Female Therapists in Basking Ridge, NJ

I believe that we all need an opportunity to understand ourselves, our experiences and our relationships with greater clarity. It is my professional goal to create a supportive and safe environment for individuals and couples to explore how they want to live, love and overcome challenges. My role is to provide tools and insights to help my clients enhance resiliency, inspire change, live more genuinely and understand themselves more completely. Choosing the right counselor for you can be a very important part of the journey. I hope to be a non-judgmental and compassionate resource along your journey.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist experienced in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety, depression, and related mood disorders throughout the lifespan. I use a warm, collaborative evidence-based approach to treatment. I am a compassionate and insightful clinician with an abiding commitment to improving the emotional health of individuals and their families. With a particular dedication to marginalized groups, I support transgender and gender nonconforming individuals through medical, legal and social transitions.

I am a psychotherapist with forty-five years of experience, specializing in the treatment of individuals and families as they navigate life transitions. If you are a new parent, going through separation and divorce, transitioning to college, or bereaving the loss of a loved one, I can help you navigate complex stages of life in my office. We will work collaboratively in an interactive, supportive style.

Do you want to create a more peaceful and happy life for yourself and/or your family? Together, we can address your concerns and achieve your goals without judgment in a comfortable and safe setting. I have almost 20 years of experience in the field working with clients of all ages and backgrounds. I am most passionate about working with adults dealing with relationship, family, phase of life and communication issues, parenting issues, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, adoption, disordered eating, generational trauma and more. I use humor and a humanistic collaborative approach to help you achieve your therapy goals.

I have been in private practice since 1990 treating a wide range of psychological issues including but not limited to depression, anxiety, relationship issues and work/life stressors. If you're looking to find some healing and/or make some changes in your life I can help.

Deciding on entering therapy may be one of the most important decisions a person can make. Choosing a therapist can be a difficult decision. For over 25 years, I have helped individuals during times of difficulties and stress. I bring a compassionate, holistic, and professional approach, to my work, while creating a kind, safe, supportive and respectful environment.

As a therapist, my goal is to help patients cope with everyday stressors, including anxiety, depression, relationship issues, life transitions, chronic illness and grief. I have worked with teens and adults over the past 20 years, providing a warm, welcoming and safe environment, where a patient can safely explore their thoughts and feelings. Recently, given the pandemic, I am offering on-line Telehealth sessions to help cope with these unique challenges for patients who live in New Jersey and New York. I also am offering in person sessions starting this fall.

It is my goal to provide a safe, comfortable, therapeutic environment for all of my clients. As a psychotherapist, I believe the most influential vehicle in supporting and helping my clients exists within my clients and is accessed through our therapeutic relationship. I hold all clients in a positive regard and aim to help clients identify and use their own strengths to solve their personal struggles. Let's face it, we all go through periods of self-doubt and high stress. To struggle is human.

Margaret Schantz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey who has been practicing since 2017. Margaret has an MSW degree from Rutgers University. Margaret has had the opportunity to provide individual and group therapy in a variety of settings with both adolescents and adults from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Most recently, xe has been a program director for an intensive outpatient program that serves clients experiencing an acute level of symptoms and has also worked as a clinician within that program.

We internalize a lot more than we think and this can lead to blockages in our nervous system. Learning to regulate ourselves can be hard, especially if we don't have a place to start! You don't have to walk this path alone anymore. Whether you're familiar or new to EMDR therapy, I will guide you through the entire process. I believe in providing customized treatment plans and mapping to get to the heart of any issue, so you can get to the relief you're looking for faster.

Brooke Hanlon (Haggerty) is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New Jersey who has been practicing since 2015. She has a Bachelors in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University. Brooke provides a warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental space for kids, teens, families, and adults to work collaboratively in addressing goals. She offers a relational and strengths-based approach using empathy and humor, while giving feedback and challenging ways of thinking and/or patterns behavior as appropriate.

We’ve all had moments when we’ve felt overwhelmed and stuck. Maybe you are coping with difficulties related to anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use, or complex trauma. If you are searching for compassionate support, clarity, and an opportunity to overcome life’s challenges, I can help. I have therapeutic experience with children, adolescents, adults, and families. With a non-judgmental, strength-based approach, I can assist you with developing coping skills and new perspectives so you can live your most fulfilling, authentic life.

My name is Erika Regalado and I'm a proud first generation Latin American with a Cuban and Ecuadorian background. I specialize in working with couples, married individuals and families. My passion for working with families in addition to my extensive training has equipped me to work with individuals across the lifespan (children, adolescents, adults and older adults). I use a Narrative and Cognitive Behavioral therapy approach when working with clients to best understand how your thoughts and internalized story-telling may be impacting your feelings and behavior while providing practical evidence-based techniques to address targeted

Are life’s stressors impacting your sense of well-being, your family life or other relationships? Anxiety and depression can immobilize us, leaving us feeling a loss of control and sometimes we just can't make things better on our own. Together we can identify which obstacles are preventing you from achieving your personal goals and then determine how to help you overcome those obstacles. By understanding our past and how we have come to our current situations, we can better prepare and take charge of our lives. Understanding and accepting ourselves is the pathway to freedom and happiness.

Are you pregnant, ready to enjoy the 'pregnancy glow,' or a new mom, hoping to 'enjoy this stage while it lasts?' Yet inside, you feel alone, in need of support. You are not sure if you ate lunch today, cannot recall the last time you had a decent night's sleep, and are in constant worry. Perhaps you are concerned about your baby's health, have undesirable thoughts popping up, or feel detached and alone. You have a strong desire to speak to someone and find support, but the idea of finding someone who you are comfortable with appears daunting and far too exhausting.

I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a wealth of experience working with adolescents, adults and families. I specialize in using CBT and DBT approaches, and in treating anxiety, depression, trauma and personality disorders. I also have interests in neurodevelopmental disorders, female psychology, and value diversity and multiculturalism. I hold a non-judgmental stance, and work with you to meet your goals.

Whether I am working with a child or an adult, my primary goal is to help to create a safe space for them to identify, explore and manage the emotions and behaviors that are impeding their potential for living a healthier and happy life. I have extensive training and experience working with children and adults who have experienced trauma. Though often feeling depleted and unrecognized, I have seen, untapped, and helped to recover incredible strengths in my clients. Much of my work begins with identifying and supporting those strengths in an effort to overcome and heal from the issues that are creating challenges in their lives.

I am passionate about working with men and women ages 18 years-old to older adults who are navigating life’s challenges, who feel blue, overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, angry, who are not able to concentrate in college or at the workplace, who are unsettled due to their trauma and utilize bad coping skills. I help individuals grow while they feel stuck and shut down. I provide various forms of therapeutic treatment, not just talk therapy. My specialized experience and trainings are broad from: Gottman Marriage/Couples L1 L2 Psycho-education, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, EMDR, Trauma, Gestalt , Hypnosis, Yoga, and Holistic Treatments.

I specialize in working with children and young adults struggling with mental health issues such as anxiety, behavioral disorders, ADHD, Mood Disorders, Trichotillomania, OCD, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Depression. I have extensive clinical experience with a variety of ages from preschool through adulthood. I bring a unique perspective to my practice as I am a Licensed Psychologist (#4865), a Certified School Psychologist, and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. I use a hands-on practical approach to helping children and their families which includes collaboration with all professionals.