Teletherapy for Mount Laurel, NJ

Some life events catch you on the blindside, leaving you in a mental fog full with despair, confusion, anxiety, and sadness. Take the first step and let me help you. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over fifteen years experience. My holistic approach to psychotherapy, has allowed me to engage clients in highly effective therapy for a wide range of psychological and life adjustment concerns. My graduate and doctoral training has afforded me extensive training and experience in various evidence based modalities including CBT. To help you achieve your goals,I maintain a caring, confidential, nonjudgment therapeutic setting.

Currently accepting new clients! I believe that each of us possesses the power and wisdom to work through the difficult parts of life - it's just a matter of accessing those abilities. Counseling offers a space to tap into that wisdom and power by working with the aspects of life that are most challenging. Change, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, even life’s questions and personal growth can be difficult to navigate alone. However, you don’t have to! I am here to help clients evaluate mental health concerns, identify the purpose of our time together, and support each individual in achieving their goals.

Are you looking for relief from racing thoughts that are not allowing you to be present, or in the moment, with life's experiences? Do you feel lost, and find that stress weighing you down? Does anger get the best of you? Do you feel that you are so consumed by your anxiety or grief that you find it hard to get out of bed and have lost interest in what you used to enjoy? Are you struggling in your relationships? Or find it difficult to make peace with a past trauma? If so, Perspective Counseling and Wellness, LLC is here to guide with the tools you need to help cope through life's process and meet your therapeutic needs.

Have you lost control? Do you put the needs of others first? Is it hard for you to say "no" to people? Do you feel down, worried, or disconnected? Are your relationships, finances, jobs, or even health suffering? You're exhausted and ready for something to change, but need to feel confident that your therapist will understand the importance of both your problems and your privacy. If this sounds familiar, we can help you. Our team is offering telehealth sessions to make getting the help you need easier than ever. You will be able to meet with a therapist from the comfort of your home or office today.

Providing caring and practical assistance for those who need it most is my main focus. Each person has unique circumstances and needs so I work to ensure that I take the time necessary to fully understand you and the issues that have brought you in. With this comprehensive understanding of you and the specific issues we can work together to not only relieve the current problem, but also reduce the likelihood of it reoccurring.

I am a Licensed Social Worker with a passion for decreasing the stigma surrounding mental health and promoting the health and well being of my clients. For my undergraduate degree, I moved from Central Jersey (Yes! It exists!) to South Jersey to attend Stockton University. I received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Work with a Minor in Behavioral Neuroscience from Stockton, and then moved on to attend graduate school in Philadelphia. I received my Master of Social Work Degree with a clinical concentration from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice in May of 2020.

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My ideal client is prepared to initiate changes in their life to promote wellness. They are prepared to process internal and external contributors to their mood, discuss options for improvement, and practice healthier skills that will assist in achieving their personal goals. My ideal client is internally motivated and desires emotional balance from concerns such as anxiety, depression, impaired self-esteem, trauma, and interpersonal conflict. They arrive to treatment with goals in mind, and will actively work to experience relief of distressing symptoms.

I am a licensed professional counselor that has been working in behavioral health for over 20 years. I am a lifelong resident of South Jersey and obtained my Bachelors and Masters degrees from La Salle University in Philadelphia.

My ideal client would present solution-focused with a desire to gain insight and understanding of presenting symptomatically and how those symptoms manifested. Their issues, regardless of being situational or organic, should be addressed directly with kindness and acceptance without judgement. The need should be to not only identify and address their current symptoms but also to work towards a more profound understanding of why such symptoms are present and how to create an opportunity for change. The goal should support a progressive change to improve quality of life.

I work best with individuals in which are internally motivated for change, looking to work collaboratively alongside the individual to explore depression, anxiety, PTSD, codependency, and much more. My approach to therapy is person-centered and solution-focused, focused on offering a kind, compassionate, yet straightforward approach to growth, which encourages individuals to think deeper and build connections that will assist them with a better understanding of the underlying issues. I believe that the client-therapist relationship is by far the most important aspect that encourages internal growth.

My goal is to empower you to make the changes necessary to improve the overall quality of life. My hope is to create healthier individuals, families, and communities through prevention, intervention, quality treatment, and recovery support. I have spent the last 10 years working at an internationally recognized company that has earned a reputation for excellence in the treatment of adults with substance use. I also help people struggling with depression, anxiety, anger, relationships, grief, and trauma.

Providing caring and practical assistance for those who need it most is my main focus. Each person has unique circumstances and needs so I work to ensure that I take the time necessary to fully understand you and the issues that have brought you in. With this comprehensive understanding of you and the specific issues we can work together to not only relieve the current problem, but also reduce the likelihood of it reoccurring.

An ideal client would be someone who might struggle with either anxiety, depression, or substance abuse. Their needs and goals would be to improve their self esteem and learn how to cope with the symptoms of their mental health disorder(s). They want to be able to work on themselves with the support and guidance of a therapist until they can do it on their own and live a happier fulfilling life.

Are you tired of experiencing the same patterns and want to heal at the root of your symptoms? I specialize in treating trauma, addictions, and self esteem issues - in particularly with women and teenagers. When my clients first come in, their lives are overrun by fear and insecurities. They carry around deep shame about who they are and never feel quite “good enough”. They want to be confident and heal the patterns that are holding them back but do not know where to start.

Richard is licensed by the State of New Jersey as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and is a National Board Certified Counselor (NBCC). Richard has over eight years of experience working with a wide range of adults and families in the mental health field settings at the Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Residential, Intensive In-Community Settings. Richard has experience with various issues, including Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Bipolar Disorder, ADHD, Grief, Stress, Substance Abuse, Peer Relationships, Anger Management, Men’s Issues, and Domestic Violence.

My ideal client would be someone who recognizes they are not feeling well and wants tools to help them feel and function better. They do not have to be aware of their exact symptoms or triggers, but they are talkative and open to interacting. Through talk therapy and some CBT homework, they will come to realizations and make adjustments that will lead to overall better mental health and functioning.

The ideal client typically has family or interpersonal relationship conflicts and/or poor boundaries. Also, at times the ideal client has a history of childhood trauma or childhood conflicts that the client has not processed. I would process their family/interpersonal relationship conflicts and trauma/conflicts and create healthy coping skills to cope with these issues. Also, I would want to explore with the client what the client considers healthy and unhealthy boundaries and be able to create healthier boundaries in these relationships.

My ideal client is someone who comes to therapy in a time of need. They might be experiencing anxiety due to life changes and transitions or they might be experiencing symptoms of anxiety for the first time and be concerne as to where the anxiety came from. The client might be processing loss or grief from a loved one or past friendships and or relationships. My ideal client will have needs such as needing to identify coping skills to get through life stressors, assistance with reaching goals. As a therapist I would be able to provide the client with a objective perspective to bounce their ideas and situations off of.