Teen Therapists in Downtown, Syracuse, NY

I am a psychotherapist with over 30 years experience in providing individual/family therapy to adults and adolescents. I value working with a diversity of people and in my work I utilize various treatment modalities tailored to meet each individual's unique needs. I believe therapy should be interactive, collaborative and goal oriented. I have experience working with a wide range of issues including trauma, depression, anxiety/stress, sexual abuse, domestic violence, grief/loss and relationship concerns. I have a strong interest and specialization in work with adolescents with ancillary parent counseling

I work with people to help them sort through the things that can feel so overwhelming at times. I believe it is important to feel supported when confronted with life's struggles. Sometimes we have so much going on in our lives that we need someone to help us figure things out. Together we will work to create a firm understanding of what's going on and how we can make things better. You will be able to have healing in the places you need, and growth in the places you want.

As a licensed clinical therapist with experience working with individuals, families and children, I am very aware of the many challenges we face at different stages throughout our lives. Are you currently feeling stuck, isolated and overwhelmed about how to begin facing and overcoming these challenges? You no longer have to feel alone in this process. In therapy, I will work to facilitate personal growth by creating a safe space and providing empathy, support, and feedback to empower you to feel confident in reaching and achieving your goals.

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor that specializes in using play, music, and creative art therapy to help clients overcome issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, conflict management, life transitions, and trauma. I specialize in working with people of color and those within rural and urban environments. My therapeutic style is client-centered and interactive therapy. I am a graduate of SUNY Oswego with my Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling.

Are you stressed? 2022 Stress in America survey identified that 76% of adults report health impacts in the last month due to stress, including feeling anxious (34%) and/or depressed (33%) Therapy can assist with finding your way forward.

Life can be overwhelming at times and hard to manage. In therapy with me, together we will work to cope and work through areas that bring you distress. Feedback I have received from individuals who have entered into therapy with me, is that they felt I was not “a robot” & felt comfortable due to my warm and relatable approach. I have assisted individuals discover & create boundaries, healing from trauma, & overcome daily obstacles such as anxiety attacks and depressive feelings. I have helped couples successfully confront their issues, build communication skills, and understand the dynamics of their relationship more clearly.

In therapy we will build upon your own inner strength, and authentic self to process and heal any pain or psychological injuries that might be getting in your way of living a happy, healthy and fulfilling life. I believe that therapy is a collaborative process, that is, we will work together to help navigate and explore any problems or patterns in your life that may be contributing to the challenges that you face. I am not a therapist that will tell you what to do, but I will help you explore your own solutions and answers, which are within you waiting to be discovered.

You want the magic solution! Your thoughts have been overwhelming which has caused you stress and frustration. You find it difficult to get out of your own head. You find yourself replaying situations daily and you are unable to understand why. You feel as though no one understands you or your thoughts. You're tired of this cycle and you are looking forward to minimizing the overthinking, anxiety and living without worry. It can be hard to know the tools needed to just move forward. You are not alone, and these feelings far too common. You are here, so you have taken a big step into confronting these issues!

I work with individuals from all walks of life and all ages to assist them in creating the changes they want in their lives and relationships with themselves and others. I believe that each client is unique and deserves treatment that is based on love and kindness and honors that uniqueness.Our faith is the vehicle that can bring us closer to those changes and help us find meaning and fulfillment. Areas of particular focus in my practice include trauma, learning disabilities, parent-child issues, athletic performance problems, and navigating life transitions a longtime athlete and coach; I’m experienced in the challenges of athletes

Therapy can be a wonderful space to put yourself first! It’s a space where you can finally process some difficult things you may be going through or have gone through in life. A chance to become vulnerable with yourself to lead a fuller, happier life. I’m a compassionate, trauma-informed, culturally humble therapist here to empower and provide a safe space for you as you begin your therapeutic journey. As you allow yourself to be vulnerable, I want to provide support by helping you see your own resilience, strength, and courage. I’m here to listen as you process those difficult things.

Are you feeling overworked, overwhelmed, or overstressed? Have you reached your breaking point? Maybe it's time to connect with a therapist; we are here to help you at Mind, Body, & Spirit Marriage Family Therapy PLLC. We have extensive experience working with people feeling overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, or having relationship issues. We focus on treating individuals, couples, & families. Through a more holistic approach, we work to create a safe space while supporting all parts of you.

Welcome to my counseling site called Christian Based Counseling Services. As a Christian and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, it is my intent to use clinical and spiritual beliefs, attitudes and practices to support, encourage, as well as strengthen the client through a caring, professional relationship. As part of our ongoing therapeutic work and discovery, it is my goal to guide the client in identifying unhealthy and dysfunctional beliefs, attitudes and behaviors and be transformed with healthy, realistic and spiritually based truths which will enable you to grow individually and within your relationships with others.

You are the person that people often describe as intelligent, resourceful, humorous, well-liked, talented; an individual that accomplishes whatever they set out to do. You strive to excel at whatever you take on & some may even call you a perfectionist. You can't seem to understand why, or how, you continue to feel stuck, overwhelmed, tense, or perhaps, even sad or hopeless. The facts suggest you possess many of the positive qualities others seem to admire, and from afar, you appear to be someone that seemingly has it all! So why do you continue to struggle in your relationships, work or interests? Why don't you feel "enough?"

The first step to healing is establishing a safe and open space. Once we decide that we are a good fit for one another, I focus on using a somatic approach to healing that consists of body-oriented modalities to connect your body and mind while incorporating talk therapy strategies. After establishing a safe and open environment together, my goal is to help you process situations, feelings, and thoughts to then gain insights and skills to nurture and promote healing and personal growth.

Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.”