Therapists in Montpelier, VT
Jeffrey Dworkin
Psychologist, MA, JD
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05602 (Online Only)
I focus on relationships, including the formative ones from childhood, current relationship dilemmas, and one's relationship to him/herself. I help clients identify their patterns which contribute to chronic and current life issues, including anxiety, depression and "stuckness", and to imagine new and more creative approaches to these problems. I emphasize the importance of emotional awareness to the goal of therapeutic change. With couples and families, I emphasize styles of communication and the cultivation of non-reactive listening.
I focus on relationships, including the formative ones from childhood, current relationship dilemmas, and one's relationship to him/herself. I help clients identify their patterns which contribute to chronic and current life issues, including anxiety, depression and "stuckness", and to imagine new and more creative approaches to these problems. I emphasize the importance of emotional awareness to the goal of therapeutic change. With couples and families, I emphasize styles of communication and the cultivation of non-reactive listening.
Marlee E Brunton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MA, CCATP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Montpelier, VT 05602
Waitlist for new clients
Whether you or your child are experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, or anger, I am passionate about providing the support and tools to help you function at an optimal level.
I help struggling children, teenagers, and adults to overcome their obstacles and reach their underlying potentials. By building connection, improving communication, and generating meaning, I help individuals to experience their lives as more joyful and less stressful. Figuring out the best way to help yourself or your child can be a daunting task, and I am here to help you navigate through that process. We always want to do best for ourselves and our children, and I have seen how, through therapy, we can open the door for amazing transformations to occur.
Whether you or your child are experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, or anger, I am passionate about providing the support and tools to help you function at an optimal level.
I help struggling children, teenagers, and adults to overcome their obstacles and reach their underlying potentials. By building connection, improving communication, and generating meaning, I help individuals to experience their lives as more joyful and less stressful. Figuring out the best way to help yourself or your child can be a daunting task, and I am here to help you navigate through that process. We always want to do best for ourselves and our children, and I have seen how, through therapy, we can open the door for amazing transformations to occur.
Robin Darrow
Counselor, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05602
I specialize in treating adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, parenting issues, stress and trauma. I am also a yoga teacher and enjoy helping clients connect with their bodies to release tension and make space for self-awareness. I believe in the importance of creating a warm, non-judgmental and safe therapeutic space, and a relationship in which you feel supported, understood and heard. I create a collaborative and compassionate space with my clients to help them discover why they are struggling and work towards meaningful change and growth.
I specialize in treating adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, parenting issues, stress and trauma. I am also a yoga teacher and enjoy helping clients connect with their bodies to release tension and make space for self-awareness. I believe in the importance of creating a warm, non-judgmental and safe therapeutic space, and a relationship in which you feel supported, understood and heard. I create a collaborative and compassionate space with my clients to help them discover why they are struggling and work towards meaningful change and growth.
Peter S Dietz
Counselor, MS, EdD, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05601 (Online Only)
I utilize some non-traditional approaches, as needed, which includes home based individual and family therapy, specialized treatment with eating disorders, anxiety, PTSD and depression, through the mind-body-spirit connection utilizing holistic and integrative approaches.
My therapeutic goal is to tailor treatment to each individual's needs, situations and personalities through a collaborative process. I seek the optimal and most beneficial approach to the individual's needs, whether child, adolescent, adult, couples, or families. I have over 30 years experience working in the field with a wide variety of client populations. I have spent many years working with youth and special needs individuals who displayed severe challenging behaviors. This has included developmental disabilities, autism and those with self-harm and severe anger issues. My overall approach is holistic, integrative, and strength and evidence based.
I utilize some non-traditional approaches, as needed, which includes home based individual and family therapy, specialized treatment with eating disorders, anxiety, PTSD and depression, through the mind-body-spirit connection utilizing holistic and integrative approaches.
My therapeutic goal is to tailor treatment to each individual's needs, situations and personalities through a collaborative process. I seek the optimal and most beneficial approach to the individual's needs, whether child, adolescent, adult, couples, or families. I have over 30 years experience working in the field with a wide variety of client populations. I have spent many years working with youth and special needs individuals who displayed severe challenging behaviors. This has included developmental disabilities, autism and those with self-harm and severe anger issues. My overall approach is holistic, integrative, and strength and evidence based.
Maria Cronyn
ND
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05601
It can be very effective in trauma, grief, anxiety, phobias, and depression.
Specializing in fining the root cause of mental health problems. Comb through together to find any biological reason such as Lyme or hormone imbalance. Hormone health IS mental health! Testing and treatment with choices of natural or pharmaceutical. Medication side effects? Natural solutions to this. Children respond well to homeopathy- non pharmaceutical approach for ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Autism, ODD. I am a Naturopathic Physician billing insurances in VT. Homeopathics, nutrients and IV's, and botanicals remedies and bio identical hormone thereapy, includes Thyroid! Let's be a team.
It can be very effective in trauma, grief, anxiety, phobias, and depression.
Specializing in fining the root cause of mental health problems. Comb through together to find any biological reason such as Lyme or hormone imbalance. Hormone health IS mental health! Testing and treatment with choices of natural or pharmaceutical. Medication side effects? Natural solutions to this. Children respond well to homeopathy- non pharmaceutical approach for ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Autism, ODD. I am a Naturopathic Physician billing insurances in VT. Homeopathics, nutrients and IV's, and botanicals remedies and bio identical hormone thereapy, includes Thyroid! Let's be a team.
Jay Gleason
Counselor, MS, LCMHC, LADC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Montpelier, VT 05602
Change is possible. If we believe the research, therapy works regardless of the modal of therapy. Some of my clients value mind-body techniques, including Trauma Releasing Exercises®, Chinese Medicine, EMDR, and Emmett Techniques, to help change happen. Sometimes the most challenging part is starting.
Change is possible. If we believe the research, therapy works regardless of the modal of therapy. Some of my clients value mind-body techniques, including Trauma Releasing Exercises®, Chinese Medicine, EMDR, and Emmett Techniques, to help change happen. Sometimes the most challenging part is starting.
Anne Unangst
Psychologist, MA, MEd
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05602
Waitlist for new clients
In a safe and supportive environment I work with adults, teens, children, couples, and families. For more than thirty years I have worked collaboratively with my clients around many different concerns, including illness and grief, relationship stress, separation and divorce, parenting (including co-parenting and step-parenting), career change and stress, care-taking of elderly and other family members, and self esteem struggles resulting from childhoods touched by neglect and/or abuse. Special interest and training in EFT (Emotionally Focused Couples and Individual Therapy).
In a safe and supportive environment I work with adults, teens, children, couples, and families. For more than thirty years I have worked collaboratively with my clients around many different concerns, including illness and grief, relationship stress, separation and divorce, parenting (including co-parenting and step-parenting), career change and stress, care-taking of elderly and other family members, and self esteem struggles resulting from childhoods touched by neglect and/or abuse. Special interest and training in EFT (Emotionally Focused Couples and Individual Therapy).
Gretchen H. Baumgardner
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05602
I work with adolescents and adults who are interested in exploring and engaging their innate healing abilities, offering a safe and accepting space, a gentle approach for trust to form, and support to recover from grief, trauma, life transitions, and other life circumstances, toward experiencing greater life satisfaction. With children, my approach includes creative play and expressive arts therapy. I take a natural healing approach with a focus on total wellness and working collaboratively with healers and those healing. I also offer consultations with parents and school and health care professionals.
I work with adolescents and adults who are interested in exploring and engaging their innate healing abilities, offering a safe and accepting space, a gentle approach for trust to form, and support to recover from grief, trauma, life transitions, and other life circumstances, toward experiencing greater life satisfaction. With children, my approach includes creative play and expressive arts therapy. I take a natural healing approach with a focus on total wellness and working collaboratively with healers and those healing. I also offer consultations with parents and school and health care professionals.
Lauren Grant
Pre-Licensed Professional, MSW
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05601 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
As humans, we experience both internal and external challenges as we navigate life, and how we understand and approach these challenges is what informs our mental and emotional wellbeing. As a therapist, I work with individuals who are experiencing such challenges and are seeking support in better understanding them as well as navigating them. Grounded in a strengths-based understanding of counseling, I approach my work with compassion, genuine curiosity and authenticity to best support individuals’ feelings of connection, insight and healing.
As humans, we experience both internal and external challenges as we navigate life, and how we understand and approach these challenges is what informs our mental and emotional wellbeing. As a therapist, I work with individuals who are experiencing such challenges and are seeking support in better understanding them as well as navigating them. Grounded in a strengths-based understanding of counseling, I approach my work with compassion, genuine curiosity and authenticity to best support individuals’ feelings of connection, insight and healing.
Josie Munroe
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05601 (Online Only)
Coping with an eating disorder or a traumatic experience sucks. But YOU don't, and your recovery doesn't have to either. It's not your fault that striving for acceptance or relief turned into something that now controls your life. Highly Sensitive People may be more susceptible to food and body image issues, but you also can benefit greatly from therapy and can make some seriously awe-inspiring changes. I've seen it, and it's why I keep doing the work I do. We need more empowered, attuned individuals in this world.
Coping with an eating disorder or a traumatic experience sucks. But YOU don't, and your recovery doesn't have to either. It's not your fault that striving for acceptance or relief turned into something that now controls your life. Highly Sensitive People may be more susceptible to food and body image issues, but you also can benefit greatly from therapy and can make some seriously awe-inspiring changes. I've seen it, and it's why I keep doing the work I do. We need more empowered, attuned individuals in this world.
Anthony Grudin
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, NCC
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05602
My priority as a therapist is to foster a warm, collaborative, confidential environment in which we can focus on the challenges and goals that matter most to you. My therapeutic style is pragmatic. I draw on a range of theoretical and practical traditions, but my core commitment is to understanding you and your experiences from a empathetic and non-judgmental perspective. I have availability during morning and evening hours and on weekends as necessary.
My priority as a therapist is to foster a warm, collaborative, confidential environment in which we can focus on the challenges and goals that matter most to you. My therapeutic style is pragmatic. I draw on a range of theoretical and practical traditions, but my core commitment is to understanding you and your experiences from a empathetic and non-judgmental perspective. I have availability during morning and evening hours and on weekends as necessary.
Tina Desmarais
Counselor, MA, LCMHC, EAPEAL
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05602 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
I work with grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders and major life transitions.
As a Solution Focused Therapist, I help my clients find the patterns in their lives that have hindered their ability to imagine and achieve the life they desire. I offer many different approaches, including Traditional Talk Therapy using Solution Focus and CBT, as well as more interactive creative approaches, including Expressive Arts Therapies. My style is open and interactive as I guide and educate clients to explore new options for responding (not reacting) to life's challenges.
I work with grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders and major life transitions.
As a Solution Focused Therapist, I help my clients find the patterns in their lives that have hindered their ability to imagine and achieve the life they desire. I offer many different approaches, including Traditional Talk Therapy using Solution Focus and CBT, as well as more interactive creative approaches, including Expressive Arts Therapies. My style is open and interactive as I guide and educate clients to explore new options for responding (not reacting) to life's challenges.
Kate Vanden Bergh
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Montpelier, VT 05602
Not accepting new clients
I believe psychotherapy offers an opportunity to know one's self with greater compassion and awareness. As an insight-oriented therapist, I am interested in exploring each client's history (family, relational, psychological) as well as identifying the emotional and cognitive habits that may be interfering with relationships, work, creativity, and/or a sense of direction or efficacy in one's life. Through this collaborative process, we can address specific emotional problems (depression/anxiety), seek resolution of a painful or traumatic personal history, and/or work towards making a change in one's relational or work life.
I believe psychotherapy offers an opportunity to know one's self with greater compassion and awareness. As an insight-oriented therapist, I am interested in exploring each client's history (family, relational, psychological) as well as identifying the emotional and cognitive habits that may be interfering with relationships, work, creativity, and/or a sense of direction or efficacy in one's life. Through this collaborative process, we can address specific emotional problems (depression/anxiety), seek resolution of a painful or traumatic personal history, and/or work towards making a change in one's relational or work life.
Toby White
Counselor, MA, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05602
Not accepting new clients
I see clients for a variety of reasons including individual therapy, marriage counseling, group therapy, and family therapy. My current practice includes young children, adolescents, young adults, adults, families and couples. I have been serving clients in the central Vermont area since 2013 in a variety of helping relationships and roles including crisis counseling, career counseling, sports performance based life coaching case management, and psychotherapy. I apply an integrative approach and walk along side clients in their time of need. My goal is to help you find a solution that fits your individual situation.
I see clients for a variety of reasons including individual therapy, marriage counseling, group therapy, and family therapy. My current practice includes young children, adolescents, young adults, adults, families and couples. I have been serving clients in the central Vermont area since 2013 in a variety of helping relationships and roles including crisis counseling, career counseling, sports performance based life coaching case management, and psychotherapy. I apply an integrative approach and walk along side clients in their time of need. My goal is to help you find a solution that fits your individual situation.
Eilis O'Herlihy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Montpelier, VT 05602
Not accepting new clients
The most important element in therapy is creating a safe and empowering relationship. There are many barriers to seeking support and I believe it is my job to break those down. I encourage prospective clients to ask questions and develop trust in whatever way feels right to them. My education in social work has taught me to look at each individual as part of a larger picture, and to work with each individual from a place of empowerment and strength.
The most important element in therapy is creating a safe and empowering relationship. There are many barriers to seeking support and I believe it is my job to break those down. I encourage prospective clients to ask questions and develop trust in whatever way feels right to them. My education in social work has taught me to look at each individual as part of a larger picture, and to work with each individual from a place of empowerment and strength.
Jillian Beayon
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS
Verified Verified
Montpelier, VT 05602 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Unable to accept new clients at this time. I strive to create safety within our time together and to bring curiosity and empathy to your unique experiences. Previous clients have described my presence in session as grounding and relaxing. I shape my therapeutic approach around your needs and preferences. I will gently challenge you and bring different perspectives into our sessions.
Unable to accept new clients at this time. I strive to create safety within our time together and to bring curiosity and empathy to your unique experiences. Previous clients have described my presence in session as grounding and relaxing. I shape my therapeutic approach around your needs and preferences. I will gently challenge you and bring different perspectives into our sessions.
Sara Pomerantz
Counselor, LCMHC, MS
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Montpelier, VT 05602
Not accepting new clients
Is there something you want to change, or accept more fully in your life? While we can become stuck in the past, or worried about the future, it is possible to cultivate greater ease, self compassion and presence. As human beings we are connected in that each of us experiences pain and suffering, yet we are also capable of great joy, growth and resiliency. While often it is our tendency to avoid or push away that which causes us distress, it is in bringing it forward and truly acknowledging what is, that eventually leads to greater freedom.
Is there something you want to change, or accept more fully in your life? While we can become stuck in the past, or worried about the future, it is possible to cultivate greater ease, self compassion and presence. As human beings we are connected in that each of us experiences pain and suffering, yet we are also capable of great joy, growth and resiliency. While often it is our tendency to avoid or push away that which causes us distress, it is in bringing it forward and truly acknowledging what is, that eventually leads to greater freedom.
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Jenna Boyle Corneille
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Barre, VT 05641
Waitlist for new clients
Entering a relationship with a therapist can be challenging when life is going well, so I appreciate the additional effort it takes when things aren't easy. I view our work as mutual, a partnership and my style is to be there with you as you explore. I also believe 'the work' is never truly done, but my goal is to give you the skills to continue that work outside of our time together. With couples, this work is complex because there are two histories, two brains, and scars from relationship injuries that need healing as we strengthen that bond.
Entering a relationship with a therapist can be challenging when life is going well, so I appreciate the additional effort it takes when things aren't easy. I view our work as mutual, a partnership and my style is to be there with you as you explore. I also believe 'the work' is never truly done, but my goal is to give you the skills to continue that work outside of our time together. With couples, this work is complex because there are two histories, two brains, and scars from relationship injuries that need healing as we strengthen that bond.
Jacob Rusczek
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Barre, VT 05641 (Online Only)
Everyone comes to psychotherapy with a unique set of concerns; thus, every course of psychotherapy is different. Part of my role is learning how I can be helpful to you in particular. In general, I view therapy as a place for increasing self-awareness. Often, we don't fully understand why we go about our lives as we do - and why we have the difficulties that we have. Without adequate self-awareness, we tend to unwittingly repeat the same patterns. It is only when we understand ourselves as we truly are that we become free to choose new possibilities.
Everyone comes to psychotherapy with a unique set of concerns; thus, every course of psychotherapy is different. Part of my role is learning how I can be helpful to you in particular. In general, I view therapy as a place for increasing self-awareness. Often, we don't fully understand why we go about our lives as we do - and why we have the difficulties that we have. Without adequate self-awareness, we tend to unwittingly repeat the same patterns. It is only when we understand ourselves as we truly are that we become free to choose new possibilities.
Nk Raven Bruce
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Middlesex, VT 05602
Our natural state is wellness. Yet many of us feel sick in our souls. Empty and discouraged, we seek creative bandaids to contain our despair : pursuits of money, relationships, sex, achievement, adventure, good works, productivity. Even health practices can become compulsive activities that fail to mend a persistent sense of inner broken-ness. Mindful Psychotherapy cultivates inherent wellness in the midst of life difficulty and opens the potential for real and lasting change. I am now honored to offer Mindfulness for couples as a certified Dialogue Therapist, a powerful time limited intervention : https://young-eisendrath.com/d
Our natural state is wellness. Yet many of us feel sick in our souls. Empty and discouraged, we seek creative bandaids to contain our despair : pursuits of money, relationships, sex, achievement, adventure, good works, productivity. Even health practices can become compulsive activities that fail to mend a persistent sense of inner broken-ness. Mindful Psychotherapy cultivates inherent wellness in the midst of life difficulty and opens the potential for real and lasting change. I am now honored to offer Mindfulness for couples as a certified Dialogue Therapist, a powerful time limited intervention : https://young-eisendrath.com/d
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.