Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists in Rochester, NY

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Nicole Nabors
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rochester, NY 14623
I believe we cannot control what happens to us. However, we can choose to change things that prevent us from being the people we want to be. I am honored to support you and help you navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, chronic illness, problems with self-esteem, and relationship difficulties.
I believe we cannot control what happens to us. However, we can choose to change things that prevent us from being the people we want to be. I am honored to support you and help you navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, chronic illness, problems with self-esteem, and relationship difficulties.
(585) 454-8923 View (585) 454-8923
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Alisa K Phelps
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14620
I am honored to assist individuals in their personal journeys of change who are struggling to recover their ability to effectively respond to life’s challenges. I have over 25 years of experience helping individuals suffering from depression, anxiety, the aftermath of trauma, and relationship difficulties. I work within a framework of respect, warmth, and attention to the dignity and worth of every person. I am passionate about helping you learn tools that will empower you to become the person you truly want to be. I encourage you to continually evaluate the quality of our work together to ensure that I am meeting your needs.
I am honored to assist individuals in their personal journeys of change who are struggling to recover their ability to effectively respond to life’s challenges. I have over 25 years of experience helping individuals suffering from depression, anxiety, the aftermath of trauma, and relationship difficulties. I work within a framework of respect, warmth, and attention to the dignity and worth of every person. I am passionate about helping you learn tools that will empower you to become the person you truly want to be. I encourage you to continually evaluate the quality of our work together to ensure that I am meeting your needs.
(585) 672-9444 View (585) 672-9444
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Samantha G. Stringer
Counselor, MS, LMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14624
On life’s journey we are constantly growing and developing. Whether young or old, life is a journey that usually entail efforts of trying to understand divine will. We often question our purpose in life, especially during challenging times. To keep it real, in many cultures/communities, such as the African American (Black) community, we might have been taught to either “pray” about our situations, issues, and emotions or “suck it up and keep it moving.” This can create negative energies such as anxiety, depression, anger, guilt, and other mental health issues that need to be addressed in a healthy manner.
On life’s journey we are constantly growing and developing. Whether young or old, life is a journey that usually entail efforts of trying to understand divine will. We often question our purpose in life, especially during challenging times. To keep it real, in many cultures/communities, such as the African American (Black) community, we might have been taught to either “pray” about our situations, issues, and emotions or “suck it up and keep it moving.” This can create negative energies such as anxiety, depression, anger, guilt, and other mental health issues that need to be addressed in a healthy manner.
(585) 382-1596 View (585) 382-1596
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Kelly Mae McHargue
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14618  (Online Only)
My mission is to empower adolescents, families and young adults as they navigate the complexities of emotional well-being. We all experience struggles and challenges as a result of life’s ups and downs. I am able to offer support for a wide array of issues relating but not limited to, anxiety, depression, adjustment, anger management, artists & creatives struggles, attention deficit (ADHD), behavioral Issues, body image, burnout, career counseling, caregiver issues, stress, adolescent issues, codependency, communication problems, coping mechanisms, and couples/marriage/relationships issues.
My mission is to empower adolescents, families and young adults as they navigate the complexities of emotional well-being. We all experience struggles and challenges as a result of life’s ups and downs. I am able to offer support for a wide array of issues relating but not limited to, anxiety, depression, adjustment, anger management, artists & creatives struggles, attention deficit (ADHD), behavioral Issues, body image, burnout, career counseling, caregiver issues, stress, adolescent issues, codependency, communication problems, coping mechanisms, and couples/marriage/relationships issues.
(585) 501-2298 View (585) 501-2298
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Diane G Denning
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14625
Therapy can only work if there is a connection between you and your therapist. If you give me a call we can talk by phone or set a brief meeting to make sure you feel comfortable and connected before embarking on what can be a great journey.
Therapy can only work if there is a connection between you and your therapist. If you give me a call we can talk by phone or set a brief meeting to make sure you feel comfortable and connected before embarking on what can be a great journey.
(585) 978-3456 View (585) 978-3456
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Deborah Lewin
Counselor, MA, LMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14618
Everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and understood. I work with a wide variety of clients but what they all have in common is the courage it takes to show up and tell their stories. We all struggle with various inner parts that hijack us sometimes. You may be quite familiar with your own inner Judge, Critic, or Taskmaster (to name a few of the most ubiquitous hijackers). I truly admire clients who share their often messy, sometimes aching, always-in-progress stories. I believe there is tremendous power in the act of speaking our truths aloud.
Everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and understood. I work with a wide variety of clients but what they all have in common is the courage it takes to show up and tell their stories. We all struggle with various inner parts that hijack us sometimes. You may be quite familiar with your own inner Judge, Critic, or Taskmaster (to name a few of the most ubiquitous hijackers). I truly admire clients who share their often messy, sometimes aching, always-in-progress stories. I believe there is tremendous power in the act of speaking our truths aloud.
(585) 591-6940 View (585) 591-6940
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Dr. Mitch-Lisa Marriage/Couples Workshops/Seminars
PsyD, MSW, Life, Coach
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14604
Relationships in Crisis: We Have Several Private Couples/Marriage Workshops & Seminars, in order to Rapidly Accelerate Your Healing & Your Communication Process (Traditional 45 min. session (Simply Does Not Work). During these 2 to 4 weeks, we will see both of you Together & Individually, as well as Help each of you Learn the Art of Empathy, Sensitivity & Compassion. These Workshops/Seminars are Designed to be Informative & Powerful, in order to Accelerate Your Healing Process & Stop any further Damage from Occurring. Our Success RATE is 85% of Our Couples that have Successfully Completed Our Couples Workshops or Alcohol Treatment.
Relationships in Crisis: We Have Several Private Couples/Marriage Workshops & Seminars, in order to Rapidly Accelerate Your Healing & Your Communication Process (Traditional 45 min. session (Simply Does Not Work). During these 2 to 4 weeks, we will see both of you Together & Individually, as well as Help each of you Learn the Art of Empathy, Sensitivity & Compassion. These Workshops/Seminars are Designed to be Informative & Powerful, in order to Accelerate Your Healing Process & Stop any further Damage from Occurring. Our Success RATE is 85% of Our Couples that have Successfully Completed Our Couples Workshops or Alcohol Treatment.
(585) 648-1954 View (585) 648-1954
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Nannette Ryan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14623  (Online Only)
Reaching out for professional support when life becomes difficult is a vital step in the right direction. I am here to provide the support and guidance needed to improve relationships, work towards a healthier and happier you and ultimately help you live your best life. If you are looking for a therapist that is easy to talk to, supportive and will work with you in an interactive style, please reach out to me via phone or email. They say that a problem shared is a problem halved. Even the greatest challenges in life can be overcome with the support of a mental health therapist.
Reaching out for professional support when life becomes difficult is a vital step in the right direction. I am here to provide the support and guidance needed to improve relationships, work towards a healthier and happier you and ultimately help you live your best life. If you are looking for a therapist that is easy to talk to, supportive and will work with you in an interactive style, please reach out to me via phone or email. They say that a problem shared is a problem halved. Even the greatest challenges in life can be overcome with the support of a mental health therapist.
(585) 312-6853 View (585) 312-6853
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Jada N. Howcroft
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Rochester, NY 14607  (Online Only)
Painful experiences can shake us to our core, often leading us to craft narratives about ourselves based on these challenges. These stories might leave you feeling misunderstood and struggling to forge a strong sense of self, especially when your lived experience doesn’t align with societal norms. This can manifest as debilitating symptoms, difficulty connecting with others, and damaging self-beliefs, causing you to question your inherent worth and identity. Despite what your inner critic may tell you, embracing your authentic self is possible.
Painful experiences can shake us to our core, often leading us to craft narratives about ourselves based on these challenges. These stories might leave you feeling misunderstood and struggling to forge a strong sense of self, especially when your lived experience doesn’t align with societal norms. This can manifest as debilitating symptoms, difficulty connecting with others, and damaging self-beliefs, causing you to question your inherent worth and identity. Despite what your inner critic may tell you, embracing your authentic self is possible.
(585) 648-1047 View (585) 648-1047
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Hannah Paduano
Art Therapist, MS , LCAT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rochester, NY 14625
Hello! I am a therapist passionate about empowering individuals to unlock their inner potential and achieve emotional well-being. My background in traditional talk therapy and holistic art therapy provides a unique and integrated approach to healing. I believe in the inner wisdom of each client, facilitating self-discovery and personal growth. I create a safe space to explore thoughts, emotions, and experiences, recognizing the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit. I also work with couples and am pursuing sex therapy certification. Let's uncover your inner knowing and cultivate a life of fulfillment together.
Hello! I am a therapist passionate about empowering individuals to unlock their inner potential and achieve emotional well-being. My background in traditional talk therapy and holistic art therapy provides a unique and integrated approach to healing. I believe in the inner wisdom of each client, facilitating self-discovery and personal growth. I create a safe space to explore thoughts, emotions, and experiences, recognizing the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit. I also work with couples and am pursuing sex therapy certification. Let's uncover your inner knowing and cultivate a life of fulfillment together.
(585) 628-8324 View (585) 628-8324
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Kerry Bauer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14618
Would you like to manage your anxiety better? Perhaps you are struggling with changes in your life or relationship? I help individuals and couples through these difficult challenges, with specific steps toward healing and regaining balance. I understand how frustrating and confusing shifts in life can become, and how challenges can impact our self-esteem and our relationships, as well as cloud the meaning in our lives. Whether you are managing a new life transition such as parenthood, a career or school change, or are working to have a better relationship, I am here to support and guide you toward stability and balance again.
Would you like to manage your anxiety better? Perhaps you are struggling with changes in your life or relationship? I help individuals and couples through these difficult challenges, with specific steps toward healing and regaining balance. I understand how frustrating and confusing shifts in life can become, and how challenges can impact our self-esteem and our relationships, as well as cloud the meaning in our lives. Whether you are managing a new life transition such as parenthood, a career or school change, or are working to have a better relationship, I am here to support and guide you toward stability and balance again.
(585) 294-4861 View (585) 294-4861
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Shanice Aluko
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14615  (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I am a firm believer that healing and transformation within an individual can ignite subsequent change within the family unit and larger community. While many may associate relationships with harm and debilitating pain, relationships can also serve as an avenue for healing and restoration of the soul. I aspire to serve as an agent of change for those seeking to reconnect with their authentic self, faith/core beliefs, and primary relationships by addressing persisting challenges that may have been overshadowed by symptoms of these root issues. I wholeheartedly believe that you are the starting point for change in your own life.
I am a firm believer that healing and transformation within an individual can ignite subsequent change within the family unit and larger community. While many may associate relationships with harm and debilitating pain, relationships can also serve as an avenue for healing and restoration of the soul. I aspire to serve as an agent of change for those seeking to reconnect with their authentic self, faith/core beliefs, and primary relationships by addressing persisting challenges that may have been overshadowed by symptoms of these root issues. I wholeheartedly believe that you are the starting point for change in your own life.
(585) 310-2187 View (585) 310-2187
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Jeannette Connolly
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Rochester, NY 14619  (Online Only)
Talk therapy is one of the best ways we can improve our mental health and quality of life. I have expertise in working with several life challenges. My clients typically struggle with depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationship issues, the emotional and psychological impact of managing illness, such as Types 1 and 2 diabetes, and several men's issues such as anger management and communication skills. Life comes with challenges for everyone and I'm happy to help manage you those difficulties.
Talk therapy is one of the best ways we can improve our mental health and quality of life. I have expertise in working with several life challenges. My clients typically struggle with depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationship issues, the emotional and psychological impact of managing illness, such as Types 1 and 2 diabetes, and several men's issues such as anger management and communication skills. Life comes with challenges for everyone and I'm happy to help manage you those difficulties.
(585) 699-1081 View (585) 699-1081
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Meghan Cobham
Pre-Licensed Professional, MHC-LP
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14618
Do you want the life you dream of? Do you want to have healthier relationships? Unburdened by the past, and excited for the future? Day after day you are feeling stuck in the same cycle of stress, worry, and conflict in your relationships. You’re trying to balance life obligations on top of endless everyday demands. You are feeling anxious about the future while simultaneously triggered by the past. You want to move forward, and yet you feel like you can’t. It’s time for a change, but you don’t know where to start. Therapy is a safe and supportive space to help you navigate through life.
Do you want the life you dream of? Do you want to have healthier relationships? Unburdened by the past, and excited for the future? Day after day you are feeling stuck in the same cycle of stress, worry, and conflict in your relationships. You’re trying to balance life obligations on top of endless everyday demands. You are feeling anxious about the future while simultaneously triggered by the past. You want to move forward, and yet you feel like you can’t. It’s time for a change, but you don’t know where to start. Therapy is a safe and supportive space to help you navigate through life.
(585) 497-0994 View (585) 497-0994
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Dr. Mary Z. MacLeod
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, CGP, ACS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rochester, NY 14618
Waitlist for new clients
You have now taken a positive step on a path toward well-being and healing. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve present day challenges. If you're looking for guidance from an experienced clinician on this path toward healing, I look forward to working with you in achieving your goals. You don’t need to face challenges in your life alone and in silence. We all need support at some point. In addition , I am also a certified life coach. Saturday and Evening Hours available for your convenience.
You have now taken a positive step on a path toward well-being and healing. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve present day challenges. If you're looking for guidance from an experienced clinician on this path toward healing, I look forward to working with you in achieving your goals. You don’t need to face challenges in your life alone and in silence. We all need support at some point. In addition , I am also a certified life coach. Saturday and Evening Hours available for your convenience.
(585) 360-0426 View (585) 360-0426
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Alex Dedicke
Licensed Creative Art Therapist, MT-BC, LCAT
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14624
You want to live more freely, more wholly, more in touch with who you really are. You want to find your way to wholeness and freedom. You may be looking to share and explore things that have never felt safe to open up before. You may have tried and benefited from other kinds of therapy, and are interested now in treatment that is focused on real, embodied experience now, in the present, rather than endlessly re-telling the same stories. You may have realized how the past has affected you, and you would rather define yourself than being bound by it. You are ready above all to reclaim your own innate goodness, wholeness, and strength.
You want to live more freely, more wholly, more in touch with who you really are. You want to find your way to wholeness and freedom. You may be looking to share and explore things that have never felt safe to open up before. You may have tried and benefited from other kinds of therapy, and are interested now in treatment that is focused on real, embodied experience now, in the present, rather than endlessly re-telling the same stories. You may have realized how the past has affected you, and you would rather define yourself than being bound by it. You are ready above all to reclaim your own innate goodness, wholeness, and strength.
(585) 440-6525 View (585) 440-6525
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Relationship And Trauma Therapist Sarah Nunes
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, NIC, LMSW
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
Rochester, NY 14605  (Online Only)
My practice focuses on relationships, attachment, and trauma. I work with individuals and couples who feel disconnected, unheard, and are struggling. I’m excellent at navigating complexity and co-creating a safer space with you to unpack painful experiences and overwhelming emotions while being compassionate, direct, and offering insight. I focus on looking for patterns in the past that are continuing to show up in the present that impact your relationships.
My practice focuses on relationships, attachment, and trauma. I work with individuals and couples who feel disconnected, unheard, and are struggling. I’m excellent at navigating complexity and co-creating a safer space with you to unpack painful experiences and overwhelming emotions while being compassionate, direct, and offering insight. I focus on looking for patterns in the past that are continuing to show up in the present that impact your relationships.
(585) 440-8955 View (585) 440-8955
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Amy Ricotta
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rochester, NY 14618
I am an EMDR certified therapist with experience working with individuals struggling with anxiety, grief, trauma and depression. I also enjoy working with clients who are struggling in their relationships. I’m passionate about sexual wellbeing and believe that all consensual relationships are valid. I have a deep appreciation for the mind-body connection and use my fitness background to help clients develop anxiety and stress reduction strategies as part of their therapeutic journeys.
I am an EMDR certified therapist with experience working with individuals struggling with anxiety, grief, trauma and depression. I also enjoy working with clients who are struggling in their relationships. I’m passionate about sexual wellbeing and believe that all consensual relationships are valid. I have a deep appreciation for the mind-body connection and use my fitness background to help clients develop anxiety and stress reduction strategies as part of their therapeutic journeys.
(585) 460-2607 View (585) 460-2607
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Jennifer Bateman
Pre-Licensed Professional, LP-MHC
Verified Verified
Rochester, NY 14618
Welcome. I'm here to foster a safe space for exploration, understanding and healing. Although it's common to have in mind how quickly we would like to heal and grow, our bodies hold the wisdom of what that process should look like.
Welcome. I'm here to foster a safe space for exploration, understanding and healing. Although it's common to have in mind how quickly we would like to heal and grow, our bodies hold the wisdom of what that process should look like.
(585) 378-2672 View (585) 378-2672
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Nadiyasa Badilla
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Rochester, NY 14618  (Online Only)
You have the incredible ability to self-heal. I'm here to support you through identifying and letting go of the old habits or patterns that cast you into a narrative that no longer fits the self you want to be in this world. My role as a therapist is to hold a welcoming, safe space and to provide knowledgeable, dependable support as you discover who you are underneath all those layers of self that you’ve created in order to survive. More and more people are beginning to trust it is safe to relinquish the old identity they cling to, the life which they carry so much conflict around.
You have the incredible ability to self-heal. I'm here to support you through identifying and letting go of the old habits or patterns that cast you into a narrative that no longer fits the self you want to be in this world. My role as a therapist is to hold a welcoming, safe space and to provide knowledgeable, dependable support as you discover who you are underneath all those layers of self that you’ve created in order to survive. More and more people are beginning to trust it is safe to relinquish the old identity they cling to, the life which they carry so much conflict around.
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