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I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and I offer counseling and psychotherapy to individuals and couples
My office is in downtown Ridgewood: 162 E Ridgewood Avenue, Suite 4B, Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey 07450
Sessions can take place in-person or online
My office is in downtown Ridgewood: 162 E Ridgewood Avenue, Suite 4B, Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey 07450
Sessions can take place in-person or online
Individuals
We develop patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Although these patterns might have been useful in the past, now we need to replace them with more constructive ways of handling our present life.
Why not share the burden. We can tackle this together, and we can work out what is holding you back, and what you need to thrive. Read more |
Couples
Life gets in the way: After your children, career, parents and friends, it is hard to give your relationship any sort of attention.
But an unhappy relationship can end up impacting on those other parts of your life, including your children, your career, and your personal wellbeing. Read more |
LGBTQ+ Members & Allies
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I understand the unique challenges that we face.
I have worked for several years helping people to make sense of a wide range of issues including discrimination, relationship difficulties, loneliness, family conflict, and anger management Read more |
Men
For some boys and men, seeking help seems impossible. You have been told to ‘man up’, which essentially means you have to ignore your feelings. This is an impossible expectation, and so when life becomes overwhelming, what are you to do? The more you ‘keep going’, the harder it gets
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How can therapy help?
Don’t you hate it when you feel like you should be happy, and you are not?
Sometimes the answer is what we are focusing on –
As you become more aware of your thoughts and feelings, you can explore these with your therapists. They might hold the key to a great number of locked doors. A therapist can support you as you unlock and walk through those doors, and discover aspects of yourself that can transform your life.
Sometimes the answer is what we are focusing on –
- If we focus on the past, we have no way of changing that, so this can sometimes lead to regret. Depression is often linked to a disproportionate focusing on the past
- If we focus on the future, we don’t yet know what will come, so this could make us fearful. This is often the problem when we are anxious
- Instead, the only way we can change things is by focusing on the present. What can we do now, what can we change?
As you become more aware of your thoughts and feelings, you can explore these with your therapists. They might hold the key to a great number of locked doors. A therapist can support you as you unlock and walk through those doors, and discover aspects of yourself that can transform your life.
Find out more about therapy
It can be hard to book that first consultation. So here is a video showing you what might happen in a therapy session. The therapist in this video is Carl Rogers, the Founder of Person-Centered therapy.
This approach respects your viewpoint, and it does not try to push you into some pre-conceived idea about what is right or wrong for you
This approach respects your viewpoint, and it does not try to push you into some pre-conceived idea about what is right or wrong for you
Viktor Frankl, “Everything can be taken from a man
but one thing:...to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances"
but one thing:...to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances"
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