Adlerian Therapists in Paterson, NJ

As a licensed therapist and passionate advocate for mental health equity, I founded CMHC with a clear mission: to create an affirming, inclusive, and culturally diverse space where LGBTQ+ individuals and people from all backgrounds can feel truly seen, heard, and supported. My journey into therapy was shaped by both personal experience and a professional calling—recognizing the deep need for compassionate, identity-affirming care in communities that have too often been marginalized or overlooked.

My goal is to help you identify and resolve issues that may be preventing you from getting more of what you want in life. My style is warm and empathic, yet I can be challenging when it is needed in order to achieve growth.

I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families to create meaningful, measurable change in how they feel, function, and relate to others. My approach is evidence-based, empathic, and solution-focused, with therapy centered on helping you achieve clear goals so that progress is noticeable in daily life. I work with a wide range of concerns—including anxiety, low mood, loss, self-doubt, and life transitions—and have particular expertise in performance psychology, public speaking anxiety, panic attacks, fear of flying, and questions of purpose or meaning. If you’re unsure whether therapy is the right next step, I also offer a one-time consultation assessment to help clarify what may be contributing to your current stress and identify effective pathways forward, whether through therapy or other strategies.

When a family is ravaged by addiction - of any kind - everyone is affected and everyone needs to heal. At Love With Boundaries Addiction Family Counselling, we work with the family members first, so that they can make the changes they need to make to truly help the addicts they love. The results we achieve are amazing - the addicts and their families begin to make healthier life choices so that recovery from the devastation of addiction leads to their new way of life.

Dr. Anna Yu Lee is the founder of Concierge Mental Health & Associates (CMHA), a collaborative consultation practice, not a psychotherapy service. CMHA specializes in supporting clinicians, researchers, and educators, primarily high-achieving Asian women aged 18-40 through customized evaluations and feedback measures, individualized support plans, and curated referrals to a network of highly skilled mental health providers and evidence-based services including individual and couples therapy, neuropsychological assessments, and creative/educational workshops.

Paterson is one of New Jersey's largest and most ethnically diverse cities, a former industrial hub whose silk-milling heritage has given way to a dense and vibrant immigrant community spanning Dominican, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Bangladeshi, and Middle Eastern populations, with mental health needs that are correspondingly multilingual and cross-cultural. The city has a high poverty rate and limited private therapy infrastructure, and the demand for multilingual, culturally competent care—particularly in Spanish and Arabic—significantly outpaces the available supply. St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson provides behavioral health services, and community organizations supplement what is a largely under-resourced formal mental health system. Common therapy concerns include immigration and refugee trauma, family stress, anxiety, depression, and the challenges of maintaining cultural identity and community cohesion across generations in a rapidly changing urban landscape.

Gender ID

	62%	Female
	25%	Male
	13%	Non-Binary

Session Type

	67%	In Person and Online
	33%	Online Only

Top Specialties

100%	Anxiety or Fears
100%	Depression
67%	ADHD
67%	Loss or Grief
67%	Stress
50%	Codependency
50%	Forgiveness

Ages Served

100%	Adult
83%	Young Adult
50%	Senior
50%	Teen
17%	Children

Client Focus

67%	Asian
67%	Women
50%	LGBTQ+
50%	Men
50%	Persons with Disabilities

Adlerian therapists in Paterson, NJ

City Mental Health Counseling

Dr. Tara Thompson

Alan Jacobson, Psy.D.

Candace Plattor

Anna Yu Lee

Adlerian Therapy therapists in Paterson, NJ Statistics

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