Veterans Therapists in Weymouth, MA

Therapy hours: 8:30AM-2:30PM Mon-Fri. Individuals work with me in counseling to acquire skills to reduce, eliminate, or manage symptoms, dialog on root issues, explore and unpack deep truths, develop meaning, or for grief or emotional support. I treat anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar, PTSD, military trauma, sexual abuse, many forms of addiction, career issues, existential concerns, impostor syndrome, and relationship issues, including poly and ENM issues. I have worked with many facing complex mental health, personal, relational, and professional challenges. With over 12 years experience, I'm confident I can help you as well.

Available virtually anywhere in Massachusetts, I understand the unique challenges, pressure, and stress experienced by those in first responder jobs, including police officers, firefighters, paramedics, military and veterans, hospital personnel, and other emergency services workers. Witnessing traumatic events can lead to anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and emotional support is crucial for your own well-being as well as your family. You have the power to not only manage these challenges with therapy but thrive in spite of them.

I have a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. I have worked closely with children and families as an In-Home Therapist, specializing in Art Therapy, Play Therapy, and mindfulness. Therapy can be a scary and overwhelming place and I believe it is important to make clients feel comfortable and create a safe space for them to share. I incorporate CBT in our sessions to bring to light how emotions can impact behavior patterns, but in a way that is not overwhelming to the client.

If you are struggling with feeling stuck in the dark and lost in the past, then I may be able to help. Working together I can guide you to find the light within what feels like darkness. Being open to discuss and explore times of feeling lost, how we became lost and how we can find ourselves again. Utilizing your pre-existing strengths and internal listening to create growth and positive change is where the work begins. From creating this space, I believe that you can create healthy coping skills, improve communication skills/relationships, set appropriate boundaries, decrease levels of depression and anxiety and so much more.

Daniel has experience providing therapy in individual and group settings across the lifespan. Daniel provides evidence-based treatment to adults. His specialty areas include anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, trauma-related disorders, and adjustment disorders. Daniel utilizes numerous modalities in his work, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Humanistic, and Motivational Interviewing.

My ideal client is motivated to change. They are wanting to be heard, actively engaged and willing to try something new. For many people choosing to seek counseling can be a difficult decision. I believe it takes courage to reach out for guidance and support, which is why I strive to respect clients autonomy, beliefs and values. Counseling is the process of discovering your true self and gaining the courage to seek your own path in life. My role is to facilitate this process using a variety of techniques based on a strong therapeutic relationship.

I strongly believe in the power of self-compassion, self-love, and giving oneself grace. In my therapeutic space, I stress the benefits of taking active steps to learn how to treat yourself with the kindness and love that you deserve from yourself and others. One of the best intervention tool can be self-compassion and positive regard for oneself. I very much understand that developing this part of oneself can be difficult, as we live in a society that greatly profits from our dislike of ourselves. Despite this challenge, I strongly believe that we all have the capacity to overcome this and develop this skill set.

There is no real ‘cure’ for being a human being. But in therapy, there can be support, exploration and development of skills that let us live a more meaningful and manageable life. Perspective of another, more objective person, can help. When you are in the movie, you can't watch it.

If you're seeking help with anxiety, depression, addiction or couples issues, I can support you to access the power of your body and mind to resolve painful and persistent symptoms by finding new ways of thinking and feeling. I love helping people find solutions and skills to improve their experience of life. Sometimes it takes understanding and resolving trauma and others it seems a matter of learning new skills and making new steps toward a better life. I believe deeply in one's own inner wisdom and ability to change, no matter what the circumstances have been .

For me, psychotherapy must address the needs of the person. Sometimes this can mean exploring how you got to the point you are at, and how you want to change; and sometimes you may want specific tools to address a very specific issue. Finding the right therapist is perhaps one of the most important choices you will make and also one of the most difficult. Although a therapist may have an armory of techniques to use, what I have found to be at the heart of any type of psychotherapy is whether the relationship works between you and your therapist.

Are you here because you want to feel like yourself again? Do you constantly have that feeling that nothing will ever change? Perhaps you feel like nothing you do is right or ever enough, or maybe life seems better when you’re in bed sleeping than when you're out there living it. You feel on edge, shaky, tired, and you can’t stop thinking about everything that may be wrong. I am here to help you find hope, take some of that weight off your shoulders, and help you take your life back. You are not alone.

I hope to teach you to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings and to take actions that align with your values despite them. I see myself as an active participant in the therapy process and I use a strengths-based, holistic approach to meet you where you are on your own unique life's journey and to help you get unstuck. I take value and joy in being my authentic self and strive to help my clients feel the same, moving away from the internal and external noise of shoulds/shouldnts, societal prescriptions/timelines, judgements and criticisms, and into living a life based on your own unique strengths and values.

I am an experienced psychotherapist who uses a strength based approach providing individual, couples and family therapy. I primarily work with men's issues, couples, trauma and addictions utilizing a variety of approaches including EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Family Systems, and Mindfulness Meditation. My style is active, reflective and solution focused.

Sue Kazolias developed her strengths-based approach to therapy in the community mental health setting working with a wide-range of ages and presenting issues. With her warm and respectful approach, Sue tailors her work to what meets each individual's need while exploring parts withinin in order to get there. Prior to private practice, Sue earned an "Innovation" award at her previous workplace, highlighting her "unyielding dedication and resourcesfulness that is inventive and unique to each client," as well as "her very rare, completely natural ability to relate to just about anyone."