About Paula

I provide counseling for individuals, couples and families who are seeking help with a wide range of personal growth, challenges, struggles and stress related issues. I strive to work together with clients to increase their capacity to strengthen the natural healing process and empower them to have access to their compassion, connection and best self.   

I am a licensed Clinical Social Worker and Drug/Alcohol Counselor for New York and Vermont.  My experience is in stress related disorders, attachment disorders, family therapy, eating disorders, depression, pain management, addictions, trauma, anxiety, and anger management.  I utilize a wide range of modalities including insight-oriented psychotherapy, somatic experiencing, creative art therapies, positive psychology and Integrative Nutrition and Developmental Couples counseling.  I have been able to blend my training in Somatic Experiencing to enhance the capacity of my clients to feel more embodied and present. Befriending the body and feeling states to increase the window of tolerance can help to strengthen the capacity for healing and joy.

I am committed to offering intuitive insight and a nonjudgmental mental frame of reference for individuals, couples, families and teens with the intention of helping to manage and enrich their lives.  
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Medical Specialties

• Depression
• Anxiety Disorders
• Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders
• Substance Abuse and Recovery
• Attachment
• Stress Management
• Trauma
• Marital Conflict and Stress

Credentials

• LISCW, CASAC, SEP
• Provider for the  NY State OASAS IDS program
• Provider for the VT State IDRP program
• Member NAADAC

​Services

• Most Insurance Accepted
• Offices in Bennington, VT and Cambridge, NY
• Providing Telehealth through Doxy.me

Education & Training

• MSW Social Work from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
• BSW Social Work from the University of Montana

​Experience 

• LADC Evaluator for Vermont Department of Health Impaired Driver Rehabilitation Program (IDRP)
• Substance Abuse Specialist/Clinical Social Worker for the Center for Restorative Justice
• Director of Wellness,
  Russell Sage College
• Clinician at Southern Vermont  Medical Center
• Therapist at  The Spicer Center in Manchester, VT
• Therapist at Bick Wanck MD & Associates in Saratoga Springs, NY