In Person Therapists in Brattleboro, VT
Wendy Lenk McClary
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Waitlist for new clients
The quest to live authentically is challenging but ultimately transformative. With hard work and supportive professional guidance, clients have the opportunity to examine persistent, troubling patterns without judgment or shame, and in doing so create space for growth and possibility. I work with clients age 6 to end of life -- individuals, partners, and families -- to explore individual and relational challenges that may lead to feeling depressed, anxious, or "stuck." I offer support with life transitions, including separation and divorce. My work is LGBTQ+ affirmative, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, confidential.
The quest to live authentically is challenging but ultimately transformative. With hard work and supportive professional guidance, clients have the opportunity to examine persistent, troubling patterns without judgment or shame, and in doing so create space for growth and possibility. I work with clients age 6 to end of life -- individuals, partners, and families -- to explore individual and relational challenges that may lead to feeling depressed, anxious, or "stuck." I offer support with life transitions, including separation and divorce. My work is LGBTQ+ affirmative, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, confidential.
During uncertain times, you may find challenges rising up, forgoing self-care, and leaning into anxiety and depression. This is the perfect time to reach out and know someone will attend to your worries and concerns. You have the opportunity to listen to your inner voice, cultivate compassion and develop coping strategies to manage the impact of any adversity by developing resiliency, balance, fortitude and joy. Helping you navigate a changing world through processing feelings, regulating your nervous system, reconnecting with self and others can bring about positive changes in all levels of your life.
During uncertain times, you may find challenges rising up, forgoing self-care, and leaning into anxiety and depression. This is the perfect time to reach out and know someone will attend to your worries and concerns. You have the opportunity to listen to your inner voice, cultivate compassion and develop coping strategies to manage the impact of any adversity by developing resiliency, balance, fortitude and joy. Helping you navigate a changing world through processing feelings, regulating your nervous system, reconnecting with self and others can bring about positive changes in all levels of your life.
I am a psychoanalytically trained psychotherapist whose primary focus is on developing a relationship of trust between therapist and client that is essential to the healing process. I put a strong emphasis on the importance of the client's comfort in the room both physically and emotionally. Although I encourage my clients to say everything, I also think their instincts regarding when and how much they want to share should be respected. Respecting the boundaries and privacy of my clients is something I regard as the foundation of a good therapeutic relationship.
I am a psychoanalytically trained psychotherapist whose primary focus is on developing a relationship of trust between therapist and client that is essential to the healing process. I put a strong emphasis on the importance of the client's comfort in the room both physically and emotionally. Although I encourage my clients to say everything, I also think their instincts regarding when and how much they want to share should be respected. Respecting the boundaries and privacy of my clients is something I regard as the foundation of a good therapeutic relationship.
I have over 25 years experience helping people to find relief from anxiety and depression, reduce emotional reactivity, and resolve troublesome communication patterns. I work with individuals, families and adolescents. My approach to psychotherapy helps people attend to symptoms in the mind and body while increasing their ability to understand and communicate felt emotions. Somatic (body-based) techniques have been increasingly associated with more profound and timely results in therapeutic treatment. My work with clients brings focus to these three domains -- body, thought, and emotion -- in a supportive and compassionate way.
I have over 25 years experience helping people to find relief from anxiety and depression, reduce emotional reactivity, and resolve troublesome communication patterns. I work with individuals, families and adolescents. My approach to psychotherapy helps people attend to symptoms in the mind and body while increasing their ability to understand and communicate felt emotions. Somatic (body-based) techniques have been increasingly associated with more profound and timely results in therapeutic treatment. My work with clients brings focus to these three domains -- body, thought, and emotion -- in a supportive and compassionate way.
VT MEDICAID ACCEPTED. NEW CLIENTS WELCOME! Do you react intensely to others' behavior? Do people say you are oversensitive? Do you sometimes need to withdraw from people to feel safe? A history of emotional wounding could be playing a big part in your distress. But it is often difficult to make the connection. Emotional mistreatment is not like physical or overt sexual abuse, which are episodic and which often leave specific memories. It is more of a pattern of behavior directed towards you that leaves you feeling hurt, alone and uncertain of your place in the world.
VT MEDICAID ACCEPTED. NEW CLIENTS WELCOME! Do you react intensely to others' behavior? Do people say you are oversensitive? Do you sometimes need to withdraw from people to feel safe? A history of emotional wounding could be playing a big part in your distress. But it is often difficult to make the connection. Emotional mistreatment is not like physical or overt sexual abuse, which are episodic and which often leave specific memories. It is more of a pattern of behavior directed towards you that leaves you feeling hurt, alone and uncertain of your place in the world.
Marilyn Gilbert Gabriel
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Waitlist for new clients
Dr. Gabriel has over 35 years of experience working in the mental health field with children, families and adolescents. She has a clinical practice and works with clients in traditional as well as alternative therapy modalities. Dr. Gabriel completes safety/risk assessments for youth. She also provides in-depth evaluations for individuals seeking a better understanding of their treatment needs and diagnosis. She conducts forensic comprehensive evaluations for families in high conflict. Dr. Gabriel values working with the courts, health care providers, and social service teams.
Dr. Gabriel has over 35 years of experience working in the mental health field with children, families and adolescents. She has a clinical practice and works with clients in traditional as well as alternative therapy modalities. Dr. Gabriel completes safety/risk assessments for youth. She also provides in-depth evaluations for individuals seeking a better understanding of their treatment needs and diagnosis. She conducts forensic comprehensive evaluations for families in high conflict. Dr. Gabriel values working with the courts, health care providers, and social service teams.
Welcome to Hobbyhorse Counseling, LLC! I'm Renee the clinician and owner. My focus is primarily on treating children and families, especially those that have experienced trauma. I also enjoy working with people who experience trauma due to being marginalized by our society such as the LGBTQIA community. I believe in focusing on strengths, spending time engaged in play, using humor, building skills, and creating a safe space for healing.
Welcome to Hobbyhorse Counseling, LLC! I'm Renee the clinician and owner. My focus is primarily on treating children and families, especially those that have experienced trauma. I also enjoy working with people who experience trauma due to being marginalized by our society such as the LGBTQIA community. I believe in focusing on strengths, spending time engaged in play, using humor, building skills, and creating a safe space for healing.
As a Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 22 years of experience in the field, I provide counseling to adolescents (individually from 14 years old and up), adults, couples and families. My style of practice reflects a belief that the most effective treatment is one that works collaboratively towards your goals in a manner that is a combination of my skills/knowledge, your learning style and your active participation.
As a Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 22 years of experience in the field, I provide counseling to adolescents (individually from 14 years old and up), adults, couples and families. My style of practice reflects a belief that the most effective treatment is one that works collaboratively towards your goals in a manner that is a combination of my skills/knowledge, your learning style and your active participation.
My practice is based in VT and I provide psychotherapy services through both in-person appointments and telehealth (VT & NY).
As you navigate the many qualities of your life—the personal, relational, and professional; your goals and aspirations; the range of day-to-day experiences—you may at times encounter challenges that feel insurmountable. You might experience doubt, feel stuck, and be uncertain of how to reconnect again with yourself, your passions, and those important to you. It's possible you feel lost and find that familiar efforts to cope are no longer effective, leaving you searching for other ways to manage.
My practice is based in VT and I provide psychotherapy services through both in-person appointments and telehealth (VT & NY).
As you navigate the many qualities of your life—the personal, relational, and professional; your goals and aspirations; the range of day-to-day experiences—you may at times encounter challenges that feel insurmountable. You might experience doubt, feel stuck, and be uncertain of how to reconnect again with yourself, your passions, and those important to you. It's possible you feel lost and find that familiar efforts to cope are no longer effective, leaving you searching for other ways to manage.
Life can become difficult to navigate when stress, relationships, competing responsibilities, or long-standing patterns begin to affect how we think, feel, and function. Therapy can create space to slow down, reflect on what is happening, examine it more objectively, and consider perspectives that may be difficult to access on your own. I help clients clarify what is most important to them, recognize patterns that may be keeping them stuck, and move toward greater stability, confidence, and direction.
Life can become difficult to navigate when stress, relationships, competing responsibilities, or long-standing patterns begin to affect how we think, feel, and function. Therapy can create space to slow down, reflect on what is happening, examine it more objectively, and consider perspectives that may be difficult to access on your own. I help clients clarify what is most important to them, recognize patterns that may be keeping them stuck, and move toward greater stability, confidence, and direction.
Life difficulties come in many forms, and our nervous systems can go into overdrive as we attempt to adapt. This can cause long-standing patterns in the mind and body. We may feel out of touch with who we are, or like we are repeating patterns of fight, flight, or freeze. If you are looking for less analysis and words, and are interested in working directly with your body through your felt experience, this may be a good fit for you. Using curiosity and building capacity, we'll find places where you are stuck, and create long-term pathways to feeling more embodied and free.
Life difficulties come in many forms, and our nervous systems can go into overdrive as we attempt to adapt. This can cause long-standing patterns in the mind and body. We may feel out of touch with who we are, or like we are repeating patterns of fight, flight, or freeze. If you are looking for less analysis and words, and are interested in working directly with your body through your felt experience, this may be a good fit for you. Using curiosity and building capacity, we'll find places where you are stuck, and create long-term pathways to feeling more embodied and free.
We don't figure it all out on our own. We will each at some point in our lives experience loss, confusion, and overwhelm. In a rapidly-changing world which is increasingly online, human connection is in and of itself a salve and at the heart of healing. There is no wrong time to enter therapy. I strive to create a safe and compassionate place for us to engage in the spirited inquiry of examining our beliefs, values, dreams and hardships.
We don't figure it all out on our own. We will each at some point in our lives experience loss, confusion, and overwhelm. In a rapidly-changing world which is increasingly online, human connection is in and of itself a salve and at the heart of healing. There is no wrong time to enter therapy. I strive to create a safe and compassionate place for us to engage in the spirited inquiry of examining our beliefs, values, dreams and hardships.
I have been offering psychotherapy and substance abuse counseling to adults, couples and families for more than 30 years. With a combination of practical guidance, humor and respect, I work collaboratively with people to ease the stress and tensions that block them from living more fully. I have studied mindfulness and I have focused extensively on training in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and it is the primary model I use in working with individuals and couples. Areas of interest include relationship issues, anxiety and depression, and recovery from addiction.
I have been offering psychotherapy and substance abuse counseling to adults, couples and families for more than 30 years. With a combination of practical guidance, humor and respect, I work collaboratively with people to ease the stress and tensions that block them from living more fully. I have studied mindfulness and I have focused extensively on training in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and it is the primary model I use in working with individuals and couples. Areas of interest include relationship issues, anxiety and depression, and recovery from addiction.
I offer therapy in-person in a comfy office, or online using video teleconferencing.
Adults in recovery, dual diagnosis, LGBTQIA individuals, people in trades, or facing life transitions, for those who recognize they want to change and are willing to be challenged. You value growth over comfort and are drawn to therapy not because you're in crisis, but because you want deeper self-understanding. People seeking perspective shifts and authentic meaning grounded in nature and science, not doctrine. They wrestle with existential questions, maintain long-term sobriety, and are ready to integrate trauma or multiple diagnoses with both intellectual rigor and self-compassion. I use integrative approaches: cognitive theories
I offer therapy in-person in a comfy office, or online using video teleconferencing.
Adults in recovery, dual diagnosis, LGBTQIA individuals, people in trades, or facing life transitions, for those who recognize they want to change and are willing to be challenged. You value growth over comfort and are drawn to therapy not because you're in crisis, but because you want deeper self-understanding. People seeking perspective shifts and authentic meaning grounded in nature and science, not doctrine. They wrestle with existential questions, maintain long-term sobriety, and are ready to integrate trauma or multiple diagnoses with both intellectual rigor and self-compassion. I use integrative approaches: cognitive theories
Heather Humphrey-Leclaire
Counselor, MA, LCMHC, LADC, ACS, MAC
1 Endorsed
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Waitlist for new clients
I am happy to meet in person or virtually.
Are you seeking increased well-being and emotional healing? Are you standing at a crossroads in your life, wondering how to move forward? I specialize in depression and anxiety, grief, change, communication, and other attachment challenges. If you're interested in bringing your own deepest insight to bear on obstacles to your wellness, I want to help.
I am happy to meet in person or virtually.
Are you seeking increased well-being and emotional healing? Are you standing at a crossroads in your life, wondering how to move forward? I specialize in depression and anxiety, grief, change, communication, and other attachment challenges. If you're interested in bringing your own deepest insight to bear on obstacles to your wellness, I want to help.
As a psychosynthesis trained counselor, my work with clients emphasizes and supports a process of self discovery, healing and personal fulfillment. Psychosynthesis offers specific methods and tools to help a person overcome obstacles, attune to their own inner voice, and move towards a greater sense of purpose and meaning. Clients discover new possibilities for living, working and relating to the world from a healthier, more authentic sense of self.
As a psychosynthesis trained counselor, my work with clients emphasizes and supports a process of self discovery, healing and personal fulfillment. Psychosynthesis offers specific methods and tools to help a person overcome obstacles, attune to their own inner voice, and move towards a greater sense of purpose and meaning. Clients discover new possibilities for living, working and relating to the world from a healthier, more authentic sense of self.
Rhianna Kendrick
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Waitlist for new clients
I offer sessions in person, or sometimes through telehealth.
We live in an incredibly fast paced world, focused on capitalistic systems that value productivity, individuality, and a quest for materialism. This often leads to exhaustion, challenges in our relationships, and a disconnect from caring for ourselves. My goal is to provide a compassionate setting to explore your experiences that may be contributing to internal distress and disconnection, focusing on you as the expert.
I offer sessions in person, or sometimes through telehealth.
We live in an incredibly fast paced world, focused on capitalistic systems that value productivity, individuality, and a quest for materialism. This often leads to exhaustion, challenges in our relationships, and a disconnect from caring for ourselves. My goal is to provide a compassionate setting to explore your experiences that may be contributing to internal distress and disconnection, focusing on you as the expert.
I am eclectic in my clinical philosophy and treatment approach, drawing from psychodynamic theories,transpersonal theories
and energy psychology.
My focus of interest and expertise is working with trauma, depression, anxiety, stress disorders, parent-child problems, relationship issues,family and divorce mediation, transpersonal and psycho-spiritual issues.
I am eclectic in my clinical philosophy and treatment approach, drawing from psychodynamic theories,transpersonal theories
and energy psychology.
My focus of interest and expertise is working with trauma, depression, anxiety, stress disorders, parent-child problems, relationship issues,family and divorce mediation, transpersonal and psycho-spiritual issues.
Through various techniques, my orientation is to help you access your true nature, your inner authority. Creating a welcoming environment within which you can get in touch with the wounded parts of yourself with compassion and insight, rather than judgment and rejection. Seeing clearly with compassion into your habitual reactive patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting will expand your awareness and open you up to new possibilities of healing and living. The guiding question is: How can you more deeply and more tenderly embrace your human experience?
Through various techniques, my orientation is to help you access your true nature, your inner authority. Creating a welcoming environment within which you can get in touch with the wounded parts of yourself with compassion and insight, rather than judgment and rejection. Seeing clearly with compassion into your habitual reactive patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting will expand your awareness and open you up to new possibilities of healing and living. The guiding question is: How can you more deeply and more tenderly embrace your human experience?
I have been working as a psychotherapist, counselor, clinical supervisor and consultant for over twenty years. My approach has become eclectic and energized by my interest in family systems, substance use, emotional well being, and the possibilities offered by an in depth approach to psychotherapy. My training as an Archetypal Pattern Analyst and in orientational approaches to dream work have consistently informed my work and my enjoyment of the psychotherapeutic and consulting process. The more I learn the more respect, empathy, joy and humor I have for the act of collaboration needed to find a fuller way of being in our lives.
I have been working as a psychotherapist, counselor, clinical supervisor and consultant for over twenty years. My approach has become eclectic and energized by my interest in family systems, substance use, emotional well being, and the possibilities offered by an in depth approach to psychotherapy. My training as an Archetypal Pattern Analyst and in orientational approaches to dream work have consistently informed my work and my enjoyment of the psychotherapeutic and consulting process. The more I learn the more respect, empathy, joy and humor I have for the act of collaboration needed to find a fuller way of being in our lives.
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FAQ - About In Person Therapy
What are the benefits of in-person therapy?
In-person therapy offers several benefits that some people find highly valuable for their mental health treatment. Being present in the same room as your therapist can create a stronger sense of connection and allow for more nuanced communication through body language. Some people may also find it easier to focus in therapy when they are in a dedicated space and away from potential distractions related to home or work; attending an in-person session provides a clear boundary between therapy time and the rest of your life. For certain therapeutic approaches, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), exposure therapy, or somatic therapy, being in person may be particularly important, as these therapies benefit from the therapist being able to observe and respond to a client’s physical cues effectively. Additionally, some individuals simply feel more comfortable discussing sensitive or painful topics when they are face-to-face with their therapist rather than on a screen.
When should I choose in-person therapy over online therapy?
In-person therapy may be a better choice when you need a structured therapeutic environment separate from your daily life, when you find it difficult to focus or feel comfortable in an online setting, or when privacy at home is a concern. It may also be more appropriate if you are dealing with severe mental health symptoms that require close monitoring or if your therapy involves approaches that rely heavily on observing physical cues. On the other hand, if convenience, scheduling flexibility, or access to specialists outside your immediate area are priorities, online therapy may be a better fit. Many therapists offer both options, so you can also discuss with a provider which format might work best for your specific situation.
How do I find an in-person therapist?
You can use Psychology Today's therapist directory to find an in-person therapist in your area. You can search by location, insurance accepted, specialty areas, therapeutic approaches, and other criteria to narrow down providers who meet your needs. Each therapist profile includes information about their credentials, areas of expertise, and whether they offer in-person sessions. Once you have identified potential therapists, you can contact them directly through the directory to schedule an initial consultation and determine whether they are a good fit before committing to ongoing treatment. When reaching out, it can be helpful to confirm their availability for in-person appointments, their office location, and whether they accept your insurance.