Therapists for Adults in Weedsport, NY
Fingerlakes LCSW Counseling Services, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, R
Weedsport, NY 13166
We specialize in helping children ages 4 and up along with teens, adults, couples and families navigate life's challenges with confidence and support.
At Fingerlakes LCSW Counseling, our ideal clients are individuals, couples, children and families who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck or struggling to navigate life;s challenges on their own. Many come to us seeking relief from anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, grief, stress or major life transitions. Our team provides a safe, supportive and nonjudgemental space where clients can feel heard, understood and empowered. Through personalized treatment and evidence-based approaches, we help clients gain insight. develop healthy coping skills, build strength and create meaningful, lasting changes.
We specialize in helping children ages 4 and up along with teens, adults, couples and families navigate life's challenges with confidence and support.
At Fingerlakes LCSW Counseling, our ideal clients are individuals, couples, children and families who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck or struggling to navigate life;s challenges on their own. Many come to us seeking relief from anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, grief, stress or major life transitions. Our team provides a safe, supportive and nonjudgemental space where clients can feel heard, understood and empowered. Through personalized treatment and evidence-based approaches, we help clients gain insight. develop healthy coping skills, build strength and create meaningful, lasting changes.
I am a compassionate, neurodiversity-affirming therapist specializing in children, adolescents, neurodivergent adults, and families involved in foster care or adoption.
I provide a supportive, nonjudgmental space where clients move at their own pace and be their authentic selves. I use clients’ interests to build emotional awareness, self-regulation, and social skills. I am passionate about helping children through adoption, placement, or school transitions, fostering resilience, strong relationships, and lasting skills.
I am a compassionate, neurodiversity-affirming therapist specializing in children, adolescents, neurodivergent adults, and families involved in foster care or adoption.
I provide a supportive, nonjudgmental space where clients move at their own pace and be their authentic selves. I use clients’ interests to build emotional awareness, self-regulation, and social skills. I am passionate about helping children through adoption, placement, or school transitions, fostering resilience, strong relationships, and lasting skills.
I provide virtual therapy as a licensed social worker through Fingerlakes LCSW Counseling Services, PLLC. I offer telehealth services to clients across New York.
My approach to therapy is compassionate, collaborative, and trauma-informed. I help clients slow down and better understand their emotions, especially when they feel overwhelming or hard to make sense of. Together, we work on identifying what you’re feeling, learning how to sit with those emotions, and building awareness of how your thoughts, feelings, and body are connected.
I provide virtual therapy as a licensed social worker through Fingerlakes LCSW Counseling Services, PLLC. I offer telehealth services to clients across New York.
My approach to therapy is compassionate, collaborative, and trauma-informed. I help clients slow down and better understand their emotions, especially when they feel overwhelming or hard to make sense of. Together, we work on identifying what you’re feeling, learning how to sit with those emotions, and building awareness of how your thoughts, feelings, and body are connected.
I work with adolescents and adults.
I am deeply committed to creating a warm, safe, and truly open space in therapy—especially for those who haven’t quite found that kind of sanctuary and openness elsewhere. It’s a place where individuals and families can genuinely heal, build self-awareness, and gently develop healthier ways of coping and connecting. My therapeutic framework is deeply rooted in heart-centered compassion and absolute non-judgment, focused on helping every client feel profoundly seen and heard.
I work with adolescents and adults.
I am deeply committed to creating a warm, safe, and truly open space in therapy—especially for those who haven’t quite found that kind of sanctuary and openness elsewhere. It’s a place where individuals and families can genuinely heal, build self-awareness, and gently develop healthier ways of coping and connecting. My therapeutic framework is deeply rooted in heart-centered compassion and absolute non-judgment, focused on helping every client feel profoundly seen and heard.
Unconventional Therapy with Amy Sovocool, LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LMSW
Serves Area
I have extensive experience working with both adults and children across a range of settings, including military behavioral health, inpatient psychiatric care, and community-based treatment programs.
I’ve developed a strong foundation in evidence-based practices, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and I specialize in individual and group therapy, treatment planning, and behavioral health assessments. I have a background in crisis intervention, case management, and advocacy, which allows me to support clients in a holistic and practical way.
I have extensive experience working with both adults and children across a range of settings, including military behavioral health, inpatient psychiatric care, and community-based treatment programs.
I’ve developed a strong foundation in evidence-based practices, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and I specialize in individual and group therapy, treatment planning, and behavioral health assessments. I have a background in crisis intervention, case management, and advocacy, which allows me to support clients in a holistic and practical way.
My primary focus of therapeutic services is to provide a conducive, safe, and confidential format that will ensure personal growth. Enabling the individual to regain functional capabilities which is the ultimate goal. In order to regain functionality and growth individuals in therapeutic settings may have to discuss pleasant/unpleasant aspects of their lives and may experience uncomfortable feelings such as anxiety, fear, shame, guilt, hatred, anger, and frustration. However, through counseling, clients learn how to appreciate themselves, make better decisions and become more open about themselves and the world they live in.
My primary focus of therapeutic services is to provide a conducive, safe, and confidential format that will ensure personal growth. Enabling the individual to regain functional capabilities which is the ultimate goal. In order to regain functionality and growth individuals in therapeutic settings may have to discuss pleasant/unpleasant aspects of their lives and may experience uncomfortable feelings such as anxiety, fear, shame, guilt, hatred, anger, and frustration. However, through counseling, clients learn how to appreciate themselves, make better decisions and become more open about themselves and the world they live in.
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Rita Worlock
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LPMFT, CASAC-T, CCTP, RYT
1 Endorsed
Liverpool, NY 13088
Offering in-person/video/phone appts. I am taking new clients! I am a Clinical Psychotherapist & Social Work Practitioner with 14 yrs. of experience (academic & professional). I consistently find unique solutions for issues my clients face, and I am fully knowledgeable about the current thinking on human services and practice. I am committed to a person-centered, systemic approach that promotes independence and well-being for those under my care. I am direct, authentic, compassionate, creative, and simple in my approach. I like to go deep in my collaborative work with my clients, yet I don't take myself too seriously.
Offering in-person/video/phone appts. I am taking new clients! I am a Clinical Psychotherapist & Social Work Practitioner with 14 yrs. of experience (academic & professional). I consistently find unique solutions for issues my clients face, and I am fully knowledgeable about the current thinking on human services and practice. I am committed to a person-centered, systemic approach that promotes independence and well-being for those under my care. I am direct, authentic, compassionate, creative, and simple in my approach. I like to go deep in my collaborative work with my clients, yet I don't take myself too seriously.
I enjoy working with individuals , families, and couples. I see individual clients with a variety of presenting issues, including anxiety and depression. Many of my clients are experiencing very normal and understandable reactions to painful life circumstances. The couples that I work with may be attempting to recover from affairs, considering divorce, or experiencing challenges in their relationship that they want to work through. I've worked with both gay and straight couples.as well as those who are married and single. The families that I see are dealing with issues related to child raising, divorce, illness or disability, and major life transitions.
I enjoy working with individuals , families, and couples. I see individual clients with a variety of presenting issues, including anxiety and depression. Many of my clients are experiencing very normal and understandable reactions to painful life circumstances. The couples that I work with may be attempting to recover from affairs, considering divorce, or experiencing challenges in their relationship that they want to work through. I've worked with both gay and straight couples.as well as those who are married and single. The families that I see are dealing with issues related to child raising, divorce, illness or disability, and major life transitions.
You feel anxious, emotionally drained, and stuck in patterns you can’t break—overthinking everything, overgiving in relationships, and constantly questioning yourself. Even when things look “fine” on the outside, you feel off, disconnected, or exhausted. You keep ending up in dynamics that leave you depleted, unseen, or unsure of your worth. Talking about it hasn’t been enough, and the same cycles keep repeating.
I help clients move forward by integrating talk therapy with nervous system regulation and deeper pattern work to build self-awareness, strengthen self-trust, and support lasting emotional and relational change.
You feel anxious, emotionally drained, and stuck in patterns you can’t break—overthinking everything, overgiving in relationships, and constantly questioning yourself. Even when things look “fine” on the outside, you feel off, disconnected, or exhausted. You keep ending up in dynamics that leave you depleted, unseen, or unsure of your worth. Talking about it hasn’t been enough, and the same cycles keep repeating.
I help clients move forward by integrating talk therapy with nervous system regulation and deeper pattern work to build self-awareness, strengthen self-trust, and support lasting emotional and relational change.
I have extensive training with children, teens, and adults of all ages.
Welcome! My name is Aericka Pawlikowski, LMHC, CCPT. I strive to provide a safe space for clients to process experiences, gain new skills and feel supported on a journey towards empowerment and self-discovery. I believe every individual has the capacity for change and growth, while recognizing their intrinsic worth. I assist clients in navigating anxiety, depression, grief/loss, trauma, and identity development concerns. I also have Advanced Competency in Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP), to aid with chronic depression and anxiety, suicidality, posttraumatic stress disorder, eating disorders and more.
I have extensive training with children, teens, and adults of all ages.
Welcome! My name is Aericka Pawlikowski, LMHC, CCPT. I strive to provide a safe space for clients to process experiences, gain new skills and feel supported on a journey towards empowerment and self-discovery. I believe every individual has the capacity for change and growth, while recognizing their intrinsic worth. I assist clients in navigating anxiety, depression, grief/loss, trauma, and identity development concerns. I also have Advanced Competency in Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP), to aid with chronic depression and anxiety, suicidality, posttraumatic stress disorder, eating disorders and more.
"Where were you when I needed to hear this some time ago!" Ericka focuses on quality life changing therapeutic experiences. Ericka believes in meeting people where they are at and providing them with the support and tools necessary to expand their strengths while managing their weaknesses. Ericka's warm and inviting personality makes therapy feel like a conversation between two best friends. Clients who express a commitment to the therapeutic process, insight into their current challenges, and are open to change are most ideal for Ericka's therapeutic orientation.
"Where were you when I needed to hear this some time ago!" Ericka focuses on quality life changing therapeutic experiences. Ericka believes in meeting people where they are at and providing them with the support and tools necessary to expand their strengths while managing their weaknesses. Ericka's warm and inviting personality makes therapy feel like a conversation between two best friends. Clients who express a commitment to the therapeutic process, insight into their current challenges, and are open to change are most ideal for Ericka's therapeutic orientation.
Immediate Telehealth Openings.
Life transitions bring up emotions that feel confusing, intense, or hard to name. Whether you’re adjusting to college life, navigating relationships, or moving through the changes of pregnancy and early parenthood, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Immediate Telehealth Openings.
Life transitions bring up emotions that feel confusing, intense, or hard to name. Whether you’re adjusting to college life, navigating relationships, or moving through the changes of pregnancy and early parenthood, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
You may be carrying stories shaped by relationships, culture, and past experiences. Perhaps these stories have obscured your worth or disconnected you from yourself, and no longer reflect who you are becoming. My approach centers the body as a site of wisdom and survival, honoring how your lived history shows up in the present. I work to resist the idea that emotional pain is solely an individual burden, recognizing the systemic contexts from which it emerges. Whether you come alone, with a partner, or as a family, I strive to create space where your voice is supported, your experiences validated, and new possibilities for clarity.
You may be carrying stories shaped by relationships, culture, and past experiences. Perhaps these stories have obscured your worth or disconnected you from yourself, and no longer reflect who you are becoming. My approach centers the body as a site of wisdom and survival, honoring how your lived history shows up in the present. I work to resist the idea that emotional pain is solely an individual burden, recognizing the systemic contexts from which it emerges. Whether you come alone, with a partner, or as a family, I strive to create space where your voice is supported, your experiences validated, and new possibilities for clarity.
I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and young adults, as well as supporting families navigating challenges together.
I enjoy working with teens and young adults exploring identity development, life transitions, and relationship concerns. My approach is flexible and integrative, drawing from evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, and psychodynamic therapy.
I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and young adults, as well as supporting families navigating challenges together.
I enjoy working with teens and young adults exploring identity development, life transitions, and relationship concerns. My approach is flexible and integrative, drawing from evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, and psychodynamic therapy.
I am a psychotherapist with 37 years experience in providing individual/family therapy to adults and adolescents.
The name of my private practice, Empower Counseling Service ( established with my colleague Rosemary Collins in 1996) was chosen because of our strong belief in the process of helping clients strengthen themselves by gaining new insights into emotional connections to behavior, building resiliency and finding solutions to a wide range of life challenges and issues.
I am a psychotherapist with 37 years experience in providing individual/family therapy to adults and adolescents.
The name of my private practice, Empower Counseling Service ( established with my colleague Rosemary Collins in 1996) was chosen because of our strong belief in the process of helping clients strengthen themselves by gaining new insights into emotional connections to behavior, building resiliency and finding solutions to a wide range of life challenges and issues.
I will create a safe and non judgmental space where teens and adults can feel heard and understood.
I offer a person-centered and solution focused approach, to support you in your journey. My work target’s identity issues, relationships, loneliness, stress, and life adjustments. Together, we will collaborate to challenge negative thought patterns, regulate emotions, and practice self-care and boundary setting.
I will create a safe and non judgmental space where teens and adults can feel heard and understood.
I offer a person-centered and solution focused approach, to support you in your journey. My work target’s identity issues, relationships, loneliness, stress, and life adjustments. Together, we will collaborate to challenge negative thought patterns, regulate emotions, and practice self-care and boundary setting.
I work with children, teens, and adults to better understand what’s getting in the way and to build healthier, more connected lives.
Welcome—I'm glad you're here.
Reaching out for support takes courage, and I honor the strength it takes to make that first step. Whether you’re a parent looking for support for your child, someone navigating the ups and downs of ADHD, feeling stuck in your relationships, or simply seeking growth—I'm here to walk alongside you in a space that’s grounded in compassion, non-judgment, and genuine connection.
I work with children, teens, and adults to better understand what’s getting in the way and to build healthier, more connected lives.
Welcome—I'm glad you're here.
Reaching out for support takes courage, and I honor the strength it takes to make that first step. Whether you’re a parent looking for support for your child, someone navigating the ups and downs of ADHD, feeling stuck in your relationships, or simply seeking growth—I'm here to walk alongside you in a space that’s grounded in compassion, non-judgment, and genuine connection.
I treat anxiety, depression, narcissism, couples, adults and more with science and care.
Email me and I’ll be in touch! Feel comfortable in your choice, my professional philosophy and approach. I focus up to date research and knowledge, diagnosis and medication to you specifically.
I treat anxiety, depression, narcissism, couples, adults and more with science and care.
Email me and I’ll be in touch! Feel comfortable in your choice, my professional philosophy and approach. I focus up to date research and knowledge, diagnosis and medication to you specifically.
Roderick (Rj)
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
1 Endorsed
East Syracuse, NY 13057
Waitlist for new clients
I work with adults, teens, and children who are struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation challenges, or life transitions.
I specialize in working with adults, teens, and children experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation challenges, and life transitions. Using a person-centered, trauma-informed approach, I integrate EMDR and DBT to help clients build coping skills, process trauma, and create lasting emotional balance in a supportive, collaborative space.
I work with adults, teens, and children who are struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation challenges, or life transitions.
I specialize in working with adults, teens, and children experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation challenges, and life transitions. Using a person-centered, trauma-informed approach, I integrate EMDR and DBT to help clients build coping skills, process trauma, and create lasting emotional balance in a supportive, collaborative space.
Has life thrown a curveball at you and/or your family? Or do you continuously struggle with depression and anxiety? Maybe you feel like your life is a viscous cycle of not being able to find what makes you truly happy or constantly critiquing your self-worth. Whatever the circumstances are, you want to improve your overall quality of life and effectively cope with negative life events and/or circumstances. Maybe you have suffered a significant trauma that you would like to process more in-depth or re-build parts of yourself that need to be re-discovered as a result of that trauma.
Has life thrown a curveball at you and/or your family? Or do you continuously struggle with depression and anxiety? Maybe you feel like your life is a viscous cycle of not being able to find what makes you truly happy or constantly critiquing your self-worth. Whatever the circumstances are, you want to improve your overall quality of life and effectively cope with negative life events and/or circumstances. Maybe you have suffered a significant trauma that you would like to process more in-depth or re-build parts of yourself that need to be re-discovered as a result of that trauma.
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FAQ - About Adult Counseling
Why should adults see a therapist?
Adults may benefit from therapy for a wide range of reasons—whether it’s managing symptoms of a diagnosed mental health condition like anxiety or depression, navigating life transitions, coping with grief or trauma, or simply seeking support during a challenging life period. Many adults find that therapy helps them build healthier coping skills and better process their emotions, which may lead to better relationships and reduced stress. It’s important to note that, unlike psychiatrists or primary care physicians, therapists do not prescribe psychiatric medication. However, they will often work alongside prescribing clinicians to ensure coordinated care and can provide behavioral therapy as an important addition to psychiatric medication. Mental health concerns can look different in adulthood than in childhood or adolescence, so finding a therapist with expertise working with adult clients is important. Conditions like major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for instance, may present or resurface differently in adulthood than in childhood or adolescence. Adult-specific stressors, such as job strain, caregiving responsibilities, relationship challenges, financial stress, or identity transitions, can also influence the onset and type of symptoms an individual experiences. Adult-focused therapists, therefore, are trained to understand these complexities and tailor care accordingly.
How do I know if a therapist is the right fit for me?
When seeking care, it’s important to understand a therapist’s treatment specialties and their overall approach to treatment . Some therapists focus on common adult conditions like anxiety or depression, while others specialize in areas such as trauma, substance use disorders, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. It’s also important to consider a therapist’s training when seeking care. Therapists hold various licenses depending on their training and state requirements. Common therapy credentials include Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs), Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHCs), Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs), and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs). Psychologists (PhD or PsyD) receive additional doctoral-level training and may focus on assessments or more specialized therapeutic approaches. All of these professionals can provide talk therapy but do not prescribe medication. When searching for a therapist, consider their credentials and training background to ensure a good fit.
How do I find a therapist who sees adults?
Psychology Today’s online directory allows you to search specifically for therapists who work with adults. Each provider profile includes key information such as clinical specialties, therapeutic approaches, licensure, accepted insurance plans, languages spoken, and session fees. Reviewing these details can help you determine whether a particular provider aligns with your needs and can indicate whether they are a good match for adult clients.