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Find Veterans / Military Therapists & Counselors in East Orange, NJ.

 

Military life comes with unique struggles that can have lasting effects on veterans and their families. The stress of service, war-related trauma, and adjustment coming back to civilian life can all take their toll. Members of the military and their loved ones may develop mental health concerns like PTSD, depression, and anxiety, making life more difficult than it could be.

This is where therapy can help. Whether you are located in downtown East Orange, the suburbs of East Orange, other nearby places such as Newark, Union City, or anywhere else in New Jersey, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Common Issues Military Veterans and Families Face

Here are some of the most prevalent issues facing veterans and military families:

  • Veterans: Combat injuries, addictions to narcotics, alcoholism, difficulties getting reacclimated to the civilian world, mental issues like anxiety and PTSD.
  • Military families: worry and sadness during deployment, concern for the well-being of the military member, financial struggles, a fear of being uprooted, lack of control, mental conditions like depression and anxiety, vicarious trauma.

It’s normal to have difficulty during military service or after exiting the military, and that’s why veteran and military family counseling exists. If you or your family are struggling, we recommend you explore your therapy options.

Seek Veteran/Military Family Counseling Now!

A licensed counselor will work with you and your family to explore and resolve the mental and emotional issues holding you back from enjoying life to its fullest. And Mental Health Match can help you find an experienced therapist in your area. Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Melissa McCalister
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develop a medication management treatment plan specific to your needs.


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develop a medication management treatment plan specific to your needs.

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My philosophy centers on individualized care, emphasizing understanding, support, and empowerment in the journey towards mental wellness.

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  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety Medication
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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My diverse experience, working with clients of various ages, backgrounds, and diagnoses, has emphasized the significance of meeting clients where they are and identifying their unique goals for improvement.


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My diverse experience, working with clients of various ages, backgrounds, and diagnoses, has emphasized the significance of meeting clients where they are and identifying their unique goals for improvement.

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As a therapist, my responsibility is to work together with you to understand your therapy goals and find ways to help you achieve them. My ultimate goal is to establish a space where clients feel safe, supported, and accepted.

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  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Behavior Change
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Teen Depression
  • Trauma
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Discover your challenges or traumas. From there we will explore techniques and interventions that will help you process and resolve what you're facing so that you can live a life of freedom, peace and harmony.


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Discover your challenges or traumas. From there we will explore techniques and interventions that will help you process and resolve what you're facing so that you can live a life of freedom, peace and harmony.

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I take a strength based holistic perspective. This means I'll ask you about your thoughts and behaviors, your family history as well as your environment to understand who you are as an individual in the wider context of your life.

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  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Breakups
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Marriage
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Worth
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma
  • Women
  • Young Women
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Tamara Payne
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Implement coping strategies to address present issues and negative behavior patterns. Then we will take the time to analyze the past to help you see why you were behaving this way to help prevent you from repeating the behavior.


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Implement coping strategies to address present issues and negative behavior patterns. Then we will take the time to analyze the past to help you see why you were behaving this way to help prevent you from repeating the behavior.

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A Tranquil Room is a psychotherapy practice that offers a safe place to heal from the internal wounds of life. I am a psychotherapist that has over two decades of experience. I offer inclusive virtual therapy to people in the state of New Jersey.

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  • Abuse
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Acute Stress
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Adult Adoptees
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Alcohol
  • Anxiety
  • Asian and Pacific Islanders
  • Assault
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Behavior Change
  • Bisexuality
  • Caregivers
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Chronic Stress
  • Coming Out
  • Communication Skills
  • Co-Parenting
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Cultural Adjustment
  • Cultural Trauma
  • Depression
  • Disability
  • Dissatisfaction
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Existential Issues
  • Family Conflict
  • Feeling Lost
  • Feminism Adjustment to Cultural Disapointment
  • Financial Stress
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Gender Identity
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Graduate Students
  • Grief
  • Habit Change
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Hispanics
  • Illness and Disease
  • Immigrants
  • Internet Use
  • Interpersonal Difficulties
  • Intrusive Thoughts
  • Job Stress
  • Latinos
  • Manic Depression
  • Marriage
  • Mood Disorders
  • Natural Disasters
  • New Parent
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (OCSDs)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Distress
  • Sadness
  • Separation
  • Sexuality
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Isolation
  • South Asians
  • Stepfamilies
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma
  • Traumatic Loss
  • Undocumented Residents
  • Work Stress
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Explore your coping methods and unlock new strategies to help you live your best life. What you may experience as symptoms are actually solutions to problems that we need to explore together and find new ways of solving.


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Explore your coping methods and unlock new strategies to help you live your best life. What you may experience as symptoms are actually solutions to problems that we need to explore together and find new ways of solving.

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As a psychologist, I use powerful assessment methods to help you "look under the hood" and better understand yourself and your specific dilemmas of change. We collaborate and use our curiosity to really understand you without shame.

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  • Anxiety
  • Assessments
  • Attachment Issues
  • Complex Trauma
  • Major Depressive Disorder
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Edward Jenny remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North...