Find a Therapist in Morristown, NJ

Deidre Campen is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Minnesota. Deidre has extensive experience working with adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), women’s issues, depression, grief, anxiety, and life transitions.

I believe therapy is a way toward a fuller, more satisfying life. Together we will journey past the obstacles to greater self-esteem, more satisfying relationships, work and play. I engage actively with you but am guided by your individual needs and wishes. I believe therapy can help you to find ways to expand the strengths you already have and add new skills, experiences and ways of seeing yourself. I work in an eclectic manner and am particularly interested in the unity of body and mind. How we think and feel are intimately connected and I am interested in bringing together the various dichotomies that confound us: thoughts and feelings, past and future, work and creativity, self and other.

I provide a safe and empathic treatment environment for clients. Treatment is tailored to the needs of the individual client and in collaboration with the client. I use a variety of treatment modalities, depending upon the needs of the client, including psychodynamic psychotherapy, EMDR trauma therapy, clinical hypnosis, sex therapy, AEDP, and Somatic Experiencing.

Finding the right therapist can be a very confusing and overwhelming process! On your initial visit, I will spend a generous amount of time with you on your presenting concerns and your goals for therapy. Having 16 years of experience, I can accurately assess the type of therapy that would be most useful for your specific situation. My specialty is Cognitive Behavior Therapy and I find most clients achieve significant progress with this approach. When you work with me, together we'll break down your patterns of thinking and behaviors that cause anxiety, depression, and hold you back from enjoying life. You will develop the skills to feel better and create positive change. Many clients find my style a "very refreshing" change from their former therapy. In couples therapy, I use a highly structured format that enables couples to communicate in a way they never have before. This new way of communication gets right to the core issues. My approach to couples therapy brings resolution to issues much faster than traditional therapy. I am available by phone to discuss any questions or concerns you have before beginning therapy.

As a licensed marriage and family therapist, my goal is to provide a safe, nonjudgmental environment to work through any problems you may be facing. I received my master's in marriage and family therapy from Hofstra University after completing a graduate degree in psychology in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. I’m trained in therapy modalities for individuals, couples, and families. I have specialty areas in couples therapy, anger management, chronic andor terminal illnesses, as well as grief. Couples, revive your love, rediscover each other, and work through your differences. Learn to not only hear, but to listen to each other. Therapy is a chance to rebuild, rediscover, and move forward with new relationship knowledge. I take a client-centered approach and work with you to address your areas of concern.

I bring a grounded presence and use a warm and collaborative practice approach. I focus on helping people ease anxiety and depression, navigate difficult relationships, and get clear on what they need to create a firm ground from which to connect with a deeper vision for their lives. Those I've worked with have described me as an attuned and engaged listener and a caring and compassionate guide who will show up for their hardest moments while helping them tap into their sources of creativity, joy, and resilience. My work is healing-centered, with expertise in early childhood trauma (including sexual trauma), family conflict, divorce, and loss. I bring creativity, open-heartedness, and open-mindedness to helping people get unstuck in the areas that matter most to them. Additionally, I have specialized training in Internal Family Systems (IFS). My approach is fundamentally rooted not only in exploring difficult emotions and experiences with compassion and tenderness but also in connecting to your strengths and watering the seeds of what makes you feel alive, connected, nurtured, and whole. Cultivating self-love is at the core of much of the work we will do together. I weave together a practice approach rooted in mindfulness, anti-oppressive, and healing-centered frameworks. I believe deeply in the importance of creating spaces where grounded healing is relatable, empowering, and widely available. As a queer person, I understand complexity and the importance of community and connection. My work is also rooted in a sense of justice and social embeddedness, with an understanding of how individuals operate within complex webs of social forces, which inevitably explores how to engage with white supremacy, patriarchy, heterosexism, inequity, and other systemic producers of harm. Relatedly, I care about exploring the inter-generational dimensions of both pain and strength. I am deeply committed to those I work with, their paths of healing, and to staying present with them along those paths. I bring a warm, empathic sense of grounded presence and creativity about how to meet each individual person’s needs, hopes, and deepest intentions for their lives. While I know therapy to be a transformative space in which to heal, I’ve also seen how being held in the community, connecting deeply with the earth, and connecting with one’s innate creativity can hold immense transformative power for healing. Throughout my life and career, I’ve drawn on these ideas in my own healing and my work. I’ve also engaged in training in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) (a modality designed to address the difficulties associated with single, multiple, and complex trauma experiences) and internal family systems (IFS), a modality that holds us with nuance and complexity and that can be profoundly helpful in working through being stuck, navigating stress in relationships, and healing from past experiences.

It may be a little unorthodox to introduce my practice to you on a negative note. But the truth is that what brought me to Goodtherapy was..."not-good therapy"! My own, as patient. With an intelligent, highly trained practitioner, who knows how to practice good therapy...and didn't. This got me thinking: How is it that good therapists go...off track? Gold standard skills, compassion, caring, empathy...are, evidently, not enough. I believe I found the missing piece. To be a good therapist is to be humble. Humility in action is the foundation of safety and success in treatment. Humility keeps a therapist open, curious, and honest - and keeps this honesty respectful. It acknowledges your power as a patient - to really let me know how my words and actions affect you, knowing this helps me help you. Emotional pain is rooted in lived experience, and only new experience can touch it. Symptoms are distressing, but feeling trapped, alone, or unreachable within them is...unbearable. It's likely that the emotional events that caused your distress were experienced in this way: Alone and unbearable. Therapy is a healing conversation, and it heals by giving you a new experience, one that unfolds as you relate your experience to me, and I relate to you. So we undo your aloneness together; you'll find me respectfully wondering about little things I notice, moment to moment, as you tell your story - the glimpses of feeling that accompany your words - the music of your problem, so to speak. This is a gentle process, and very, very powerful. It orients you to yourself and your "problem" in a new way - with safety, sometimes surprising speed, and depth. Humility in action give me the power to heal, and is the basis of the two models I rely on to help others (Sue Johnson's EFT for couples and families, and Diana Fosha's AEDP for individuals. "Undoing aloneness" is a term of Dr. Fosha's). This site provides good information on both.

We offer a community-based facility serving individuals and families. Patricio Destuet, our director, has over two decades of experience serving our community. We offer treatment for anxiety, panic, depression, chronic illness, family problems, and domestic violence. We help children navigate academic challenges, learning and behavior difficulties, ODD, ADHD, and ADD. We offer parenting counseling to parents of children and adolescents, as well as services for couples and families. We have a professional team approach, using on-site social workers, psychiatric staff, and psychologists. We do not maintain a waiting list! We use a variety of techniques, including dynamic therapy, play hour for children, and cognitive therapy. We also offer family and couples counseling, parenting counseling, and a host of community services, including parenting groups. Our experienced licensed mental health professionals for adolescents, adults, and children are available in our office or for referral. We work with school counselors, the community, neurologists, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians. We're conveniently located near public transportation and parking.

I truly believe in connecting with my clients based on where they are in life and understanding the unique stories that shape each person. By working closely together, I help my clients find practical solutions while honoring their personal stories. I see every challenge as a chance for personal growth. with the awareness that people are doing the best they can and aiming to keep getting better.

Dawn Hartman is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) with over 20 years of nursing experience, including supporting people in crisis. She specializes in working with older adolescents, adults, and seniors who are experiencing symptoms such as anxiety, depression, panic, obsessive-compulsive challenges (OCD), and posttraumatic stress (PTSD), along with other mood- and personality-related concerns.