Gestalt Therapists in Manalapan, NJ
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Essential Counseling Therapy Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MFT, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Manalapan, NJ 07726
NOW OFFERING VIDEO COUNSELING SESSIONS. Are you feeling the impact of stress, depression, and/or anxiety? Do you have relationship issues or problems stemming from miscommunication? Have you ever felt that you and your partner were speaking different languages or maybe you just weren't communicating effectively? Maybe you felt that you and a loved one just didn't understand one another. A breakdown in communication pulls people apart and can destroy relationships. I aim to heal these communication breakdowns and to help you through the symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress that you may be experiencing.
NOW OFFERING VIDEO COUNSELING SESSIONS. Are you feeling the impact of stress, depression, and/or anxiety? Do you have relationship issues or problems stemming from miscommunication? Have you ever felt that you and your partner were speaking different languages or maybe you just weren't communicating effectively? Maybe you felt that you and a loved one just didn't understand one another. A breakdown in communication pulls people apart and can destroy relationships. I aim to heal these communication breakdowns and to help you through the symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress that you may be experiencing.
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Specialties: Stop Smoking, Weight Loss (Gastric Band Hypnotherapy), Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Phobias, Educational Enhancements, Sports Enhancements, Career Motivation, Hypnotherapy Life Coaching, Behavior/Anger Management, Relationship Therapy, Grief & Bereavement Therapy, Sexual Dysfunctions, Hypnotherapy for Children, Immune System Enhancements, Self Confidence/Self Esteem, Finding Lost Objects. Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Medical Hypnosis. Dr. Jaime Feldman is one of the Top Hypnotherapists in the country. He has been on the Montel Williams show 4 times. Dr. Feldman teaches some of the most revolutionary techniques in Hypnotherapy, including speaking to the sub-personalities that cause a specific problem.
Specialties: Stop Smoking, Weight Loss (Gastric Band Hypnotherapy), Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Phobias, Educational Enhancements, Sports Enhancements, Career Motivation, Hypnotherapy Life Coaching, Behavior/Anger Management, Relationship Therapy, Grief & Bereavement Therapy, Sexual Dysfunctions, Hypnotherapy for Children, Immune System Enhancements, Self Confidence/Self Esteem, Finding Lost Objects. Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Medical Hypnosis. Dr. Jaime Feldman is one of the Top Hypnotherapists in the country. He has been on the Montel Williams show 4 times. Dr. Feldman teaches some of the most revolutionary techniques in Hypnotherapy, including speaking to the sub-personalities that cause a specific problem.
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I believe that life is too short to be anything other than your best self. Do you ever find yourself feeling overwhelmed, messy, frustrated, and like you are always focused on the worst-case-scenario? Maybe you are the person everyone else turns to for help but inside feel like you need help most of all. Maybe you don't know what you need but know that something is missing. Therapy can help you untangle some of the mess, shift your perspectives, and help you to figure out what you need to help you to live a more fulfilled life.
I believe that life is too short to be anything other than your best self. Do you ever find yourself feeling overwhelmed, messy, frustrated, and like you are always focused on the worst-case-scenario? Maybe you are the person everyone else turns to for help but inside feel like you need help most of all. Maybe you don't know what you need but know that something is missing. Therapy can help you untangle some of the mess, shift your perspectives, and help you to figure out what you need to help you to live a more fulfilled life.
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My counseling skills are highly intuitive, informed by my Gestalt training and meditative practices, drawing creatively from a vast toolkit of the world's philosophical & spiritual wisdom traditions and my own decades of scholarship, philosophical, meditative, contemplative, and transformative practices, counseling work, teaching, and practical experience.
Do you have a pressing practical conflict, moral dilemma, or torn decision, not sure which way to go? Are you at a cross-roads, re-evaluating yourself, your life, career, relationship, your religion, or your spiritual path? Are you struggling with meaninglessness, loss of purpose, loss of faith, existential indigestion, philosophical confusion? Do you struggle with the bigger questions: Is life meaningful? Who am I? Why am I here? What should I believe? What is reality? Is this it? Is there anything else? How can I know? How should I live? What is my path? What is my highest good? Do I have a calling? Can I change? What should I do?
My counseling skills are highly intuitive, informed by my Gestalt training and meditative practices, drawing creatively from a vast toolkit of the world's philosophical & spiritual wisdom traditions and my own decades of scholarship, philosophical, meditative, contemplative, and transformative practices, counseling work, teaching, and practical experience.
Do you have a pressing practical conflict, moral dilemma, or torn decision, not sure which way to go? Are you at a cross-roads, re-evaluating yourself, your life, career, relationship, your religion, or your spiritual path? Are you struggling with meaninglessness, loss of purpose, loss of faith, existential indigestion, philosophical confusion? Do you struggle with the bigger questions: Is life meaningful? Who am I? Why am I here? What should I believe? What is reality? Is this it? Is there anything else? How can I know? How should I live? What is my path? What is my highest good? Do I have a calling? Can I change? What should I do?
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Samantha Brenner Awadallah
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Freehold, NJ 07728
You can expect a warm, compassionate person-centered approach, pulling in CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Gestalt Therapy, Exposure & Response Prevention, and Internal Family Systems, as needed.
How brave of you to be searching for a therapist. Getting to this point often means the struggles you face have gotten to a point of affecting your quality of life; and admitting this can feel defeating. At the same time, if you’re here, you know therapy can be an opportunity to improve your well-being. By collaborating with me, we can build an understanding of your struggles and work through embracing meaningful growth and change. My twenty years experience in the mental health field has taught me that the most significant change and healing comes from within the client, and can be fostered through a supportive therapeutic rapport.
You can expect a warm, compassionate person-centered approach, pulling in CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Gestalt Therapy, Exposure & Response Prevention, and Internal Family Systems, as needed.
How brave of you to be searching for a therapist. Getting to this point often means the struggles you face have gotten to a point of affecting your quality of life; and admitting this can feel defeating. At the same time, if you’re here, you know therapy can be an opportunity to improve your well-being. By collaborating with me, we can build an understanding of your struggles and work through embracing meaningful growth and change. My twenty years experience in the mental health field has taught me that the most significant change and healing comes from within the client, and can be fostered through a supportive therapeutic rapport.
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I am passionate about working with men and women ages 18 years-old to older adults who are navigating life’s challenges, who feel blue, overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, angry, who are not able to concentrate in college or at the workplace, who are unsettled due to their trauma and utilize bad coping skills. I help individuals grow while they feel stuck and shut down. I provide various forms of therapeutic treatment, not just talk therapy. My specialized experience and trainings are broad from: Gottman Marriage/Couples L1 L2 Psycho-education, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, EMDR, Trauma, Gestalt , Hypnosis, Yoga, and Holistic Treatments.
I am passionate about working with men and women ages 18 years-old to older adults who are navigating life’s challenges, who feel blue, overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, angry, who are not able to concentrate in college or at the workplace, who are unsettled due to their trauma and utilize bad coping skills. I help individuals grow while they feel stuck and shut down. I provide various forms of therapeutic treatment, not just talk therapy. My specialized experience and trainings are broad from: Gottman Marriage/Couples L1 L2 Psycho-education, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, EMDR, Trauma, Gestalt , Hypnosis, Yoga, and Holistic Treatments.
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Carol Fishelman-Rosen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Monroe Township, NJ 08831 (Online Only)
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with Postgraduate Certification in Gestalt Therapy and Focusing Oriented Therapy with over thirty years experience.
As a therapist I feel privileged to be able to provide the kind of support and guidance that helps people build healthy, fulfilling relationships. I derive great satisfaction when I see my clients utilize their strengths and abilities to obtain their own personal objectives and goals. I specialize in women's issues; emotional eating, weight and body image struggles; grief, bereavement.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with Postgraduate Certification in Gestalt Therapy and Focusing Oriented Therapy with over thirty years experience.
As a therapist I feel privileged to be able to provide the kind of support and guidance that helps people build healthy, fulfilling relationships. I derive great satisfaction when I see my clients utilize their strengths and abilities to obtain their own personal objectives and goals. I specialize in women's issues; emotional eating, weight and body image struggles; grief, bereavement.
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Alexa Rapach
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Windsor, NJ 08520 (Online Only)
Now accepting new clients. Welcome, I'm Alexa, and I specialize in empowering parents to enhance their parenting skills, address triggers that may arise in challenging moments, and work collaboratively to co-parent effectively. Whether you're struggling to reconnect with your child, reduce stress at home, or navigate the complexities of parenting, I'm here to support you. Together, we will work on practical strategies and skills using an integrative approach, drawing from CBT, Gestalt, Mindfulness-Based, Solution-Focused, and attachment theories, all tailored to your unique needs.
Now accepting new clients. Welcome, I'm Alexa, and I specialize in empowering parents to enhance their parenting skills, address triggers that may arise in challenging moments, and work collaboratively to co-parent effectively. Whether you're struggling to reconnect with your child, reduce stress at home, or navigate the complexities of parenting, I'm here to support you. Together, we will work on practical strategies and skills using an integrative approach, drawing from CBT, Gestalt, Mindfulness-Based, Solution-Focused, and attachment theories, all tailored to your unique needs.
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I completed post-graduate training in Gestalt therapy, EMDR, EFT, and hypnosis.
In my professional work I have learned to empathize deeply and to make observations and interpretations based on years of accumulated clinical knowledge and experience. While my professional training has been invaluable, my clients (and my colleagues, too) have been the most extraordinary teachers of life and healing. Through my work I have learned to be more open and compassionate and more fully human. This enables me to be a more effective facilitator in the healing process of psychotherapy. It is always a privilege to do emotional healing work with another human being--both of us are enriched.
I completed post-graduate training in Gestalt therapy, EMDR, EFT, and hypnosis.
In my professional work I have learned to empathize deeply and to make observations and interpretations based on years of accumulated clinical knowledge and experience. While my professional training has been invaluable, my clients (and my colleagues, too) have been the most extraordinary teachers of life and healing. Through my work I have learned to be more open and compassionate and more fully human. This enables me to be a more effective facilitator in the healing process of psychotherapy. It is always a privilege to do emotional healing work with another human being--both of us are enriched.
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Some people continually struggle with different issues in life, such as searching for their authentic selves, life transitions, mental and emotional wellness and a plethora of other areas of concern.
Some people continually struggle with different issues in life, such as searching for their authentic selves, life transitions, mental and emotional wellness and a plethora of other areas of concern.
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Institute for Personal Growth
Psychologist, LCSW, LPC, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Freehold, NJ 07728
Thinking of therapy? Ask us for the first session free, no commitment. IPG has roughly 30 therapists over three NJ offices: Highland Park, Freehold, and Jersey City. Since 1983 we've combined compassionate care with high-level expertise. We provide individual, family, child, and relationship counseling for concerns ranging from depression to life transitions to marital strife. We have a special focus on the LGBTQ community, including transgender/GNC youth, but we see clients from all walks of life. We also have many other niche specialties such as sex therapy, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and eating disorders.
Thinking of therapy? Ask us for the first session free, no commitment. IPG has roughly 30 therapists over three NJ offices: Highland Park, Freehold, and Jersey City. Since 1983 we've combined compassionate care with high-level expertise. We provide individual, family, child, and relationship counseling for concerns ranging from depression to life transitions to marital strife. We have a special focus on the LGBTQ community, including transgender/GNC youth, but we see clients from all walks of life. We also have many other niche specialties such as sex therapy, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and eating disorders.
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Arlene Venet
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Englishtown, NJ 07726 (Online Only)
My job as a therapist is to empower my clients to be the best versions of themselves. I accomplish this by embracing each of my clients with kindness and lack of judgement. I have over 30 years of experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings treating clients with a variety of mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, couples and marriage counseling, substance use disorders, and trauma to name a few. Please see below regarding a comprehensive list of specialties that I specialize in. I am experienced in utilizing CBT, Inner Child, Mindfulness, along with other approaches.
My job as a therapist is to empower my clients to be the best versions of themselves. I accomplish this by embracing each of my clients with kindness and lack of judgement. I have over 30 years of experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings treating clients with a variety of mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, couples and marriage counseling, substance use disorders, and trauma to name a few. Please see below regarding a comprehensive list of specialties that I specialize in. I am experienced in utilizing CBT, Inner Child, Mindfulness, along with other approaches.
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Araceli Fernandez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Life is full of obstacles that at times feel impossible to overcome. In therapy, we will work together to equip you with coping skills that best suit you to make tackling these obstacles possible. Depression, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem are common hindrances that therapy can help find long term solutions enabling you to live to your fullest potential.
Life is full of obstacles that at times feel impossible to overcome. In therapy, we will work together to equip you with coping skills that best suit you to make tackling these obstacles possible. Depression, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem are common hindrances that therapy can help find long term solutions enabling you to live to your fullest potential.
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Michele M Lincoln
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Freehold, NJ 07728 (Online Only)
Treating clients for over five years, I am an eclectic psychotherapist specializing in anxiety and crisis. I use empathy, warmth, and humor to connect with clients at all stages of the life course and assist them in using new perspectives and resilience to enrich their life experiences. Certified Grief Informed Professional.
Treating clients for over five years, I am an eclectic psychotherapist specializing in anxiety and crisis. I use empathy, warmth, and humor to connect with clients at all stages of the life course and assist them in using new perspectives and resilience to enrich their life experiences. Certified Grief Informed Professional.
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The purpose of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique is to help you understand and gain more control over your behavior, emotions or physical well-being. I been successfully helping people for 20 years to overcome anxiety, pain, and addictions. Hypnotherapy is helpful to improve your performances and to have a better life.
The purpose of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique is to help you understand and gain more control over your behavior, emotions or physical well-being. I been successfully helping people for 20 years to overcome anxiety, pain, and addictions. Hypnotherapy is helpful to improve your performances and to have a better life.
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Navigating life's challenges can be daunting, but you don't have to face them alone. As a dedicated counselor, I provide a compassionate and non-judgmental space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings openly. My approach emphasizes the collaborative relationship between client and therapist, valuing your unique experiences, needs, and emotions. I believe in the power of a personalized and holistic approach, integrating various evidence-based therapeutic methods to address the specific concerns you wish to bring to our sessions.
Navigating life's challenges can be daunting, but you don't have to face them alone. As a dedicated counselor, I provide a compassionate and non-judgmental space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings openly. My approach emphasizes the collaborative relationship between client and therapist, valuing your unique experiences, needs, and emotions. I believe in the power of a personalized and holistic approach, integrating various evidence-based therapeutic methods to address the specific concerns you wish to bring to our sessions.
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Chris M. Bizzarro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCADC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Freehold, NJ 07728
I will help you develop coping skills to manage symptoms of fear, depression, anxiety, and anger. I will help you develop communication skills to strengthen your relationships. I will help you grow emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. I will teach you how to meditate properly, develop gratitude, and a sense of purpose. I will empower you to take action.
I will help you develop coping skills to manage symptoms of fear, depression, anxiety, and anger. I will help you develop communication skills to strengthen your relationships. I will help you grow emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. I will teach you how to meditate properly, develop gratitude, and a sense of purpose. I will empower you to take action.
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Tinamarie Veniscofski, LLC
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MS, LCADC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Freehold, NJ 07728
"Therapy... Coping... Life... " Covid-19 continues to devastate our society through addiction, fear, and challenge to cope with "life on life's terms." I am best at helping people develop coping skills to prevent relapse in behavior while building your quality of life...
"Therapy... Coping... Life... " Covid-19 continues to devastate our society through addiction, fear, and challenge to cope with "life on life's terms." I am best at helping people develop coping skills to prevent relapse in behavior while building your quality of life...
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Scott H Pace
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCADC, CEAP, SAP
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Colts Neck, NJ 07722
I provide counseling that is cognitively-based, direct, yet non-judgmental and down-to-earth. I believe humor is an important component of the therapeutic process and I use it often, while being sensitive to my clients' concerns. I believe my style helps people be more at ease when talking about issues they need help with. My ideal client is someone who believes in the possible; someone who wants to explore and learn their true potential. Now I offer online counseling for NJ residents. This provides another way for people to address their concerns in the privacy of their own space.
I provide counseling that is cognitively-based, direct, yet non-judgmental and down-to-earth. I believe humor is an important component of the therapeutic process and I use it often, while being sensitive to my clients' concerns. I believe my style helps people be more at ease when talking about issues they need help with. My ideal client is someone who believes in the possible; someone who wants to explore and learn their true potential. Now I offer online counseling for NJ residents. This provides another way for people to address their concerns in the privacy of their own space.
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The quality of relationships is at the heart of my work. Whether you are going through a separation or divorce, loss, doubts about a new love interest, parenting or step-parenting issues, pain of an affair, an upsetting move, or a life-stage transition, I can help you move through and beyond the pain or challenges of your situation. I will listen deeply, ask meaningful questions, help make sense of what you are going through, and share both tears and laughter along the way - no matter what the pain, disappointment, confusion or anger you may experience.
The quality of relationships is at the heart of my work. Whether you are going through a separation or divorce, loss, doubts about a new love interest, parenting or step-parenting issues, pain of an affair, an upsetting move, or a life-stage transition, I can help you move through and beyond the pain or challenges of your situation. I will listen deeply, ask meaningful questions, help make sense of what you are going through, and share both tears and laughter along the way - no matter what the pain, disappointment, confusion or anger you may experience.
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Gestalt Therapists
What is gestalt therapy?
Gestalt therapy is based on the idea that to address unresolved negative feelings, emotions must be not only discussed but also actively expressed in the present moment. The term is from a German word meaning “whole,” and gestalt therapists believe that people should be considered whole entities made up of mind, body, and emotions. Gestalt sessions are rooted in the notion that a client’s total self must be discovered, explored, and confronted, so that they can take greater responsibility for themselves and their behavior, learn to satisfy their own needs while still respecting the needs of others, and reconnect with feelings they might otherwise deny.
How does gestalt therapy work?
Gestalt therapy sessions do not just involve talking with a therapist. Clients may take part in role-playing, re-enactment, or artistic exercises like drawing and painting, with the goal of becoming more aware of negative thought patterns that limit happiness. One common gestalt exercise is “the empty chair,” in which a client sits across from an empty chair representing a partner, relative, boss, or a part of themselves—and, with the therapist’s encouragement, improvises a dialog with it. The intention is to bring the emotions raised by past conflicts into the present and work through them in the moment.
How long does gestalt therapy last?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for gestalt therapy; people who believe that they are making progress typically continue until they feel they’ve addressed the issues that had been holding them back. New patients should understand that it may take some time to become comfortable with gestalt exercises but once they do, they should expect sessions to extend for a number of months, typically spanning at least 12 sessions.
Does gestalt therapy work?
Gestalt therapy has generally been found to be as effective as other forms of talk therapy in helping people living with anxiety, depression, phobias, bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders, as well as helping individuals reduce conflict in relationships. Gestalt techniques, on their own or in combination with other therapies, can also be effective in managing physical ailments including ulcerative colitis, migraines, and back spasms. It should be noted that some people may have trouble adapting to gestalt therapy’s lack of formal structure or to a therapist’s close observations of their body language and emotions; others may struggle to commit to techniques that feel unnatural, like the empty chair exercise.