Female Therapists in North Grafton, MA

Alicia Linquist, LISW-S, is a fully licensed therapist in Ohio (Office) and Massachusetts (Virtual) . She is an EMDRIA certified EMDR Therapist and Approved Consultant. EMDR Therapy is a highly effective and evidence based approach that helps individuals process and heal from traumatic experiences and reduce distressing symptoms. Through EMDR individuals may gradually work towards resolving the negative beliefs and emotions connected to trauma or adverse life experiences, and aims to develop more positive and adaptive thoughts and feelings. Alicia is dedicated to helping individuals heal from trauma, navigate grief, and depression.

Life often throws curveballs and learning new ways to respond to stress can be one of the most important things we can do. I enjoy building relationships and watching others develop the skills they need to successfully overcome their challenges in life. Therapeutic work can be difficult, but I've found that a good sense of humor can go a long way.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or depression? Struggling with relationship difficulties, trauma, or self-esteem issues? If you're ready to commit to personal growth and mental well-being, I’m here to help you navigate these challenges and find your path to a healthier, happier life. For the past 12 years, I've been dedicated to supporting individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds in exploring their inner worlds and making positive changes. My clients can expect a compassionate, client-centered approach.

In a busy, overwhelming, too-much world we all need to find ways to care for ourselves. Reaching out for therapy can be a way to carve out some space to nourish and connect to yourself. Maybe you're here because you feel overwhelmed and anxious. You know you have deep wisdom inside but the overwhelm is making it hard to access it. Perhaps there is self-judgment for feeling “too sensitive”. You’re doing big things yet you still feel small. You long to feel calm, centered, and connected. My grounded, intuitive, and collaborative approach can help!

If you are struggling with feeling anxious, depressed, angry, or stressed, it may be causing you to have difficulties in your daily life activities or relationships. I am happy to help assist you in learning to identify and better understand and cope with your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and life stressors in order to improve your overall mental health, daily functioning, your relationships, and your satisfaction and quality of life!

Internal Family Systems (IFS) - Level 2 Trained. You’ve tried a lot of things to help yourself - mindfulness, meditation, yoga, exercise and more. You are relieved for a time, until it all comes back, sometimes worse than before. On the outside, you pride yourself on being an intelligent person, a strong individual, a committed worker, a loyal friend. Perhaps you identify as a member of the LBGTQ+ community. Yet these days you find yourself spinning inside. You can’t shake these feelings of being out of control. Sometimes your behavior really is.

People choose to enter psychotherapy for many different reasons. They might be feeling overwhelming sadness or worry. They might be experiencing conflict in their relationships, going through a challenging situation, or just feel stuck and unable to find their path towards a fulfilling life. My goal as a therapist is to provide a safe and comfortable space for you to explore the ways that you can get your life back on track. Together, we will set achievable goals and find strategies to meet your unique needs.

Welcome, I’m glad you’re here! Initiating change may be one of the hardest and strongest steps you can take. I work with people facing an array of mental health concerns, and have a specialty in helping people heal from relational trauma. I find we are most often hurt in the context of relationships - a break-up, infidelity, emotional, physical or sexual abuse, being made to feel you are unloved. You may feel overwhelmingly anxious, disconnected or over-attached to loved-ones, or unable to trust. Maybe you begin isolating yourself from friendships or engaging in relationships you know aren’t healthy for you.

When painful things happen in our lives, we do our best to cope with it in the moment. That might mean we get really good at “just dealing with it,” and “toughing it out.” Maybe we get really good at “checking out,” or maybe we become super skilled at coming up with clever ways to altogether avoid triggering situations. At one point in time, these skills served you well. And maybe they don’t any longer. Often, underneath these patterns anxiety and depression flood every day, drowning out our resources and making life difficult to enjoy. But changing these patterns and finding new hope can seem like an impossible feat.

It is my sincere belief that we all can benefit from a safe, non-judgmental space where we can explore the most vulnerable parts of ourselves. We all have a need to be seen and heard. It is my hope to create such an environment with the therapeutic relationship at its core. Utilizing a primarily relational, psychodynamic approach, I work with my clients to create a treatment plan that reflects their needs, goals and values.

Perhaps you are an incredibly caring person who puts other people’s needs first. You enjoy giving your time and energy towards making others feel happy, and perhaps you’ve been playing on the sidelines in your own life. But, you secretly fear you won’t get love or respect back if you did not do so. So perhaps, you keep doing and giving and playing quietly. Truth is, this depletes you and leaves you not living the life you were truly meant to live. As head of household or business, you feel tired, stressed and perhaps not as happy as you’d like to be. And, you’ve neglected your own needs in mind, body and spirit for some time now.

The phoenix demonstrates the power of the human spirit to recreate itself even from the most disastrous of situations, rising into a magnificent bird. Hello, My name is Mary Kuchta. I have over three decades experience working with children, families and adults. As your therapist I will assist you in reaching your full potential as your best authentic self.