Justine provides compassionate, individualized counseling for adolescents, adults, and families, integrating her clinical expertise to support healing and personal growth. With a focus on generational trauma, family conflict, relationship issues, life transitions, and grief counseling, she helps clients navigate challenges, build resilience, and foster emotional well-being. Her tailored approach empowers individuals to break cycles, strengthen relationships, and create lasting transformation.
Experience
Justine is a licensed social worker and a Monmouth University graduate with a Master’s degree in social work. Over the past 10 years, she has experience supporting children, families, and individuals across a variety of settings and levels of need. Justine’s professional experience as a therapist includes conducting comprehensive assessments, identifying client strengths and areas of need, developing individualized treatment goals, and providing therapeutic support to promote improved functioning and quality of life. She has also worked with child protective and family-serving agencies, providing support and intervention to individuals experiencing crisis, and serving as a school counselor within a specialized private school setting for individuals with Autism. Her clinical approach is grounded in compassionate, client-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a commitment to helping individuals and families achieve meaningful and sustainable outcomes.
Client Focus
Individuals (ages 10 and older), Couples and Families
Types of Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Cognitive Processing (CPT), Emotionally Focused, Family Systems Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Mindfulness-Based (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing, Motivational Interviewing, Person-Centered, Psychodynamic Therapy and Strengths-Based
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): Helping you process scary or traumatic experiences by identifying negative “stuck points” and developing safer, more balanced perspectives.
- Family Systems Therapy: Exploring the interconnected relationships and communication patterns within your family unit to foster balance, understanding, and shared healing.
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): Identifying repetitive cycles of conflict and learning to express core emotional needs to build deeper, secure connections with loved ones.
Issues / Specialties
Anxiety, depression, Autism, generational trauma, life transitions, family conflict, relationship issues and many more
More than just my work:
I’m basically a crafty little gym rat who can crochet a blanket, paint a masterpiece, redecorate a room, ride a horse, walk for miles, and somehow still find the energy to demolish an entire plate of pasta followed by a suspiciously large amount of tacos.
My favorite quote:
“Oh yes, the past can hurt. But… you can either run from it or learn from it.” -Rafiki from The Lion King.
