Eating Disorders Therapists in Maplewood, NJ
I am a therapist with over 25 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. I am an adjunct professor at New York University Silver School of Social Work. I have advanced training in several evidence-based practices, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing (MI), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Over the years, I have developed an expertise in working with people dealing with a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, self-harm, eating disorders, and relationship problems.
I am a therapist with over 25 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. I am an adjunct professor at New York University Silver School of Social Work. I have advanced training in several evidence-based practices, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing (MI), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Over the years, I have developed an expertise in working with people dealing with a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, self-harm, eating disorders, and relationship problems.
Pooja Bakri Creative Arts Therapy LLC
Art Therapist, LPAT, LCAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Maplewood, NJ 07040
I have clinical experience working with individuals struggling with symptoms that include self-injury, eating disorders, substance abuse and depression.
I specialize in providing creative art therapy services to individuals of all ages and am dedicated to helping my clients discover their own unique path to happiness and wellbeing. Words alone often cannot express the emotions experienced for many people who are struggling to overcome trauma or challenges in life. By combining traditional psychotherapy with the creative process, art therapy can provide opportunities to explore behaviors, emotions, and experiences. Each session can provide a wonderful outlet to relieve anxiety and stress. No previous experience in art making is needed to benefit from this therapeutic method.
I have clinical experience working with individuals struggling with symptoms that include self-injury, eating disorders, substance abuse and depression.
I specialize in providing creative art therapy services to individuals of all ages and am dedicated to helping my clients discover their own unique path to happiness and wellbeing. Words alone often cannot express the emotions experienced for many people who are struggling to overcome trauma or challenges in life. By combining traditional psychotherapy with the creative process, art therapy can provide opportunities to explore behaviors, emotions, and experiences. Each session can provide a wonderful outlet to relieve anxiety and stress. No previous experience in art making is needed to benefit from this therapeutic method.
In my practice, I work with a range of psychological and emotional issues including mood disorders and depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem difficulties, and identity and adjustment concerns. I also work with eating concerns (anorexia, bulimia, body image), and specialize in maternal mental health (perinatal/postpartum). I also treat couples and work with marriage and family concerns.
In my practice, I work with a range of psychological and emotional issues including mood disorders and depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem difficulties, and identity and adjustment concerns. I also work with eating concerns (anorexia, bulimia, body image), and specialize in maternal mental health (perinatal/postpartum). I also treat couples and work with marriage and family concerns.
I specialize in working with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families as they navigate daily life and additional stressors related to issues such as birth history, developmental / learning disabilities, behavioral problems, ADHD, community/school conflicts, family relationship issues, parenting, addictions, eating disorders, and trauma history.
Are you ready to explore why you and/or your children / spouse / partner and family have been struggling to deal with life’s normal activities as well as new challenges and stressors? Do you struggle to fall asleep or wake-up each morning feeling anxious and overwhelmed? You have found a safe, friendly, and nonjudgmental environment where together we can start a journey together to identify the challenges and then develop goals that you want to achieve in order to decrease negative stressors in your life. A variety of therapeutic tools and resources will be used to help you achieve your goals and truly live the life of your dreams.
I specialize in working with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families as they navigate daily life and additional stressors related to issues such as birth history, developmental / learning disabilities, behavioral problems, ADHD, community/school conflicts, family relationship issues, parenting, addictions, eating disorders, and trauma history.
Are you ready to explore why you and/or your children / spouse / partner and family have been struggling to deal with life’s normal activities as well as new challenges and stressors? Do you struggle to fall asleep or wake-up each morning feeling anxious and overwhelmed? You have found a safe, friendly, and nonjudgmental environment where together we can start a journey together to identify the challenges and then develop goals that you want to achieve in order to decrease negative stressors in your life. A variety of therapeutic tools and resources will be used to help you achieve your goals and truly live the life of your dreams.
Lifebulb Counseling & Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Maplewood, NJ 07040 (Online Only)
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!
Increasing your self-awareness through therapy in order to make conscious change in your life offers exciting and challenging opportunities to discover your whole self. By attending to what you feel, think and sense in the moment of the therapy session, you will begin to notice how the experiences we create together live outside of the session in your everyday life. The awareness you build in our sessions provides a stable ground from which you can make choices in life that will free you from the patterns of behavior that have limited you for so long.
Increasing your self-awareness through therapy in order to make conscious change in your life offers exciting and challenging opportunities to discover your whole self. By attending to what you feel, think and sense in the moment of the therapy session, you will begin to notice how the experiences we create together live outside of the session in your everyday life. The awareness you build in our sessions provides a stable ground from which you can make choices in life that will free you from the patterns of behavior that have limited you for so long.
Janine Elliott takes a collaborative approach to building relationships with clients that empower them to thrive in their relationships, school/workplace, and community. She uses evidence-based treatments including CBT, DBT, ERP and HRT to help reframe unhelpful behaviors and thoughts, increase emotional regulation, and improve resiliency. Janine received her MSW from Rutgers with a focus in family systems and attachment theory. She has also trained extensively with pioneers in the field at the Beck Institute, UPenn Department of Psychiatry, Center for Treatment and Study of Anxiety, and Minuchin Center for the Family.
Janine Elliott takes a collaborative approach to building relationships with clients that empower them to thrive in their relationships, school/workplace, and community. She uses evidence-based treatments including CBT, DBT, ERP and HRT to help reframe unhelpful behaviors and thoughts, increase emotional regulation, and improve resiliency. Janine received her MSW from Rutgers with a focus in family systems and attachment theory. She has also trained extensively with pioneers in the field at the Beck Institute, UPenn Department of Psychiatry, Center for Treatment and Study of Anxiety, and Minuchin Center for the Family.
I am a therapist licensed in New Jersey and New York. Finding a safe space to share, explore and process our pain, fear, anxiety and stress is more important now than ever. I’m here to hold space, embrace you for who and where you are, to listen, and partner with you. I will offer feedback, tools, and adapt our sessions to help you manage all that life brings to you. I help people just like you to overcome their painful experiences and feel more balanced. We'll work together so that you can begin to build and to live your vision of the life you desire without the self doubt, and worries that are getting in your way.
I am a therapist licensed in New Jersey and New York. Finding a safe space to share, explore and process our pain, fear, anxiety and stress is more important now than ever. I’m here to hold space, embrace you for who and where you are, to listen, and partner with you. I will offer feedback, tools, and adapt our sessions to help you manage all that life brings to you. I help people just like you to overcome their painful experiences and feel more balanced. We'll work together so that you can begin to build and to live your vision of the life you desire without the self doubt, and worries that are getting in your way.
Happy Family Counseling Services, LLC
PhD, DPO, CCBT, MSc, MPA
Verified Verified
Maplewood, NJ 07040
We are professionals who focus on alcoholism, weight loss , crisis , domestic violence and psychological assessments reports and evaluations . We also help our clients / couples to develop a matured , happier relationship with themselves as individuals, and as a couple . We also specialize in crisis management in the work place . We treat substance abuse ,alcohol addictions, and other types of addictions .We work with teenagers and young adults to develop coping skills in high school and universities ." We offer a free visual consultation for adolescents, teenagers, adults , women , men . couples and veterans".
We are professionals who focus on alcoholism, weight loss , crisis , domestic violence and psychological assessments reports and evaluations . We also help our clients / couples to develop a matured , happier relationship with themselves as individuals, and as a couple . We also specialize in crisis management in the work place . We treat substance abuse ,alcohol addictions, and other types of addictions .We work with teenagers and young adults to develop coping skills in high school and universities ." We offer a free visual consultation for adolescents, teenagers, adults , women , men . couples and veterans".
Harriet Achtentuch
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Maplewood, NJ 07040 (Online Only)
I have over 25 years of experience helping clients deal with PTSD, depression and anxiety! I am a certified schema therapist and a member of the schema therapy institute of NJ as well as a certified EMDR therapist and EMDR consultant . My speciality is trauma and PTSD. Trauma is often the underlying reason for depression and anxiety symptoms! Contact me and let me know how I can help!
I have over 25 years of experience helping clients deal with PTSD, depression and anxiety! I am a certified schema therapist and a member of the schema therapy institute of NJ as well as a certified EMDR therapist and EMDR consultant . My speciality is trauma and PTSD. Trauma is often the underlying reason for depression and anxiety symptoms! Contact me and let me know how I can help!
I have been working with adolescents, adults, and couples for over 25 years. My approach is warm, strength based and collaborative. Together we will create a space that is free from judgement, allowing your most authentic self to emerge. I will help you explore the areas of your life that are creating challenges and difficulties with the goal of helping you find contentment and fulfillment in your life. I received post graduate training in child and adolescent relational psychotherapy from the William Alanson White institute in NYC, as well as training in Emotionally focused Couples Therapy.
I have been working with adolescents, adults, and couples for over 25 years. My approach is warm, strength based and collaborative. Together we will create a space that is free from judgement, allowing your most authentic self to emerge. I will help you explore the areas of your life that are creating challenges and difficulties with the goal of helping you find contentment and fulfillment in your life. I received post graduate training in child and adolescent relational psychotherapy from the William Alanson White institute in NYC, as well as training in Emotionally focused Couples Therapy.
Michaela is a passionate Cognitive Behavioral therapist (which is the most effective, researched, and validated therapy to date). She will work with you to identify and change overly negative thinking and unhelpful behaviors that interfere with your mood, reaching your goals, or hampering interpersonal relationships. She works with those struggling with depression, anxiety, worry, phobias, stress, body image issues, performance anxiety, defiant behavior in children, relationship struggles, and work/school issues.
Michaela is a passionate Cognitive Behavioral therapist (which is the most effective, researched, and validated therapy to date). She will work with you to identify and change overly negative thinking and unhelpful behaviors that interfere with your mood, reaching your goals, or hampering interpersonal relationships. She works with those struggling with depression, anxiety, worry, phobias, stress, body image issues, performance anxiety, defiant behavior in children, relationship struggles, and work/school issues.
Lifebulb Counseling & Therapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Maplewood, NJ 07040 (Online Only)
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!
I have years of professional training and experience in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, working with adolescents, adults and couples. I have a relational/interpersonal approach, focusing on reducing suffering and expanding ways of thinking and feeling. I believe in discovering your own way of living, true to your own values and goals. At the same time, I play an active role in sharing my observations, drawing your attention to things you might have missed, and at times challenging assumptions and ways of being if they are self defeating.
I have years of professional training and experience in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, working with adolescents, adults and couples. I have a relational/interpersonal approach, focusing on reducing suffering and expanding ways of thinking and feeling. I believe in discovering your own way of living, true to your own values and goals. At the same time, I play an active role in sharing my observations, drawing your attention to things you might have missed, and at times challenging assumptions and ways of being if they are self defeating.
I believe that the therapy relationship has the ability to provide healing, growth and change. Finding a therapist who helps you feel safe, supported and challenged is central to this process. My style is warm and curious as well as direct and challenging. I am an active participant in the process as we seek out the hard and stuck places that get in the way of balance and meaningful relationships.
I believe that the therapy relationship has the ability to provide healing, growth and change. Finding a therapist who helps you feel safe, supported and challenged is central to this process. My style is warm and curious as well as direct and challenging. I am an active participant in the process as we seek out the hard and stuck places that get in the way of balance and meaningful relationships.
I specialize in working with individuals and couples struggling with their relationships, dealing with trauma, and coping with feelings of stress, anger, depression, and anxiety. Regardless of the challenge, I believe the most important piece of therapy is the tailoring of the treatment to the unique needs of the persons involved. My vast experience in a wide variety of psychotherapeutic techniques allows me, as your therapist, to develop a course of treatment that will assist you on your journey to personal growth and transformative change.
I specialize in working with individuals and couples struggling with their relationships, dealing with trauma, and coping with feelings of stress, anger, depression, and anxiety. Regardless of the challenge, I believe the most important piece of therapy is the tailoring of the treatment to the unique needs of the persons involved. My vast experience in a wide variety of psychotherapeutic techniques allows me, as your therapist, to develop a course of treatment that will assist you on your journey to personal growth and transformative change.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Heart-Centered Hypnotherapist. I treat individuals and couples. My life's work is to support others as they cross the bridge from a place of self doubt, victimization and crisis to lives full of awareness, personal responsibility and universal compassion. You have the answers within to transform your life; I'm simply a guide on your journey back "home" to your intrinsically loving self. While you may already "know what your issues are", do you feel stuck to break through and move forward into the life you really want to be living? That's when we know it's time to go deeper.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Heart-Centered Hypnotherapist. I treat individuals and couples. My life's work is to support others as they cross the bridge from a place of self doubt, victimization and crisis to lives full of awareness, personal responsibility and universal compassion. You have the answers within to transform your life; I'm simply a guide on your journey back "home" to your intrinsically loving self. While you may already "know what your issues are", do you feel stuck to break through and move forward into the life you really want to be living? That's when we know it's time to go deeper.
Therese Gray Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LRC, CCBT, CRCC
Verified Verified
Maplewood, NJ 07040
I believe that people are basically good. Most people want to do well- want to live happy and satisfying lives. I am committed to providing a therapeutic environment that is warm, safe, personal and supportive - an environment in which I assist my clients as they work through life's difficulties, learn new skills and find solutions that will help them to achieve their goals and develop their potential. An important goal is to assist my clients to achieve their goals in a timely manner- as soon as possible.
I believe that people are basically good. Most people want to do well- want to live happy and satisfying lives. I am committed to providing a therapeutic environment that is warm, safe, personal and supportive - an environment in which I assist my clients as they work through life's difficulties, learn new skills and find solutions that will help them to achieve their goals and develop their potential. An important goal is to assist my clients to achieve their goals in a timely manner- as soon as possible.
I feel I am authentic, sensitive, warm, friendly, down-to-earth and, funny when appropriate. My inquisitive nature allows me to be a good listener. I take an approach of offering authority without being authoritarian. Psychotherapy can be an opportunity to learn how to get more from life. By joining with a competent professional you can process those areas of your life that seem "stuck", overwhelming, or just bugging you. Part of our work involves learning to solve problems. We will stay focused on your goal(s) to make sure you achieve them.
I feel I am authentic, sensitive, warm, friendly, down-to-earth and, funny when appropriate. My inquisitive nature allows me to be a good listener. I take an approach of offering authority without being authoritarian. Psychotherapy can be an opportunity to learn how to get more from life. By joining with a competent professional you can process those areas of your life that seem "stuck", overwhelming, or just bugging you. Part of our work involves learning to solve problems. We will stay focused on your goal(s) to make sure you achieve them.
Leora Perlman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Maplewood, NJ 07040
Waitlist for new clients
My work is dedicated to helping you embrace who you are in order to live a fulfilling and balanced life. I focus on developing your ability to understand the powerful connection between your mind and body. This insight facilitates a path toward healing from current and past challenges. During the course of our work, I will help you develop your "Emotional Intelligence" (understanding of what motivates feelings and actions) and acquire the tools needed to overcome barriers blocking growth and change. Once you gain these coping skills, you will find yourself open to loving relationships, living in the present and creating a more fulfilling life.
My work is dedicated to helping you embrace who you are in order to live a fulfilling and balanced life. I focus on developing your ability to understand the powerful connection between your mind and body. This insight facilitates a path toward healing from current and past challenges. During the course of our work, I will help you develop your "Emotional Intelligence" (understanding of what motivates feelings and actions) and acquire the tools needed to overcome barriers blocking growth and change. Once you gain these coping skills, you will find yourself open to loving relationships, living in the present and creating a more fulfilling life.
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Eating Disorders Therapists
What happens in therapy for eating disorders?
In therapy for eating disorders, patients typically describe their eating and exercise behaviors, their patterns of eating in relation to stress, their beliefs about their body, the ways their eating behavior affects their relationships, and their desire (or lack of it) to change. Such information helps the therapist understand the origins of the disorder and the role it plays in the patient’s life, important for guiding treatment. Attitudes and feelings about food and eating, body weight, and physical appearance are common topics of discussion throughout treatment.
What therapy types help with eating disorders?
Once any acute medical or psychiatric emergency is resolved, psychoactive medication is often prescribed, requiring the supervision of a psychiatrist. In addition, patients receive some form of nutritional counseling along with one or more forms of psychotherapy. For adolescents, family-based treatment is empirically validated and considered the first line of treatment; parents and their children meet weekly with a clinician as the adults are coached on how to nourish and psychologically support the young patient. Adults typically receive some form of individual psychotherapy, intended to resolve the cognitive and behavioral disturbances that underlie the disorder and to relieve the mood disturbances that accompany it. In addition, patients may also be helped by group therapy.
What is the goal of therapy for eating disorders?
The most immediate goal of treatment for eating disorders is to save the life of people who are on a path of starving themselves to death or engaging in eating patterns that are doing irreparable physical harm to their body. Once the acute medical danger is past, therapy is required to understand the nature of the disordered eating and/or exercise patterns, establish healthy eating behavior, and to tackle the many erroneous beliefs and distorted self-perceptions that underlie eating disorders and continue to pose a threat to health and life. Therapy also addresses the impaired mood that not only accompanies eating disorders but intensifies the danger to health and life.
What are the limitations of therapy for eating disorders?
Therapy can be very helpful for eating disorders—but that can happen only after people recognize they have a condition that must be treated. Especially with anorexia, the distortions in self-image that accompany the disorder can keep people from acknowledging they have a problem. Individuals may in fact see their eating disorder as a badge of self-control. Those with binge-eating disorder may feel too ashamed to seek help. Therapy cannot help those who do not avail themselves of it.
How long does therapy last for eating disorders?
Because of their complexity, recovery from eating disorders is usually a long-term process—measured in months and years— often marked by setbacks and relapse. Some form of help, such as individual or group therapy, may be advisable for much of that time. It is a general rule of thumb that the longer the illness has endured and the dysregulated eating behavior has taken root, the longer treatment is likely to be needed.