Peter Linden, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Peter Linden, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Professions: Clinical Social Worker
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: Licensed Clinical Social Worker - 44SC06193100
Telephone: 845-712-4983
Billing and Insurance:

I don't currently accept insurance, but I can provide documentation if clients wish to submit to an insurance company for "out of network" benefit coverage

Session Fees: Welcome Home Healing is an out-of-network provider offering individual therapy, couples therapy, and a mutual aid group. Our fees are as follows:

1. 2-Hour Initial Individual and Couples Therapy Intake: $425.00
2. 60-Minute Individual Therapy Session: $275.00
3. 60-Minute Couples Therapy Session: $325.00
4. 2-Hour Mutual Aid Group: $135.00 per session
Free Initial Consultation
Weekend Availability
Evening Availability

Therapy in:

Montclair, New Jersey 07042
36 West 25th Street
10th Floor
New York, New York 10010

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What's My Approach to Therapy?

Growing up with learning challenges, I had an experience that is all too familiar for the neurodivergent community. Often feeling misunderstood and out of place, I was faced with indifference, ignorance, neglect, gaslighting, shame, and the assumption that I could navigate a world that was not built for me without the support I so badly needed. Lonely, adrift, and struggling to find a sense of belonging, I was cast aside and left to fend for myself.

After a series of negative experiences with mental health resources and support, my personal journey led me to a couples therapist in 2014. There, I embarked on a journey of transformation, and I was able to see the profound impact that the right therapy relationship could have on a person. It was then that I was introduced to Gestalt psychotherapy, which I immediately connected with.

From there, I set forth on a new journey to study Gestalt psychotherapy at the Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, a post-graduate training program. Pursuing this path, I have continued to experience connectedness, belonging, compassion, the wonder of curiosity, and love itself. Arriving at this place of acceptance and understanding changed everything for me. Understanding that this positive experience is not the norm for members of the neurodivergent community, I decided to dedicate myself to providing that same transformation for others.

With this mission, I founded Welcome Home Healing in 2023. Since then, I have had the pleasure of helping many clients embrace their own innate worth, gifts, individuality, and the freedom to shed their masks of shame and self-doubt.

My Practice & Services

As an autistic and attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) man, I am honored to work with members of the neurodivergent community, especially those on the autism spectrum, who have difficulty developing nourishing relationships, honoring themselves, and finding acceptance. During sessions, I utilize gestalt therapy, which is a present-oriented therapy that facilitates awareness of what you are doing to meet your needs through experiments. Here, clients will learn to sit with uncomfortable feelings and sensations, noticing their bodies, unmet needs, and humanity. From this, there is a shift from rejection to acceptance and holding. The body is no longer something to be avoided, but a home for healing, growth, and nourishment.

Healing work is my life, something that I will do until I die. Prior to that time, I welcome clients to join me in this journey of experiential growth, excitement, wonder, and reparenting. I send love and compassion to you all. Go in peace.

What Makes up a Problem?

According to the DSM-5 and medical model, PTSD, BPD, ADHD, anxiety, depression autism, borderline personality disorder, and other "conditions" are "problems" that need to be "fixed". This pathological and shaming approach makes many people attack themselves for being "defective", thereby starting an endless reoccurring narrative of pain and disconnection.

Rather than viewing these "conditions" as "problems", I see them as ways of being in the world. Take a young child on the autism spectrum who self-soothes in response to feeling overwhelmed by wringing his hands, pacing, and humming. For him, self-soothing prevents explosions from occurring. Thus, the child is not "weird" and in need of sedation to be "normal", but acceptance, curiosity, love, and compassion.

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Therapy Services & Specialties

Client Age Groups I Work With

  • Adults
  • Elders

Languages

  • English

Groups I Work With

    I provide individual psychotherapy for adults aged 25+ experiencing shame, fears of rejection, social-familial ostracism, dread, transphobia, homophobia, and difficulty advocating for their needs, which manifest as low- to medium support needs, autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning disabilities.

Industries & Communities Served

  • Entertainment Industry
  • Education
  • Self-Employed and Freelance Professionals
  • LGBTQ+
  • BIPOC

Client Challenges & Concerns I Address

  • Academic Concerns
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Chronic Illness / Disability
  • Communication Problems
  • Creative Blocks
  • Developmental Conditions (Autism, Aspergers, etc.)
  • Disability
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Emptiness
  • Fear
  • Forgiveness
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
  • Isolation
  • Learning Difficulties
  • Panic
  • Perfectionism
  • Prejudice / Discrimination
  • Rejection
  • School issues
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Love
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Shame
  • Social Anxiety / Phobia
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Trust Issues
  • Worry
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Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods

  • Gestalt Therapy

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