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Michelle LaFerle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Michelle has been in the counseling profession since 2009 and has worked as a clinician at Blue Water Counseling since 2017. Michelle earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Master’s degree in Counseling from Oakland University. She has experience working with a variety of ages, from children through adults. Michelle currently provides counseling virtually to teens and adults. Areas of experience & interest: Anxiety Disorders Stress Management Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self Esteem Depression Parenting

I began my career in the addiction field managing a non-profit treatment center in Seattle, Washington, the area I was born and raised. I chose the field due to being a recovering alcoholic that knows what it feels like to be stuck in the depths of addiction and knew that helping others is the path to freedom. I moved to North Carolina in the spring of 2012, became a substance abuse counselor and continued working with those with addiction in recovery housing, IOP programs and residential treatment. I found myself in the business development field and feel like I have found my true calling being able to continue having personal and professional insight as a recovering person and clinician yet getting the opportunity every day to speak with people in need, their families and other’s in the field of addiction that need support to best help those in need.

William Reitinger is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri, fully licensed in 2010. He attended National University in San Diego, CA where he graduated Magna Cumulate with his Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science and his Master’s degree in Human Behavior and Psychology. He has over 25 years providing professional services within the mental healthcare field. William utilizes skills from various therapeutic modalities such as: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Brief Solution Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Couples Therapy, Mindfulness, and Emotional Intelligence. William has abundant experience working with and helping clients with substance addictions issues, trauma and abuse, PTSD, anger management, grief and loss issues, depression, bipolar, OCD, anxiety and panic, poor self-esteem, as well as couple’s therapy.

Rebecca is a Clinical Social Worker at HRCC and an alumna of Fordham University, where her studies focused on Veterans, dissociative disorders, children, women's issues, relationships, and LGBTQ+ issues. Rebecca has experience providing trauma therapy to both adults and children. Additionally, Rebecca has experience working with individuals with chronic illness.    Her personal experiences with chronic illness, as a mother of two sons and the spouse of an Army veteran, have profoundly influenced her professional practice.

Before her current role, Rebecca served as a caregiver/aide during her early college years, providing care to individuals with cognitive and physical impairments, including, but not limited to, Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Down Syndrome. Additionally, Rebecca maintained a 14-year career as a hair and makeup artist, a background that has shaped her holistic approach to health, beauty, and therapy.

​Rebecca utilizes a diverse range of therapeutic approaches, including Strength-based approach, Goal-Setting, Narrative, CBT, Trauma Therapy, Play Therapy, and Family Systems Theory.

Rebecca offers both in-person and virtual sessions. The practice accepts most major insurance plans.

For a consultation, please get in touch with us at 201-541-8600 or rennis@hudsonrivercareandcounseling.com.

Rebecca is a Clinical Social Worker at HRCC and an alumna of Fordham University, where her studies focused on Veterans, dissociative disorders, children, women's issues, relationships, and LGBTQ+ issues. Rebecca has experience providing trauma therapy to both adults and children. Additionally, Rebecca has experience working with individuals with chronic illness.    Her personal experiences with chronic illness, as a mother of two sons and the spouse of an Army veteran, have profoundly influenced her professional practice.

Before her current role, Rebecca served as a caregiver/aide during her early college years, providing care to individuals with cognitive and physical impairments, including, but not limited to, Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Down Syndrome. Additionally, Rebecca maintained a 14-year career as a hair and makeup artist, a background that has shaped her holistic approach to health, beauty, and therapy.

​Rebecca utilizes a diverse range of therapeutic approaches, including Strength-based approach, Goal-Setting, Narrative, CBT, Trauma Therapy, Play Therapy, and Family Systems Theory.

Rebecca offers both in-person and virtual sessions. The practice accepts most major insurance plans.

For a consultation, please get in touch with us at 201-541-8600 or rennis@hudsonrivercareandcounseling.com.

Sam is an Associate Professional Counselor (pre-license Clinician) and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor with experience working with adults across the lifespan in a variety of settings, including Campus Counseling Centers, inpatient psychiatric centers, and outpatient therapy centers. Sam has also spent 8 years as an educational consultant and music instructor for several school districts across Pennsylvania.

So much of life's suffering comes not only from the events (traumas, grief, adjustment/transitions, pressure, stress), but our response to the events. Pain, rejection, avoidance, guilt, shame, anxiety, depression - we spend a great deal of time and effort attempting to escape from these places, and yet something truly powerful can happen when we begin to learn how to live functional, collaborative, fulfilling lives with them, rather than attempting to escape.

In our work together, the goal is to walk side-by-side toward a more fulfilling life! I believe that everyone's unique background, lifestyle, and psychological needs merit an individualized approach. I incorporate a variety of cognitive behavioral approaches into my work (ACT, DBT, CPT), and believe that there's a reason behind every action. As a clinician trainee, I take my continued education very seriously, and believe this is reflected in my detail-oriented approach to Therapy.

Education:

M.A. Counseling - Addiction Concentration- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Rehabilitation and Human Services- Pennsylvania State University

Training:

Core Clinical Training in DBT- Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Associate Professional Counselor- APC000679
Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor -PCB21510

Languages:

English

Sam is an Associate Professional Counselor (pre-license Clinician) and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor with experience working with adults across the lifespan in a variety of settings, including Campus Counseling Centers, inpatient psychiatric centers, and outpatient therapy centers. Sam has also spent 8 years as an educational consultant and music instructor for several school districts across Pennsylvania.

So much of life's suffering comes not only from the events (traumas, grief, adjustment/transitions, pressure, stress), but our response to the events. Pain, rejection, avoidance, guilt, shame, anxiety, depression - we spend a great deal of time and effort attempting to escape from these places, and yet something truly powerful can happen when we begin to learn how to live functional, collaborative, fulfilling lives with them, rather than attempting to escape.

In our work together, the goal is to walk side-by-side toward a more fulfilling life! I believe that everyone's unique background, lifestyle, and psychological needs merit an individualized approach. I incorporate a variety of cognitive behavioral approaches into my work (ACT, DBT, CPT), and believe that there's a reason behind every action. As a clinician trainee, I take my continued education very seriously, and believe this is reflected in my detail-oriented approach to Therapy.

Education:

M.A. Counseling - Addiction Concentration- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Rehabilitation and Human Services- Pennsylvania State University

Training:

Core Clinical Training in DBT- Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Associate Professional Counselor- APC000679
Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor -PCB21510

Languages:

English

Sam is an Associate Professional Counselor (pre-license Clinician) and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor with experience working with adults across the lifespan in a variety of settings, including Campus Counseling Centers, inpatient psychiatric centers, and outpatient therapy centers. Sam has also spent 8 years as an educational consultant and music instructor for several school districts across Pennsylvania.

So much of life's suffering comes not only from the events (traumas, grief, adjustment/transitions, pressure, stress), but our response to the events. Pain, rejection, avoidance, guilt, shame, anxiety, depression - we spend a great deal of time and effort attempting to escape from these places, and yet something truly powerful can happen when we begin to learn how to live functional, collaborative, fulfilling lives with them, rather than attempting to escape.

In our work together, the goal is to walk side-by-side toward a more fulfilling life! I believe that everyone's unique background, lifestyle, and psychological needs merit an individualized approach. I incorporate a variety of cognitive behavioral approaches into my work (ACT, DBT, CPT), and believe that there's a reason behind every action. As a clinician trainee, I take my continued education very seriously, and believe this is reflected in my detail-oriented approach to Therapy.

Education:

M.A. Counseling - Addiction Concentration- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Rehabilitation and Human Services- Pennsylvania State University

Training:

Core Clinical Training in DBT- Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Associate Professional Counselor- APC000679
Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor -PCB21510

Languages:

English

Sam is an Associate Professional Counselor (pre-license Clinician) and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor with experience working with adults across the lifespan in a variety of settings, including Campus Counseling Centers, inpatient psychiatric centers, and outpatient therapy centers. Sam has also spent 8 years as an educational consultant and music instructor for several school districts across Pennsylvania.

So much of life's suffering comes not only from the events (traumas, grief, adjustment/transitions, pressure, stress), but our response to the events. Pain, rejection, avoidance, guilt, shame, anxiety, depression - we spend a great deal of time and effort attempting to escape from these places, and yet something truly powerful can happen when we begin to learn how to live functional, collaborative, fulfilling lives with them, rather than attempting to escape.

In our work together, the goal is to walk side-by-side toward a more fulfilling life! I believe that everyone's unique background, lifestyle, and psychological needs merit an individualized approach. I incorporate a variety of cognitive behavioral approaches into my work (ACT, DBT, CPT), and believe that there's a reason behind every action. As a clinician trainee, I take my continued education very seriously, and believe this is reflected in my detail-oriented approach to Therapy.

Education:

M.A. Counseling - Addiction Concentration- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Rehabilitation and Human Services- Pennsylvania State University

Training:

Core Clinical Training in DBT- Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Associate Professional Counselor- APC000679
Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor -PCB21510

Languages:

English

Sam is an Associate Professional Counselor (pre-license Clinician) and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor with experience working with adults across the lifespan in a variety of settings, including Campus Counseling Centers, inpatient psychiatric centers, and outpatient therapy centers. Sam has also spent 8 years as an educational consultant and music instructor for several school districts across Pennsylvania.

So much of life's suffering comes not only from the events (traumas, grief, adjustment/transitions, pressure, stress), but our response to the events. Pain, rejection, avoidance, guilt, shame, anxiety, depression - we spend a great deal of time and effort attempting to escape from these places, and yet something truly powerful can happen when we begin to learn how to live functional, collaborative, fulfilling lives with them, rather than attempting to escape.

In our work together, the goal is to walk side-by-side toward a more fulfilling life! I believe that everyone's unique background, lifestyle, and psychological needs merit an individualized approach. I incorporate a variety of cognitive behavioral approaches into my work (ACT, DBT, CPT), and believe that there's a reason behind every action. As a clinician trainee, I take my continued education very seriously, and believe this is reflected in my detail-oriented approach to Therapy.

Education:

M.A. Counseling - Addiction Concentration- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Rehabilitation and Human Services- Pennsylvania State University

Training:

Core Clinical Training in DBT- Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Associate Professional Counselor- APC000679
Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor -PCB21510

Languages:

English

Sam is an Associate Professional Counselor (pre-license Clinician) and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor with experience working with adults across the lifespan in a variety of settings, including Campus Counseling Centers, inpatient psychiatric centers, and outpatient therapy centers. Sam has also spent 8 years as an educational consultant and music instructor for several school districts across Pennsylvania.

So much of life's suffering comes not only from the events (traumas, grief, adjustment/transitions, pressure, stress), but our response to the events. Pain, rejection, avoidance, guilt, shame, anxiety, depression - we spend a great deal of time and effort attempting to escape from these places, and yet something truly powerful can happen when we begin to learn how to live functional, collaborative, fulfilling lives with them, rather than attempting to escape.

In our work together, the goal is to walk side-by-side toward a more fulfilling life! I believe that everyone's unique background, lifestyle, and psychological needs merit an individualized approach. I incorporate a variety of cognitive behavioral approaches into my work (ACT, DBT, CPT), and believe that there's a reason behind every action. As a clinician trainee, I take my continued education very seriously, and believe this is reflected in my detail-oriented approach to Therapy.

Education:

M.A. Counseling - Addiction Concentration- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Rehabilitation and Human Services- Pennsylvania State University

Training:

Core Clinical Training in DBT- Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services

Associate Professional Counselor- APC000679
Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor -PCB21510

Languages:

English

I migrated to the U.S. over 20 years ago to find my ‘American Dream’. It didn’t take me long to find it. I always wanted to help people. In 2002, I graduated with a masters degree in Art Therapy & MH Counseling. Since then, I’ve been working with children and families throughout the western MA region for nearly 19 years & now in FL. I started my own private practice in 2014 and have not looked back. I have extensive experience with children and families.

Esther Dixon is a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist. She graduated from Ashford University where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree. She also graduated from Capella University with her Master of Science in Clinical and Counseling Psychology. While her license is for addiction, she continues to educate herself in a wide variety of other areas including, but not limited to: DWI Services, Conflict Resolution, CBT therapy, Co-Occurring disorders, PTSD, and many more. She is currently working on becoming a master’s level Psychologist with supervision and becoming EMDR certified. Esther Dixon is one of a kind in her field. In her spare time, she does diversity and inclusion/leadership training and spending time with her family, grandchildren, and grand pup.