Therapists in Cambridgeport, Cambridge, MA

I provide individual psychotherapy and have experience working with people who struggle with a variety of life challenges and emotional concerns including relationship issues, work and academic struggles, family difficulties, codependence, depression, anxiety, and mood disorders. My practice welcomes adults with all gender identities and diverse backgrounds. I specialize primarily in psychodynamic and psychoanalytically-oriented therapy and integrate different treatment approaches, when appropriate, to address the unique needs and concerns of each person.

It is time to find the balance between the challenges that surface in life (anxiety, depression, difficult transitions, trauma experiences) & the joys of being alive (healthy relationships, inner confidence, career success, happiness). I look forward to helping you process hardship. To helping you rise to challenging moments while being patient & kind to yourself. I pair my counseling services with the never-ending battle of encouraging self-care & treating yourself from time to time because you're worth it!

My counseling work is focused on adolescents and young adults. I feel it is invaluable for young people to have an advocate and sounding board while navigating these years of great change and evolution. I look forward to getting to know you and exploring how we can work together toward healing and growth. With young adults, I believe that the client is the expert of their lived experience. I partner with my client to explore a variety of issues that may be holding them back from wellbeing and peace. This may include difficult beliefs, patterns and behaviors that they want to change, relationship issues, career changes, and anxiety.

I am a licensed mental health counselor who earned my bachelor and master's degrees at Lesley University. I have spent several years working in both school and community settings with children, teens, and young adults conducting both group and individual therapy. I approach counseling from a client centered and strengths based framework and draw from CBT and mindfulness based strategies. I see therapy as an opportunity for healing, growth, and developing insight about how people navigate their inner and outer worlds.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and also a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor I (LADC). I have a Masters of Education in mental health, addictions, and marriage and family therapy. I have worked with families, adolescents and adults for over the last 10 years in outpatient, in-home therapy settings, detox/inpatient rehab and hospital settings. I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Family Systems Therapy.

Are you struggling in your relationships? Do you feel "not good enough"? Do you think you don't even know HOW to have fulfilling relationships? I work with individuals and couples so that they can communicate more effectively, create more satisfying relationships, and feel better in their own skin. It can be especially challenging to maintain healthy relationships and self esteem if your are dealing with issues such as depression, anxiety, parenting, a high pressured job, or a recent loss. I can help.

UNABLE to accept new clients, EXCEPT for Supervision of Licensed Clinicians ONLY. No therapist is ever supposed to fly without a net! We must seek support for the murky work of psychotherapy; and we have the right (and are expected) to examine, in privacy and safety, our clinical stuck points, losses, insights and triumphs. If you lack appropriate supervision for your work, be sure to correct that ASAP, to get what you need. Ms MacArthur was Director of Emergency Diagnostics and Admissions for a DMH/MA hospital. With 45 years' experience in private practice, she is reflective, down-to-earth, pragmatic, and client-centered.

My mantra is that therapy, good therapy, should create some sort of movement. Whether it’s helping you create actual, tangible change in your life or helping move along an internal conversation that you can’t seem to make progress in, my job is to help you get wherever you're trying to go.

I am currently ONLY accepting couples for therapy through the Couples Center of the Pioneer Valley, using the Developmental model. If you are seeking to enhance your relationship with yourself and your partner, to discover new territories within, and to more deeply connect with your internal world to live more fully, this may be a supportive space for you. Welcome! 'Traveling Inward' is the name of my practice. Together, we can travel to the many beautiful, sometimes challenging, and important emotional landscapes that are seeking your attention and acceptance.

Helping clients struggling with unhealthy relationship patterns, finding love, social anxiety, anxiety, depression, addictive behaviors, childhood trauma, are my interests. Spiritual guidance is my newly evolving skill and passion. Providing a safe place to discuss your struggles and challenges is my priority. Having various experiences with life, I operate from a nonjudgmental and curious standpoint. I use my expertise and knowledge in biology, psychology, trauma focused theories, eastern philosophy to help you evolve in mind-body, emotional and spiritual dimensions. Please checkout my website life tree transformation to learn more