Spirituality Therapists in Columbia County, NY

Welcome! This is a safe space where you can explore what is relevant for you, whether it's LGBTQIA+ issues, anxiety, depression, self-doubt, boundaries, family dynamics, spirituality, or self-discovery. I'm here to support your journey toward growth and wellness. My therapeutic approach centers around the power of vulnerability, honoring your personal story, and the importance of embracing your authentic self. Feel free to schedule a consultation appointment below or ask any questions you may have about the therapeutic process.

I believe that holding space for another person, using empathy, compassion, and connection is the greatest gift we can share. My counseling process is a collaborative relationship of communication, investigation, exploration, reflection, and insight. Counseling and/or coaching sessions can take place in a variety of formats including, individual, couples, and/or family. Together we will figure out the best modality. I love to incorporate creativity, spirituality, and even nature into our work. Together we will work on creating a more flowing, wholehearted life.

Do you want a space where you can be present and develop in the "here and now"? Do you want to bring your experience of self to clear awareness with support for healing and discovery of new ways to integrate your thinking, feeling and willing? If so, I am available to explore with you how to work with the issues that are important to you.

From our research, we offer the Path of the Wounded Healer for those who are looking for ongoing support, mental wellness, and spiritual care. Through the lens of Positive Psychology and Recovery, we support healing through bodywork, regulation, and psychedelic cannabis as plant medicine. We are a co-op of healers that provide services like somatic-based approaches like Polarity Therapy, Brainspotting, BEMER, Neuro/biofeedback, Reiki, and Cranio-Sacral sessions. We are a spiritual health spa/gym where anyone can exercise their minds, heal through Mindfulness, get accountability for self-care, and individual support.

My passion in life is to help individuals and couples quickly find solutions to even the most challenging issues, so that they can reconnect with a new sense of possibility and joy for what life can truly be. The short-term, solution-oriented approach focuses on the present and future rather than the past. In our work together you will quickly learn how to shift your perspective from one in which you may feel frustrated, stuck, scared or angry, to one in which you will find the courage, willingness, love, and wisdom you need in any situation to move forward.

Are you a creative, highly sensitive person? Do you feel things more deeply than those around you? Do you often find yourself overwhelmed by life, more than others? Perhaps you feel "different" or struggle with feeling like you’re never good enough? Whatever challenges you might be facing, I am here to offer you support and a safe space that is filled with kindness, compassion, and zero judgement.

When experiencing burnout, feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or detached from others, therapy offers a vital pathway to transformation and restoration. It aids in comprehending your needs, navigating through challenging experiences, releasing harsh self-criticism, crafting new coping strategies, and reconnecting with your genuine priorities.

Life holds challenges for all of us but the tumultuous times have created stresses and strains that none of us could have foreseen. I offer a safe and supportive place to work in partnership with people who need help tackling issues, problems or changes. My clients and I discover ways for them to change their lives in positive ways. I have been told that my nonjudgemental, warm, and smart, approach to whatever my clients are experiencing has helped me to develop strong relationships with the people I work with. I believe a sense of humor is essential for insight and perspective. Let's get started moving you to where you want to be.

Clients that want to make changes in their lives but are unsure or frightened of how to do so. I can help you set and reach goals for the future with encouragement, guidance and support. Part of this is understanding why and how you find yourself here. People who struggle with self esteem issues, learning to make healthy choices in their lives. It’s thrilling to watch a person find their voice, and feel good about themselves. People who struggle with addiction and alcoholism and understanding where those issues began, with sobriety. There is no shame in addiction or alcoholism in my practice.

I specialize in working with clients who want to have a more authentic and meaningful life. My ideal client would be someone who is motivated to discover what is holding them back from more intimate relationships with family and friends, and someone who longs to find a path that feels true to them.

Looking to reduce or eliminate symptoms of PTSD, addiction, stress, anxiety, depression, dissociation? We provide comprehensive trauma-focused care to help support your personal growth and individual goals.

Children deserve to have a wonderful sense of " It's good to be me!". That should carry through to adulthood, experiencing myself as empowered, loving, and many other great qualities, and able to have satisfying relationships. However, that great sense of self can be lost due to kinds of emotional and psychological wounding. This produces a loss of sense of wholeness and a resulting sense of fragmentation and all kinds of problems this fragmentation produces. My job is to help people regain their sense of wholeness and everything that goes with this and the feeling " It's good to be me".

Have you been feeling overwhelmed lately? Are you feeling depressed, anxious, not sleeping well, or just not yourself ? Have you wanted to tackle some things that have been holding you back from achieving your full potential? Are there aspects of your past you may be avoiding? Are you wondering if you have addiction issues? Perhaps your family's history is something you need to discuss with someone?

I am conducting teletherapy for the foreseeable future from my home in NY for NJ based clients. The key to a successful therapeutic relationship is finding a therapist with whom you can develop a healthy trusting relationship. I believe therapy can be effective by exploring past experiences and relationships and examining how they are impacting current life stresses. A willingness to change is also critical. Please see my website for a greater description of my experience and philosophies. http://www.paulakaplanreiss.com

Looking for a counselor is one of the first steps to making a change. As counselors we want to create a space for you to explore the best way to make your life better. We are a group of affiliated clinicians including pre-licensed and licensed mental health counselors and licensed social workers. We are offering services to Hudson NY and surrounding communities.

My approach is to help you create more self-understanding so you can open to a more authentic, engaging, and fulfilling life. Therapy is the place where you can build a new kind relationship with yourself and your world, one that taps into the fundamental dynamism of the human spirit so that you can enjoy a fuller sense of connection and purpose. My approach is a blend of trauma-informed relational and psychodynamic theories with an emphasis on attachment and developmental issues pertaining to anxiety, depression, and addiction.

Sometimes what we're struggling with and going through doesn’t fit into words and because of this it has the upper hand. In depth psychology this kind of experience is connected to the Unconscious, that which escapes understanding and remains unknowable, yet we still physically and emotionally feel it. These kinds of experiences led me to my doctoral studies and research. I learned to identify and understand these experiences in relation to what Carl Jung called the archetypes, the transformational and guiding energy of the psyche. The archetypes, although invisible processes within us, are made visible in our dreams.

If you're feeling troubled – whether in the long term or in a crisis – you may need outside help. Psychodynamic therapy (PDT) may offer the help you need. In PDT as I practice it, I engage interactively with my patients to help them understand what troubles them in the larger context of who they are as individuals. As a patient you can share your thoughts and feelings with me in complete confidence, without holding anything back. I do my best to enter into your experience from your point of view, bearing in mind that the sources of what troubles us can lie beneath the surface, outside of our consciousness or hidden in the past.

Do you feel undeserving of your best life? Or carry a burden of shame from abuse as a child, and need help learning to love yourself? Therapy provides a healing path, and I will walk it with you. As kids we learn reading and math yet not how to handle troubling feelings of fear, sadness, anger, and shame. Psychotherapy teaches you how to love yourself. Relief comes as you drop harsh self-judgments that block moving from where you are now to where you want to be. You learn to discriminate between destructive self-criticism and positive self-correction.