Therapists for Adults in Bennington, VT
With experiences supporting youth, adults, families, and couples, I utilize various interventions in an organic and relevant way to best support your unique and personal goals.
One of life’s greatest challenges can be beginning the healing journey. Whether you're feeling stuck, depressed, uncertain, anxious, unfulfilled, lost, or broken, I am here to support you. Bringing awareness and/or identifying the root causes of behaviors and emotional experiences can be both challenging and rewarding. My hope for you is that we can work together to identify and progress toward goals to alleviate your suffering and increase your ability to cope, make healthy decisions, and regain direction within your journey.
With experiences supporting youth, adults, families, and couples, I utilize various interventions in an organic and relevant way to best support your unique and personal goals.
One of life’s greatest challenges can be beginning the healing journey. Whether you're feeling stuck, depressed, uncertain, anxious, unfulfilled, lost, or broken, I am here to support you. Bringing awareness and/or identifying the root causes of behaviors and emotional experiences can be both challenging and rewarding. My hope for you is that we can work together to identify and progress toward goals to alleviate your suffering and increase your ability to cope, make healthy decisions, and regain direction within your journey.
Optimal Healing, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, RYT
2 Endorsed
Bennington, VT 05201
Therapy is a wonderful space to build resilience. Through cultivating awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and sensations, we can break unwanted patterns of avoidance, reactivity, or shutting down. Through replacing judgment with mindfulness and self-criticism with self-compassion, we gain a greater sense of agency. Through understanding ourselves within our biological, social, and historical context, we are reminded of a shared humanity.
Therapy is a wonderful space to build resilience. Through cultivating awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and sensations, we can break unwanted patterns of avoidance, reactivity, or shutting down. Through replacing judgment with mindfulness and self-criticism with self-compassion, we gain a greater sense of agency. Through understanding ourselves within our biological, social, and historical context, we are reminded of a shared humanity.
My work is focused on children and adolescents, although I also work with adults.
I love clinical work because it allows me to directly impact the lives of individuals who are struggling and/or suffering. I help my clients grow through challenges to access their untapped strengths and learn to see their true ability and promise. Watching clients become "unstuck" and able to move forward in a positive way makes this work deeply fulfilling.
My work is focused on children and adolescents, although I also work with adults.
I love clinical work because it allows me to directly impact the lives of individuals who are struggling and/or suffering. I help my clients grow through challenges to access their untapped strengths and learn to see their true ability and promise. Watching clients become "unstuck" and able to move forward in a positive way makes this work deeply fulfilling.
Being in the throes of an eating disorder can make you feel all alone. It can feel like you are trapped in a prison that you want to escape from so badly and stay in at the same time. The idea of life without your eating disorder can feel terrifying, unsafe and unprotected. At the same time the idea of a lifetime with it can feel crushing.
I am a certified eating disorder specialist. Who has worked at both higher levels of care and lower levels of care treating eating disorders for the last 12 years.
Being in the throes of an eating disorder can make you feel all alone. It can feel like you are trapped in a prison that you want to escape from so badly and stay in at the same time. The idea of life without your eating disorder can feel terrifying, unsafe and unprotected. At the same time the idea of a lifetime with it can feel crushing.
I am a certified eating disorder specialist. Who has worked at both higher levels of care and lower levels of care treating eating disorders for the last 12 years.
One of you wants more sex. The other has shut down. You love each other, but you're caught in a painful cycle that's hard to talk about and even harder to fix. I specialize in exactly this — couples with mismatched desire — and I've spent years developing frameworks that help you understand why this happens and how to change it. As a Certified Sex Counselor and nurse practitioner, I bring both the clinical and relational pieces together. If desire discrepancy is pulling you apart, I can help.
One of you wants more sex. The other has shut down. You love each other, but you're caught in a painful cycle that's hard to talk about and even harder to fix. I specialize in exactly this — couples with mismatched desire — and I've spent years developing frameworks that help you understand why this happens and how to change it. As a Certified Sex Counselor and nurse practitioner, I bring both the clinical and relational pieces together. If desire discrepancy is pulling you apart, I can help.
Felipe Stetson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Bennington, VT 05201
Waitlist for new clients
I have been practicing since 2002 and have a mature practice in which I see individual adults, couples, and kids and their families.
Having worked the bulk of my career in rural Vermont I am familiar with the needs of rural communities. I have training in trauma and psychiatric assessment, sex-offender treatment, domestic violence, family systems, and the symptoms which can accompany these issues such as depression, anxiety, and other functional and psychiatric issues.
I have been practicing since 2002 and have a mature practice in which I see individual adults, couples, and kids and their families.
Having worked the bulk of my career in rural Vermont I am familiar with the needs of rural communities. I have training in trauma and psychiatric assessment, sex-offender treatment, domestic violence, family systems, and the symptoms which can accompany these issues such as depression, anxiety, and other functional and psychiatric issues.
I am dedicated to helping adult clients navigate life's difficulties with enhanced resilience and clarity.
With over 45 years of clinical experience, I use a range of therapeutic approaches tailored to the needs of each client including; somatic experiencing, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and polyvagal informed therapy. My therapeutic approach is trauma informed and client centered.
I am dedicated to helping adult clients navigate life's difficulties with enhanced resilience and clarity.
With over 45 years of clinical experience, I use a range of therapeutic approaches tailored to the needs of each client including; somatic experiencing, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and polyvagal informed therapy. My therapeutic approach is trauma informed and client centered.
Stacey
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
1 Endorsed
Bennington, VT 05201
Waitlist for new clients
Imagine having a time in your schedule to feel completely safe to laugh, cry, complain, and be unapologetically honest, allowing you to learn, heal, and grow...that's what I want our therapy sessions to be like! I particularly enjoy working with people with anxiety and depression, as well as relational and family issues. Let's work together to explore how fractures in relationships, negative self-talk, and maladaptive behaviors are causing distress your life. I work to build supportive relationships with people of all walks of life to help work through a variety of issues that life throws at us.
Imagine having a time in your schedule to feel completely safe to laugh, cry, complain, and be unapologetically honest, allowing you to learn, heal, and grow...that's what I want our therapy sessions to be like! I particularly enjoy working with people with anxiety and depression, as well as relational and family issues. Let's work together to explore how fractures in relationships, negative self-talk, and maladaptive behaviors are causing distress your life. I work to build supportive relationships with people of all walks of life to help work through a variety of issues that life throws at us.
To be a compassionate companion in the process of healing is an honor I hold as sacred. Wherever you may find yourself on your journey, I will witness, listen, ask deep questions, and offer support without judgement. My goal is to provide a safe space that allows you to remember who you are. I will support you to understand your lived experience with a spacious sense of connectedness. Combining expressive creative techniques with mindfulness-based practices, we will work together towards integration and wholeness based on your chosen goals.
To be a compassionate companion in the process of healing is an honor I hold as sacred. Wherever you may find yourself on your journey, I will witness, listen, ask deep questions, and offer support without judgement. My goal is to provide a safe space that allows you to remember who you are. I will support you to understand your lived experience with a spacious sense of connectedness. Combining expressive creative techniques with mindfulness-based practices, we will work together towards integration and wholeness based on your chosen goals.
I provide depth-oriented psychotherapy for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, grief and life transitions.
My practice is best suited for individuals interested in psychotherapy as a reflective, deeper process that gets to the source of symptoms. It may not be the right fit for brief, skills-based, or primarily medication focused care. If you would like to discuss your reasons for seeking therapy, I would be happy to schedule a phone consultation.
I provide depth-oriented psychotherapy for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, grief and life transitions.
My practice is best suited for individuals interested in psychotherapy as a reflective, deeper process that gets to the source of symptoms. It may not be the right fit for brief, skills-based, or primarily medication focused care. If you would like to discuss your reasons for seeking therapy, I would be happy to schedule a phone consultation.
Whether we realize it or not, we're all carrying around a bag: some of us carry a suitcase, others a backpack, and some push around a luggage cart or two overflowing with their bags. Why not downsize a bit? Therapy is all about you. Yes, you'll talk about other people, most likely. But it's not an hour about how they feel; it's an hour about how you feel. It's an hour to be completely open and honest about your life without judgement or interruption. And you deserve it.
Whether we realize it or not, we're all carrying around a bag: some of us carry a suitcase, others a backpack, and some push around a luggage cart or two overflowing with their bags. Why not downsize a bit? Therapy is all about you. Yes, you'll talk about other people, most likely. But it's not an hour about how they feel; it's an hour about how you feel. It's an hour to be completely open and honest about your life without judgement or interruption. And you deserve it.
Elizabeth
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Bennington, VT 05201
Waitlist for new clients
Compassionate, respectful and straightforward psychotherapy. I work with people who are struggling with decisions, feelings and situations that may feel unmanageable. This can look like renegotiating your relationship with substance use, exploring relationship stress, learning about boundaries, managing the demands of care-giving, coping with chronic pain and illness, grieving a loss or some combination of all of the above. I do a lot of listening. But therapy also looks like practicing grounding exercises to learn how to calm an anxiety attack, creating a family tree or gaining new insight on the story of your life.
Compassionate, respectful and straightforward psychotherapy. I work with people who are struggling with decisions, feelings and situations that may feel unmanageable. This can look like renegotiating your relationship with substance use, exploring relationship stress, learning about boundaries, managing the demands of care-giving, coping with chronic pain and illness, grieving a loss or some combination of all of the above. I do a lot of listening. But therapy also looks like practicing grounding exercises to learn how to calm an anxiety attack, creating a family tree or gaining new insight on the story of your life.
Making the decision to begin therapy can feel incredibly overwhelming. I strive to create a safe and welcoming environment for you to explore the obsticals and struggles that have been preventing you from reaching your goals. This could be feelings of anxiety, communication struggles, difficulty establishing boundaries, trauma or a major change in your life that has left you feeling confused or lost. My ultimate goal is to make sure my clients leave therapy with better communication, a higher sense of self-worth, and the skills needed to move through difficult things.
Making the decision to begin therapy can feel incredibly overwhelming. I strive to create a safe and welcoming environment for you to explore the obsticals and struggles that have been preventing you from reaching your goals. This could be feelings of anxiety, communication struggles, difficulty establishing boundaries, trauma or a major change in your life that has left you feeling confused or lost. My ultimate goal is to make sure my clients leave therapy with better communication, a higher sense of self-worth, and the skills needed to move through difficult things.
I specialize in working with C-PTSD, Anxiety, adult of emotionally immature parents, Adult Third Culture Kids, OCD and grief.
My approach is grounded in the belief that each person carries an inner compass guiding them toward wholeness—even in the midst of confusion, grief, or overwhelm. In therapy, I work relationally, attending to how attachment, culture, and nervous system states shape our experience. My style is warm, relational, attuned, and down-to-earth, offering curiosity, creativity, and gentle challenge when helpful. I draw from depth psychology/Jungian frameworks, ACT & mindfulness, EMDR, polyvagal theory, expressive arts, somatic awareness, and embodied dreamwork.
I specialize in working with C-PTSD, Anxiety, adult of emotionally immature parents, Adult Third Culture Kids, OCD and grief.
My approach is grounded in the belief that each person carries an inner compass guiding them toward wholeness—even in the midst of confusion, grief, or overwhelm. In therapy, I work relationally, attending to how attachment, culture, and nervous system states shape our experience. My style is warm, relational, attuned, and down-to-earth, offering curiosity, creativity, and gentle challenge when helpful. I draw from depth psychology/Jungian frameworks, ACT & mindfulness, EMDR, polyvagal theory, expressive arts, somatic awareness, and embodied dreamwork.
I’m Dr. Dean Leav. I've been featured on ABC, NBC, KCAL, and other programs as an expert psychologist. I conduct ADHD / autism / learning disability evaluations, legal / forensic evaluations for court, risk assessment (violence / sexual), cognitive / neuropsychological evaluations, diagnostic psychological evaluations, immigration evaluations, adoption evaluations, parenting / bonding assessments, drug & alcohol evaluations, fitness for duty evaluations, workers' compensation (QME/AME) evaluations, and other types of psychological evaluations / assessments.
I’m Dr. Dean Leav. I've been featured on ABC, NBC, KCAL, and other programs as an expert psychologist. I conduct ADHD / autism / learning disability evaluations, legal / forensic evaluations for court, risk assessment (violence / sexual), cognitive / neuropsychological evaluations, diagnostic psychological evaluations, immigration evaluations, adoption evaluations, parenting / bonding assessments, drug & alcohol evaluations, fitness for duty evaluations, workers' compensation (QME/AME) evaluations, and other types of psychological evaluations / assessments.
I work with individuals, couples, and adolescents seeking support in navigating anxiety, depression, relationship issues, creative blockages, compulsive behaviors, addictions, grief, anger, "stuckness" and sexual frustrations. My experience includes years in the arts, making me well suited to support creative individuals. I draw from a psychoanalytic perspective, to guide you through an in-depth and creative exploration of your inner world. This process is designed to foster lasting transformation, helping you to break free from recurring patterns that hold you back.
I work with individuals, couples, and adolescents seeking support in navigating anxiety, depression, relationship issues, creative blockages, compulsive behaviors, addictions, grief, anger, "stuckness" and sexual frustrations. My experience includes years in the arts, making me well suited to support creative individuals. I draw from a psychoanalytic perspective, to guide you through an in-depth and creative exploration of your inner world. This process is designed to foster lasting transformation, helping you to break free from recurring patterns that hold you back.
Relationships can feel so hard and complicated! Sometimes it seems like no matter what we say or try to do differently, we always end up having the same arguments with the same unfulfilling outcomes over and over again. It’s stressful and exhausting and it’s easy to want to give up. In our work together, I can help you understand the real reason that these conversations aren’t going well, and give you the concrete skills and concepts to do something new and productive. This work brings clarity to the chaos of dating and relationships and creates new, healthy patterns that lead to secure, connected partnerships.
Relationships can feel so hard and complicated! Sometimes it seems like no matter what we say or try to do differently, we always end up having the same arguments with the same unfulfilling outcomes over and over again. It’s stressful and exhausting and it’s easy to want to give up. In our work together, I can help you understand the real reason that these conversations aren’t going well, and give you the concrete skills and concepts to do something new and productive. This work brings clarity to the chaos of dating and relationships and creates new, healthy patterns that lead to secure, connected partnerships.
Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed, overthinking, or putting everyone else's needs before your own? You may have already done meaningful inner work, yet still find yourself caught in patterns of self-doubt, people-pleasing, emotional exhaustion, or relationship stress. I help women reconnect with themselves, deepen self-trust, regulate their nervous systems, and create healthier boundaries. Using trauma-informed somatic therapy and Internal Family Systems (parts work), we'll work toward healing relational wounds and creating a more grounded, authentic, connected life.
Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed, overthinking, or putting everyone else's needs before your own? You may have already done meaningful inner work, yet still find yourself caught in patterns of self-doubt, people-pleasing, emotional exhaustion, or relationship stress. I help women reconnect with themselves, deepen self-trust, regulate their nervous systems, and create healthier boundaries. Using trauma-informed somatic therapy and Internal Family Systems (parts work), we'll work toward healing relational wounds and creating a more grounded, authentic, connected life.
I am licensed in Connecticut and Vermont, and have been working with children, teens and adults since 2015.
When life looks fine on the outside but doesn’t feel that way inside, this is a space where you can come to it honestly. Many of the people I work with are high-functioning but feel like they’re going through the motions, stuck, disconnected, or weighed down by self-doubt. Sometimes this shows up during life transitions like starting college, career changes, relationship shifts, or periods of uncertainty where things feel unclear or emotionally flat. Whatever the case, my first priority is earning your trust and building a real human connection. Because real change happens when you stop performing, and you start speaking honestly.
I am licensed in Connecticut and Vermont, and have been working with children, teens and adults since 2015.
When life looks fine on the outside but doesn’t feel that way inside, this is a space where you can come to it honestly. Many of the people I work with are high-functioning but feel like they’re going through the motions, stuck, disconnected, or weighed down by self-doubt. Sometimes this shows up during life transitions like starting college, career changes, relationship shifts, or periods of uncertainty where things feel unclear or emotionally flat. Whatever the case, my first priority is earning your trust and building a real human connection. Because real change happens when you stop performing, and you start speaking honestly.
My background includes deep experience with first responders, couples, and parent–child relationships. I’ve also supported many survivors of intrafamilial sexual abuse.
As an LMFT, my goal is to support clients in creating the relationships and life they envision. Whether a family is navigating crisis, a couple is working to deepen their connection, an individual is managing mental health and diagnosis, or parents are seeking more meaningful relationships with their children—I meet each client exactly where they are in their life story. Together, we co-author a new narrative rooted in growth, resilience, and authentic connection.
My background includes deep experience with first responders, couples, and parent–child relationships. I’ve also supported many survivors of intrafamilial sexual abuse.
As an LMFT, my goal is to support clients in creating the relationships and life they envision. Whether a family is navigating crisis, a couple is working to deepen their connection, an individual is managing mental health and diagnosis, or parents are seeking more meaningful relationships with their children—I meet each client exactly where they are in their life story. Together, we co-author a new narrative rooted in growth, resilience, and authentic connection.
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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.