Divorce Therapists in Little Compton, RI

I work with individuals struggling with stress, work-life imbalances, & toxic relationships using a unique blend of therapeutic and coaching techniques in a time when you may be feeling overwhelmed, confused and lost. While my speciality is helping people in high-performing and high-burnout careers mitigate unproductive work and life habits, I love to work with people who are looking for something “more” out of their lives. Together we will find the best fit to help determine your goals, provide direction and start on a path of boundaries, assertiveness, and happiness.

I specialize in treating pre-teens, teens, adults, and families. I have over 20 years experience treating clients struggling with behavioral disorders, depression, bipolar disorders, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, stress and anger management, poor self-esteem and codependency, life transition issues, complicated grief reactions, childhood trauma, divorce and family adjustments related to remarriage, adoption, trauma and loss.

I have 25+ years working in the field of mental health with children, adolescents, and adults. My wide range of experiences provides me with the knowledge and skills to help people through difficult times in their lives and guide them through the challenges, and sometimes, difficult transitions and adjustments. My job is to provide clients with new skills that empower them to look at their issues from a new perspective and empower them to engage in a change process.

Are you are struggling with grief and loss, depression, or anxiety? Do you have poor coping skills, low self-confidence or self worth, or find yourself stuck during a life transition? I support clients struggling with depression, anxiety, grief/loss, relationship complications, and life transitions by creating insight and strategic interventions to improve quality of life by changing perspectives and thought processes. I believe in a holistic, strengths-based, and solution-focused approach to energize and motivate my clients, while incorporating evidence-based practice methods to achieve changes that are client-focused and driven.

Are you looking to improve your relationships, but don't know how? Do you find struggle with feelings loneliness, anxiety or anger that cause you to make poor choices despite your best efforts? Are you sabotaging your success in your career? The fact is: you may not be able to change these behaviors on your own. For 30 years I have worked with individuals and couples to improve their relationships and overcome their stumbling blocks to achieve personal and career success. By learning good communication skills and tools to overcome negative patterns, my clients enhance their capacity for intimacy, personal growth and self-esteem.

Perhaps you're down or anxious - maybe you're unsure about the future of a relationship, or just feel that you aren't living the life you were meant to lead. Therapy is a process of growth. I have the tools and experience to help you get back on track.

NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS - Saturday Availability - I believe that therapy is for everyone. Having someone to assist you through whatever issue has come your way is undeniably the best gift you can give yourself. Therapy provides an opportunity for self-exploration in a safe encouraging environment in order to overcome personal struggles. It can also provide an opportunity for growth through goal setting as well as strengthening relationships. I have experience in assisting individuals suffering from depression, anxiety, and trauma-related issues that may or may not be related to addiction.

I am a holistic therapist that honors and cherishes your innate inner potential and possibility. I have worked with individuals, couples, parents, and families that are not experiencing their deepest aspirations and desires. Through an integrative holistic approach to therapy, you can be reminded of and accept your innate ability to realize your infinite potential and unimaginable possibility. This allows you to overcome the barriers that hinder living the life you desire. The holistic approach is an existential strengths based approach that works through mind, body, and spirit to gently guide you toward acceptance and recognition of your innate ability.

Sometimes we may lose our way on the winding road life sets forth. Stephanie holds faith that every individual can embrace their ability to change, grow & recover. Perhaps it may not be easy to admit we might benefit from the support of another to help us regain strength. Someone to listen, provide feedback, validation, insight & education can help to regain control & improve lives. We may seek another to listen to where we are at in our lives, without judgment, biases & preconceived notions. Sharing details of our lives is a display of bravery. Stephanie is sensitive of hesitations to seek help & hopes to provide comfort.

I believe that the work of therapy happens in a safe, non-judgmental setting which enables you to build a trusting relationship where you can share your deepest concerns, build resilience and develop insight which will enable you to develop more effective strategies and solutions in order to create and sustain a healthy more authentic and fulfilling life. If you find yourself repeating patterns of thoughts and behaviors that are not working for you or in relationships that don't work out and leave you wondering why, therapy can help. Sometimes, therapy is about focusing on a specific issue however often it is more encompassing.

Throughout life, everyone has adopted some negative beliefs, downloads from parents and early life, and most have some sort of traumas from different periods of their life. Often we do not realize these negative influences and the impact it has on our attitudes, behaviors and health. I work as a Synergetic and Energy therapist helping clients to clear these negative influences in order to allow the client to embrace ongoing health and happiness.

My ideal client is one who is forced to come see me. I love helping them feel more at ease, encouraging them as they wrestle with difficult dilemmas, and then witnessing them decide to take the reins of their lives into their own hands. They are walking miracles and I feel so honored and privileged to be there to observe their personal transformation from bewildered and disempowered to self-confidently empowered. Most clients contact me via my website www.helenloughreycounselingservices.com

In my 20 years of clinical practice, I've worked with a variety of people and issues. My job is to support and facilitate without judgment or criticism. I provide trauma-informed care for people who seek healing or simply better coping strategies and life skills. I can help you get unstuck so you can continue in your best path. As a community provider for the VA, I am honored to work with military personnel, veterans, and their families. I work with people individually and in groups to bring about healing and change.

Not every dilemma is a disorder, not every sadness a sickness. While the pandemic, climate change, political polarization, all increase the awareness of existential threats, my clients seek to move toward value, value in relationships, in work, play, in nature. While acknowledging some validity of the concept of “mental disorders” and benefiting from my past working with it, they wish to move beyond the constraints of a diagnosis. Working collaboratively, we engage constructively with the full range of emotion while challenging automatic attachment to our default interpretations. Indeed, we are research guided, relationahip driven.

***In-person openings for CT residents*** Therapy can and should be an enriching place to safely begin the process of healing and growth. Therapy requires dedication and a willingness to touch both dark and light areas of your life, and it is my goal to help you move through both worlds safely and supportively. While we cannot predict our future, we can be present in the journey. My goal is to help clients feel empowered by their work in therapy, obtain personal growth, awareness, and fulfillment, and ultimately lead a more balanced, peaceful, and rewarding life however that may look to each person.

Gail has practiced psychotherapy for 25 yearsThe mission statement includes helping the patient create balance within a safe setting through talk therapy, meditation, nutrition,exercise and spirituality. Treatment is based on the individual's needs and discussed during the evaluation process. Therapies include: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Creative Visualization, Mindfulness Meditation, Eco-Therapy, Loving-kindness Meditation,The Walk and Talk Program,Traditional Psychotherapy, Reiki Therapy - Usui/HolyFire II ART , QuantumTouch certified Practitioner and certification in the Crystal Method of Natural Healing.

Individual and Couples Therapy. You have one precious life. Obtain the relationship you want and deserve (including the relationship to your Self). Transforming both individuals and relationships by identifying and changing reoccurring patterns in order to enhance personal growth. This work includes providing both individuals and couples with the tools and resources that can transform their lives with meaning and happiness- to live the life they are meant to live. Trained in EMDR to assist with trauma, PTSD, anxiety and depression.

My focus in treatment is meeting my clients where they are while assisting them in determining where they want to be. I put concerted effort into providing compassionate, holistic care for each person and family I work with. I will work collaboratively with you and/or your child to uncover strengths, goals and ways to strengthen relationships and improve communication skills.