Domestic Abuse Therapists in Bristol, VT
Let me first acknowledge that it can be so challenging to find a therapist that takes your insurance, has availability, aligns with your schedule, and is someone you click with. Let me tell you all the main things you need to know to determine if we might be a good fit: I offer virtual individual sessions to adults residing in Vermont and New Jersey. I typically see clients on consistent days and times - weekly or bi-weekly. Please send a message to connect.
Let me first acknowledge that it can be so challenging to find a therapist that takes your insurance, has availability, aligns with your schedule, and is someone you click with. Let me tell you all the main things you need to know to determine if we might be a good fit: I offer virtual individual sessions to adults residing in Vermont and New Jersey. I typically see clients on consistent days and times - weekly or bi-weekly. Please send a message to connect.
Welcome! I currently have virtual openings for BCBS, MVP and Private Pay clients.
Finding balance in life can be overwhelming with contrast all around us. I am passionate about providing a safe and empowering space for individuals to be themselves. The work we do together will be intentional and geared toward self-discovery. I am dedicated to helping you connect with your inner source. Together we will explore verbal, visual and creative expression to help bring awareness to the ways in which the mind and body store and manifest negative patterns.
Welcome! I currently have virtual openings for BCBS, MVP and Private Pay clients.
Finding balance in life can be overwhelming with contrast all around us. I am passionate about providing a safe and empowering space for individuals to be themselves. The work we do together will be intentional and geared toward self-discovery. I am dedicated to helping you connect with your inner source. Together we will explore verbal, visual and creative expression to help bring awareness to the ways in which the mind and body store and manifest negative patterns.
Using warmth, compassionate curiosity, humor, and especially respect, I build a strong alliance to support adults from all backgrounds and identities who are experiencing depression, anxiety, difficulty in relationships, major life transitions, substance use, abuse, and addiction.
I am grounded in a humanistic, client-centered approach called Component Based Psychotherapy. This flexible and diverse theory centers around the power of the therapeutic relationship that allows clients to experience healing through emotional safety and acceptance, which are often missing from critical relationships in our lives.
Using warmth, compassionate curiosity, humor, and especially respect, I build a strong alliance to support adults from all backgrounds and identities who are experiencing depression, anxiety, difficulty in relationships, major life transitions, substance use, abuse, and addiction.
I am grounded in a humanistic, client-centered approach called Component Based Psychotherapy. This flexible and diverse theory centers around the power of the therapeutic relationship that allows clients to experience healing through emotional safety and acceptance, which are often missing from critical relationships in our lives.
I work with adults experiencing a range of difficulties associated with trauma, depression, ADHD, chronic pain/illness, and anxiety. When working with clients, I utilize an ecological framework to conceptualize my clients' difficulties and strengths beyond mental health, working to understand how the community, relationships, and physical health also play a role so I can better support my clients in meeting their goals.
I work with adults experiencing a range of difficulties associated with trauma, depression, ADHD, chronic pain/illness, and anxiety. When working with clients, I utilize an ecological framework to conceptualize my clients' difficulties and strengths beyond mental health, working to understand how the community, relationships, and physical health also play a role so I can better support my clients in meeting their goals.
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Welcome! I offer humor, empathy, and directness for a truly authentic therapy experience. The only expectation? Show up as you are. I work with folks on GLP-1s and medical weight management navigating body dysmorphia and shifts in mood, life, and self-image, plus internet, gaming, pop culture, geek/nerd, neurodiverse, LGBTQ+, and spiritual/alternative communities. Ready to begin? Book today! I use TavaHealth (most insurance) and Headway (Aetna & Cigna), sign-up is required.
Private coaching for the emotional side of medical weight-loss is now available: coaching-eq-mind-path.c0m (Insurance not accepted for private coaching).
Welcome! I offer humor, empathy, and directness for a truly authentic therapy experience. The only expectation? Show up as you are. I work with folks on GLP-1s and medical weight management navigating body dysmorphia and shifts in mood, life, and self-image, plus internet, gaming, pop culture, geek/nerd, neurodiverse, LGBTQ+, and spiritual/alternative communities. Ready to begin? Book today! I use TavaHealth (most insurance) and Headway (Aetna & Cigna), sign-up is required.
Private coaching for the emotional side of medical weight-loss is now available: coaching-eq-mind-path.c0m (Insurance not accepted for private coaching).
You may be carrying more than your own pain. Old family roles, cultural messages, trauma, and systems of control can shape how you see yourself, relate to others, and move through the world. You may feel exhausted from overgiving, people-pleasing, self-doubt, guilt, or trying to become who others needed you to be. My ideal clients are adults who are ready to step outside the box, shed old identities, reclaim their voice, and understand the deeper roots of their patterns. Healing is not about becoming someone new, but integrating all parts of yourself and living with greater authenticity, freedom, and self-trust.
You may be carrying more than your own pain. Old family roles, cultural messages, trauma, and systems of control can shape how you see yourself, relate to others, and move through the world. You may feel exhausted from overgiving, people-pleasing, self-doubt, guilt, or trying to become who others needed you to be. My ideal clients are adults who are ready to step outside the box, shed old identities, reclaim their voice, and understand the deeper roots of their patterns. Healing is not about becoming someone new, but integrating all parts of yourself and living with greater authenticity, freedom, and self-trust.
I meet people where they are so we can begin the journey towards a more healthy and productive life. As a bicultural, bilingual clinician, I am well aware of how important cultural and family norms are and what role these play in our daily lives. I am sensitive to inter-generational conflicts that arise due to acculturation issues. Experience working with maternal wellness, teen & adults. Envisioning a rich and rewarding life can be challenging when you are overcome by either longstanding or daily problems.
I meet people where they are so we can begin the journey towards a more healthy and productive life. As a bicultural, bilingual clinician, I am well aware of how important cultural and family norms are and what role these play in our daily lives. I am sensitive to inter-generational conflicts that arise due to acculturation issues. Experience working with maternal wellness, teen & adults. Envisioning a rich and rewarding life can be challenging when you are overcome by either longstanding or daily problems.
I provide a holistic approach to mental health counseling to support individuals who are experiencing symptoms related to anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, and stress during difficult life transitions.
My approach to therapy is holistic, person-centered, and integrative. I honor the connection between the mind/body and I believe that each person has the innate potential to grow and thrive. My practice values building strong therapeutic relationships based on trust and respect. I sometimes use practices from Somatic Therapy, Art Therapy, and Mindfulness.
I provide a holistic approach to mental health counseling to support individuals who are experiencing symptoms related to anxiety, depression, trauma, abuse, and stress during difficult life transitions.
My approach to therapy is holistic, person-centered, and integrative. I honor the connection between the mind/body and I believe that each person has the innate potential to grow and thrive. My practice values building strong therapeutic relationships based on trust and respect. I sometimes use practices from Somatic Therapy, Art Therapy, and Mindfulness.
Noah O'Leary
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
Waitlist for new clients
It takes time to build emotional safety with the right therapist. I respect that need and take a non-judgmental approach with all clients no matter what they bring to the space. My style involves listening carefully, reflecting back, offering gentle challenges, and infusing all parts of the process with compassion. My clients experience deeper insight, improved symptoms, and better understanding of their emotional landscapes. I aim to help you connect to yourself and explore how patterns of relating to others are impacting your life. Let's see where we can make some changes.
It takes time to build emotional safety with the right therapist. I respect that need and take a non-judgmental approach with all clients no matter what they bring to the space. My style involves listening carefully, reflecting back, offering gentle challenges, and infusing all parts of the process with compassion. My clients experience deeper insight, improved symptoms, and better understanding of their emotional landscapes. I aim to help you connect to yourself and explore how patterns of relating to others are impacting your life. Let's see where we can make some changes.
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel daunting, but it can also mark the beginning of meaningful change. As a solution‑focused therapist, I work collaboratively with clients to help them identify their strengths, gain insight into patterns that may be holding them back, and move toward a more balanced and fulfilling life. While we cannot change the past, we can work together to understand its impact and develop practical strategies for moving forward. I provide individual therapy to adults with a wide range of mental health and substance use concerns, using an approach that is direct, supportive, and respectful.
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel daunting, but it can also mark the beginning of meaningful change. As a solution‑focused therapist, I work collaboratively with clients to help them identify their strengths, gain insight into patterns that may be holding them back, and move toward a more balanced and fulfilling life. While we cannot change the past, we can work together to understand its impact and develop practical strategies for moving forward. I provide individual therapy to adults with a wide range of mental health and substance use concerns, using an approach that is direct, supportive, and respectful.
I support adults navigating complex trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, life transitions, and emotional regulation difficulties. Many of the people I work with are already insightful and self-aware, but still feel stuck in patterns that insight alone hasn’t been able to shift, often feeling disconnected from themselves and overwhelmed. I focus less on labels and more on you: your experiences, patterns, and the systems you move through. Therapy doesn’t have to feel stiff or overly clinical; sessions with me feel like real conversations, where I bring curiosity, support, and practical tools.
I support adults navigating complex trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, life transitions, and emotional regulation difficulties. Many of the people I work with are already insightful and self-aware, but still feel stuck in patterns that insight alone hasn’t been able to shift, often feeling disconnected from themselves and overwhelmed. I focus less on labels and more on you: your experiences, patterns, and the systems you move through. Therapy doesn’t have to feel stiff or overly clinical; sessions with me feel like real conversations, where I bring curiosity, support, and practical tools.
I'm a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience. Most of my clients are men doing the hard work of examining the scripts they inherited about strength, people carrying anxiety that looks like control on the outside and exhaustion underneath, and individuals and partners navigating ethical non-monogamy and other relationship structures, always free of judgment. I don't rely on one modality - I blend Internal Family Systems, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, and other modalities to fit the person in front of me. Expect warmth, honesty, and someone who will gently push you to grow.
I'm a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience. Most of my clients are men doing the hard work of examining the scripts they inherited about strength, people carrying anxiety that looks like control on the outside and exhaustion underneath, and individuals and partners navigating ethical non-monogamy and other relationship structures, always free of judgment. I don't rely on one modality - I blend Internal Family Systems, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, and other modalities to fit the person in front of me. Expect warmth, honesty, and someone who will gently push you to grow.
I have worked with those struggling with anxiety, depression, caregiver fatigue and existential distress from loneliness, the experience of abuse, suffering and grief.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted, or simply not like yourself. Perhaps you are carrying grief, struggling with a painful relationship or past experience, caring for someone you love, or questioning where your life is headed. You may know that something needs to change but aren't sure where to begin. Therapy can provide a private, supportive place to slow down, make sense of what you are experiencing, and begin moving toward greater peace and a more meaningful life.
I have worked with those struggling with anxiety, depression, caregiver fatigue and existential distress from loneliness, the experience of abuse, suffering and grief.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted, or simply not like yourself. Perhaps you are carrying grief, struggling with a painful relationship or past experience, caring for someone you love, or questioning where your life is headed. You may know that something needs to change but aren't sure where to begin. Therapy can provide a private, supportive place to slow down, make sense of what you are experiencing, and begin moving toward greater peace and a more meaningful life.
I have a depth of knowledge in trauma symptomatology, treatment and healing gleaned from years working with survivors of childhood and adult abuse.
I have significant experience working with survivors of intimate partner violence and have much to offer survivors on their paths of healing. Additional training in attachment theory and trauma certification allows me to help clients heal wounded parts of self thereby bringing forth their most authentic, whole self. I have worked with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folx.
I have a depth of knowledge in trauma symptomatology, treatment and healing gleaned from years working with survivors of childhood and adult abuse.
I have significant experience working with survivors of intimate partner violence and have much to offer survivors on their paths of healing. Additional training in attachment theory and trauma certification allows me to help clients heal wounded parts of self thereby bringing forth their most authentic, whole self. I have worked with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folx.
If you're seeking relief from trauma or anxiety, I offer a calm, steady place to heal using EMDR, a research-supported method for processing the past and feeling more present today. With more than 30 years of experience, my work is warm, clear, and focused on helping you understand what you're carrying, how it affects you, and what will help you move forward at a pace that feels safe and right for you.
If you're seeking relief from trauma or anxiety, I offer a calm, steady place to heal using EMDR, a research-supported method for processing the past and feeling more present today. With more than 30 years of experience, my work is warm, clear, and focused on helping you understand what you're carrying, how it affects you, and what will help you move forward at a pace that feels safe and right for you.
Alison Dagger
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCMHC, LCPC, LPC, LPMT, MT-BC
2 Endorsed
Waterbury, VT 05676
Welcoming in creatives, artists, and healers! Currently accepting new clients. Has your creative drive disappeared behind a booming inner critic that’s never satisfied? Ever wondered why you’ve been in therapy for years, but the old problems persist? I specialize in helping creatives like you, with histories of relational or sexual trauma, heal from the inside out; building internal spaces of worthiness that aren’t dependent on external validation to feel whole.
Welcoming in creatives, artists, and healers! Currently accepting new clients. Has your creative drive disappeared behind a booming inner critic that’s never satisfied? Ever wondered why you’ve been in therapy for years, but the old problems persist? I specialize in helping creatives like you, with histories of relational or sexual trauma, heal from the inside out; building internal spaces of worthiness that aren’t dependent on external validation to feel whole.
Accidents, loss, abuse, and chronic stress can linger long after the event has passed.
Stuck because old experiences or emotional patterns still hold you back? I help people move beyond insight into real relief and forward change. My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and more focused than traditional open-ended therapy. I tend to work in a structured way with people who are ready to make changes, reducing emotional distress, loosening the grip of painful memories, and helping you move forward with greater clarity, freedom, and confidence. You can view availablity and often schedule immediately, without long waitlists or phone tag.
Accidents, loss, abuse, and chronic stress can linger long after the event has passed.
Stuck because old experiences or emotional patterns still hold you back? I help people move beyond insight into real relief and forward change. My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and more focused than traditional open-ended therapy. I tend to work in a structured way with people who are ready to make changes, reducing emotional distress, loosening the grip of painful memories, and helping you move forward with greater clarity, freedom, and confidence. You can view availablity and often schedule immediately, without long waitlists or phone tag.
Somatic therapy plays a large role in my approach to working through trauma and abuse.
We all face challenges in our lives. The current climate of our world can often lead us to feel like our struggles are outweighing life's gifts. I work to help clients balance the different aspects of their lives. Together, we can challenge unwanted negative thoughts and work on changing how we react to the struggles that we face each day with a goal of strengthening healthy emotional regulation and coping skills. I believe in the importance and effectiveness of a strong therapeutic alliance between clinician and client, this alliance serves as the foundation for meaningful and rewarding treatment.
Somatic therapy plays a large role in my approach to working through trauma and abuse.
We all face challenges in our lives. The current climate of our world can often lead us to feel like our struggles are outweighing life's gifts. I work to help clients balance the different aspects of their lives. Together, we can challenge unwanted negative thoughts and work on changing how we react to the struggles that we face each day with a goal of strengthening healthy emotional regulation and coping skills. I believe in the importance and effectiveness of a strong therapeutic alliance between clinician and client, this alliance serves as the foundation for meaningful and rewarding treatment.
I am a Vermont licensed clinical mental health counselor and licensed alcohol and drug counselor. I work with adults 18 years and older. I will work hard to support you in developing skills to face the world with calmness and to strengthen your ability to regulate your emotions. We will work together to help you overcome obstacles that are getting in the way of you achieving your goals.
I believe that the therapeutic relationship is a central factor in helping people to heal from trauma. I am committed to helping you find relief.
I am a Vermont licensed clinical mental health counselor and licensed alcohol and drug counselor. I work with adults 18 years and older. I will work hard to support you in developing skills to face the world with calmness and to strengthen your ability to regulate your emotions. We will work together to help you overcome obstacles that are getting in the way of you achieving your goals.
I believe that the therapeutic relationship is a central factor in helping people to heal from trauma. I am committed to helping you find relief.
I help people to look within and find the inner strengths they have to overcome problems. Together, we develop strategies to become successful at home, with work and socially. I specialize in utilizing psychological testing to help discover ways to capitalize on your unique abilities and traits.
I help people to look within and find the inner strengths they have to overcome problems. Together, we develop strategies to become successful at home, with work and socially. I specialize in utilizing psychological testing to help discover ways to capitalize on your unique abilities and traits.
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Domestic Abuse Therapists
What are the most effective ways to recover from domestic abuse?
Leaving an abusive relationship requires tremendous courage, so survivors in treatment should recognize that they have already completed the most important step. Still, the trauma of physical or emotional abuse can be difficult to process and overcome. Therapy can help survivors process trauma, grief, and difficult emotions, treat relevant mental health symptoms, and create a new framework for boundaries and relationships in the future. For some, support groups can also be an invaluable outlet for healing.
When should an individual seek help for domestic abuse?
Victims of intimate partner violence should seek help immediately. It can take substantial time, planning, energy, and courage to leave an abusive relationship, but starting the process—by seeking therapy, calling the domestic violence hotline, or simply confiding in a loved one—will help them get there. Those who have left abusive relationships but haven’t sought treatment can also greatly benefit from therapy to process and heal from the experience.
What are the consequences of staying in an abusive relationship?
Remaining in an abusive relationship has serious repercussions. In addition to the ongoing threat of physical danger and emotional abuse, research shows that intimate partner violence is associated with a range of mental health disorders including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and substance abuse. Therefore it’s important for individuals in an abusive relationship to seek help as soon as possible.
How can you get domestic abuse treatment for someone else?
It can be very complicated to identify and leave an abusive relationship; barriers include the threat of violence, financial instability, and family pressures. Those concerned about a loved one in an abusive relationship should talk to them about the situation, provide them with resources such as the domestic violence hotline, and introduce the idea of seeing a therapist due to their concern for the person’s safety and well-being.