Therapists in Putnam, CT

Welcome! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a passion for helping others. I specialize in providing treatment to children, adolescents, and young adults. My passion lies in supporting others in healing through trauma and adverse experiences. My goal is to create a safe, supportive environment to help my clients build resiliency and achieve their goals.

**CURRENT WAITLIST INTO SUMMER 2024** Are you ready to start making changes to improve your life? Is it time to develop your strengths to increase positivity? Would you like to learn ways to cope effectively with life's challenges? Have you decided that you no longer like the way you feel? Do you want to improve your mood and motivation? Are you looking for positive ways to improve relationships with your partners, kids, parents, friends, or coworkers? Do you wonder when the grief/loss will subside? Do you struggle with setting boundaries with those that you love? Do you struggle with your gender identity?

Art therapy, equine therapy and talk therapy, specializing in depression and anxiety issues, eating disorders, working with children, adolescents and adults. Grief issues, pregnancy loss. I am interested in helping people process their feelings and incorporate self-love and self- compassion into their lives. Learn coping skills and mindfulness/ breathing and meditation techniques. Sharing your feelings and thoughts can be the beginning of hope and growth, moving through pain and toward healing.

Therapy is about you, it can help you learn to take control of your life and respond to challenging situations in new and satisfying ways. When you are feeling sad or anxious, having difficulty with relationships and important life choices, psychotherapy may be helpful by exploring strategies for managing anxiety or depression, reducing relationship tensions or couples conflicts, and coping skills for daily stress.The therapeutic relationship creates a unique safe space, I view it as a collaboration an environment where we can work together in an environment of mutual trust.

I believe that we all experience times in our lives when we realize we need help to cope or to figure out how to work through a difficult situation. We can either continue to struggle and suffer or take steps to improve our situation. My experience has included mastering and utilizing evidenced-based, psychotherapeutic techniques to help individuals, couples and entire families to identify and solve issues that are interfering with individual and/or family functioning. I have helped countless individuals to take positive steps to make long-lasting changes and I look forward to helping you do the same!

It takes a lot of courage to take the step to seek support for yourself or a loved one. It is my goal to empower clients to seek change from within and create attainable goals to transform their lives to find peace and love. I began Honest Intentions Therapy LLC with the mission to help clients to set honest intentions to create their best life. I have 25 years of clinical social work experience and have worked with all ages-children, adolescents, and adults from young, middle, to senior aged.

Have you experienced anxiety, depression or another mental health diagnosis that you are not sure fits what you are experiencing? Have you experienced a traumatic event and no matter how hard you try can't get back to the "you" before that event? Have you struggled on and off with substance use which has caused negative impact on your life?, maybe court involvement? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, I'm confident when working together we can address your concerns.

Licensed Professional Counselor offering weekend and evening appointments in addition to regular daytime business hours. Experienced clinician specializing in child, adolescent and family therapy. My professional focus is on short term behavioral change utilizing behavior management, cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy and solution focused techniques. I am a systems oriented therapist with a wealth of experience advocating for clients and collaborating with DCF, school systems, and various community based programs. Home-based, school based and other community-based appointments available upon request.

Wherever life finds you at this moment you are ready for something to improve. You may feel stuck as you struggle with issues from your past or current circumstances. Therapy is a way to gain insight and self awareness to better understand yourself and your relationship with others. We will identify what is important to you and how to be happier and more at peace with your life. You may be ready or it may feel so overwhelming it's hard to know where to start. I'm here to help you with your personal journey.

There comes a time in your life when you decide that you want something different. It may be a change in behavior, your way of thinking, or how to approach situations or others. I am here to be your impetus for change. Every human being has the power for greatness if they choose to embrace it. My goal is to help you evoke a lighter heart, perhaps fix what's broken, tackle what weighs you down, gain a different perspective, and unlock the greatest version of yourself.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Connecticut and have been working in the counseling field since 2007. My approach is client centered, strength based, and solution focused. I believe in the importance of understanding how individuals function within their systems. I have experience working with children, adolescents, individuals, and families experiencing various mental health, developmental, and transitional issues. I also work with couples who are experiencing difficulties navigating the challenge of maintaining positive healthy relationships. My professional experiences include crisis counseling, home-based therapy, school counseling, and private practice.

Do you find yourself conflicted within your thoughts and feelings? Do you spend a lot of mental energy trying to cope with your inner angst and turmoil or sadness or anger? maybe even rage? or Fear? Do you find yourself wishing you knew how to feel better emotionally so you could just be more happy in life? Our Feelings are a wonderful gift that makes us HUMAN but when our feelings are not balanced, when we are carrying unresolved issues from past, when we are flooded by feelings and not able to see things clearly, they provide the biggest pain and heartache in life. Would you like someone to help you with your inner struggle?

If you are struggling to move forward in life. If your marriage relationship is in need of healing. If you just need someone to listen and help you through your hurt. I am here to provide professional counseling specializing in depression, anxiety, attachment, mood disorders, anger management, substance abuse, addiction, and couples therapy. I want to help encourage & teach those who are hurting how to live a healthy and purposeful life.

I am an independently licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and trauma specialist with a Master of Social Work from Boston College. I have extensive experience in treating adults with post-traumatic stress, including attachment and abandonment trauma, sexual trauma, domestic violence/intimate relationship trauma, physical and/or emotional abuse and neglect, military/combat trauma, traumatic grief and bereavement, physical and psychological trauma resulting from accident or injury, and related issues, including intimate-relationship conflict, depression, anxiety, and existential crises.

Are you seeking an authentic opportunity to process life issues and grow in your own personal empowerment? With all prospective clients, I strive to instill this concept as an essential component in the therapeutic process. This foundation allows each individual to cultivate an objective and genuine treatment relationship to process the past and formulate the future while tending to the present. In this experience together, we will access the use of empathy, humility, trust, and humor to develop an understanding of who you are and what you wish to achieve.

Are you looking to start the counseling process? Make changes in your life? Improve your relationships? Find healing? Process what you've been through? Gain perspective? Feel better? I am a supportive, authentic therapist with a holistic approach to wellness. I provide a relaxed environment for clients to process their lived experiences, work toward their goals & make healthy life changes.