Services

Therapy Sessions

​I offer individual and couples therapy sessions for adolescents and adults.  Sessions are $150 for 45 minutes and $200 for 60 minutes for individual sessions, and $250 an hour for couples sessions.  Intake sessions are $250.   

I offer a free phone consultation to ensure that my services will be a good fit for your needs. 

Couples Intensives

A new offering is couples intensives that I will curate to fit your needs as a couple.  They can be anywhere from 3-6 hours and are a great way to jumpstart your journey towards reconnecting with your partner. 

*It is recommended to do a preparation session (30 minutes-1 hour) prior to the intensive to identify the goals prior and co-create the schedule, as well as a follow-up session (1 hour) approximately 1-3 months after.  

​Intensives can be anywhere from 3-6 hours long (the 6 hour intensive will be a full day with a 1.5 hour lunch break not included in the fee.) Intensives are $250 per hour (and this rate would be the same for the preparation and follow up session.) 
 
*Insurance can only be used for the preparation, follow up, and first hour of the intensive.  ​

Clinical Supervision

I offer clinical supervision to Licensed Social Workers who are seeking private supervision towards their clinical licensure.  ​My fee for clinical supervision is $125 per hour.  

Workshops

Do you have a particular topic that you would like a workshop to be created and tailored to your needs?  I am happy to provide this service to you and can either do one here at my office or come to you.  Pricing depends on location, duration, preparation, and amount of participants.

How I Do What I Do 

​​Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are a result of disturbing life experiences. Eye movements (or other bilateral stimulation) are used to reprocess psychological traumatic events or memories. Unlike talk therapy, the insights clients gain in EMDR therapy result not so much from clinical interpretation, but from the client's own accelerated intellectual and emotional processes. In successful EMDR therapy, the meaning of painful events is transformed on an emotional level. 
​For more information visit www.emdr.com ​

"I initially entered my EMDR sessions with a skeptical but open mind. It was hard for me to believe the process would actually result in any positive outcome, but I had read about it's effectiveness in helping patients with PTSD and unresolved trauma, so I felt I should at least try to be open and see if it could help. My hope was that it might lessen the impact of my past trauma on my daily life and provide me the tools I needed to cope with the effects this trauma had on my life. In fact, EMDR far exceeded those early expectations. Today, I feel sincerely free of the impact the trauma had had on my daily life. Not only is it no longer front of mind, it is simply not there. I can return to these moments without feeling any of the harmful emotions or negative ideations that had previously consumed me. I now feel a much stronger self confidence and a far more secure sense of self. The treatment has changed my life, and I am so grateful that I took the chance to be open to the process." -Anonymous client 

Hypnosis 

​Clinical hypnosis is a process in which a licensed health professional suggests that a client/patient experience changes in sensations, perceptions, thoughts, or behavior. The hypnotic context is generally established by a direct or indirect induction procedure. Well trained professionals determine which approach will be most useful for the person in front of them. Invitations to let go of stress/tension and suggestions to imagine or think about pleasant experiences are commonly included in hypnotic inductions. People respond to hypnosis in different ways. Some describe their experience as an altered state of consciousness, but others describe hypnosis as a normal state of focused attention, in which they feel very calm and relaxed. Regardless of how and to what degree they respond, most people describe the experience as very pleasant.Some people are very responsive to hypnotic suggestions and others are less responsive. Hypnosis makes it easier for people to experience suggestions, but it does not force them to do anything.
For more information visit www.chsnj.us 

Imago Couples Therapy

Imago couples therapy sessions are a type of couples therapy unlike many others. Rather than telling clients how to solve their issues, my role as facilitator is to assist couples in learning a new language in which they will learn how to truly listen to one another. Using mirroring, validating, and empathizing, couples will learn how to engage in conversations to foster meaning and growth.  This dialogue will deepen their ability to understand one another's perspective, and the skills they will learn during these sessions will improve their communication and connection, bridging the gap between the space between them.   

Psychodrama

The word "Psychodrama" comes from the Greek word "psyche" meaning mind and "drama" meaning action. Psychodrama can be understood as the exploration of the mind through action. This creative art therapy approach uses skillfully and gently guided action techniques to enact scenes from life in an effort to gain new insight, develop understanding, express unexpressed feelings, and practice new behaviors. The therapist supports clients in creating dramas to help heal from past traumas, relationship issues, and a variety of other life hardships and transitions. ​

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy 

​Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic medicine that has been proven to promote neuroplasticity in the brain which allows for greater flexibility in thinking, and it increases synaptic communication which allows for faster learning and integration of new ideas. Although Ketamine is effective for short-term symptom relief as a standalone medication, it is most effective when combined with psychotherapy. If interested, I would refer you to Journey Clinical, a company that handles the medical patient eligibility, prescriptions, and outcome monitoring.  My offerings are preparation sessions, KAP sessions (each one is 2-2.5 hours long), and integration sessions.  

Ketamine-Assisted Couples Therapy

Let's face it.  Couples work can be quite challenging, and Ketamine has been shown to offer the following benefits:  

• Ketamine helps couples see and think about a situation from alternative perspectives.
• Couples can also look at their own behavior in a more detached way, reducing blame and reactivity.
• Ketamine improves processing and learning information, helping revise dysfunctional patterns.  
• Ketamine makes it easier to express more vulnerable emotions like hurt, sadness, or fear.
• Increased empathy improves validation and compassion in response to partner’s emotions.
• Helps build tolerance to negative emotions, which in turn allows couples to stay engaged and open-minded with each other.
• Lowers avoidance and fight-or-flight reactions, helping couples engage with each other with less fighting or “snapping.”
• Boosts resilience to distress and lowers rejection sensitivity, encouraging people to try new vulnerable or anxiety-provoking behaviors.
• Enhances feelings of reward and pleasure, helping couples integrate more beneficial relationship behaviors.  

Psychedelic Integration 

If you have had an experience with Assisted Psychedelic Therapy, a Medicine Ceremony, or even using psychedelics recreationally that you would like help to integrate into your life, I offer integration sessions to help facilitate this process.  The guidance that you received from using psychedelics can offer wisdom about how you can improve your life.  I can hold space for you to explore the meaning behind your experience and messages received to facilitate the change you would like to have in your life.  

Intuitive Eating/Body Acceptance 

If you would like to change your relationship to food and your body once and for all, the intuitive eating model is for you.  Whether you are a chronic dieter (restricting), an overeater (binging), vomiting (purging), over-exercising (exercise bulimia), or have self-esteem issues in which you attack or have a distorted view of the way your body looks (body dysmorphia), I am happy to help.  Using the 10 principles of Intuitive Eating, I will help you end the war on food and your body once and for all.  

Mindful Therapy of Monmouth County LLC  /  tel: (732) 705-1561  /  30 Freneau Avenue, Building A, Suite 2B, Matawan, NJ 07747
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