Therapists in Northampton, MA

I have experience working with adults in recovery from substance use. I have found a deep affinity with the recovery community and feel honored to do that work. I also have years of experience working with youth in different capacities. My thesis in grad school focused on the intersection between Neurodiversity and LGBTQIA+ identities and how this intersection can inform a framework of Belonging as embodied praxis.

We specialize in working with adults struggling with anxiety, depression, and compulsive behaviors often associated with difficult life transitions. We attend to the whole person including the expression of symptoms associated with life transitions, relationship distress, parenthood, sexuality, grief, and trauma. People often wait too long to seek support while they continue to suffer in ways that can change through exploration within a safe space. We welcome you to reach out and see how we can help.

Dr. Fearing is a licensed psychologist in Massachusetts who provides neuropsychological and psychological testing for children, adults, and geriatric patients. His specialties include: ADHD, learning disabilities, Asperger’s Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), working with Veterans and PTSD, Lyme disease, and toxic exposure. He also has significant experience working with children requiring IEPs for any of the several Department of Education (DOE) disabilities, and provides clear recommendations in language that the school system uses and understands.

I focus on empowering people to connect with their values and strengths and to heal and grow through challenges. You may be suffering with stress in a relationship, school, or work. You may be transitioning through a difficult stage of life, or wrestling with issues of identity. You may feel stuck in old patterns that hold you back while you are yearning to move forward. Drawing on mindfulness-based practice, informed especially by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, I offer a compassionate, nonjudgmental and collaborative approach to psychotherapy.

Humans are wacky, beautiful, awesome, creative, remarkable beings. When we have anchors within and outside of ourselves for safety, we can explore possibilities, feel organized and competent, and speak our minds and hearts. There are many forces that can inhibit our vitality. Sometimes, it can be hard to access feelings of curiosity, interest, motivation, connection, or being ourselves. But under the layers of what gets in our way, each of us is already here, already whole.

As a therapist, I start with one basic assumption: you are the expert of your own experience. My hope is to empower people to better understand those experiences or to bring in additional perspectives that might shed more light on aspects of one’s life.Informed by my background in queer theory, feminist theory, and anti-racist ideologies, I work with my clients to identify the external structures of power impacting their lives, then engage with the areas of their lives within their control where they can make changes and achieve their goals.

To begin, I would like to share a reading that resonates with me personally and professionally. In "Decolonizing Therapy," Dr. Jennifer Mullan offers, "We are demanding trauma-responsive, culturally full, transparent, anti-carceral, non-ableist care. We all deserve this. Our children deserve this. Our elders deserve this. Future generations deserve this. This book is my offering for more cross-movement, intergenerational, neurodivergent, gender-queer, ancestral, abolition-centered, embodied therapeutic work that actually works, and does not devour." <3

My approach to therapy is to provide support and practical feedback to help you effectively address personal life challenges. As a person-centered therapist, I have worked in the fields of mental health and substance use disorders for over 20 years, in both outpatient settings and in crisis services. My interests are working with women, non-traditional aged students, trauma and PTSD survivors, and veterans. My goals are to create a safe space for you to work on your mental health goals and to provide you with skills to manage everyday challenges. Let's discuss how we can work together. Email me or give me a call.

Navigating your identities, relationships, emotions, and family dynamics can be challenging and overwhelming. I'm here to support you through these complexities, offering a safe and understanding space where you can explore who you are and what you need. As a queer and trans clinician, I bring both my lived and professional experience to our work and see myself as a guide who can help individuals gain clarity and insight into who they are and want to become. I will meet you where you are and focus on building a strong, supportive relationship with you, putting your needs and experiences at the center of our work together.

If you are suffering from unresolved trauma, healing is possible. With 36 years of experience, as a skilled trauma-informed therapist, I can help you work through whatever you have endured in your life and reclaim yourself and your life. No matter how discouraged you feel or how many times you have tried before, no matter where you are now, you have reason to feel hopeful.

I take great joy in my commitment to support individuals and groups towards healing and transformational change. I have provided therapy in home environments as well as private and college settings. Whether you are facing mid-life cycle transitions, stuck in fear patterns, struggling with menopause or dealing with intergenerational trauma, I can help you lean into these places more deeply with trusted support.

As your therapist, I look forward to hearing about your needs, collaborating with you to define your goals, and starting you on a course toward achieving them. My specialties include anxiety, trauma / PTSD, depression, grief, adjustment, relationship issues, and sexual orientation and gender identity empowerment. I offer an eclectic approach to therapy, drawing upon psychodynamic and trauma-informed methods, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a form of psychotherapy incorporating cognitive-behavioral, dialectical, and mindfulness tools.

With curiosity, compassion and creativity, I explore and honor your unique strengths, needs and challenges. Together, we'll develop your goals for change, and work toward them while building your capacity for both self-acceptance and growth. With a focus on understanding and transforming beliefs and behaviors to become more in alignment with your goals, I will guide you to develop a new relationship with your past, enhance your tools and resources to live more fully in the present, and increase your clarity and confidence to create the future you desire.

We all have the capacity to experience joy and happiness, but when we carry unresolved trauma of any type, life can become a constant struggle. I specialize in private intensive therapy retreats that offer significant results in days, not years. My retreats combine recent advances in neuroscience and attachment research with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Progressive Counting (PC) and Internal Family Systems (IFS), enabling us to work with your underlying core issues – to get right to the heart of the problem – so that your symptoms are totally eliminated or significantly decreased.

I help women of color and LGBTQ+ clients dealing with depression and anxiety who want to learn to prioritize themselves– without guilt. My clients are caring people, but only thinking about everyone else has left them tired. They're ready to slow down, treat themselves with kindness, and figure out what's important to them. Often, they also want to learn to be vulnerable so they can feel closer to people. When we begin our work together, they know there's something missing in their lives but they're overwhelmed and don't know how to start making changes.

My approach to therapy is not limited to any one direction or technique. I work to stay open to and curious about each person's unfolding story. I listen closely to nuance and I look for underlying patterns, towards understanding what keeps people stuck. I am comfortable working with great adversity and extreme pain.

I am a queer, pre-licensed professional. In sessions, I combine academic, lived, and clinical experiences to create a client-focused therapeutic environment based on collaboration and community. My training has centered on working with queer and trans adolescents and young adults, as well as partnership work, including monogamous, ENM, and poly relationship constellations. In my clinical work, I believe in the strength of authenticity, connection, warmth, and empathy. I primarily draw on narrative, dialogic, and relational approaches in my work. Anti-oppression, social justice, and intersectional feminist lenses are also central.

I provide support, insight, and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. I integrate complementary methods and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each person. With respect and understanding, I work with children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples to help build strengths and attain personal growth. Treatment approaches include insight oriented therapy, psychodynamic, focused short- term intervention, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

I am a LICSW and I work with older adolescents and adults. I specialize in issues related to anxiety, stress, depression, trauma/PTSD, shame, grief, navigating life transitions as well as family and social/peer relationships. I also offer support and consultation to parents who might need guidance in understanding their child's mental health and developmental needs. I believe the therapeutic relationship is integral to effective healing and I do my best to create a safe environment for you to explore your emotions, thoughts, feelings and experiences in support of your therapeutic goals.