-esteem, bullying, and trauma. I have expertise in tailored to diverse age groups, creating a nurturing environment where individuals can explore grow, and find their inner strength. Offering tailored strategies of individuals for all ages to navigate and thrive with ADHD. Gentle guidance for understanding and managing and overcoming feelings of anxiety and depression. Caring support for trauma and esteem.

Now accepting new patients at Ellie Mental Health! I offer individual and family counseling services to individuals ages 3-30. I aim to utilize a warm, holistic, and collaborative clinical style that places you in the driver’s seat of your healing. I strive to build strong therapeutic relationships to promote goal achievement and increased self-esteem. You are an individual and therefore need personalized care! I believe in the value of learning emotional regulation skills, processing through play (whatever that may look like for you), and having a sense of humor throughout the healing journey!

I am a certified sex therapist who is licensed in NH, ME, and MA, and specialize in therapies for individuals and couples that are dealing with issues that inhibit future growth and happiness. As the author of Couples by Intention: Creating and Cultivating Relationships That Matter!, specialties include sex/intimacy, infidelity recovery, infertility, Surrogacy/Adoption, life transitions/personal growth, men's issues, and sexual minorities' concerns. My approach is solution focused, varied and includes a strength based perspective. Narrative therapy, CBT and interpersonal methods are often used.

Please EMAIL. Conflict within ourselves and our relationships can feel exhausting and isolating. Sometimes it can feel as though we are powerless or stuck waiting for other people or our environment to change. I believe growth is always possible when people feel strong support as they address unhelpful patterns and narratives. By deeply respecting how experiences affect clients, I seek to empower them to exercise more influence and agency in their lives and relationships.

Although I have experience treating a broad array of diagnostic categories, my approach is centered on treating the whole person. I look toward an understanding of the behaviors, thoughts, feelings, and ways of interacting that individuals repeat in spite of a wish to behave differently. My focus is on helping patients hear beyond what they know themselves to be saying, which, in my experience, allows individuals to feel more freedom and less angst in being in the world. I find that I am most helpful with people who want to know themselves better, or feel differently on a deep level.

Licensed in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Managing everyday life can be difficult and sometimes we are hit with unexpected events that further complicate our lives. Oftentimes the things we have done to manage are no longer working. I work with adolescents, young adults and adults, partnering to work through the process of making difficult decisions, supporting life transitions, or managing their mental health challenges. My approach is strength-based and solution focused with the goal of empowering my clients so that they may heal, grow, and feel better able to manage their lives.

I love my work and am in awe of the individuals I work with who courageously address the hurts in their life that prevent them from living more fully. It maybe a crisis in a relationship, ongoing anxiety or depression, a painful trauma, or an inner sense that things are just not right. Together we pay attention to these feelings, enabling them to be talked about, more fully experienced and then understood. This transformative process can restore joy and resilience in life, as well as improve the capacity to care about oneself and be in relationship with others.

Accepting NEW clients. EMAIL is the best way to reach me. Are you struggling with thoughts and behaviors that sabotage your goals, happiness and ability to feel fulfilled. When subconscious thoughts and patterns reveal themselves in therapy it creates an opportunity for healing and desired change. The client drives the work in psychotherapy and the therapist assists their clients in their exploration to heal from psychological injury and work toward desired goals. I have many years of experience working with young adults, adults and couples, treating Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Difficulties and Life Transitions.