Emotionally Focused Therapists in Cliffside Park, NJ
Colleen Makowsky
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Cliffside Park, NJ 07010 (Online Only)
Do you feel sad, misunderstood, empty, stressed, unfulfilled, or overwhelmed? Do you wonder if you are on the right path? I help clients cope with challenges, strengthen relationships, recover from trauma, improve life functioning, connect with their values, and reach their potential. Depression, anxiety, uncertainty, substance abuse, self-esteem, eating disorders, and interpersonal turmoil can get in the way. I will listen to your unique situation and help you move through problems to reduce uncomfortable feelings and explore life’s possibilities.
Do you feel sad, misunderstood, empty, stressed, unfulfilled, or overwhelmed? Do you wonder if you are on the right path? I help clients cope with challenges, strengthen relationships, recover from trauma, improve life functioning, connect with their values, and reach their potential. Depression, anxiety, uncertainty, substance abuse, self-esteem, eating disorders, and interpersonal turmoil can get in the way. I will listen to your unique situation and help you move through problems to reduce uncomfortable feelings and explore life’s possibilities.
Anna Kaplan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Cliffside Park, NJ 07010
I believe that people are fascinating and complex. My extensive practice of psychotherapy (over 30 years) taught me to see their struggles more as adaptations rather than pathology. Psychotherapy is based in science but it is much more than a technique and diagnosis. Here is where experience becomes crucial. I'm certain about a good result if my client is open and clear about the goals. I'm very comfortable working with mood disorders, relationship issues, traumas. I love working with couples.
I believe that people are fascinating and complex. My extensive practice of psychotherapy (over 30 years) taught me to see their struggles more as adaptations rather than pathology. Psychotherapy is based in science but it is much more than a technique and diagnosis. Here is where experience becomes crucial. I'm certain about a good result if my client is open and clear about the goals. I'm very comfortable working with mood disorders, relationship issues, traumas. I love working with couples.
For more than 25 years, I have worked with children, teens, and adults coping with a variety of problems and situations. Through therapy, I believe that people can develop greater insight and more adaptive, life-affirming ways of coping with their unique difficulties and circumstances. I have worked extensively with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, health problems, loss, grief, and relationship/family/parenting issues. I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University in New York City.
For more than 25 years, I have worked with children, teens, and adults coping with a variety of problems and situations. Through therapy, I believe that people can develop greater insight and more adaptive, life-affirming ways of coping with their unique difficulties and circumstances. I have worked extensively with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, health problems, loss, grief, and relationship/family/parenting issues. I received my PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University in New York City.
Hudson Robinson
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MPsy, LCADC, CCS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Cliffside Park, NJ 07010
Most of my clients have a substance use disorder that is co-occurring with other conditions. These disorders manifest as severe behavioral issues that lead to biopsychosocial impairments. Some clients had problems with the criminal justice system, state and local agencies, schools, employers, family, and the community due to undesirable behavior. They need help turning their lives around. As Person-centered, solution-focused Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counselor, I establish therapeutic relationships anchored in cultural diversity to provide individualized treatment to help my clients make the change they desire.
Most of my clients have a substance use disorder that is co-occurring with other conditions. These disorders manifest as severe behavioral issues that lead to biopsychosocial impairments. Some clients had problems with the criminal justice system, state and local agencies, schools, employers, family, and the community due to undesirable behavior. They need help turning their lives around. As Person-centered, solution-focused Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counselor, I establish therapeutic relationships anchored in cultural diversity to provide individualized treatment to help my clients make the change they desire.
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I draw from a number of theories and modalities including CBT, ACT, EFT, Mindfulness Stress Relief, Attachment Theory and more.
Are you afraid of failure? Do you speak/think negatively about yourself? Need help with boundaries in relationships? For many people, these discomforts are worsened by the addition of self-judgment. My goal is to provide a safe space where clients can explore these thought and relational patterns. I specialize in working with anxiety, stress, depression, OCD, perfectionism, womens issues, relationship/familil issues, major life adjustments. Additionally, I am an allied therapist with experience supporting the LGBTIA+ community, as well as individuals and couples from all races, ethnicities, cultures, and ages.
I draw from a number of theories and modalities including CBT, ACT, EFT, Mindfulness Stress Relief, Attachment Theory and more.
Are you afraid of failure? Do you speak/think negatively about yourself? Need help with boundaries in relationships? For many people, these discomforts are worsened by the addition of self-judgment. My goal is to provide a safe space where clients can explore these thought and relational patterns. I specialize in working with anxiety, stress, depression, OCD, perfectionism, womens issues, relationship/familil issues, major life adjustments. Additionally, I am an allied therapist with experience supporting the LGBTIA+ community, as well as individuals and couples from all races, ethnicities, cultures, and ages.
I blend techniques from the Top in our field from the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Pragmatic Experiential Couples Therapy.
Are you missing appreciation? Does he stonewall? Does she not stop criticizing? Anxious and having trust issues? Do you feel a lack of sexual desire? Fighting over sexual frequency? I can help you stop the negative cycle. Feel love again. Feel intimate again. Trained explicitly as a marriage and family therapist, I am a highly trained and experienced couples therapist. I believe in a collaborative approach and skilled at creating tools to foster healthy connections between couples and families. Together, we repair your relationship by introducing new methods of communication to increase empathy and flexibility.
I blend techniques from the Top in our field from the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Pragmatic Experiential Couples Therapy.
Are you missing appreciation? Does he stonewall? Does she not stop criticizing? Anxious and having trust issues? Do you feel a lack of sexual desire? Fighting over sexual frequency? I can help you stop the negative cycle. Feel love again. Feel intimate again. Trained explicitly as a marriage and family therapist, I am a highly trained and experienced couples therapist. I believe in a collaborative approach and skilled at creating tools to foster healthy connections between couples and families. Together, we repair your relationship by introducing new methods of communication to increase empathy and flexibility.
I am a certified Emotionally Focused Therapist ( EFT) for couples and hold a certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
Therapy is an opportunity to express yourself in a safe environment, to heal and to experience personal growth. I'm a warm and dedicated therapist with a collaborative approach and over 25 years of experience. I'll help you to make meaning of and more fully understand any conflicts and/or obstacles you may be experiencing. We will work together towards resolving those challenges by establishing positive coping strategies, identifying your personal strengths and helping you to see things from different perspectives.
I am a certified Emotionally Focused Therapist ( EFT) for couples and hold a certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
Therapy is an opportunity to express yourself in a safe environment, to heal and to experience personal growth. I'm a warm and dedicated therapist with a collaborative approach and over 25 years of experience. I'll help you to make meaning of and more fully understand any conflicts and/or obstacles you may be experiencing. We will work together towards resolving those challenges by establishing positive coping strategies, identifying your personal strengths and helping you to see things from different perspectives.
Mizuho 'miho' Kanazawa
Creative Arts Therapist, MA, LCAT, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is an evidence based modality, working with couples.
I am dedicated to working with clients whose personality and life experience were shaped by more than one culture: You might be an international student or in your 20's or 30's navigating anxiety. You might have been raised by 1st generation Asian parents or one and half or 2nd generation immigrants. You might be struggling in a relationship where you and your partner come from different cultural backgrounds not feeling understood. You are in the relationship but you both feel alone in the relationship. I love to help. I work with clients individually and as couples.
I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is an evidence based modality, working with couples.
I am dedicated to working with clients whose personality and life experience were shaped by more than one culture: You might be an international student or in your 20's or 30's navigating anxiety. You might have been raised by 1st generation Asian parents or one and half or 2nd generation immigrants. You might be struggling in a relationship where you and your partner come from different cultural backgrounds not feeling understood. You are in the relationship but you both feel alone in the relationship. I love to help. I work with clients individually and as couples.
Your unique needs and goals will shape our approach, drawing from various therapeutic frameworks, such as CBT, DBT, EFT, Child-Centered Play Therapy, and attachment theory.
My deepest commitment is to help you find hope, healing, and transformation. I've had the privilege of walking alongside individuals from diverse backgrounds, including new mothers, children, teenagers, married couples, and people working through anxiety, trauma, grief, body image or eating disorders, and major life transitions. I prioritize the well-being and growth of each client and I provide unwavering support and guidance through life's challenges.
Your unique needs and goals will shape our approach, drawing from various therapeutic frameworks, such as CBT, DBT, EFT, Child-Centered Play Therapy, and attachment theory.
My deepest commitment is to help you find hope, healing, and transformation. I've had the privilege of walking alongside individuals from diverse backgrounds, including new mothers, children, teenagers, married couples, and people working through anxiety, trauma, grief, body image or eating disorders, and major life transitions. I prioritize the well-being and growth of each client and I provide unwavering support and guidance through life's challenges.
I am a bilingual (English/Spanish) Psychologist licensed in New York and New Jersey. I have extensive experience working with such conditions as anxiety, depression, work-related stress, grief/loss, life transitions, parenting issues, relationship issues, developmental trauma, racial trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder. I trained in psychodynamic, cognitive/behavioral and emotionally-focused therapy with individuals, couples, parents and families. My approach to psychotherapy is integrative as I draw from traditional insight-oriented and cognitive therapies as well as experiential body/mind, and psychobiological techniques.
I am a bilingual (English/Spanish) Psychologist licensed in New York and New Jersey. I have extensive experience working with such conditions as anxiety, depression, work-related stress, grief/loss, life transitions, parenting issues, relationship issues, developmental trauma, racial trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder. I trained in psychodynamic, cognitive/behavioral and emotionally-focused therapy with individuals, couples, parents and families. My approach to psychotherapy is integrative as I draw from traditional insight-oriented and cognitive therapies as well as experiential body/mind, and psychobiological techniques.
Iman Demelva, Marriage and Family Therapist
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS, MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Fort Lee, NJ 07024 (Online Only)
My therapeutic approaches include Narrative, Structural, Solution Focused, Emotionally Focused, and Trauma Focused practices.
Are you struggling with communication, experiencing difficulties in your relationships, or finding it challenging to maintain stability in your life? Therapy can provide the support you need to overcome your obstacles and grow. I believe in working collaboratively with individuals, couples, and families to help you achieve your therapy goals, while creating a compassionate and safe space for you to express and work through your emotions comfortably. I am also passionate about understanding your family history, relationships, and cultural background that contribute to your identity.
My therapeutic approaches include Narrative, Structural, Solution Focused, Emotionally Focused, and Trauma Focused practices.
Are you struggling with communication, experiencing difficulties in your relationships, or finding it challenging to maintain stability in your life? Therapy can provide the support you need to overcome your obstacles and grow. I believe in working collaboratively with individuals, couples, and families to help you achieve your therapy goals, while creating a compassionate and safe space for you to express and work through your emotions comfortably. I am also passionate about understanding your family history, relationships, and cultural background that contribute to your identity.
I am a trauma specialist who can help you recover from childhood trauma, sexual abuse, addiction, depression, and anxiety using talk therapy or EMDR (an effective approach that reduces the triggering power of traumatic memories). My clients have often had challenging childhoods, and may currently be navigating relationship breakup, divorce, family conflict, or abuses within a faith community. I also provide life coaching for wellness, relationship/marriage, divorce, career, and parenting.
I am a trauma specialist who can help you recover from childhood trauma, sexual abuse, addiction, depression, and anxiety using talk therapy or EMDR (an effective approach that reduces the triggering power of traumatic memories). My clients have often had challenging childhoods, and may currently be navigating relationship breakup, divorce, family conflict, or abuses within a faith community. I also provide life coaching for wellness, relationship/marriage, divorce, career, and parenting.
Many of life's challenges stem from difficulties in navigating our relational, social, and cultural worlds. You may be struggling with distress related to relationships, emotion regulation, racial trauma, cultural identity, or self-worth. These problems can present as depression, anxiety, PTSD, somatic symptoms, or couple distress. You may have already tried many different ways of solving your problems before seeking professional help. Sometimes, the symptoms you present with are a result of trying to adapt to impossible situations.
Many of life's challenges stem from difficulties in navigating our relational, social, and cultural worlds. You may be struggling with distress related to relationships, emotion regulation, racial trauma, cultural identity, or self-worth. These problems can present as depression, anxiety, PTSD, somatic symptoms, or couple distress. You may have already tried many different ways of solving your problems before seeking professional help. Sometimes, the symptoms you present with are a result of trying to adapt to impossible situations.
Seeking therapy is a deeply personal and courageous decision. As a counselor, I believe that everyone deserves a safe and supportive space to explore their thoughts and feeling, free from judgement. With specialties in anger management, anxiety, and gambling addiction, I offer a range of services to support your mental health and well-being. However, my practice extends beyond these areas, and I work with individuals facing a variety of challenges. My approach to therapy is rooted in empathy and centered around your unique needs and experiences.
Seeking therapy is a deeply personal and courageous decision. As a counselor, I believe that everyone deserves a safe and supportive space to explore their thoughts and feeling, free from judgement. With specialties in anger management, anxiety, and gambling addiction, I offer a range of services to support your mental health and well-being. However, my practice extends beyond these areas, and I work with individuals facing a variety of challenges. My approach to therapy is rooted in empathy and centered around your unique needs and experiences.
No one should be alone in their struggles. Helping others to discover peace and fulfillment in their lives, I partner and work with individuals, children/adolescents, couples, and families. I help equip clients with the necessary tools to overcome tough experiences that life can bring including anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, and more. I would be happy to take a collaborative approach and work together with my client to create a tailored treatment plan, and ultimately reach mental, emotional, and relational health.
No one should be alone in their struggles. Helping others to discover peace and fulfillment in their lives, I partner and work with individuals, children/adolescents, couples, and families. I help equip clients with the necessary tools to overcome tough experiences that life can bring including anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, and more. I would be happy to take a collaborative approach and work together with my client to create a tailored treatment plan, and ultimately reach mental, emotional, and relational health.
Bella Park
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Fort Lee, NJ 07024 (Online Only)
Are you weighed down by the relentless grip of anxiety, its persistent presence making every day feel like an uphill battle? Does the heavy cloud of depression obscure your ability to find joy and purpose in life? Are your relationships a source of frustration or despair, rather than the support and connection you desire? I understand the profound emotions that often accompany these struggles, and I'm here to help. As a therapist specializing in anxiety, depression, and relationships, I want to be a guide by offering evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness skills.
Are you weighed down by the relentless grip of anxiety, its persistent presence making every day feel like an uphill battle? Does the heavy cloud of depression obscure your ability to find joy and purpose in life? Are your relationships a source of frustration or despair, rather than the support and connection you desire? I understand the profound emotions that often accompany these struggles, and I'm here to help. As a therapist specializing in anxiety, depression, and relationships, I want to be a guide by offering evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness skills.
“All problems are relational problems”. I believe that the quality of our relationships determines the quality of our life - especially the relationship we have with ourselves. I am here to walk with you on your journey to deepening your understanding and improving the quality of your relationships with yourself and with others. The focus of my work is the healing dynamic of the therapeutic relationship you and I will create together. I create a warm, nurturing, and non-judgmental space where you feel safe enough to heal at your own pace and challenged enough to grow!
“All problems are relational problems”. I believe that the quality of our relationships determines the quality of our life - especially the relationship we have with ourselves. I am here to walk with you on your journey to deepening your understanding and improving the quality of your relationships with yourself and with others. The focus of my work is the healing dynamic of the therapeutic relationship you and I will create together. I create a warm, nurturing, and non-judgmental space where you feel safe enough to heal at your own pace and challenged enough to grow!
After working for the past 6.5 years closely with survivors of sexual abuse at a prominent NYC hospital, I have developed a strong passion for continuing my work with survivors. Recently, many survivors are being triggered by events in the worlds of entertainment, national, and local news. The increased reporting has created significant public awareness leading people to flashback to painful and traumatic events of childhood and adult sexual abuse. You do not have to live alone with those memories, thoughts, feelings, anxiety, and depression. If untreated, the effects of trauma can have a lasting life impact.
After working for the past 6.5 years closely with survivors of sexual abuse at a prominent NYC hospital, I have developed a strong passion for continuing my work with survivors. Recently, many survivors are being triggered by events in the worlds of entertainment, national, and local news. The increased reporting has created significant public awareness leading people to flashback to painful and traumatic events of childhood and adult sexual abuse. You do not have to live alone with those memories, thoughts, feelings, anxiety, and depression. If untreated, the effects of trauma can have a lasting life impact.
Diane M Park
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSW
Verified Verified
Fort Lee, NJ 07024 (Online Only)
Did you ever wonder what your life would have looked like if you had made some decisions differently? Did you ever have anyone to help or guide you, unconditionally, in exploring all your options in making those decisions? My focus as a therapist is about learning your strengths and resilience to find the best version of yourself, identify and validate all layers of your emotions, and help you create solutions for life's challenges. I enjoy working with individuals looking to build a strong sense of self, who may be struggling to balance their own needs with the needs of others.
Did you ever wonder what your life would have looked like if you had made some decisions differently? Did you ever have anyone to help or guide you, unconditionally, in exploring all your options in making those decisions? My focus as a therapist is about learning your strengths and resilience to find the best version of yourself, identify and validate all layers of your emotions, and help you create solutions for life's challenges. I enjoy working with individuals looking to build a strong sense of self, who may be struggling to balance their own needs with the needs of others.
Theresa Kimm
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Fort Lee, NJ 07024 (Online Only)
Struggling with anxiety, depression, burnout, or turning to substances to cope? You’re not alone. With constant crises—climate change, political divisions, and uncertainty on a global scale—it’s easy to feel overwhelm. Without a sense of purpose and values, life can feel unmoored. I have been helping young professionals find balance between too much and not enough with direct, solution-oriented approach for those searching for connection, clarity and meaning.
Struggling with anxiety, depression, burnout, or turning to substances to cope? You’re not alone. With constant crises—climate change, political divisions, and uncertainty on a global scale—it’s easy to feel overwhelm. Without a sense of purpose and values, life can feel unmoored. I have been helping young professionals find balance between too much and not enough with direct, solution-oriented approach for those searching for connection, clarity and meaning.
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Emotionally Focused Therapists
Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.