Therapists in Portland, CT
Kara Riggott
Clinician
Mental Wellness Specialties: Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes
9 years offering treatment
I am licensed in Connecticut with 9 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, & depression. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Albert Cagganello
Clinician
Mental Wellness Specialties: Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes
25 years offering treatment
I am a licensed therapist in Connecticut with over 25 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, & depression. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey. Please consider selecting me as your partner as you work on issues important to you.
Dr. Dammy Bamisile
Clinician
License Type(s): MSW, LCSW, DPA
Mental Wellness Specialties: Trauma and abuseGriefAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepression
15 years offering treatment
I am licensed in Connecticut with over 15 years of professional work experience. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Jacqueline Edwards
Clinician
Mental Wellness Specialties: Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesSelf esteemDepression
7 years offering treatment
I am licensed in Connecticut with 6 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, relationship issues, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Holly Wells
Clinician
Mental Wellness Specialties: Family conflictsGriefParenting issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changes
41 years offering treatment
Hello and Welcome! I am a licensed social worker in Connecticut with over 30 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with family conflicts, relationships and parenting issues, coping with grief and loss, life transitions, self esteem, confidence, and personal growth. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Sarah Novia
Clinician
Mental Wellness Specialties: Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefSelf esteemCoping with life changes
23 years offering treatment
With 23 years of professional work experience, I have guided clients through relationship issues, family conflicts, coping with grief and loss, motivation, self esteem, and confidence. On BetterHelp, I work with clients on the phone for the short-term only (no more than 4 sessions), to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment, and work can be done quickly and efficiently. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process. If you think we might be a good fit, please feel free to schedule with me.
Dr. Nicola Giordano
Clinician
Mental Wellness Specialties: Stress, AnxietyAddictionsTrauma and abuseDepressionCoping with life changes
18 years offering treatment
I am licensed in Connecticut with 18 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping adult clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, depression and coping with chronic medical illness. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Dr. Joy McElveen
Clinician
License Type(s): DSW,MSW,LCSW
Mental Wellness Specialties: Stress, AnxietyGriefAnger managementSelf esteemDepression
35 years offering treatment
From the first moment of successfully leaving our mother's body and beginning to breath on our own, we began a life journey that mirrors our own epic story. This epic is similar to those I used to watch as a child at the Sunday evening movies. Usually a hero, for instance, Hercules, would be engaged in ongoing event-filled days of danger, challenge, and conquest. Along the way there were characters who attempted to thwart his efforts or support his quest. His focus remained resolute and steadfast and was usually met with success. If not doing that hour definitely by part two he would be the victor. Our life challenges, however, are not usually met with the excitement of a movie; and success in overcoming them is not usually with one or even two hours. But like old movies, our challenges involve obstacles, dangers, wonders, and successes of varying dimensions. These challenges for many of us serve to push us forward to take another breath of life and to continue our personal life walk. From each push, breath, and challenge we can choose to learn and experience success or satisfaction with how we are engaging with life. I am Joy Smith McElveen, a licensed clinical social worker in New Orleans, LA.. Like many of you, my epic story is filled with many challenges of major life disappointments, frustrations, illness, fears, anxiety, depression, and anger. However, there was always a sense of wonder which generated happy times, love, and a glimmer of hope-filled days. Focusing on the wonders of hope helps me put challenges and obstacles into a perspective that allows me build change efforts. I think it is having a sense of hope, the real wonder, that pushes us forward despite the challenge. My practice is based on expanding a search for hope within each person seeking to change direction. Living demands that we must continue to grow. We grow through learning and making changes in our sphere of life. Our emotions and thoughts help or hinder our behavior. It is within these areas we need to evaluate, and search for meaning to be productive and fulfilled. My practice is based on using Dialectical Behavior Therapy undergirded with applications from Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. These approaches have interconnections with how we can choose to change how we think, feel and behave. They each require that the person seeking to make changes do the work and the helper is alongside working with her/him. I would like to be one of the characters in your epic story who supports your quest for change. I have a BA in sociology from Louisiana State University (now UNO); a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor); and a doctorate from Howard University School of Social Work. I have certifications in each treatment approach listed above.
Darlene Nicole Amesbury
Clinician
License Type(s): MS,LMHC
Mental Wellness Specialties: Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesDepression
12 years offering treatment
Thank you for reaching out to me. I have been a licensed therapist for over ten years and genuinely care about my clients. Effective therapy is based on trust, listening and finding solutions that work best for you individually. I have had the privilege of counseling people from all over the world through internet based therapy. I know therapy works and is an important way to take care of yourself. I help people with a variety of concerns, although typically my main areas of focus our relationship issues, anxiety disorders, trauma, depression an eating disorders. I'm here to help and am glad you're here and found me.
Traci Huynh
Clinician
License Type(s): MA NBCC LPC
Mental Wellness Specialties: Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefSelf esteemDepression
8 years offering treatment
As a mental health counselor, I believe in the utmost dignity and worth of an individual. My primary responsibility is to continually increase my knowledge of human behavior with the intent of fully understanding my clients so that I can always serve in their best interests. I'm a Clinical Mental Health Counselor licensed in Georgia with over 7 years of working within Grief and Loss, Unhealthy Relationships, Depression, Trauma Based and Spirituality counseling. My previous career experience includes working within Suicide Prevention, Wellness Coaching and Family Readiness for Civilian and Government organizations. I worked in Mental Health with Military Families Overseas and Veterans via the Crisis Line. My practicum and internship were within community and individual emergency response planning for a local Non Profit Organization. In addition to this, I served on their domestic violence and sexual abuse response teams in 3 different state counties. My counseling sessions are intricately designed to assist one with positive behavioral change by developing one’s self within multiple levels; spiritual, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, social, economic, and physical. As a mental health counselor, I do not condone or engage in any discrimination based on age, color, culture, disability, ethnic group, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or socioeconomic status. I will actively attempt to understand any diverse cultural backgrounds of the clients with whom I work. When there is a conflict between your goals, identity and/or values and those of the mine, a referral to another provider may be placed so that I can ensure that your best interests are being provided for. Change is hard and continuous, therefore if at any time you feel uncomfortable, or dissatisfied with the current treatment or technique, please readily and consistently confide within me. While pursuing ongoing mental health educational opportunities and services, I make every reasonable effort to protect the welfare of my clients. Counseling is a mutual effort, with both parties devotedly learning from one another. You have the freedom to choose whether to enter into this counseling relationship, decline treatment and treatment options or to withdraw from my counseling services at any time. I don't use just one therapeutic technique. It's my belief that there are 7.6 billion people in the world; To use one approach on multiple people would hinder a person's opportunity to foster growth. Therefore, some of my most common approaches include but are not limited to CBT, Schema therapy, Trauma Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Positive Psychology, Energy Psychology, Solutions Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, DBT and Reality Therapy, Existential Therapy and Gestalt Therapy. Counseling requires a very active effort on your part. For therapy to be more successful, it is important for you to work on things you and I talk about both during and between session. This session is about you, utterly and completely. As with such, we can’t be friends and must keep our relationship strictly professional. This is to offer you the best care, and so that I can provide judgment that is unselfish and purely focused on your needs. If at any time you feel I’m not performing in an ethical or professional manger, I ask that you please let me know immediately. Counseling sessions may entail assignments that include physical activity. If you have any medical conditions, or physical limitations, if you have any concerns about your ability to exercise, if you are currently pregnant or are over the age of 69, you should consult your medical healthcare provider before undergoing counseling services. Your role includes sharing accurate medical and contact information with me and letting me know if any information changes. I look forward to helping you on your path to positivity and wellness. Please call 24 hours in advance if you need to reschedule your appointment. Thank you. I look forward to working with your on your path to wellness.
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What types of therapists are available to clients in Portland?
Understanding the type of therapy you'd like to search for is crucial before finding a therapist or psychologist. Be sure to narrow your search for therapists in Portland that can offer psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), therapeutic talk therapy, group therapy, marriage and family therapy for individuals or couples, or couples therapy depending on your needs.
Licensed therapists & mental health professionals available through BetterHelp's online platform
Mental health therapists in Portland available through BetterHelp are accredited as psychologists to help individuals and couples. Portland therapists' credentials can include licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), and clinician or doctor of psychology (PsyD). Regardless of their licensure, Portland therapists are trained in any type of therapy in the Portland region and in the state of Connecticut.
How can a therapist help you destress, manage your emotions, and guide you towards the life you want?
Therapists in Portland can help clients in improving healthy relationships, communication skills, working through life transitions, couples challenges, managing a mood disorder, improving coping skills, self help tips, offer life coaching, family life, or change in negative thinking patterns. A therapist in Portland may also provide a safe place and validation for clients experiencing emotional pain, or that simply want a psychological assessment.
Is it better to find a mental health counselor or therapist in Portland offering online therapy or in person?
Studies show online therapy can be just as effective as in-person counseling. Online therapy with licensed counselors is often more affordable, with BetterHelp pricing ranging from $65-$100 weekly, while in person therapy can cost up to $200 per session.
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