Attachment-based Therapists in Housatonic, MA

With over 15 years of experience in mental health, and over 20 working with children and families, I firmly believe that therapy is an interactive journey towards personal growth and achieving one's goals. My passion lies in helping individuals navigate life's challenges and empowering them to become the best versions of themselves. Specializing in treating teenagers aged 16 and above, as well as adults aged 18 and older, my background spans community mental health, acute behavioral health and substance use, in-home and outpatient services, substance use, and child and adolescent services.

When stress & anxiety keep you from feeling like yourself, it makes everything harder. I can help you change the ways you deal with stress, tension and struggle, and improve your relationships. Anxiety and stress can be related to trauma in your past, difficulty managing demands and day to day problems, or the challenge of big life changes. I use somatic psychotherapy, mind-body, and creative approaches to help my clients make profound change. You can have less tension, worry, self-doubt, and feelings of isolation and feel more energy, joy, connection and support.

My clients are people, mostly women, who have suffered Adverse Childhood Experiences and recognize that their survival/coping behaviors are limiting their life and personal potential. Issues of long-term stress cause debilitating anxiety, eating issues, and emotional dysregulations that limit their life. I work with people who have been diagnosed with chronic or life-threatening illnesses, breast cancer in particular, and who are willing to make the connections between the long-term effect of toxic stress and illness. They are determined to improve health on all levels and move from surviving to thriving and manifest their purpose.

Are you trying to make changes in yourself, your work, your education, or your relationships? Maybe the problem is clear but the solution feels out of reach. Or maybe it’s not quite clear what is out of kilter, but you or they sense change is necessary. Even if there is no owner's manual for change, my life experience as a parent/grandparent, and my varied professional background in mental health, public policy, and academia have convinced me that change can be an enriching part of life. Psychotherapy is a place to explore change openly.

The best psychotherapy helps transform life’s toughest challenges into deep and meaningful growth. So often our greatest healing actually begins in the pain of everyday living whether it shows up in loneliness, anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, family drama, anger, fear, shame or desperation. Gaining new perspectives on self, critically examining what isn’t working, and tapping into our natural strengths can be the most powerful way to get unstuck, develop a deeper sense of self, and cultivate more happiness.

Hello for and thank you for taking the time to view my profile. Excited to say I am currently accepting clients! I offer compassionate, heart-and-soul-centered, nonjudgmental, supportive, strengths-based therapy in the comfort of your own home via telehealth. I work with teens, kids, families, parents, individuals and couples. I am trained at Simmons College and Harvard Medical School. You deserve the BEST! I became a therapist because I LOVE PEOPLE and I want to support you becoming the person you always wanted to be. I am not adverse to walking through tough stuff and lingering issues from the past and present that need healing.

How can I feel better? How can I change this? Why does this keep happening to me? What do I do now? Who am I really? These are some of the questions that propel people to seek out therapy. We want more from our lives, from relationships, we want relief from suffering, but we’re not sure how to proceed or why we haven’t been able to make positive changes on our own.

Hello. Thank you for your interest in my psychotherapy practice. You may be here because of painful events in your life, or you may seek help in dealing with conflicts, or with persistent or troublesome feelings.

I work with individuals & families who yearn for deeper, more satisfying connections to themselves, each other and the earth. Self-love is an unlearning process, and by bearing witness to your gifts, spirit, and love, as well as whatever may be clouding these forces, I hope to help you come home to yourself and from a place of alignment, begin orienting your life towards what nourishes it. Capitalism leaves us with few tools beyond the punishment and blame when it comes to self-improvement. I hope to replenish your toolkit with the grace, curiosity, and connection that will actually facilitate the growth and wellbeing of your spirit

Currently accepting new clients! Have you noticed patterns in your life you'd like to change? Negative moods? Unexplained pain? Often these are signs of unresolved trauma. Therapy can help us understand and integrate the meaning enabling us to make changes to our behavior so that we are more successful in our personal and professional lives. I work with adults, children from as young as 2 yrs old, and families. My work is strength based, empowering people to meet personal goals, improve relationships and develop a more comfortable, meaningful life. I attend to the mind body connection. My approach is solution focused and playful.

One of the core reasons people come to counseling is that they feel a lack of connection. Sometimes that connection is to others in their life; loved ones, partners, friends, or co-workers. Just as often that lack of connection is to themselves; fear, trauma, sexuality or shame. Fostering those connections with transparency, brevity and compassion is something I love to do. Helping people find understanding and to build coping skills that aren’t just instant gratification which drown out the real issues we’ve got (can feel good though). Skills and insight that’s more meaningful and effective than avoidance, or memes on Instagram.

Everything you need to heal is already within you. My hope is to support you in seeking out and nurturing your inherent strengths and wisdom. As your ally, my focus is on offering space and compassion as we work together to embrace your most authentic self. Get to know and forgive the parts within you that have been rejected, judged, or shamed. Build self validation and mindfulness skills to manage anxiety and enhance your sense of self worth. Work through and let go of past traumas and loss with compassion for yourself. Learn to tap into your strengths with intention and direct your energy towards what best serves you.

I work extensively with mindfulness and guided meditation as a tools for greater self-knowledge and healing. Reactivity to the stressors of life is often based on limiting negative beliefs about self, others, and life itself. We unknowingly pick up such ideas in childhood and hold them as gospel truths, when actually they are lies that keep us stuck. The focus of therapy is to see beyond these false ideas, to loosen the energetic blocks that they cause, and to be free to live the truth of who you really are--beyond your anxiety, depression, compulsive thoughts, or habits. Change is much more possible than you may think!

People often come to work with me after other treatment approaches have failed to help them get to the root of the problem and achieve the goals they set for themselves. Approaching life with a greater sense of meaning and vitality is possible, but it means cultivating the courage to face the difficult aspects of our experience and find out how and why we've gotten stuck in life. My treatment approach is specifically tailored to each individual's personality and goals to help empower you to approach your life with a fresh perspective, greater understanding, and more reliable tools for approaching your inner life and relationships.

I see therapy as an opportunity for you to explore the meaning of your life experiences, and how those experiences affect your current situation. I focus first on establishing a comfortable therapeutic relationship where you can feel safe and supported as you investigate new ways of being. I want to help you explore and learn from your history and feelings: I typically ask questions, note patterns, encourage you to interpret events, and reflect your strengths and successes. In the process, you will gain insight, and be able to make deliberate choices that lead to positive changes in your life.

My ideal client is one who is curious about and interested in making the changes necessary to achieve their stated goals. I work with people who have reached the limits of their ways for navigating the relationships in life that are no longer satisfying, desireous or life enhancing.. These "stuck" points can be interpersonal, intrapersonal, and/or professional.

I get the anxiety and the "otherness" that you feel. Whether stemming from childhood experiences or from adolescent and adult trauma, your memories inform how you interact with the world. My multi-cultural experience and approach have taught me that there are many ways to look at the world and oneself. Your life story is unique, and together, we will explore how to bring about desired changes in your relationships. Therapy, when client centered can be a life changing experience. I invite you to discover your inner strengths and your sense of agency. I am here to accompany you in your journey.

I am a clinical social worker with a practice in both the Berkshires and Brooklyn. I approach my work with compassion to create a safe space to allow clients to explore what is holding them back or causing them distress. I believe the work of therapy is to empower each of us to build the life we seek. Depression and anxiety can interfere with our ability to create and relate and achieve. Working with a therapist you trust can remove roadblocks and allow a person to be and feel more authentic.

You might connect well with me if you value humor, authenticity, kindness, honesty, and love. Our therapeutic work together will take a systems approach, meaning we will tend to investigate the brilliant ways that your mindbody has learned to adapt to society, family structures, and social norms rather than pathologizing your human reactions to challenging environments. As a therapist, I genuinely love the unique experiences, perspectives, and identities you hold dear and I believe wholeheartedly that all parts of you are valuable and worthy of care, respect, and dignity.