Mountainside Behavioral Health Ph.D., LCSW, LPC

We help teens and adults manage persistent worry, panic, social anxiety, physical tension, avoidance, and sleep disruption. Treatment is structured around the patterns keeping anxiety active. Using CBT, exposure-based strategies, and DBT skills when appropriate, we help clients respond to anxious thoughts differently, face avoided situations gradually, and build practical tools they can use outside therapy.

We work with teens and adults experiencing low mood, withdrawal, fatigue, hopelessness, disrupted sleep, and loss of interest. Our clinicians use CBT strategies such as cognitive restructuring and behavioral activation to address self-critical thinking and rebuild meaningful routines. DBT may also be incorporated when depression includes intense emotions, self-harm, or suicidal thoughts.

We provide trauma-informed treatment for adolescents and adults experiencing intrusive memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, avoidance, shame, emotional numbness, or difficulty feeling safe after trauma. When clinically appropriate, we use DBT-Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE), combining DBT skills with structured trauma-focused work to reduce avoidance and help clients regain stability and control.

Our clinicians use CBT to help clients identify the connections among thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Sessions are collaborative, structured, and focused on defined goals. Clients learn to examine unhelpful thinking patterns, reduce avoidance, practice new behaviors, and apply concrete skills between sessions. We use CBT with anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD, and related concerns.

We offer comprehensive DBT for teens and adults who struggle with intense emotions, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, trauma, or relationship difficulties. Treatment may include individual therapy, skills groups, phone coaching, and clinician consultation. Clients build skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Our trauma-informed approach prioritizes safety, trust, collaboration, and choice. We help clients understand how trauma affects emotions, relationships, behavior, and the body while building stability before deeper trauma work. Depending on the client’s needs, treatment may include CBT, DBT, mindfulness-based strategies, and DBT-Prolonged Exposure.