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Dr. Steve Badgett, PhD, LCSW is a Marriage, Couples, Family and Individual Therapist. Steve is trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) through The International Centre For Excellence In Emotionally Focused Therapy. Steve works effectively with couples, individuals and families. Available Services include: Marriage Therapy, Individual Counseling, Family Therapy, Child/Adolescent Therapy,...
Seeking help for depression, anxiety, self-harm, eating disorders, or trauma can be difficult for many people. Stigma of mental health is also a barrier to finding help, and you may be feeling shame for simply hurting. You want to find someone who understands you, someone who will not judge your lifestyle, someone you can trust. Reducing the stigma of mental health and providing a safe space ar...
Are you looking for a safe environment to increase self-awareness and personal empowerment? My goal as a clinician is to create space for you to explore your circumstances and find your strengths to build on. I am dedicated to building a collaborative counseling relationship that foster self-understanding and growth, and to guiding you through new skills that will promote balance. My counseling...
Do you feel stuck and cannot see a way out? Do you feel stressed or depressed, want to be happy but do not really know how? Do you sometimes feel that you are being carried away by your emotions and do or say things you regret? Do you feel ashamed or guilty after acting out and do not know how to stop that from happening again? When emotions are so strong, it can be extremely difficult to have...
You don't have to be held back by doubts or uncertainty about yourself. It's possible to live more freely. Let’s embark on this journey of healing. Our space is safe. You can bring your struggles and wounds, parts of yourself that you embrace and parts that you may not be so proud of. Collaboratively, we will work towards a deeper understanding of the recurring ways in which you feel stuck, as...
It's tough to use words to describe the work of psychotherapy. As such, I like to analogize it to art and poetry, where its interpretations are varied, nuanced and deeply personal. It may be hard to accept that like life, psychotherapy and art may not have linear progressions toward results. Sometimes life may appear confusing, overwhelming, or just hard for no apparent reason. With the belief...
( English | 中文 ) You may feel confused, lost, hopeless, helpless, and frightened about life. Life is full of different challenges in varied stage. It is crucial for us to pause and cultivate the root of life struggles and learn ways to adapt, which is how we grow. Here is a place for you to rest, to share, to connect, and to learn more about yourself and relationships in your life. Coming fro...
"Does this support the life I am trying to create?" is a question I ask myself daily. It is important to me that our therapeutic relationship fosters a safe, accepting, and collaborative space by exploring resilience, strengths, and informed curiosity. I strive to facilitate self-empowerment and self-efficacy through adaptive coping/behavioral skills, strengthening cognitive insight, while...
I understand the importance of building a trusting relationship with my clients. My approach is genuine and nonjudgmental. Psychotherapy is a process, a journey as we work together to explore your thoughts and feelings, and to gain new insights towards a better understanding of yourself and your relationships with others. We will work together to find hope and solutions to your problems. I...
I believe being in an equilibrium state is one of the keys to maintain a healthy well being, however, we often face many challenges that could easily lead to a disequilibrium. My role as a therapist is to work with you collaboratively in order to address your needs, to guide you in understanding how your past experiences shape your present self; to help you in identifying your thought patterns ...
We all want the same things. To be understood, recognized, treated with kindness and respect. To feel like we belong. We share the same path to growth through self-effort in overcoming challenges in our life’s journey. Are you mastering the game of life? You are more powerful than your past or stories. Truth be told, “life is simply what you create it to mean.” Imagine yourself as the eagle tha...
( English | 中文 ) A necessary part of life is facing difficult situations that will be hard to understand, and thus we seek validation. When you are overwhelmed with emotions, you are unable to address them and respond negatively. You might be aware of your sadness, anxiety, fears, and shame. In that process, you could uncover a lot of how you defend yourself from rejection or part of our...
**ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS** I come alongside adolescents, individuals, couples and families to uncover the hidden strengths that are not utilized. I enjoy working with the marginalized experience of People of Color, immigrants, refugees and those navigating a bi-cultural experience. I work with individuals and couples on issues related to anxiety, depression, grief/loss, relationships, codependen...
Familial conflict, depression, and anxiety are experiences that we have all shared at one point. It is common to feel unprepared and overwhelmed when we come face to face with these situations. When you’re at the end of your rope, do you have people to turn to who will support you? It has become increasingly more common for people to have few social supports to rely on when these troubles come,...
( English | 中文 ) Shuna Luk, team leader/psychotherapist of Lafayette Psychotherapy, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist supervisor on an inpatient adult psychiatric unit at NYC Bellevue Hospital, where she provides individual and group psychotherapy and creative arts therapy services to patients, and provides supervision to LCAT, LMHC, and student intern...
