Welcome! I am open and affirming to all adults. My office is physically challenged accessible, as I believe all should have equal opportunities. I practice Holistic Psychotherapy, helping you connect your past events to your present day behaviors, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping you turn your negative thoughts into positive ones, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy, which helps you accept the present moment for what it is. Talk Therapy is also important to purge our feelings in a safe space, while learning strategies. I also offer Spiritual counseling for those struggling in the awakening process.

I have been treating families, couples, individuals and children for over 20 years. I enjoy working with families in transition, including divorce and blended families. I have experience in treating people with depression and anxiety as well.

The Behavioral Health Center has been providing exceptional quality comprehensive assessment and treatment services in Middlebury and the surrounding towns for the past 14 years. We are pleased to add the additional location of Shelton. The scope of these services include: Assessment, diagnosis, treatment and medication management for the full range of behavioral, emotional, mental health, educational and social difficulties, and disorders. The multi-disciplinary team of the Behavioral Health Center is capable of servicing the therapeutic and educational needs of children through adulthood in a variety of treatment modalities.

I have always gained great satisfaction from helping people feel happier and in learning more effective ways to achieve more fulfilling lives. Those clients who are eager and open to learning more about themselves in order to achieve these goals benefit most from my approach as a therapist. I often focus, therefore, on insight, meaning, and symbols (including dream interpretation)in order to help clients establish a more positive and accepting perspective of themselves and others. In therapy, I work with obstacles against achieving these goals that include anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, and interpersonal and relationship issues.

I have been in private practice for 30 years treating a wide range of personal and emotional issues for professionals, artists, creative individuals, young adult women, mothers, career women, men in relationships, teenagers in stressful family relationships, parents wanting to improve parent-child relationships of all ages, and couples. I am a Certified Group therapist and have an ongoing Women's Group in the evening.

The Humanistic approach has and continues to be the form of therapy that most closely matches my sense of the world and how human beings exist within it. Based on the fundamental concept of the power of human growth, it speaks to me of hope and of personal power. Through the identification of individual strengths and the development of empowering coping skills change is possible and issues related to trauma, loss and addiction can be effectively addressed.

I take clients from where they are to where they want to be.

Current availability for telehealth sessions. Are you feeling lost? Attempting to manage stress and anxiety? I provide psychotherapy, supervision and coaching, specializing in mindfulness and spirituality. Let's work together to help you find your bearings, manage your stress and anxiety, and take care of you.

Getting to know my clients and their challenges makes my work as a Marriage and Family Therapist both rewarding and stimulating. Understanding what a person has been through and seeing their vision of their future is my goal. Collaborating with clients on their treatment plan and supporting their goals is an important part of my practice. I want clients to know they are welcomed and have found a safe space to express whatever is on their mind or in their heart.

All of us deserve to savor what life has to offer to the fullest extent possible. Many of us experience that journey as compromised by obstacles that threaten to rob us of our joy. These blockages may come from events in the present, such as loss of a loved one or a deteriorating relationship; or they may result from earlier events that have left wounds/scars unhealed. I have been engaged in clinical work for 41 years, helping people navigate difficulties, heal trauma, restore their lives to wholeness. I invite you to let me walk that journey with you.... -- Barbara

We serve the safety sensitive population and address mental health and emotional disorders, substance use disorders and recovery. We are attentive to client specific needs, identifying the issues with the client and listening carefully without judgement. Resolutions are met collaboratively, relationship building is key. Support with Mental Health and/or Addiction Recovery process. We are Reality based and Solution Focused. Lisa is also in recovery and facilitates co-occurring recovery groups-contact us for information.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. Health, Happiness, and Success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life - but what we do about what happens to us. Professional counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals. In my practice, I work with individuals at all stages on strategies to overcome obstacles and personal challenges that they are facing.

I am currently unable to take any new clients. Feel free to email me if you would like me to put you on waiting list for when I have openings. Over the past 26 years, I have worked with a broad range of people and am comfortable providing support around an extensive range of issues and emotional concerns.

We all have unique stories: some are buried deep, some are open wounds, some we band aid and some we would rather forgot. Being able to have support and a safe place to look into these stories and then change the narrative to encompass the whole story requires a readiness to grow and heal from the inside out so that your new stories empower you and impact all of your relationships, including your relationship with yourself. Are you ready to heal and move into a more authentic and connected self?

****Offering telehealth to both Connecticut and Florida residents**** Asking for help can often be a difficult thing to do. My goal is to provide my clients a safe, nurturing environment that allows them to explore and seek the help that they need or want and achieve their full potential while maintaining positive, healthy relationships. My experience includes depression/mood disorders, anxiety, grief and loss, crisis counseling, stress management, infertility, life transitions, and women's issues. I provide parenting assistance as well as family, couples, and individual therapy.

I am a licensed clinical social worker and trained mediator who serves individuals, couples, and families. I work with children, adolescents and adults. My style is warm, relaxed and comfortable; my work emerges from a positive, strengths-based perspective. Compassion and authenticity are at the core of my practice.

You realize that you may need additional help to get through your personal, relational, and/or work challenges, but may not be sure which direction to take. With a compassionate and objective stance, I can help you navigate through the struggle and get you back on track. Whether it is to help you learn new coping skills, or to help you develop healthy ways of thinking, reacting, and behaving, I can provide that confidential, therapeutic space that may help you arrive at that place of clarity and confidence to move forward.

I am looking to treat adults, race, religious beliefs and ethnicities from all walks of life. There is no ideal client per say. I seek to work with individuals who are struggling with a mental health disorder and are looking to get a handle on their daily life and mental health. I hope each client brings a level of commitment to therapy and desire to work on their stated goals through the use of coping skills, different types of therapeutic interventions which will be taught and discussed to allow the client to attain their goals.

Are you feeling like you need a change or are struggling with balance in your life? I am a caring professional who provides an affirming, wholistic, nurturing environment for you to express yourself and explore the patterns in your life that need improvement. I have been practicing clinical social work for over 20 years and have experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families with many different symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, trauma, etc. I specialize in working with those struggling with anxiety, survivors of trauma, youth who have problematic sexualized behaviors and LGBT youth and families.

I am a counselor who believes in a holistic approach to treatment and meeting the client where they are at and assisting them in where the need to be- Their ultimate level of functioning mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally.