Female Therapists in Park Avenue, Rochester, NY
As a clinical psychologist specializing in relationship difficulties, I have worked with many individuals who struggle with conflict in their intimate relationships, experience fears about closeness or intimacy, feel anxiety about relating to others, and those who have trouble feeling generally satisfied in their relationships. I believe that dissatisfying relationships contribute to emotional stress and pain, and that promoting stronger, healthier relationships can lead to people experiencing happier and more productive lives. I work with individuals to explore these struggles and develop understanding or insight about their patterns in relationships, with the ultimate goal of helping people have a different experience in their current relationships.
As a clinical psychologist specializing in relationship difficulties, I have worked with many individuals who struggle with conflict in their intimate relationships, experience fears about closeness or intimacy, feel anxiety about relating to others, and those who have trouble feeling generally satisfied in their relationships. I believe that dissatisfying relationships contribute to emotional stress and pain, and that promoting stronger, healthier relationships can lead to people experiencing happier and more productive lives. I work with individuals to explore these struggles and develop understanding or insight about their patterns in relationships, with the ultimate goal of helping people have a different experience in their current relationships.
I aim to provide a warm, welcoming, and safe space for you to learn more effective ways to relate to yourself and others, and to build a life that promotes authenticity, confidence, and wellbeing. I work with adults navigating life's challenges: working through early-life wounds, improving relationships with partners, parents, and peers, or making career choices and changes. I also treat individuals who are struggling with depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, low self-esteem, shame and guilt, loneliness, family conflict, divorce and custody issues, relationship concerns, grief and loss, and emotional, physical and sexual trauma.
I aim to provide a warm, welcoming, and safe space for you to learn more effective ways to relate to yourself and others, and to build a life that promotes authenticity, confidence, and wellbeing. I work with adults navigating life's challenges: working through early-life wounds, improving relationships with partners, parents, and peers, or making career choices and changes. I also treat individuals who are struggling with depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, low self-esteem, shame and guilt, loneliness, family conflict, divorce and custody issues, relationship concerns, grief and loss, and emotional, physical and sexual trauma.
Marie T Sergent
Psychologist, PhD MA, CGP, AGPA-F
Verified Verified
Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
Psychotherapy is at its best when a client and therapist work as a collaborative team. Together with my clients, I work to create an environment that facilitates an understanding not only of their struggles, but also of their strengths as they move toward their goals. My approach is both direct and open, and compassionate and flexible. I have an appreciation of the whole person in the context of their relationships, and bring these ideas to my work. Each client is unique and I strive to provide a therapy experience that is designed for the unique qualities and situation that each person brings.
Psychotherapy is at its best when a client and therapist work as a collaborative team. Together with my clients, I work to create an environment that facilitates an understanding not only of their struggles, but also of their strengths as they move toward their goals. My approach is both direct and open, and compassionate and flexible. I have an appreciation of the whole person in the context of their relationships, and bring these ideas to my work. Each client is unique and I strive to provide a therapy experience that is designed for the unique qualities and situation that each person brings.
Pam Spallacci
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MSEd, ADHD-, CCSP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and ADHD- Certified Clinical Services Provider. I specialize in helping individuals, couples, and families navigate the unique challenges of ADHD, promoting better communication, emotional regulation, and connection. I also support couples without ADHD, providing tools to strengthen relationships, improve intimacy, and manage conflicts effectively. My approach is warm, practical, and tailored to your needs. All clients are warmly welcomed.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and ADHD- Certified Clinical Services Provider. I specialize in helping individuals, couples, and families navigate the unique challenges of ADHD, promoting better communication, emotional regulation, and connection. I also support couples without ADHD, providing tools to strengthen relationships, improve intimacy, and manage conflicts effectively. My approach is warm, practical, and tailored to your needs. All clients are warmly welcomed.
Painful experiences can shake us to our core, often leading us to craft narratives about ourselves based on these challenges. These stories might leave you feeling misunderstood and struggling to forge a strong sense of self, especially when your lived experience doesn’t align with societal norms. This can manifest as debilitating symptoms, difficulty connecting with others, and damaging self-beliefs, causing you to question your inherent worth and identity. Despite what your inner critic may tell you, embracing your authentic self is possible.
Painful experiences can shake us to our core, often leading us to craft narratives about ourselves based on these challenges. These stories might leave you feeling misunderstood and struggling to forge a strong sense of self, especially when your lived experience doesn’t align with societal norms. This can manifest as debilitating symptoms, difficulty connecting with others, and damaging self-beliefs, causing you to question your inherent worth and identity. Despite what your inner critic may tell you, embracing your authentic self is possible.
I have been a psychotherapist since 1990 and work with adults, couples, and families. Empathy, warmth, humor, and compassion are personal qualities I bring to our work, in addition to knowledge of theories and strategies. My experience and maturity help my clients deepen their understanding of themselves and their relationships, assist them to make changes, and accept what cannot be changed. I also keep in mind the impact of early family patterns on current struggles and create space for insight and self-reflection. Lifelong learning does not stop, and I bring this commitment to my practice.
I have been a psychotherapist since 1990 and work with adults, couples, and families. Empathy, warmth, humor, and compassion are personal qualities I bring to our work, in addition to knowledge of theories and strategies. My experience and maturity help my clients deepen their understanding of themselves and their relationships, assist them to make changes, and accept what cannot be changed. I also keep in mind the impact of early family patterns on current struggles and create space for insight and self-reflection. Lifelong learning does not stop, and I bring this commitment to my practice.
Lynn M Acquafondata
Counselor, LMHC, DMin, MS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
Are you are dealing with difficult and traumatic events or losses, I am here to help. If you are feeling overwhelmed and unable to cope, I can give you tools to help guide you to a better place emotionally and spiritually. With a creative mix of therapy techniques, wisdom and life experience, I build on your strengths, identify and address root causes, and help you create and work towards a plan to achieve the changes you seek. My therapeutic work is racially and culturally sensitive and informed, and affirms the diversity of gender and sexual orientation.
Are you are dealing with difficult and traumatic events or losses, I am here to help. If you are feeling overwhelmed and unable to cope, I can give you tools to help guide you to a better place emotionally and spiritually. With a creative mix of therapy techniques, wisdom and life experience, I build on your strengths, identify and address root causes, and help you create and work towards a plan to achieve the changes you seek. My therapeutic work is racially and culturally sensitive and informed, and affirms the diversity of gender and sexual orientation.
Danielle Herold received her Master's Degree in Social Work from New York University and a Master's Degree in Education from Lesley University. She is a trained psychotherapist who has experience in both inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy settings and has worked with adults, children, families, couples, and groups. She has a client-centered approach and is effective in working with anxiety and depression. She also has a background in trauma and eating disorders and a special interest in infertility and adoption. She has a commitment to working with a diverse clientele, including the trans community.
Danielle Herold received her Master's Degree in Social Work from New York University and a Master's Degree in Education from Lesley University. She is a trained psychotherapist who has experience in both inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy settings and has worked with adults, children, families, couples, and groups. She has a client-centered approach and is effective in working with anxiety and depression. She also has a background in trauma and eating disorders and a special interest in infertility and adoption. She has a commitment to working with a diverse clientele, including the trans community.
Catie Samantha Peck
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, CCTP-I
Verified Verified
Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
There are times when life seems overwhelming or painful. Everything is confusing and frustrating and it feels like you’ll never be at peace. Anxiety, depression, anger and self-doubt give way to issues in relationships, inability to fulfill responsibilities at work or home, and turning to unhealthy coping behaviors. Since you’re reading this, you want out of this endless cycle and to live differently. Maybe you want to be able to build healthier relationships with those around you. Do you want to be a different partner, parent or friend? Or perhaps the relationship you most want to nurture and explore is with yourself.
There are times when life seems overwhelming or painful. Everything is confusing and frustrating and it feels like you’ll never be at peace. Anxiety, depression, anger and self-doubt give way to issues in relationships, inability to fulfill responsibilities at work or home, and turning to unhealthy coping behaviors. Since you’re reading this, you want out of this endless cycle and to live differently. Maybe you want to be able to build healthier relationships with those around you. Do you want to be a different partner, parent or friend? Or perhaps the relationship you most want to nurture and explore is with yourself.
Felicia R Reed-Watt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
"When I talk with Felicia, I leave feeling good about myself and others". Change occurs when people feel supported and comfortable enough to become aware, recognize their strengths and learn effective ways to deal with life's challenges. Now that you have made the first step let's work together to learn new life affirming skills, dispel negative beliefs, resolve painful issues and deepen your spiritual connection
"When I talk with Felicia, I leave feeling good about myself and others". Change occurs when people feel supported and comfortable enough to become aware, recognize their strengths and learn effective ways to deal with life's challenges. Now that you have made the first step let's work together to learn new life affirming skills, dispel negative beliefs, resolve painful issues and deepen your spiritual connection
Our lives are shaped, and continue to be shaped by experiences and moments that we’ve endured across countless environments and situations. Due to our ever-changing lives and stressors, it can sometimes be difficult to navigate our emotions and feelings on our own. In therapy, focus is on allowing individuals to explore, process and express themselves in a safe and non-judgmental space.
Our lives are shaped, and continue to be shaped by experiences and moments that we’ve endured across countless environments and situations. Due to our ever-changing lives and stressors, it can sometimes be difficult to navigate our emotions and feelings on our own. In therapy, focus is on allowing individuals to explore, process and express themselves in a safe and non-judgmental space.
Meet Our Female Therapists
The mission of Serenity Cove Pediatrics (SCP) is to provide integrated holistic mental and behavioral health care for children and families while valuing safety and inclusivity. During my fifteen plus years of pediatric practice, I received specialized mental and behavioral health training to care for children and families with trauma. This includes special experience with children/teens with a history of trauma, foster children, adoptive children, pediatric refugees, kinship care, and high risk vulnerable children. Currently, providing Telehealth assistance with specialized pediatric focused medication management in NY and VA.
The mission of Serenity Cove Pediatrics (SCP) is to provide integrated holistic mental and behavioral health care for children and families while valuing safety and inclusivity. During my fifteen plus years of pediatric practice, I received specialized mental and behavioral health training to care for children and families with trauma. This includes special experience with children/teens with a history of trauma, foster children, adoptive children, pediatric refugees, kinship care, and high risk vulnerable children. Currently, providing Telehealth assistance with specialized pediatric focused medication management in NY and VA.
When things are difficult, it can isolate us, drain our emotional reserves, and limit our ability to look at things in new ways. I work to help clients appreciate the depth of their experience, and support them toward personal strength and healthier relationships. My style is open, collaborative, direct, and supportive. I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years in private practice. I also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Rochester's Counseling Center for many years.
When things are difficult, it can isolate us, drain our emotional reserves, and limit our ability to look at things in new ways. I work to help clients appreciate the depth of their experience, and support them toward personal strength and healthier relationships. My style is open, collaborative, direct, and supportive. I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years in private practice. I also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Rochester's Counseling Center for many years.
I am currently welcoming new clients for in-person and virtual session! I have over 15 years experience as a clinician, serving adults, adolescents, and children, using a variety of supports. Looking for a therapist can be stressful, so please feel free to reach out to schedule a free phone consultation. I am available for services to help with anxiety, OCD, spectrum of trauma, PTSD, depression, self-image/self-worth, and finding life balance. I can assist with self-exploration to identify your ability to grow despite the challenges outside and inside. I am available Monday-Friday and can be reached via phone or email.
I am currently welcoming new clients for in-person and virtual session! I have over 15 years experience as a clinician, serving adults, adolescents, and children, using a variety of supports. Looking for a therapist can be stressful, so please feel free to reach out to schedule a free phone consultation. I am available for services to help with anxiety, OCD, spectrum of trauma, PTSD, depression, self-image/self-worth, and finding life balance. I can assist with self-exploration to identify your ability to grow despite the challenges outside and inside. I am available Monday-Friday and can be reached via phone or email.
Christina Kennedy-Dunn
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
Are you feeling anxious, depressed, struggling with friendship conflict or complicated family dynamics? Maybe these feelings are new and unsettling or familiar and exhausting. It is perfectly normal to have difficult times in your life and you might need some additional support to ease the burden. The path to healing emotional wounds begins with connection, feeling heard and cultivating self-awareness. I aim to provide a safe, genuine, and empathic environment while utilizing our relationship to facilitate collaborative and meaningful change.
Are you feeling anxious, depressed, struggling with friendship conflict or complicated family dynamics? Maybe these feelings are new and unsettling or familiar and exhausting. It is perfectly normal to have difficult times in your life and you might need some additional support to ease the burden. The path to healing emotional wounds begins with connection, feeling heard and cultivating self-awareness. I aim to provide a safe, genuine, and empathic environment while utilizing our relationship to facilitate collaborative and meaningful change.
Stefanie M. Greisch
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
Waitlist for new clients
When I started my social work career in 2005, I dedicated my skills to provide support/relief to "those people" meaning people who experienced trauma, addiction, or other taboo topics that society didn't want to acknowledge with dignity. I have a full tool box to draw from and am ready to share these tools with anyone who is willing to learn and practice these techniques. Relief doesn't mean you won't have struggles, however the struggles will not cause your whole world to shut down.
When I started my social work career in 2005, I dedicated my skills to provide support/relief to "those people" meaning people who experienced trauma, addiction, or other taboo topics that society didn't want to acknowledge with dignity. I have a full tool box to draw from and am ready to share these tools with anyone who is willing to learn and practice these techniques. Relief doesn't mean you won't have struggles, however the struggles will not cause your whole world to shut down.
Dedicated to assisting individuals, couples and families achieve emotional well-being, in the shortest time and with the greatest ease, I use the most highly effective methods of treatment. Years of experience with yoga and eastern psychology has shown me the wisdom of the inseparability of spirit-body-mind. Sensitivity to each individual's spiritual orientation (including the absence of one) allows me to assist clients in aligning with the highest possibilities for healing.
Dedicated to assisting individuals, couples and families achieve emotional well-being, in the shortest time and with the greatest ease, I use the most highly effective methods of treatment. Years of experience with yoga and eastern psychology has shown me the wisdom of the inseparability of spirit-body-mind. Sensitivity to each individual's spiritual orientation (including the absence of one) allows me to assist clients in aligning with the highest possibilities for healing.
Making it to the “actively looking for a therapist” stage is a whole feat by itself- so let me begin by acknowledging what it takes to make it here. Therapy can require facing discomforts, and my goal is to help you approach what is uncomfortable in a way that is empowering and brings you closer in touch with your inner strength. My therapeutic style is warm and action oriented. I am passionate about using evidence-based treatments in order to help you reduce your symptoms, gain coping skills, and experience more freedom!
Making it to the “actively looking for a therapist” stage is a whole feat by itself- so let me begin by acknowledging what it takes to make it here. Therapy can require facing discomforts, and my goal is to help you approach what is uncomfortable in a way that is empowering and brings you closer in touch with your inner strength. My therapeutic style is warm and action oriented. I am passionate about using evidence-based treatments in order to help you reduce your symptoms, gain coping skills, and experience more freedom!
Lenka Schroeder
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
Waitlist for new clients
Life can get really tough sometimes and I think we all need a place to come and just BE REAL with another person. Vent feelings, share thoughts that one is not really comfortable sharing with close friends and family, just lay it all out however messy. ABOUT ME: I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in both California and New York with over 15 years in the field. I got my Masters degree in Integral Counseling Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA in 2008. My areas of study was Gestalt Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Creative Arts Therapy.
Life can get really tough sometimes and I think we all need a place to come and just BE REAL with another person. Vent feelings, share thoughts that one is not really comfortable sharing with close friends and family, just lay it all out however messy. ABOUT ME: I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in both California and New York with over 15 years in the field. I got my Masters degree in Integral Counseling Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA in 2008. My areas of study was Gestalt Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Creative Arts Therapy.
Margery F Rosen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Sometimes our problems and pain are too much for us to manage on our own. I can help people understand their relationships with others and manage the challenges in their lives. My clients find me easy to talk to: I believe I know when to be quiet and when people need my help to talk about their suffering and struggles. Together my clients and I identify the troublesome patterns in their relationships - professional and personal - and figure out how to change those patterns. Sometimes I am there just to be with people as they acknowledge and bear what cannot be changed.
Sometimes our problems and pain are too much for us to manage on our own. I can help people understand their relationships with others and manage the challenges in their lives. My clients find me easy to talk to: I believe I know when to be quiet and when people need my help to talk about their suffering and struggles. Together my clients and I identify the troublesome patterns in their relationships - professional and personal - and figure out how to change those patterns. Sometimes I am there just to be with people as they acknowledge and bear what cannot be changed.
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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.