Adults Therapists in Brookline, MA

I have extensive experience and skills working with adults who are dealing with many different challenges and life circumstances. My approach is active, collaborative, and sensitive to each individual or couple's needs and goals, provided within a caring and supportive environment. I enjoy helping clients develop and use their strengths, coping skills, and understanding in order to make meaningful changes. My areas of expertise include relationship challenges, mood disorders, occupational and life stage issues, and addictions. I integrate different approaches including psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, family systems and mindfulness based therapies.

Stefanie Acierno is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) and psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health settings. She is dedicated to providing emotional and mental health services to adults , college students, and athletes living in Massachusetts.

Currently Accepting New Clients. I work with young people and their families to provide meaningful and lasting change that help improve their wellbeing and success in their lives. I focus on integrative treatment modalities that teach and reinforce skills for emotional and behavioral management, as well as help my clients achieve acceptance and commitment for positive change through effective treatment plans and person-centered approach.

I have worked with people who have anxiety, depression, trauma, obsessions, compulsions, phobias, and panic. People come to me to work on relationships in order to resolve conflicts that are having a negative impact on them. These relationships may be significant others, spouse, child, parent, roommate, or co-worker.

As a Clinician with over two decades of experience working in Psychiatry at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, I have also been in Private Practice as a Therapist specializing in the assessment and treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Depression and Stress/Loss of Chronic Illness. Because I found there were few if any professionally led groups for OCD Sufferers, I developed an active Group Program for Adults with OCD. My style is warm and direct with a desire to work together to build on your strengths using Cognitive Behavioral Treatment/Exposure & Response Prevention and Psychotherapy. OCD Family Guidance also.

I am a psychoanalyst and licensed mental health counselor in private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts with more than 15 years experience in the field. Throughout my training and career, I have worked with adults in outpatient psychotherapy clinics as well as with children and adolescents and their families in the Public School Systems.

The way psychotherapy is practiced has a lot to do with the mind set and life experience of the psychologist. I have been in private practice since 1980, and beyond the traditional training for psychologists, I also trained extensively in an approach known as Psychology of Mind, or Health Realization. This is a cognitive approach that is very down-to-earth but rooted in principles akin to those behind meditation, yoga and similar traditions that were developed to enhance optimal human functioning.

I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). I received my Masters in Social Work from Boston University. I have worked in various settings in the field as a school based counselor, in-home family therapist and outpatient mental health clinician. I work with adolescents and adults using a strength-based approach.

I am a licensed psychologist working with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, OCD, and stressful life experiences. I use cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, and acceptance based approaches to create positive change. Taking a goal-oriented approach, I collaborate with clients to identify and actively work towards their goals, using the skills they learn in therapy. I am experienced in working with a range of issues including depression, social and generalized anxiety disorders, panic disorder, and OCD.

I specialize in treating adults seeking support due to anxiety, depression, low self-esteem/self-confidence, career exploration, family conflict, and behavioral issues, such as impulsivity or emotion dysregulation. I take an integrative approach, pulling from a variety of modalities to best fit your needs. I am actively invested in motivating individuals to challenge negative thinking, end negative behavioral patterns, embrace their true potential, and live a life that aligns with their goals and values.

I offer psychotherapy to adults who are looking to improve their current quality of life by expanding their access to internal & external resources.

Together we can discover and develop your inherent strengths so that you can heal, recover, grow and live a fulfilling life. Offering a mature, warm and trusting therapeutic relationship, I take an eclectic approach: integrating Clinical Hypnosis, Psychodynamic therapy, Attachment based therapy (click above on website for details), Bioenergetics, and EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). Understanding that healing has a spiritual dimension, I have practiced meditation for 14 yrs. Adolescents, Adults and Elderly. Individuals, Couples and Families. Resolve Relationship issues,Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and Abuse,Addictions and Co-dependence, Loss and Grief. Realize creative potential and more. The first step is the hardest. Call (617)738-9480.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social worker with extensive experience in treating adults . At some point, we all have to deal with the effects of life's stressors, be they at the loss of a relationship or job; a parent's or spouse's illness; the onset of a medical condition; conflict within a relationship; or other sudden and unwelcome changes in life's routine. Everyone has strengths that are silenced by such stressors and I specialize in helping clients to deal with those stressors by bringing back those strengths. Through conversation, support, and humor, I help clients learn to feel strong again in the face of adversity.

I am a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience providing psychotherapy. I specialize in working with adults struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, and loss. I also have extensive experience helping clients navigate major life transitions across the life-span, from early adulthood challenges to adjustment with retirement and aging.