Therapists in Rome, NY

My ideal client is someone I can establish a relationship with that allows us to work together. I try to help my clients to discuss and examine their issues and make choices that can help them. I am experienced in treating the emotional and behavioral disorders of children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled. I have been effective in helping adults in emotional crisis, marital conflicts, and parenting issues. I have personal experience in managing the needs of a disabled child or family member, and in coping with severe illness, grief and bereavement.

You give everything you have to everyone and yet you can't come up with a single thing you like about yourself. You endure suffering on a daily basis, but you feel it silently. Every day is an emotional roller coaster filled with uncontrollable feelings like anxiety and rage. You feel unworthy, bad, and dirty. Without even recognizing it or understanding the reason behind it, shame casts a shadow over your decisions and way of thinking. Perhaps you eat to find comfort, or allow the number on the scale determine whether you're having a good or bad day. The walls you put up to protect you keep good people and experiences out too.

As a Bronx native, my commitment to supporting the wellness of underserved groups stems from my roots. The BIPOC community often faces disparities within our healthcare system and I am committed to providing quality, culturally competent care to survivors of trauma, race-based traumatic stress, those seeking to change generational patterns, those struggling to manage worries, fears and frustrations or those seeking self-awareness into their behavior patterns. My journey began as a NYC educator, where I developed a keen understanding of human learning and development and I continue to also support adolescence and fellow parents.

I have over 20 years experience providing individual and couples therapy in the New York Metro area and now here in the Central NY area. I treat adolescents, adults and the elderly using cognitive behavioral and insight oriented therapeutic techniques. These approaches allow me to help my clients identify the cause of the issues, gain specific techniques to alleviate stress while maintaining a solution focused approach. I teach my clients to build upon their current strengths, develop new skills, increase awareness and create positive growth to improve their relationships,communication styles, self-worth and to increase their overall coping skills for long term results.

People seeking to become who they really are---that is, whole, balanced, resilient, contented---seek me out. I support kind, healthy, authentic relationship with all aspects of oneself because such relationship is key to kind, healthy, authentic relationships with others. It's also key to expressing ourselves most fully, both creatively and pragmatically. Whether working with individuals or couples, these principles apply. I try to make our work together as fun, co-creative, and as low in stress as possible. I intend for clients to leave therapy with personalized skills and skillful means for ongoing lifetime growth and resiliency.

We offer creative therapy for creative people because sometimes words are not enough. We primarily use verbal psychotherapy practices to treat our clients, and depending on your needs we may take a more active role and offer, music, visual art, poetry, movement, drama, or EMDR to help you move those sticky feelings. Our goal is to help you create a sense of flow in your life. Therapy like our art, can help us gain insight, reduce anxiety, worry, fear and help us increase our consciousness and connection to our innermost self. No experience in the arts is necessary.