Psychoanalytic Therapists in Saint Albans, VT

Hello and welcome. I am excited to be opening my private practice after years of working for Community Mental Health and in the School System! I'm excited for this new chapter and the flexibility it allows in meeting clients where they are and facilitating the journey to where they want to be. I have worked with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, and or trauma, perspective adoptive parents, adoptive parents, adopted children, and members of the LGBTQ community. I have extensive professional and personal experiences in these areas.

My work as an Emotional Support Life Coach is enhanced by my background in psychotherapy and nursing. It brings a progressive approach to self-healing. Using a myriad of techniques including hypnotherapy, EMDR, Reiki and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, I work with individuals and families to identify personal strengths locked behind negative energy. I work to empower others to discover their truth, harmonize personal healing and define a positive pathway to life-long happiness. I specialize in treating trauma due to abuse, neglect, domestic violence, anger, anxiety, depression, grief and difficult relationships.

The earliest known root of the English word "patient" is a Latin verb meaning "to suffer". Suffering comes in many different forms. It can be expressed in relationships, in the way we interpret events in the world, in "disorders" and "syndromes", and often, in difficult to define moments, where we know something is not right. There are often roots to suffering that can be uncovered and understood and can help us to know ourselves better, to get in touch with what is truly alive in ourselves and in the world around us. Therapy can help us resolve some suffering and bear inevitable sufferings that can feel impossible to tolerate.

Everyone needs the safest possible space to explore oneself to grow, to carefully unpack what is at the root of every discomfort in living—worry, fear, regret, anger—new frustrations and old ones. Finding the right words to name our internal conflicts reveals how we attempt to master the past by repeating our patterns in the present. Bringing this struggle into full awareness offers a fresh opportunity to work our issues and outgrown ways of relating toward final resolution. Such reflection and the articulation of inner experience imparts more freedom and equanimity to our choices, and opens us up to feel more passionate and alive.

Stuck? Lonely? Overwhelmed? Struggling to find balance? You are not alone! Our time together could be a great way to get unstuck, build resilience, and open to more intimacy and fulfillment. Therapy is a co-creative, generative relationship, held within a container of safety. I am a fellow traveler, not an aloof expert, and we will shift and grow together. "You are good enough exactly as you are, AND there is infinite potential for development" -adapted from Suzuki Roshi

I do have 19 years of clinical experience as a psychoanalyst and over 10 years as a training and supervising analyst. In my clinical experience, I've worked beyond private practice as the lead staff for over 120 mental health professionals and 3000 patients in a public mental health service in Brazil. In my academic experience, I've taught psychology of education and sociology education in universities in Brazil and also teaching and coordinating graduate and post-graduate programs. I'm currently doing my second doctoral Degree: PhD in Psychotherapy Science at Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, Austria.

Work on your personal issues and concerns in a safe, supportive, and non-threatening environment. We can address a range of issues including depression,anxiety, self-esteem, relationships and creativity for individuals and couples a confidential private setting. During an initial consultation we will work together to develop the approach best suited to your individual needs.

Psychoanalytic work is an intensive therapy that focuses on increasing self-understanding and a sense of personal freedom. It is very helpful for anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship issues, trauma and managing grief around life transitions. I have also trained as an end-of-life doula and offer grief support groups and trainings.

I am a licensed clinical social worker with nineteen years experience working with families and individuals of all ages. A recent client had this to say about our time together, "your healing energy and...comfort that you bring to your practice is so warming, safe and empowering. You have undoubtedly contributed to making me "me" during a time of transformation [and I} will always have your many perspectives tucked away in my brain for when things get tough"

Holistic, mindfulness-based, and spiritually oriented psychotherapy for mind-body-spirit integration. Would you like to have increased well-being and emotional healing? Are you struggling with difficult emotions or are you in a transitional phase/crossroads in your life? I specialize in the areas of depression, spiritual emergence, psycho-spiritual integration, anxiety, women's issues, grief, and low self-esteem. I work collaboratively with you to help you reach your goals and facilitate healing in your life.

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 am a licensed clinical social worker with nearly two decades of experience with teens and young adults. I have a passion for working with teens and young adults. Many of my clients enjoy going on walks while we work together. With my teenage clients, we often work together for 1-3 hours outside, using hands-on projects as a conduit for building confidence, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness. I don't deploy a single therapeutic technique. Rather, I blend the best parts of many different approaches. My clients typically find me warm, approachable and validating while gently pushing them to grow in the specific areas.

Welcome! I am glad you were able to find this page, as asking for help can be very difficult. I believe in the beauty, the truth, and the wonderful potential existing in each and everyone of us. I am committed to foster this source, in order to help your beautiful self find its proper place, role, and meaning in life. In my practice I focus on multiple life and mental health challenges with a strong emphasis on solid evidence-based science, philosophy, spirituality, and religion (I am open and supportive of all backgrounds), as well as integrative, empathetic, and personalized approaches to healthcare.