Positive Psychology focuses on the positive influences in the client’s life, such as institutions, optimistic emotions, and character strengths.
Positive Psychology therapists believe that emotional and mental factors lead to happiness, so they help clients identify happiness from moment to moment.
Positive Psychology utilizes positive emotion, engagement, and meaning to enhance the client’s life. The therapist will ask the client to maintain a journal of positive experiences each day in detail. Keeping a gratitude journal helps rewire the brain, offsetting ruminations of negativity. The client becomes more attentive to their expectations and memories of events, creating a more balanced perspective.
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We all go through difficult times and having someone who will listen, offer support and give guidance can be invaluable. We will work together to discover the barriers that may be keeping you from living your best life. I am passionate about helping my clients recognize their strengths in order to feel a sense of power and control in their lives. I specialize in treatment of children, adolescen...
“The first step towards change is Awareness. The second step is Acceptance” -Nathaniel Branden. Mindfulness & acceptance of biological, psychological, social & spiritual life transitions guide and promote healthy and successful understanding & adjustment of changing marital/ partner relationships, changing parent/child relationship dynamics; and seek to decrease anxiety & depression, loneliness...
I offer individual counseling and psychotherapy services. I use several therapeutic approaches: Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Motivational Interviewing. Narrative Therapy changes the way clients describe themselves and their life experiences, which helps them move in more positive directions. In ACT work, I help clients accept their thoughts and feelings, commi...
Life is ever changing, and with change can bring a plethora of other emotions including stress, depression and anxiety. It takes strength to seek help when we are feeling most vulnerable. I aim to create a safe, warm, and supportive connection with another person and use that connection to cultivate change. I'd like to help you become empowered to accomplish your own goals and to take control o...
My deepest professional aspiration is to enable others to discover their own motivations for change and to find within themselves the ability to take responsibility for their thought life and thus find the power to take actions and thereby make dramatic and transformative changes in their lives. In working with individuals, couples, and groups, my aim is to foster self-esteem, coping skills and...
Finding the right therapist can be exhausting and at times discouraging. You need someone you can connect with, while also getting the support, encouragement and clinical expertise you so desperately need to handle what you are walking through. I have over 15 years of experience working with teenagers, families, couples in crisis and providing individual and group therapy in a multi-cultural,...
I have over 10 years of experience working with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and adjustment issues. I know the client-therapist relationship is essential for therapy to be helpful so I prioritize creating a comfortable environment where clients can feel safe and be open. We will work together to create goals for yourself and reevaluate as you progress throug...
As I enter tonight's journal entry I sit here thinking I'm not sure what happened to me. I don't feel the same anymore, not towards my spouse, not towards myself. I'm overwhelmed by the stressors of life, and they seemed to have taken over my spirit, energy and my relationships. I feel anxious, depressed, disconnected and most of all confused. I want to feel good again, I want the love of my li...
Do you struggle with anxious racing thoughts that won't go away ? It is like trying to hold an enormous inflatable beach ball under water, but it keeps popping up? When a person experiences trauma or life stressors it is not uncommon for their lives to unravel. My purpose and passion is to bring healing to people who have been through traumatic/stressful experiences. I help my clients who inclu...
Life can throw so many difficult things at us, and sometimes we need help to cope and heal. I have enjoyed working with adults, youths and families in varied community and mental health settings over the past 24 years! I have experience treating clients who struggle with anxiety, substance abuse, depression, trauma and interpersonal abuse. I also have experience facilitating drug and alcohol...
I am a licensed clinical therapist with experience working in a variety of settings and a range of issues, including depression and anxiety, grief, self esteem, and trauma. My approach is non-judgmental, collaborative, and kind. My goal is to provide a supportive space for self exploration in order to help clients experience more meaningful and fulfilling lives. I focus on self-understanding,...
Sometimes life throws us lemons, and prioritizing our self-care and mental health helps us cope! I enjoy supporting others through individual and group therapy, parent coaching, and comprehensive evaluations. For individual therapy I work with both male and female clients, ages 7 through college, and parents. My therapeutic approach incorporates Positive Psychology (e.g., compassion, gratitude,...
BeginWithin was officially co-founded in 2006 in Red Bank, NJ by Donna Gallagher, MS, RD and Marnie Fegan, Psy.D. to provide a healing environment that was not only professional, but warm and welcoming. Currently in additional to Donna and Marnie, our supportive treatment team has grown to include the following specialists: Dr. Dena Seifer Friedman, MD, Carly Rosenstein, MS, LPC, NCC, Molly Lea...
Each of us has capacity to grow, change, and better our quality of life, including you. Through a supportive counseling relationship, we'll define your specific problem, uncover lifelong patterns that got you here, and identify strategies for lasting change. I utilize relational, trauma-safe, and researched interventions: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Assertiveness Training, Interpersonal...
Let me pour you a cup of coffee, and let's talk. What if I told you that going to therapy doesn't mean there is something wrong with you? We all struggle sometimes. I work primarily with those dealing with loss or grief. Whether it be the death of a loved one or pet, a life changing medical diagnosis, a divorce/break up, estrangement from a family member or friend, moving to a new city, or...
