Therapists in Wellesley Hills, MA

Note: Current daytime openings for adults (ages 18+). I provide psychotherapy to adolescents (12+) and adults. My approach is to balance warmth and humor with feedback and direction. I often work with individuals experiencing anxiety, loneliness, relationship struggles, and transitions. Middle and high schoolers are an age with whom I have extensive experience. Parenting children with special needs, and cross racial intimate relationships, are specialties as well. Regardless of what brings you here, my goal is for you to feel understood and accepted as you are today, while hopeful about the changes you seek.

Seeking help is a sign of personal strength and courage. I work with clients who are struggling with a range of mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, marital conflict, relationship difficulties and self esteem issues. My goal is to help clients with life challenges that interfere with their happiness and well-being.

I work best with folks who are verbal, curious about their own mental life, and are willing to take risks in order to heal, get better, or just get more out of life.

Sometimes life throws us curveballs, and we might feel stressed, overloaded, or struggle to make decisions. You might be struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, low self-esteem, unhealthy relationship patterns, major life decisions, professional and academic performance, or parenting issues. These challenges might be keeping you up at night or are interfering with your peace of mind. As a therapist, my primary goal is to provide a safe, confidential, and nonjudgmental environment for my clients, to explore their thoughts and feelings.

My therapeutic approach is warm, collaborative and solution-focused. I incorporate mindfulness techniques to increase awareness of harmful thoughts and behaviors, and skill building exercises to increase emotion regulation, resilience, and psychological flexibility. I hold an advanced certificate in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) from Boston University and have extensive training in mindfulness-based therapies.

You are brave for being here. You have done your best as a parent, and yet your child is still struggling. It hurts to see them beating themselves down, and selling themselves short when you know who they are at their best. You've heard them say "I'm not good enough," "no one understands me," or "things would be better if I weren't here." Maybe they've turned to self harm to manage their emotions. You want to protect them, help them heal, and show them the beauty you see when you look at them.

One couple's slot opens 5/22: Monday evenings at 5 pm. I specialize in working with couples who want to improve their relationship. You want to stop having the same arguments, the same temporary improvements, the same unproductive and unfulfilling relationship as before. Maybe there's a breakdown in communication, or in your sex life, or an increase in arguments or distance between you - or maybe you want to prevent those things from happening in your relationship. I can help you create the satisfying relationship you long for and always dreamed of having. I also work with individuals looking for clarity and relationship skills.

As a Boston-area psychologist for over 15 years, I focus on mindfulness-based work with teens, parents, families with whom I facilitate healthy change and growth. I have clinical experience from various settings (hospitals, outpatient clinics, residential facilities & therapeutic schools). For over a decade, I served as the Clinical Director of the Manville School at Judge Baker Children's Center in Boston - a Harvard-affiliated therapeutic school program for kids with emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties. I also recently served as the Executive Director of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy (IMP) in Boston.

I am a licensed psychologist in Massachusetts with nearly a decade of clinical experience working with a range of people who have complicated backgrounds and experiences, including trauma. I counsel adults, couples, parents, families, pre-teens, adolescents and veterans. At its core, my style is warm and empathic. I will also take an active and engaged stance in order to challenge my clients' limiting beliefs. Ultimately, I focus on helping clients alleviate their pain and suffering so they can find their potential and live life fully.

Have you been feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Are you tired of not feeling your best? Are your negative thoughts undermining your happiness? You want a therapist who is compassionate, empathic, skilled, and takes the time to understand you, right? Well, you found her! I'm Nicole Allen, LMHC, owner and therapist at Anchor Counseling Services, LLC. I’d love to join you on your journey to stability. I am passionate about my work as a therapist and want nothing more than to see my clients live their best life.

I work well with with adolescents, young adults, and adults struggling with a wide range of issues including social and generalized anxiety, OCD, panic, depression, self-esteem and emotion-regulation. I also enjoy working with individuals going through significant life transitions, such as adjustment to college, parenting, or divorce.

Weclome, so glad you found your way here. I’m a good fit to help you if you are: A mom with a new baby, not feeling the joy, feeling isolated, lonely, or anxious. You are on bedrest in a high risk pregnancy, wondering how you are going to get through this. You have a child or teen with ADHD and the systems in your kid's life and your family need revamping. You are a burnt out or ADHD mom yourself, constantly late and forgetting things, scrolling your phone for hours instead of going to sleep. You are a mom who is an adult daughter of a narcissistic mother (or wonder if you are).

Accepting New Clients! Are you feeling lost? Overwhelmed? Do you avoid certain situations because of the anxiety that comes with them? Do you think you want therapy but can't afford to take the time? You’re not alone. I’ve worked with hundreds of people who have been exactly where you are. Together we’ve worked to be able to increase their confidence to face new situations as well as handle current situations that seem too much. I also support people with dealing with whatever happened in the past so that you can have a future without strings tying you to the past.

Do you struggle with negative self-talk and the belief that you are never good enough? Often childhood survivors of toxic or narcissitic families feel trapped by the need to be perfect or emotionally and physically exhausted from jumping through hoops to try to please impossible personalities. Emotionally invalidating family relationships in childhood can show up in our adult lives in the form of low self-worth, anxiety, chronic stress, health issues and feeling disconnected from our authentic selves. Relational trauma can make healthy attachments seem frightening or out of reach.

Are you feeling anxious? Are you feeling stressed from the last few years? Are you depressed? Let's talk and understand together what is going on. Practicing psychotherapy for 7 years. I accompany clients, providing professional guidance to identify and resolve emotional conflicts, distressing behavioral patterns, and seek to find meaning. I draw from a variety of counseling strategies to help client's build on their strengths and attain their goals. I am licensed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.