UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH Therapists in West Orange, NJ

Accepting New Clients! Are you pregnant but not feeling like yourself? Or a new mom who feels like you are failing in the parenting business? Feel like you get upset with your partner for what seems to be “small things"? Perhaps you are trying desperately to get pregnant only to be faced with infertility or recurring miscarriages. Depression in women is quite common, we just don’t go around talking about it. We put on a happy face and do what we feel is expected of us. But statistics tell us that approximately 20% of women experience depression or anxiety while pregnant or just after having a baby.

I am a licensed psychologist, who works with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. My approach meshes Cognitive Behavioral with Family & Multisystems Therapy techniques. I am especially attuned to the importance of diversity and multiculturalism, and its impact on our daily functioning. For nearly two decades, I have worked as a School Psychologist for a large urban district in New Jersey. I understand the wide reaching and long term impact that learning disabilities and neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism and ADHD have on our lives.

Psychotherapy should be individualized, supportive, adaptive, and promote increased feelings of wellbeing, a heightened sense of competence or mastery, enhanced coping skills, stress reduction, and improved interpersonal relationships. Everyone is different, and our first sessions will focus on an exploration of your unique needs, strengths, preferences and abilities. Psychotherapy can be brief and solution-focused, but is often a lengthier relationship in which we examine lifelong themes and patterns. Please note, I typically work with individuals who can make a regular, weekly commitment to attend therapy.