Individual Therapy

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Individual psychotherapy at Walden Pond Counseling offers a confidential, collaborative space where clients work one-on-one with a licensed psychologist to explore thoughts, emotions, and behaviors; develop coping skills; process trauma; resolve conflicts; and build resilience. Through evidence-based approaches tailored to each person's needs, therapy helps reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, improve relationships and functioning, strengthen identity and spiritual integration, and support recovery from abuse and crisis. Regular sessions create continuity and focused attention on personal goals, increasing self-awareness and promoting lasting change.

  • Areas of specialized individual therapy

    • Trauma-focused therapy (including complex trauma and PTSD)

    • Grief, bereavement, and loss

    • Chronic pain and illness adjustment

    • Health behavior change and illness management

    • Coping with life transitions (divorce, relocation, retirement)

    • Identity development and exploration (including cultural, racial, and sexual identity)

    • Minority stress and cross-cultural adjustment

    • Military and veteran-related issues (deployment, reintegration, moral injury)

    • Substance use and co-occurring disorders (integrated treatment)

    • Parenting stress and parent-child relational therapy

    • Mood and anxiety disorders

    • Couples-related individual work (including infidelity recovery and communication skills)

    • Sexual concerns and sexual functioning

    • Chronic relationship patterns and attachment-focused therapy

    • Anger management and impulse control

    • Identity and role-related stress for caregivers

    • Academic and school-related stress, test anxiety, and executive functioning support

    • Neurodiversity-affirming therapy (ADHD, autism spectrum adults)

    • Spiritual and existential concerns

    • Emotion regulation skills training (DBT-informed)

    • Mindfulness-based stress reduction and acceptance-based approaches

    • Psychoeducation for families regarding diagnosis and treatment planning

  • Ages: Preteen, teen, adults, Elder

  • Session length: 1 hour

  • Fees:

    • Covered by the following insurance:

      • Aetna

      • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

      • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Virginia

      • Carelon Behavioral Health

      • Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey

      • Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania - Virtual National Network

      • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid Atlantic

      • Quest Behavioral Health

      • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah

      • Select Health - Utah

    • Private pay: $190.00 per hour