Counseling/Therapists in West Hartford, CT

I have a wonderful recommendation to give! April Simolski is a child and family therapist for all ages and is at FRDC in the center. I'll most her info in sec.

I'm a licensed clinical psychologist in West Hartford and have experience with this sad circumstance. www.kathleencairns.com

FRDC (we use Dan Weiner and April Smolski). Geoff Genser is a dear friend of ours--we don't work with him as a therapist, but he is a wonderful person--I'm sure he would be very helpful. IOL is also a good option. Good luck.

April Smolski, LMFT aprilfrdc@gmail.com

"April Smolski, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She received her MS in Marriage and Family therapy and BA in psychology from CCSU. April has over 17 years of experience working with children and families, including teaching for 5 yea rs in an early childhood program and as a child development specialist providing ABA therapy for one year. April’s experience has consisted of working with early childhood programs, residential settings, in-home family therapy, community and school based counseling. April believes that entering therapy is an important and meaningful step toward change of self, relationships and family dynamics. She utilizes structural, strategic, experiential, drama therapy, cognitive behavioral and solution focused treatment methods. April collaborates with pediatricians, school professionals, and other professionals as appropriate. She uses a systems approach to treat individuals, couples and families. April also provides a variety of social skills therapy groups for children, parent support groups and support for siblings. April specializes in treatment of children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with or experiencing symptoms of neurodevelopmental diagnoses including Autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. Additionally, she has a significant amount of experience treating mood disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety. An additional area of extensive knowledge and interest is treatment of trauma, including sexual abuse/assault and intimate partner/family violence. April has been trained and certified in these areas since 2000. Her treatment includes Internal Family Systems method (IFS) and was a former Director of a local Hartford County non-profit crisis counseling agency. She continues to provide consult to this program. Email April at aprilfrdc@gmail.com "

Carol Schilliday is excellent!

Amy Young is also wonderful

Karen Carney at the Desopo Family Resource Center in Wethersfield. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47 lDb_GBy_U 109 Main St, Wethersfield, CT 06109 (860) 680-2842

Dr. Wilbur Nelson in Bloomfield right on 218 not far from the intersection with Bloomfield road. He is amazing.

The Bridge Family Center has wonderful therapists; office is on Farmington Ave near WH Center 860-521-8035

Alicia Carmona on Farmington Ave.

Jessica Clancy in town!

Robin Lapidus on Farmington ave

Lu Abbatemarco, in town

Dr. Marjie Vitale at The Bridge in West Hartford on Farmington Ave.

Dina Weis is wonderful. He have been seeing her for 2 years.

Barbara Tarkington in Bloomfield. She takes insurance.

Have you checked what the therapy service costs through insurance? Although you may have a ridiculous deductible a lot of things “don’t count” towards it and you pay separately, For example my deductible is 3 k, but physical therapy sessions if I needed it are listed at a set rate of 75 per session. Worth checking, probably still expensive but May not need to fill that deductible. Also most plans “reimburse” 50 percent back of that amount.

I work in a related field and hear this excuse a lot. Look into your insurance and your company’s EAP program because a lot of times you get some sessions covered for free. It’s usually free per issue...so you may get 6 free sessions for anxiety and another 6 free sessions for depression and another 6 free sessions for substance abuse and so on and so on.

I've never gone this route, but i see the flyer at the grocery store - [Volunteers In Psychotherapy](http://www.ctvip.org/)

Ugh I was in the same boat as you. My insurance was so expensive and useless I realized I was better off quitting my job and going back to school, where I could take advantage of the free counseling and health services for students. But I know that’s not feasible for everyone... Are there any mental health agencies in your area that use a sliding scale for payments /don’t deal with insurance?

Yo, the fact that you want help and want to improve things is great, but the only thing I ever learned from therapy is that there is no help and you have to do everything yourself. Therapy is a waste of time and money. The only person it helps is the therapist, who gets paid to do absolutely nothing.

Just go to r/happy. It's a bunch of depressed people ready to give you advice on your depression.

Um Rob Weinstein in the Central building in West Hartford center...we grew up together, went to camp together:) don't know what u need but really like him..can use my name...but Calechman not Georgetti..:)