MINDFUL MINDS COUNSELING

Welcome 

Welcome to Mindful Minds Counseling, providing bilingual psychotherapy and counseling in English and Spanish, in Princeton, New Jersey. Office specializes in child and adolescent therapy; working with both adults and families for holistic growth.

Mindful Minds Counseling began in efforts to aid individuals gain perspectives and understanding of their issues in relation to the world they immerse in.  The mission is to help those struggling with communication gain perspective of others and build on problem solving skills.  During sessions we will  learn to distinguish the coping skills that aid in problem solving versus those that may exasperate problems.  Through the therapeutic relationship we can learn from experiences and work towards healthy pathways, while strengthening: fortitude, perseverance, and resilience. 

Services and Specialties

Mindful Minds Counseling offers several approaches to psychotherapy to children, adolescents, families, and adults. Below are the models that are pulled from in an eclectic approach to therapy in office or via telehealth. 

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

 The approach to therapy is underlined by a cognitive behavioral model that functions to change thinking patterns, helping you to recognize and reevaluate distortions in thought processes. This model of therapy works to gain better understanding of issues present and work towards developing a unique set of skills to manage difficult situations. Together we will work to develop a greater sense of confidence in your abilities through the understanding of the relationship of our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. 

Dialect Behavioral Therapy

DBT is especially effective for individuals with difficulty regulating and managing emotions. DBT is a type of CBT with focus on relationships, goals, and values. In DBT we learn the value of interpersonal relationships. A mindful approach to limit behaviors that may get in the way of growth. DBT skills can be applied in long term and short-term goals by bringing awareness to what contributes to discomfort and process changes towards comfort in healthy ways. When uncomfortable we often seek the quickest way to comfort; unfortunately for many those methods typically lead to greater issues such as: toxic relationships, addictions, self-harm, ideation, and even inability to experience comfort feelings in return repeating the cycle of unhealthy coping in efforts to feel. 

Trauma Focused

A trauma focused approach to therapy addresses suffering associated with destructive effects of early trauma. It is particularly sensitive to unique problems of youth and post-traumatic stress. Incidents that can lead to trauma may take the form of: abuse (sexual, emotional, and physical), domestic violence, combat, illness, neglect, poverty, or near death experiences (direct, secondary, or witness). The impact of trauma can be subtle, hidden, or destructive. This approach to therapy works towards stabilization of presenting symptoms by telling the story of your traumatic experience to consolidate lessons and skills in an effort to prepare for success.

Mindfulness-Based

MBCT is an approach to therapy that incorporates mindfulness practices, which include breathing exercises and meditation. The focus of this approach to therapy is to learn to be in the here and now, breaking away from negative thinking which contributes to disengagement. This approach works to helps all ages engage in whole mind reasoning, moving away from running on emotion, forcing stimulation of the brain. 

Internal Family Systems

IFS is an approach to therapy that identifies and addresses sub-personalities within a person's mental system. Sub-personalities consist of wounded parts and emotions such as shame and anger, that attempt to control and protect individuals from the pain of the wounded parts. Different parts of the self come out in efforts of self-preservation to protect. The issue comes when we don't know how to express our emotions,  we hush anger, guilt, or sadness due to its discomfort, sedate it, but forget to tune in to what is needed. How do you feel when you are told to stop talking? The focus of this approach is to integrate and heal the wounded fragments of oneself in order to produce harmony and balance through understanding of oneself and our needs. 

I also specialize in multicultural, life coaching, and positive psychology therapy.