Female Therapists in Williamsburg, MA
Hello and welcome. Are you looking to heal on a deeper level? I offer a wide array of holistic healing including reiki, yoga, breath work, Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping) and expressive arts therapy. These modalities allow the body to heal on a deeper level, and to express and explore your feelings in a different way.
Hello and welcome. Are you looking to heal on a deeper level? I offer a wide array of holistic healing including reiki, yoga, breath work, Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping) and expressive arts therapy. These modalities allow the body to heal on a deeper level, and to express and explore your feelings in a different way.
I provide an empathic and supportive therapeutic relationship working toward the goals of healing past emotional wounds, developing healthier self-image and healthier relationships, and inspiring positive growth and change.
I provide an empathic and supportive therapeutic relationship working toward the goals of healing past emotional wounds, developing healthier self-image and healthier relationships, and inspiring positive growth and change.
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I am a warm and present psychologist who will help you balance acceptance and change. I create a welcoming and collaborative space to explore your challenging emotions and work to accomplish your goals. I believe that meaningful change comes from increased awareness, and I will help you build your awareness toolkit to understand how your emotions, relationships, and past experiences shape your life today. I will invite you to strengthen your mindfulness practice, explore your values, set healthy boundaries, and catch unhelpful thinking patterns. I will tailor therapy to your needs, leading you to a more present and fulfilling life.
I am a warm and present psychologist who will help you balance acceptance and change. I create a welcoming and collaborative space to explore your challenging emotions and work to accomplish your goals. I believe that meaningful change comes from increased awareness, and I will help you build your awareness toolkit to understand how your emotions, relationships, and past experiences shape your life today. I will invite you to strengthen your mindfulness practice, explore your values, set healthy boundaries, and catch unhelpful thinking patterns. I will tailor therapy to your needs, leading you to a more present and fulfilling life.
A wise therapist once said to me, “life is 10,000 smiles and 10,000 tears.” Such words never rang so true as during these days of loss, fear, and uncertainty due to racial injustice, viral pandemic, and threats to our climate. These events impact us all; although we may not recognize it. Whatever brings you here today, I am here to provide support, compassion, and assistance because life happens…
A wise therapist once said to me, “life is 10,000 smiles and 10,000 tears.” Such words never rang so true as during these days of loss, fear, and uncertainty due to racial injustice, viral pandemic, and threats to our climate. These events impact us all; although we may not recognize it. Whatever brings you here today, I am here to provide support, compassion, and assistance because life happens…
I am a therapist because I believe we should be creators of our lives and not consumers of others' expectations. Working collaboratively, you and I will explore where you feel stuck and make moves toward a more fulfilling life. As an artist and a queer feminist, I am a great therapeutic fit for folks who want to build an authentic life. I love working with adults as they navigate life changes in relationships, career, finances, and family; and I love working with teens as they navigate school, neurodivergent diagnoses, and identity.
I am a therapist because I believe we should be creators of our lives and not consumers of others' expectations. Working collaboratively, you and I will explore where you feel stuck and make moves toward a more fulfilling life. As an artist and a queer feminist, I am a great therapeutic fit for folks who want to build an authentic life. I love working with adults as they navigate life changes in relationships, career, finances, and family; and I love working with teens as they navigate school, neurodivergent diagnoses, and identity.
I have over 30 years of experience as a therapist working with clients who struggle with trauma, life transitions, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, relationship issues, and grief and loss. As an interpersonal and relational therapist, I view the relationship between client and therapist as integral in gaining a deep understanding of clients’ emotional experiences. By exploring important insights, this approach establishes a healing connection and allows the client to break repetitive, intergenerational patterns. I work to create an environment which helps to foster agency as well as the ability to work towards change.
I have over 30 years of experience as a therapist working with clients who struggle with trauma, life transitions, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, relationship issues, and grief and loss. As an interpersonal and relational therapist, I view the relationship between client and therapist as integral in gaining a deep understanding of clients’ emotional experiences. By exploring important insights, this approach establishes a healing connection and allows the client to break repetitive, intergenerational patterns. I work to create an environment which helps to foster agency as well as the ability to work towards change.
Mowie Freeman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Northampton, MA 01061
Waitlist for new clients
I support folks in reconnecting with what our bodies have to tell us about our hurts and healing. I am a somatic and Gestalt-trained therapist, meaning that I have particular experience leading folks in reconnecting to their bodies, + working with their nervous systems to access new possibilities for healing. I often work with individuals navigating anxiety, relational difficulties, obsessive compulsive patternings, chronic illness, and grief + loss. I especially enjoy working with folks who have a mindfulness/meditation practice, are curious about embodiment, and interested in cultivating deeper intimacy with themselves and others.
I support folks in reconnecting with what our bodies have to tell us about our hurts and healing. I am a somatic and Gestalt-trained therapist, meaning that I have particular experience leading folks in reconnecting to their bodies, + working with their nervous systems to access new possibilities for healing. I often work with individuals navigating anxiety, relational difficulties, obsessive compulsive patternings, chronic illness, and grief + loss. I especially enjoy working with folks who have a mindfulness/meditation practice, are curious about embodiment, and interested in cultivating deeper intimacy with themselves and others.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, unsure of your path or how to heal your pain? I create a safe, supportive space for you to set aside "the noise of the world", to have time just for you, where your fears, struggles, and stressors can be heard with understanding and compassion. If you are experiencing anxiety, depression, loss of identity, life transitions, chronic fear, PTSD or trauma, relationship conflict, grief or loss of a beloved, triggers as a Highly Sensitive Person, or spiritual questioning, it is possible to heal: to have inner calm, clarity, peacefulness, self-compassion, authenticity, and empowerment.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, unsure of your path or how to heal your pain? I create a safe, supportive space for you to set aside "the noise of the world", to have time just for you, where your fears, struggles, and stressors can be heard with understanding and compassion. If you are experiencing anxiety, depression, loss of identity, life transitions, chronic fear, PTSD or trauma, relationship conflict, grief or loss of a beloved, triggers as a Highly Sensitive Person, or spiritual questioning, it is possible to heal: to have inner calm, clarity, peacefulness, self-compassion, authenticity, and empowerment.
I'm the president of Pioneer Valley Psychological Assessment Inc., a group practice dedicated to psychological, educational, and neuropsychological evaluation of adults and children. Drs. Flannery Geier, Jamelle Greene, Emily Love and I are four psychologists who specialize in identifying the psychological, cognitive, and/or academic profile of individuals and making recommendations to help support them in work, school, and their personal lives. We write user-friendly reports and work collaboratively with clients, families, and referral sources to deliver evaluations that assist in meaningful change and greater self-understanding.
I'm the president of Pioneer Valley Psychological Assessment Inc., a group practice dedicated to psychological, educational, and neuropsychological evaluation of adults and children. Drs. Flannery Geier, Jamelle Greene, Emily Love and I are four psychologists who specialize in identifying the psychological, cognitive, and/or academic profile of individuals and making recommendations to help support them in work, school, and their personal lives. We write user-friendly reports and work collaboratively with clients, families, and referral sources to deliver evaluations that assist in meaningful change and greater self-understanding.
Emily Mentin-Chamble
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, CIHMHP
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
I am eager to work with clients seeking insight and change in their lives. I strive to create a trusting relationship that fosters emotional and spiritual growth while examining the issues that are preventing you from living up to your full potential. I work from an anti-oppression lens, prioritizing psychospiritual holistic health and wellness, utilizing my years of clinical training and experience in treating individuals and communities deeply impacted by trauma, grief/loss and illness. I offer EMDR treatment in addition to psychodynamic psychotherapy to support healing and lasting transformative change.
I am eager to work with clients seeking insight and change in their lives. I strive to create a trusting relationship that fosters emotional and spiritual growth while examining the issues that are preventing you from living up to your full potential. I work from an anti-oppression lens, prioritizing psychospiritual holistic health and wellness, utilizing my years of clinical training and experience in treating individuals and communities deeply impacted by trauma, grief/loss and illness. I offer EMDR treatment in addition to psychodynamic psychotherapy to support healing and lasting transformative change.
Jessica S Gifford
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
Hi! If you're lonely, disconnected, or dissatisfied with the quality of your friendships, you're not alone. In fact, the U.S. Surgeon General reports that half of Americans are lonely! I help people develop deeper, more meaningful friendships, because of how important these are to mental health and well-being. Our current culture makes it harder than ever to make close friends ... but, it IS possible! I will guide you through a step-by-step "friendship formula" to help you develop closer, more rewarding friendships. You deserve to feel connected!
Hi! If you're lonely, disconnected, or dissatisfied with the quality of your friendships, you're not alone. In fact, the U.S. Surgeon General reports that half of Americans are lonely! I help people develop deeper, more meaningful friendships, because of how important these are to mental health and well-being. Our current culture makes it harder than ever to make close friends ... but, it IS possible! I will guide you through a step-by-step "friendship formula" to help you develop closer, more rewarding friendships. You deserve to feel connected!
Maggie Beauvais
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
So much of life--its changes, its challenges, its day-to-day stressors--can feel overwhelming at times. This overwhelm can create feelings of stuckness, aloneness, or hopelessness that inhibit us from living the lives we wish to live. The wonderful news is these are not permanent conditions. I believe deeply in the healing potential of therapy to free us from emotional overwhelm, reconnect us with our inherent power and inner peace, and grow us in profoundly energizing ways.
So much of life--its changes, its challenges, its day-to-day stressors--can feel overwhelming at times. This overwhelm can create feelings of stuckness, aloneness, or hopelessness that inhibit us from living the lives we wish to live. The wonderful news is these are not permanent conditions. I believe deeply in the healing potential of therapy to free us from emotional overwhelm, reconnect us with our inherent power and inner peace, and grow us in profoundly energizing ways.
Megan Strathearn
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MEd
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
It’s 7am. You have only slept three hours, thoughts bouncing in your mind and a feeling of dread in your stomach. Or maybe your legs feel like cement, as though you’re walking through mud each day in a fog. Or maybe you simply feel spread thin, drained, too much happening all at once and the wave of it is making it hard to swim. My mission is to create a collaborative and healing space for you, one that allows you to learn skills that support your therapeutic goals - and helps you ride the waves that life throws your way.
It’s 7am. You have only slept three hours, thoughts bouncing in your mind and a feeling of dread in your stomach. Or maybe your legs feel like cement, as though you’re walking through mud each day in a fog. Or maybe you simply feel spread thin, drained, too much happening all at once and the wave of it is making it hard to swim. My mission is to create a collaborative and healing space for you, one that allows you to learn skills that support your therapeutic goals - and helps you ride the waves that life throws your way.
Tarn enjoys working with couples as well as children and families; working with men on issues of sexuality and anger management and working with women to increase and strengthen a sense of self.
Tarn was adopted and raised in Southern Vermont on a farm. She has always loved helping others so the decision to become a therapist came easy. She first attended Community College in Vermont before continuing on to earn a BA in Sociology from Smith College in Northampton, MA. Tarn then attended the Smith College School for Social Work where she earned a Masters in Social Work (MSW). She has since worked in a variety of positions throughout her career which have assisted her in becoming an eclectic therapist with a wealth of knowledge in several facets of social work and life.
Tarn enjoys working with couples as well as children and families; working with men on issues of sexuality and anger management and working with women to increase and strengthen a sense of self.
Tarn was adopted and raised in Southern Vermont on a farm. She has always loved helping others so the decision to become a therapist came easy. She first attended Community College in Vermont before continuing on to earn a BA in Sociology from Smith College in Northampton, MA. Tarn then attended the Smith College School for Social Work where she earned a Masters in Social Work (MSW). She has since worked in a variety of positions throughout her career which have assisted her in becoming an eclectic therapist with a wealth of knowledge in several facets of social work and life.
Justine Sheffler
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Northampton, MA 01062 (Online Only)
As a humanistic therapist, I believe that healing is both a universal capacity and a profoundly personal process. My goal is to help you discover and expand your unique healing process, and to release the blocks that prevent you from realizing your potential. I have ten years’ experience in the mental health field, supporting clients in coping with depression, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, difficulties with trust and self-esteem, life transitions, trauma, and a myriad of other challenges.
As a humanistic therapist, I believe that healing is both a universal capacity and a profoundly personal process. My goal is to help you discover and expand your unique healing process, and to release the blocks that prevent you from realizing your potential. I have ten years’ experience in the mental health field, supporting clients in coping with depression, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, difficulties with trust and self-esteem, life transitions, trauma, and a myriad of other challenges.
Jaime Levy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, RD
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
Often we have so many judgments and intense feelings about food and our bodies that it can be difficult to see clearly. I offer support, guidance, and clarity. In addition to being a therapist I have 20 years of experience as an eating disorder dietitian. I work with individuals on a range of issues including struggles with food and body image, unlearning diet culture, embracing health at every size, and healing from eating disorders, anxiety and depression. My goal is to foster an atmosphere of comfort and safety, so we can explore your inner landscape with kindness and curiosity, so you can live with more ease, choice and joy.
Often we have so many judgments and intense feelings about food and our bodies that it can be difficult to see clearly. I offer support, guidance, and clarity. In addition to being a therapist I have 20 years of experience as an eating disorder dietitian. I work with individuals on a range of issues including struggles with food and body image, unlearning diet culture, embracing health at every size, and healing from eating disorders, anxiety and depression. My goal is to foster an atmosphere of comfort and safety, so we can explore your inner landscape with kindness and curiosity, so you can live with more ease, choice and joy.
Fanny Chalfin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, SEP
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
Social and political distress are causing fear and alienation, along with feelings of disempowerment and personal inadequacy with less community for us to count on. My way of working with this is to help clients become more aware of their own internal wisdom and connection to all things. I work with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, relational difficulties or just feeling overwhelmed. Listening to your story and using Somatic Experiencing, a mind/body approach, I work to help you find your sense of balance, curiosity, resilience, engagement, and vitality.
Social and political distress are causing fear and alienation, along with feelings of disempowerment and personal inadequacy with less community for us to count on. My way of working with this is to help clients become more aware of their own internal wisdom and connection to all things. I work with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, relational difficulties or just feeling overwhelmed. Listening to your story and using Somatic Experiencing, a mind/body approach, I work to help you find your sense of balance, curiosity, resilience, engagement, and vitality.
Intergenerational EMDR Processing
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LICSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
What has been getting in the way of your goals? Processing the earliest origins of your stuck points in your life and in your ancestral history with EMDR can help you reach your goals in the present, and begin to live the life you want to live. I specialize in working with adults with complex trauma, PTSD, and depression, especially adults who would like to address blocked emotions and stuck beliefs related to transgenerational trauma. I have an eclectic, focused approach, with an emphasis in EMDR, EFT tapping, Brainspotting, and Ego State parts work.
What has been getting in the way of your goals? Processing the earliest origins of your stuck points in your life and in your ancestral history with EMDR can help you reach your goals in the present, and begin to live the life you want to live. I specialize in working with adults with complex trauma, PTSD, and depression, especially adults who would like to address blocked emotions and stuck beliefs related to transgenerational trauma. I have an eclectic, focused approach, with an emphasis in EMDR, EFT tapping, Brainspotting, and Ego State parts work.
Rachel Ban
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
If you are in search of couples therapy, I am glad to talk to you more about your needs and how I can help. I spent the last decade of my career honing a speciality in couples therapy by exclusively working with couples full time, and getting trained in the gold-standard models for helping couples in distress. I see couples for intensives, as it is an effective and efficient way to shift relationship patterns where we meet less often for longer amounts of time. If you are wanting individual therapy, know I bring this knowledge to my time with you to support your healing in relationships. We all have old, patterned habits of how we
If you are in search of couples therapy, I am glad to talk to you more about your needs and how I can help. I spent the last decade of my career honing a speciality in couples therapy by exclusively working with couples full time, and getting trained in the gold-standard models for helping couples in distress. I see couples for intensives, as it is an effective and efficient way to shift relationship patterns where we meet less often for longer amounts of time. If you are wanting individual therapy, know I bring this knowledge to my time with you to support your healing in relationships. We all have old, patterned habits of how we
Hollis Greenspan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Northampton, MA 01060 (Online Only)
I call my approach "Radical Freedom Therapy". My specialty is assisting people to release long-held and painful patterns. Offering acceptance, permission, non-judgment and humor to address the following: Platonic, romantic and family relationships. Anger. Purpose. Creativity. Pet loss. Aging. Parents. Death and dying. Spirituality. Loneliness and depression. Women's sexuality. Health issues. Life transitions. Decision-making. Self-esteem and self-confidence.
I call my approach "Radical Freedom Therapy". My specialty is assisting people to release long-held and painful patterns. Offering acceptance, permission, non-judgment and humor to address the following: Platonic, romantic and family relationships. Anger. Purpose. Creativity. Pet loss. Aging. Parents. Death and dying. Spirituality. Loneliness and depression. Women's sexuality. Health issues. Life transitions. Decision-making. Self-esteem and self-confidence.
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, this is not an important factor, as there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or ingrained beliefs about how people of different genders think and behave. Exploring the roots of such preferences and considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender truly matters to them.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist, either because they believe that a woman will be able to relate to their specific challenges (for example, sexism in the workplace) or because they imagine feeling more comfortable disclosing sensitive information to a woman. Such beliefs may not turn out to be accurate, however, and adhering too rigidly to a gender preference can at times hinder a client from finding the best therapeutic match.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists—both men and women—may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.