Feminist Therapists in 05404
Stephanie Dunn
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404
Waitlist for new clients
I have experience in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), feminist therapy, and non-violent communication.
Hello! I'm so glad you're taking this step in support of your own wellbeing! Pursuing therapy is an act of self love and demonstrates a commitment to yourself and your future. Through therapy, I believe you can improve your self-compassion, and learn new strategies that will help you build a fulfilling life. In our work together, I will support you in reaching your goals by providing a warm, nonjudgmental space for you to process your experience and develop concrete skills. Over time, you'll improve your relationships with yourself and others and navigate life's challenges with greater confidence and skillfulness.
I have experience in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), feminist therapy, and non-violent communication.
Hello! I'm so glad you're taking this step in support of your own wellbeing! Pursuing therapy is an act of self love and demonstrates a commitment to yourself and your future. Through therapy, I believe you can improve your self-compassion, and learn new strategies that will help you build a fulfilling life. In our work together, I will support you in reaching your goals by providing a warm, nonjudgmental space for you to process your experience and develop concrete skills. Over time, you'll improve your relationships with yourself and others and navigate life's challenges with greater confidence and skillfulness.
Hannah Monius
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404
Waitlist for new clients
I am trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and my practice is informed by feminist therapy.
In my practice I aim to empower clients to discover their capacity for both acceptance and change through a safe and respectful therapeutic relationship. I value your expertise about your own lived experience, and together we will find the balance between developing greater self-compassion and learning new tools and strategies to help you grow. I work hard to establish a strong therapeutic alliance and provide a warm nonjudgmental environment where you can develop concrete skills, process your lived experience, and reach your personal and interpersonal goals.
I am trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and my practice is informed by feminist therapy.
In my practice I aim to empower clients to discover their capacity for both acceptance and change through a safe and respectful therapeutic relationship. I value your expertise about your own lived experience, and together we will find the balance between developing greater self-compassion and learning new tools and strategies to help you grow. I work hard to establish a strong therapeutic alliance and provide a warm nonjudgmental environment where you can develop concrete skills, process your lived experience, and reach your personal and interpersonal goals.
Erin Kolle, MS, LLC
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404
Waitlist for new clients
I work from a feminist lens and believe in disrupting oppressive systems that locate our self-worth externally.
Seeking support is courageous and a strength to be cultivated. Throughout life we encounter hardships, losses, and transitions, often uncovering emotions and experiences that are difficult to sit with. Despite obstacles there is an inherent human capacity for learning and growth, and in therapy we explore how to tap into these inner resources and break free of patterns that no longer serve you. Through introspection, curiosity, embodiment, and authenticity, I believe you can come into better relationship with yourself and others.
I work from a feminist lens and believe in disrupting oppressive systems that locate our self-worth externally.
Seeking support is courageous and a strength to be cultivated. Throughout life we encounter hardships, losses, and transitions, often uncovering emotions and experiences that are difficult to sit with. Despite obstacles there is an inherent human capacity for learning and growth, and in therapy we explore how to tap into these inner resources and break free of patterns that no longer serve you. Through introspection, curiosity, embodiment, and authenticity, I believe you can come into better relationship with yourself and others.
Through a feminist-informed, narrative framework we can work together to identify how your experiences and relationships have shaped your understanding of yourself and the challenges that have brought you to seek counseling.
I’m a firm believer that everybody has the internal resources to live an authentic and fulfilling life. Sometimes, we have experiences that makes it challenging to access those resources, or our coping strategies that once worked well are no longer serving their purpose. My goal is to create a therapeutic space that is non-judgmental and safe, ultimately helping clients find insight into their lives.
Through a feminist-informed, narrative framework we can work together to identify how your experiences and relationships have shaped your understanding of yourself and the challenges that have brought you to seek counseling.
I’m a firm believer that everybody has the internal resources to live an authentic and fulfilling life. Sometimes, we have experiences that makes it challenging to access those resources, or our coping strategies that once worked well are no longer serving their purpose. My goal is to create a therapeutic space that is non-judgmental and safe, ultimately helping clients find insight into their lives.
I am being trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and work from a feminist lens - I believe people are doing their best with the available resources and are impacted by systems of oppression, regardless of identity.
Please email me to contact. I will not return phone calls. Welcome! I aim to create an accepting, accommodating, and safe environment where we can collaborate to work towards your goals and overcome your challenges. My focus is on work with clients facing ADHD, identity development issues, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression, and trauma. I focus on balancing things we need to change in our lives with things we need to accept, and I incorporate teaching concrete skills into all my work. I am currently accepting couples, parents, and individual adults for DBT individual skills training.
I am being trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and work from a feminist lens - I believe people are doing their best with the available resources and are impacted by systems of oppression, regardless of identity.
Please email me to contact. I will not return phone calls. Welcome! I aim to create an accepting, accommodating, and safe environment where we can collaborate to work towards your goals and overcome your challenges. My focus is on work with clients facing ADHD, identity development issues, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression, and trauma. I focus on balancing things we need to change in our lives with things we need to accept, and I incorporate teaching concrete skills into all my work. I am currently accepting couples, parents, and individual adults for DBT individual skills training.
I also draw upon feminist, humanist, and existentialist perspectives when applicable.
Living a human life is fraught with painful experiences, just by its nature, and not because people are doing anything wrong. Whether that manifests as sadness, loneliness, guilt, shame, boredom, numbness, stagnation, anxiety, or fear, when these feelings show up, they can leave us feeling trapped and powerless in the face of the challenges of life. My goal is to provide a non-judgmental environment in which people can feel free to build awareness of their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, habits, and relationship dynamics. This awareness provides the basis for personal transformation.
I also draw upon feminist, humanist, and existentialist perspectives when applicable.
Living a human life is fraught with painful experiences, just by its nature, and not because people are doing anything wrong. Whether that manifests as sadness, loneliness, guilt, shame, boredom, numbness, stagnation, anxiety, or fear, when these feelings show up, they can leave us feeling trapped and powerless in the face of the challenges of life. My goal is to provide a non-judgmental environment in which people can feel free to build awareness of their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, habits, and relationship dynamics. This awareness provides the basis for personal transformation.
Bella's Beats Music Therapy & Counseling LLC
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404
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.
As humans, we crave connection and community, but it can sometimes feel difficult to achieve in our everyday lives. We find ourselves looking for different supports, seeking to better understand ourselves, our experiences, and our interactions with the world around us. You are made up of so many different parts and I believe in the importance of seeing and acknowledging all of those pieces. Sometimes we can be told - directly or indirectly - that we hold a singular role, so we may find ourselves trying to fit in a mold that does not hold all the pieces we value about ourselves.
As humans, we crave connection and community, but it can sometimes feel difficult to achieve in our everyday lives. We find ourselves looking for different supports, seeking to better understand ourselves, our experiences, and our interactions with the world around us. You are made up of so many different parts and I believe in the importance of seeing and acknowledging all of those pieces. Sometimes we can be told - directly or indirectly - that we hold a singular role, so we may find ourselves trying to fit in a mold that does not hold all the pieces we value about ourselves.
With more than twenty years of experience working with Adults, Couples, Families, and Adolescents using Cognitive Behavioral, Mindfulness, Person Centered, Narrative, Family Systems, and other therapies including EMDR, I will help you identify ways in which to move towards the goals you have for change. I assist my clients with parenting issues, depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD and other life stressors.
With more than twenty years of experience working with Adults, Couples, Families, and Adolescents using Cognitive Behavioral, Mindfulness, Person Centered, Narrative, Family Systems, and other therapies including EMDR, I will help you identify ways in which to move towards the goals you have for change. I assist my clients with parenting issues, depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD and other life stressors.
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.
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.
Emily Long
Counselor, LCMHC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
My passion comes from helping people move past the losses and traumas of their past and into a rich and full life. Trauma and the losses we experience in life can wound us on every level - physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. My desire is to see you pick up the pieces and create a beautiful life beyond the struggle of grief, anxiety, postpartum difficulties, infertility, disordered eating, childhood abuse, and other painful life events. My approach is one of compassion, honesty, and a little bit of sass - to help you rediscover a life of passion, beauty, joy, fulfillment, and empowerment.
My passion comes from helping people move past the losses and traumas of their past and into a rich and full life. Trauma and the losses we experience in life can wound us on every level - physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. My desire is to see you pick up the pieces and create a beautiful life beyond the struggle of grief, anxiety, postpartum difficulties, infertility, disordered eating, childhood abuse, and other painful life events. My approach is one of compassion, honesty, and a little bit of sass - to help you rediscover a life of passion, beauty, joy, fulfillment, and empowerment.
Rachel Gaston
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404 (Online Only)
My approach is to provide a safe and therapeutic environment that encourages vulnerability, curiosity, and self-reflection. I enjoy working with individuals who are seeking support through a challenging transition or experience as well as those looking for a space to strengthen their quality of life through personal awareness.
My approach is to provide a safe and therapeutic environment that encourages vulnerability, curiosity, and self-reflection. I enjoy working with individuals who are seeking support through a challenging transition or experience as well as those looking for a space to strengthen their quality of life through personal awareness.
Andrea Reynolds
Counselor, LCMHC, LADC
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404
Waitlist for new clients
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (LADC). I provide neurodiversity affirming, trauma-informed outpatient therapy for adults with mental health and substance use issues. I have experience working with individuals with co-occurring disorders and severe and persistent mental illness. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing, among other therapeutic modalities depending on the individual needs of my clients.
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (LADC). I provide neurodiversity affirming, trauma-informed outpatient therapy for adults with mental health and substance use issues. I have experience working with individuals with co-occurring disorders and severe and persistent mental illness. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing, among other therapeutic modalities depending on the individual needs of my clients.
Kimberly Hannah LLC
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS, MEd, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I welcome people of all ages, races, faiths, abilities, identities, ethnicities, and orientations. I'm dedicated to holding emotional safety. I work with clients to help them achieve connection, confidence, and a calm sense of safety. Painful emotions can be buried by responses to life experiences, long or short term, from long ago or yesterday. I aim to help set clients free from their extreme thoughts and emotions by building a new connection with their authentic self.
I welcome people of all ages, races, faiths, abilities, identities, ethnicities, and orientations. I'm dedicated to holding emotional safety. I work with clients to help them achieve connection, confidence, and a calm sense of safety. Painful emotions can be buried by responses to life experiences, long or short term, from long ago or yesterday. I aim to help set clients free from their extreme thoughts and emotions by building a new connection with their authentic self.
Serena Rockingster
Registered Psychotherapist, MS, CMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404 (Online Only)
Your capacity for healing is unequivocal and continuous. Together, we can focus energy on your needs, increasing your self-worth, trusting your intuition, establishing constructive boundaries, and habitually prioritize nourishing yourself. In work that is grounded in authenticity and confidential support, you will be challenged to engage in self-enhancing behaviors and cultivate your inner peace. Whether you’re struggling with relationships, overwhelming stress, and/or undue societal burdens, we can co-create a therapeutic environment that is safe, warm, valid, and inclusive.
Your capacity for healing is unequivocal and continuous. Together, we can focus energy on your needs, increasing your self-worth, trusting your intuition, establishing constructive boundaries, and habitually prioritize nourishing yourself. In work that is grounded in authenticity and confidential support, you will be challenged to engage in self-enhancing behaviors and cultivate your inner peace. Whether you’re struggling with relationships, overwhelming stress, and/or undue societal burdens, we can co-create a therapeutic environment that is safe, warm, valid, and inclusive.
Diana Buchanan
Registered Psychotherapist, MSW
Verified Verified
Winooski, VT 05404
Waitlist for new clients
Note: I am not able to take new clients at the moment but I can still provide support letters for gender affirming surgery. I am a transgender woman who specializes in working collaboratively with transgender and gender diverse adults. I understand from personal experience that many of us feel like others have written our life stories and that these stories don’t reflect who we really are. Using the strengths-based framework of narrative therapy, I will help you take control of your life story and find your happily ever after.
Note: I am not able to take new clients at the moment but I can still provide support letters for gender affirming surgery. I am a transgender woman who specializes in working collaboratively with transgender and gender diverse adults. I understand from personal experience that many of us feel like others have written our life stories and that these stories don’t reflect who we really are. Using the strengths-based framework of narrative therapy, I will help you take control of your life story and find your happily ever after.
I provide a collaborative and integrative approach deepened by feminist, strengths based, trauma informed, and social justice theories.
Sometimes life is complicated, stressful, and can feel overwhelming, especially in today's world. When interpersonal relationships, family dynamics, or mental health challenges present themselves it is comforting to know that you don't have to sit with all of that by yourself. Connecting with someone and working on life's difficulties, whether it be old wounds or new, can be liberating and empowering. Together we can explore your thoughts, feelings, and emotions; together we can work on the difficult and rewarding work of being the best version of yourself you can be.
I provide a collaborative and integrative approach deepened by feminist, strengths based, trauma informed, and social justice theories.
Sometimes life is complicated, stressful, and can feel overwhelming, especially in today's world. When interpersonal relationships, family dynamics, or mental health challenges present themselves it is comforting to know that you don't have to sit with all of that by yourself. Connecting with someone and working on life's difficulties, whether it be old wounds or new, can be liberating and empowering. Together we can explore your thoughts, feelings, and emotions; together we can work on the difficult and rewarding work of being the best version of yourself you can be.
Jennifer Blanchard Counseling
Counselor, MS, RN, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404
Not accepting new clients
We share a universal humanness as we agonize over decisions, struggle with isolation, endure losses, & seek meaning in life. I believe this fundamental connection is at the root of all healing. You yearn for compassionate listening & an empathetic personal engagement in your journey towards positive self-discovery. I want to help you find the freedom to generate new ways of thinking, feeling & acting: to transform unhelpful personal narratives into strength-based versions you can use to flourish. Adult or child, you are uniquely beautiful & vulnerable. Through talk or play, we'll explore how you can live more comfortably as both.
We share a universal humanness as we agonize over decisions, struggle with isolation, endure losses, & seek meaning in life. I believe this fundamental connection is at the root of all healing. You yearn for compassionate listening & an empathetic personal engagement in your journey towards positive self-discovery. I want to help you find the freedom to generate new ways of thinking, feeling & acting: to transform unhelpful personal narratives into strength-based versions you can use to flourish. Adult or child, you are uniquely beautiful & vulnerable. Through talk or play, we'll explore how you can live more comfortably as both.
Emily McDonald
Counselor, MS, LCMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404
Not accepting new clients
Not accepting new clients (updated 7/8/24). Sometimes, the things that we think of as our "shortcomings" or "flaws" are actually just a product of modern day society, where we are often told how we should behave, think, and feel from moment to moment. My goal is to help you discover your true needs, desires, and feelings, and distinguish them from those imposed onto you by external pressures. I strive to create a supportive therapeutic space for all teenagers and adults regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, class, ability status and age.
Not accepting new clients (updated 7/8/24). Sometimes, the things that we think of as our "shortcomings" or "flaws" are actually just a product of modern day society, where we are often told how we should behave, think, and feel from moment to moment. My goal is to help you discover your true needs, desires, and feelings, and distinguish them from those imposed onto you by external pressures. I strive to create a supportive therapeutic space for all teenagers and adults regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, class, ability status and age.
Victoria Diederich
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, LLC, E-RYT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Winooski, VT 05404
Not accepting new clients
Are you looking to find a greater sense of self-compassion, ease, and presence in your daily life? Maybe you are feeling stuck with anxiety, low self-esteem, or relationship issues and can't seem to move forward in a new way. As a therapist, I aim to help you uncover the healing energy and wisdom that already exists within you. You will receive guidance and support in becoming more present and connecting with yourself, while processing past experiences and exploring current patterns that may be holding you back. Come as you are; I will meet you there.
Are you looking to find a greater sense of self-compassion, ease, and presence in your daily life? Maybe you are feeling stuck with anxiety, low self-esteem, or relationship issues and can't seem to move forward in a new way. As a therapist, I aim to help you uncover the healing energy and wisdom that already exists within you. You will receive guidance and support in becoming more present and connecting with yourself, while processing past experiences and exploring current patterns that may be holding you back. Come as you are; I will meet you there.
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Feminist Therapists
How does feminist therapy work?
Feminist therapy sessions are not only personal but often cultural or political in nature, as the approach is based on the belief that people are affected by, and often struggle with, cultural and societal norms and biases, and need to move beyond those external pressures or stressors to tap their own confidence and engage more fully in their own identity. Sessions may therefore include discussions of sexism, diversity, and gender issues and talk of steps toward greater empowerment for patients who believe they have been silenced and seek to raise their voices.
What are examples of feminist therapy techniques?
Along with traditional talk therapy and analysis, a feminist therapist may employ techniques such as role-playing and assertiveness training to help clients build their self-esteem so that they feel they can act freely, and not based on cultural expectations or gender roles dictated by others. A feminist therapist may also engage in bibliotherapy, offering suggested readings on gender identity or social power inequities as they work toward viewing mental-health concerns through a broad cultural lens before focusing on how they affect the individual. Somatic therapy techniques, with an emphasis on body awareness, self-compassion, and mindfulness practices are also often part of feminist therapist practice.
How long does feminist therapy last?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for feminist therapy; people who believe that they are making progress typically continue until they feel they’ve addressed the issues that had been holding them back. It may take some time to become comfortable discussing personal issues, but once a client feels they can do so, they could expect therapy to last for a number of months, typically including at least 12 sessions.
Does feminist therapy work?
As a relatively recent therapeutic technique, there is not yet a body of evidence proving the efficacy of feminist therapy. However, the approach is based on proven core principles of talk therapy, with a particular emphasis on developing a therapeutic relationship based on equality and authentic connection between therapist and client and discovering and building on clients’ personal strengths to help them gain a greater sense of personal power and agency.