Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists in North Adams, MA

I work with individuals who want to improve the quality of their lives and couples who are having difficulty with communication or resolving conflict. My work is to understand the difficulties in the context of the whole person. Together we identify and remove the obstacles that interfere with having a more meaningful life.

Life can sometimes leave us feeling overwhelmed, anxious, broken, and afraid. As a clinician, I aim to cultivate safe, supportive, and trusting relationships with my clients in order to promote healthy ways of identifying, confronting, and coping with life’s challenges. I have fifteen years of experience providing clinical services in a variety of settings, including schools, community mental health, residential addictions and detoxification, and group practice.

I am an Associate Therapist with Seeds of Hope LLC, a private counseling practice serving Connecticut (LMSW) and Massachusetts (LCSW). I use a trauma and attachment informed eclectic approach, striving to meet each client where they are. I have experience working with individuals with a variety of mental health issues, including but not limited to: depression, anxiety, relational issues, etc. Creating a trusting environment, I work with clients to help develop strengths, support systems, awareness and coping mechanisms so that they can effectively improve their wellness and their relationships.

I have had the privilege to serve as a clinical social worker for over 15 years to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I am incredibly respectful in assisting each client achieve their personal and emotional goals. It is my personal commitment as a therapist to assist individuals with becoming comfortable with their true self, enhancing their relationship skills, and developing their abilities to manage any adversity that arises in their life. I am particularly skilled in treating anxiety disorders, severe depression, and trauma.

I have over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist. I specialize in treating adults with anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties. I am also a medical doctor, and am able to prescribe medication, when medication is indicated. I help my patients learn about themselves and their relationships by discovering the underlying problem and addressing that directly. Treatment that works facilitates internal change that lasts. I learn a lot about you from listening to your story of yourself and your life. Also, we both learn a lot from reflecting on our interactions with each other.

Therapy produces its own unique ecosystem. In the right collaboration, essential growth-oriented risks can be taken, which often results in sustainable transformation. Various tools we develop to emotionally survive our experiences in formative years can become automatic interpersonal response systems we operate from long after they serve us. This can impact the relationship we have with self and others. I strive to bring the utmost compassion and insight into the room while we work together to figure out how one's way of being in the world can become more aligned with concerns of the present circumstance.

I care deeply about supporting mothers in the perinatal time period and throughout the parenting journey. Bringing a child into the world is a wonderous thing and can also be deeply challenging. I work with clients to manage this new role of parenthood while also taking care of themselves and honoring the other important non-parent parts of themselves. The intensity of the perinatal time period can sometimes trigger past struggles to resurface or become exacerbated. I work with mothers to navigate challenges in order to lead more fulfilling lives not only for themselves, but also so they can show up as calm and connected parents.

I am a Mental Health Counselor licensed in the state of Massachusetts with over 10 years of experience in a variety of treatment settings. I work with adults of all ages, affirming any identity. My clients benefit from compassionate, nonjudgemental support to understand the challenges they are facing, develop effective strategies, and work towards an authentic, fulfilling life. I integrate various techniques and perspectives from Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and Dialectical-Behavior Therapy (DBT).

I am accepting, interactive, and easygoing. I believe in focusing on the current situation in peoples' lives, and explore the past as long as it has a demonstrable benefit for a client's present day functioning. I believe it is important to customize my approach to a client's style, situation, and needs. As much as possible, I draw on a person's emotional and physical "intelligence" to complement his or her cognitive understanding. It is essential that my clients feel in charge of their direction and pacing, and safe enough to take the necessary risks.

I invite you to “get curious” about yourself and what has contributed to your current challenges. Curiosity is essential to finding meaning and connection with others and ourselves. I will work with you to open up to uncertainty and learn to coexist with your uncomfortable thoughts and feelings in order to strengthen your relationship with yourself and others. You are not a problem to be fixed; you are a whole, complex, and amazing person. I look forward to helping you to open up to your innate gifts.

Do you ever wonder about or question your relationship to sex? Is there just never enough sex? Do you struggle with emotional intimacy and connecting with others? Do you notice that you repeatedly lie to others, even those closest to you, about your sexual behaviors? As a trained Certified Sexual Addiction therapist (CSAT) I can help you to be curious about, answer, make sense of, and navigate these and many other complex questions. Through a detailed, comprehensive assessment and evaluation process I can help you determine if you have a Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder that would benefit from specific intervention and treatment.

I see clients virtually in California and Florida and in person in western Ma. People enter my therapy practice for all sorts of reasons. You may be at an impasse or a crossroads due to the loss of a relationship, a big life decision or general anxiety that you can no longer bear on your own. You may be suffering from the wounds of homophobia, transphobia, racism, white supremacy and patriarchy, on top of other traumas and early childhood wounds. Regardless, I seek to offer a safe space for you to access a deeper understanding of yourself and your underlying needs and motives, as well as a personal sense of freedom and empowerment.

I’m a therapist, who gave up a successful career as an attorney in NYC, because I believe therapy to be my true “calling". I am passionate about working with my Clients, each of whom is unique, presenting with different issues which prevent them from living as their "authentic" selves or creating the life they want to live. I am empathic, genuine, caring & able to meet Clients “where they're at”. Therapy is a collaborative process. The relationship between us is paramount and is grounded in respect, trust, caring and safety to enable you to deal with difficult, sometimes very painful or confusing emotions and issues.

I am an IFS-trained psychotherapist and I offer individual psychotherapy utilizing this model of treatment. IFS therapy focuses on the parts of ourselves that need healing, and creates the ability to be more aware of the parts that influences our behavior(s). I see couples for various issues including difficulty communicating, the desire to improve the quality of their relationship, and to feel more emotionally connected with each other.

**Email is preferred contact method for first time clients** Have you been feeling stuck, unmotivated, anxious or depressed? Do you find that events from the past getting in the way of living in the way you would like to be? My role as a psychotherapist is to help you move through these feelings to reach your goals. I cultivate a supportive environment in which, together we can uncover the root cause of your struggles, help you heal from the past and develop skills to help you successfully move forward.

Welcome. From a person-centered perspective, I work collaboratively with my clients. I meet you where you are and with you identify both the obstacles and the openings on the road toward your desired change. I am the observing guide who might form connections, challenge assumptions, or help you see what is calling to be seen. Present with what you share, I listen without judgment to your experience and its unique meaning for you. I am a psychotherapist who values the safety and sanctity inherent to the therapeutic relationship; one where you are met with genuineness and acceptance.

Therapy should be tailored to address the specific needs of each client. Having trained in a variety of practices in methods, I’ve worked together with my client, to determine which approach works best for them to address their ADHD, anxiety, depression or relationship challenges. I work with adults and couples of all ages, including college, aged and older adults. I specialize in treating mood and anxiety disorders, major life transitions (e.g career, college), relational/familial concerns in trauma/PTSD. I also have specialized training and working with couples, and individuals struggling with anger management issues.

I coach adults who want to resolve old patterns of self-sabotage in order to stop spinning their wheels and move forward in their lives. I specialize in helping Highly Sensitive individuals create a more supportive inner environment while learning to communicate more effectively with others. I help artists and other creative people overcome fear of visibility, enhance their productivity and become more self-expressive. My coaching is brief, deep, and gently transformative.

If you could let go of anything, what would it be? I provide short-term, intensive therapy that resolves the cause of your issue. I am a practitioner of Mimetic Therapies. This means I facilitate profound and transformational experiences in the resolution of Trauma/PTSD and Grief/Loss, as well as panic, depression, phobia, and pain for anyone- regardless of background- interested in feeling better. My ideal client is done talking about it, done doing workbooks, done understanding the cause. I connect deeply and directly with the parts of you that have been trying so hard to protect and heal your self and cause them to collaborate.