Male Therapists in Clifton Park, NY
My ideal clients are those who want healing and change. I am very helpful in creating a roadmap for people to reach their goals. Progress happens over time and through a trusting, working relationship. My strengths are being able to create insight in clients, and direction to feel better. No one enters therapy because things are going well. But, I instill a sense of hope based on my faith in people, and the desire they have for things to be different.
My ideal clients are those who want healing and change. I am very helpful in creating a roadmap for people to reach their goals. Progress happens over time and through a trusting, working relationship. My strengths are being able to create insight in clients, and direction to feel better. No one enters therapy because things are going well. But, I instill a sense of hope based on my faith in people, and the desire they have for things to be different.
I have been working in the Mental health field for near 30 years, meeting the needs of individuals, couples and families. I grew up in the Capital Region and in 1992 moved to Boston where I pursued a Bachelors Degree in music from Berkelee College of Music. After a short career in the music industry I followed my heart into the therapy field and attained a Masters of Education in Counseling, specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy from Cambridge College in 1998. Over the past almost 30 years I have worked in all facets of the mental health field from home based therapy, mobile crisis, out patient therapy and administration.
I have been working in the Mental health field for near 30 years, meeting the needs of individuals, couples and families. I grew up in the Capital Region and in 1992 moved to Boston where I pursued a Bachelors Degree in music from Berkelee College of Music. After a short career in the music industry I followed my heart into the therapy field and attained a Masters of Education in Counseling, specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy from Cambridge College in 1998. Over the past almost 30 years I have worked in all facets of the mental health field from home based therapy, mobile crisis, out patient therapy and administration.
I offer counseling services to adults facing the significant challenges of life, personal distress, relationship issues and trauma. My therapeutic approach involves joining with clients to harness the best in them in an alliance focused on resolving long standing problems. We'll work together to expand self-understanding in order to cultivate your strengths and overcome barriers to personal and relational health. I also guide couples looking for renewal to get unstuck by offering tools and insight that cultivate their inner potential for resilience, intimacy, and desire.
I offer counseling services to adults facing the significant challenges of life, personal distress, relationship issues and trauma. My therapeutic approach involves joining with clients to harness the best in them in an alliance focused on resolving long standing problems. We'll work together to expand self-understanding in order to cultivate your strengths and overcome barriers to personal and relational health. I also guide couples looking for renewal to get unstuck by offering tools and insight that cultivate their inner potential for resilience, intimacy, and desire.
Tired of pushing the boulder toward the top of the hill, only to have it come rolling back down? Let’s find new solutions together! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nearly 30 years of experience, working with adults of all ages, and with Veterans and military personnel for the much of that time. I maintain a completely non-judgmental, client-centered approach, and always take into consideration your environment: relationships, family, career, personal history, etc. This holistic approach provides you with an opportunity to find strategies and solutions that can be effective within that framework.
Tired of pushing the boulder toward the top of the hill, only to have it come rolling back down? Let’s find new solutions together! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nearly 30 years of experience, working with adults of all ages, and with Veterans and military personnel for the much of that time. I maintain a completely non-judgmental, client-centered approach, and always take into consideration your environment: relationships, family, career, personal history, etc. This holistic approach provides you with an opportunity to find strategies and solutions that can be effective within that framework.
Sherman Stovall Jr.
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, MA, CEAP, Q-SAP, EAS-C
4 Endorsed
Clifton Park, NY 12065
Have you ever asked yourself what it would be like to be limitless? Or the best version of yourself? To excel professionally, socially, or even romantically? Do you have problems with feeling like no one understands you, or the way that you feel? Find the answers that you have been searching for with Sherman, at Legacy Behavioral Health. At Legacy, you will receive a specialized treatment regimen that will make you stop negotiating with failure and finally understand your worth and capacity for growth. I promise you that you are strong enough! Let me prove it to you. Come to Legacy, YOUR Behavioral Health Team!
Have you ever asked yourself what it would be like to be limitless? Or the best version of yourself? To excel professionally, socially, or even romantically? Do you have problems with feeling like no one understands you, or the way that you feel? Find the answers that you have been searching for with Sherman, at Legacy Behavioral Health. At Legacy, you will receive a specialized treatment regimen that will make you stop negotiating with failure and finally understand your worth and capacity for growth. I promise you that you are strong enough! Let me prove it to you. Come to Legacy, YOUR Behavioral Health Team!
Trying to get better rarely works. We encourage you to resolve to Get Better! Thus we seek highly motivated clients, as this is often the secret to extraordinary results. We optimize this motivation, with a 'Focus-Forward' treatment model that is combined with Home & Office Neurofeedback training. It's not for everyone, but it is for those seeking long-term, sustained change in their emotional or psychological state of mind. Dysregulated children, anxious teens, or struggling adults find the transformative power of Neurofeedback to be a real solution. The same is true for athletes & peak performers. Call for a free consult.
Trying to get better rarely works. We encourage you to resolve to Get Better! Thus we seek highly motivated clients, as this is often the secret to extraordinary results. We optimize this motivation, with a 'Focus-Forward' treatment model that is combined with Home & Office Neurofeedback training. It's not for everyone, but it is for those seeking long-term, sustained change in their emotional or psychological state of mind. Dysregulated children, anxious teens, or struggling adults find the transformative power of Neurofeedback to be a real solution. The same is true for athletes & peak performers. Call for a free consult.
Holding the conviction that as human beings we develop across the lifespan—emotionally, mentally, spiritually and so on—where some may see illness or pathology, I might see a pivotal moment, an opportunity disguised as a crisis, or a stuck-point seeking a breakthrough. Consequently, my view is very holistic—maintaining that the body-mind-spirit is a complex, interwoven field of energy. If you believe that wellness, fulfillment and contentment is the result of finding balance in the emotional, occupational, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual domains of life, we would probably be a good fit to work together.
Holding the conviction that as human beings we develop across the lifespan—emotionally, mentally, spiritually and so on—where some may see illness or pathology, I might see a pivotal moment, an opportunity disguised as a crisis, or a stuck-point seeking a breakthrough. Consequently, my view is very holistic—maintaining that the body-mind-spirit is a complex, interwoven field of energy. If you believe that wellness, fulfillment and contentment is the result of finding balance in the emotional, occupational, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual domains of life, we would probably be a good fit to work together.
Finding a space where you or your child feels truly seen can make all the difference.
I am Jonathan Wavres, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who believes growth begins with empathy, curiosity, and genuine respect. I take a whole-person, whole-family approach to therapy, understanding individuals within the context of their relationships, experiences, and the world around them. My work centers on children and adolescents, helping young people access, trust, and express their voice without shame. Therapy is a space to explore your story without judgment and reconnect with the strengths that have always been there.
Finding a space where you or your child feels truly seen can make all the difference.
I am Jonathan Wavres, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who believes growth begins with empathy, curiosity, and genuine respect. I take a whole-person, whole-family approach to therapy, understanding individuals within the context of their relationships, experiences, and the world around them. My work centers on children and adolescents, helping young people access, trust, and express their voice without shame. Therapy is a space to explore your story without judgment and reconnect with the strengths that have always been there.
While some new clients seek Neurofeedback as the first treatment option for their struggles, most clients come because typical treatments have failed. They are desperate for a real, sustained change! Whether it's the child on too many meds with no real gains, the student still anxious after practicing their cognitive restructuring for years, or the therapy-exhausted, still struggling adult...most have tried a bit of everything but found little success. Upon doing their research, they discover that Neurofeedback offers the chance to truly change how the brain functions by teaching the regulation of brainwaves without side effects.
While some new clients seek Neurofeedback as the first treatment option for their struggles, most clients come because typical treatments have failed. They are desperate for a real, sustained change! Whether it's the child on too many meds with no real gains, the student still anxious after practicing their cognitive restructuring for years, or the therapy-exhausted, still struggling adult...most have tried a bit of everything but found little success. Upon doing their research, they discover that Neurofeedback offers the chance to truly change how the brain functions by teaching the regulation of brainwaves without side effects.
Psychotherapy for individuals navigating life’s later chapters and for experienced professionals facing mid-career recalibration. Retirement, aging, health changes, shifting identity, burnout, and questions of meaning often arise at significant turning points. This depth-oriented, trance-informed work supports emotional regulation, resilience, and thoughtful decision-making. Therapy becomes a steady, reflective space to integrate life experience, redefine purpose, strengthen relationships, and intentionally shape the meaningful chapters that remain — with clarity, dignity, and intention.
Psychotherapy for individuals navigating life’s later chapters and for experienced professionals facing mid-career recalibration. Retirement, aging, health changes, shifting identity, burnout, and questions of meaning often arise at significant turning points. This depth-oriented, trance-informed work supports emotional regulation, resilience, and thoughtful decision-making. Therapy becomes a steady, reflective space to integrate life experience, redefine purpose, strengthen relationships, and intentionally shape the meaningful chapters that remain — with clarity, dignity, and intention.
MSD Therapeutic Services prides itself on helping clients achieve the ultimate goal: feeling better! Our role as therapists is to teach you the tools necessary to be successful. We believe that focusing on patterns of thinking, behavior, and communication is the most effective way to accomplish this. We also believe that developing healthy boundaries, learning effective stress management techniques, and increasing self-care is important.
MSD Therapeutic Services prides itself on helping clients achieve the ultimate goal: feeling better! Our role as therapists is to teach you the tools necessary to be successful. We believe that focusing on patterns of thinking, behavior, and communication is the most effective way to accomplish this. We also believe that developing healthy boundaries, learning effective stress management techniques, and increasing self-care is important.
As your therapist I will see you as the whole and dynamic person you are. I will help you discover which pieces of your story are authentically your own and which pieces no longer (or never) served you. This journey is one that I am excited to embark upon with you while respecting the fact that you are indeed the expert on your narrative. I will be here for you to discover where the authenticity within your narrative may have been lost, perhaps even without your knowledge. Your needs and goals will be of primary importance as we work together to find solutions for those aspects of your narrative that are causing you distress.
As your therapist I will see you as the whole and dynamic person you are. I will help you discover which pieces of your story are authentically your own and which pieces no longer (or never) served you. This journey is one that I am excited to embark upon with you while respecting the fact that you are indeed the expert on your narrative. I will be here for you to discover where the authenticity within your narrative may have been lost, perhaps even without your knowledge. Your needs and goals will be of primary importance as we work together to find solutions for those aspects of your narrative that are causing you distress.
I am passionate about the impact of addiction and trauma on individuals and families, and specialize in helping those struggling with chronic relapse, especially when the traditional treatment models (30 days in residential rehab, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient) haven't helped in the past. The goal of therapy is to achieve sobriety, but more importantly to heal the relationships of the harms caused by years of addictive behavior. My aim is to make your counseling experience as fulfilling and meaningful as possible by creating a customized treatment plan that leads to real, tangible results.
I am passionate about the impact of addiction and trauma on individuals and families, and specialize in helping those struggling with chronic relapse, especially when the traditional treatment models (30 days in residential rehab, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient) haven't helped in the past. The goal of therapy is to achieve sobriety, but more importantly to heal the relationships of the harms caused by years of addictive behavior. My aim is to make your counseling experience as fulfilling and meaningful as possible by creating a customized treatment plan that leads to real, tangible results.
As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, I help adolescents and adults improve their relationships and overall quality of life. I believe healing occurs within relationships, so I prioritize building a strong, trusting therapeutic alliance. You’ll feel welcomed, accepted, and validated throughout our work together. I tailor my approach to meet your unique needs and adapt to what feels best for you. Your comfort and autonomy are important, and I’m here to support you as you lead your journey.
As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, I help adolescents and adults improve their relationships and overall quality of life. I believe healing occurs within relationships, so I prioritize building a strong, trusting therapeutic alliance. You’ll feel welcomed, accepted, and validated throughout our work together. I tailor my approach to meet your unique needs and adapt to what feels best for you. Your comfort and autonomy are important, and I’m here to support you as you lead your journey.
At times, it can feel like the world is spinning out of control. Whether it be our personal and professional lives, interpersonal relationships, navigating a series of collective and systemic traumas, or a mixture of these things. Sometimes we are looking for ways to improve our situation, other times we are looking to find acceptance and to sit with what's out of our control. Sometimes we can find ways to distract from these things, and then there are instances where we need to face them head on. How do we know what we need to do, and when?
At times, it can feel like the world is spinning out of control. Whether it be our personal and professional lives, interpersonal relationships, navigating a series of collective and systemic traumas, or a mixture of these things. Sometimes we are looking for ways to improve our situation, other times we are looking to find acceptance and to sit with what's out of our control. Sometimes we can find ways to distract from these things, and then there are instances where we need to face them head on. How do we know what we need to do, and when?
Jeff McKenzie is a seasoned and compassionate licensed mental health counselor with an extensive background in helping individuals navigate the complexities of personality and mood disorders. Throughout his career, Jeff has worked with thousands of clients in both individual and group settings, earning a reputation for his dedication and expertise in the field. Jeff recognizes the profound impact that personality, mood disorders and addictions can have on individuals and their overall well-being. Motivated by a genuine desire to make a difference, he pursued a career in mental health counseling.
Jeff McKenzie is a seasoned and compassionate licensed mental health counselor with an extensive background in helping individuals navigate the complexities of personality and mood disorders. Throughout his career, Jeff has worked with thousands of clients in both individual and group settings, earning a reputation for his dedication and expertise in the field. Jeff recognizes the profound impact that personality, mood disorders and addictions can have on individuals and their overall well-being. Motivated by a genuine desire to make a difference, he pursued a career in mental health counseling.
I work with adults navigating through substance use challenges, bipolar disorder, and other personality disorders. Together, we can explore many more challenges that impact your mental health, personal growth, and quality of everyday life. I provide sessions based on people's inherent resilience and endless capacity for growth. Using strengths, knowledge, and self-determination, we will create a tangible skill set that eases life's complexities and establishes stability, safety, and success.
I work with adults navigating through substance use challenges, bipolar disorder, and other personality disorders. Together, we can explore many more challenges that impact your mental health, personal growth, and quality of everyday life. I provide sessions based on people's inherent resilience and endless capacity for growth. Using strengths, knowledge, and self-determination, we will create a tangible skill set that eases life's complexities and establishes stability, safety, and success.
I have over 30 years experience working as a psychotherapist with a great variety of people who have come to me for help. My style is conversational, engaging and direct - I prefer a humane rather than a clinical approach and I actively participate in creating our work together. I love to help people develop emotionally and be able to make creative changes and meet challenges in their lives. My experience has been that people frequently discover, in their work with me, that they have more resources with which to build their lives than they had previously imagined.
I have over 30 years experience working as a psychotherapist with a great variety of people who have come to me for help. My style is conversational, engaging and direct - I prefer a humane rather than a clinical approach and I actively participate in creating our work together. I love to help people develop emotionally and be able to make creative changes and meet challenges in their lives. My experience has been that people frequently discover, in their work with me, that they have more resources with which to build their lives than they had previously imagined.
If you feel stuck—like something inside is holding you back from living with purpose, passion, and real joy—you're not alone. I work with individuals who are tired of carrying the weight of anxiety, depression, addiction, or the lingering emotional patterns that often begin in childhood and echo into adult life.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a warm, non-judgmental approach that creates a safe space for you to explore, heal, and grow. My clients often describe our work together as both grounding and freeing—like they can finally exhale and be themselves.
If you feel stuck—like something inside is holding you back from living with purpose, passion, and real joy—you're not alone. I work with individuals who are tired of carrying the weight of anxiety, depression, addiction, or the lingering emotional patterns that often begin in childhood and echo into adult life.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a warm, non-judgmental approach that creates a safe space for you to explore, heal, and grow. My clients often describe our work together as both grounding and freeing—like they can finally exhale and be themselves.
We do the best we can with what we’re given, yet sometimes we need additional support to address life's challenges and grow through them. I believe in the importance of building a trusting therapeutic relationship with each client to guide and support them in making desired changes in their lives. I have significant experience working with clients across the lifespan from childhood through late adulthood. I use an active, collaborative approach and evidence-based treatment to meet your needs. Whether you have been to therapy before or you are new to the therapeutic process, I am here to help!
We do the best we can with what we’re given, yet sometimes we need additional support to address life's challenges and grow through them. I believe in the importance of building a trusting therapeutic relationship with each client to guide and support them in making desired changes in their lives. I have significant experience working with clients across the lifespan from childhood through late adulthood. I use an active, collaborative approach and evidence-based treatment to meet your needs. Whether you have been to therapy before or you are new to the therapeutic process, I am here to help!
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FAQ - Therapist Gender
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 your therapeutic experience. The most important consideration is that a client is able to build a trusting relationship with their therapist.
Can clients benefit from having a therapist of the same gender?
Therapy is not gender-specific, but some men as well as women feel more comfortable opening up about their experiences and history with therapists of a specific gender. An individual may feel that they have to explain less background information and be on the same page more quickly, particularly when discussing gender-specific challenges. That said, a good clinician can transcend most if not all gender concerns. Ultimately, the most important factor in therapy is the connection and trust the client is able to build with the practitioner.
Why might an individual seek a male therapist?
Clients, particularly men, may look for a male therapist because they may share life experiences that help them connect well and understand each other more immediately. Some men might feel more comfortable talking to a male therapist about gender-specific issues, such as fatherhood or the social pressures around masculinity. Men who have experienced trauma or abuse, sexual or otherwise, may find it more comfortable to talk through their memories of these experiences with a male therapist. Some men may feel more comfortable talking to a male therapist about relationship concerns, the pressures they feel around the roles society and family place on men, career or job challenges, self-esteem, or anger problems. For some men who have not had a male role models in their lives, a good male therapist may be especially helpful.
Is therapy different for men and women?
Therapy can be different for men and women insofar as gender plays a role in the challenges an individual faces and the events in life an individual has experienced. Men often face different expectations from their families, friends, and society than women do. In some cases, men might feel most comfortable expressing themselves differently from how women do. Talking about one’s feelings and emotions is a critical part of most therapies, and some men might find it comes more naturally when talking to a male therapist. Ultimately, though, therapeutic treatment should be tailored to the individual’s specific needs.
Would a male therapist have specific training in treating men?
Generally, no. There are no certifications for treating men specifically, but there are continuing education classes that therapists may take that focus on treating men as a group. There are many therapists who focus on men and male issues in their treatment and therefore have experience and expertise in this domain.
How can I find out about a therapist’s experience treating men?
Individuals looking for treatment should feel comfortable directly asking a therapist about their history treating men overall and the issues that arise in therapy with men. A good therapist will be happy to discuss such matters as well as their educational background, approach to treatment, and how they think they can aid a prospective client.