Women's Issues therapists in New Bedford, MA
Browse Women's Issues therapists in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Women's Issues
Yvette Chalifoux M.A., LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, LMHC
You're exhausted from constantly putting everyone else's needs before your own, struggling to set boundaries or ask for what you need. You feel overwhelmed by societal expectations and find it difficult to prioritize your own well-being without guilt. Through evidence-based techniques, together, we'll develop a tailored approach to support your goals.
15 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA (Online Only)
Women's Issues
Valentina Verani, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
Every stage of a woman's life brings its own challenges, transitions, and opportunities for growth. As a therapist, a mother, and a woman navigating midlife myself, I understand the many roles women carry and how easy it is to lose sight of themselves while caring for everyone else. Balancing career, relationships, parenting, aging parents, changing identities, and personal aspirations can feel overwhelming.
Therapy offers a space to pause, reconnect with yourself, and rediscover your voice amidst life's demands. Together, we'll navigate the challenges unique to your journey, strengthen your confidence, and help you move through this season with greater clarity, resilience, and self-compassion. My goal is to help you honor who you've been while embracing the woman you're becoming.
16 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA (Online Only)
Women's Issues
Robin Okun
Therapist, LICSW
Addressing the unique pressures women face today—whether you are navigating the transitions of early adulthood, the complexities of mid-life, or the shifting landscape of your senior years—can often leave you feeling depleted. I provide a secure, remote clinical space where the specific challenges of your life stage are witnessed and understood.
Together, we will untangle the internal and external expectations that weigh you down, equipping you with practical tools and strategies to rebuild your self-esteem and reclaim your narrative. My goal is to empower you to move beyond simply "managing it all" toward a life of genuine purpose, joy, and ease.
37 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA (Online Only)
Women's Issues
Shannon Stern, LPC-S, LMHC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S, LMHC
Let's be real...being a woman in society has never been easy. Whether it's feeling dismissed by doctors/bosses/the govt, the pressure to be "perfect", the expectation to do it all, experiencing trauma or harassment, or more, your experience matters. Therapy can help you feel validated and supported, while addressing and healing painful moments that have affected you.
11 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA
Women's Issues
Root & Rise Clinical Specialists
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-R
Root & Rise is a women-owned and women-run therapy practice, which means we understand firsthand the pressures, expectations, and invisible labor women carry. Our clinicians specialize in supporting women through anxiety, burnout, identity shifts, career stress, motherhood, relationships, fertility journeys, boundary struggles, and the lifelong patterns shaped by societal conditioning. We create a space where women can be honest about their needs, dismantle old narratives, and reconnect with their voice, worth, and direction. Whether you’re navigating a major transition or simply tired of holding everything together, we offer compassionate, direct, and empowering support designed to help you rise into a stronger, more aligned version of yourself.
14 Years Experience
Online in New Bedford, MA
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.
Women's Issues therapists in New Bedford, MA Statistics
Women's Issues therapists in New Bedford, MA average 15 years of experience and charge around $184 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (64%), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (36%), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (36%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$184
Accept insurance
48%
Offer sliding scale
39%
Gender ID
| 81% |
Female |
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| 13% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 62% |
Online Only |
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| 38% |
In Person and Online |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 64% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 36% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 36% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 32% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 32% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 32% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 32% | Somatic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 79% | Young Adult |
| 48% | Senior |
| 32% | Teen |
| 21% | Children |
Client Focus
| 73% | Women |
| 45% | LGBTQ+ |
| 45% | Men |
| 34% | Christian |
| 30% | Hispanic / Latino |