ABOUT US
Our Mission
Facilitate healing and transformation for all people by providing excellent care, guidance, and support through, psychotherapy, gospel-centered counseling, meditation, and other healing modalities as they journey through life within an individualized plan.
Educate communities and churches about mental health conditions by offering courses, workshops, retreats, and conferences. This includes challenging the myths, stereotypes, and stigmas surrounding mental health treatment.
Provide enriching and preventive services to couples in at-risk marriages and relationships to bring complete healing and lasting restoration.
“I offer therapy services and facilitate courses, workshops, groups, and empowerment events to help, overwhelmed people transform their lives, relationships, and marriages.”
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Over the past few years, I have seen how therapy can heal wounds that people weren’t even aware of when they first came in. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, my hope is to facilitate healing from the past so that people can feel whole and live healthy lives. I work with individuals, couples, and families but I specialize in relationship enrichment and divorce counseling.
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I enjoy working with premarital couples to help them adequately prepare for marriage. I also help those who are on the brink of divorce, work toward reconciliation and focus on marriage enrichment to avoid getting to a place of hopelessness (which is when they seek divorce).
Taking a systemic approach, I consider the client’s context, family, work, social life, culture, and faith to assess their situation and collaborate to identify and accomplish therapeutic goals. I believe that our attachments and experiences in childhood have a direct impact on our personalities and behaviors as adults. Therefore, I use genograms to create a thorough family history because it is impossible to fully understand the individual without understanding the system that birthed them.
I welcome those who also seek guidance and clarity utilizing a faith-based approach. Born and raised in the church, I have a great understanding of the challenges and emotional wounds that religion can create. With that understanding, I seek to help my clients reframe their view of God and restore it to what God intended it to be - untainted by religion and traditions. I love to integrate biblical truths with psychological theories as I work from a holistic approach.
I have a passion for helping women process current and childhood trauma as well as other challenging life experiences to learn how to feel empowered, confident, increase their self-love, and believe they deserve healthy relationships. Part of being in a healthy relationship is having a healthy relationship with yourself.
I remember hearing this quote in graduate school and it has not left me since. I am thoroughly equipped to be a support system to you as an individual, couple, or family, as I have gone through my own healing process. I am committed to obtaining continual therapy, training, and supervision throughout my career to be the best support in your journey towards self-understanding and transformation.
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Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
Alliance Graduate School of Counseling (NYACK College) Nyack, NY
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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy LMFT, NY State
Certified Prepare-Enrich Premarital Facilitator
AEDP, level 2 Therapist
Meet the team
I offer individual, couples, and family therapy, and I am passionate about helping my clients navigate the challenges of life so they can experience healing and transform their lives.
- Theresa
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Marriage & Family Therapy Intern
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Theresa is currently studying to become a Marriage and Family Therapist at Alliance Graduate School of Counseling. She is passionate about helping individuals, couples, and families navigate the challenges of life. She understands that seeking therapy can be a vulnerable experience, and she provides a warm, non-judgmental environment where clients can feel safe to explore their thoughts and emotions.
Theresa emphasizes family systems, cultural background, and formative experiences to help her clients become more aware of their values, beliefs, and views on life. She hopes to work with families, couples, and individuals who desire to grow in awareness of their individuality, relationships, and influence in the world. Theresa's heart is to care for and support clients who are seeking help with mental health, discovering unhealthy family systems, and meeting the specific needs of each individual or family. Her goal is to provide support to those in their healing journey to gain confidence, address self-esteem issues, and develop healthy boundaries.
In her free time, Theresa enjoys watching reality dating shows on Netflix, baking for her friends and family, and rooting for the Philadelphia 76ers!
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Theresa is currently completing a Master's in Marriage and Family therapy at Alliance University, formerly known as NYACK College.
