Therapists in Vermont
Stephanie Archinas-Murphin
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401
Using Emotionally-Focused Family therapy, an evidenced-based treatment that’s helped many families, we can get to a place where your kids feel more supported by you & you feel more empowered as a parent.
Do you struggle with co- parenting and find it difficult to communicate with the other parent and worry about how it affects your child? Do you wish to support your “big feelings” child but find it hard not to have “big feelings” yourself? As an adult child, do you wish to build a better relationship with your parent but struggle on how to make yourself feel heard? I can help. I help parents communicate with their co- parent without getting caught up in a cycle and focus on what matters the most; your child. I help families listen and hear each other and instead of “blowing up”, build empathy and closeness instead.
Using Emotionally-Focused Family therapy, an evidenced-based treatment that’s helped many families, we can get to a place where your kids feel more supported by you & you feel more empowered as a parent.
Do you struggle with co- parenting and find it difficult to communicate with the other parent and worry about how it affects your child? Do you wish to support your “big feelings” child but find it hard not to have “big feelings” yourself? As an adult child, do you wish to build a better relationship with your parent but struggle on how to make yourself feel heard? I can help. I help parents communicate with their co- parent without getting caught up in a cycle and focus on what matters the most; your child. I help families listen and hear each other and instead of “blowing up”, build empathy and closeness instead.
Clients come to me when they are feeling 'life' is much too painful. Perhaps a loved one has just died ; they have been bullied or abused by someone at work or in a relationship; they are experiencing chronic physical pain; parenting is driving them crazy; financial pressures are unbearable. Whatever the issues, the pain that is felt indicates there is a great deal to be learned. I work closely with my clients as clarity emerges; awareness grows; the impossible becomes possible.
Clients come to me when they are feeling 'life' is much too painful. Perhaps a loved one has just died ; they have been bullied or abused by someone at work or in a relationship; they are experiencing chronic physical pain; parenting is driving them crazy; financial pressures are unbearable. Whatever the issues, the pain that is felt indicates there is a great deal to be learned. I work closely with my clients as clarity emerges; awareness grows; the impossible becomes possible.
My clientele seek help with a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, couples distress, trauma, parenting difficulties, relationship conflict, and major life transitions. Although I tailor the treatment plan to meet each couple's or individual's needs, the majority of my interventions are drawn from the cognitive-behavioral toolset. I seek to understand strengths, as well as the problems that bring people into my office. Using well-timed humor, relevant research information, and meaningful feedback, I collaboratively design treatment plans that feel "doable." Usually, my clients feel relief in the first few sessions.
My clientele seek help with a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, couples distress, trauma, parenting difficulties, relationship conflict, and major life transitions. Although I tailor the treatment plan to meet each couple's or individual's needs, the majority of my interventions are drawn from the cognitive-behavioral toolset. I seek to understand strengths, as well as the problems that bring people into my office. Using well-timed humor, relevant research information, and meaningful feedback, I collaboratively design treatment plans that feel "doable." Usually, my clients feel relief in the first few sessions.
We all need support from time to time. We need someone who can listen. Someone to walk beside us. We can work together to help you stay connected to the positive skills you have. Together, we can find calm or work through past trauma. You may be at the beginning of a journey, in the middle or further along. Wherever you are, connect with someone who can provide encouragement and perspective. Children over 7 are welcome! We live in an ever changing world. Let's do something to help strengthen your foundation...for life!
We all need support from time to time. We need someone who can listen. Someone to walk beside us. We can work together to help you stay connected to the positive skills you have. Together, we can find calm or work through past trauma. You may be at the beginning of a journey, in the middle or further along. Wherever you are, connect with someone who can provide encouragement and perspective. Children over 7 are welcome! We live in an ever changing world. Let's do something to help strengthen your foundation...for life!
Amy Aiko Hovland
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401 (Online Only)
You don’t feel ready for what you’re going through. You may be facing hardship because of gender role non-conformity, capitalist abuses, queerness, poverty, racism, classism, misogyny, ageism, adultism. You are feeling more pain around being marginalized than pride in who you are. The feeling of “not - enough” is your long-time companion. The search for an identity that you can claim with confidence is a source of pain and confusion. You struggle to show-up for yourself in the face of perfectionism and White Body Supremacy that erases and destroys your uniqueness. You’ve frequently felt yourself to be an imposter.
You don’t feel ready for what you’re going through. You may be facing hardship because of gender role non-conformity, capitalist abuses, queerness, poverty, racism, classism, misogyny, ageism, adultism. You are feeling more pain around being marginalized than pride in who you are. The feeling of “not - enough” is your long-time companion. The search for an identity that you can claim with confidence is a source of pain and confusion. You struggle to show-up for yourself in the face of perfectionism and White Body Supremacy that erases and destroys your uniqueness. You’ve frequently felt yourself to be an imposter.
After 14 years of a cash-only private practice as a Life Coach, Holistic Health Practitioner, and Medical Intuitive, I can now sustainably work as a therapist with those who cannot afford care without insurance. Having worked with clients who live in 9 different countries, I found that almost all psychological and relationship issues are the result of acute or chronic violations of free will, free speech, informed consent, and self-governance as a unique yet interconnected individual. The impairment of willpower appears to be made worse by external motivators and addictive substances or behaviors in the long-run.
After 14 years of a cash-only private practice as a Life Coach, Holistic Health Practitioner, and Medical Intuitive, I can now sustainably work as a therapist with those who cannot afford care without insurance. Having worked with clients who live in 9 different countries, I found that almost all psychological and relationship issues are the result of acute or chronic violations of free will, free speech, informed consent, and self-governance as a unique yet interconnected individual. The impairment of willpower appears to be made worse by external motivators and addictive substances or behaviors in the long-run.
Jin Li Chan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lyndon, VT 05849 (Online Only)
Navigating trauma, depression, anxiety, and stress can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. These challenges can leave lasting imprints on our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. I work with clients to process and heal from traumatic experiences, break generational trauma, and build resilience, helping them reclaim their lives from past pain, persistent worry, and ongoing stress. My goal is to help you develop effective coping strategies so that these concerns no longer hold you back.
Navigating trauma, depression, anxiety, and stress can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. These challenges can leave lasting imprints on our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. I work with clients to process and heal from traumatic experiences, break generational trauma, and build resilience, helping them reclaim their lives from past pain, persistent worry, and ongoing stress. My goal is to help you develop effective coping strategies so that these concerns no longer hold you back.
Are you feeling stuck in life? Hi! I'm Jin-Hee, and I've been a social worker and therapist for the past twenty years. My focus in my work is with women, in all stages and circumstances in life struggling with the feeling of being stuck. Whether it is in career, relationship, family, fertility, body and self esteem.. or just with life (or all of the above). It is my passion and mission to help uncover the places where we have gotten stuck, then help envision what life might look like on the other side of stuck.. and most importantly, work with you to get you there. To a place with more peace, less stress.
Are you feeling stuck in life? Hi! I'm Jin-Hee, and I've been a social worker and therapist for the past twenty years. My focus in my work is with women, in all stages and circumstances in life struggling with the feeling of being stuck. Whether it is in career, relationship, family, fertility, body and self esteem.. or just with life (or all of the above). It is my passion and mission to help uncover the places where we have gotten stuck, then help envision what life might look like on the other side of stuck.. and most importantly, work with you to get you there. To a place with more peace, less stress.
The brain has an immense capacity to change and grow over a lifetime. Clinical research demonstrates even a few months of mindfulness practice can be effective in treating chronic stress, depression, anxiety, addictions, pain, illness, and can boost performance under pressure, enhance relationships, and improve enjoyment of work. I use my professional counseling training, teaching experience, and knowledge of neuroscience to develop with you a set of practical skills you can use daily. I will help you use your strengths to harness the power of your mind and develop skills to uncover more peace, joy, and freedom in your life!
The brain has an immense capacity to change and grow over a lifetime. Clinical research demonstrates even a few months of mindfulness practice can be effective in treating chronic stress, depression, anxiety, addictions, pain, illness, and can boost performance under pressure, enhance relationships, and improve enjoyment of work. I use my professional counseling training, teaching experience, and knowledge of neuroscience to develop with you a set of practical skills you can use daily. I will help you use your strengths to harness the power of your mind and develop skills to uncover more peace, joy, and freedom in your life!
Malia Matteson
Counselor, LCMHC, LPC, NCC, R-DMT
Verified Verified
Richmond, VT 05477 (Online Only)
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Maybe your life has gotten to a place where you know it needs to change, but you feel stuck and scared. Or perhaps your life just got turned upside down—a loss, a crisis, a sudden wake-up call—and you’re not sure where to turn. Then again, you might be in a place where things are basically okay. But you yearn for a greater sense of purpose and aliveness. Whatever your specific situation, if you’re ready to take the risk of changing your life for the better, then I’m here to support, guide, and collaborate with you in making that happen.
Maybe your life has gotten to a place where you know it needs to change, but you feel stuck and scared. Or perhaps your life just got turned upside down—a loss, a crisis, a sudden wake-up call—and you’re not sure where to turn. Then again, you might be in a place where things are basically okay. But you yearn for a greater sense of purpose and aliveness. Whatever your specific situation, if you’re ready to take the risk of changing your life for the better, then I’m here to support, guide, and collaborate with you in making that happen.
Driscoll Care Group
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MEd, MBA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Jay, VT 05859 (Online Only)
Are you stuck and even finding a therapist feels like a daunting task? Not sure therapy will even help? You're in the right place. We're a team of seasoned therapists and have new openings. Our goals for therapy include helping people navigate through their life struggles, and past trauma and learning skills to ease the pain and take back their lives via the use of EMDR, CBT, DBT, and IFS. Together we identify a clear plan of action to get to the place you're dreaming of. We offer individuals, couples, and adoption consulting services. We don't get to choose our beginning, but we are the drivers of how our life turns out.
Are you stuck and even finding a therapist feels like a daunting task? Not sure therapy will even help? You're in the right place. We're a team of seasoned therapists and have new openings. Our goals for therapy include helping people navigate through their life struggles, and past trauma and learning skills to ease the pain and take back their lives via the use of EMDR, CBT, DBT, and IFS. Together we identify a clear plan of action to get to the place you're dreaming of. We offer individuals, couples, and adoption consulting services. We don't get to choose our beginning, but we are the drivers of how our life turns out.
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Life can feel overwhelming or complicated. You may be feeling stuck or weighed down by work or relationships, or you may be struggling to change behaviors that prevent you from achieving your goals. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, trouble with relationships, trauma, or other mental health issues, I am here to help. Seeking therapy is a step forward in working on yourself and gaining a better understanding of your thoughts and emotions.
Life can feel overwhelming or complicated. You may be feeling stuck or weighed down by work or relationships, or you may be struggling to change behaviors that prevent you from achieving your goals. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, trouble with relationships, trauma, or other mental health issues, I am here to help. Seeking therapy is a step forward in working on yourself and gaining a better understanding of your thoughts and emotions.
Antonio Kallungal
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Burlington, VT 05401 (Online Only)
Do you struggle with worrying about whether you fit in? Have you ever at times felt ashamed for being who you are? As a therapist who works heavily with individuals in BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, I can help. Becoming a fully integrated person is a life long journey and I am so excited to walk alongside you in this. My goal as a therapist is to help you fully realize your self worth, gain self confidence, and truly love yourself for who you are. I firmly believe that every individual deserves to love and accept themselves, and this is where I hope I can assist..
Do you struggle with worrying about whether you fit in? Have you ever at times felt ashamed for being who you are? As a therapist who works heavily with individuals in BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, I can help. Becoming a fully integrated person is a life long journey and I am so excited to walk alongside you in this. My goal as a therapist is to help you fully realize your self worth, gain self confidence, and truly love yourself for who you are. I firmly believe that every individual deserves to love and accept themselves, and this is where I hope I can assist..
Are you limited by not knowing your true self or do you have troubles communicating with others? Do you question your role in a relationship, or have you thought: “How can I openly communicate with my partner about my needs, wants, and desires?” Finding and understanding the “true you” while relating to others is a difficult process to do alone. As relationship and a certified sex therapist, I specialize in treating relationship and sexual issues, helping individuals and couples navigate these challenges. Together, therapy can help you develop resiliency and new tools to connect with yourself and others.
Are you limited by not knowing your true self or do you have troubles communicating with others? Do you question your role in a relationship, or have you thought: “How can I openly communicate with my partner about my needs, wants, and desires?” Finding and understanding the “true you” while relating to others is a difficult process to do alone. As relationship and a certified sex therapist, I specialize in treating relationship and sexual issues, helping individuals and couples navigate these challenges. Together, therapy can help you develop resiliency and new tools to connect with yourself and others.
Are you a high-achieving health or business professional struggling with anxiety, sleepless nights, and relationship failures? While you excel in your career, personal challenges can feel overwhelming—impacting your focus, productivity, and well-being. Stress, emotional pain, and unmanageable work-life balance often manifest in ways that compromise your sleep and create ongoing anxiety. But just as you’ve mastered your profession, you can overcome personal setbacks. I specialize in helping professionals like you regain emotional control and resilience.
Are you a high-achieving health or business professional struggling with anxiety, sleepless nights, and relationship failures? While you excel in your career, personal challenges can feel overwhelming—impacting your focus, productivity, and well-being. Stress, emotional pain, and unmanageable work-life balance often manifest in ways that compromise your sleep and create ongoing anxiety. But just as you’ve mastered your profession, you can overcome personal setbacks. I specialize in helping professionals like you regain emotional control and resilience.
If you are a highly sensitive person, struggle to manifest your true potential, have pain, trauma, or relational issues, Energy Dynamics Therapy may be for you. This synergy of psychology, Energy Medicine, Asian Medicine & neuroscience is very effective in helping to release trauma & pain as well as damaging beliefs, cording, and automatic protective patterns that hold you in old habits that affect your relationships, health, & life. Energy Dynamics is based on over 35 years working with the energetics of healing, trauma, and relationships.
If you are a highly sensitive person, struggle to manifest your true potential, have pain, trauma, or relational issues, Energy Dynamics Therapy may be for you. This synergy of psychology, Energy Medicine, Asian Medicine & neuroscience is very effective in helping to release trauma & pain as well as damaging beliefs, cording, and automatic protective patterns that hold you in old habits that affect your relationships, health, & life. Energy Dynamics is based on over 35 years working with the energetics of healing, trauma, and relationships.
I believe that each client is their own best expert, and has come to counseling because they have hit a log jam or bump in the road. Often times they have unresolved issues in their past that have been triggered by current issues that have the same theme. Also, some clients come to counseling due to current situations that are more short-term. My counseling style is very respectful, collaborative, going at a pace that meets the client's needs. Validation of the client's strengths, feelings and stressors is key to helping them transcend traumas and negative experience of the past and present.
I believe that each client is their own best expert, and has come to counseling because they have hit a log jam or bump in the road. Often times they have unresolved issues in their past that have been triggered by current issues that have the same theme. Also, some clients come to counseling due to current situations that are more short-term. My counseling style is very respectful, collaborative, going at a pace that meets the client's needs. Validation of the client's strengths, feelings and stressors is key to helping them transcend traumas and negative experience of the past and present.
Dr. Jennifer L. Cantor
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
White River Junction, VT 05001 (Online Only)
As a clinical psychologist & psychoanalyst with close to 30 yrs of clinical experience, I have the training & perspective to help you get to the bottom of your issues & navigate life's challenges with deeper self-awareness & fulfillment. Whether you are caught in painful relationship dynamics, struggling with self-esteem or identity issues, or wrestling with the troubled world in which we live, you will find me to be a highly perceptive, sincere & compassionate presence dedicated to understanding you & facilitating your healing & growth. I also offer EMDR for entrenched patterns. Tele-therapy only.
As a clinical psychologist & psychoanalyst with close to 30 yrs of clinical experience, I have the training & perspective to help you get to the bottom of your issues & navigate life's challenges with deeper self-awareness & fulfillment. Whether you are caught in painful relationship dynamics, struggling with self-esteem or identity issues, or wrestling with the troubled world in which we live, you will find me to be a highly perceptive, sincere & compassionate presence dedicated to understanding you & facilitating your healing & growth. I also offer EMDR for entrenched patterns. Tele-therapy only.
Why am I struggling so bad? Its been long enough and I should be okay now, right? I want to move on and feel stuck. I don't have anyone who wants to hear my story and help me make sense if it. Being able to tell our stories can be cathartic and liberating and I want to offer space so you can be heard and seen. I believe that making meaning of our experiences can be powerful and I offer guidance, skills, education and practice that nurtures learning new ways of coping & managing stress. I want to support processing what's surfacing so you can begin to flourish.
Why am I struggling so bad? Its been long enough and I should be okay now, right? I want to move on and feel stuck. I don't have anyone who wants to hear my story and help me make sense if it. Being able to tell our stories can be cathartic and liberating and I want to offer space so you can be heard and seen. I believe that making meaning of our experiences can be powerful and I offer guidance, skills, education and practice that nurtures learning new ways of coping & managing stress. I want to support processing what's surfacing so you can begin to flourish.
Individuals/Groups/Couples. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Life happens, so it helps to have someone who will really listen, without judgement. When we ventilate what we are going through, we can feel lighter, heal places that were hurt, and find a way back to ourselves. Therapy can be about coming to deeply know and understand ourselves; with help learning skills for managing life, emotions and relationships, claiming self-worth and a sense of competence. I support people with holistic, neuroscience research based psychotherapy. ACT, IFS, ARC, DBT, Somatics, CBT and Jungian components. Ask me about group therapy.
Individuals/Groups/Couples. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Life happens, so it helps to have someone who will really listen, without judgement. When we ventilate what we are going through, we can feel lighter, heal places that were hurt, and find a way back to ourselves. Therapy can be about coming to deeply know and understand ourselves; with help learning skills for managing life, emotions and relationships, claiming self-worth and a sense of competence. I support people with holistic, neuroscience research based psychotherapy. ACT, IFS, ARC, DBT, Somatics, CBT and Jungian components. Ask me about group therapy.
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Parenting Therapists
What does therapy for parenting look like?
Therapists may work with parents individually, together, or include the whole family to find solutions for the problems a parent faces. Many parent-based therapies work on a parent’s relationship with their children, problem-solving within the family, and analysis of family dynamics. Therapy conducted remotely by video may be helpful in allowing a therapist to observe how families interact in their own homes.
When should a parent seek therapy?
When behavioral problems begin to disrupt the healthy functioning of a family, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If parents find that children are acting out in school, have started using drugs or alcohol, have developed eating disorders, or other similar red flags, a therapist may be able to help.
How long does therapy take for parenting problems?
Depending on the severity of a family’s challenges and the type of treatment utilized, therapy for parenting can last from weeks to months. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a pragmatic therapy type that can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. Structural family therapy, which inspects family dynamics, often takes several months. Parent-child interaction therapy is typically shorter-term, lasting between 10 and 20 sessions. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
Can therapy help parents dealing with burnout or stress?
Parenting is difficult. Parents may dismiss or conceal feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, or escape ideation—imagining withdrawing from their parental obligations altogether. but left unattended, these feelings can have negative effects on the whole family. A therapist can help parents work on the skills they might need to better cope with the burdens of parenting and help them be the best parents they can be.