Find a Therapist in Clinton, NJ

I try to help all patients who come to me. Through mostly medication management, I address depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, anxiety, impulsiveness, anger, mood instability, addiction, nightmares, focus and sleep issues.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with over eight years of experience in the mental health field. I'm passionate about helping individuals navigate depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress (PTSD), trauma, low self-esteem, life transitions, poor coping skills, and chronic stress. My experience working with low-income individuals and families, combined with living with a physical disability, allows me to provide the compassionate guidance and support many clients are seeking.

In a comfortable and supportive atmosphere, I offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each of my client's individual needs.

I am a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC) with 1 year of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life’s challenges. My passion for helping others began in teaching and caregiving before I discovered my calling in counseling. I work with clients ages 12+ from diverse backgrounds to address trauma, anxiety, depression, family dynamics, relationship concerns, and self-esteem. I strive to create a space where healing, growth, and self-discovery can take root.

My approach is eclectic and integrative because I believe therapy should fit the individual, not require the individual to fit a single method. I draw from psychodynamic conceptualizations, cognitive behavioral therapy (), behavioral activation, motivational interviewing, mindfulness-based, supportive, person-centered, strengths-based, and relational approaches, depending on each client’s needs and goals. I am active, practical, and collaborative in session. I listen closely, identify underlying patterns, and offer honest feedback and concrete tools clients can use in everyday life. At the same time, I take a holistic view, considering emotional well-being alongside relationships, family dynamics, physical health, routines, values, and a sense of purpose. My style is warm, intuitive, and insightful, with a playful sense of humor that helps therapy feel comfortable and human. In my work with couples and parents, I focus on communication, trust, conflict resolution, shared expectations, and becoming a stronger team. I also support men’s mental health while honoring strength and traditional values. I help men build emotional awareness and healthier relationships without treating masculinity, responsibility, discipline, or commitment as problems to overcome.

I am at ease in treating adults with stress, trauma, anxiety and depression; and I bring a sense of calm and presence to difficult conversations, always looking for the opportunity for clients learning, growth and improvement regardless of the circumstances.

I am a Licensed Clinical Therapist with experience supporting people through difficult life transitions, trauma, anxiety therapy, and depression. These issues never exist in a vacuum, and they almost always become entangled with each other, feeling overwhelming at times. You can expect transparency, authenticity, and empathy when meeting with me. I tend to use a personalized approach to therapy, drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy to help challenge negative core beliefs while building positive, sustainable coping techniques. Therapy can be daunting, but it’s also a journey. I invite you to bring your strengths, challenges, hopes, and fears, and share them in a safe, empathic space as we work together.

Offices in HACKENSACK - TEANECK - RAMSEY - DENVILLE - RIDGEWOOD - PARSIPPANY - PARAMUS - ORADELL, NJ PLEASE VIEW PROFILE for LIST of SERVICES. We work with many insurance companies, and we submit all claims for you. Professional and compassionate coaching and counseling for adults, children and teens, couples, families, marriage, premarital, addictions, grief and bereavement, and pet loss therapy in Bergen County and Morris County, Northern New Jersey for over 30 years. Specific Issue(s) with which Search for Self (formerly Mars & Venus Counseling Center) is Skilled: -Adult counseling -Couples counseling -Relationship counseling -Premarital counseling -Marriage counseling -Family counseling -Child counseling -Teen counseling -Life coaching -Addiction counseling -Grief and bereavement counseling -Pet loss therapy -Stress and anxiety -Depression -Low self-esteem -Perfectionism -Worry -Indecision -Procrastination -Phobias -Assertiveness issues FOR COUPLES, RELATIONSHIP, PREMARITAL, MARRIAGE COUNSELING: We use "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" as the basic premise and guidance for couples work. Dr. John Gray has developed a complete clinical approach to couples counseling that integrates all of his ideas. You will learn how to understand, respect, and honor the differences between yourself and your partner. You will learn what your needs are, as well as your partner's, and how to meet them. We also incorporate the theories and philosophies of other leaders in relationship counseling to develop an eclectic style of couples counseling. FOR INDIVIDUALS: We all bring our unresolved issues from our past into our adulthood. These blocks create obstacles to our individual success and happiness. There is an infinite number of issues that can be raised in counseling. The goal of the counseling is to help you achieve your own goals and feel free of issues by which you feel burdened. We have studied and integrated theories and practice methods of many leaders in the field of individual counseling. Our training has added numerous tools in helping one overcome blocks to success and happiness. FOR CHILD, ADOLESCENT, and FAMILY COUNSELING: We provide specialized, compassionate and professional services with expertise in varying symptoms and diagnosis for children and teens and their families. Some areas of concern might be behavioral problems, low self-esteem, hyperactivity, school problems, depression or adjustment and coping troubles. Spanish-speaking therapists available. We submit all insurance claims for you.

I am a Licensed Associate Counselor with a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Rowan University. My bachelor’s degree in Psychology is from Penn State University. My experience in the mental health field includes crisis intervention and suicide prevention among a diverse population, including the LGBTQPIA+ community. I have worked with people with a variety of different struggles including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, relationship difficulties, job stress, self-harm, and grief. I work with clients who are ready to explore connections between their past and present and gain relief from symptoms of anxiety and depression. Additionally, I help to equip my clients with tools to help them better manage life's everyday stressors. Anxiety, depression, and general life stressors can make us feel like we are walking around with a heavy weight on our shoulders. I would welcome the opportunity to connect with you and help you to achieve a greater sense of peace.

Holtz and Powell Marriage and Family Services LLC is a private and affordable fee for service therapy practice that specializes in problems in the family and couple. We work with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages, ethnicity, sexual orientations and religious backgrounds with no judgement and acceptance. We are an LGBT friendly practice. We are licensed in PA and DE Marriage and Family Therapy differs from traditional Individual Therapy in that all affected parties are included in therapy. Including all parties helps enhance the quality of relationships and create positive lasting changes in how individuals interact with one another. We do also work individually with clients from a relational perspective.

My approach to healing is personalized, collaborative, and centered on helping you feel heard and understood. I believe mental health care should address the whole person—not just a diagnosis. Through comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and thoughtful medication management, we’ll work together to develop a treatment plan that supports your goals, daily functioning, and overall well-being. Medication management follow-up visits may also include brief supportive interventions, with a referral for ongoing intensive therapy with a counselor or social worker.

My name is Lucy, and I’m a Gestalt therapist and Level 1 internal family systems (IFS) therapist practicing in New York and Washington. My practice is open to individuals, couples, and non-monogamous and poly relationships. I’m an LGBTQIA+ affirming, trauma-informed, and experientially oriented therapist, and I support clients of all genders, sexualities, bodies, and racial and cultural identities. I specialize in supporting clients who want to address attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) and its impacts on daily living and relationships, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, emotional and nervous system dysregulation, trauma, religious trauma, grief and loss, attachment wounds, life and relational transitions, and gender-affirming care and sexuality exploration. I utilize a non-pathologizing model, treating your lived experience with compassion and an understanding of systemic impacts in order to build internal ease. I’m currently 100% virtual and use telehealth to support our work together. I’m a firm believer that we all deserve a place to feel loved, supported, acknowledged, fought for, , above all, celebrated. We have an incredible and powerful ability to learn, heal, grow, and thrive when given a chance, or when we give ourselves permission to acknowledge our own fears, patterns, and shame, and then take a leap to move through them toward healing. My approach recognizes internal challenges as well as the world’s impact on you, and I meet you where you’re at with compassion, acceptance, care, mindfulness, and a bit of humor. We are products of our environment, our families, and our ancestral history, and within the therapeutic space, we can support the past, recognize its effect in the present, , with awareness, support changes for the future.