Marriage Counseling Therapists in Connecticut

No matter what challenges we face, I believe that everyone has the capacity for change and that the answers are just waiting to be discovered. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 11 years of clinical experience in the field, I can help you find those answers to restore peace and balance to your life. My ultimate goal in treatment is to support you in developing skills and insights that make long-lasting impacts.

*Please e-mail me to inquire as I have limited availability.*I work with young adults, adolescents, children, families, couples, and adults. I specialize in grief/loss, family systems, life transitions, anxiety, substance abuse, and depression. I can help family members learn to create, implement, and maintain healthy boundaries in these difficult situations. If you are looking to set healthier boundaries, improve the quality of your relationships, decrease negative self-talk, and increase self-awareness, we may be a good fit!

I offer a warm, caring and supportive environment. My goal is to help clients solve his/her problem, not engage in lifetime therapy. I work with individuals, couples, and families. My areas of specialty include helping clients of all ages to overcome stress, anxiety, fears and phobias, depression,loss, and improving overall well-being and happiness.

As we are all different, so is each therapeutic relationship. Therefore, no one approach works for all. I strive to meet people just as and where they are. We best serve others by seeing them as a whole within the context of their environment. This includes our: mental wellness/ state of mind, physical/ state of body, and spiritual/ state of soul. Together we will explore the relationship between your beliefs, experiences, and the lens in which you see yourself and the world around you. My practice is person-centered and strength-based; providing insight, advocacy, education and encouragement to help people reach their goals.

Does this sound familiar?: You've lost touch with the hopes and dreams that used to motivate and inspire you. An important relationship is in trouble: your relationship with your spouse, partner, child, or family is a repeated source of pain. You received feedback that you don’t seem yourself lately or that your behavior is alarming to those who care about you. The responsiveness of a therapist can help us acknowledge the deep urging and longings of our truer selves. Therapy can be a place where we chart a new course for our lives. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Being a Marital & Family Therapist, and coming from a large family myself, I am familiar with the complex and often challenging dynamics that families have. Want those holidays to be more pleasant? I get it. I want to help people to improve their relationships by guiding them to a clearer understanding and acceptance of themselves and others. My experiences with grief and loss have made me well aware of the challenges these present when we lose someone we love. I welcome and enjoy working with individuals, couples, and families. Humor plays a large role in both my practice and life.

Do you want to give your children the best of yourself - not what's left of yourself - each day? Is your tank on empty after battling tantrums, power struggles and trying to manage negative behaviors? Parenting our children is one of the toughest jobs in the world. A Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, I am trained to help you connect with your children in ways you never thought possible. I can help you understand your children's needs and developmental stages; learn effective strategies to tackle tough behaviors; and set healthy limits and boundaries, all while fostering connection. Let me help you to parent with intention!

Life can be hard, even more so when you have anxiety, depression, trauma, and/or relationship conflicts. It is time to level up. Change can be difficult, but you don't have to face it alone. We can work together on finding the solutions for sustainable growth.

As a Marriage and Family Therapist, my desire in therapy is to help individuals, couples and families find hope in the midst of struggles and to be a partner in healing through a spirit of openness, empathy and non-judgment. I am especially passionate about caring for people who are working through grief. Specifically, I have a deep desire to walk alongside women and couples who are experiencing fertility challenges, and have experience providing clinical support and facilitation for the Pacific Northwest Mind/Body Fertility Program in Seattle.

Hello, my name is Nardine and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in couples/marriage therapy and infidelity recovery. Many couples who contact me are experiencing communication issues and lack of emotional connection that has lead to resentment. They often say that they are tired from trying to get their partner to listen and validate their feelings. Others contact me because of the discovery of an affair. If this sounds like you, I can help. My goal is to provide a non-judgmental space for you and your partner. The first step is to rebuild trust by using proven researched-based strategies.

As we move through life we are challenged with issues related to ourselves, mental illness, family, marriage, friends, school, work and/or our living environment. Our ability to function, sleep, focus or remain motivated changes from day to day.

For the past 18 years I have worked as a clinician and supervisor in schools, behavioral health agencies, and substance abuse facilities while maintaining a private practice in Brookfield, CT. As a result, my clinical approach, which is built on a solid foundation of family systems training, reflects all that I have learned along the way in my work with relationships, emotional problems, life changes, addictions, co-occurring disorders, trauma and other issues affecting individuals, couples, and families

Welcome! Feeling stressed, overwhelmed, unfulfilled or invalidated at work or in your relationships? Experiencing intense sadness, anxiety, anger, loneliness, stuck in unsatisfying or self-defeating patterns? Worried about a struggling child or challenged by a troubled teen or difficult family member? Having romantic/marital difficulties, contemplating breakup/divorce? I can help. Together we can build a compassionate, empathic "team effort" that builds upon & enhances your existing strengths, helps you learn new, optimal coping strategies & communication & relationship skills, heals pain and suffering, overcomes obstacles, optimizes career, school or family wellbeing & success, enhances feelings of life satisfaction and fulfillment, and maximizes your and your loved ones' potential.

There are times in our lives when responsibility and the stress of life seem to weigh us down. Who understands better than you? Fear and worry, sadness, life transitions and loss rob us of our joy and drain our energy. Although for some it may be somewhat intimidating, the decision to seek counseling is an important step in gaining insight and finding options. Having a trained professional listen without judgement can be a liberating experience. Finding practical ways of dealing with your concerns together with someone who understands provides a level of hope and some initial confidence.

I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice for the past 15 years. I provide individual, family and marriage therapy addressing a wide variety of issues. I approach mental health issues from a developmental and family systems perspective taking into account the life stage and family situation that individuals come from. My specialty areas include adolescent treatment, marital therapy, divorce and family issues, adoption and substance abuse. I work closely with schools, doctors, and other outside systems that impact the mental health of the individual or family system.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and have worked with adults and adolescents in the Greater Hartford area for over 10 years. My specialties include working with individuals and families to identify and heal intergenerational patterns of trauma and helping adolescents and pre-teens navigate the often-bumpy journey from puberty to launching. I have a passion for working with couples, challenging them to improve communication and to invite intimacy, passion, and security back into their relationship.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in CT, NY, CA with 40+ years of experience. My areas of expertise are counseling couples and individuals who are experiencing relationship distress and intimacy issues. I provide insight and perspective that helps you resolve your problems while creating a trusting and safe environment. My work is client centered and collaborative using a systemic approach to facilitate change. I focus on process, attachment needs and emotions in order to deepen your experience in therapy. I find success using a relational attachment perspective for healing. My Website www.brennertherapy.com.

Picture this: you are feeling disconnected from the life you've created. Work is causing burn out, and there's no time for your own self-care because you're so busy being there for everyone else in your life. Navigating this stress is impacting your self-confidence, and is causing you to be your own worst critic. It's interfering with your ability to openly communicate about your struggles because you've convinced yourself no one will understand you. If that picture is feeling all too real for you, then finding a therapist who can meet you where you're at and support you through these hurdles would be life-changing.

I am passionate about helping people push past barriers such as trauma , anxiety or depression that are preventing them from living their fullest life. Many times life's traumas create lifelong negative beliefs that hold people back from how they want to live. I specialize in working with people to help them remove traumatic barriers and create long lasting change in their relationships, careers and life satisfaction. I am dually licensed as a marital and family therapist and use a systemic approach in my treatment of individuals and couples.