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Mary Jane Dieter
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW, CPCC, ACC
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401  (Online Only)
Many of us have internal critical voices telling us: "Get it right! Achieve more! Work harder! That was stupid! Lose weight! Quit drinking so much! Stop being selfish! Stop caring about what others think!" You are familiar with the tapes that run in your head and keep you ruminating about your mistakes or worrying about the future. In Internal Family Systems (IFS) individual therapy & Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) couple therapy, we recognize these messages as different aspects of our personality, or “parts” of us, who perhaps lead us to experiences of feeling anxious, depressed, or behaving harmfully to ourselves and others.
Many of us have internal critical voices telling us: "Get it right! Achieve more! Work harder! That was stupid! Lose weight! Quit drinking so much! Stop being selfish! Stop caring about what others think!" You are familiar with the tapes that run in your head and keep you ruminating about your mistakes or worrying about the future. In Internal Family Systems (IFS) individual therapy & Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) couple therapy, we recognize these messages as different aspects of our personality, or “parts” of us, who perhaps lead us to experiences of feeling anxious, depressed, or behaving harmfully to ourselves and others.
(415) 851-6793 View (415) 851-6793
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Amela Graco
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401  (Online Only)
I welcome committed and curious individuals who are interested in analyzing & understanding themselves on a deeper level, peeling back the bandage and healing their wounds through exploration of internal conflicts, interpersonal & family relationships, defense mechanisms and gaining insight on subconscious dynamics.
Therapy is one of the most unique experiences an individual can gift themselves. I wholeheartedly believe in the art and science of internal evolution and growth. That philosophy is what drives my practice. Life can become extremely complicated at times, however, together we can carefully unravel some of the complexities that may be interfering with reaching your ideal sense of self. I work with adults to facilitate a process which offers an unparalleled opportunity to thoroughly explore/understand origins of one’s pathology by encouraging curiosity and thoughtful reflection to empower individuals to create the life they deserve.
I welcome committed and curious individuals who are interested in analyzing & understanding themselves on a deeper level, peeling back the bandage and healing their wounds through exploration of internal conflicts, interpersonal & family relationships, defense mechanisms and gaining insight on subconscious dynamics.
Therapy is one of the most unique experiences an individual can gift themselves. I wholeheartedly believe in the art and science of internal evolution and growth. That philosophy is what drives my practice. Life can become extremely complicated at times, however, together we can carefully unravel some of the complexities that may be interfering with reaching your ideal sense of self. I work with adults to facilitate a process which offers an unparalleled opportunity to thoroughly explore/understand origins of one’s pathology by encouraging curiosity and thoughtful reflection to empower individuals to create the life they deserve.
(802) 242-8472 View (802) 242-8472
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Bella's Beats Music Therapy & Counseling LLC
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
I provide a supportive, welcoming, and inclusive environment to help clients cope with challenging experiences in their lives that impact their ability to achieve balance. I am passionate about helping others realize their true potential, and the light inside them that is so often hindered from life's unresolved experiences. I utilize a strength-based approach and embrace those attributes to help individuals achieve their personal goals while utilizing client-centered, humanistic, creative, and family systems frameworks. Let's build a trusting relationship, and allow me to follow your lead in your unique healing journey.
I provide a supportive, welcoming, and inclusive environment to help clients cope with challenging experiences in their lives that impact their ability to achieve balance. I am passionate about helping others realize their true potential, and the light inside them that is so often hindered from life's unresolved experiences. I utilize a strength-based approach and embrace those attributes to help individuals achieve their personal goals while utilizing client-centered, humanistic, creative, and family systems frameworks. Let's build a trusting relationship, and allow me to follow your lead in your unique healing journey.
(802) 523-2527 View (802) 523-2527
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Shaina Levee, M.A.
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401  (Online Only)
Accepting clients 8/1/2024. Offering a somatic approach that is trauma-informed, heart-centered and integrative. I work with children, teens, and adults undergoing life transitions, or who are recovering from challenging circumstances or trauma. I offer couples and family sessions in addition to individual sessions. I specialize in pregnancy/postpartum/parenting, TBI & head injury, and additionally support people undergoing grief and loss. "Shaina has helped me find my strength, confidence and embrace the challenge of motherhood as a deep practice. Seeing Shaina has been the best gift I could give to myself and my family." VT & MI.
Accepting clients 8/1/2024. Offering a somatic approach that is trauma-informed, heart-centered and integrative. I work with children, teens, and adults undergoing life transitions, or who are recovering from challenging circumstances or trauma. I offer couples and family sessions in addition to individual sessions. I specialize in pregnancy/postpartum/parenting, TBI & head injury, and additionally support people undergoing grief and loss. "Shaina has helped me find my strength, confidence and embrace the challenge of motherhood as a deep practice. Seeing Shaina has been the best gift I could give to myself and my family." VT & MI.
(833) 852-8313 View (833) 852-8313
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Jane Beaumont Snyder
Counselor, MA, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401  (Online Only)
I am a trained Depth therapist with a background in family systems and expressive arts.
I see a state of imbalance in the world that affects all beings and brings out our collective and individual defenses. These intersect with trauma, relationship issues, fear, anxiety, grief, and depression to create patterns of disharmony within our lives and our dynamics with others. Whatever brings you to therapy, I believe that therapy can help ease the burden. I see therapy as a process of co-creatively and compassionately tending to threads of discord that have become intransigent, freeing new pathways of thinking, feeling, and being. With time and attention, therapy can help cultivate and strengthen an inner balance.
I am a trained Depth therapist with a background in family systems and expressive arts.
I see a state of imbalance in the world that affects all beings and brings out our collective and individual defenses. These intersect with trauma, relationship issues, fear, anxiety, grief, and depression to create patterns of disharmony within our lives and our dynamics with others. Whatever brings you to therapy, I believe that therapy can help ease the burden. I see therapy as a process of co-creatively and compassionately tending to threads of discord that have become intransigent, freeing new pathways of thinking, feeling, and being. With time and attention, therapy can help cultivate and strengthen an inner balance.
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Michael L Gilman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, ACSW
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401
Family experiences shape our functioning in relationships. Understanding the dynamics & patterns used can lead to better self management in relationships, whether in families, marriages, partnerships or in the workplace. As individuals increase self awareness they are better equipped to navigate the challenges presented to them. When individuals put efforts into changing themselves, I believe that interesting and creative ways of addressing challenges begin to emerge. Managing self requires the ability to find ways to step back from the moment to gain a broader perspective, to gather facts, to strengthen one's knowledge, and to think through a plan of action.
Family experiences shape our functioning in relationships. Understanding the dynamics & patterns used can lead to better self management in relationships, whether in families, marriages, partnerships or in the workplace. As individuals increase self awareness they are better equipped to navigate the challenges presented to them. When individuals put efforts into changing themselves, I believe that interesting and creative ways of addressing challenges begin to emerge. Managing self requires the ability to find ways to step back from the moment to gain a broader perspective, to gather facts, to strengthen one's knowledge, and to think through a plan of action.
(802) 392-4105 View (802) 392-4105
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Kevin Figueroa
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401  (Online Only)
Currently accepting new clients. Life can be complex: relationships, family, school, work. Our lives can be further challenged by the unique aspects of our times. We are under constant bombardment of information, straining our ability to focus and compartmentalize. Factors such as trauma, shame and guilt further complicate things. My approach is to help "break it down and make it simple". This means helping people untangle their thoughts, pressures and feelings, while collaboratively devising plans aimed at learning to manage and alleviate whatever symptoms are causing distress.
Currently accepting new clients. Life can be complex: relationships, family, school, work. Our lives can be further challenged by the unique aspects of our times. We are under constant bombardment of information, straining our ability to focus and compartmentalize. Factors such as trauma, shame and guilt further complicate things. My approach is to help "break it down and make it simple". This means helping people untangle their thoughts, pressures and feelings, while collaboratively devising plans aimed at learning to manage and alleviate whatever symptoms are causing distress.
(802) 739-0058 View (802) 739-0058
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Hollie Hurewitz, MACP
Psychologist, MA
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401
INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS), PHASE-ORIENTED TREATMENT, EMDR, 12 STEPS.
I have enjoyed helping people with stress, anxiety, depression, abuse (emotional, physical, sexual), addiction/alcoholism in the family, couples, self-esteem, dissociation, and attachment issues. I offer EVIDENCE BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY to individuals, couples and groups as a licensed psychologist since 1991. Expertise: INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY (IFS), PHASE ORIENTED TRAUMA TREATMENT, EMDR, 12 STEP work. My Aussie, Smudge works with me. She can be a source of comfort and kindness. I would be happy to speak with you. Outside of work, I am a mom and wife; artist and gardener; meditator, and do my own psychotherapy.
INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS (IFS), PHASE-ORIENTED TREATMENT, EMDR, 12 STEPS.
I have enjoyed helping people with stress, anxiety, depression, abuse (emotional, physical, sexual), addiction/alcoholism in the family, couples, self-esteem, dissociation, and attachment issues. I offer EVIDENCE BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY to individuals, couples and groups as a licensed psychologist since 1991. Expertise: INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY (IFS), PHASE ORIENTED TRAUMA TREATMENT, EMDR, 12 STEP work. My Aussie, Smudge works with me. She can be a source of comfort and kindness. I would be happy to speak with you. Outside of work, I am a mom and wife; artist and gardener; meditator, and do my own psychotherapy.
(802) 992-8268 View (802) 992-8268
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Linda Wackerman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
I've been a therapist for over thirty years and worked in child/adolescent/ family programs, outpatient behavioral health clinics, medical settings, on a college campus, and in private practice.
I collaborate with my clients to work on what is important to them, integrating my knowledge and clinical experience to guide the process. I believe that everyone has problems at times, and that these can prevent us from having the relationships and lives we desire. I see therapy as a dialogue and am active and direct in the process. I will partner with you to change old patterns and to draw out your strengths. Most people say I have a genuine, down to earth manner which makes it possible to feel safe and speak openly.
I've been a therapist for over thirty years and worked in child/adolescent/ family programs, outpatient behavioral health clinics, medical settings, on a college campus, and in private practice.
I collaborate with my clients to work on what is important to them, integrating my knowledge and clinical experience to guide the process. I believe that everyone has problems at times, and that these can prevent us from having the relationships and lives we desire. I see therapy as a dialogue and am active and direct in the process. I will partner with you to change old patterns and to draw out your strengths. Most people say I have a genuine, down to earth manner which makes it possible to feel safe and speak openly.
(802) 277-3211 View (802) 277-3211
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Dr. Mercy Burton Russell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EdD
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401  (Online Only)
Relationships are the foundation of well being. Perhaps you are worried about your marriage, facing a divorce or the loss of a job, the breakup of a family business, adult children who blame you for their struggles or your struggle to find a love match or the perfect job. How do I find my way through this?
Relationships are the foundation of well being. Perhaps you are worried about your marriage, facing a divorce or the loss of a job, the breakup of a family business, adult children who blame you for their struggles or your struggle to find a love match or the perfect job. How do I find my way through this?
(802) 210-3727 View (802) 210-3727
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Meg Beliveau
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401  (Online Only)
I have in-depth training in the following models: Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Poly-Vagal Informed Therapy, Heart Math Focused Trauma Therapy, Yoga therapy, Nutrition Science, Trauma Treatment/Telehealth, and Interpersonal Neurobiology.
Life can present many unexpected challenges, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. These challenges impact our emotional wellbeing and our relationships. As your therapist, I will offer you the opportunity to reflect upon your life in a safe, respectful, and confidential environment. My area of expertise is Whole Mind-Body Psychotherapy which focuses on the interplay between physical health (body) and mental health (mind). We will identify how your life experiences are stored in your brain-body and influence your emotions, thinking, and behaviors. You will develop new pathways to promote a sense of well-being and inner strength.
I have in-depth training in the following models: Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Poly-Vagal Informed Therapy, Heart Math Focused Trauma Therapy, Yoga therapy, Nutrition Science, Trauma Treatment/Telehealth, and Interpersonal Neurobiology.
Life can present many unexpected challenges, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. These challenges impact our emotional wellbeing and our relationships. As your therapist, I will offer you the opportunity to reflect upon your life in a safe, respectful, and confidential environment. My area of expertise is Whole Mind-Body Psychotherapy which focuses on the interplay between physical health (body) and mental health (mind). We will identify how your life experiences are stored in your brain-body and influence your emotions, thinking, and behaviors. You will develop new pathways to promote a sense of well-being and inner strength.
(802) 294-4054 View (802) 294-4054
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Justin Marchese
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
A licensed marital and family therapist by training, I help clients focus on attaining improved relationships with significant people in their lives, including an improved attitude toward themselves.
I see individuals, couples, and families. My goal is to provide clients a safe, supportive therapeutic relationship to talk, feel, heal, and change. Life challenges present us with opportunities for new chapters, new growth. Helping you reach your therapy goals is of utmost importance to me. You do not need to be controlled by the past, yet do you often use old behaviors in situations wanting a new response? Are you suffering from depression, anxieties, relationship problems, fears, self-doubts, or "irrational" worries? Together we will explore ways to help you live with more awareness, more freely, and with more energy for your present.
A licensed marital and family therapist by training, I help clients focus on attaining improved relationships with significant people in their lives, including an improved attitude toward themselves.
I see individuals, couples, and families. My goal is to provide clients a safe, supportive therapeutic relationship to talk, feel, heal, and change. Life challenges present us with opportunities for new chapters, new growth. Helping you reach your therapy goals is of utmost importance to me. You do not need to be controlled by the past, yet do you often use old behaviors in situations wanting a new response? Are you suffering from depression, anxieties, relationship problems, fears, self-doubts, or "irrational" worries? Together we will explore ways to help you live with more awareness, more freely, and with more energy for your present.
(617) 996-7264 View (617) 996-7264
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Julie Coffey
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
Waitlist for new clients
I believe people are experts in their own lives and so I meet them where they are, in the moment. That is why I offer a warm, welcoming, and non-judgmental environment in which to safely explore life challenges, heal, and grow. I draw from multiple treatment approaches including but not limited to Person-centered, Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT), and always through a Trauma focused lens.
I believe people are experts in their own lives and so I meet them where they are, in the moment. That is why I offer a warm, welcoming, and non-judgmental environment in which to safely explore life challenges, heal, and grow. I draw from multiple treatment approaches including but not limited to Person-centered, Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT), and always through a Trauma focused lens.
(802) 736-0056 View (802) 736-0056
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Anne Unangst
Psychologist, MA, MEd
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401
Waitlist for new clients
In a safe and supportive environment I work with adults, teens, children, couples, and families. For more than thirty years I have worked collaboratively with my clients around many different concerns, including illness and grief, relationship stress, separation and divorce, parenting (including co-parenting and step-parenting), career change and stress, care-taking of elderly and other family members, and self esteem struggles resulting from childhoods touched by neglect and/or abuse. Special interest and training in EFT (Emotionally Focused Couples and Individual Therapy).
In a safe and supportive environment I work with adults, teens, children, couples, and families. For more than thirty years I have worked collaboratively with my clients around many different concerns, including illness and grief, relationship stress, separation and divorce, parenting (including co-parenting and step-parenting), career change and stress, care-taking of elderly and other family members, and self esteem struggles resulting from childhoods touched by neglect and/or abuse. Special interest and training in EFT (Emotionally Focused Couples and Individual Therapy).
(802) 465-4296 View (802) 465-4296
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Michelle A. Kenefick
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW, SEP
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401
We offer counseling for individuals, couples & families as well as groups, classes in mindfulness, workshops, trainings and retreats for professionals (human services, law enforcement, first responders & health care), consultation and training to organizations and special retreat offerings for care-givers (professional & family).
My journey as a Clinical Social Worker has encompassed 30+ years of practice. I have had the privilege to work with children and families as well as with adults in a variety of different settings. I have a strong background in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and expertise working with trauma survivors and with those who have experienced vicarious traumatization. My approach can best be described as integrative and holistic. This means that I rely upon various psycho-therapeutic methods and evidence-based models that are combined to create a personalized approach to our work together.
We offer counseling for individuals, couples & families as well as groups, classes in mindfulness, workshops, trainings and retreats for professionals (human services, law enforcement, first responders & health care), consultation and training to organizations and special retreat offerings for care-givers (professional & family).
My journey as a Clinical Social Worker has encompassed 30+ years of practice. I have had the privilege to work with children and families as well as with adults in a variety of different settings. I have a strong background in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and expertise working with trauma survivors and with those who have experienced vicarious traumatization. My approach can best be described as integrative and holistic. This means that I rely upon various psycho-therapeutic methods and evidence-based models that are combined to create a personalized approach to our work together.
(860) 560-8861 View (860) 560-8861
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Kate Strolle, MA, MFT, M.Ed
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT, MA, MEd
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401  (Online Only)
I provide a safe environment for individuals, couples, children and families to explore the difficult times they are experiencing in their lives. My approach is to develop a comfortable and collaborative relationship with my clients so that we can identify a practical and structured plan for reaching therapeutic goals. As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I provide support, tools and practical feedback to help clients address life challenges. I work with people who have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety and grief. I enjoy working with couples to improve communication, respect, and intimacy.
I provide a safe environment for individuals, couples, children and families to explore the difficult times they are experiencing in their lives. My approach is to develop a comfortable and collaborative relationship with my clients so that we can identify a practical and structured plan for reaching therapeutic goals. As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I provide support, tools and practical feedback to help clients address life challenges. I work with people who have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety and grief. I enjoy working with couples to improve communication, respect, and intimacy.
(802) 659-2806 View (802) 659-2806
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Gillian Boudreau
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
I use insight-oriented, mindfulness-based, trauma-informed and ND affirming approaches including Internal Family Systems therapy.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed school psychologist. I hold a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY. Urban and rural, inpatient and outpatient work settings have taught me about the many challenges an individual may face including experiences of oppression and injustice, as well as a deep appreciation for the richness of the human experience. My style is described as warm, analytical and collaborative, balancing deep emotional work with elements of humor and lightness when appropriate. I aim to help clients address the root of complex challenges, in a safe and supported way.
I use insight-oriented, mindfulness-based, trauma-informed and ND affirming approaches including Internal Family Systems therapy.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed school psychologist. I hold a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY. Urban and rural, inpatient and outpatient work settings have taught me about the many challenges an individual may face including experiences of oppression and injustice, as well as a deep appreciation for the richness of the human experience. My style is described as warm, analytical and collaborative, balancing deep emotional work with elements of humor and lightness when appropriate. I aim to help clients address the root of complex challenges, in a safe and supported way.
(971) 306-4786 View (971) 306-4786
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Xander Lodge, MA, PLC
Psychologist, MA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
Waitlist for new clients
I also offer family and couples therapy using Collaborative Network Approach.
My work as a therapist is to empower and motivate people to access inner resources to lead fulfilling lives, explore emotional experience and its personal meaning, find wellness and harmony in relationships, and grow and change in alignment with their ideals. I believe that the therapeutic relationship opens the door to honest and fruitful self-exploration. Engagement in this relationship mirrors patterns of social interaction in a person's life, illuminating emotional experience and relationship patterns. This approach produces long-term improvements for people suffering from a variety of personal and interpersonal conflicts.
I also offer family and couples therapy using Collaborative Network Approach.
My work as a therapist is to empower and motivate people to access inner resources to lead fulfilling lives, explore emotional experience and its personal meaning, find wellness and harmony in relationships, and grow and change in alignment with their ideals. I believe that the therapeutic relationship opens the door to honest and fruitful self-exploration. Engagement in this relationship mirrors patterns of social interaction in a person's life, illuminating emotional experience and relationship patterns. This approach produces long-term improvements for people suffering from a variety of personal and interpersonal conflicts.
(802) 444-8509 View (802) 444-8509
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Betsy Graziadei
Registered Psychotherapist, MPS , ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Burlington, VT 05401  (Online Only)
I provide individual sessions as needed and brief family sessions to help quiet reactive behaviors, improve communication skills and foster positive attachments and developmental growth at home and across setting for kids.
I provide brief family intervention in family session with parents or caregivers only to help address reactive behavior and trauma or stress responses in the daily routine. I help famiIies find a more regulated way to address problems like anxiety, depression, traumatic events, school stressors with children with teens and adults of all ages to learn creative ways of managing daily stress. We use art, sensory and movement practices to better tolerate feelings and demands at home, in school or at work.
I provide individual sessions as needed and brief family sessions to help quiet reactive behaviors, improve communication skills and foster positive attachments and developmental growth at home and across setting for kids.
I provide brief family intervention in family session with parents or caregivers only to help address reactive behavior and trauma or stress responses in the daily routine. I help famiIies find a more regulated way to address problems like anxiety, depression, traumatic events, school stressors with children with teens and adults of all ages to learn creative ways of managing daily stress. We use art, sensory and movement practices to better tolerate feelings and demands at home, in school or at work.
(406) 709-6309 View (406) 709-6309
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Whitney Hancock
Counselor, LMHC, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
When possible, my goal is to work with the individual and their family or partner to work toward strengthening relationship dynamics in order to improve mental health of both the client and the entire family.
Feeling down, anxious, or stuck? I specialize in treating anxiety and depression using compassionate, evidence-based treatments (IFS and EMDR and EFT for Couples). We will work together to decrease symptoms of anxiety or depression, move forward from stuck feelings or traumatic memories, improve relationships, and increase self-compassion. Ultimately we will rediscover your core self — who you really are when anxiety and depression take a backseat.
When possible, my goal is to work with the individual and their family or partner to work toward strengthening relationship dynamics in order to improve mental health of both the client and the entire family.
Feeling down, anxious, or stuck? I specialize in treating anxiety and depression using compassionate, evidence-based treatments (IFS and EMDR and EFT for Couples). We will work together to decrease symptoms of anxiety or depression, move forward from stuck feelings or traumatic memories, improve relationships, and increase self-compassion. Ultimately we will rediscover your core self — who you really are when anxiety and depression take a backseat.
(719) 882-1611 View (719) 882-1611
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Family Therapy

What do family therapists do?

A family therapist facilitates the process of understanding and improving how a family functions. The therapist will help family members develop empathy for one another. They’ll seek to understand existing patterns, misunderstandings, and conflicts that arise, in order to help the family arrive at a realistic, unified understanding and develop the coping skills they need to build stronger relationships.

How long does therapy for families take to work?

Therapy manifests differently in every family; a common time frame is 12 weekly sessions, but some families may see improvement after just a few weeks. Families should discuss their goals with the therapist at the beginning of the process and periodically revisit those goals to assess their progress together.

How can you encourage a family member to attend family therapy?

You can encourage family members to attend therapy by expressing with both love and concern the challenges you see and explaining how a therapist could help the family navigate those challenges together. An outside perspective can help everyone feel heard, get on the same page, and develop new skills. If family members are still hesitant, it may be helpful to emphasize that family therapy is short-term—it won’t last forever.

Is therapy for families effective?

Family therapy can significantly improve family dynamics and relationships. Research suggests that family therapy can help individuals understand their role in the family, communicate and solve problems together, reduce conflict and draw boundaries when necessary, and develop coping skills for stressors, major life changes, and mental or physical illnesses within the family.