Trumbull Family Therapy is a new therapy practice in Connecticut with roots in our sister practice, Newtown Family Therapy.

The need for quality mental health services is greater than it ever has been in Connecticut. That is the conversation that needs to be had and heard in every fabric of our lives. The conversation needs to move from one of “mental illness” to one of “mental health”. The term I always saw at the core of my practice was “wellness”—wellness in mind, wellness in body, and wellness in spirit. After having children and realizing my life was in the greatest transitional shift I’ve ever experienced, I was further drawn to these practices rather than pushed away from them. 

Making the decision to seek therapy is an incredibly humbling decision and takes immense courage. Psychotherapy has gotten a bad rap over the years, but we are in the midst of an incredibly altering era for mental health. The difference is in understanding what therapy is. It isn’t just about diagnosing someone, labeling them, or focusing on what is “wrong” with them. It is about building on strengths that are already present, uncovering coping mechanisms to allow a person to heal and thrive even in times of struggle. It is about connecting a person to the right resources to be successful in their lives. 

Therapy can support you in learning how your feelings affect everything you do. So many suffering and in pain are searching for an answer or a cure. Psychotherapy offers more than that. Psychotherapy is the key to unlocking all of the parts of ourselves that end up buried by everyday stress, trauma, pressure, and sorrow. Psychotherapy allows one to move past just surviving and encourages thriving. 

The dream of starting a private practice was born while being completely entranced by my professors at NYU as they spoke of change, equality, and what happens in the absence of love and self-awareness. Trumbull Family Therapy came to fruition in a similar fashion as did my becoming a mother—all at once and without a rulebook, backed by passion, commitment, hope, and love.