Healing Approaches Explained

Family Therapy

When challenges arise within a family they often affect everyone: emotionally, relationally, and in daily life. Sometimes one person’s struggles or symptoms are what bring a family to therapy and instead of viewing the struggles as belonging to one person, family therapy looks at the dynamics within the entire family unit. Family sessions offer a supportive space for everyone to explore the family’s interactions and find new ways of relating.
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Family therapy often focuses on how a family’s roles, boundaries and communication patterns shape each person’s well-being. It focuses on strengthening relationships, deepening understanding, and supporting meaningful change. Viewing children, adolescents and caregivers as integral parts of the family system allows the family to become a shared resource for insight, connection, and growth.

Family therapy can help improve communication, reduce conflict, build coping skills, highlight resources, and address behavioral concerns, stress, grief, or trauma. It is a collaborative approach that empowers the family to find its own solutions and create positive change and healing together.

Mind Body Therapy Collective Practitioners

Amy Gladstone LCSW, PhD

With extensive experience and expertise in evidence-based interventions, Amy specializes in guiding clients through the complexities of emotional reactivity and personal growth. Amy tailors her approach to address your specific needs and goals. As a certified practitioner in Somatic Experiencing and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and with training in Internal Family Systems and EMDR, Amy offers a comprehensive toolkit to facilitate lasting change.

Pamela Goldsteen, LCSW

Pamela is a trauma therapist specializing in experiential somatic modalities that gently and effectively support healing and integration and alleviate traumatic stress. She works with clients who have PTSD, depression, anxiety, OCD, work or medical issues, or grief. She also helps parents of special needs children cope with their challenges.

Caitlin Peterson, LCSW, CHt

Caitlin Peterson takes a heart-centered approach to life, guiding others in processing emotions, diffusing triggers, and embodying personal alignment. She believes life isn’t about having it all figured out, but about trusting the full self—mind, body, and soul—to enjoy the journey and recognize the next step that feels truly full. Certified in hypnotherapy, Warrior Goddess training, and other mindfulness-based, trauma-informed modalities, she is passionate about helping individuals and couples dream up a life of purpose, joy, and sustained resilience, gearing up with the tools and honing the skills to navigate life’s adventures as they come.

Stacia Thiel, LCSW NY & NJ

NY/NJ licensed integrative clinical social worker specializing in trauma, attachment, and relational healing. Certified in EMDR, hypnotherapy, and Discernment Counseling for Couples, with advanced training in EFT, structural family therapy, and somatic practices. I integrate IFS, CBT, and mindfulness to support individuals, couples, and families through life transitions, relationship struggles, and mental health challenges. Certified clinical supervisor, board member of Family Service League, and professional musician. Available for Telehealth and in-person sessions in Montclair, NJ.

Tessa Vining

Tessa Vining, LCSW, LCADC, CCS

Tessa is co-founder of the Mind Body Therapy Collective and in the past 10 years, she has integrated innovative therapeutic approaches such as CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and EMDR, among others, to help her clients achieve meaningful change.
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