Schizophrenia Therapists in New Bedford, MA

The chemical unbalanced accompanying with hallucinations and delusions. This disorder I coordinated with a psychiatrist who will handle the psychotropic medications . Combination of both therapy and psychotropic meds help client to well focus .

Specialties include schizophrenia therapy, schizoaffective disorder support, psychotic spectrum disorders, symptom management, emotional regulation, and trauma-informed care for adults. I work with adults 18+ living with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, including those navigating hallucinations, delusions, mood symptoms, and challenges in daily functioning. Many clients come to therapy feeling isolated, misunderstood, or uncertain about how to manage their symptoms while maintaining relationships, work, and independence. My approach is collaborative, compassionate, and trauma-informed, supporting clients in developing coping strategies, enhancing insight, and improving quality of life. Therapy is a safe space to process experiences, build stability, and strengthen self-confidence while coordinating care with psychiatrists or other providers as needed.

Experiences associated with schizophrenia can profoundly affect one’s sense of self and self-in-relationships; but these experiences do not erase the person having them. I approach psychosis with respect and curiosity, attending not only to symptoms but to the emotional meanings, relationships and fears surrounding them. Psychoanalytic therapy can provide a steady relationship in which experiences that may feel fragmented, frightening, or difficult to communicate can gradually be put into words and thought about together. When appropriate, this work can take place alongside psychiatric care and other supports, with the aim of helping you feel more grounded, understood, and connected to yourself and to other people.

This component assist with supporting symptom management, emotional regulation, coping strategies, and skills to enhance daily functioning and overall quality of life.

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

	75%	Male
	25%	Female

Session Type

	75%	In Person and Online
	25%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

75%	Behavioral Therapy
75%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
75%	Relational Psychotherapy
50%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
50%	Developmental Therapy
50%	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
50%	Existential / Humanistic Therapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
100%	Senior
75%	Young Adult
50%	Children
50%	Teen

Client Focus

75%	Asian
75%	Black / African American
75%	Hispanic / Latino
75%	Men
75%	Middle Eastern

Schizophrenia therapists in New Bedford, MA

Community Counseling Services (CCS)

Erik Stenglein

Sam Naimi

Dr. Christopher Lowery, DHSc, CLCP