Therapists in Brookline, MA
Katharine Thomson
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446 (Online Only)
In addition to my faculty and hospital-based roles, I have a private practice for children, adolescents, and adults. I am trained in evidence-based approaches, including CBT and DBT, and treat a range of psychiatric diagnoses such as anxiety, depression, OCD, self-injury, trauma, somatic symptoms, and eating disorders (including ARFID). I welcome children/teens, couples, parents, and families from all backgrounds and strive for culturally responsive and attuned care. My interventions include mindfulness (relaxation and awareness) and focus on reducing distress and improving relationships, all delivered with warmth and humor.
In addition to my faculty and hospital-based roles, I have a private practice for children, adolescents, and adults. I am trained in evidence-based approaches, including CBT and DBT, and treat a range of psychiatric diagnoses such as anxiety, depression, OCD, self-injury, trauma, somatic symptoms, and eating disorders (including ARFID). I welcome children/teens, couples, parents, and families from all backgrounds and strive for culturally responsive and attuned care. My interventions include mindfulness (relaxation and awareness) and focus on reducing distress and improving relationships, all delivered with warmth and humor.
Aliza Phillips-Stoll
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446
A licensed psychologist practicing in Newton, Mass., I have 15+ years of experience treating individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, chronic illness, eating disorders and relationship challenges. With adolescents, adults, and couples, I use an integrative therapeutic approach, drawing on psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and dialectical behavioral techniques. Life can be full of rough patches. Therefore my clients and I work together to shift the ways in which they relate to themselves and others, in order to lead more meaningful, productive, healthy, and fulfilling lives.
A licensed psychologist practicing in Newton, Mass., I have 15+ years of experience treating individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, chronic illness, eating disorders and relationship challenges. With adolescents, adults, and couples, I use an integrative therapeutic approach, drawing on psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and dialectical behavioral techniques. Life can be full of rough patches. Therefore my clients and I work together to shift the ways in which they relate to themselves and others, in order to lead more meaningful, productive, healthy, and fulfilling lives.
Amanda Role
Counselor, MA, LMHC, ATR
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Brookline, MA 02446 (Online Only)
As humans, we all have the capacity for change. At some point, we are confronted with challenging situations and may respond in ways that do not align with our values. Part of our work in therapy can be examining the "why" and making positive adaptations. It can be used to examine difficult patterns and develop fresh perspectives. This gradual work requires vulnerability and I am here to listen and move in the direction of your personal breakthroughs. Join me in creating a grounded, inclusive space for reflection, transparency, and self-compassion as you learn to navigate the highs, lows, and unpredictability that life brings.
As humans, we all have the capacity for change. At some point, we are confronted with challenging situations and may respond in ways that do not align with our values. Part of our work in therapy can be examining the "why" and making positive adaptations. It can be used to examine difficult patterns and develop fresh perspectives. This gradual work requires vulnerability and I am here to listen and move in the direction of your personal breakthroughs. Join me in creating a grounded, inclusive space for reflection, transparency, and self-compassion as you learn to navigate the highs, lows, and unpredictability that life brings.
Katie Dowd
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446
Hello! I'm Katie, a Boston-based therapist who's passionate about improving the wellbeing of children, adolescents and young adults through healing-centered, evidence-based practices.
Hello! I'm Katie, a Boston-based therapist who's passionate about improving the wellbeing of children, adolescents and young adults through healing-centered, evidence-based practices.
Hannah Shulman
Counselor, MS, LMHC
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02445 (Online Only)
Hello and welcome! If you would like to learn various stress management techniques for everyday life, curious about the mindfulness practice, or would like a safe space to answer the question, "what does relaxation feel like for me?" to better reduce anxiety symptoms, I am here to help through Stress Management And Resiliency Training (SMART). I typically work with adults who are experiencing situational stressors/life changes, grief, caregiving, PTSD/trauma histories, anxiety/depressive disorders, and those who want to better cope with chronic illness diagnoses (cancer, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, pain, insomnia & more).
Hello and welcome! If you would like to learn various stress management techniques for everyday life, curious about the mindfulness practice, or would like a safe space to answer the question, "what does relaxation feel like for me?" to better reduce anxiety symptoms, I am here to help through Stress Management And Resiliency Training (SMART). I typically work with adults who are experiencing situational stressors/life changes, grief, caregiving, PTSD/trauma histories, anxiety/depressive disorders, and those who want to better cope with chronic illness diagnoses (cancer, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, pain, insomnia & more).
Beth S. Marx
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02445
The transformational “magic” in therapy occurs when an alliance develops between therapist and client—when you feel truly seen, heard, and understood. I am here to listen deeply and journey alongside you as we discover ways to help you to get beyond patterns and behaviors that no longer serve you and move into a more hopeful, satisfying, and life-affirming future. Over the years, I've worked with couples, families, and individuals to address issues including but not limited to depression, anxiety, family conflict, grief/loss, trauma, school issues, sexual orientation, aging, infertility, pregnancy, and self-esteem.
The transformational “magic” in therapy occurs when an alliance develops between therapist and client—when you feel truly seen, heard, and understood. I am here to listen deeply and journey alongside you as we discover ways to help you to get beyond patterns and behaviors that no longer serve you and move into a more hopeful, satisfying, and life-affirming future. Over the years, I've worked with couples, families, and individuals to address issues including but not limited to depression, anxiety, family conflict, grief/loss, trauma, school issues, sexual orientation, aging, infertility, pregnancy, and self-esteem.
Laura Ferrer PhD & Associates
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446
We are a group of Clinical and Health Psychologists, offering individual, couple and family care live (in Boston) and online throughout the US and Europe. We meet our clients where they are -including students, new parents, busy entrepreneurs, professionals transitioning into new leadership or retirement, persons coping with an illness, and more- with therapy including CBT, DBT, ACT, and Interpersonal/Existential modes, and Coaching for health and life transitions. Our diverse team offers care in several languages and modalities.
We are a group of Clinical and Health Psychologists, offering individual, couple and family care live (in Boston) and online throughout the US and Europe. We meet our clients where they are -including students, new parents, busy entrepreneurs, professionals transitioning into new leadership or retirement, persons coping with an illness, and more- with therapy including CBT, DBT, ACT, and Interpersonal/Existential modes, and Coaching for health and life transitions. Our diverse team offers care in several languages and modalities.
Rachel M McBride
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446
I understand that symptoms and problems have meaning and I help patients to come to understand this meaning. Therapy loosens the forces that bind people to ways of living that have become unsatisfying. I seek to help patients understand themselves in a deep and complex way so that life becomes more free, more enriched, and more meaningful.
I understand that symptoms and problems have meaning and I help patients to come to understand this meaning. Therapy loosens the forces that bind people to ways of living that have become unsatisfying. I seek to help patients understand themselves in a deep and complex way so that life becomes more free, more enriched, and more meaningful.
Luis Sandoval
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446
Waitlist for new clients
As a clinician with 16+ years of experience I specialize in depression, anxiety & cognitive remediation. I aim to help clients understand, cope, and improve their mental health & cognitive functioning through a relationship based on trust, and emotional and cognitive flexibility. My treatment methods combine humanistic and psychodynamic approaches with state-of-the-art technology, and will highly benefit individuals with neurocognitive problems due to medical and psychiatric conditions, neurodevelopmental disorders, and learning disabilities. As a bilingual and multicultural clinician, I can provide services in English and Spanish.
As a clinician with 16+ years of experience I specialize in depression, anxiety & cognitive remediation. I aim to help clients understand, cope, and improve their mental health & cognitive functioning through a relationship based on trust, and emotional and cognitive flexibility. My treatment methods combine humanistic and psychodynamic approaches with state-of-the-art technology, and will highly benefit individuals with neurocognitive problems due to medical and psychiatric conditions, neurodevelopmental disorders, and learning disabilities. As a bilingual and multicultural clinician, I can provide services in English and Spanish.
Jillian B. Frank, Ph.D.
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446 (Online Only)
I am now providing therapy via telehealth only. As a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years experience working with individuals/couples, I often see patients who struggle with unsatisfying family and personal relationships, health problems (e.g. infertility, cancer, chronic pain), grief and loss, and trouble with work and career. Change involves both insight and actual changes in one's behavior. My goal is to create a place where we can work safely to explore the origins of problems and rapidly create positive change in one's life. My approach is warm, supportive, and actively focused on bringing about lasting change.
I am now providing therapy via telehealth only. As a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years experience working with individuals/couples, I often see patients who struggle with unsatisfying family and personal relationships, health problems (e.g. infertility, cancer, chronic pain), grief and loss, and trouble with work and career. Change involves both insight and actual changes in one's behavior. My goal is to create a place where we can work safely to explore the origins of problems and rapidly create positive change in one's life. My approach is warm, supportive, and actively focused on bringing about lasting change.
Rana Homayouni
MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446
“I once heard a child who was afraid of the darkness call out: "Auntie, talk to me, I’m frightened.’ ‘But what good will that do? You can’t see me;’ to which the child replied: ‘If someone talks, it gets lighter.”(Sigmund Freud) I believe that through talk therapy, we can overcome whatever lies at the root of the problem. Together, we will try to better understand what has brought you to the consulting room, whether that be relationship problems, social anxiety, depression, trauma, self doubt or a specific issue you would like to address.
“I once heard a child who was afraid of the darkness call out: "Auntie, talk to me, I’m frightened.’ ‘But what good will that do? You can’t see me;’ to which the child replied: ‘If someone talks, it gets lighter.”(Sigmund Freud) I believe that through talk therapy, we can overcome whatever lies at the root of the problem. Together, we will try to better understand what has brought you to the consulting room, whether that be relationship problems, social anxiety, depression, trauma, self doubt or a specific issue you would like to address.
Catarina Montenegro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Brookline, MA 02446
I strive to cultivate a warm, nonjudgmental, and supportive space where you can feel seen and empowered to achieve your goals. I acknowledge the bravery and courage it takes to seek help, and I'm here to support you through that journey with compassion. Whether you're looking for an empathetic listener or practical coping skills and tools, I'm dedicated to creating an individualized treatment plan, supporting and collaborating with you every step of the way. Building strong therapeutic rapport is essential to me. I believe in meeting you where you are at in your journey, understanding that everyone's path to healing is unique.
I strive to cultivate a warm, nonjudgmental, and supportive space where you can feel seen and empowered to achieve your goals. I acknowledge the bravery and courage it takes to seek help, and I'm here to support you through that journey with compassion. Whether you're looking for an empathetic listener or practical coping skills and tools, I'm dedicated to creating an individualized treatment plan, supporting and collaborating with you every step of the way. Building strong therapeutic rapport is essential to me. I believe in meeting you where you are at in your journey, understanding that everyone's path to healing is unique.
Cynthia J Song
Psychologist, PsyD, JD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Hello, I am a licensed clinical psychologist in MA & OR. Before becoming a psychologist, I worked as a public interest attorney, and as a psychologist, I see the importance of being conscious of context in the therapy room. I specialize in psychodynamic psychotherapy -an evidence-based treatment- to illuminate how the past and present, external and internal, mutually influence one another. I also integrate tools from other therapy modalities to support the unique needs of each individual.
Hello, I am a licensed clinical psychologist in MA & OR. Before becoming a psychologist, I worked as a public interest attorney, and as a psychologist, I see the importance of being conscious of context in the therapy room. I specialize in psychodynamic psychotherapy -an evidence-based treatment- to illuminate how the past and present, external and internal, mutually influence one another. I also integrate tools from other therapy modalities to support the unique needs of each individual.
Be Mindful and Well, PhD
PhD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02445 (Online Only)
We provide a holistic mental health coaching/counseling committed to personal, social and professional growth. Our professionals are expert professors, PhD, MA, BS in the field of health and counseling, and serving clients of all ages, and organizations for more than 20yrs.The center provides: 1- life coaching to women for varied health concerns: Nutritional counseling/ concerns for women, children, students, chronic diseases; Adaptation to pregnancy; Postpartum; menopause; Dealing with aging process; health concerns, and chronic diseases, parenting issues, adolescence challenges, body image, and skin problems and concerns.
We provide a holistic mental health coaching/counseling committed to personal, social and professional growth. Our professionals are expert professors, PhD, MA, BS in the field of health and counseling, and serving clients of all ages, and organizations for more than 20yrs.The center provides: 1- life coaching to women for varied health concerns: Nutritional counseling/ concerns for women, children, students, chronic diseases; Adaptation to pregnancy; Postpartum; menopause; Dealing with aging process; health concerns, and chronic diseases, parenting issues, adolescence challenges, body image, and skin problems and concerns.
Shane MacDonald, LICSW, New Inspiration LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02146 (Online Only)
When you improve your relationship with yourself and your relationships with others, you are “on the path” to a happier, healthier life. I’d like to help you along that path. Together, we can explore a range of approaches: whatever works. But – so you know where I’m coming from – in the end, it’s always about relationships. I’d like to meet you.
When you improve your relationship with yourself and your relationships with others, you are “on the path” to a happier, healthier life. I’d like to help you along that path. Together, we can explore a range of approaches: whatever works. But – so you know where I’m coming from – in the end, it’s always about relationships. I’d like to meet you.
Kathy Davis-Gillette, PhD, New Inspiration LLC
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02146 (Online Only)
Joy. Self-Esteem. Confidence. Fulfillment. Do you ever feel as if something is missing in your Life––either as an individual or couple? If so, let’s join together and find the missing pieces. As a Team, we’ll take an objective look at your Life and your desires. Then we’ll put together a personal Action Plan that will show the way to a more complete and happier You! The possibilities are endless once you take the first step!
Joy. Self-Esteem. Confidence. Fulfillment. Do you ever feel as if something is missing in your Life––either as an individual or couple? If so, let’s join together and find the missing pieces. As a Team, we’ll take an objective look at your Life and your desires. Then we’ll put together a personal Action Plan that will show the way to a more complete and happier You! The possibilities are endless once you take the first step!
Shane MacDonald
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Brookline, MA 02446 (Online Only)
When you improve your relationship with yourself and your relationships with others, you are on the path to a happier, healthier life. I’d like to help you along that path. Together, we can explore a range of approaches: whatever works. But–so you know where I’m coming from–in the end, it’s always about relationships. I’d like to meet you.
When you improve your relationship with yourself and your relationships with others, you are on the path to a happier, healthier life. I’d like to help you along that path. Together, we can explore a range of approaches: whatever works. But–so you know where I’m coming from–in the end, it’s always about relationships. I’d like to meet you.
Leia Charnin
Psychologist, PhD, LP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Brookline, MA 02445
You're over it. Feeling sad and heartbroken about what you've endured in life. You don't want to continue struggling to get through the day. Your nervous system feels like it's in survival mode to cope and it's affecting your relationships, self-worth, and work. It's time for that black cloud over your head to stop controlling you. Whether you're struggling with identity, sexuality, relational trauma, grief, anxiety, or burnout, you have options to grow beyond this quicksand keeping you stuck.
You're over it. Feeling sad and heartbroken about what you've endured in life. You don't want to continue struggling to get through the day. Your nervous system feels like it's in survival mode to cope and it's affecting your relationships, self-worth, and work. It's time for that black cloud over your head to stop controlling you. Whether you're struggling with identity, sexuality, relational trauma, grief, anxiety, or burnout, you have options to grow beyond this quicksand keeping you stuck.
Sydney Appelbaum
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02146 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I work with clients who are dealing with the various stressors of life. Whether those stressors are a new job, life transitions, serious illness, difficulties at home or coping with trauma, I am here to support you and be your partner in building effective coping strategies. If you are feeling stuck or overwhelmed, you are not alone and we can work together to get through those emotions. Whether you're new to therapy or someone with years of experience, our time together is spent working on what feels most pressing to you.
I work with clients who are dealing with the various stressors of life. Whether those stressors are a new job, life transitions, serious illness, difficulties at home or coping with trauma, I am here to support you and be your partner in building effective coping strategies. If you are feeling stuck or overwhelmed, you are not alone and we can work together to get through those emotions. Whether you're new to therapy or someone with years of experience, our time together is spent working on what feels most pressing to you.
Patricia Clayman
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Brookline, MA 02446
Not accepting new clients
I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist and work with children, adolescents and adults in individual therapy and with couples from diverse backgrounds. I work with clients coping with a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, stress and relationships, trauma/post-traumatic stress, grief and loss, life transitions, anger management and chronic and acute health issues. I have confidence in the value of insight oriented / psychodynamic therapy. I integrate a humanistic, relational therapeutic approach with evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, solution focused and strength based therapy.
I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist and work with children, adolescents and adults in individual therapy and with couples from diverse backgrounds. I work with clients coping with a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, stress and relationships, trauma/post-traumatic stress, grief and loss, life transitions, anger management and chronic and acute health issues. I have confidence in the value of insight oriented / psychodynamic therapy. I integrate a humanistic, relational therapeutic approach with evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, solution focused and strength based therapy.
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Eating Disorders Therapists
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.