Women's Issues Therapists in Northampton, MA
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Donna L Rowe
Counselor, PhD, LMHC
Verified
Verified
My approach to therapy is to provide support and practical feedback to help you effectively address personal life challenges. As a person-centered therapist, I have worked in the fields of mental health and substance use disorders for over 20 years, in both outpatient settings and in crisis services. My interests are working with women, non-traditional aged students, trauma and PTSD survivors, and veterans. My goals are to create a safe space for you to work on your mental health goals and to provide you with skills to manage everyday challenges. Let's discuss how we can work together. Email me or give me a call.
Kate G Yesyev
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, CFSW
Verified
Verified
Hi, I’m Kate. I work with women who want to take charge of their future by taking charge of their finances. I started She Minds Money because I’m passionate about women’s empowerment, and I believe that women who take control of their money take control of their lives. My ideal client is someone who wants to better their financial well-being but needs some help getting started. Most traditional financial advice focuses on the outer work of budgeting, saving, and investing. Financial therapy helps you with the inner work of examining your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors around money so that you can confidently take action.
Not accepting new clients
Linda Tumbarello
Counselor, LMHC
Verified
Verified
For over 35 years I have specialized in body-mind healing and working with trauma. My therapeutic work supports each person to feel whole, regardless of emotional issues, difficult or traumatic life experiences, and physical injuries or illness. Many clients have worked with me to get free from emotional and physical pain and restrictions that have been in the way of their feeling at home in their body and themselves for many years. Some clients are working with me to get through the anxiety and depression that they are experiencing right now. Together we can find the best way to get the support, empowerment and tools you need now.
Robin Weingarten
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified
Verified
With curiosity, compassion and creativity, I explore and honor your unique strengths, needs and challenges. Together, we'll develop your goals for change, and work toward them while building your capacity for both self-acceptance and growth. With a focus on understanding and transforming beliefs and behaviors to become more in alignment with your goals, I will guide you to develop a new relationship with your past, enhance your tools and resources to live more fully in the present, and increase your clarity and confidence to create the future you desire.
Laurel Shortell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified
Verified
My approach comes from a strengths based perspective. I believe that individuals have the ability to make significant life changes by identifying the sources of their current difficulties, understanding why their coping methods may have made good sense at the time, and learning new ways of being in the world that fit with who they are now and that support their growth and heart's desire. My role is to provide a supportive, trust-based environment and help individuals create the lives they wish to live.
Waitlist for new clients
Mary Gooding-Call
Counselor, LMHC
Verified
7 Endorsed
Verified
7 Endorsed
You are not alone. The people who come to me for therapy find themselves overwhelmed by challenges that cut across layers of their identity. My role is to help my clients navigate what they're facing. I use my skills and experience with LGBTQ, disability, gender, and climate anxiety issues to help you untangle your problems and learn from them. My style is collaborative, supportive, and nurturing. I'll never tell you what to do, but I'll always help you find answers that improve your life and lead you to better mental health and resilience. You are a multifaceted, nuanced, and beautiful person. I look forward to meeting you where yo
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Lisa M Wall
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, CADC-II
Verified
Verified
I am passionate about supporting women and men who have had tragic loss and traumatic experiences and are struggling to sort out their person hood. I am uniquely gifted at working with women who have had DCF child removals, unwanted court involvement and relational fragmentation due to trauma, substance use and interpersonal violence. I offer therapeutic services that support your personal work to heal the pain of isolation and stigma that occurs when anger kicks up impulsivity and compulsions. It's important for my prospective client to understand that I am primarily a trauma therapist.
Marie Westburg
Art Therapist, MA, ATR
Verified
Verified
Hi I'm Marie, I am an art therapist and owner of ArtStar: Creative Arts Lounge. I work with women and teen girls who feel overwhelmed by their thoughts and emotions, struggle with self-doubt, depression, anxiety or are managing a major life transition. I help women become more present and connected, get free of harsh self-judgment and shame so they can learn to trust their intuition, connect to their authentic self and begin to experience a more joyful and meaningful life.
Simone Bernette Alter Muri
Counselor, EdD, ATR-BC, LMHC
Verified
Verified
As a psychotherapist and art therapist with over 30 years experience working with both children and adults, I specialize in tailoring my clinical approach to each individual. Drawing on a wide variety of therapeutic techniques, my practice is client-centered and eclectic. With children, I focus on play and art therapy; my work with adults weaves in positive psychology techniques, art therapy and humanistic therapies. I have been teaching therapy at the graduate level for 30 years. I also mentor and supervise individuals working towards their LMHC (Licensed mental health counselor) and ATR (Registered art therapist) certifications.
Shannon L. Sennott
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
I am an LGBTQAI sex educator and a psychotherapist, and I am an AASECT certified sex therapist. I was clinically trained at the Smith School for Social Work and the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society in New York City. I lived in New York City for over a decade and during that time founded the advocacy and education organization, Translate Gender, Inc. I utilize a transfeminist therapeutic approach in working with LGBTQ adolescents, individuals, and families. My interests include working with couples, polyamorous relationships, BDSM relationships, as well as working with those in alternative family structures.
Anna Hogeland
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MFA
Verified
Verified
I believe the therapist's role is to be authentic and compassionate, as well as an active participant in helping you to overcome whatever concern brings you to therapy. In addition to listening to what you are struggling with in the moment, I try to help you find ways to manage the distress and more fully engage in your life. I use a combination of traditional talk therapy and skill-building, primarily drawing from CBT, DBT, and ACT.
Northampton, MA 01060
& Online
Sonia Altavilla
Pre-Licensed Professional, PsyD
Verified
Verified
Starting therapy can be a difficult step, and you may not know where to start. My goal is to determine that together and support a path of self-understanding and positive change. I enjoy working with adults of all backgrounds and identities dealing with anxiety, depression, identity development, relationship issues, adjustment, grief, and trauma. I also specialize in health psychology with a particular interest in women’s health. Through a warm, curious, and sometimes humorous approach, I strive to make genuine connections to understand client’s needs, hopes, and fears with the goal of self-awareness and transformation.
Cherish DeOliveira
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Verified
Dr. DeOliveira works with adult women to explore narratives that have restricted their capacities for thriving. She specializes in women’s health psychology, trauma recovery, mood stability, coping with anxiety, resolution of identity issues, and reproductive health concerns (i.e., pregnancy, postpartum, fertility issues). Her warm, accepting, and insightful approach allows her to connect with clients and support them in their journey to a better sense of self, safety, and well-being.
Allison Karthaus
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
In today's busy world, it's hard to find peace of mind. Many of us as a result, are overly stressed and experience negative effects of that stress, such as anxiety and depression. I believe that seeking help and opening up to another individual takes a great deal of bravery. Because of that, I have a tremendous amount of respect for the individuals I work with. As a counseling psychologist and registered yoga teacher, I approach mental health from a wellness perspective aiming to help clients find meaning and fulfillment in their lives.
Pamelah Stevens
Counselor, MA, LMHC, CPT
Verified
6 Endorsed
Verified
6 Endorsed
Are you happy with your life, feeling unfocused, or unmotivated? We can help. With the practice of shifting your attention to what will effect change, you build strong relationships, overcome self-esteem or/and intimacy challenges, and have the energy to focus on what’s important to you. With compassion, we’re able to meet you where you are. Insightful feedback is offered, while processing where you need it most. We’ll be your confidant through the worst/best chapters of your life! The Warming Tree has a list of other specialists, as well. See below and in more detail on Pamelah’s website. Thank you!
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Mary Lutkus
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified
Verified
I believe we are spiritual beings having a human experience - and it can be HARD! I would like to offer you a safe, non-judgmental, compassionate space to process your feelings & find meaning in the midst of the struggle. Within the chaos & fear many of us live in, we lose touch with our inner power & our connection to one another & the planet. When anxiety, depression & other emotions show up, they need to be honored & listened to. Based upon your belief system, I would like to help support & guide you out of the darkness & back to your life's purpose - back to a valued and full life.
Office is near:
Northampton, MA 01060 & Online
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Jenny Underdown
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, She/Her, MSW, LICSW
Verified
Verified
I treat clients with respect and offer the support of an unconditional and positive therapeutic relationship. I especially enjoy working with individuals who are healing from the effects of complex and challenging life events (i.e. traumas).
Thrive-Integrative Psych. & Sexuality Counseling
CSC, CNM, MSN, MPH
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I am a certified sexuality counselor with the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists/AASECT and a certified nurse-midwife. I have been in practice for over 20 years. I work with both women and men who are seeking improved sexual satisfaction. I also offer comprehensive consultations pertaining to a variety of health issues to women of all ages. I have full prescriptive authority in MA (I will not prescribe narcotics or stimulant medications.) My practice style is highly personalized, humanistic, integrative, and based on a positive psychology model.
Amy Allison
Counselor, LCMHC, MS
Verified
Verified
I specialize in disordered eating and body image concerns. I have experience working all levels of eating disorder care. I utilize a person-centered approach that focuses on the power of connection and safety to create a space where you feel seen. I sit in the darkness with you as you build trust within yourself to find a way out, through self-compassion and love.
Rebecca Kern
Counselor, LMHC
Verified
Verified
In sessions, I work to create a space for clients that allows for exploration and discovery of themselves and their internal/external worlds. By approaching the journey of healing and transformation through deep listening and curiosity, I help bring about clarity without shame or judgment where there are blocks or stuckness. I work with adults, college students and children. When working with children, I lean into play and art/expressive therapies that help the child access their emotional worlds.
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Women's Issues Therapists
How do you encourage a woman to go to therapy?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual may be suffering, and what effects it has on them, should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.
How can women prepare for therapy?
Women can prepare for therapy by being willing to talk about their past experiences and their private thoughts. Before a session, an individual may want to reflect on how they’ve felt since the last session and what’s happened in their lives. Between sessions, it can be useful to write down notes about their reaction to a given event or how they felt at a particular time.
How long does therapy for women’s issues often last?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual and the challenges they face. Therapy types like Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Prolonged exposure therapy (PET), and Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. In some cases, such as for women with eating disorders, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
How can women overcome stigma around specific challenges in order to seek therapy?
Women dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, and any other number of troubles may feel a stigma around seeking help. It’s important to remember that these issues are not uncommon and there is no shame in getting help for them. Therapy is confidential, and women can talk about their experiences without fear of judgment. Seeking therapy can be a courageous and liberating act, and an important step toward healing and recovery.