Counseling & Integrative Treatment

At NESCA, we provide psychotherapy services for high schoolers and young adults who experience challenges including stress management, emotional and attentional regulation, anxiety, depression, low self esteem, and social/communication difficulties. Our seasoned clinicians meet each client where they’re at, moving at a pace that feels safe and comfortable. Interventions commonly used include cognitive behavioral therapy, compassion-focused therapy, mindfulness, elements of dialectical behavioral therapy and more, depending on client needs.

Each treatment plan is individualized, with progress monitored closely and continuously throughout treatment. Psychotherapists at NESCA provide short-term or long-term therapy to select individuals, as identified through the intake process. In addition to psychotherapy, our licensed clinical social worker also provides the following services:

• Individual Parent Guidance Training
• School-based Consultation to Counselors, Teachers, or Related Professionals
• Executive Function Coaching using a Relational and Therapeutic Approach (please see Coaching Services)

To learn more about these services, please email Crystal Jean at cjean@nesca-newton.com. Or, to book an intake with Carly Loureiro, MSW, LCSW, please complete NESCA’s Intake Form and note “Psychotherapy” as your reason for referral.

Psychoeducational Counseling

At NESCA we provide one-on-one dynamic holistic psychoeducational counseling for children, teens and young adults who experience emotional, attentional, challenges, anxiety and ASD and other challenges.  There are many options of counseling available to individuals and individuals choosing psychoeducational counseling have some level of self-awareness and are seeking help for a particular situation or problem. Psychoeducational counseling provides psychotherapy with education.  Psychoeducational counseling enhances outcomes by increasing knowledge and improving skills. Sessions may include discussion, reading of articles, completion of checklists, use of biofeedback tools, watching of videos, and by assigning tasks outside of the session and tracking tool/skill usage.

Psychoeducational counseling helps clients better understand themselves, improve social competence, manage stress, and many more areas.  NESCA’s psychoeducational counseling is a holistic socio-ecological approach that assesses a client in relationship to other systems (i.e. family, school etc.) and uses that information to inform treatment and decision making.  Psychoeducational counseling uses a variety of theoretical models (i.e. CBT, mindfulness, narrative, client-centered) to improve knowledge and skills. Many clients request psychoeducational counseling because they have a specific area or problem they want to address.  For instance, clients learn that they may have cognitive distortions that are interfering with their perception of events or situations. Parent/caregiver involvement where appropriate may include separate guidance sessions or joining sessions with their son/daughter.

Counselors at NESCA provide short-term or long term psycho educational counseling to enhance individual outcomes and improve self-awareness, social-emotional functioning and stress management of select individuals, as identified through the intake process.

To learn more about these services, please email Dot Lucci at dlucci@nesca-newton.com. Or, to book an intake with Dot Lucci, please complete NESCA’s Intake Form and note “Psychoeducational Counseling” as your reason for referral.