Expressive Arts Therapists in Bay Head, NJ

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience working with individuals, teens, couples and families. Recognizing your need for help with life's challenges and choosing to begin therapy takes hope and a great deal of courage. My practice offers a safe, warm and calming environment where you can share your life story and begin the journey of healing, growth and change. I can help you with life's transitions, relationship and communication issues and personal growth, specializing in women's empowerment and strengthening families.

Although life can be a beautiful journey, it can also sometimes be confusing, messy, frustrating, and overwhelming as we try to navigate the various obstacles that may bombard us daily. During these difficult times, we may need additional support to help overcome life’s roadblocks and detours. As a partner on your journey of self-fulfillment, I am here to provide you with the necessary tools, coping strategies, and support to make life more manageable.

I'm an licensed professional counselor (LPC) deeply dedicated to aiding individuals in navigating life's hurdles. With a wealth of experience spanning various backgrounds, ages, and lifestyles, my aim is to foster a secure, unbiased environment for clients to delve into their innermost thoughts and feelings. I prioritize offering compassion and encouragement, ensuring clients feel understood, acknowledged, and empowered. Together, we work towards enhancing resilience, refining coping mechanisms, and fostering profound self-awareness.

I'm a strengths based play therapist who believes that EVERYONE has GREATNESS inside of them! My goal when working with children and families is to focus on their strengths to build positive self esteem and to help restore peace and balance to the family unit. I specifically work with children who are trying to process change, divorce/separation, bullying, social rejection, grief, and school anxiety, just to name a few. I help children to recognize their own greatness, develop coping and problem solving skills, process trauma, and provide parents with the tools to help manage behaviors and emotionally support their kids at home.

Hello! My name is Sara Gibson, LCSW, M.Ed, RYT-500. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Yoga and Meditation Instructor, Art Educator, and Embodiment Coach. I am a Trauma-Informed, Holistic Therapist. I believe in a holistic & somatic approach to healing. I know the importance of mind, body, heart, and spirit connection and balance to heal and grow on life's path. We are not these separate pieces of ourselves. We must heal as a whole. I will help you learn how to regulate your nervous system and feel empowered! I also offer Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy in collaboration with Journey Clinical.

As a Psychodrama therapist, I specialize in inner child work to help clients heal their past and live a healthier today. I support individuals, couples, and groups in overcoming challenges such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, and addiction. In my practice, I offer individual therapy and group psychodrama sessions to provide a safe environment for exploring personal issues. These sessions facilitate new insights, practice new behaviors, and promote healing and growth. Clients seek my help to improve their mental health and well-being and lead fulfilling lives.

Therapy can be a wonderful process to examine self, reflect, and grow toward the direction of hope and healing. I offer a safe, supportive and private environment where you may explore and work through life challenges. If you're struggling with anxiety, depression, grief and loss,`the aftermath of trauma, or panic attacks therapy can be an viable source of comfort and healing. At times life gives us more than we can handle and the challenges seem to go beyond our ability to cope. It is at these times when therapy can be most beneficial.

I handle a variety of issues and life stressors including: relationship issues, self esteem, LGBTQ+ population, anxiety, depression, personal growth, PTSD, and domestic violence. Believing in the mind-body-spirit connection to achieve overall wellness, I carry my passionate beliefs about natural healing into my therapy style.

The first step of change is awareness. Congratulations to you on becoming aware that something needs to change. Change is the one consistent thing in life and also one of the hardest to deal with. We all need support along the way. Together, we will unravel the depths of unhealthy patterns and learn ways to change them that align to your authentic self. : nothing changes IF no thing changes.

I'm an licensed professional counselor (LPC) deeply dedicated to aiding individuals in navigating life's hurdles. With a wealth of experience spanning various backgrounds, ages, and lifestyles, my aim is to foster a secure, unbiased environment for clients to delve into their innermost thoughts and feelings. I prioritize offering compassion and encouragement, ensuring clients feel understood, acknowledged, and empowered. Together, we work towards enhancing resilience, refining coping mechanisms, and fostering profound self-awareness.

Hi there! I am Giovanna Badami, MA, LPC, LPAT, ATR-BC, the founder of Blossom Healing NJ. I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC), a Licensed Professional Art Therapist (LPAT), and a board certified, registered art therapist (ATR-BC). I am also a clinical supervisor for counseling and art therapy graduate students. I believe our true self is essentially good in nature and capable of growth and productivity. I like to allow space for discovery and recovery by combining clients’ imagination and wisdom to fulfill their own potential of wellness. Healing can start here. Blossom /ˈbläsəm/ (verb): to develop in a healthy way.

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Are you struggling with issues related to trauma, grief, addiction, depression, divorce, anxiety, or major life changes? There comes a time when we need help from a professional to learn how to cope with many of life’s challenges. I would love to help you on your journey toward healing and self-discovery.

Footprints was started by a therapist who realized that often times the services provided to low socio-economic communities is lacking quality care. We noticed these communities were confronted with long wait times, disrespectful admins, and subpar treatment. The one and only purpose was to exploit the community for profit without providing the level of care deserved. Footprints began from the inspiration to provide quality mental health care to the poorest of communities and treating the clients of this community the same way a rich patient would be treated in a clinic treating affluent clients.

We will establish clear, concise goals for what you wish to achieve by participating in therapy, along with the steps which we will take,as a team,to help you achieve those goals. We will work only at a pace at which you are comfortable & which will always remain flexible for adjustments. You remain the driver at all times. I routinely refer to myself as “a support tool for you to utilize, providing you new sets of lenses to view your world through, a set of listening ears & similar to an umbrella on a rainy day.” It is up to you to remember to open your umbrella & to try out your new tool set during your personal journey of change.

Many of my clients find me because they are suffering with the effects of anxiety, deep grief or unresolved trauma and pain. They are tired of repeating old patterns and want to go deeper into the work of self-discovery, desire an approach that integrates spirituality with therapy, or want to explore integrative approaches to trauma/story work.

Are You... A teen, young adult, (or maybe one just at heart) struggling with… anxiety depression feeling as if no one ever got you Dealing with painful memories you’ve been afraid to share with anyone Wondering what the future brings for you… Were You... Told you’re crazy or your feelings don’t matter abused in any way always feeling you just didn’t belong! I can help!

My clients tell me I am easy to talk with because I am calm, patient, interactive, and very compassionate. I know what it is like to be stuck; wanting to change something about yourself or your life and yet not sure how to do it. I think that by reading this, you have already taken the most important step to a better life. I greatly admire your courage and determination to seek help. I am passionate about what I do because I know people CAN change! I have repeatedly witnessed how people do fulfill their potential through our work together.

Fear lives in the head and courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other - Louise Penny. The stress and pressure for children, teens and adults all become the elephant in the room. It takes courage to change the course at any age to grow and become who you really are. At Broo Counseling we explore our surroundings, learn to break the chains that hold us back and challenge ourselves to take new risks. All good things in life can have an element of wild and free, but with a balance of copings mechanisms and support. I love working with children, teens, adults and families in a safe and non-judgemental space.