Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Therapists in New Bedford, MA

I am a licensed psychotherapist with 30+ years experience.l’ha est been providing psychotherapy to Adults,Couples,and Families in the New England area.

Have you ever thought, "I know why I do this... so why do I keep doing it?" Many of my clients have been to therapy before, gained valuable insight, and learned coping skills, yet still find themselves repeating the same emotional and relationship patterns. If you're ready to move beyond understanding yourself intellectually and get to the root of what's keeping you stuck, I'd love to help.

New Bedford is a southeastern Massachusetts city with one of the most distinctive identities of any American city of its size—Herman Melville's Moby-Dick opens here, and the city was once the richest per capita in America thanks to its whaling industry—now home to the highest-volume commercial fishing port in the United States by dollar value, with an economy still anchored by fishing, manufacturing, and logistics. The city has a large Cape Verdean-American community (one of the largest in the world outside Cape Verde), as well as significant Portuguese and Brazilian populations, and the intersection of these communities' mental health needs—including the specific experiences of Cape Verdean identity, immigration, and intergenerational stress—creates important considerations for culturally competent care. Southcoast Health provides behavioral health services, and community health organizations serve the diverse population. Common therapy concerns include fishing industry occupational trauma and risk, Cape Verdean and Portuguese-American identity and immigration stress, economic anxiety, substance use (New Bedford has been significantly affected by opioids), and the mental health challenges of a proud working-class city navigating industrial and demographic change.

Gender ID

100%

Female

Session Type

	50%	In Person and Online
	50%	Online Only

Top Specialties

100%	Anxiety or Fears
100%	Depression
100%	Divorce
100%	Social Anxiety
100%	Stress
100%	Trauma and PTSD
50%	Anger Management

Ages Served

100%	Adult
100%	Young Adult
50%	Children
50%	Senior
50%	Teen

Client Focus

100%	Men
100%	Women
50%	Asian
50%	Black / African American
50%	Christian

Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) therapists in New Bedford, MA

Community Counseling Services (CCS)

Lauren Palumbo