Online Psychotherapy for Adults in New Jersey & New York

Is Therapy Right for Me?

Many of us are living a life script we never consciously chose. When you pause to ask how you’re really living, it becomes clearer which decisions are truly yours and which are driven by ingrained habits, family patterns, and the role you took on to fit in or feel safe. Without that pause, these experiences quietly shape your relationships, your choices, and your sense of self, and it starts to feel like “just who you are.”

In therapy, I help you examine the beliefs about yourself and your life that you’ve never had reason to question. Some of those beliefs may be less accurate than they feel. At the same time, strengths and possibilities you haven’t yet tapped may be waiting in places you haven’t thought to look: your recurring patterns, your body, your dreams, and the themes you keep returning to. These insights rarely announce themselves. They emerge through patience, curiosity, and a steady therapeutic relationship.

If you’re ready for self-exploration then you may be ready for therapy and I’d love to hear from you.

About My Approach 

I am a psychotherapist in Long Valley, New Jersey, and for more than ten years I have kept company with people at the threshold of saying aloud what they have long avoided. I am the founder of Person-to-Person Psychotherapy and Counseling, and I also serve as a Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, speaker, clinical supervisor, and contributor.

My work grows from existential and Jungian thinking and concepts. This means I do not treat the questions about existence as ornaments. What does it mean to exist? To choose? To find a meaning that is yours and not merely inherited? And how does one come to stand before oneself, including the parts that are uncomfortable, unlit, and unwilling to be explained away?

Psychotherapy, as I practice it, is an invitation to descend into the patterns that govern your life from beneath the surface, and to turn at last toward the questions you have kept at a distance. It is not a fixed procedure applied stage by stage to silence symptoms, though relief often arrives uninvited along the way. It is a shared undertaking, and it takes its form from the particular person who walks into the room.

Training & Background

My Passion

My devotion to this work springs from a wholehearted wish to help others make peace with themselves, and to arrive at the end of their days with fewer regrets. I have come to believe that genuine growth rarely happens on easy ground. It asks that we turn toward what is most difficult in us: our fears, our vulnerabilities, and the parts of ourselves we would rather bury or disguise. It is in this willingness to look inward that real transformation begins.

Beyond the consulting room, I am a recovering band member who never entirely surrendered the punk. I watch science fiction and thrillers, and I bake sourdough. I have always been drawn to what refuses to fit: the strange, the unexplained, the question that will not close. This turns out to be fitting preparation for sitting with people in those regions of life where no tidy answer waits. I take the work seriously and myself somewhat less so, and I am convinced that laughter and depth are not enemies but old companions.

A Typical Session with Amanda

There’s no script for a session, and I don’t run you through a set of steps. Most of the time we begin with whatever is most alive for you that day: something that happened this week, a dream that stayed with you, a feeling you can’t place, or something you’ve been circling for years and haven’t said aloud. From there, we follow it.

 Some sessions are about the past and how it still shapes the present. Some are about a relationship, a decision, or a loss. Some are quiet and slow, and some surprise us both. I ask questions that may not have quick answers, and I’ll often point out patterns you may be too close to see. I’ll also tell you honestly what I notice, even when it’s uncomfortable. What I won’t do is hurry you toward a tidy conclusion or talk you out of what hurts.

Sometimes it helps to have something practical to hold onto, and when that’s the case, we’ll work on it. But the heart of it is two people in a room, one of whom is fully present, paying attention, and willing to take whatever comes up seriously. You don’t have to be more composed, more certain, or more acceptable than you are.

Specialities

I often work with people navigating:

• Grief and loss, including estrangement, regret, and losses that were never fully mourned
• Anxiety, existential dread, and fear of death
• Life transitions and the in-between periods when something old has ended and something new hasn’t formed
• Chronic illness and cancer
• Trauma and complex trauma
• Self-esteem and questions of identity
• The pressure that comes with entrepreneurship and high achievement
• Unexplained or uncanny experiences that are hard to talk about elsewhere

Am I ready for Therapy? 

This therapy is for people who are open to honest self-examination, even if they’re unsure or a bit afraid of it. You don’t need to be in crisis. Many of my clients have done everything “right” and still feel something is missing. If you want a quick answer handed to you, this probably isn’t the right fit, and I’ll tell you so.

My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming. If you’re curious whether we’d work well together, reach out and we can talk it through. A first conversation carries no obligation.

Types of Therapy Offered

I don’t have a single method that I apply to everyone. Two people can walk in with the same symptom and need completely different work, so what we do together is shaped by who you are, what you’re carrying, and what you’re ready to face.

My foundation is existential with a Jungian influence. That means I’m paying attention to meaning, choice, and the patterns underneath your symptoms, including what surfaces in your dreams, your body, and the themes you keep returning to. From there, I draw on whatever serves you. That might include narrative therapy, trauma-sensitive yoga (I’m a certified TCTSY facilitator), bilateral movement, and mind-body practices. Sometimes it includes practical skills from CBT, DBT, or ACT when you need something concrete to hold onto. Sometimes it’s simply a conversation with someone who is fully present and not in a hurry.