Charlena D. Sears
Psychologist (she, her)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
1 Endorsed
460 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 209, Montclair, NJ 07042
Let's Connect (973) 755-1882
You can thrive. We can help. Your mental health matters. Therapy requires vulnerability and the courage to do something different especially when you're hurting. If you have become overwhelmed by difficulties that make it hard for you to function, you have come to the right place. If you are an empath like me, you know that the formula for living your best life is to heal your emotions. Family and friends cannot always help you get through the challenges of life; a good therapist can. With 30+ years of experience as licensed NJ and NY psychologists, we provide a safe space for you to learn and grow.
Combining a bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach, I specialize in treating a broad spectrum of individuals, couples, and groups from all backgrounds across the life span. Specialty areas include crisis intervention, anxiety, depression, cultural and systemic oppression, trauma and messy life transitions.
You are the expert. I am your guide. Take the first step. Start your journey with me. After completing my doctorate in clinical psychology at GSAPP, I completed a fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale Medical School. Following my fellowship, I worked in the Department of Epidemiology at Yale understanding help seeking behavior.
Call or Email Charlena D. Sears now for a free 15 minute consultation - (973) 755-1882
Let's Connect (973) 755-1882
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $150
- Couple Sessions $150
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa, ZelleInsurance
- Out of Network
Charlena D. Sears
Psychologist
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (973) 755-1882
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New Jersey / 35SI00282100 Charlena D. Sears
- In Practice for 35 years
- Attended Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology, Graduated 1988
- License: New York 010862-1
- Certificate from Yale University Medical School Department of Psych 1987
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Charlena D. Sears
Psychologist
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (973) 755-1882
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Trauma and PTSD
- Depression
Expertise
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- Racial trauma and systemic oppression
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Women's Issues
Charlena D. Sears
Psychologist
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (973) 755-1882
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Hispanic and Latino
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Hispanic and Latino
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Family / Marital
- Feminist
- Imago
- Interpersonal
- Multicultural
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
Charlena D. Sears
Psychologist
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (973) 755-1882
Groups
Healing for Healers
Location
460 Bloomfield Avenue
Suite 209
Montclair, NJ 07042
Email Charlena D. Sears about this group or call - (973) 755-1882
Mental Health First Aid for First Responders
We are offering mental health first aid to first responders and frontline workers at a reduced cost at our Montclair location: 460 Bloomfield Avenue. Mental health first aid is an intervention model used to facilitate psychological closure and reconstruction following exposure to a traumatic event. Goals are to stabilize, normalize, restore adaptive functioning, and identify individuals/groups who may need additional help. The goal is to intervene quickly to stop the symptoms from becoming entrenched. "It's not the stress that kills us, it's our reaction to it." (Hans Seyle)
Location
MontclairCenterforPsychotherapy, LLC
460 Bloomfield Avenue Suite 209
Suite 209
Montclair, NJ 07042
Email Charlena D. Sears about this group or call - (973) 755-1882