Therapists in Windsor County, VT

As a relationship/trauma coach, I work with adults. I have found that getting healthy and happy takes work but is simple. I work with clients that are ready to feel better and have better relationships. I help you build a foundation with skills and knowledge so you can move forward toward your personal goals with more ease, grace, and self-love.

I focus on treating adolescents and young adults struggling with Anxiety, Depression, Attachment related concerns, and PTSD. The best outcome for treatment comes when a person is ready to start the process of healing and allow themselves to change for a better future. There is a chance to find balance and peace in life.

Often we come into the therapy relationship in pain, confused, and overwhelmed. I strive to create a safe, supportive, environment that focuses on easing the pain while developing greater self awareness. I work collaboratively with clients to help clarify what is important and valued in their lives and utilize this individual map to create change. This often can serves as a path out of a disorienting haze. My goal is to support clients in building a life that feels engaging, rewarding, and meaningful.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20+ years of experience in the mental health care industry. I have devoted most of my career working with individuals suffering from mood disorders and addiction and provide a strength-based, client-centered focus in my practice. I believe in a holistic approach to therapy, utilizing mindfulness techniques, meditation & yoga. I have extensive experience working with individuals as well as couples and my practice includes psychodynamic, relational, and trauma-informed theories. I am committed to providing long and short term therapeutic services.

We all experience periods when stress becomes overwhelming, when we have lost our direction and meaning in life, have experienced the loss of a beloved person, becoming a widow/widower, or are experiencing other life transitions. It is my hope that our work together will offer a life-line to discovering purpose and deeper connection to what is true for you and what is longing for expression. I work with adults in traditional methods of psychotherapy, mindfulness-based approaches, EMDR. My purpose is to support your developing awareness into what is most skillful for living your highest potential for happiness and wellbeing.

Since 1986 I have provided mental health and substance use counseling in a variety of settings including medical and social detox, community mental health, and IOP. In the eighties clients would transition from hard drugs such as heroin to just drinking alcohol and smoking weed. Many times they had physical pain that led them to self medicate. Now-a-days clients are often tapered from medication and end up seeking help from their friends. In addition to 12 step support and counseling there is another way to address their physical pain through the healing arts and intensive life review through writing and self reflection.

In my 38 years of experience as a licensed therapist, working with individuals and couples, I've learned that we all want understanding, respect, and love. We want fulfillment, meaning, and happiness, individually, and in our relationships. Psychotherapy can help us develop the insights and skills we need to understand, respect, and love ourselves and others. We can change worn out, old habits, build resilience, and become more of who we long to be.

As a clinical psychologist & psychoanalyst with close to 30 yrs of clinical experience, I have the training & perspective to help you get to the bottom of your issues & navigate life's challenges with deeper self-awareness & fulfillment. Whether you are caught in painful relationship dynamics, struggling with self-esteem or identity issues, or wrestling with the troubled world in which we live, you will find me to be a highly perceptive, sincere & compassionate presence dedicated to understanding you & facilitating your healing & growth. I also offer EMDR for entrenched patterns. Tele-therapy only.

I work with adolescents, college students, and adults and approach therapy from a psychodynamic perspective. I also integrate IFS (Internal Family Systems) and Brainspotting, and use mindfulness and cognitive based approaches depending on an individual's needs. Therapy involves working in a safe environment to develop greater awareness and insight in to one's relationships with oneself and others, one's identity, and one's purpose in life. I feel honored to work with individuals on these important life issues.

People seek therapy for many reasons such as feeling lonely, overwhelmed, anxious or sad. My client centered approach supports the client taking an active role in their therapy. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that has many years working with children through adults. My approach to family therapy and marriage therapy is to understand the dynamics of the relationships and how to foster growth. I hope to provide a collaborative and comfortable space to help solve or manage daily struggles, life transitions, divorce, marriage, co-parenting, anxiety, depression.

I have experience working with adults, adolescents, and children in a variety of settings. My work is grounded in the belief that gaining insight is the path to lasting change. Psychodynamic work takes place collaboratively between the therapist and the patient. This relationship becomes the catalyst for emotional growth. My office is a safe space where any topic or idea can be shared without judgement. We will work on understanding the core underlying issues to elicit lasting change. This type of therapy is suited to a wide variety of issues including depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, autism, mood disorders, and many others.

I currently have availability for online mental health counseling for individuals who are looking to address challenges stemming from lack of motivation, anger, phobias, depression, anxiety, and other barriers. Through evidence-based practice, I will work to maintain an environment that is client-centered where you help steer services in a way that meets your own individual needs.

I am a Clinical Social Worker licensed in Vermont and New Hampshire. In my clinical practice I enjoy getting to know my clients and helping them to explore their emotional well-being. It takes a great deal of bravery to engage in therapy and lean into feelings of vulnerability. These feelings can be uncomfortable, but I do not believe that growth occurs without some sense of discomfort. Through introspection I encourage my clients to observe and notice their thoughts and feelings. This increases self-awareness, allowing us to feel more empowered in our lives.

I work with individuals, whether one on one or in group, to move forward with healthy perspectives and behaviors by identifying obstacles and struggles and developing ways to manage them, in order to have a more happy, productive and fulfilling life.

Accepting new telehealth clients. I help clients understand more clearly what they want and how they can help themselves feel better, move forward and live with more joy. I often work with people experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety or who are navigating a life transition—loss of a loved one, empty nest, divorce, career change, figuring out "what's next" or some other new phase of life.

I work with a wide variety of people and challenges but I am specially trained in working with couples helping to improve their relationships. I have completed advanced training in Emotion Focused Therapy, the approach for couples that is the most effective longterm. With a shared commitment to work for 1 hour 30 minutes each week we can help change stuck relationship dynamics which cause distress. Additionally, I am a trauma specialist trained in EMDR helping to reducing your symptoms. I have been in private practice for the last 30 years. I am a honest empathic therapist who works hard and collaboratively with you.

Therapy is about healing. It's about bringing careful attention to emotional wounds (both old and new) and working with the difficult mental/emotional patterns that interfere with our ability to be healthy and happy. In my practice, I create a client-centered, safe, and confidential environment that makes this work both possible and rewarding. I participate fully in the client's process, holding the space that can allow healing to occur. Most would describe my style as interactive and relational. Depending on the client and presenting need, my treatment modality ranges between Cognitive-Behavioral, mindfulness-based, and psychodynamic.

I am a dual licensed counselor (Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor AND Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor) with a background in Opiate addiction and working with Dual diagnosis patients. I am solution focused and believe a combination of trust, teamwork and the right information is the key to success. Specializing in depression, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues (couples counseling) AND court mandated counseling/ CRASH/DUI mandated counseling.

Family and individual development has been a central theme in my work since beginning a social work career in 1967. For many years, I practiced within an agency. A focus on how best to support families coping with challenges after adoption characterized my last agency years. Since 1998, I have had a private counseling practice: Adoption Conversations. In 2013, I joined with two former colleagues to open Dothan Brook Associates on Route 5 in Wilder, VT. My counseling work is now generalized to helping children, adolescents, adults, and families seeking to understand themselves and improve their relationships or their functioning.