Aniela LaTraverse, LICSW

LICSW in Massachusetts with 10 years of experience, Aniela LaTraverse helps people facing trauma, mood disorders, relationship and parenting challenges, and stress-related concerns. She works with depression, anxiety, addiction, bipolar disorder, grief, ADHD, and many practical life issues. Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not accepted.

Aniela uses a client-centered stance and draws on psychodynamic ideas, motivational interviewing, dialectical behavior therapy, and trauma-focused approaches. In sessions she listens for what matters most to the person and then helps name patterns that get in the way. She combines skills work with reflection about past experiences that affect current relationships and moods.

She also supports people who need practical help navigating the mental health system and coordinating care. That can include discussing treatment options or communicating with other providers when needed. Her work often includes building coping skills for stress, managing strong emotions, and addressing patterns that fuel anxiety or depression.

Aniela describes her approach as respectful and nonjudgmental and avoids using stigmatizing labels. She uses motivational techniques to help people find the next steps they want to take and DBT-informed skills for emotion regulation when those are helpful. Psychodynamic ideas are brought in to understand longstanding patterns and attachment concerns.

Sessions emphasize clear goals and gradual changes. People often practice new skills between meetings and review what works. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session through the site.

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