Domestic Abuse Therapists in Fairfield, VT
My motto is: "Life is an Adventure!"
As the years pass and my experience deepens, I find that my approach embraces Nature and Positive Psychology more and more as I help people navigate relationships, anxiety, depression, life transitions, aging and existential issues. While I am skilled and knowledgeable about how to help solve problems, work through issues and reducing symptoms, I also feel that it is my calling to help people to access their natural strengths and assets that can help them towards healing. I am currently certified as an EMDR Practitioner.
My motto is: "Life is an Adventure!"
As the years pass and my experience deepens, I find that my approach embraces Nature and Positive Psychology more and more as I help people navigate relationships, anxiety, depression, life transitions, aging and existential issues. While I am skilled and knowledgeable about how to help solve problems, work through issues and reducing symptoms, I also feel that it is my calling to help people to access their natural strengths and assets that can help them towards healing. I am currently certified as an EMDR Practitioner.
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I strive to help those with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, relationship or family conflict, eating disorders or relatives of those living with ED, past or current traumas and abuse, parenting or career challenges, etc.
By combining person centered, mindfulness based and cognitive behavioral practices, I aim to assist you with the issues you want to discuss. Guiding you to recognize unhelpful ways of thinking and being, validating your human experience, introducing a variety of coping skills while supporting in a compassionate, non judgmental way.
I strive to help those with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, relationship or family conflict, eating disorders or relatives of those living with ED, past or current traumas and abuse, parenting or career challenges, etc.
By combining person centered, mindfulness based and cognitive behavioral practices, I aim to assist you with the issues you want to discuss. Guiding you to recognize unhelpful ways of thinking and being, validating your human experience, introducing a variety of coping skills while supporting in a compassionate, non judgmental way.
Are you looking to improve your relationship to food and your body? Are you looking to form a more intentional and caring relationship with yourself? Are you looking to express your authentic feelings, needs, and desires? Many who struggle with issues around food and body image also have past experiences of shame, pain, and trauma, which can lead to feeling a disconnection, resentment, or lack of safety within your own body. If you’ve been getting through each day in survival mode and are looking to engage in life more meaningfully but not sure where to start? I am here to help you begin your journey toward self-acceptance.
Are you looking to improve your relationship to food and your body? Are you looking to form a more intentional and caring relationship with yourself? Are you looking to express your authentic feelings, needs, and desires? Many who struggle with issues around food and body image also have past experiences of shame, pain, and trauma, which can lead to feeling a disconnection, resentment, or lack of safety within your own body. If you’ve been getting through each day in survival mode and are looking to engage in life more meaningfully but not sure where to start? I am here to help you begin your journey toward self-acceptance.
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.
Narcissistic abuse can leave you feeling confused, depleted, and questioning your own reality.
At The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Center, we specialize in therapy and coaching for survivors of narcissistic abuse. We use trauma-informed care and practical, evidence based tools to help you untangle manipulation, rebuild self-trust and confidence, and move forward with steadier boundaries, calmer nervous system, and a life that feels like yours again.
Narcissistic abuse can leave you feeling confused, depleted, and questioning your own reality.
At The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Center, we specialize in therapy and coaching for survivors of narcissistic abuse. We use trauma-informed care and practical, evidence based tools to help you untangle manipulation, rebuild self-trust and confidence, and move forward with steadier boundaries, calmer nervous system, and a life that feels like yours again.
My approach is tailored to guide you through meaningful transformations—helping you shift behaviors and uncover deeper patterns that may hold you back. Drawing from psychodynamic, somatic, and relational modalities, I specialize in anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, and relationship issues (including high-conflict dynamics, codependency, and self-esteem).
My approach is tailored to guide you through meaningful transformations—helping you shift behaviors and uncover deeper patterns that may hold you back. Drawing from psychodynamic, somatic, and relational modalities, I specialize in anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, and relationship issues (including high-conflict dynamics, codependency, and self-esteem).
With over 23 years of experience as a psychotherapist, I have great respect for the innate creativity and wisdom of my clients. I specialize in trauma and eating disorder recovery, as well as offering therapy for life adjustment and relationship challenges. You will not be met with "canned" treatment when we work together. Combining experiential, somatic and traditional talk therapy, we will collaborate with attention to your unique goals and individuality. I also provide professional supervision for individuals working toward LCMHC licensure
With over 23 years of experience as a psychotherapist, I have great respect for the innate creativity and wisdom of my clients. I specialize in trauma and eating disorder recovery, as well as offering therapy for life adjustment and relationship challenges. You will not be met with "canned" treatment when we work together. Combining experiential, somatic and traditional talk therapy, we will collaborate with attention to your unique goals and individuality. I also provide professional supervision for individuals working toward LCMHC licensure
I am a trauma-informed psychotherapist offering depth-oriented therapy that honors each client’s unique healing process. My work is grounded in the belief that meaningful change unfolds when we listen deeply—to the psyche, the body, and the natural world that holds us.
Drawing from Jungian shadow work, Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, and somatic-based approaches, Kristen supports children and adults in gently exploring the parts that seek understanding, integration, and relief. Together, we will cultivate greater self-compassion, emotional resilience, and authentic living.
I am a trauma-informed psychotherapist offering depth-oriented therapy that honors each client’s unique healing process. My work is grounded in the belief that meaningful change unfolds when we listen deeply—to the psyche, the body, and the natural world that holds us.
Drawing from Jungian shadow work, Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, and somatic-based approaches, Kristen supports children and adults in gently exploring the parts that seek understanding, integration, and relief. Together, we will cultivate greater self-compassion, emotional resilience, and authentic living.
More than 30 years of practice as a psychologist has taught me that true healing arrises within a deep and trusting relationship with each individual, couple and group with whom I work. My colleague Dr. Peter Wrycza calls this work "Conversations on the edge of silence" Our thinking mind is a marvelous tool when it is used appropriately. The deeper problem is that the thinking mind can keep us locked into our stories of either the past or the future. Much of the work is about exploring ways to become more present in life and release the historic patterns and beliefs that keep us stuck in the illusion of separation from one another.
More than 30 years of practice as a psychologist has taught me that true healing arrises within a deep and trusting relationship with each individual, couple and group with whom I work. My colleague Dr. Peter Wrycza calls this work "Conversations on the edge of silence" Our thinking mind is a marvelous tool when it is used appropriately. The deeper problem is that the thinking mind can keep us locked into our stories of either the past or the future. Much of the work is about exploring ways to become more present in life and release the historic patterns and beliefs that keep us stuck in the illusion of separation from one another.
I like to start by building trust and finding out what goals you want to set for yourself. A safe, encouraging atmosphere with no authoritarian or shaming attitudes is important. Humor is useful with couples, families or teens. Role-plays are a fun way to practice new relationship skills.
I like to start by building trust and finding out what goals you want to set for yourself. A safe, encouraging atmosphere with no authoritarian or shaming attitudes is important. Humor is useful with couples, families or teens. Role-plays are a fun way to practice new relationship skills.
Jennifer Broomfield, Cadeia Counseling LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, LISW, LICSW
Online Only
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I understand how important it is to feel emotionally safe, seen, and accepted. My approach is warm, collaborative, trauma-informed, and practical, helping clients better understand themselves, regulate emotions, build healthier patterns, and feel more grounded moving forward.
Many of my clients are people who have spent years holding everything together for everyone else while quietly struggling themselves. They come to therapy feeling anxious, emotionally exhausted, disconnected, overwhelmed by trauma, caregiving, chronic illness, relationship stress, burnout, or major life changes.
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I understand how important it is to feel emotionally safe, seen, and accepted. My approach is warm, collaborative, trauma-informed, and practical, helping clients better understand themselves, regulate emotions, build healthier patterns, and feel more grounded moving forward.
Many of my clients are people who have spent years holding everything together for everyone else while quietly struggling themselves. They come to therapy feeling anxious, emotionally exhausted, disconnected, overwhelmed by trauma, caregiving, chronic illness, relationship stress, burnout, or major life changes.
I have experience working with survivors and perpetrators of intimate partner violence, teens with neurodivergence, and adults and couples seeking support for emotional skills and communication development.
Many of us are dealing with anxiety, burnout, grief, or changes in your relationships. Maybe you’ve been feeling disconnected from yourself or unsure how to move forward. Life can get heavy, and support during this time is essential.
I offer a steady, non-judgmental space where we move at your pace. My approach blends traditional talk therapy with optional creative tools like drawing, movement, metaphor, or storytelling, depending on what feels right for you. Together we’ll work on understanding your patterns, building emotional clarity, and finding ways to feel more grounded and connected in your life and relationships.
I have experience working with survivors and perpetrators of intimate partner violence, teens with neurodivergence, and adults and couples seeking support for emotional skills and communication development.
Many of us are dealing with anxiety, burnout, grief, or changes in your relationships. Maybe you’ve been feeling disconnected from yourself or unsure how to move forward. Life can get heavy, and support during this time is essential.
I offer a steady, non-judgmental space where we move at your pace. My approach blends traditional talk therapy with optional creative tools like drawing, movement, metaphor, or storytelling, depending on what feels right for you. Together we’ll work on understanding your patterns, building emotional clarity, and finding ways to feel more grounded and connected in your life and relationships.
Tired of therapy that lasts forever!? Leading edge neuroplasticity science often makes it signficantly better in 1-3 session with Rapid Transformational Therapy. Use RAPID Transformational Therapy to upgrade, update, re-program and re-code your mind’s software to have the life you prefer. RTT is an internationally, multiply awarded process recognized to go directly and quickly to root causes on a subconscious level. Develop permanent, life-changing tools and perspectives. Anxiety, depression, phobias, eating disorders, addictions, and more, along with many physical symptoms, often respond rapidly; many find relief quickly.
Tired of therapy that lasts forever!? Leading edge neuroplasticity science often makes it signficantly better in 1-3 session with Rapid Transformational Therapy. Use RAPID Transformational Therapy to upgrade, update, re-program and re-code your mind’s software to have the life you prefer. RTT is an internationally, multiply awarded process recognized to go directly and quickly to root causes on a subconscious level. Develop permanent, life-changing tools and perspectives. Anxiety, depression, phobias, eating disorders, addictions, and more, along with many physical symptoms, often respond rapidly; many find relief quickly.
At many points in our lives each of us faces challenges that can require unique solutions. We thrive when we find balance in our daily life, therefore, I focus on helping people regain or find a new equilibrium. Often the first step is finding what is important to you.
At many points in our lives each of us faces challenges that can require unique solutions. We thrive when we find balance in our daily life, therefore, I focus on helping people regain or find a new equilibrium. Often the first step is finding what is important to you.
Currently accepting new Couples Therapy clients! Evening and Weekend Appointments are Available! Andrea Tolbert, LCSW offers mental health counseling via Telehealth for individuals, couples, and groups who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or Military Service member/Veteran in Maine, Vermont, Florida, and South Carolina. My clinical specialties are trauma and PTSD, substance misuse and addictions, minority stress, single member family & couples therapy, and polyamory. Sliding scale fee rates are available.
Currently accepting new Couples Therapy clients! Evening and Weekend Appointments are Available! Andrea Tolbert, LCSW offers mental health counseling via Telehealth for individuals, couples, and groups who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or Military Service member/Veteran in Maine, Vermont, Florida, and South Carolina. My clinical specialties are trauma and PTSD, substance misuse and addictions, minority stress, single member family & couples therapy, and polyamory. Sliding scale fee rates are available.
My desire is to see you pick up the pieces and create a beautiful life beyond the struggle of grief, anxiety, postpartum difficulties, infertility, disordered eating, childhood abuse, and other painful life events.
I have a professional and personal investment in working with those who have experienced the death of a child during pregnancy, infancy, childhood, or adulthood. I also work well with those who experience long-term chronic and/or complex trauma and who feel past approaches haven't been as helpful. I practice from a health at every size (HAES) perspective.
My desire is to see you pick up the pieces and create a beautiful life beyond the struggle of grief, anxiety, postpartum difficulties, infertility, disordered eating, childhood abuse, and other painful life events.
I have a professional and personal investment in working with those who have experienced the death of a child during pregnancy, infancy, childhood, or adulthood. I also work well with those who experience long-term chronic and/or complex trauma and who feel past approaches haven't been as helpful. I practice from a health at every size (HAES) perspective.
I'm licensed as an LICSW and an LADC, and I offer an open‑minded, accepting approach to psychotherapy, often using humor when it helps. I earned my MSW in 2009 from Smith College, including graduate internships at UVM Medical Center’s inpatient psych unit and the VA in White River Junction. I have practiced in Vermont for nearly 20 years, and I've gained great experience working with people with a range of concerns. This includes community mental health clients, trauma survivors, individuals in recovery, veterans, elders and incarcerated people.
I'm licensed as an LICSW and an LADC, and I offer an open‑minded, accepting approach to psychotherapy, often using humor when it helps. I earned my MSW in 2009 from Smith College, including graduate internships at UVM Medical Center’s inpatient psych unit and the VA in White River Junction. I have practiced in Vermont for nearly 20 years, and I've gained great experience working with people with a range of concerns. This includes community mental health clients, trauma survivors, individuals in recovery, veterans, elders and incarcerated people.
I have clinical experience working with college students, military members, adults in in crisis, those learning to cope with trauma, people who have experienced sexual violence, and those of us navigating life’s changes and challenges.
I believe that the right course of treatment for a client depends on who they are, what they bring into session, and how they are comfortable working. I enjoy helping individuals make meaning out of their experiences, build awareness of self, and have a space to be heard, validated and heal. I feel that a strong relationship between client and therapist is what allows for growth and the deepest level of work to be done. I strive to create a welcoming, non-judgmental, and empathetic space for that purpose.
I have clinical experience working with college students, military members, adults in in crisis, those learning to cope with trauma, people who have experienced sexual violence, and those of us navigating life’s changes and challenges.
I believe that the right course of treatment for a client depends on who they are, what they bring into session, and how they are comfortable working. I enjoy helping individuals make meaning out of their experiences, build awareness of self, and have a space to be heard, validated and heal. I feel that a strong relationship between client and therapist is what allows for growth and the deepest level of work to be done. I strive to create a welcoming, non-judgmental, and empathetic space for that purpose.
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor as well as a Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor, experienced working with adolescents, adults, and families with trauma, depression, anxiety, self harm, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, grief and loss, and end of life issues.
I draw from a variety of theoretical approaches when working with people, depending on the needs and goals of each individual client, respecting each person's own journey/path using individual strengths to build on. Working often from an existential lens, I draw from Cognitive Behavioral, Narrative, Mindfulness Based, Motivational, and EMDR/IFS therapies.
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor as well as a Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor, experienced working with adolescents, adults, and families with trauma, depression, anxiety, self harm, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, grief and loss, and end of life issues.
I draw from a variety of theoretical approaches when working with people, depending on the needs and goals of each individual client, respecting each person's own journey/path using individual strengths to build on. Working often from an existential lens, I draw from Cognitive Behavioral, Narrative, Mindfulness Based, Motivational, and EMDR/IFS therapies.
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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.