Child Therapists in Jersey City, NJ

I bring over 15 years of experience to treating adults, teens, and children . I specialize in treating depression, anxiety, and behavior issues. When I work with adults, my focus is on understanding the factors that have led up to the current symptoms, and on understanding the person's strengths. By building on individual strengths, therapy can guide us back to our best selves.

The modern world, while connected and advanced, presents us with stressors that can be painstaking to navigate alone. I am an LPC specializing in treating children , teenagers and young adults experiencing a disturbance of mood or behavior. I take pride in utilizing an informal counseling style to engage my clients of all ages, to invest in themselves. If you or your child are interested in the opportunity to explore and resolve existing conflict, please contact me for a consultation.

If you want to connect better with your child or teen, grow personally and have better relationships, heal from trauma and/or learn skills to transform your life, I am the clinician for you. I work with children 8+, teens, families, and adult individuals. I also specialize in providing affirming and restorative therapy to LGBTQ+ adults and youth. Additionally, I have experience supporting individuals and families overcoming substance abuse and healing from trauma or family violence. Begin your therapeutic journey with me by booking here: www.resolutioncc.com/team

Bilingual and Accepting New Clients - As a therapist, my goal is to provide you with warmhearted understanding and a comprehensible plan to meet your goals. This could mean working on anxiety or depression, improving your relationships and overcoming life changes. This may also mean helping you take pleasure of life, regardless of what surrounds you. I have been providing therapy to individual adults and children , as well as couples and families. I work with a diverse range of emotional, behavioral and relationship issues, using the most effective research-based treatment models.

Our clinical team has experience supporting people from diverse cultural backgrounds and age groups. Through individual therapy and couples/family therapy, we use a variety of approaches to help you meet your goals. We also specialize in play therapy with children 0-7. If you are feeling overwhelmed with some of life's challenges, or you have a child who is having difficulties at home or at school, we invite you to work with us to support your resiliency and growth. Together, we can move from surviving to thriving.

Strong foundations in the early years lead to healthier minds and consequently, happier families. As a trained physician and a licensed therapist, Sara combines behavioral medicine and developmental psychology in her unique therapeutic approach.

I am a Child and Family therapist who loves working with families and voted one of the best Kids' NJ Doctor! Sometimes family members have a difficult time connecting with each other. I help each member understand their needs, expectations and develop stronger bonds through individual, couple's and family counseling. I help parents understand their parental roles and styles, and how they affect the child . I like to help families create a healthy environment where they learn to resolve conflict, create a supportive environment, and set appropriate age and developmental expectations to help their children achieve their best.

I am a Licensed Social Worker that enjoys working with children , adolescents, and families. Stressors tend to impact both our relationships and current life situations which can cause us to struggle. As your therapist, my goal is to work with you to provide ways to overcome these obstacles to be able to live life to the fullest. Being in therapy for the first time can be nerve racking, but we will work together to build a relationship based on trust, openness, and acceptance, to make this journey worthwhile. You are the expert on your life, and I am here to help you process the various steps you can take to reach your goal.

Handspring is a modern mental health clinic that provides personalized, evidence-based behavioral care for children , adolescents, and young adults. We currently serve children ages 10-18 and young adults ages 18-24 who are looking for treatment for anxiety, depression, or behavioral difficulties. Our therapeutic approaches include CBT, DBT, organizational skills training, behavior therapy, exposure & response prevention, and parent management training.

I specialize in working with children and their families and have over 10 years of experience. My areas of specialty include play therapy with a variety of social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties; ASD, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental disorders; trauma; parent training; and psychological assessment. I am a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and a Certified DIR/Floortime Practitioner. At my practice, Nurture Child and Family Therapy Center, I provide a safe, accepting, and nurturing environment. I meet children where they are at and help them overcome challenges and grow, using the developmental and therapeutic powers of play and nurturing emotional connections.

Welcome....I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 15 years of experience. My practice is centered around working with children , families and adults who present a variety of struggles. I offer a safe space with support and encouragement to help you make positive and healthy changes. I look forward to working together.

It is my mission to provide effective counseling that is authentic, empathetic and non-judgmental. Increasing awareness of mental health in the black community is a must. I am focused on addressing the impact of primary an secondary trauma in black communities, so that those in need of support know they are not alone. As a supervisor I am also Currently providing supervision to those seeking licensure as a professional counselor.

At IPG, we are proud pioneers in gender affirming psychotherapy for transgender and gender nonconforming people. We view gender diversity as normal, not a mental illness. We're more experienced than any other practice in New Jersey, with 800+ trans clients and 30+ years of experience. We were recently awarded a PROUD Award recognizing our decades of work with and dedication to the transgender community. At all three of our locations (Highland Park, Jersey City, and Freehold) we have skilled gender specialists who work with trans and GNC adults, adolescents, and children as young as three. Why consult anyone less than an expert?

“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying I will try again tomorrow”- Mary Anne Ramacher. It’s okay if we’re the quiet voice willing to try again tomorrow. I’m here to help support that voice, however loud or quiet. I believe that therapy is like building a tool box, your therapist helps you learn how to use all the tools you have in your box and encourages you to use them properly. The toolbox you build is one you can always keep with you and utilize whenever you need it. As a therapist, I like to ensure my clients feel safe and heard, in whatever way that may be.

Our life is composed of relationships. Whether romantic, platonic or familial, the dynamics of those connections often elucidate and define who we are. As a licensed Marriage and Family therapist, I work from a systemic framework to help you understand how your patterns of relating were developed, and how to overcome dysfunctional behaviors.

My ultimate goal is to help you, your child , and/or your family develop resiliency, strengthen relationships, reconnect with your possibilities, and learn new ways of handling the stresses and challenges facing us today. Utilizing a strength-based, client-centered approach, we will work together to develop meaningful goals and work towards them in a collaborative way in order to decrease stress, learn new coping skills, and develop flexible ways of handling life's ups and downs.

Esther Doh, MA, LPC is on staff at Wellsprings Counseling Center, LLC. Wellsprings is passionate about helping people have joyful and fulfilled lives. We have experience working with adults, adolescents, children , and couples through various mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, and relational struggles. Individuals and couples frustrated in their significant relationships have engaged our services to assist in restoring hope and fullness to their lives. Adolescents / children and their parents have utilized our services to assist in being successfully launched into adulthood while navigating through pressures faced by today's youth.

I have over 15 years of experience working with children , adolescents, and families. I have an eclectic approach to working with and helping meet the needs of those I serve. This approach is guided by psychodynamic principles to understand and address the underlying issues leading to one's challenges. A crucial piece to my approach is consultation and collaboration with parents to facilitate the improvement of children 's development and psychological well-being, as well as that of the family.

Providing a supportive and compasionate environment, we focus on identifying the underlying factors to your problems/symptoms. We collaboratively establish clear goals and a plan to address the issues, thus leading to a happier, more productive life. I provide individual, couples, and family psychotherapy to children , adolescents, and adults. We will work together to determine if short or longer term treatment is best for you. I am a psychodynamically oriented clinician and also incorporate a Cognitive-Behavioral approach as well.