Family Therapy in Stowe, VT

Accepting clients 3/1/2024. 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.

Feel like you aren't making progress with talk therapy alone? MindRoots Counseling is a modern therapy practice that redefines the traditional therapy session. Using a holistic approach, I combine an understanding of the mind-body connection and evidence-based practices to create personalized and effective treatment plans for actionable and lasting change. I work with young adults and adults struggling with anxiety disorders, trauma and complex trauma, OCD, health issues, relationship and family difficulties, life changes, and stress management. I believe everyone is capable of change!

I utilize a client centered approach- talk therapy- with a goal of providing clients an opportunity to develop an improved sense of self. With heightened self awareness, clients can realize how their attitudes, feelings, and behaviors are being negatively affected by their current mental health. Trauma and DBT informed, my practice philosophy is to work collaboratively with clients to develop an understanding of the presenting problems and to find strategies to cope and improve their lives. My work focuses on emotional, cognitive and behavioral therapy techniques.

My role as a therapist is to provide an environment of safety, trust and mutual respect for each individual I work with. I am committed to supporting improvement in your quality of life. Effective counseling can assist you in developing an awareness of personal strengths, clarifying problems and arriving at solutions. Your active involvement is an important component in changing behavior, thoughts and feelings. I currently have a wait list but please email me if you would like to be on my wait list.

Today, you have taken an important first step by seeking therapeutic support for the challenges you are facing. Life is a wonderful journey. Though rewarding, sometimes life presents us with situations that can be difficult, overwhelming, stressful and sometimes traumatic. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, (CBT) is evidenced based and proven to help with trauma, anxiety, family, relationships, work, financial, grief, loss or addiction. My name is Mark Ferriman, Let me help you overcome these challenges through the process of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

I believe that the therapeutic relationship itself is the greatest agent of change in therapy. Through cultivated trust, I support clients to explore darkness in order to find what brings them light and joy. I offer an approach focused on the needs, wants, and hopes of the person or couple in the room, which means that my approach varies on a client by client basis.

I received my masters degree in social work from New York University in 1987. I practice psychotherapy with a combined perspective of psychodynamic, insight-oriented and cognitive/behavioral techniques. I see psychotherapy as a means to explore the connections between past and present relationships, experiences, and emotional states, for the purpose of creating life changes. I focus upon the relationship between therapist and patient as the catalyst for this self-awareness and growth, creating the foundation for addressing depression, anxiety, trauma, relationships, life transitions, attachment issues, and parenting concerns.

As humans, we have amazing resiliency and the continual possibility for growth, change, and self-learning. Personal change happens through a journey of discovery and it is my belief that you already have what is needed to make the changes you want to occur in your life. It is my goal to provide a supportive and safe place for us to work on understanding and resolving issues and patterns within your life so you achieve a more positive life experience. I work with individuals who are experiencing stress, adjustment issues, depression, trauma, relationship challenges and other difficulties.

Different problems force us to take stock in who we are and how we are living. We struggle through anxiety, sadness, trauma, loneliness; some of us have used unhealthy coping mechanisms to get by. Eventually, we come to learn that asking for help is one of the most powerful actions we can take.

I work with adolescents and adults who are interested in exploring and engaging their innate healing abilities, offering a safe and accepting space, a gentle approach for trust to form, and support to recover from grief, trauma, life transitions, and other life circumstances, toward experiencing greater life satisfaction. With children, my approach includes creative play and expressive arts therapy. I take a natural healing approach with a focus on total wellness and working collaboratively with healers and those healing. I also offer consultations with parents and school and health care professionals.

As a therapist, I specialize in providing telehealth services to clients who are 18 years and older and reside outside of Chittenden County. I am passionate about using evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to help my clients achieve their goals. My approach is client-centered, meaning that I work collaboratively with my clients to identify their unique needs and tailor my interventions accordingly. I strive to create a safe and supportive environment where my clients can explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. I am here to help you navigate your challenges.

I believe that owning responsibility for ourselves, and choosing how to respond to our circumstances, is the best path to authentic self-empowerment. While initially uncomfortable, this approach ultimately increases self-confidence, improves relationships, and generates resilience and adaptability to life's challenges. With these concepts in mind, I work closely with clients who want to slow down, assess their situation, identify choice-points, and take action.

I provide interactive tools to help you resolve personal struggles that commonly manifest as anxiety, panic, confusion, fear, depression, worry or relationship problems. By accompanying you in conversation about your problems, strengths, achievements and values; or through play, drawing or dream recall I help you identify the relationship between your feelings and needs. Understanding this relationship is vital for resolving problems with peaceful and direct communication and cultivates self-compassion. My aim is to provide a therapeutic process that is supportive, relieving, exciting, appropriately challenging, and rewarding.

**My Practice is Currently Full** I have experience counseling children and families, as well as adults. I have worked with incarcerated youth in juvenile detention, and as a counselor for the Public Defender’s office and District Attorney’s office. I worked as a counselor for The Santa Fe Mountain Center helping to create educational and therapeutic wilderness programs for at-risk teens and I am a certified It’s Yoga, Kids® yoga instructor. My counseling is characterized by empathy and collaboration. By training, I am a solution-focused counselor who is highly motivated to help you achieve your goals. I currently live in Stowe, VT.

Are you someone struggling with anxiety, fatigue, or depression? Do you wonder about the mind + body connection? Do you seek support, compassion, and non judgement? As an art therapist and clinical counselor I am here to help you find inner guidance and confidence. My approach is humanistic, integrative, and person focused.

I believe that whatever we are struggling with - anxiety, depression, life transitions, feeling aimless, difficult memories, anger, loneliness - we have within us everything that is needed to live the life we desire. Our core self is whole and wise. I work collaboratively with clients to reconnect with this wisdom and innate healing potential. By allowing space for your inner experience, we can work together to shift underlying patterns causing distress, heal past wounds, and mobilize inner resources in order to allow for an experience of greater freedom, joy and peace, and a deeper connection with self and others.

We are a husband-and-wife team focused on couples counseling. Our down-to-earth style usually helps couples quickly feel comfortable. Our approach is simple, direct and interactive. Our theoretical approach and style tends to be accessible, direct, and practical. We focus on the present day changes our clients' want in their relationships â;" and we orient our discussions towards these desired changes. We give plenty of feedback, suggestions, and ideas for homework.

I believe no matter what mental, emotional or physical challenges you are living with, at the heart of being human we are all well. In today's world it is common to experience despair, anger, loneliness and stress. Without support and guidance unhealthy patterns can overwhelm our sense of well being. Together we will journey into the truth of being and discover the path that leads to wellness again. I am flexible and attend to your strengths and encourage activities derived from your own life experience that aid in your capacity to change and thrive.

For over 30 years, I've worked with a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, and grief. My practice is guided by a deep appreciation for psychoanalytic thought and its clinical influence, effecting meaningful shifts in a person's internal and external life. I listen carefully, and while respecting the importance of confidentiality, as well as using empathy, honesty and sometimes humor, I encourage the exploration of conscious and unconscious thoughts/feelings. We explore the influence of unconscious wishes, fears and inhibitions which are often expressed in dreams, life choices or physical symptoms.