Depression Therapists in Highland Park, NJ
Megan Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904
My practice is based on the understanding that many clients have suffered overwhelming, traumatic, or adverse childhood experiences regardless of whether they are coming to therapy specifically due to these experiences. With compassion and care, I approach every session from a trauma informed lens. Instead of asking, "What is wrong with you?" I explore, "What have you experienced in your life and how might these symptoms be a response to it?" I am also particularly sensitive to the needs of often undiagnosed adults with ADHD and how trauma and the ADHD brain are interconnected.
My practice is based on the understanding that many clients have suffered overwhelming, traumatic, or adverse childhood experiences regardless of whether they are coming to therapy specifically due to these experiences. With compassion and care, I approach every session from a trauma informed lens. Instead of asking, "What is wrong with you?" I explore, "What have you experienced in your life and how might these symptoms be a response to it?" I am also particularly sensitive to the needs of often undiagnosed adults with ADHD and how trauma and the ADHD brain are interconnected.
People are helped most by considering all aspects of their lives, their strengths as well as the areas giving them problems. Therefore, I will treat you as a whole person, not just as a diagnosis. We will work together to understand how your past is affecting your current situation, and get to the bottom of your issues, for achieving deep, lasting changes. Speaking freely and without inhibitions with your therapist is essential and I work to provide a warm, safe environment for you to do so. I also offer group therapy, which is very effective when combined with individual sessions.
People are helped most by considering all aspects of their lives, their strengths as well as the areas giving them problems. Therefore, I will treat you as a whole person, not just as a diagnosis. We will work together to understand how your past is affecting your current situation, and get to the bottom of your issues, for achieving deep, lasting changes. Speaking freely and without inhibitions with your therapist is essential and I work to provide a warm, safe environment for you to do so. I also offer group therapy, which is very effective when combined with individual sessions.
Have you ever said: "No one ever taught me how to be a parent or spouse?" Perhaps navigating the relationships at work is posing a challenge. I help clients look at patterns of communication and behaviors that aren't working and help them understand their origins. Together, we develop an understanding of what is causing the difficulties so that we may address them successfully. I've been a psychologist for 25 years, helping clients enhance their relationships with family members, friends and colleagues. While much of my work is with adults, I am also a child psychologist.
Have you ever said: "No one ever taught me how to be a parent or spouse?" Perhaps navigating the relationships at work is posing a challenge. I help clients look at patterns of communication and behaviors that aren't working and help them understand their origins. Together, we develop an understanding of what is causing the difficulties so that we may address them successfully. I've been a psychologist for 25 years, helping clients enhance their relationships with family members, friends and colleagues. While much of my work is with adults, I am also a child psychologist.
Hilary Chaya Drucker
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, ACSW
Verified Verified
Highland Park, NJ 08904 (Online Only)
I focus on helping clients of all ages and backgrounds heal their pain, overcome their challenges, develop their strengths, resources and resilience and accomplish their goals. I provide a positive, integrative, comprehensive approach, treating a broad range of mood, behavioral and relationship challenges. I have 30 years experience with children and adults in individual, couples, family and parent/child modalities.
I focus on helping clients of all ages and backgrounds heal their pain, overcome their challenges, develop their strengths, resources and resilience and accomplish their goals. I provide a positive, integrative, comprehensive approach, treating a broad range of mood, behavioral and relationship challenges. I have 30 years experience with children and adults in individual, couples, family and parent/child modalities.
Joseph Sirote
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904
I am a licensed clinical social worker and have been counseling individuals, families, and groups for the past 26 years. My specialty is working with adult men who are struggling with relationships and life transitions. Through my training and teaching of therapeutic wilderness survival and my years working and teaching at Rutgers University, I am very familiar with the issues young adults and adults in today's world are challenged with. Additionally, I have spent many years working at Arms Acres and The SAFE Foundation, with individuals and family members of individuals struggling with process of addiction and recovery.
I am a licensed clinical social worker and have been counseling individuals, families, and groups for the past 26 years. My specialty is working with adult men who are struggling with relationships and life transitions. Through my training and teaching of therapeutic wilderness survival and my years working and teaching at Rutgers University, I am very familiar with the issues young adults and adults in today's world are challenged with. Additionally, I have spent many years working at Arms Acres and The SAFE Foundation, with individuals and family members of individuals struggling with process of addiction and recovery.
Brett Sheldon
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904
If you're reading profiles on Psychology Today, I can make an educated guess that you may be feeling either overwhelmed—experiencing high levels of anxiety, anger, or stress—or perhaps under-motivated, struggling with feelings of numbness, sadness, or low self-esteem. In some cases, it may be a combination of both. I understand the underlying reasons behind these feelings and am here to listen, collaborate on your treatment goals, and support your journey toward becoming the best version of yourself.
If you're reading profiles on Psychology Today, I can make an educated guess that you may be feeling either overwhelmed—experiencing high levels of anxiety, anger, or stress—or perhaps under-motivated, struggling with feelings of numbness, sadness, or low self-esteem. In some cases, it may be a combination of both. I understand the underlying reasons behind these feelings and am here to listen, collaborate on your treatment goals, and support your journey toward becoming the best version of yourself.
David Davies
Licensed Social Worker, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904 (Online Only)
We all experience suffering. For each of us, suffering can come from a different place. Are you a parent, feeling overwhelmed, and like your kids are out of control? Are you a teen, feeling that your parents are too demanding, and out of touch? Maybe you're struggling with sexual or gender identity issues, and feel like there is no one you can talk to about it? These are some of the sources of suffering my clients have shared.
We all experience suffering. For each of us, suffering can come from a different place. Are you a parent, feeling overwhelmed, and like your kids are out of control? Are you a teen, feeling that your parents are too demanding, and out of touch? Maybe you're struggling with sexual or gender identity issues, and feel like there is no one you can talk to about it? These are some of the sources of suffering my clients have shared.
Institute for Personal Growth — LGBTQ Community
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Highland Park, NJ 08904
Thinking of therapy? Ask us for the first session free. IPG paved the way for other Queer-affirmative therapists. Founded in 1983 specifically to serve the LGBTQ+ community, back when most practitioners viewed it as a mental illness, we are still trailblazers, working with trans/GNC folks, bi/pansexuals, the kink/BDSM community, consensual nonmonogamists, and others who make up the "Q+" in LGBTQ+. You may not want therapy because you are gay, but you likely want a therapist who is not only affirming but knowledgeable. We understand the special issues of LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, and families, and we provide sex therapy as well.
Thinking of therapy? Ask us for the first session free. IPG paved the way for other Queer-affirmative therapists. Founded in 1983 specifically to serve the LGBTQ+ community, back when most practitioners viewed it as a mental illness, we are still trailblazers, working with trans/GNC folks, bi/pansexuals, the kink/BDSM community, consensual nonmonogamists, and others who make up the "Q+" in LGBTQ+. You may not want therapy because you are gay, but you likely want a therapist who is not only affirming but knowledgeable. We understand the special issues of LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, and families, and we provide sex therapy as well.
Jennifer Campbell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, DBT-LBC
Verified Verified
Highland Park, NJ 08904 (Online Only)
Hello there, I'm glad you found me! Taking steps out of misery and avoidance is difficult and scary. I work from a patient-centered, DBT perspective in partnership with clients struggling within the range of severe and acute eating disorders, persistent emotion dysregulation, chronic suicidality, and trauma/PTSD. Redefining your quality of life and getting out of your personal hell is possible. My clinical work spans New Jersey, New York, and my team based in Ohio, so please do not be surprised by different locations! Please reach out with any questions, and I look forward to working with you in building a life worth living.
Hello there, I'm glad you found me! Taking steps out of misery and avoidance is difficult and scary. I work from a patient-centered, DBT perspective in partnership with clients struggling within the range of severe and acute eating disorders, persistent emotion dysregulation, chronic suicidality, and trauma/PTSD. Redefining your quality of life and getting out of your personal hell is possible. My clinical work spans New Jersey, New York, and my team based in Ohio, so please do not be surprised by different locations! Please reach out with any questions, and I look forward to working with you in building a life worth living.
Kere Loughlin-Presnal
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904
Welcome! My belief in the healing potential of psychotherapy is grounded in the decades of research on attachment, trauma and the body, and relational neuroscience. Our early relationships and experiences, including trauma, form the lens through which we experience our day-to-day lives. By understanding distressing patterns in our here-and-now functioning as remnants of protective and adaptive functioning in early life, we can move towards change from a place of self-compassion and deep understanding.
Welcome! My belief in the healing potential of psychotherapy is grounded in the decades of research on attachment, trauma and the body, and relational neuroscience. Our early relationships and experiences, including trauma, form the lens through which we experience our day-to-day lives. By understanding distressing patterns in our here-and-now functioning as remnants of protective and adaptive functioning in early life, we can move towards change from a place of self-compassion and deep understanding.
Theresa Messineo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCADC, CCTP, CCS
Verified Verified
Highland Park, NJ 08904
I welcome all clients who would like to improve their well being and their family, intimate, or work relationships. I will help you gain greater insight into your behaviors and feelings so that you may ultimately make choices to live a more free, fulfilled, happy life.
I welcome all clients who would like to improve their well being and their family, intimate, or work relationships. I will help you gain greater insight into your behaviors and feelings so that you may ultimately make choices to live a more free, fulfilled, happy life.
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Vanessa Daza-Heck
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904 (Online Only)
I am very person-centered and practice emotion focused therapy. Depending on the need of the client, I will use modalities from CBT, REBT, and Motivational Interviewing to discover and learn to cope in a manner that will improve quality of life. My primary intention as a therapist to build a healthy rapport and help you feel heard, seen, and validated. As we explore the thoughts and feelings that are affecting your day-to-day life, I hope to guide you to self acceptance, understanding, and empowerment. If you are in a crisis or experienced trauma. let's talk about what your goals are and see if we are a good fit.
I am very person-centered and practice emotion focused therapy. Depending on the need of the client, I will use modalities from CBT, REBT, and Motivational Interviewing to discover and learn to cope in a manner that will improve quality of life. My primary intention as a therapist to build a healthy rapport and help you feel heard, seen, and validated. As we explore the thoughts and feelings that are affecting your day-to-day life, I hope to guide you to self acceptance, understanding, and empowerment. If you are in a crisis or experienced trauma. let's talk about what your goals are and see if we are a good fit.
Larry Fisch
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904
Therapy is about feeling better. It's a learning process. It requires a comfortable atmosphere, conducive to talking and expressing inner feelings. I try to create this environment by offering respect, sensitivity and compassion. I bring enthusiasm, and hope to the therapeutic process, as well as insight and creativity. This, in turn, helps one to develop an understanding of one's self and one's circumstances, and thus, the process of change begins, where one can acquire an ability to tackle whatever the challenge may be.
Therapy is about feeling better. It's a learning process. It requires a comfortable atmosphere, conducive to talking and expressing inner feelings. I try to create this environment by offering respect, sensitivity and compassion. I bring enthusiasm, and hope to the therapeutic process, as well as insight and creativity. This, in turn, helps one to develop an understanding of one's self and one's circumstances, and thus, the process of change begins, where one can acquire an ability to tackle whatever the challenge may be.
Liz Marshall: Emdr Intensives
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904
Waitlist for new clients
My approach as a therapist is relational & warm & I deeply honor the intentional time set aside by each of my clients to engage in the courageous work of change. As a trauma-informed provider, I work to co-create a compassionate and non-judgmental space & value offering clients transparency, power, & choice in our work together. Clients have shared that our work together has empowered them to feel safer in their bodies & emotions, set healthier boundaries & advocate for their needs, understand origins of beliefs & behaviors, create space to discover & practice new responses, & ultimately reclaim agency in their voice & life story.
My approach as a therapist is relational & warm & I deeply honor the intentional time set aside by each of my clients to engage in the courageous work of change. As a trauma-informed provider, I work to co-create a compassionate and non-judgmental space & value offering clients transparency, power, & choice in our work together. Clients have shared that our work together has empowered them to feel safer in their bodies & emotions, set healthier boundaries & advocate for their needs, understand origins of beliefs & behaviors, create space to discover & practice new responses, & ultimately reclaim agency in their voice & life story.
Ruth Goldsmith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, (EMDR, EFcT, KAP)
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904
Hi! Are you tired of being stuck in a rut or can’t get out of your own way? Do you want deeper connnections with others and with yourself? Is your inner critic interfering with enjoying life? Do you want to resolve past traumas and painful memories? Are you craving more sexual intimacy and/or understanding of your sexual self? I will work compassionately and collaboratively with you to heal and develop different patterns and ways of thinking. I will listen carefully to your story and provide your space to increase your awareness, get in touch with your emotions and provide you practical strategies for change.
Hi! Are you tired of being stuck in a rut or can’t get out of your own way? Do you want deeper connnections with others and with yourself? Is your inner critic interfering with enjoying life? Do you want to resolve past traumas and painful memories? Are you craving more sexual intimacy and/or understanding of your sexual self? I will work compassionately and collaboratively with you to heal and develop different patterns and ways of thinking. I will listen carefully to your story and provide your space to increase your awareness, get in touch with your emotions and provide you practical strategies for change.
My specialty is in relationships and sexual satisfaction. I work with individuals and couples addressing issues with intimacy, sexual desire, challenges to sexual functioning, and sexual pain. Therapy is about you and living a fulfilling life. Therapy offers you a special time and place to take care of you, as well as the relationships that you are a part of. Understanding the importance of relationships and their contribution to emotional and physical health leads me to greatly value the significance of the work that I am a part of.
My specialty is in relationships and sexual satisfaction. I work with individuals and couples addressing issues with intimacy, sexual desire, challenges to sexual functioning, and sexual pain. Therapy is about you and living a fulfilling life. Therapy offers you a special time and place to take care of you, as well as the relationships that you are a part of. Understanding the importance of relationships and their contribution to emotional and physical health leads me to greatly value the significance of the work that I am a part of.
Kenneth Marcus Lipman
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, CH, ACS
Verified Verified
Highland Park, NJ 08904
I have been in practice for over 30 years, working with couples, individuals, children and families. I use many therapeutic tools depending on my clients' individual needs. These include: helping clients look at the negative things they tell themselves; discover how their problem(s) arose, which often ends a cycle of shame and self-blame; learn the interpersonal skills they lack and then devise homework assignments to practice new skills. I often use hypnosis to address issues on a deeper level than our conscious will. Finally I help my couples and families to understand and change destructive patterns of interaction.
I have been in practice for over 30 years, working with couples, individuals, children and families. I use many therapeutic tools depending on my clients' individual needs. These include: helping clients look at the negative things they tell themselves; discover how their problem(s) arose, which often ends a cycle of shame and self-blame; learn the interpersonal skills they lack and then devise homework assignments to practice new skills. I often use hypnosis to address issues on a deeper level than our conscious will. Finally I help my couples and families to understand and change destructive patterns of interaction.
We're here to help you reach your therapy goals at Lifebulb! We’ll connect you with the best possible therapist for your unique goals, someone who genuinely cares about helping you. We’re all about making therapy enjoyable for both therapists and clients. Our team consists of highly trained and licensed clinicians who are passionate about the therapy process. Let's work together to achieve your goals!
We're here to help you reach your therapy goals at Lifebulb! We’ll connect you with the best possible therapist for your unique goals, someone who genuinely cares about helping you. We’re all about making therapy enjoyable for both therapists and clients. Our team consists of highly trained and licensed clinicians who are passionate about the therapy process. Let's work together to achieve your goals!
Sam Seigerman - Life Transitions Anxiety - Complex Trauma- Somatic Therapist
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW, LMSW, RYT
Verified Verified
Highland Park, NJ 08904 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Navigating life in your 20s, 30s, or 40s involves finding balance and authenticity in a world that often feels chaotic and demanding. As a holistic therapist, I provide a nurturing space where we can explore the interconnectedness of your mind, body, and spirit. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of daily life and relationships, disconnected from your inner sense of peace, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve you, know that you're not alone. Together, we'll gently unravel the knots of stress and uncertainty, using mindfulness practices and body awareness to reconnect you with your inner wisdom and well-being.
Navigating life in your 20s, 30s, or 40s involves finding balance and authenticity in a world that often feels chaotic and demanding. As a holistic therapist, I provide a nurturing space where we can explore the interconnectedness of your mind, body, and spirit. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of daily life and relationships, disconnected from your inner sense of peace, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve you, know that you're not alone. Together, we'll gently unravel the knots of stress and uncertainty, using mindfulness practices and body awareness to reconnect you with your inner wisdom and well-being.
Sara A Bortolon
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Highland Park, NJ 08904
If you are seeing this message, I am proud of you and know it is not easy for you (and/or your child) to be in this stage of life. Working with youth up to 18 years, the typical concerns my clients (and caregiver) express are behavioral challenges, attention difficulties, low self-esteem, interpersonal issues, mood, anxiety, trauma, family concerns and life cycle transitions. Therapy can provide assistance understanding emotions, behaviors and creating an emotional toolbox (coping skills) that they can access at times of distress to manage their symptoms.
If you are seeing this message, I am proud of you and know it is not easy for you (and/or your child) to be in this stage of life. Working with youth up to 18 years, the typical concerns my clients (and caregiver) express are behavioral challenges, attention difficulties, low self-esteem, interpersonal issues, mood, anxiety, trauma, family concerns and life cycle transitions. Therapy can provide assistance understanding emotions, behaviors and creating an emotional toolbox (coping skills) that they can access at times of distress to manage their symptoms.
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