Jennifer L. Makadok, LCSW

Please call 203-524-8191 if you would like to discuss your needs.

Together, we can tackle the issues that

interfere with a well-balanced and happy life.

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Specialty Areas

Individual Therapy

My clients often describe me as a highly empathetic and engaged therapist - a compassionate listener with a strong intuitive sense. Stress, acute crisis, and interpersonal, family or work-related conflicts can all create ineffective ways of coping, possibly resulting in substance abuse, anxiety, depression, obsessive thinking, perfectionism, and other unhealthy conditions. Distorted perceptions may also cause individuals to look at life through a lens of negativity with no relief in sight. By identifying your strengths and opportunities for self-discovery, together we can tackle the issues that interfere with a well-balanced and happy life.

Trauma Therapy

I use two proven methods of treating trauma, Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). SE is a gentle model that helps identify, normalize and heal often unexplained or persistent symptoms that may be due to the effects of unresolved trauma and a thwarted fight or flight response. EMDR therapy is a technique used to reprocess traumatic experiences into productive ways of coping by resolving painful memories. As a certified practitioner in both of these evidence-based therapies, I often dovetail them to customize treatment to meet your unique needs.

Couples Therapy

Couples may arrive to therapy not able to name the exact reasons for being there but knowing something is off, like ongoing feelings of anger or disconnect. Or, the problem can be more apparent like a betrayal of trust, or a shift in intimacy. Sometimes daily bickering about small things can indicate a larger problem that, once exposed, can be resolved. I use proven tools, developed by leading institutions that are based on relationship skill-building to effectively break the difficult cycles of conflict. In doing so, I find ways to help couples cherish each other again. And, if a couple arrives at the difficult decision to part ways, I provide divorce counseling to help navigate the process of separating.

I tailor treatment to meet your individual needs. Many of the specific conditions I focus on include:

Anxiety

Depression

Childhood emotional neglect or abuse

Marital and couples issues, divorce and relationship abuse

Trauma from accidents, disasters or violence

Self-harm

Parenting skills

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Treating addiction or healing from someone else's addiction

Intimacy and sexuality

Chronic pain and illness

Grief and complicated loss

Self-care and achieving calmness

Please visit LinkedIn to learn more about my credentials.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in CT and NY and also registered as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Florida for working with clients remotely.

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Live Your Best Life

The relationship with a therapist is widely recognized as the key to success in the overall process of healing. I am a seasoned clinician with over thirty years in practice, providing clients with a trusted, collaborative and individualized therapeutic experience. My commitment to ongoing professional training assures you a level of advanced expertise in solving life's most challenging issues.

Some common objectives in therapy often include resolving trauma, shifting unhelpful behavior patterns into effective strategies, improving interpersonal communications, self-esteem and a sense of belonging.

For these and all other areas of concern, I believe that people have the courage and capacity for self-discovery and to feel better. My job is to guide you to achieve your goals.

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