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Elisabeth Constantine, LPC, NBCCH, LLC Psychotherapist & Hypnotherapist
Licensed Professional Counselor by the New Jersey Board of Marriage and Family Therapists.
Nationally Certified Counselor by the National Board of Certified Counselors. Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist by the National Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists, Inc.
57 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, NJ 07666
201-925-3550
Biography
For many years, Ms Constantine has helped many people who were touched by her nurturing spirit and talent as a Mental Health Professional. She is multiculturally sensitive and has experience working in variety of settings with people of various backgrounds. Ms Constantine has also provided psychological commentary on Court TV. She currently has a private practice in Teaneck New Jersey for individual, couple and family therapy.
Ms Constantine's approach is both sensitive and empathic, yet realistic and goal oriented. She believes in empowering people by helping them discover their strengths and break the barriers which prevent them from being the best they can be. She provides services for problems that may be situational or those that are more pervasive. Her unique and flexible approach to treatment has proven effectual with her clients. She often uses a theoretical combination of cognitive/behavioral and insight oriented treatment.
Education
MA in Mental Health Counseling, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL 1997.
BS, BA, Psychology, Political Science: University of Central Florida, Orlando, 1994.
Professional Associations, Academic Awards and Honors
Nationally Certified Counselor by the National Board of Certified Counselors,The American Counseling Association, The American Psychological Association, Psi Chi National Honor Society since 1994, and Chi Sigma Iota Counseling and Academic Society International since 1995.
When someone decides to seek therapy, they often acknowledge responsibility for their choices and for their future. The therapist's task would be to help them recognize what they can do to live up to their full potential. The emphasis can be put on their good points, hence bringing out their "latent aliveness." The therapist must be in the phenomenological world, i.e., the present, with the client; the therapist whole being must be with them. It truly means listening, relinquishing stereotypes, anticipation and allowing oneself to be shaped by the client's responses. The therapist offers their own characteristics, then transcends themselves, not as a disinterested observer but a real human being.
Therapy is task taken on by both the client and the therapist. Respect in an important factor in this relationship. The therapist would have faith in their client's potential to cope and discover ways to better themselves. The therapist models authentic behavior by being transparently real with the clients and self disclosing at appropriate times. This in turn will engage the client in being authentic and less guarded. The client is often encouraged to discuss his values, beliefs and assumptions about themselves. This gives the therapist insight into the client's attitude toward themselves. To quote Yalom, "The therapist's mandate is clear: to illuminate the present, to expose and scatter the demons of the past, to help the patient detoxify events that are intrinsically benign but irrationally experienced and noxious."
Ms. Constantine provides services for, but not limited to, the following:
and other situational issues.
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