Find a Therapist in Newark, New Jersey.

Like most human experiences, I believe that Psychotherapy is a process. It needs a significant investment of time an energy and can be navigated in three stages: 1. Exploration; 2. Identification; 3. Change. My role as a therapist is to create the space for people to explore and identify some areas within themselves that they want to change and take the risk.

As experienced, highly-credentialed clinical psychologists and couples counselors, Dr. Joel Stukalin and Dr. Sara Mandelbaum have the necessary background to conduct short-term or psychoanalystic psychotherapy with clients. This means that clients can decide to work on direct symptom-relief or more comprehensive therapy that may lead to a deeper understanding of inner-conflicts, self-aspirations and unconscious processes. In order to do our psychotherapy compassionately and effectively, Dr. Joel and Dr. Sara collaborate closely with clients to understand their initial motives and unfolding goals within the psychotherapy process. Clients often benefit from this higher standard of care.

One of the most life altering actions when seeking to gain traction in the struggle to live a satisfying life is the choice to work with a therapist. It signaled a ground-breaking change in our approach to meeting the challenges we faced; demonstrating a shift that embraced the possibility of tapping into knowledge and support outside our own skull. Most of us have a better ability to see and understand the actions and motivation of others than our own. We all have personal blind spots. This is evident early in therapy, when one experiences striking progress as a result of new insights gained in therapy.

I have a multi-faceted approach to psychotherapy, depending on your individual needs. I provide you safe space to express emotions and find y our own insights; I provide you wisdom based on my 37 years of experience. I offer a logical, behavioral approach if needed, or use the tools of meditation, EMDR, and hypnosis to free your unconscious mind and speed up your change process. And, if you wish, my two cats can join us in therapy to offer comfort and their amazing animal intuition.

Psychotherapy is commonly known as talk therapy, verbal therapy or treatment. Therapy is the process of talking with a professional clinician about issues related to one's mental health. Therapy may address a problem's causes, triggers, and potential solutions. Treatment may be done by an individual, in a group, with a spouse or partner, or with a family. Children, adolescents, teenagers, adults and seniors may all participate in therapy.

Dr. Picucci draws on 30 years experience in a wide variety of healing/treatment practices, including psychology, psychotherapy, alcoholism/addictions recovery & harm reduction, trauma healing, sexual healing, grief counseling, somatic experiencing & other complementary paradigms. His whole person approach and unique style have established Dr. Picucci as a preferred provider by many prestigious mental health and addiction treatment centers. Dr. Picucci’s research and experience have been internationally recognized and experience have been internationally recognized, his work has been published in numerous media, and colleagues recognize him as a pioneer in intuitive healing.

Life can be hard, whether it be difficulties at work, school, home, relationships, with peers, an illness or many other ways. It can be really helpful to gain some support and understanding how these difficulties are impacting your everyday functioning. Together we will craft goals to help improve your outlook as well as decrease any symptoms you are experiencing with the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, play therapy (for children), solution-focused techniques, as well as several other techniques.

Dr. Fabiana Franco's approach to therapy is flexible and academically grounded. She will begin by making a comprehensive clinical evaluation and then proceed with the course of treatment that had the highest chance of success based on your personality, history, needs, and cultural background. She places great emphasis on making you feel comfortable so that you can open up and truly explore your issues.

Psychotherapy is a blanket term. The way I see it, it's two people in a room working to make your life easier, and better. Each client has different personalities, emotional patterns, histories, goals and desires, and so your therapy will be individualized, according to your needs and other psychological and personality factors, to make the process work for you. I draw on a variety of schools and techniques.

Currently I work with individuals and couples to create a therapeutic alliance of trust and safety, to gain better insights about their life challenges, and to assist the clients in reaching their goals and connect better with their loved ones through improved communication patterns and increased intimacy. with couples I use Imago, elements of EFT, Psychosexual therapy. My therapeutic approach also combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, REBT (Rational-Emotive Behavioral Therapy), and Gestalt Therapy, ISTDP (Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy) with incorporated elements of mindfulness and Focusing techniques

I individualize therapy to each client, and will look for your strengths- not just your weaknesses. I believe in a comprehensive approach to therapy, and mix aspects of many different therapy styles. I especially enjoy working with mothers, children and adolescents, and combine my "clinical" knowledge with real life experience. I never suggest medication as a first stop, as I would rather really give you something- by helping you adopt new thought processes and coping skills.

Together we will explore the roots of your unhappiness and sources of stress. We will formulate a plan to address these issues by making new choices, challenging unhealthy beliefs which may hold you back from living a more peaceful life. In changing your beliefs and behaviors, you will grow into a new sense of empowerment and regain a joy in living.

People enter therapy for a variety of reasons - sometimes when in crisis and other times because a person wants to understand something about him or herself better. Psychotherapy with me is a collaborative working process, between you and I. We will explore your thoughts, feelings and behaviors and try and identify together what is getting in the way of more fulfilling relationships, what is causing anxiety, what is leading to the degree of depression you are facing, what is making this transition in your life so painful or difficult. We will use research based techniques to shift your thoughts, feelings and behaviors and will work within our relationship to help you.