Working together is what works.

Steve Simon, LCSW

As an eclectic therapist, I like to work collaboratively with clients to support positive change and growth. I draw upon cognitive-behavioral, systemic, strengths-perspective, and psychodynamic theories of treatment to meet each client’s needs. New coping tools, including rational challenges to negative thinking, are essential elements in the treatment process.

I work with a diverse client population including individuals, couples, families, children, adolescents, and seniors. I also offer groups devoted to improving anger management skills, both for adults and teenagers.

Mike Abramowitz, LMFT

As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I assist clients in understanding any possible linkage between past and present relationships, and their influence on mood and self-worth.  As a cognitive therapist, I help clients identify negative thought processes that may contribute to negative mood and low self-worth.  As a solution-focused therapist, I collaborate with clients to identify their strengths and experiences during difficult times, and encourage them to apply those skills to the current situations.  As a structural therapist, I help families identify what is not working in their family hierarchy, and assist them in fixing it to help reduce conflict and increase healthy functioning.  I see my role not as a problem-solver, but as a collaborator to help empower people to take control of their lives and responsibility for their own fulfillment.  Believe it or not, my goal is to get people out of therapy!

I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families struggling with various life stressors such as mood disorders, relationship/family conflict, grief, sexuality issues, self-esteem, parenting and anger.

I believe that the more you put into therapy, the more you get out of it.  Therapy is not solely a place to vent, but an avenue to strategize real behavioral changes to improve your life and relationships.  By making a conscious effort to implement those changes outside of the therapy office and taking responsibility for yourself, you are most likely to benefit from treatment.

I am a masters-level, Connecticut-licensed clinician with over 15 years of experience in outpatient and residential treatment.  I am a graduate of Fairfield University, Fairfield CT and a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and an AAMFT-approved Clinical Supervisor.

In addition to providing individual, couples and family therapy, I also work with therapists-in-training to help them hone their clinical skills and meet university or state license requirements.

Learn more about Mike at his personal website.

Kim Cegelka, LCSW

Deb Malatesta, LCSW, LADC

Julia Perretta, LMFT

Psychotherapy can help individuals, couples, and families to create the kind of change they want to see in their lives.

I specialize in providing therapy to teens and adults who are struggling to overcome issues with intimate relationships, food, body image, stress, anxiety, substance use, depression, and the successful navigation of difficult life situations.

I will meet you where you are at and tailor our therapeutic interventions to meet your unique interests and needs.

I enjoy using mindfulness and attachment focused approaches combined with solution-focused techniques for effective, long-lasting results.

I have a Master’s degree in Marriage, Couple, and Family therapy from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. And I have experience working with people from all walks of life and of all ages.

I am also an avid runner and look forward to attempting my first marathon in 2015.

Chris Anderson, LMSW

At some point in our lives, almost all of us get hit with some really difficult stuff that we aren’t prepared to deal with. Which feels awful. And when things are really awful, sometimes the best thing is to call a time out, get to the sidelines, and talk with somebody on your team about what’s going on.

That’s therapy.

When you start therapy, you are adding a person to your team with an unusual specialty: Ways to deal with what’s really awful or confusing or overwhelming. We are experts in how to move forward or adjust in the face of difficulties.

Step 1 is always this: Understand what you have been going through.

I offer individual counseling for adolescents, adults, seniors, and couples. I take a common factors or eclectic approach. The techniques I use most frequently are associated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychoanalysis, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness. My perspectives on human psychology are drawn from neurobiology, evolutionary psychology, and developmental psychology. I also tend to look at personal struggles in the context of the larger social forces in our lives.

I have a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Southern Connecticut State University and a PhD (in political science of all things) from the University of Minnesota. My background includes an earlier career as a college professor, outreach and engagement social work with homeless people, school social work, and providing in-home and outpatient psychotherapy.