individual therapy
We provide individual therapy to children, adolescents, teenagers and adults in New Jersey and New York. We also offer remote sessions via HIPAA-compliant video or other telehealth means.
Our therapy practice is rooted in the idea that each of us has within us the capacity to meet any challenge in life. We’re not here to prescribe a fixed protocol for clients, but to help them discover tools and skills to meet their lives from an empowered place — a place of choice.
We meet our clients where they are, and together we discover the best therapy plan for them. We believe what sets us apart from many therapist groups is the level of care we have for our clients. Rather than being “clinical” in our approach, we truly connect with each client’s unique personality and needs, and provide support that’s custom-fit to each person.
Some of the approaches drawn upon in our work include:
Lifespan Integration
Therapy (LI)
Lifespan Integration (LI) is a gentle therapy that works on a deep neural level which goes beyond the cognitive behavioral level (I.e., talk therapy).
Developed by therapist Peggy Pace, and based on early neural development research, it is a simple and straightforward therapy for anxiety, depression, attachment disorders and trauma resolution.
The LI therapy process, put very simply, involves creating a timeline of age-specific memories and then allowing the client to “rewrite the script” of his or her life using present-day skills and resources.
Of course, LI is much more nuanced than can be described briefly. Dr. Rosencrantz is certified in this therapy approach and can gently guide you through the process to help heal past trauma that is causing present-day challenges.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a treatment that has been researched and shown to be effective with lots of different people who have lots of different life circumstances.
DBT can be helpful for individuals and couples that have difficulty with interpersonal relationships, assertiveness, self-esteem, coping when life is painful, and regulating and tolerating emotions.
DBT includes skills that help with mindfulness, or as Marsha Linehan (the creator of DBT) says in her Skills Training Manual, "learning to be in control of your own mind, instead of letting your mind be in control of you."
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR connects the "here and now" parts of your brain to the "there and then" trauma parts, until your brain says, "It is over. I'm okay." To date, EMDR has helped an estimated two million people of all ages relieve many types of psychological stress, and even PTSD.
Briefly, how EMDR works is this: you focus on the memory of the traumatic event, your beliefs about it, and the awareness of your current emotions and sensations — while responding to eye movements, hand taps or alternating tones delivered via a completely harmless, handheld device. Your brain takes you through the event, and then it fades.
EMDR works quickly on one-event traumas. It works more slowly, but is nonetheless effective, on pervasive childhood trauma and neglect. EMDR has been extensively researched and proven effective.
Complex Integration of Multiple Brain Systems (CIMBS)
Complex Integration of Multiple Brain Systems (CIMBS) is a psychotherapy paradigm that understands people’s behaviors through the functioning of different brain systems.
Our brain is a complex “command center” that includes many systems, each responsible for things like vision, hearing, coordination, and autonomic functions (heart beat, digestion, and the other “automatic” bodily functions). There are also systems that do things like protect us from danger, build relationships, and drive motivation.
When these systems operate in a differentiated way, as intended, then a person functions at his or her highest capacity. However, they are often not sufficiently differentiated, because of early developmental experiences.
CIMBS therapy uses the present moment to track the mind and body to modify brain systems that have been wired together by these early developmental experiences or traumas, allowing the client to thrive and reach his or her best potential.