Trauma Focused 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.
I believe that the relationship between client and counselor is key to healing and growth. I bring a supportive and non-judgmental approach to examine the thoughts and beliefs that keep us stuck in unproductive and often painful patterns in our lives and in our relationships. 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. Together we can begin to identify and heal breaches in trust from the past.
I believe that the relationship between client and counselor is key to healing and growth. I bring a supportive and non-judgmental approach to examine the thoughts and beliefs that keep us stuck in unproductive and often painful patterns in our lives and in our relationships. 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. Together we can begin to identify and heal breaches in trust from the past.
Taking new clients. I am passionate about your personal growth and helping you identify and achieve your life goals. I use attachment theory, somatic awareness, mindfulness techniques, and a polyvagal framework to help you identify your thoughts and feelings. Once we name it, then we tame it! We will work to increase understanding, coping skills, and focus through the exploration of your unique story.
Taking new clients. I am passionate about your personal growth and helping you identify and achieve your life goals. I use attachment theory, somatic awareness, mindfulness techniques, and a polyvagal framework to help you identify your thoughts and feelings. Once we name it, then we tame it! We will work to increase understanding, coping skills, and focus through the exploration of your unique story.
Are you finding that as life gets busier and more complicated, you've lost connection with your family? Does it seem that your children have become more complex and harder to understand as they grow older? These are challenges that many families face, challenges that are magnified when factors such as trauma, depression, anxiety, attachment and family dynamics issues are present. We all want to feel a sense of peace, happiness and connection with those we care about. With greater understanding and support, comes greater harmony.
Are you finding that as life gets busier and more complicated, you've lost connection with your family? Does it seem that your children have become more complex and harder to understand as they grow older? These are challenges that many families face, challenges that are magnified when factors such as trauma, depression, anxiety, attachment and family dynamics issues are present. We all want to feel a sense of peace, happiness and connection with those we care about. With greater understanding and support, comes greater harmony.
You don’t feel ready for what you’re going through. You may be facing hardship because of gender role non-conformity, capitalist abuses, queerness, poverty, racism, classism, misogyny, ageism, adultism. You are feeling more pain around being marginalized than pride in who you are. The feeling of “not - enough” is your long-time companion. The search for an identity that you can claim with confidence is a source of pain and confusion. You struggle to show-up for yourself in the face of perfectionism and White Body Supremacy that erases and destroys your uniqueness. You’ve frequently felt yourself to be an imposter.
You don’t feel ready for what you’re going through. You may be facing hardship because of gender role non-conformity, capitalist abuses, queerness, poverty, racism, classism, misogyny, ageism, adultism. You are feeling more pain around being marginalized than pride in who you are. The feeling of “not - enough” is your long-time companion. The search for an identity that you can claim with confidence is a source of pain and confusion. You struggle to show-up for yourself in the face of perfectionism and White Body Supremacy that erases and destroys your uniqueness. You’ve frequently felt yourself to be an imposter.
It's often difficult to reach out for help when you most need it, and it can be hard to speak with someone you've never met about personal issues. On the other hand, it can be easier to do with a person who is a trained, neutral professional. I can be objective and understanding in a way that well-meaning friends and family often cannot. My work with couples, individual adults including seniors, or the younger population, begins in a friendly, professional manner whereby we move towards knowing each other better. A rapport between us is essential in accomplishing our work.
It's often difficult to reach out for help when you most need it, and it can be hard to speak with someone you've never met about personal issues. On the other hand, it can be easier to do with a person who is a trained, neutral professional. I can be objective and understanding in a way that well-meaning friends and family often cannot. My work with couples, individual adults including seniors, or the younger population, begins in a friendly, professional manner whereby we move towards knowing each other better. A rapport between us is essential in accomplishing our work.
I work with children & families. I believe that the relationship between children and families is essential to a child's well-being. When parents have the tools and education they need they are their children's best support and teachers. Parenting is the most challenging task you will undertake and when children encounter stress and difficulties it gets even harder. My goal is to support parents to have the tools they need to understand what their child is experiencing, and what the children may need from the parent and to support the parent and child along the way. I work with children 10 and under with two sub specalties
I work with children & families. I believe that the relationship between children and families is essential to a child's well-being. When parents have the tools and education they need they are their children's best support and teachers. Parenting is the most challenging task you will undertake and when children encounter stress and difficulties it gets even harder. My goal is to support parents to have the tools they need to understand what their child is experiencing, and what the children may need from the parent and to support the parent and child along the way. I work with children 10 and under with two sub specalties
I believe therapy is about collaboration, working together to discover and explore your strengths and find your unique story. I offer a caring and non-judgmental space where you’ll feel heard as you move toward achieving your personal goals. I’ve been working as a school counselor in Vermont with families in crisis and these past few years have been especially tough due to the pandemic, impacting our youth profoundly. Having witnessed this firsthand within the school system, I was inspired to start my own practice.
I believe therapy is about collaboration, working together to discover and explore your strengths and find your unique story. I offer a caring and non-judgmental space where you’ll feel heard as you move toward achieving your personal goals. I’ve been working as a school counselor in Vermont with families in crisis and these past few years have been especially tough due to the pandemic, impacting our youth profoundly. Having witnessed this firsthand within the school system, I was inspired to start my own practice.
Mollie German
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, ATR-BC
2 Endorsed
Bristol, VT 05443
Not accepting new clients
Psychotherapy is a collaboration existing within a trusted, safe relationship. We can work together to find the place within you that is well. We will develop a space for you to notice internal cues and explore your reactivity. By bringing awareness to your strengths and exploring internalized emotions, we can safely increase your felt sense which leads to integration. We will work together to see beyond diagnosis and explore the human experience, following the innate wisdom of your body and it's ability to heal from trauma.
Psychotherapy is a collaboration existing within a trusted, safe relationship. We can work together to find the place within you that is well. We will develop a space for you to notice internal cues and explore your reactivity. By bringing awareness to your strengths and exploring internalized emotions, we can safely increase your felt sense which leads to integration. We will work together to see beyond diagnosis and explore the human experience, following the innate wisdom of your body and it's ability to heal from trauma.
Deina K Olstad
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MA, CMHC, NCC
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
Welcome. You may have arrived here seeking an increased sense of calm, connection, confidence, clarity and overall greater life fulfillment. You may be grappling with life transitions, relationships, early parenthood, or traumatic experiences that have given rise to a sense of overwhelm with heightened fear, sadness, anger, or confusion. These burdens can make it hard to find joy and meaning, feel connected, or show up in your daily life. In these times of vulnerability we can all use a guide for support in healing the past and coping and thriving in the present so that we may move closer to the meaningful lives we aspire to live.
Welcome. You may have arrived here seeking an increased sense of calm, connection, confidence, clarity and overall greater life fulfillment. You may be grappling with life transitions, relationships, early parenthood, or traumatic experiences that have given rise to a sense of overwhelm with heightened fear, sadness, anger, or confusion. These burdens can make it hard to find joy and meaning, feel connected, or show up in your daily life. In these times of vulnerability we can all use a guide for support in healing the past and coping and thriving in the present so that we may move closer to the meaningful lives we aspire to live.
I specialize in working with adults and emerging adults from diverse racial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. I accept clients who struggle to find competent care due to the overall inadequate support in mental health for individuals who occupy marginalized identity positions. I bring to my practice both deep knowledge about many socio-cultural factors and power dynamics that can profoundly affect a person's lived experiences (such as race, cultural identity, gender identity, and sexual preferences) as well as humility about the limits of my knowledge.
I specialize in working with adults and emerging adults from diverse racial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. I accept clients who struggle to find competent care due to the overall inadequate support in mental health for individuals who occupy marginalized identity positions. I bring to my practice both deep knowledge about many socio-cultural factors and power dynamics that can profoundly affect a person's lived experiences (such as race, cultural identity, gender identity, and sexual preferences) as well as humility about the limits of my knowledge.
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.
Therapy can be as much about finding more ease and joy in one's life as it is about reducing symptoms and suffering. Self-limiting cognitive, behavioral, emotional and sensorimotor (gestures/postures) tendencies often stand in the way of fully engaging in relationships (with self/others) and in the present moment. Bringing non-judgmental attention and awareness to these patterns allows us the freedom to replace re-activity with mindful responding. I work with adults seeking assistance with issues of anxiety, depression, stress management, trauma grief/loss and interpersonal/relational challenges.
Therapy can be as much about finding more ease and joy in one's life as it is about reducing symptoms and suffering. Self-limiting cognitive, behavioral, emotional and sensorimotor (gestures/postures) tendencies often stand in the way of fully engaging in relationships (with self/others) and in the present moment. Bringing non-judgmental attention and awareness to these patterns allows us the freedom to replace re-activity with mindful responding. I work with adults seeking assistance with issues of anxiety, depression, stress management, trauma grief/loss and interpersonal/relational challenges.
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Wellcore Healing: Alexis Verbin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
Life can feel overwhelming when you’re high-functioning on the outside, while privately battling anxiety, burnout, self-doubt, perfectionism, and imposter syndrome. Maybe negative self-talk, people-pleasing, or constant stress are running your life at work and home. You deserve relief and the chance to feel confident, calm, and balanced. Whether you’re surrounded by the mountains of Colorado or the forests of Vermont, therapy offers a place to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself. Together, we’ll untangle what’s weighing you down and help you create a more grounded and intentional path forward.
Life can feel overwhelming when you’re high-functioning on the outside, while privately battling anxiety, burnout, self-doubt, perfectionism, and imposter syndrome. Maybe negative self-talk, people-pleasing, or constant stress are running your life at work and home. You deserve relief and the chance to feel confident, calm, and balanced. Whether you’re surrounded by the mountains of Colorado or the forests of Vermont, therapy offers a place to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself. Together, we’ll untangle what’s weighing you down and help you create a more grounded and intentional path forward.
Are you experiencing symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, or depression? Are you struggling to navigate unhealthy or abusive relationships? Or maybe it’s difficult for you to establish heathy boundaries and you notice the same problems keep coming up in many of your relationships. EMDR intensive therapy can help get to the root of these issues more quickly than traditional talk therapy. I am a Licensed Independent Social Worker who has been helping clients with these issues since completing my Master of Social Work in 2005.
Are you experiencing symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, or depression? Are you struggling to navigate unhealthy or abusive relationships? Or maybe it’s difficult for you to establish heathy boundaries and you notice the same problems keep coming up in many of your relationships. EMDR intensive therapy can help get to the root of these issues more quickly than traditional talk therapy. I am a Licensed Independent Social Worker who has been helping clients with these issues since completing my Master of Social Work in 2005.
I draw from trauma-focused therapy, CBT, and other approaches to help you process trauma, break free from patterns, and build self-compassion and healthier relationships.
If you are a woman of color carrying the weight of childhood, generational, or relational trauma, you do not have to carry it alone. Maybe you are a college student trying to figure out your next steps, a first time or pregnant mom adjusting to a new identity, rebuilding life after a breakup or divorce, or an older adult considering a major career change. These transitions can bring up people pleasing, perfectionism, self doubt, and deep loneliness, even when you look strong on the outside. You deserve a space where your story is honored, your pain is acknowledged, and your healing is the priority.
I draw from trauma-focused therapy, CBT, and other approaches to help you process trauma, break free from patterns, and build self-compassion and healthier relationships.
If you are a woman of color carrying the weight of childhood, generational, or relational trauma, you do not have to carry it alone. Maybe you are a college student trying to figure out your next steps, a first time or pregnant mom adjusting to a new identity, rebuilding life after a breakup or divorce, or an older adult considering a major career change. These transitions can bring up people pleasing, perfectionism, self doubt, and deep loneliness, even when you look strong on the outside. You deserve a space where your story is honored, your pain is acknowledged, and your healing is the priority.
I am passionate about people better understanding themselves and their loved ones as they seek healthy relationships. I offer a safe space for people to explore their own stories, make meaningful connections, and move toward hope. I use a variety of therapeutic modalities to help navigate the change process. I am committed to my own inward journey and am passionate about walking alongside those seeking greater freedom and restoration in their life.
If you are seeking a healthy balance in your daily life - please reach out so that we can explore your personal goals and find freedom.
I am passionate about people better understanding themselves and their loved ones as they seek healthy relationships. I offer a safe space for people to explore their own stories, make meaningful connections, and move toward hope. I use a variety of therapeutic modalities to help navigate the change process. I am committed to my own inward journey and am passionate about walking alongside those seeking greater freedom and restoration in their life.
If you are seeking a healthy balance in your daily life - please reach out so that we can explore your personal goals and find freedom.
I am a clinical social worker (licensed in VT, NJ, and certified for telehealth in FL), and specialize in a holistic, psycho-spiritual trauma recovery process. As a yoga, meditation and philosophy teacher since 1980, and Minister of LifeSpirit Church, I'm also an ACIM student, suited to those who seek a holistic and spiritual approach to healing. My trademark, Shiome Therapy, interweaves ancient and current energy healing techniques in a safe, effective, expedient protocol. I enjoy witnessing the transformational healing results my clients experience. Please visit my websites for more information concerning my work.
I am a clinical social worker (licensed in VT, NJ, and certified for telehealth in FL), and specialize in a holistic, psycho-spiritual trauma recovery process. As a yoga, meditation and philosophy teacher since 1980, and Minister of LifeSpirit Church, I'm also an ACIM student, suited to those who seek a holistic and spiritual approach to healing. My trademark, Shiome Therapy, interweaves ancient and current energy healing techniques in a safe, effective, expedient protocol. I enjoy witnessing the transformational healing results my clients experience. Please visit my websites for more information concerning my work.
There are moments in life that knock us off our feet, leave us feeling fragmented, out of breath, and unsure of how to stand back up again. You might struggle with overwhelming emotions, feeling small, low self esteem, or navigating relationships. You may have experienced a near-death experience, an assault, a sudden loss, or an accident. Perhaps, you experienced a trauma or persistent trauma early on in life. Now, you want to heal but it is difficult to find your way. I want you to know you don’t have to go through it alone. With the right support, you can stand back up again and make it to the other side.
There are moments in life that knock us off our feet, leave us feeling fragmented, out of breath, and unsure of how to stand back up again. You might struggle with overwhelming emotions, feeling small, low self esteem, or navigating relationships. You may have experienced a near-death experience, an assault, a sudden loss, or an accident. Perhaps, you experienced a trauma or persistent trauma early on in life. Now, you want to heal but it is difficult to find your way. I want you to know you don’t have to go through it alone. With the right support, you can stand back up again and make it to the other side.
With more than 20 years of experience, I am committed to helping you achieve your goals by leveraging your unique strengths. My experience spans community mental health, school-based counseling, day treatment, and short-term residential treatment, working with individuals of all ages.
With more than 20 years of experience, I am committed to helping you achieve your goals by leveraging your unique strengths. My experience spans community mental health, school-based counseling, day treatment, and short-term residential treatment, working with individuals of all ages.
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