Gestalt therapists in Toms River, NJ
Browse Gestalt therapists in Toms River, New Jersey. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Gestalt
Dr. Dana Spada
Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Voted "Best Therapist," Dr. Dana Spada PhD, LCSW Psychotherapy offers therapy services in a beautiful Colts Neck location to adults, teens, children, individuals, couples and families. Her practice philosophy is holistic and evidence based. Her work is always informed and driven by her clients. Dr. Spada creates an emotionally safe space for her clients to dive into their experience, process and make connections that can transform and heal their lives. She supports her clients in bringing their unconscious mind into consciousness. This can ultimately be life changing and completely transformational. This doctor is passionate about the work she does and feels it is an absolute gift to be a part of her clients colorful therapeutic journeys. After a session with Dr. Spada you may experience a sense of feel calm and clarity.
Dr. Spada treats clients that are just looking for personal growth as well those struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, addiction, eating disorders, marriage discord, relationship issues, suicide ideation, postpartum, grief, LGBT issues and more.
11 Years Experience
In-Person Near Toms River, NJ
Online in Toms River, NJ
Gestalt
Libby Shaw
Counselor/Therapist, LPC, ATR-BC, LPAT, ACS
Whether this is your first time in therapy or you're returning to continue the work you started, something brought you to this search today. Starting therapy can feel intimidating, even if it isn't your first time. I believe that the foundation of counseling is the therapeutic relationship created between the therapist and client: we are creating a team, and that requires trust, transparency, and feeling safe. It will be my goal to meet you where you're at and work at your pace, while also pushing you to meet the goals you outline for your treatment. I understand that whatever has brought you here is deeply personal and sensitive, and I vow to treat our counseling space with honor and respect. Feel free to reach out to me through email or phone call and we can set up a time to have a free consultation to see if we would be a good match to work together.
13 Years Experience
Online in Toms River, NJ (Online Only)
Gestalt
Peter Linden
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, Certified Gestalt Therapist
As an AuDHD man with learning disabilities, I had an experience growing up that is all too familiar within the neurodivergent community. Often feeling misunderstood and out of place, I was faced with indifference, ignorance, neglect, gaslighting, shame, and the assumption that I could navigate a world that was not built for me without the support I so badly needed. Lonely, adrift, and struggling to find a sense of belonging, I was cast aside and left to fend for myself.
After a series of negative experiences with mental health resources and support, I found my way to a couples therapist in 2014. There, I discovered Gestalt therapy while experiencing the gifts of love, kindness, safety, acceptance, curiosity, and flow. Through embodied awareness and responding, rather than reacting, I came to trust my innate power, humanity, body, and the certainty of the earth.
In 2019, I began studying Gestalt therapy following the unexpected end of my marriage. Amidst despair, sorrow, sadness, loneliness, and grief, I discovered a vehicle that challenged me in all domains of existence. Here, I grieved, faced impermanence, and gradually co-created the scaffolding from which I could emerge in a more embodied way as an AuDHD man, human being, and partner.
As I found life again, I became increasingly aware of the profound suffering experienced by neurodivergent people. Endless demands that we grind away in search of acceptance, love, and certainty left us adrift, performing, deadened, and increasingly separate in an ableist world.
Through Gestalt therapy, I continued to experience connectedness, belonging, compassion, the wonder of curiosity, and love itself. I finally found spontaneity, playfulness, and excitement in relation to myself, other people, and even existence itself.
With this mission, I founded Welcome Home Healing in 2023. Since then, I have had the honor of joining people as they awaken, live, and emerge into their humanity within the unfolding now.
3 Years Experience
Online in Toms River, NJ
Gestalt
Felicity Fong
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Complex trauma can be a stubborn and unwanted life companion. Living through repeated exposure to traumatic and harmful experiences can leave you feeling unable to trust yourself or others, seeing yourself differently, and feeling chronically unsafe. And alongside those wounds, complicated grief can also be woven into the mix of post-traumatic pain.
Complicated grief is so much more than “just” a loss - it’s anger, sadness, guilt, and confusion surrounding losses that can’t always be easily defined. As a licensed professional counselor with a special interest in trauma treatment, I understand the profound impact these experiences can have on an individual’s emotional well being.
6 Years Experience
Online in Toms River, NJ
Gestalt
Ryan Ramsey
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Are you struggling with anxiety, excessive worry, obsessive thoughts or behaviors, social anxiety, or panic? I help clients with anxiety develop healthier ways of thinking, relating to themselves, and responding to life so they can feel calmer, more confident, and more in control. No matter how long you have been struggling, there is hope that things can improve. I have helped many people reduce anxiety, gain insight into themselves, and experience greater peace and ease in their lives. I can help you too.
I believe therapy is personal, vulnerable, and at its core, human. That's why my approach reflects who I am: someone who's informal, down-to-earth, and easy to talk to. I show up to our sessions as a real person, and it’s important to me that you feel comfortable doing the same. I believe you have to feel comfortable, understood, and really seen to get anything out of this work. When we combine that relationship with the right therapeutic tools, meaningful change becomes possible.
One of the primary approaches I use is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). I have advanced training in REBT from the Albert Ellis Institute in New York. This training has provided me with the clinical skills and knowledge to help clients identify and change patterns of thought, behavior, and belief that contribute to anxiety and emotional suffering.
I am dedicated to helping you get better. If you are ready to take the next step, reach out today. You may email me or visit my website to schedule an initial consultation. I practice in both Colorado and New Jersey, and I look forward to speaking with you.
7 Years Experience
Online in Toms River, NJ
Gestalt Therapy therapists in Toms River, NJ Statistics
Gestalt Therapy therapists in Toms River, NJ average 15 years of experience and charge around $240 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (78%), Self Esteem (65%), and Depression (61%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$240
Accept insurance
30%
Offer sliding scale
35%
Gender ID
| 54% |
Female |
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| 38% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 57% |
In Person and Online |
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| 43% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 78% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 65% | Self Esteem |
| 61% | Depression |
| 57% | Forgiveness |
| 57% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 52% | ADHD |
| 52% | Loss or Grief |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 78% | Young Adult |
| 57% | Teen |
| 48% | Senior |
| 17% | Children |
Client Focus
| 57% | Men |
| 52% | LGBTQ+ |
| 48% | Women |
| 39% | Christian |
| 35% | Military / Veterans |