Narrative Therapists in Sayreville, NJ
My approach is integrative, drawing from various modalities such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, and mindfulness techniques.
Hello! My name is Sara Viola, LSW. I'm a licensed psychotherapist committed to empowering individuals on their path towards inner healing and personal growth. With a passion for trauma work, I specialize in assisting clients in navigating the complexities of their past experiences while fostering resilience and empowering them to rewrite their narratives. In my practice, I place a profound emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, recognizing it as the cornerstone of effective therapy. I believe that creating a safe, empathetic, and nonjudgmental space is paramount in facilitating profound transformations.
My approach is integrative, drawing from various modalities such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, and mindfulness techniques.
Hello! My name is Sara Viola, LSW. I'm a licensed psychotherapist committed to empowering individuals on their path towards inner healing and personal growth. With a passion for trauma work, I specialize in assisting clients in navigating the complexities of their past experiences while fostering resilience and empowering them to rewrite their narratives. In my practice, I place a profound emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, recognizing it as the cornerstone of effective therapy. I believe that creating a safe, empathetic, and nonjudgmental space is paramount in facilitating profound transformations.
I offer a narrative & person centered approach, as well as an artistic modality using different art materials to provide guidance through your journey.
Are you someone who may be struggling with the everyday stressors of life, feeling overwhelmed, and open to exploring a way to regain control through an empowering, validating, and safe environment? This may include exploring life transitions, anxiety, depression, and the dynamics of personal relationships. Maybe you recognize that your current circumstances don't define you and you’re ready to begin the process towards transformation. Well, I’m here to help. Together, in a safe and confidential space, we can work towards your goals using a creative outlet to explore the relationships between the inner self and the outer world.
I offer a narrative & person centered approach, as well as an artistic modality using different art materials to provide guidance through your journey.
Are you someone who may be struggling with the everyday stressors of life, feeling overwhelmed, and open to exploring a way to regain control through an empowering, validating, and safe environment? This may include exploring life transitions, anxiety, depression, and the dynamics of personal relationships. Maybe you recognize that your current circumstances don't define you and you’re ready to begin the process towards transformation. Well, I’m here to help. Together, in a safe and confidential space, we can work towards your goals using a creative outlet to explore the relationships between the inner self and the outer world.
Brittany Milien
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Sayreville, NJ 08871 (Online Only)
I apply an Integrative Therapy Approach with each client-centered session which encompasses Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy techniques.
Are you going through a major life transition that is leaving you feeling overwhelmed and alone? Maybe there is an issue that you have been facing for some time, and you can’t seem to find a solution. Regardless of what your specific situation may be, it is clear that you are ready to take the practical steps to seek assistance. Whether you are an adolescent/teenager, preteen/tween, or adult man or woman, I am the right person to guide your process of healing and self-empowerment.
I apply an Integrative Therapy Approach with each client-centered session which encompasses Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy techniques.
Are you going through a major life transition that is leaving you feeling overwhelmed and alone? Maybe there is an issue that you have been facing for some time, and you can’t seem to find a solution. Regardless of what your specific situation may be, it is clear that you are ready to take the practical steps to seek assistance. Whether you are an adolescent/teenager, preteen/tween, or adult man or woman, I am the right person to guide your process of healing and self-empowerment.
I have over a decade's worth of experience assisting diverse populations of children, adolescents, teens in crisis, adults, couples, families and individuals with advanced illnesses in managing and overcoming a wide array of issues including: emotional, physical and sexual abuse; trauma; adjustment difficulties; emotional, behavioral and relational disturbances; substance abuse; and gender/sexuality issues. Through my experience and training I have gained a strong understanding of diverse identities, including gender and sexual identities, as well as sexual and relational issues. Therefore, I am able to provide gender therapy for transgender and gender-expansive individuals from a non-pathological perspective.
I have over a decade's worth of experience assisting diverse populations of children, adolescents, teens in crisis, adults, couples, families and individuals with advanced illnesses in managing and overcoming a wide array of issues including: emotional, physical and sexual abuse; trauma; adjustment difficulties; emotional, behavioral and relational disturbances; substance abuse; and gender/sexuality issues. Through my experience and training I have gained a strong understanding of diverse identities, including gender and sexual identities, as well as sexual and relational issues. Therefore, I am able to provide gender therapy for transgender and gender-expansive individuals from a non-pathological perspective.
Are you someone who seeks understanding & support for their unique challenges? Or perhaps you’re struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, or identity issues. Do you want to feel heard, validated, & empowered to navigate life's complexities with resilience & confidence? I’d be happy to help you! I work with individuals, from children to elders, and would love to work with you on your healing journey.
Are you someone who seeks understanding & support for their unique challenges? Or perhaps you’re struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, or identity issues. Do you want to feel heard, validated, & empowered to navigate life's complexities with resilience & confidence? I’d be happy to help you! I work with individuals, from children to elders, and would love to work with you on your healing journey.
I understand that sharing your vulnerabilities and opening up about your story can be difficult, but I believe everyone’s story deserves to be heard. I work best with clients who are ready to face these challenges, even if they’re unsure where to start. My role is to walk alongside you on your healing journey, offering support as we work toward a deeper understanding of your circumstances. Together, we’ll strive for personal growth, helping you create a more meaningful and balanced life. I offer a safe, empathetic space where you can feel truly heard and supported.
I understand that sharing your vulnerabilities and opening up about your story can be difficult, but I believe everyone’s story deserves to be heard. I work best with clients who are ready to face these challenges, even if they’re unsure where to start. My role is to walk alongside you on your healing journey, offering support as we work toward a deeper understanding of your circumstances. Together, we’ll strive for personal growth, helping you create a more meaningful and balanced life. I offer a safe, empathetic space where you can feel truly heard and supported.
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Kristin Adochio
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Manalapan, NJ 07726
When I think about what life is about, I always come to the same conclusion: relationships. These relationships—whether familial, platonic, romantic, or even with ourselves—cannot help but influence every aspect of our lives. As a therapist, I help clients not only maintain but also strengthen and enforce their relationships; I draw from a systemic lens that utilizes Narrative and Solution-focused approaches.
When I think about what life is about, I always come to the same conclusion: relationships. These relationships—whether familial, platonic, romantic, or even with ourselves—cannot help but influence every aspect of our lives. As a therapist, I help clients not only maintain but also strengthen and enforce their relationships; I draw from a systemic lens that utilizes Narrative and Solution-focused approaches.
I am narrative and solution-focused at heart.
Whether the client in front of me is one person or a couple, I look forward to the opportunity to help people feel heard and validated. Helping people identify and express their needs is a favorite part of the therapeutic process. From there, people can begin to identify and set the boundaries they need, leading them to feel empowered within their relationships. My wish is to give clients the opportunity to identify and communicate their needs, set boundaries, and live the life they'd prefer without others' expectations or limitations. I love to watch the transformation as clients live in a way that allows them to feel confident.
I am narrative and solution-focused at heart.
Whether the client in front of me is one person or a couple, I look forward to the opportunity to help people feel heard and validated. Helping people identify and express their needs is a favorite part of the therapeutic process. From there, people can begin to identify and set the boundaries they need, leading them to feel empowered within their relationships. My wish is to give clients the opportunity to identify and communicate their needs, set boundaries, and live the life they'd prefer without others' expectations or limitations. I love to watch the transformation as clients live in a way that allows them to feel confident.
Sharaya Wallace-Collins
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
I would use a combination of DBT and narrative therapy to assist the client through discussed goals.
The ideal client is struggling with boundaries and stress management as they've begun caring for an aging parent while transitioning into a new career while maintaining a healthy marriage and sense of self. Caring for a parent comes with many experiences and emotions, as we can unexpectedly fall into the arena of grief and life as we know it. Maintaining healthy boundaries is an essential piece to effective communication and clarity.
I would use a combination of DBT and narrative therapy to assist the client through discussed goals.
The ideal client is struggling with boundaries and stress management as they've begun caring for an aging parent while transitioning into a new career while maintaining a healthy marriage and sense of self. Caring for a parent comes with many experiences and emotions, as we can unexpectedly fall into the arena of grief and life as we know it. Maintaining healthy boundaries is an essential piece to effective communication and clarity.
Center for Therapy and Counseling Services LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
You have the power to change your story. Your past does not dictate your future. Be your own editor and rewrite your narrative. We welcome all people and invite you to join us in this journey towards healthier living. Our focus is on your unique possibilities and using your strengths to overcome challenges and change your path. You don’t have to face the difficulties of life alone. We provide a vast array of services and are ready to work with you in your personal journey towards a more confident, healthier and resilient future. Ready to take charge of your story?
You have the power to change your story. Your past does not dictate your future. Be your own editor and rewrite your narrative. We welcome all people and invite you to join us in this journey towards healthier living. Our focus is on your unique possibilities and using your strengths to overcome challenges and change your path. You don’t have to face the difficulties of life alone. We provide a vast array of services and are ready to work with you in your personal journey towards a more confident, healthier and resilient future. Ready to take charge of your story?
Erika Regalado
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MS, LAMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
North Brunswick, NJ 08902 (Online Only)
My name is Erika Regalado and I'm a proud first generation Latin American with a Cuban and Ecuadorian background. I specialize in working with couples, married individuals and families. My passion for working with families in addition to my extensive training has equipped me to work with individuals across the lifespan (children, adolescents, adults and older adults). I use a Narrative and CBT approach when working with clients to best understand how your thoughts and internalized story-telling may be impacting your feelings and behavior while providing practical evidence-based techniques to address targeted goals.
My name is Erika Regalado and I'm a proud first generation Latin American with a Cuban and Ecuadorian background. I specialize in working with couples, married individuals and families. My passion for working with families in addition to my extensive training has equipped me to work with individuals across the lifespan (children, adolescents, adults and older adults). I use a Narrative and CBT approach when working with clients to best understand how your thoughts and internalized story-telling may be impacting your feelings and behavior while providing practical evidence-based techniques to address targeted goals.
Power In Play Therapy Services, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Edison, NJ 08817
At Power in Play Therapy Services, LLC we specialize in play therapy work with children, adolescents, and young adults who are coping with depression, anxiety, aggression, grief, life transitions, and cross-cultural issues. It is our belief that there's real power in play. Our approach emphasizes individuals' inner strength and resources, and involves reflection and exploration, enhancing coping strategies and incorporating clients' interests, utilizing such techniques as storytelling, puppets, bibliography, dollhouse play, movement, to help them develop a more authentic personal narrative.
At Power in Play Therapy Services, LLC we specialize in play therapy work with children, adolescents, and young adults who are coping with depression, anxiety, aggression, grief, life transitions, and cross-cultural issues. It is our belief that there's real power in play. Our approach emphasizes individuals' inner strength and resources, and involves reflection and exploration, enhancing coping strategies and incorporating clients' interests, utilizing such techniques as storytelling, puppets, bibliography, dollhouse play, movement, to help them develop a more authentic personal narrative.
I use an existential and narrative approach tailored to each client's unique story and needs.
Are you ready to grow but hesitant about the discomfort that comes with change? Are you looking to make changes in your life that better yourself and your relationships with others? Taking the first step is difficult but it is only the beginning of the journey. Fortunately, you will not be alone on this journey as we explore the value of human connection.
I use an existential and narrative approach tailored to each client's unique story and needs.
Are you ready to grow but hesitant about the discomfort that comes with change? Are you looking to make changes in your life that better yourself and your relationships with others? Taking the first step is difficult but it is only the beginning of the journey. Fortunately, you will not be alone on this journey as we explore the value of human connection.
Danielle Bachant
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MT-BC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (Online Only)
As a clinician with experience working with varied populations, I believe that while we are all impacted by trauma, we have the ability to change our narrative and break negative cycles that impact wellness.
As a queer therapist, I work through a client-centered, trauma-informed lens to build therapeutic rapport. I believe that prioritizing one's mental health is essential. I strive to empower clients to take up space and view their self-care as a priority, rather than a luxury.
As a clinician with experience working with varied populations, I believe that while we are all impacted by trauma, we have the ability to change our narrative and break negative cycles that impact wellness.
As a queer therapist, I work through a client-centered, trauma-informed lens to build therapeutic rapport. I believe that prioritizing one's mental health is essential. I strive to empower clients to take up space and view their self-care as a priority, rather than a luxury.
I utilize an eclectic mix of Spirituality, Nature, Narrative, Cognitive, and Contextual approaches to facilitate empowered and enlightened shifts of positive change for my client(s).
I am a diverse Systemic Psychotherapist practicing in New Jersey and New York with a specialty in Marriage & Family Therapy. I will work with you to engage in maximizing functioning in your current relationships and how you interact with the world. Together we will work on you creating the narrative you wish to express more authentically in your personal relationships, work environment and your greater relationship circle(s). I have experience working with clients with a strong focus on life transitions, families in crisis, and those shifting careers and engaged in reinvention.
I utilize an eclectic mix of Spirituality, Nature, Narrative, Cognitive, and Contextual approaches to facilitate empowered and enlightened shifts of positive change for my client(s).
I am a diverse Systemic Psychotherapist practicing in New Jersey and New York with a specialty in Marriage & Family Therapy. I will work with you to engage in maximizing functioning in your current relationships and how you interact with the world. Together we will work on you creating the narrative you wish to express more authentically in your personal relationships, work environment and your greater relationship circle(s). I have experience working with clients with a strong focus on life transitions, families in crisis, and those shifting careers and engaged in reinvention.
Liam Goldman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Old Bridge, NJ 08857 (Online Only)
My therapeutic approach integrates tried and tested techniques, such as, strengths-based interventions narrative, client-centered therapies, mindfulness, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
Hello! I'm Liam, a Licensed Social Worker from Australia who is dedicated to helping individuals on their journey towards becoming their best selves. While my work focus is on the serious mental health community, though I specialize in working with individuals dealing with anxiety and depression, I also work with a wide range of populations and experiences.
My therapeutic approach integrates tried and tested techniques, such as, strengths-based interventions narrative, client-centered therapies, mindfulness, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).
Hello! I'm Liam, a Licensed Social Worker from Australia who is dedicated to helping individuals on their journey towards becoming their best selves. While my work focus is on the serious mental health community, though I specialize in working with individuals dealing with anxiety and depression, I also work with a wide range of populations and experiences.
Welcome! Are you experiencing anxiety over your career, relationship, family, health, significant life transition or a loss? I provide a safe, non-judgmental, empathetic and confidential space to be heard and understood. I will be with you through your journey and assist you in obtaining improvement in your quality of life, by increasing awareness, insight and understanding. Together we can explore challenging problematic patterns of thinking and behaviors and help to write a new and more peaceful chapter in your life's narrative.
Welcome! Are you experiencing anxiety over your career, relationship, family, health, significant life transition or a loss? I provide a safe, non-judgmental, empathetic and confidential space to be heard and understood. I will be with you through your journey and assist you in obtaining improvement in your quality of life, by increasing awareness, insight and understanding. Together we can explore challenging problematic patterns of thinking and behaviors and help to write a new and more peaceful chapter in your life's narrative.
Psychology is my second career (after working as an author and book editor for several years), and so I am familiar with what it's like to consider major life transitions. I can help if you are feeling stuck or pondering a change in your life. Because I am a writer, I believe in the power of narrative and often incorporate this into therapy, including expressive writing and other creative approaches. I will help you look at your life as your own story and figure out how you can write the next chapter.
Psychology is my second career (after working as an author and book editor for several years), and so I am familiar with what it's like to consider major life transitions. I can help if you are feeling stuck or pondering a change in your life. Because I am a writer, I believe in the power of narrative and often incorporate this into therapy, including expressive writing and other creative approaches. I will help you look at your life as your own story and figure out how you can write the next chapter.
Sharaya Wallace-Collins
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Somerset, NJ 08873
I would use a combination of DBT and narrative therapy to assist the client through discussed goals.
The ideal client is struggling with boundaries and stress management as they've begun caring for an aging parent while transitioning into a new career while maintaining a healthy marriage and sense of self. Caring for a parent comes with many experiences and emotions, as we can unexpectedly fall into the arena of grief and life as we know it. Maintaining healthy boundaries is an essential piece to effective communication and clarity.
I would use a combination of DBT and narrative therapy to assist the client through discussed goals.
The ideal client is struggling with boundaries and stress management as they've begun caring for an aging parent while transitioning into a new career while maintaining a healthy marriage and sense of self. Caring for a parent comes with many experiences and emotions, as we can unexpectedly fall into the arena of grief and life as we know it. Maintaining healthy boundaries is an essential piece to effective communication and clarity.
Amanda J Frey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, RPT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Metuchen, NJ 08840
It is my belief that through exploration and collaboration, your life can change for the better. "Courage doesn't happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life." ~ Shannon L. Alder. I enjoy working closely with people and I am honored when they share their lives with me. I've spent my entire career walking with people through difficult times, mental illness and the challenges associated with parenting today's youth.
It is my belief that through exploration and collaboration, your life can change for the better. "Courage doesn't happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life." ~ Shannon L. Alder. I enjoy working closely with people and I am honored when they share their lives with me. I've spent my entire career walking with people through difficult times, mental illness and the challenges associated with parenting today's youth.
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Narrative Therapists
Is narrative therapy evidence-based?
Narrative therapy is not well-studied, and it may not be as effective in treating mental health conditions when compared with evidence-based treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy. Some small studies do show that depressed and anxious individuals who were treated with narrative therapy reported improvement in anxiety and depression symptoms.
How long does narrative therapy last?
Narrative therapy is less structured when compared with psychoanalysis, for example. Narrative therapy is more open-ended and may not be limited to a set number of sessions. It is common for clients to be in therapy for a few months, and sometimes a year or longer. Patients see their therapist one to two times a week, though the exact schedule and timeline may vary depending on a person’s challenges and progress. Individuals can also practice the principles of narrative therapy after treatment has ended.
Does narrative therapy work?
Narrative therapy can help a person manage or reduce symptoms of conditions like depression or anxiety. This type of therapy encourages a person to reflect on the moments of their life when their particular problem was not at the forefront of their minds—perhaps life celebrations, achievements, and other successes. The individual is encouraged to rewrite their storyline as if their particular problem was not part of their life. This therapy may offer benefits that are hard to measure.
What are the possible limitations of narrative therapy?
Narrative therapy is person-centered or client-centered, and the health professional pays more attention to the subjective narratives that are constructed by the client, as opposed to other objective measures. The therapist privileges the individual’s perspective over all others. This open form may feel frustrating for individuals seeking a more structured approach; certainly, no one therapy type will work for every individual.