Female Therapists in Irvington, NJ
Welcome! I'm a client-centered, strengths-based therapist with 13 years of experience, licensed in New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. I specialize in helping clients manage stress, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and depression. My approach is to create a safe, non-judgmental environment where we can build on your strengths and develop effective coping strategies.
Welcome! I'm a client-centered, strengths-based therapist with 13 years of experience, licensed in New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. I specialize in helping clients manage stress, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and depression. My approach is to create a safe, non-judgmental environment where we can build on your strengths and develop effective coping strategies.
It is important for you to know that your truth will always be accepted, so it is okay to tell it. No matter the person or circumstances, an individual can have hope to improve or recover. The keys include creating goals and making a plan. Our goal is to assist you at a pace that works for you to effect desired changes in your life.
It is important for you to know that your truth will always be accepted, so it is okay to tell it. No matter the person or circumstances, an individual can have hope to improve or recover. The keys include creating goals and making a plan. Our goal is to assist you at a pace that works for you to effect desired changes in your life.
Inspired On Purpose,
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MAMFT, LAMFT, EMDR TR
Irvington, NJ 07111
I’m a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (LAMFT) based in New Jersey, offering telehealth therapy to adolescents, women, couples, and families navigating emotional overwhelm, trauma, relationship stress, and generational cycles. I specialize in helping clients build clarity, confidence, and connection as they move toward healing and purpose. My approach is collaborative, warm, and trauma-informed. I integrate Solution-Focused Therapy, Bowen Family Systems Theory, and EMDR-informed practices to meet each client where they are: emotionally, relationally, and spiritually.
I’m a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (LAMFT) based in New Jersey, offering telehealth therapy to adolescents, women, couples, and families navigating emotional overwhelm, trauma, relationship stress, and generational cycles. I specialize in helping clients build clarity, confidence, and connection as they move toward healing and purpose. My approach is collaborative, warm, and trauma-informed. I integrate Solution-Focused Therapy, Bowen Family Systems Theory, and EMDR-informed practices to meet each client where they are: emotionally, relationally, and spiritually.
I am Licensed Social Worker with experience supporting individuals facing homelessness, domestic violence, incarceration, mental illness, and life transitions across all ages, including children and older adults. I provide a safe, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space to explore challenges, build strengths, and develop practical tools. My goal is to help you navigate difficult experiences, heal, and move confidently toward your personal goals.
I am Licensed Social Worker with experience supporting individuals facing homelessness, domestic violence, incarceration, mental illness, and life transitions across all ages, including children and older adults. I provide a safe, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space to explore challenges, build strengths, and develop practical tools. My goal is to help you navigate difficult experiences, heal, and move confidently toward your personal goals.
My ideal client is someone feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, grief, trauma, or life transitions. They want to feel more in control, emotionally balanced, and understood. If you're seeking support, tools, and a safe space to explore your emotions, therapy is for you. Their goal is to heal, grow, and live with greater peace and purpose—and they’re ready to do the work to get there.
My ideal client is someone feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, grief, trauma, or life transitions. They want to feel more in control, emotionally balanced, and understood. If you're seeking support, tools, and a safe space to explore your emotions, therapy is for you. Their goal is to heal, grow, and live with greater peace and purpose—and they’re ready to do the work to get there.
Ready to feel supported, understood, and genuinely encouraged? At Lifebulb, we’re here to help you make meaningful progress with a therapist who truly cares. We’ve created a space where both clients and clinicians can thrive—because when therapists love the work they do, it shines through in every session. Whether you join us in person or online, you’ll be met with warmth, expertise, and a team of licensed professionals fully dedicated to your growth. Let’s take the first step toward lasting, positive change together.
Ready to feel supported, understood, and genuinely encouraged? At Lifebulb, we’re here to help you make meaningful progress with a therapist who truly cares. We’ve created a space where both clients and clinicians can thrive—because when therapists love the work they do, it shines through in every session. Whether you join us in person or online, you’ll be met with warmth, expertise, and a team of licensed professionals fully dedicated to your growth. Let’s take the first step toward lasting, positive change together.
You've been carrying a lot. Stress, anxiety, memories that won’t quiet down, or relationship patterns that feel hard to break. Maybe you’ve learned to keep it all together, but inside you’re tired of surviving and ready to start healing. I specialize in working with adults, particularly BIPOC clients, who are navigating anxiety, depression, intergenerational trauma, or relationship challenges. I understand how the pressure to stay strong, fit in, or rise above expectations can make healing feel even harder. Together, we’ll explore what’s been weighing you down and help you reconnect with your sense of peace and confidence.
You've been carrying a lot. Stress, anxiety, memories that won’t quiet down, or relationship patterns that feel hard to break. Maybe you’ve learned to keep it all together, but inside you’re tired of surviving and ready to start healing. I specialize in working with adults, particularly BIPOC clients, who are navigating anxiety, depression, intergenerational trauma, or relationship challenges. I understand how the pressure to stay strong, fit in, or rise above expectations can make healing feel even harder. Together, we’ll explore what’s been weighing you down and help you reconnect with your sense of peace and confidence.
I have been working as a Social worker/ Substance abuse Counselor for 24 years. My Primary focus is bipolar, depression , working with youth from 12 years old and older, family counseling, anxiety disorder substance abuse, anger management and couple counseling. I work with an APN who can provide medication monitoring.
I have been working as a Social worker/ Substance abuse Counselor for 24 years. My Primary focus is bipolar, depression , working with youth from 12 years old and older, family counseling, anxiety disorder substance abuse, anger management and couple counseling. I work with an APN who can provide medication monitoring.
Whether you're facing anxiety, relationship difficulties, or personal growth obstacles, my approach is centered on creating a safe space for open dialogue and collaborative goal-setting. With a focus on understanding your unique perspective, I strive to equip you with the tools and strategies to build a fulfilling life, one step at a time. If you're ready to embark on a journey towards positive change, I'm here to walk alongside you."
Whether you're facing anxiety, relationship difficulties, or personal growth obstacles, my approach is centered on creating a safe space for open dialogue and collaborative goal-setting. With a focus on understanding your unique perspective, I strive to equip you with the tools and strategies to build a fulfilling life, one step at a time. If you're ready to embark on a journey towards positive change, I'm here to walk alongside you."
Hello my name is Melissa and I believe that the interactions that we have can have a lasting impact on someone’s life, therefore, I strive to engage with people in a positive, nonjudgmental, empathetic, and understanding manner. I am licensed in New Jersey and New York. I have clinical experience in collaborating with individuals in multiple settings such as outpatient treatment in which substance use disorders, behavioral issues, and mental health were addressed. In this capacity, I also provided caregiver support whether it be a significant other, parent, or child.
Hello my name is Melissa and I believe that the interactions that we have can have a lasting impact on someone’s life, therefore, I strive to engage with people in a positive, nonjudgmental, empathetic, and understanding manner. I am licensed in New Jersey and New York. I have clinical experience in collaborating with individuals in multiple settings such as outpatient treatment in which substance use disorders, behavioral issues, and mental health were addressed. In this capacity, I also provided caregiver support whether it be a significant other, parent, or child.
I have been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1997 and in private practice since 2012. I offer individual psychotherapy for adolescents and adults and also provide couples therapy. As a consultant in EMDR, I am a trauma specialist who works with complex trauma and traumatic loss. I offer traditional therapy as well as alternative holistic/somatic treatments. My work is deeply informed by a holistic mind/body/spirit approach to healing and well-being.
I have been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1997 and in private practice since 2012. I offer individual psychotherapy for adolescents and adults and also provide couples therapy. As a consultant in EMDR, I am a trauma specialist who works with complex trauma and traumatic loss. I offer traditional therapy as well as alternative holistic/somatic treatments. My work is deeply informed by a holistic mind/body/spirit approach to healing and well-being.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey with over 27 years of experience as a therapist. I earned my MSW from Widener University in 1997. Since then, I have worked in private practice, and as a therapist in a non-profit agency. I have run successful group therapies as well as working individually with clients. I have had great success with issues of anxiety and trauma, chronic pain, personal empowerment and relationship issues.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey with over 27 years of experience as a therapist. I earned my MSW from Widener University in 1997. Since then, I have worked in private practice, and as a therapist in a non-profit agency. I have run successful group therapies as well as working individually with clients. I have had great success with issues of anxiety and trauma, chronic pain, personal empowerment and relationship issues.
Are you looking for a safe, comfortable place to work through life’s emotional ups and downs, stressors, traumas or behaviors that may be getting in the way of obtaining the best life possible? Look no further. I am Katherine and I am here to help you tap into yourselves and the powers within you to unlock a life beyond your wildest dreams. Through telehealth therapy you will be able to work with me from your home in order to improve the areas of life that are just no longer serving you.
Are you looking for a safe, comfortable place to work through life’s emotional ups and downs, stressors, traumas or behaviors that may be getting in the way of obtaining the best life possible? Look no further. I am Katherine and I am here to help you tap into yourselves and the powers within you to unlock a life beyond your wildest dreams. Through telehealth therapy you will be able to work with me from your home in order to improve the areas of life that are just no longer serving you.
You might be moving through life feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or carrying experiences you haven’t fully had the chance to work through. Maybe you're navigating changes or challenges in relationships, work, or family, or noticing that stress or past experiences are showing up in ways you didn’t expect. For some people, something specific brings them to therapy; for others, it’s a quieter sense that life feels out of balance. However you arrived here, therapy can be a place to pause, reflect, and notice what’s important, helping you see things in a new way and create change that matters.
You might be moving through life feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or carrying experiences you haven’t fully had the chance to work through. Maybe you're navigating changes or challenges in relationships, work, or family, or noticing that stress or past experiences are showing up in ways you didn’t expect. For some people, something specific brings them to therapy; for others, it’s a quieter sense that life feels out of balance. However you arrived here, therapy can be a place to pause, reflect, and notice what’s important, helping you see things in a new way and create change that matters.
Welcome! I am so happy that you are here. I'm a Licensed Professional Counsellor (LPC) and LMHC-D based in New Jersey/New York. I received my Masters degree from St. John's University in 2020 and also studied Forensic Psychology at John Jay College Of Criminal Justice in NYC. I have been practicing for 4 years and I enjoy helping clients that are actively seeking change and are motivated to do the work required. These clients are willing to explore their own thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in a reflective and honest way. They don’t resist the process of identifying cognitive distortions or unhealthy patterns.
Welcome! I am so happy that you are here. I'm a Licensed Professional Counsellor (LPC) and LMHC-D based in New Jersey/New York. I received my Masters degree from St. John's University in 2020 and also studied Forensic Psychology at John Jay College Of Criminal Justice in NYC. I have been practicing for 4 years and I enjoy helping clients that are actively seeking change and are motivated to do the work required. These clients are willing to explore their own thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in a reflective and honest way. They don’t resist the process of identifying cognitive distortions or unhealthy patterns.
Hi, I’m an LCSW who graduated from Stockton University. In my work as the professional, I’ve worked with people dealing with depression, anxiety, disability, sexual trauma, domestic violence, other types of trauma OCD bipolar disorder eating disorders relationship problems I’ve also worked a lot with people from the LGBT community adjusting to anything from college to parenting to aging. I am always training and learning, new techniques and new ways of helping because every person is unique.
Hi, I’m an LCSW who graduated from Stockton University. In my work as the professional, I’ve worked with people dealing with depression, anxiety, disability, sexual trauma, domestic violence, other types of trauma OCD bipolar disorder eating disorders relationship problems I’ve also worked a lot with people from the LGBT community adjusting to anything from college to parenting to aging. I am always training and learning, new techniques and new ways of helping because every person is unique.
I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with over 10 years experience in the field.
I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with over 10 years experience in the field.
Hi, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Jersey. I have been practicing for about 10 years now. I work with a wide range of mental health concerns from stress management to personality disorders. I provide a safe space for your concerns while making sure to engage you in treatment whether some times homework or dialogue so that you are able to improve.
Hi, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Jersey. I have been practicing for about 10 years now. I work with a wide range of mental health concerns from stress management to personality disorders. I provide a safe space for your concerns while making sure to engage you in treatment whether some times homework or dialogue so that you are able to improve.
As a doctorate level social worker, licensed in NJ, MA, PA, and GA, I have helped people effectively manage stress, conquer anxiety and tackle negative thoughts. In my culturally responsive practice, I work with individuals who feel like they are unable to cope with personal and professional stresses. Many of the clients I have helped in therapy have come to better understand and can manage their stress. They have found self-worth and solutions to life's challenges.
As a doctorate level social worker, licensed in NJ, MA, PA, and GA, I have helped people effectively manage stress, conquer anxiety and tackle negative thoughts. In my culturally responsive practice, I work with individuals who feel like they are unable to cope with personal and professional stresses. Many of the clients I have helped in therapy have come to better understand and can manage their stress. They have found self-worth and solutions to life's challenges.
As a counselor specializing in children, adolescents, and families, I provide a compassionate and culturally responsive space for young clients to explore their emotions, navigate life’s challenges, and build resilience. With a deep understanding of the unique dynamics within South Asian families, I help bridge generational and cultural gaps that often impact mental health, communication, and identity development.
As a counselor specializing in children, adolescents, and families, I provide a compassionate and culturally responsive space for young clients to explore their emotions, navigate life’s challenges, and build resilience. With a deep understanding of the unique dynamics within South Asian families, I help bridge generational and cultural gaps that often impact mental health, communication, and identity development.
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, 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 because they feel more comfortable with a therapist of their own gender due to shared life experiences or perspectives. Considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender may matter or improve their therapeutic experience. The most important consideration is that a client is able to build a trusting relationship with their therapist.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist. For women, this could be because they believe that they will be able to better connect with a woman, and that a female therapist will be able to relate to their specific challenges and personal issues. It may be particularly beneficial for women to see a female therapist, for example, for gender-specific issues, such as sexism in the workplace, relationship issues, and gender roles. The most important factor in therapy is the client-therapist connection, and a therapist's gender as well as many other factors may play an important role in this.
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 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.