Individual Psychotherapy
Online (NY/NJ) & In-person (NJ)
Yes, things can be different.
Perhaps you’ve thought about therapy for years, but it’s never been the right time. Now you've hit a bit of a wall—no shame in that—and here you are.
Or,
You’ve tried therapy before; it’s been helpful, but you still find yourself hoping for more relief from the symptoms that up until now have been tiresome but bearable.
Maybe you’re noticing:
Increased anxiety: general sense of worry that is hard or impossible to shake
Sadness, emptiness, or disconnect from yourself or others
Trouble sleeping or changes in eating patterns
Your normal ways of coping: staying busy, firing on all cylinders, overachieving—aren’t working as well as they used to and you are feeling frayed at the edges
A desire to self-isolate; it feels easier to be on your own
Being confused about why you feel so low when—outwardly at least—things in your life are going well.
You don’t have to be be able to define the problem on your own; if you know something isn’t right, that’s enough.
How individual therapy with Dr. Berger works
I work within a relational, psychodynamic* lens; this may include exploration of previous relationships, attachment styles, and family patterns. It is more “exploratory” work, and it can be incredibly healing and helpful.
In getting really curious about how the past influences the present, we can start to understand and dismantle long-held and unhealthy ways of relating to oneself and others. I often pair traditional “talk therapy” approaches with more trauma-focused techniques and/or EMDR, as appropriate.
Learn more about EMDR here and trauma-focused work here.
*Here I am referring to an approach that emphasizes the therapeutic relationship in understanding the impact of the past on the present.
Things can change
Here’s how I can help:
Do a deeper dive in order to define the problem, together
Reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation
Reduce feelings of anxiety and worry
Increase a sense of agency and control over your life
Validate your experience, and help you understand where your reactions are coming from
Identify and reduce the impact of stressors on your day-to-day life