MISSION STATEMENT
Here, at Roots & Branches Therapy, we feel it is a privilege to bear witness to the story of your roots as you branch out towards your goals. We endeavor to serve a diverse client base providing insight, empathy, honest feedback, and tools to help you overcome obstacles and difficult circumstances. We utilize evidence-based treatments and our team of skillful practitioners is diligent in their own continuous professional development to serve you better. Our mission is to empower our clients to courageously pursue lives of genuine connection, professional fulfillment, wondrous adventure and mindful acceptance.
Psychotherapists
Nicole Gonzalez, LCSW (she, her, hers) Psychotherapist, Clinical Director, Founder
Nicole is a psychotherapist with a history in business leadership roles, who passionate about enabling individuals and couples to overcome the effects of trauma and mental health challenges. Her clinical focus includes survivors of trauma, interpersonal challenges (including couples), and professional growth . She partners with her clients to better understand themselves, overcome challenges, and achieve their goals. She feels privileged to be present with her clients in dark moments and creates an authentic connection and safe, warm, empathetic environment. Nicole uses an eclectic approach to therapy drawing from EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization Response), DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), Gottman Couples Therapy, Object Relations, AEDP, Attachment Theory, and Motivational Interviewing.
EMDRIA Trained EMDR Therapist
DBT Certified by DBTNCAA
AVAILABILITY
- Nicole is at capacity and taking names for her waitlist
- Out-of-Network/ Full fee $250/session
Vanessa Williams, LMHC (she, her, hers) Supervising Psychotherapist
Vanessa is a mental health counselor who nurtures a genuine connection with her clients with her warm, accepting presence, contagious smile and wonderful sense of humor. Maya Angelou said, “There is no greater agony than bearing the untold story inside you.” Each person’s story shapes who they are, and there are stories that are a burden to carry alone that is relieved when met with empathy. Vanessa considers it to be an honor to be with clients as they share their untold story, gain greater self-knowledge, and manifest the story that is yet to come. Vanessa incorporates a wide range of modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic Therapy and Narrative Therapy. Vanessa welcomes the opportunity to work with clients of all races, genders, sexualities, religions, nationalities/ethnicities, and all relationship types.
AVAILABILITY & RATES
- Vanessa has limited early AM daytime virtual only availability
- Rates for out-of-network/full fee $ 200/session
Sophie Desnoyers, MHC-LP, (she, hers, her) Psychotherapist
Sophie is a mental health counselor who sees each clients potential for growth within a safe and honest therapeutic space. She appreciates the risk clients take when sharing their struggles and stories. In honoring that risk, Sophie reminds clients every step of the way of their power. Pain, distress and discomfort can inform us about the ways we see, move through, and live in the world. Sophie encourages clients to explore these pain points and move forward with a new perspective: more in alignment with their values and goals. Sophie primarily works through an integrated, eclectic approach, incorporating acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy, and mindfulness in her work with clients.
AVAILABILITY
- Sophie recently one in-person evening appointment, several
evening virtual only appointments, many in-person and
virtual daytime and weekend appointments available
- Rates for out-of-network/full fee $190/session
Chardonnay Badchkam, LMHC, Psychotherapist (she, her, hers)
Chardonnay Badchkam (pronounced Batch-Kam), also known as Char, is a mental health counselor who serves her clients as both an ally and advocate with her warm, steady presence. Char empathizes, from personal experience, with how difficult it can be to ask for help and how overwhelming it can be to find a counselor who feels like the right fit. Through years of experience as both client and the counselor, it is Char’s firm belief that each client deserves a trusted guide who lets you set the pace and direction on your path towards mental wellness.
In addition to concrete tools and evidence-based practices Char utilizes, she is currently engaged in the study of the Jungian psychodynamic school of thought.
AVAILABILITY
- Char has availability at 9am on Sundays
- Cigna in-network
- Rates for out-of-network/full fee $190/session
Meghan Murtaugh, CAT-LP (she, her, hers) Psychotherapist
Meghan is a Creative Arts Therapist who is attuned to the honor of hearing someone’s story, and seeing how each client evolves with that story. She understands the privilege it is to witness clients grow, heal, and branch out into the most authentic version of themselves. She creates a warm, non-judgemental space, where clients can feel safe to explore their emotions in a creative way. She integrates traditional talk therapy with creative arts therapies to facilitate an environment that encourages the client to water their “roots" with intention to create, express, transform, and heal. Meghan believes that creative expression, along with compassionate guidance, can initiate transformation, where one may experience relief from overwhelming emotions, challenging thoughts, and trauma.
AVAILABILITY
- Meghan has availability
* Telehealth Tuesday 12:30-9pm and Wed 7am-3:30pm
* Starting 9/18 In-Person/Telehealth Sun 11am-7pm &
Mon 12pm-9pm
- Cigna in-network
- Rates for out-of-network/full fee $ 180/session
Betsy Carlson (she, hers, her) Mental Health Counseling Intern
Betsy sees herself as a facilitator of change supporting clients in making real-life transformations. Through non-judgmental exploration, she empathetically collaborates with her clients to identify opportunities for growth. Together you will journey through the recent and distant past to define and clarify triggers, emotions, relationships, and patterns that shape your life. Betsy fosters clients’ strengths and tailors her approach to each client’s comfort with a focus on intersectional identities, and cultural background. Betsy draws from a range of trauma focused modalities in her work with clients. She will be co-facilitating our DBT Groups this fall and thereby will be well versed in DBT skill building.
AVAILABILITY
- Starting 9/15 in-person or telehealth Fri 11:15p, 12p, 2:45p
- Starting 9/22 in-person or telehealth Fri 2pm
- Low sliding scale $30-$ 50/session
Frank Veltri (he, him, his) Mental Health Counseling Intern
Frank is a mental health counseling intern who strives to provide his clients with a warm and welcoming environment that is marked by curiosity, familiarity, and, whenever appropriate, bit of humor. He hopes to meet clients where they are and tailor treatment to their unique goals and personality, since there is no one-size-fits-all approach to the therapeutic process. His approach combines insight-oriented and goal-directed interventions, and he chooses tools appropriate to each client from narrative, psychodynamic, strengths-based, and Cognitive-Behavioral modalities. Frank welcomes emerging adults and adolescents who are struggling with transitions into high schools, college and/or the working world. His focus also includes issues related to relationships, self-concept, and the overall stress that often coincides with any significant transition. Frank has had experience and interest in working with neurodiverse folks.
AVAILABILITY
- Frank will have Sunday availability starting in October
- Cigna In-Network
- $180 out-of-network
Courtney Bass, LMHC (she, her, hers) Supervising Psychotherapist
Courtney is a trauma-focused mental health counselor. She works collaboratively with her clients to foster growth, self-acceptance, and fulfilling interpersonal relationships. Courtney believes in every client’s natural propensity towards self-actualization and believes it is her job as therapist to help her clients identify obstacles to growth. She is honored to enter each client’s world and treats every client with respect and empathy. Courtney promotes a safe and validating environment in which clients can explore their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors through a combination of psychoeducation, skill building, and talk therapy. She centers her practice on evidence-based approaches including EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization Response), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and motivational interviewing using an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed lens.
EMDRIA Trained EMDR Therapist
AVAILABILITY
- Courtney is at capacity and taking names for her waitlist
- Rates for out-of-network/full fee $ 200/session
Angel Suarez, MFT-LP, MSEd, MA x2 (all pronouns) Psychotherapist
Angel is a marriage and family therapist who is honored to empathetically guide all types of clients on their journey of growth to their highest potential and achieving their authentic self. By creating a collaborative nonjudgmental space, Angel validates adults and adolescents to become empowered by their unique individual identities and supports couples and families in navigating relational conflict. Angel’s specializations include adolescents and families undergoing trauma, gender-affirming therapy, LGBTQI+ community, alternative relationship models, sex therapy (kink-aware). Angel has also partnered with clients to support them with a broad range issue, including: anxiety, depression, suicidality, bipolar disorder, sexual dysfunctions, eating disorders, identity issues, life transitions, and trauma.
AVAILABILITY
- Angel is at capacity
As we grow so will our team...
Roots & Branches is a new business,. Overtime, we hope to continue with a broad range of practitioners to support all of your wellness goals.