Teletherapy for Connecticut

Are you suffering from anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues? Does trauma affect your everyday life? Do you have trouble navigating life’s stressors due to mental health concerns? What would it feel like if your mental health concerns were manageable instead of overwhelming? When you struggle with PTSD, depression, or anxiety, achieving your personal, professional, and relationship goals can be challenging. Chevonne Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker skilled at holding compassionate space for clients to work through mental health issues.

For 25 years, I have helped people resolve their difficulties with regard to: grief and loss, struggles in their relationships, abuse/trauma related issues, eating disorders, substance abuse and other addictions, behavioral problems, self-esteem, anxiety and depression. Our work together will help you work through difficulties, to promote positive change in your life. I will teach you about underlying psychological principles that help you to understand yourself and how you relate in the world. Along with helping you to understand, I will provide you with many tools, which will give you a clear sense of direction, for making lasting, positive, changes in your life.

My work is a dynamic blend of all that has profoundly influenced me: the science of Family Systems, my 25 years study in Buddhist psychology and Non-Dual philosophy, and teaching Kundalini Yoga. My marriage of 25 years while mothering two teenagers has offered joy and insight into human nature. My passion is in helping my clients develop conscious partnerships, mindful parenting, heal from grief and live free of anxiety and depression. My work is a psychotherapeutic approach integrating neuroscience, trauma research, meditative practices and relational awareness for healing and happiness.

Perhaps you are having difficulties in your primary relationships, perhaps there are stressors at work, perhaps you face a great choice and several obstacles are hindering your clarity and peace. I have been honored to witness individuals and couples overcome many barriers that initially seemed insurmountable. Based on my experience and the lived experience of those I work with I believe that a full, happy, and peaceful life is within reach for everyone who seeks it.

RealTalkCT.com - We have immediate availability! It is an honor and a privilege to work with clients like you, using modern technology and evidence-based techniques. The best part is speaking with a counselor wherever you are most comfortable. Let's talk about your mental health. Together, we will create your plan for wellness and happiness!

Have you ever found yourself in therapy, talking yourself in circles, wondering why you even bother? I offer direct feedback and guided questioning, along with support, from the first session. I use humor and empathy to help make it easier to broach difficult topics. I always work at the client's pace.

I am accepting new clients via teleheath due to the current pandemic.

Throughout my career, I have enjoyed and excelled at helping to empower clients to live better more meaningful lives by helping them focus first on inner growth and self-improvement. As a Christian faith-based, bilingual and bicultural, Licensed Professional Counselor and through my private practice, my vision is to continue this movement of empowerment and self-development, by supporting client through their journey of mental, emotional and spiritual healing with the integration of clinical and Christian faith-based services. Always remember, you have the spiritual authority to heal.

Covid 19 is not an issue. Virtual & in person sessions available. No waiting list . 12 Staff Clinicians available. Hablamos Espanol tambien. We serve Greater New Haven, Milford & Bridgeport areas. Now have an office in Greenwich. Dual Diagnosed patients are a specialty. CBT, DBT, & insight oriented treatment methods for mood, anxiety disorders. Drug/alcohol addiction. Also seeing and responding to recent crises among teens and young adults. Accepting nearly all insurances including Husky and Medicare. We respond to all inquiries for service within 24 hours. Again, no waiting list and are accepting new clients.

The fact that you are here and searching for a therapist is a sign of health. My promise is to make a safe place for you and really listen, support, and guide you. I am interested in your uniqueness, your hidden resources, strategies proven to work, mindfulness-based stress reduction, developing trust in one's internal guidance system, and practices that deepen a sense of connection and purpose. Our relationships are like a mirror where we can learn and grow and heal all wounds. When we have difficulties, we have rich opportunities. Short cut, pick up one of my books at www.JimHughes.org they reduce the need for psychiatric care.

Seeking therapy is an important step on your journey to promoting healthy change and positive growth in your life. You are many things, and take on many roles in your life. I believe positive change does not occur from an outside source, but comes from your own strength and resilience, as well as a better understanding of who you are. My role is to guide and challenge you on your journey of re-connecting to your own potential and power so you can achieve change in yourself and your life. With current COVID-19 concerns regarding public health & safety, please know I offer online/video counseling sessions for new & existing clients.

Are you finding life hard and stressful, and feeling like you need a supportive person to talk to? Is your anxiety causing you to retreat from social situations and activities you used to enjoy? Is it difficult to connect with your loved ones and maintain healthy relationships? Have you become more irritable and easily annoyed? Are your days filled with distraction and lacking motivation? Perhaps you are simply finding it harder to get out of bed each morning, and not looking forward to any part of your day.

I know how hard life can be and how easy it is to feel overwhelmed, lost, anxious, etc. I also know that it is possible to use every challenge as a growing opportunity. I serve individuals, groups, and couples and strive to help them see the strengths in their weaknesses. I specialize in clinical mental health disorders and understand the great power our minds can have on us. My goal is to empower individuals and help them establish lifelong techniques to live a more peaceful life. I am glad you are here, reading this post, taking the first step. You deserve to feel peace. Please know I am here to listen with an open heart.

As an agency we have been supporting people via online sessions, with everything that falls “outside the box” for many years. Well our whole world just changed with this pandemic, and everything now falls under that category. Let us help you navigate these uncharted waters. No matter what challenge this all is bringing up for you let us support you in finding a way through this and finding your inner strength during this time.

Life Coaching & Psycho-Creative Counseling: Jungian Depth psychology is a transformative journey that brings attention to the hidden aspects of the self that control 90 percent of our actions. Unresolved, repressed issues in our lives manifest in daily challenges of anxiety, depression, repeated patterns of toxic relationships with work, partners or substances. Learn how to turn your life around and to re-write your life script creatively, mindfully and purposefully, in the highest possible version of yourself.

On the outside, it looks like you have it all together. You’re a straight-A student or excelling at your job; you’re ambitious and driven. But at a closer look, everything is a mess. You hate the way you look, your body feels like it has betrayed you over and over again, and the only thing that makes it better is controlling your food. It’s become exhausting, you can’t think, you are struggling to spend time with friends and family, in case they find out how bad it has gotten, and you’re feeling alone and like things will never get better. It’s time to do something different.

Are you struggling to accomplish your goals? Does your mental health make it difficult to get through the day? Is anxiety or depression getting in the way of building close relationships? You want to manage your mental health better and find ways to connect with others so that getting through the day feels joyful. Maybe you’ve tried therapy before but didn’t feel the therapist was a good fit for your needs. Don’t give up. You may need a different approach with a therapist who lets your story guide each session.

Hi, I'm glad you have sought out help. I know that picking a provider can be a difficult process. I have been working as a counselor for the past 8 years. My primary focus is in mental health disorders and substance abuse. I currently hold a Masters degree in Mental Health Counseling and am in the process of obtaining a PhD in Psychology.