Trained therapists in NJ for couples & individual therapy
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Serving our community for 20+ years.
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Our Team
Our therapists are licensed, experienced, warm, and compassionate. We provide couples therapy, marriage counseling to help with all types of relationship problems. In addition, we also work with individuals who need help with relationship and personal issues. All of our therapists are open and accepting of people with different cultures, lifestyles, beliefs, and backgrounds.
We provide professional therapy services in a safe and compassionate space for people who to get the help they need.
Our Compassionate Team
Tara Chowaniec
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Cashmere Johnson LAMFT
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Robert Jenkins LCSW
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Marina Fried LAMFT
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Debra Feinberg
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Ebony Mines LAMFT
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Daphne Berkovits LMFT
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How We Help
Our therapists use an eclectic approach to therapy. We draw on various theoretical models, including EFT Emotionally Foucsed Therapy Couples Therapy, Relational, Psychodynamic, AEDP therapy, Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Discernment Counseling, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to name a few. With all of this diverse expeirence, we work to to find the strategies, and processes that will be most helpful and effective for you.
Our Support Staff
Practice Manager
Hi! 👋 I’m Alana Larson virtually serving as Practice Manager. I support the team and manage client processes. It is a privilege to serve you and I look forward to supporting you in your therapeutic journey to find healing.
HR, Payroll & Marketing
Hi! 👋 I’m Jessa and I provide HR, payroll & marketing strategies for the practice. I am grateful to work as part of a team that provides meaningful therapy services to our community.
Client Care Coordinator
Hi! 👋 I’m Samantha, the team intake and client care coordinator. I am your first point of contact and will answer your questions and help you get scheduled. Please reach out and let me know how I can help. I look forward to connecting with you.
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Therapists in NJ – Here to Help You
Maplewood Counseling provides compassionate and effective therapy services to couples, families and individuals in and around Essex County, NJ. We help couples with marriage and relationship issues as well as individuals who need help with relationships as well as grief, depression, divorce, anxiety and stress. We also help with family problems, issues related to aging and health (coping with or caring for a family member with health issues), a life crisis and difficult transitions.
We’re experienced with and sensitive to multicultural and LGBT gay issues and open and accepting to men and women from all lifestyles, cultures, backgrounds and beliefs.
Essex County, NJ Therapy Services:
- Marriage counseling, family and couples therapy
- New relationships, new and second marriage
- Infidelity, and affair, online cheating, betrayal, trust
- Pre-Marriage counseling
- Depression, CBT, anxiety, mindfulness
- Grief and loss
- Multicultural counseling
- Families coping with serious, chronic and terminal illness
- Coping with a life crisis, divorce, job loss, death in the family
- Issues related to aging, caring for aging parents, isolation, depression
- Parenting, step-parenting, blended-family problems
- LGBT affirming- GLBT gay Counseling, gay marriage counseling, same sex couples, LGBTQI relationships and issues
- Multicultural, interfaith and cross-cultural issues
- Mixed Race and inter-racial couples and family Issues
- Divorce, breaking up, and ending a relationship
We help couples with marriage and relationship issues, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and issues related to divorce and loss. We work with individuals and couples to help them resolve issues at home – feeling hurt, frustrated, or angry and want help dealing with conflict, communication, intimacy or coping with an affair and infidelity. We also help individuals who feel alone, stressed, isolated and depressed and want help getting to a better place.
We help couples and individuals work toward improving their lives and strengthening their relationships.
A good therapist will make you feel safe and offer non-judgmental acceptance. Choosing a therapist with whom you feel safe, connected and understood is important to successful therapy. Effective therapy can help you find better ways to cope, communicate and make positive changes.
Open to, Experienced with & Sensitive to Diversity and Multicultural Issues:
Who we provide therapy for: men, women, adolescents and couples – married or partnered who have a range of issues and come from different cultures, ethic backgrounds, beliefs and lifestyles. We work with caucasian, African American, men and women of color, black, mixed-race and inter-racial couples and families, latino, hispanic, Asian American ( Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Philippine ), Asian American Pacific Islander AAPI, Native American, Arab, immigrants, Jewish ( orthodox , conservative and reform) , Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Hinduism, Hindi, Buddhist as well as agnostic and atheist clients. We also work with LGBTQ gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and queer individuals, couples and families.
We provide confidential therapy services for men and women who work in all different jobs and industries, such as airline pilots, police officers, corrections officers, federal agents, business executives, small business owners, therapists, lawyers, financial advisors, Wall Street bankers, entrepreneurs, accountants, doctors, stay at home parents, and many others that need help for a personal, family or relationship problem.
Contact us now and let us know how we can help you.