Female Therapists in Essex Junction, VT
Life’s challenges sometimes can feel like mountains which we are never going to get over or storms that we may never be able to see another sunset or sunrise. This is when we need a little helping hand that I can provide to allow you to move within the world in a healthier and more fulfilling way. I work with adults, adolescences, preadolescences, children, and families to help get through their challenges. I enjoy age diversity. I have over 20 years of experience with children and teens either as a teacher, athletic coach, or a counselor.
Life’s challenges sometimes can feel like mountains which we are never going to get over or storms that we may never be able to see another sunset or sunrise. This is when we need a little helping hand that I can provide to allow you to move within the world in a healthier and more fulfilling way. I work with adults, adolescences, preadolescences, children, and families to help get through their challenges. I enjoy age diversity. I have over 20 years of experience with children and teens either as a teacher, athletic coach, or a counselor.
Jennifer M. Donohue, M.A., LCMHC, CLC
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MA, LCMHC, CLC
Verified Verified
Essex Junction, VT 05452 (Online Only)
I am committed to effect change through the process of psychotherapy using a direct, reality based approach. Although I draw from many different therapeutic modalities, my theoretical orientation is consistent with cognitive-behavioral theories. I believe social learning, modeling, and reinforcement all play a significant role in how ones personality developes, how one thinks, behaves, & feels as they get older. I believe refuting negative and irrational thinking will likely increase healthy feelings and behaviors that will greatly impact ones overall wellbeing. I believe that effective communication is the key to building healthy relationships, rebuilding severed relationships, & strengthening present ones.
I am committed to effect change through the process of psychotherapy using a direct, reality based approach. Although I draw from many different therapeutic modalities, my theoretical orientation is consistent with cognitive-behavioral theories. I believe social learning, modeling, and reinforcement all play a significant role in how ones personality developes, how one thinks, behaves, & feels as they get older. I believe refuting negative and irrational thinking will likely increase healthy feelings and behaviors that will greatly impact ones overall wellbeing. I believe that effective communication is the key to building healthy relationships, rebuilding severed relationships, & strengthening present ones.
I'm Sarah and welcome to Discovering Balance Counseling Services! Life can be painful and difficult at times and my hope as a therapist is to be able to provide you with the validation to meet you where you are and support you into creating a life you want to live. I work with individuals 16 years old and up who are struggling with a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, work or school issues, transitional life experiences, and general daily life struggles. I work with birthing and non birthing parents who are navigating pre and post natal life.
I'm Sarah and welcome to Discovering Balance Counseling Services! Life can be painful and difficult at times and my hope as a therapist is to be able to provide you with the validation to meet you where you are and support you into creating a life you want to live. I work with individuals 16 years old and up who are struggling with a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, work or school issues, transitional life experiences, and general daily life struggles. I work with birthing and non birthing parents who are navigating pre and post natal life.
Tanya C Vyhovsky
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Waitlist for new clients
I have a focus on providing collaborative support within a framework of social justice and a strong belief that each person has everything they need within them and sometimes we all lose touch with these things and could use some outside support to discover our answers. I view my role as a therapist as the bridge to the answers within that may be difficult to see. I believe that the context of our lives is important to understanding our experiences.
I have a focus on providing collaborative support within a framework of social justice and a strong belief that each person has everything they need within them and sometimes we all lose touch with these things and could use some outside support to discover our answers. I view my role as a therapist as the bridge to the answers within that may be difficult to see. I believe that the context of our lives is important to understanding our experiences.
Bernadette O'Neil
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, LICSW, LADC, ACSW
Verified Verified
Essex Junction, VT 05452
my area of expertise is in the evaluation and treatment of substance abuse. I have worked in substance abuse settings since 1986 including detox ,and outpatient settings . I currently provide counseling required by Project Crash to assist clients in regaining their license after a DWI offense and also provide evaluation for the office of professional regulation. I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families who are dealing with addiction issues.I also have a degree in theology and enjoy discussing how one's faith can be used in dealing with life's issues.
my area of expertise is in the evaluation and treatment of substance abuse. I have worked in substance abuse settings since 1986 including detox ,and outpatient settings . I currently provide counseling required by Project Crash to assist clients in regaining their license after a DWI offense and also provide evaluation for the office of professional regulation. I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families who are dealing with addiction issues.I also have a degree in theology and enjoy discussing how one's faith can be used in dealing with life's issues.
Stephanie Roberts
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LADC, CD-PIC
Verified Verified
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Stephanie is an experienced clinician who has worked with individuals, couples, and families. She specializes in perinatal mental health, infertility, pregnancy related loss, third party reproduction, difficult pregnancies, processing birth stories, body image, goal setting, self-esteem and changes around identity once becoming a parent. Stephanie works with gestational and non gestational carriers as well as adoptive families.
Stephanie is an experienced clinician who has worked with individuals, couples, and families. She specializes in perinatal mental health, infertility, pregnancy related loss, third party reproduction, difficult pregnancies, processing birth stories, body image, goal setting, self-esteem and changes around identity once becoming a parent. Stephanie works with gestational and non gestational carriers as well as adoptive families.
My areas of clinical concentration include relationship issues, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, life transitions, chronic illness, parenting, divorce, women's issues, and blended families.
Going through a tough transition, dealing with a relationship problem, or searching for a new direction? At New Leaf Therapy, my goal is to help you navigate these seasons of change and help you grow and thrive. I can assist you in finding new perspectives that will get you what you want from life, whether with your family, friends, significant other, or yourself.
My areas of clinical concentration include relationship issues, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, life transitions, chronic illness, parenting, divorce, women's issues, and blended families.
Going through a tough transition, dealing with a relationship problem, or searching for a new direction? At New Leaf Therapy, my goal is to help you navigate these seasons of change and help you grow and thrive. I can assist you in finding new perspectives that will get you what you want from life, whether with your family, friends, significant other, or yourself.
What brings people to therapy is unique and personal. My approach to counseling is person centered, compassionate, and solution based. Areas of expertise include supporting those who have been impacted by trauma, experience relationship challenges, chronic stress, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, women’s issues, and disordered eating.
What brings people to therapy is unique and personal. My approach to counseling is person centered, compassionate, and solution based. Areas of expertise include supporting those who have been impacted by trauma, experience relationship challenges, chronic stress, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, women’s issues, and disordered eating.
Robin Lauzon Farrell
Counselor, LCMHC, MA, PLC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Waitlist for new clients
Are you feeling lost in your own story? Breaking patterns, finding your story, rewriting the journey, understanding ourselves, and designing new paths can be ways out of cycles of behavior. Living your best life takes work, honesty and exploration. Working together, we can develop strategies and tools you can continue to use now and throughout your life. Change begins when we start to look more closely at our lives and think intentionally about who we are and who we want to be.
Are you feeling lost in your own story? Breaking patterns, finding your story, rewriting the journey, understanding ourselves, and designing new paths can be ways out of cycles of behavior. Living your best life takes work, honesty and exploration. Working together, we can develop strategies and tools you can continue to use now and throughout your life. Change begins when we start to look more closely at our lives and think intentionally about who we are and who we want to be.
Calm Waters Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Essex Junction, VT 05452
We provide authentic and evidence-based outpatient therapeutic services. Calm Waters Counseling is committed to providing compassionate and effective counseling services tailored to individuals facing trauma, anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. We use modalities such as EMDR, DBT, CBT and Solution-Focused Interventions to help clients overcome their challenges, build resiliency, and reach their treatment goals.
We provide authentic and evidence-based outpatient therapeutic services. Calm Waters Counseling is committed to providing compassionate and effective counseling services tailored to individuals facing trauma, anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. We use modalities such as EMDR, DBT, CBT and Solution-Focused Interventions to help clients overcome their challenges, build resiliency, and reach their treatment goals.
Clients come to me when they are feeling 'life' is much too painful. Perhaps a loved one has just died ; they have been bullied or abused by someone at work or in a relationship; they are experiencing chronic physical pain; parenting is driving them crazy; financial pressures are unbearable. Whatever the issues, the pain that is felt indicates there is a great deal to be learned. I work closely with my clients as clarity emerges; awareness grows; the impossible becomes possible.
Clients come to me when they are feeling 'life' is much too painful. Perhaps a loved one has just died ; they have been bullied or abused by someone at work or in a relationship; they are experiencing chronic physical pain; parenting is driving them crazy; financial pressures are unbearable. Whatever the issues, the pain that is felt indicates there is a great deal to be learned. I work closely with my clients as clarity emerges; awareness grows; the impossible becomes possible.
Existential therapy believes that although humans are essentially alone in the world, they long to be connected with themselves and others. I seek to avoid using models that may label people. Truth is discovered subjectively, by each individual. My practice is often, directly aimed at collaboratively making sense of one's experience(s) in order to forge new meanings and develop new identities. From a strengths based perspective, I collaborate with my clients to increase self-awareness and understanding in order to transform fragile or confusing relationships into ones that can be more clear, strong and connected.This includes a specialty in working with couples.
Existential therapy believes that although humans are essentially alone in the world, they long to be connected with themselves and others. I seek to avoid using models that may label people. Truth is discovered subjectively, by each individual. My practice is often, directly aimed at collaboratively making sense of one's experience(s) in order to forge new meanings and develop new identities. From a strengths based perspective, I collaborate with my clients to increase self-awareness and understanding in order to transform fragile or confusing relationships into ones that can be more clear, strong and connected.This includes a specialty in working with couples.
Crystal Poirier Fisher
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LADC
Verified Verified
Essex Junction, VT 05452
The world renowned teacher, Pema Chodron, once said that "compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It is a relationship between equals". This quote speaks to the heart of my clinical practice. I view therapy as a journey that we take together, one step at a time. We will travel together on this path and find ways to support a life of health and wellbeing that are meaningful to you.
The world renowned teacher, Pema Chodron, once said that "compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It is a relationship between equals". This quote speaks to the heart of my clinical practice. I view therapy as a journey that we take together, one step at a time. We will travel together on this path and find ways to support a life of health and wellbeing that are meaningful to you.
I love to work with people who seek to move beyond symptom management and are ready for a deeper process of self-knowledge and change as well as those who are forced by life circumstances to re-evaluate the foundations of their worldview, relationships, and sense of self. Change is most effective when it’s self-chosen and when it’s an outgrowth of insight, thus I will encourage you, challenge you, and accompany you in looking deeply within yourself to bring into awareness the unconscious and to facilitate a process where you can grow more fully into your self and develop a greater sense of vibrancy, autonomy, and wholeness in life.
I love to work with people who seek to move beyond symptom management and are ready for a deeper process of self-knowledge and change as well as those who are forced by life circumstances to re-evaluate the foundations of their worldview, relationships, and sense of self. Change is most effective when it’s self-chosen and when it’s an outgrowth of insight, thus I will encourage you, challenge you, and accompany you in looking deeply within yourself to bring into awareness the unconscious and to facilitate a process where you can grow more fully into your self and develop a greater sense of vibrancy, autonomy, and wholeness in life.
Kristen Hanisch For Teens + Tweens
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Essex Junction, VT 05452 (Online Only)
Is your teen feeling overwhelmed by anxiety or stress, affecting their daily life? Whether they’re struggling with school pressures, peer relationships, or family challenges, it's tough to see them lose confidence. You want your teen to feel happy, resilient, and ready to face life’s ups and downs. With the right support, that transformation is possible! Together, we’ll help your teen develop tools to manage anxiety, boost self-esteem, and navigate challenges with confidence, empowering them to thrive both now and in the future.
Is your teen feeling overwhelmed by anxiety or stress, affecting their daily life? Whether they’re struggling with school pressures, peer relationships, or family challenges, it's tough to see them lose confidence. You want your teen to feel happy, resilient, and ready to face life’s ups and downs. With the right support, that transformation is possible! Together, we’ll help your teen develop tools to manage anxiety, boost self-esteem, and navigate challenges with confidence, empowering them to thrive both now and in the future.
Nacara Foss
Pre-Licensed Professional, CMHC
Verified Verified
Essex Junction, VT 05452 (Online Only)
I'm dedicated to helping you unlock the potential within yourself and embark on a transformative journey towards self-discovery and personal growth. I wholeheartedly believe that you are the expert in your own life journey. Together, we'll forge a partnership guided by your unique needs, values, and aspirations. I'm here to support and empower you, offering guidance and insights along the way. At the heart of effective counseling is the establishment of a strong, trusting, and secure client-therapist relationship. This is where our work begins.
I'm dedicated to helping you unlock the potential within yourself and embark on a transformative journey towards self-discovery and personal growth. I wholeheartedly believe that you are the expert in your own life journey. Together, we'll forge a partnership guided by your unique needs, values, and aspirations. I'm here to support and empower you, offering guidance and insights along the way. At the heart of effective counseling is the establishment of a strong, trusting, and secure client-therapist relationship. This is where our work begins.
My name is Jodyan Gaynor, I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Clinician in the state of Vermont. I work with adults and couples experiencing a range of issues including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, workplace difficulties and major life transitions. Even positive events can create stressful experiences. I believe our history and cultures is a significant part of who we are and am careful to include this in the experiences of how we approach healing and emotional wellbeing.
My name is Jodyan Gaynor, I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Clinician in the state of Vermont. I work with adults and couples experiencing a range of issues including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, workplace difficulties and major life transitions. Even positive events can create stressful experiences. I believe our history and cultures is a significant part of who we are and am careful to include this in the experiences of how we approach healing and emotional wellbeing.
Nalini Cheatham
Counselor, MA, LCMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Essex Junction, VT 05452 (Online Only)
Why am I struggling so bad? Its been long enough and I should be okay now, right? I want to move on and feel stuck. I don't have anyone who wants to hear my story and help me make sense if it. Being able to tell our stories can be cathartic and liberating and I want to offer space so you can be heard and seen. I believe that making meaning of our experiences can be powerful and I offer guidance, skills, education and practice that nurtures learning new ways of coping & managing stress. I want to support processing what's surfacing so you can begin to flourish.
Why am I struggling so bad? Its been long enough and I should be okay now, right? I want to move on and feel stuck. I don't have anyone who wants to hear my story and help me make sense if it. Being able to tell our stories can be cathartic and liberating and I want to offer space so you can be heard and seen. I believe that making meaning of our experiences can be powerful and I offer guidance, skills, education and practice that nurtures learning new ways of coping & managing stress. I want to support processing what's surfacing so you can begin to flourish.
Hilary G Pearce
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Hilary Pearce is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience with a variety of complex emotional and life challenges. She is grounded in a fundamental understanding of how to create a compassionate space to heal, learn, and grow. You deserve to feel empowered and capable of managing life's challenges with confidence and skill.
Hilary Pearce is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience with a variety of complex emotional and life challenges. She is grounded in a fundamental understanding of how to create a compassionate space to heal, learn, and grow. You deserve to feel empowered and capable of managing life's challenges with confidence and skill.
Krysten Farrell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Being a person is tough. You might be considering therapy because you’re feeling unsettled or not like yourself. You’re questioning your decisions and replaying situations in your head. You’d like to bring more of who you are to your relationships, but you've lost sight of who that person is. And you're ready to find your way back to yourself. It's time to feel more ease and confidence in who you are and how you interact with the world.
Being a person is tough. You might be considering therapy because you’re feeling unsettled or not like yourself. You’re questioning your decisions and replaying situations in your head. You’d like to bring more of who you are to your relationships, but you've lost sight of who that person is. And you're ready to find your way back to yourself. It's time to feel more ease and confidence in who you are and how you interact with the world.
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, this is not an important factor, as there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or ingrained beliefs about how people of different genders think and behave. Exploring the roots of such preferences and considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender truly matters to them.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist, either because they believe that a woman will be able to relate to their specific challenges (for example, sexism in the workplace) or because they imagine feeling more comfortable disclosing sensitive information to a woman. Such beliefs may not turn out to be accurate, however, and adhering too rigidly to a gender preference can at times hinder a client from finding the best therapeutic match.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists—both men and women—may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.