Alison P. Hammonds
LCSW Psychotherapist
services
My Approach
"Welcome to change and to eliminating overwhelming feelings, fears, concerns and challenges...You've taken the hardest step...
Together we make the rest easy!"
From the difficult, defiant, acting out or troubled child, pre-teen or adolescent, to the adult experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, facing divorce, loss, occupational and employment crisis or life re-evaluation, our work together is goal oriented. Trained in many theoretical orientations, I use what works best for the unique individual, couple, or family before me. My work with you is not only collaborative, but empowering and solution focused as you learn about your own personal strengths to develop skills, coping mechanisms, seek options, understand, and make change. Sometimes, much of how we feel is deep in our unconscious inner life and may not be easily accessed by verbal/talk therapy. Evidence suggests that accessing your right brain helps one to eliminate disturbing memories. My training in Clinical Art Therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and TIR (Traumatic Incident Reduction) offers other proven therapeutic tools that are non-traumatizing but externalizing and which reduce and/or eliminate uncomfortable and immobilizing feelings.
My comprehensive care includes involvement and interactions with other systems of care: psychiatrists, school systems, child study teams, teachers, courts, and attorneys, to name a few. Together, we set goals, objectives, and tasks to be successful, and along the way increase self-esteem, gain confidence, cope with challenges and improve one's quality of daily living.
Ms. Hammonds offers supervision for Licensure services for LCSW, LPC and Art Therapy in New Jersey and New York.
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Client Focus
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Gender
All
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Ethnicity
Any
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Religous Orientation
Any
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Age
Children (Ages 4 and older)
Adolescents
Adults
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Categories
Bisexual Clients
Gay Clients
Lesbian Clients
Transgender Clients
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Specialties
With all age populations
Anxiety of fears
Trauma
Depression
Bipolar Disorder
OCD
Weight issues
Relationship issues
Trichatelomania
Personal Injury
Custody
Anger Management
Issues
Addiction
Adoption
Attention Deficit (ADHD)
Chronic Pain or Illness
Depression
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Eating Disorders
Infertility
Life Coaching
Loss or Grief
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Behaviorally disruptive youth
Parenting
Weight Loss Support
Substance Abuse
Trauma and PTSD
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Mental Health
Dissociative Disorders
Elderly Persons Disorder
Impulse Control Disorder
Personality Disorders
Psychosis
Thinking Disorders