LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Avon, CT
Are you looking for an open-minded, supportive, and compassionate therapist? I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 14 years of experience building strong therapeutic relationships with individuals and supporting them in reaching their goals. I am a strength-based and client-focused therapist; I strive to empower and provide hope in sessions. I utilize a variety of techniques and I have trained in various models of evidence-based practices, in addition to being a Certified Reiki Practitioner.
Are you looking for an open-minded, supportive, and compassionate therapist? I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 14 years of experience building strong therapeutic relationships with individuals and supporting them in reaching their goals. I am a strength-based and client-focused therapist; I strive to empower and provide hope in sessions. I utilize a variety of techniques and I have trained in various models of evidence-based practices, in addition to being a Certified Reiki Practitioner.
Certified PSYPACT psychologist. Dr. Chu is a bilingual licensed clinical psychologist. As a certified DBT (DBT-Linehan Board of Certification) and certified CBT therapist (Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies), she teaches her clients tangible tools to make healthy choices by approaching life challenges flexibly and mindfully. Her background in Psychodynamic and Mindfulness-Based psychotherapy led her to fluidly utilize different therapeutic approaches that are most helpful to individual needs.
Certified PSYPACT psychologist. Dr. Chu is a bilingual licensed clinical psychologist. As a certified DBT (DBT-Linehan Board of Certification) and certified CBT therapist (Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies), she teaches her clients tangible tools to make healthy choices by approaching life challenges flexibly and mindfully. Her background in Psychodynamic and Mindfulness-Based psychotherapy led her to fluidly utilize different therapeutic approaches that are most helpful to individual needs.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or just "stuck", or your teen is navigating the chaos of growing up or navigating their relationship with their body, or an adult seeking more joy, confidence, or clarity in your relationships. You deserve support that feels real, compassionate, and tailored to your life. Let's work together to figure out what works for you.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or just "stuck", or your teen is navigating the chaos of growing up or navigating their relationship with their body, or an adult seeking more joy, confidence, or clarity in your relationships. You deserve support that feels real, compassionate, and tailored to your life. Let's work together to figure out what works for you.
Understanding your experiences & emotions is the gateway to change. I believe people can change, even when they struggle to believe that they can. I strive to help clients learn new skills, or enhance those they are already using, in order to improve all areas of their lives. Imagine how differently you might feel if you could overcome the obstacles that keep you feeling stuck in your life & relationships. Patterns that no longer work for you can be reshaped and built upon to make the most of who you are and want to become. With compassion and acceptance, I treat adults struggling with a range of issues affecting their well-being.
Understanding your experiences & emotions is the gateway to change. I believe people can change, even when they struggle to believe that they can. I strive to help clients learn new skills, or enhance those they are already using, in order to improve all areas of their lives. Imagine how differently you might feel if you could overcome the obstacles that keep you feeling stuck in your life & relationships. Patterns that no longer work for you can be reshaped and built upon to make the most of who you are and want to become. With compassion and acceptance, I treat adults struggling with a range of issues affecting their well-being.
I work with heterosexual couples and LGBTQ couples on establishing healthy communication and connection to better navigate difficult issues.
I work with individuals, couples and families to help them identify and address the difficult issues that are standing in the way of the strong, loving relationships they desire. I strive to help all clients establish positive communication skills and stronger relationships. I provide a safe and supportive environment where they can explore and address feelings of hurt or anger and develop goals that will move them toward healing and reconnection.
I work with heterosexual couples and LGBTQ couples on establishing healthy communication and connection to better navigate difficult issues.
I work with individuals, couples and families to help them identify and address the difficult issues that are standing in the way of the strong, loving relationships they desire. I strive to help all clients establish positive communication skills and stronger relationships. I provide a safe and supportive environment where they can explore and address feelings of hurt or anger and develop goals that will move them toward healing and reconnection.
Are you feeling stuck, afraid, depressed or overwhelmed in some way? At times, it can feel like there is no clear path to fulfillment and ease. However, in a safe and collaborative therapeutic process, it's completely possible to overcome your issues and live the life you desire. Whether it's managing stress, increasing self-esteem, having more satisfying relationships or creating healthier patterns, we'll discover together, the fulfillment and joy you deserve. Although I work with many types of issues, I specialize in anxiety, insomnia, depression, trauma, addictions, parent coaching, career issues, women's issues, and chronic illness.
Are you feeling stuck, afraid, depressed or overwhelmed in some way? At times, it can feel like there is no clear path to fulfillment and ease. However, in a safe and collaborative therapeutic process, it's completely possible to overcome your issues and live the life you desire. Whether it's managing stress, increasing self-esteem, having more satisfying relationships or creating healthier patterns, we'll discover together, the fulfillment and joy you deserve. Although I work with many types of issues, I specialize in anxiety, insomnia, depression, trauma, addictions, parent coaching, career issues, women's issues, and chronic illness.
Therapy for individuals, couples and partners, and family. Our practice was founded on the principles of holistic psychotherapy and a key concept that pleasure is healing. With compassion and warmth, we help clients address current life challenges and long standing issues. The decision to begin any therapy can be a difficult one. By making this decision, you have made a commitment to your emotional well being, and to improvements in your relationship with yourself and others. We offer a complimentary 15 minute phone consultation to help you determine if our services are right for you.
Therapy for individuals, couples and partners, and family. Our practice was founded on the principles of holistic psychotherapy and a key concept that pleasure is healing. With compassion and warmth, we help clients address current life challenges and long standing issues. The decision to begin any therapy can be a difficult one. By making this decision, you have made a commitment to your emotional well being, and to improvements in your relationship with yourself and others. We offer a complimentary 15 minute phone consultation to help you determine if our services are right for you.
Difficult life experiences can lead to distress that may feel unmanageable. Traumatic memories, relationship challenges, life transitions, and mood dysregulation, are examples of presenting concerns brought to my practice. Highly focused on strengths and problem solving, our therapy sessions will focus on supporting symptom reduction and improving overall well-being and quality of life. While considering the unique needs of each client, my practice utilizes a range of treatment tools and modalities including Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Narrative Therapy, Family Systems, and Mindfulness Based CBT
Difficult life experiences can lead to distress that may feel unmanageable. Traumatic memories, relationship challenges, life transitions, and mood dysregulation, are examples of presenting concerns brought to my practice. Highly focused on strengths and problem solving, our therapy sessions will focus on supporting symptom reduction and improving overall well-being and quality of life. While considering the unique needs of each client, my practice utilizes a range of treatment tools and modalities including Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Narrative Therapy, Family Systems, and Mindfulness Based CBT
Dave Ursillo
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, MA, LPCA
4 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I have experience working with trauma, childhood neglect, Trans/ Queer issues, Bipolar/Bipolar II, ASD, HIV/AIDS and ENM.
I'm passionate about helping my clients discover, speak, and live the stories they want to be telling. You are the author of your life's story. And, I believe you deserve to live the story of your life in ways that make you feel free, safe, and unapologetically you.
A strong therapeutic relationship is capable of helping you guide and support the life that you want to be living. As your counselor, I'll do everything in my power to help you live the life that you deserve to be living: in alignment with your personal and cultural definitions of wellness.
I have experience working with trauma, childhood neglect, Trans/ Queer issues, Bipolar/Bipolar II, ASD, HIV/AIDS and ENM.
I'm passionate about helping my clients discover, speak, and live the stories they want to be telling. You are the author of your life's story. And, I believe you deserve to live the story of your life in ways that make you feel free, safe, and unapologetically you.
A strong therapeutic relationship is capable of helping you guide and support the life that you want to be living. As your counselor, I'll do everything in my power to help you live the life that you deserve to be living: in alignment with your personal and cultural definitions of wellness.
I am a licensed therapist with over 25 years of experience helping individuals navigate anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and life transitions. My approach is warm, collaborative, and insight-oriented, creating a space where you can better understand yourself while also developing practical tools for change. Together, we will work to uncover patterns that may be keeping you stuck, strengthen your sense of self, and help you move forward with greater clarity, balance, and emotional resilience.
I am a licensed therapist with over 25 years of experience helping individuals navigate anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and life transitions. My approach is warm, collaborative, and insight-oriented, creating a space where you can better understand yourself while also developing practical tools for change. Together, we will work to uncover patterns that may be keeping you stuck, strengthen your sense of self, and help you move forward with greater clarity, balance, and emotional resilience.
My approach is relationally psychodynamic enhanced with contemplative practice.
Truly, our earliest relationships shape our expectations of what love, safety and connection should feel like and how we move through the world in order to meet these needs. But there comes a time when this way of being no longer works for us. Therapy becomes a collaborative space where we explore your thoughts, feelings and life experiences with care, curiosity and inquiry. While our ideas, beliefs and nervous system defaults were created in childhood, they need not remain there. Neuroplasticity teaches us that the mind and heart are ever-renewing.
My approach is relationally psychodynamic enhanced with contemplative practice.
Truly, our earliest relationships shape our expectations of what love, safety and connection should feel like and how we move through the world in order to meet these needs. But there comes a time when this way of being no longer works for us. Therapy becomes a collaborative space where we explore your thoughts, feelings and life experiences with care, curiosity and inquiry. While our ideas, beliefs and nervous system defaults were created in childhood, they need not remain there. Neuroplasticity teaches us that the mind and heart are ever-renewing.
Young people today are faced with many challenges that place great amounts of stress on their emotional health. It is often helpful to have someone who can help them successfully move through these emotional challenges. I provide a community and office-based counseling service dedicated to helping adolescents and young adults build strengths that allow them to feel emotionally healthy again. When appropriate, I engage the supports of the family, the school, and the community in developing different approaches to affect behavioral difficulties that interfere with daily life activities and personal goals.
Young people today are faced with many challenges that place great amounts of stress on their emotional health. It is often helpful to have someone who can help them successfully move through these emotional challenges. I provide a community and office-based counseling service dedicated to helping adolescents and young adults build strengths that allow them to feel emotionally healthy again. When appropriate, I engage the supports of the family, the school, and the community in developing different approaches to affect behavioral difficulties that interfere with daily life activities and personal goals.
Whatever your issues - stress, anxiety relating to the COVID-19 crisis, depression, or relationship problems, I'm here to help. In addition to being a certified expert in sex therapy, I am a highly experienced clinical psychologist with decades of experience with thousands of clients. I offer cognitive-behavioral therapy, IFS, and an integrated approach for you or your partner. Most individuals are a bit stressed seeing a therapist. I can assure you that your comfort and safety is my primary focus. There is no "one size fits all approach". There is no shaming or blaming in my office. We are a team and we work together.
Whatever your issues - stress, anxiety relating to the COVID-19 crisis, depression, or relationship problems, I'm here to help. In addition to being a certified expert in sex therapy, I am a highly experienced clinical psychologist with decades of experience with thousands of clients. I offer cognitive-behavioral therapy, IFS, and an integrated approach for you or your partner. Most individuals are a bit stressed seeing a therapist. I can assure you that your comfort and safety is my primary focus. There is no "one size fits all approach". There is no shaming or blaming in my office. We are a team and we work together.
I am a trauma-informed mental health clinician who works with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment wounds, and relational challenges. I specialize in supporting individuals who struggle with emotional regulation, boundary-setting, people-pleasing, and high-functioning anxiety, particularly those impacted by complex family dynamics or past relational trauma. My approach integrates evidence-based modalities such as CBT, attachment-based therapy, trauma-informed care, and skills-focused interventions to help clients build insight, emotional resilience, and healthier relationship patterns.
I am a trauma-informed mental health clinician who works with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment wounds, and relational challenges. I specialize in supporting individuals who struggle with emotional regulation, boundary-setting, people-pleasing, and high-functioning anxiety, particularly those impacted by complex family dynamics or past relational trauma. My approach integrates evidence-based modalities such as CBT, attachment-based therapy, trauma-informed care, and skills-focused interventions to help clients build insight, emotional resilience, and healthier relationship patterns.
I am a cognitive-behavioral therapist that draws from current research to tailor treatments for each client. Whether it may be your first time to a psychologist or if you may want to try a different approach, both decisions are the product of a considerable amount of bravery. I believe that a non-judgemental, collaborative, and trusting relationship is the foundation for change to occur.
I am a cognitive-behavioral therapist that draws from current research to tailor treatments for each client. Whether it may be your first time to a psychologist or if you may want to try a different approach, both decisions are the product of a considerable amount of bravery. I believe that a non-judgemental, collaborative, and trusting relationship is the foundation for change to occur.
Late Afternoon, Evening and Weekend morning for In person and Telehealth (Virtual) sessions. Hello! My approach is to provide a non-judgmental and caring place to allow you a positive counseling experience. Many people who I treat seek counseling for the first time -- to work through a crisis--to stop the pain--to feel better about themselves. I understand the struggle and the desire to feel and be better. If you are willing to share your story and engage in the process, I look forward to working with you. I have 20 years of experience working with adolescents, college-age students, student athletes and adults in crisis.
Late Afternoon, Evening and Weekend morning for In person and Telehealth (Virtual) sessions. Hello! My approach is to provide a non-judgmental and caring place to allow you a positive counseling experience. Many people who I treat seek counseling for the first time -- to work through a crisis--to stop the pain--to feel better about themselves. I understand the struggle and the desire to feel and be better. If you are willing to share your story and engage in the process, I look forward to working with you. I have 20 years of experience working with adolescents, college-age students, student athletes and adults in crisis.
I believe, everyone is uniquely designed and no single approach in therapy can be used exclusively. Over the years of working eclectically with the individuals from all walks of life and being curious about finding ominous approach that could describe it all, I found the following sequence in treatment to be reflective of the needs of many people in therapy.
Phase 1: Psychodynamic - exploring past character formation during the childhood, including the obstacles, traumas from life events or other people. “It’s only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”
I believe, everyone is uniquely designed and no single approach in therapy can be used exclusively. Over the years of working eclectically with the individuals from all walks of life and being curious about finding ominous approach that could describe it all, I found the following sequence in treatment to be reflective of the needs of many people in therapy.
Phase 1: Psychodynamic - exploring past character formation during the childhood, including the obstacles, traumas from life events or other people. “It’s only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”
I specialize in the full arc of transformation - helping you process unresolved pain, change relational patterns, undo aloneness, and remove the blocks and barriers that prevent you from fully inhabiting your life. I work with clients to move beyond performance, perfectionism, anxiety, people-pleasing, self-criticism, and strained relational cycles by transforming the deeper emotional and attachment patterns that live underneath. Together, we work toward lasting change that is not only understood intellectually but deeply felt and lived.
I specialize in the full arc of transformation - helping you process unresolved pain, change relational patterns, undo aloneness, and remove the blocks and barriers that prevent you from fully inhabiting your life. I work with clients to move beyond performance, perfectionism, anxiety, people-pleasing, self-criticism, and strained relational cycles by transforming the deeper emotional and attachment patterns that live underneath. Together, we work toward lasting change that is not only understood intellectually but deeply felt and lived.
Now accepting new clients! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker fully trained in EMDR specializing in the treatment of depression, anxiety and trauma. I provide individual therapeutic treatment to adults experiencing personal challenges impacting their relationships, self-efficacy and overall daily functioning. My approach is collaborative, integrative and strength-based, incorporating a variety of treatment modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) and psychodynamic therapy.
Now accepting new clients! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker fully trained in EMDR specializing in the treatment of depression, anxiety and trauma. I provide individual therapeutic treatment to adults experiencing personal challenges impacting their relationships, self-efficacy and overall daily functioning. My approach is collaborative, integrative and strength-based, incorporating a variety of treatment modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) and psychodynamic therapy.
Has grief shown up in your life through loss, changing relationships, or life unfolding differently than you expected? You may feel anxious, emotionally out of balance, or questioning why this chapter of life feels harder than you expected. Many individuals seek therapy when family relationships feel overwhelming, grief remains unresolved, or joy and meaning feel harder to access than they once were.
Ruta works with individuals navigating anxiety, family-related conflict, and grief due to loss - including but not limited to death, the end of a relationship, or experiences of abandonment.
Has grief shown up in your life through loss, changing relationships, or life unfolding differently than you expected? You may feel anxious, emotionally out of balance, or questioning why this chapter of life feels harder than you expected. Many individuals seek therapy when family relationships feel overwhelming, grief remains unresolved, or joy and meaning feel harder to access than they once were.
Ruta works with individuals navigating anxiety, family-related conflict, and grief due to loss - including but not limited to death, the end of a relationship, or experiences of abandonment.
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