My primary goal is to help people who feel stuck, either in unproductive communication patterns or conflicts that threaten their most important relationships. I place great value on being a compassionate, non-judgmental, responsive collaborator, uncovering clients' strengths, unrecognized needs, new or under-utilized talents and problem solving abilities. I find that this approach helps most clients come "unstuck" and accomplish their goals in a gentle and supportive process. I use Brainspotting with clients for resolving traumatic experiences, PTSD and anxiety as well as enhancing peak performance.

I work with adults and college students facing a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, stress management, relationship problems, and identity questions. I provide a safe, supportive environment in which people can address difficult feelings and thoughts in order to increase self-awareness and facilitate healthy change.

The first noble truth of Buddhism is that being alive entails pain and suffering. By working through our problems, our fears, and our pain, we grow in our ability to experience compassion and connection with ourselves and others. It is a privilege for me to share in the process of overcoming pain and suffering with a person who is going through a difficult time.

Are you feeling overwhelmed or unsatisfied at home, school, work, or in an important relationship? Is your child struggling socially or academically? I provide a warm, professional, and respectful environment where we will explore the concerns that brought you to therapy. We will work together to develop a coherent narrative of what is working and not working in your life, and draw on my experience and training to cultivate the insights, tools, and resources to create positive change. Visit my website www.johnnesbittlicsw.com for complete information about my practice.

I strive to have clients feel safe and accepted while exploring the difficult issues that bring them to my office. I help some people pursue a deeper understanding of the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that interfere with their living a full and vibrant life. With others we develop strategies designed to address particular issues or change specific challenging behaviors. Much of my work explores connections between early life experiences and current functioning. Specific issues such as anxiety, trauma, or loss have unique strategies that are effective and they are introduced as needed.

Human beings are wired to attach and to exist in relationship. Disruption to primary relationships generates grief and fear, anger, shame and guilt, as well as an absence of joy. Despite our best intentions, we struggle with the same challenges repeatedly over the course of our lives, often with the people we love most, the people we work with, or we take up behaviors designed to protect us such as addictive, isolative, or extreme responses. Through all of this we feel alone and cutoff from the those we love and need most. Psychotherapy can jump start the healing process.

Clients tend to come see me when they are struggling with substance use and co-occurring concerns. Whether someone wants to stop using, examine their use, or are here due to external pressures, each stage of change and individual goals are supported.

Emotions are among our greatest human resources, though in the struggles of our lives we can think of them as problems to solve or avoid at all costs. My efforts as a therapist go towards utilization of the emotions and the experiences that elicit them, to bring about transformation and healing. I work with adults, children, teens, parents, couples, and draw from a large background of experience and training. This includes cognitive behavioral therapy, hypnosis, attachment work, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and EMDR. However, the primary value guiding the work is that the therapeutic relationship guides everything.

Hanover Psychiatry is the faculty practice of the Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth, with offices in both Hanover and Concord, NH . Our psychologists and psychiatrists offer research based, highly effective psychological and psychiatric treatment and evaluation for children, adults and families. Our office locations are discrete, easily accessible and we pride ourselves in maintaining confidentiality, including maintaining an entirely self contained medical record system.

My clientele seek help with a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, couples distress, trauma, parenting difficulties, relationship conflict, and major life transitions. Although I tailor the treatment plan to meet each couple's or individual's needs, the majority of my interventions are drawn from the cognitive-behavioral toolset. I seek to understand strengths, as well as the problems that bring people into my office. Using well-timed humor, relevant research information, and meaningful feedback, I collaboratively design treatment plans that feel "doable." Usually, my clients feel relief in the first few sessions.

People come to therapy for many different reasons: To deal with a specific problem or concern; to develop better ways of coping with life's stresses; to overcome old obstacles; to heal from loss; to become happier, stronger and more resilient. Numerous studies have shown that one of the most important factors in helping people in therapy achieve change is a strong and trusting relationship with their therapist. I am committed to creating a warm and supportive environment in which my clients can explore their challenges, learn new skills, and find and use the innate strengths that they possess.

Good psychological care offers people relief from acute pain and new ways of framing the challenges they face. We will work together using a variety of tools, strategies, and insights that support your recovery and growth. Seeing you through this process is my greatest honor. My approach is integrative and responsive, intelligent and professional.

I come to my work as a therapist from backgrounds as an artist, hospital oncology chaplain, art professor and activist, meditation teacher, lover of movement, backpacker Dharma bum, essayist, would-be trainer of rescue pups, and Buddhist nun. I've been around the block, tried many things, succeeded and failed, and carried my heart through many of this world's wild, beautiful, boring, terrible, sacred spaces. All of which feels relevant to working with clients who dare to trust their creative and intuitive processes as they come into fierce, tender, inalienable wholeness.

Are you struggling emotionally with the stressors of life and need support? If so, I welcome you to meet with me to be heard and understood. Together we will work to process your experiences and find healthy solutions to create positive life changes. Through this process we will work to understand how your thoughts, feelings and core beliefs influence the choices you make in your life. I offer a non-judgmental environment and the focus of our work is centered around your specific needs and goals. I look forward to meeting with you!

Although I have experience treating a broad array of diagnostic categories, my approach is centered on treating the whole person. I look toward an understanding of the behaviors, thoughts, feelings, and ways of interacting that individuals repeat in spite of a wish to behave differently. My focus is on helping patients hear beyond what they know themselves to be saying, which, in my experience, allows individuals to feel more freedom and less angst in being in the world. I find that I am most helpful with people who want to know themselves better, or feel differently on a deep level.

CBT represents a family of therapies that share a commitment to scientific excellence in the alleviation and prevention of human suffering. Our practice philosophy extends beyond diagnostic labels and is grounded in a deep respect for the whole person. We seek to assist clients in cultivating awareness, wisdom, and courage in every aspect of their lives while meeting each interaction with compassion, presence, and integrity. We utilize the most current science available to guide treatment. Our active approach is both flexible and creative, utilizing mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches contextually and functionally.

Most people get up everyday with the intention to do and feel their best. Clients typically come in to see me when something is getting in the way of allowing this to happen. Whether the obstacle is emotional, relational, behavioral, or motivational, I work interactively with my clients to understand the underlying problem and help them seek alternative methods or solutions toward reaching their goals. Change requires understanding, validation, and trust. I work very hard to establish these with every client I meet.

Have you been feeling overwhelmed by recent transitions, life changes or losses? Are your thoughts and emotions making it difficult to live your life to the fullest? Perhaps you are looking for support for your child or teen who is struggling with decision making, traumatic experiences, anxiety or depression. Together we can face these challenges and build upon existing strengths to make positive changes.I work with individuals of all ages and collaborate with clients to create a strong therapeutic relationship in order to foster personal growth and healing

Do you feel stuck and long to create change in your life? Do you find that there is a widening gap between your values, goals and how you are living your life? You may be confronting thoughts about selfishness and feelings of guilt as you try to move toward a healthier you. You may struggle to take care of both yourself and your relationships. I look forward to partnering with you to cultivate a sense of meaning, well-being and fulfillment in your life. We will examine your unique strengths in order to craft your unique solutions for moving forward.

As a psychologist, I have over 20 years of experience working with individuals and couples using strengths-based approaches. As a partner at Counseling Associates, I work with individuals to reach their potential by using strategies that help decrease depression, anxiety and improve interpersonal relationships. My couples work most often focuses on improving communication and increasing intimacy. I combine a relational approach with cognitive behavioral strategies. Areas of focus include: parenting, career and life stress management, healthy aging and coping with loss.