Accepting new clients. Hello! I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 20 years of clinical experience helping adults and adolescents overcome depression, anxiety and trauma. I use evidence based practices that help you overcome negative thoughts and feelings that can impact your ability to enjoy life or sustain fulfilling relationships. I can help you or your teen develop coping skills, build self esteem and feel in control of life again.

I am a seasoned psychologist and psychotherapist with more than 35 years experience. For most of my career I have divided my time between private practice and the training and supervision of family and couples therapists through the former Family Institute of Cambridge where I was a senior faculty member. I have also taught Advanced Family Therapy at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Presently I am a private practitioner. I see individuals, couples and families.

Individuals, Couples or Teens struggling with Depression/ Anxiety or a life change. You are not alone. Services in Portuguese and Spanish. Life is beautiful, living at times hard. Our genes, temperament and mood, at times cause havoc and can keep you isolated, filled with self doubt lethargy and feeling like you don't fit it. Through the use of CBT, Reactive Emotive techniques, DBT, and a Strength Based approach to skill building, you will learn to feel more regulated, cope, increase awareness and insight, improve positive communication and learn skills to get unstuck, move forward and feel happier. Because every day matters...

Everyone can benefit from better self-understanding. Sometimes our anxiety, depression, and internal conflicts can affect our relationships with others and the world in which we live. By creating a safe environment for expressing thoughts and feelings, I am able to help those who enter into a therapeutic alliance with me improve general satisfaction in interpersonal relationships and life.

I provide Educational Counseling and Psychotherapy for people who experience the world in a unique way and those who love them. I specialize in working with gifted people including the divergent thinkers, creative thinkers, highly gifted, profoundly gifted, twice exceptional and prodigies. I work with adults and children, families and schools. I consult to schools, colleges and homeschoolers to create educational plans that address the needs of asynchronous learners and address the normal, healthy psychological development of those people who are many ages at one time.

Many of life's challenges lead people to seek therapy. Therapy allows clients to talk in a secure setting about their concerns, to learn better coping skills, and to find solutions to their problems. Clients describe me as empathetic and compassionate. I provide trauma informed care and specialize with those dealing with addiction, alcoholism, depression, mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, and self-esteem issues.

My passion is aligning with people to empower themselves, improving marital communication and finding work/life balance. Transitions in work, parenting and relationships are places where people get stuck in depression, anxiety or addictions. My focus is getting clients moving again, appreciating the process of change in a warm and caring environment. Through positive psychology we evaluate strengths and plan how to reach your goals. Together we will gain a new way of looking at issues, reducing overwhelm and clarifying your values to create your vision for the future.

Ampersand Counseling and Consultation offers short-term DBT-based skills groups for adolescents and young adults. DBT (dialectical-behavioral therapy) benefits people facing anxiety, depression, mood dysregulation, and behavioral disruption, including self-harm. We hope all of our clients are ready and able to seek the support needed to make lasting changes in their lives. Ampersand can also offer consultation to families seeking support for their struggling teens (including service referrals, special education consultation, and diagnostic interviews) and supervision to other clinicians.

If you have tried everything to make yourself happy without lasting success, I invite you to work with me in a comfortable, nurturing environment on making the changes you may have been avoiding. You want someone safe to walk the path with you, a Social Worker with more than 25 years of experience in helping clients just like you. Together, we will map out a strategy that fits your lifestyle while we take time to consider your personal struggles. If you have been languishing for too long with depression, stress or anxiety, let me guide you toward understanding and living life more fully.

There are times that we need to connect with someone, to feel heard and to be respected. I will encourage you to grow to trust yourself and the decisions that you are about to make. My experience in working with people is focused on empowerment. I want to help you create a sense of certainty in your progress forward. Most who come through my door are seeking a place to be themselves, as flawed and misunderstood as they may feel. Outsiders find themselves worthy and cared for here.

I am a Trauma and EMDR specialist/consultant and Mindfulness-based therapist, who will help identify past/current distress, Anxiety & Trauma using EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems. My focus is to help change thinking patterns and unhealthy coping techniques based on current research in Neuroscience, Positive Neuroplasticity, DBT and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. This helps clients with PTSD, High Anxiety, Phobia, Grief, Depression or Impulsivity. My goal is to increase mindfulness in thought and action, to effectively increase Emotional Regulation, Distress Tolerance & better Communication.

It is never easy to make that initial phone call even when you are dealing with a personal or relationship problem, managing depression, anxiety, parenting, or going through a divorce. My practical and positive approach has helped many people for over the 25 years. In addition, I like to use humor whenever possible.I have a compassionate and gentle manner, listen carefully to the issues and decide with you, goals for therapy. While I draw on a range of approaches, including cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic and psycho-educational, it is the strength of the relationship that leads to success in reaching your goals.

In my work as a therapist, my first priority is to establish a comfortable, respectful working relationship that will allow my clients to begin to focus on the often difficult, painful and complex feelings, issues and situations that have brought them to counseling. My role is to listen carefully and thoughtfully, and to help guide and facilitate discussions that will help my clients to grow and change in beneficial ways, to resolve important conflicts and issues, and to reduce the severity of symptoms such as anxiety, depressed mood and difficulty managing anger.

Welcome. I believe that your experience of the therapeutic relationship should be comfortable and feel secure. I utilize an attachment based approach and believe that once feelings of safety are established in therapy that real changes in thoughts, feelings and relationships are possible. I have a warm and interested style of interacting with others and it is always important to me that you feel heard and valued in our time together. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd like to know more or have any questions.

Online Webcam counseling, or In-Office counseling, my approach to helping people is to clearly understand each person's way of thinking, feeling, understanding, and living - their unique personal psychology - and to tailor an effective method of helping to the individual, their strengths and their needs. Much of my life's enjoyment comes from helping people live happier, more fulfilling lives. In working with me as your counselor or life coach, you can expect someone who listens with a caring and empathic attitude - someone who will provide expert and effective feedback to help you reach your goals for a satisfying and joyful life!

My first priority as your therapist is to provide an environment in which you can speak freely about your concerns while I listen and reflect back to you in a non-judgemental and compassionate way. You may need new coping skills, new perspectives or a way to heal beyond old difficulties that remain unresolved. I will help you clarify what your intentions are and help you to be more compassionate with yourself during the process. One of the goals is to be more content and more at peace with yourself and in your relationships with others.

Creativity & Compassion, Mindful Awareness, Health & Resiliency. These are the guiding principles I use to teach people skills to address difficulties in the present, gain a healthier perspective about the past, disengage from fear of the future, embrace & find pleasure in the life that is here. I offer personalized support to women, young adults, & teens struggling with circumstantial, developmental, or health-related transitions. Additional services are available for companies/groups wanting mindful practices to help with team building & parents needing the tools & support to reduce reactivity & increase compassion. BOOK a Free Consult Call ONLINE or REGISTER for a group: jkbecktherapy.com

I enjoy helping adults of all ages move through issues to gain greater satisfaction in relationships, including the most important- with oneself. If our relationships are not supportive, it may feel we are missing out on the sweetness of life. I often use a cognitive behavioral approach, which is a way we gain greater control over what happens to us, and access greater choice in how we respond to events. It can help us strengthen communication skills, deepen intimacy and heal codependency. We can grow beyond lifelong issues; and replace feeling overwhelmed with feeling peace, learning to celebrate every step we take on our journey.

Update November 2020: If you viewed this profile recently, please note that I've moved! In addition, currently all meetings are remote and openings are rare. I currently work with teens, young adults, and adults. Mood disorders, parent guidance, veterans, family relationships, trauma and PTSD are areas of clinical interest. Those who seek to be responsible for their own happiness, whether through acceptance or through efforts to change and grow, are the people I hope to meet.

Maturity, empathy and well developed listening skills are assets which I offer. I've been especially interested in helping women during pregnancy, and the postpartum period and resolving grief and loss from miscarriages. In addition, addressing issues of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress in men or women is especially gratifying to me. I often begin by teaching techniques for stress reduction, or in the case of lethargic depression, ways to energize the body, which help people function better quickly. Most important to me is helping people find hidden strengths and restore inner balance.