Update 7/31/20: Due to very high demand for our services, our practice is pausing accepting new patients until August 17, 2020. Please check back in with us at that time.

Insight Psychological Group is a licensed clinical practice with locations in Westfield, Maywood, and Teaneck, New Jersey offering professional psychotherapy and counseling to address a broad range of psychological issues. Our services include individual therapy, couples therapy, and therapy for children, teens and families. In particular, we invite you to read further how counseling at IPG can help you based on your stage in life.
We offer therapy for: Depression & anxiety disorders, stress & anger, ADHD & school problems, family & relationships, divorce, trauma, couples counseling, grief & loss, chronic & terminal illness, personality disorders. In addition, we now offer Group Therapy and Workshops.

Insights

Read our “Insights” Blog discussing various topics in psychotherapy and general mental health, written by our own clinicians.

OCD: A Misunderstood Disorder

by | October 17, 2019 | Therapy | 0 Comments

“I’m so OCD”.  We hear and use this phrase commonly (and jokingly) to describe a love for cleaning or an appreciation for having things neat and...
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Even Pearls are Formed out of Adversity

by | September 29, 2019 | Therapy | 0 Comments

As a therapist, I often find what clients seek is an answer to the “why” behind their pain and suffering. “Why am I going through this?” Echoing...
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The Many Voices of Eating Disorders

by | January 31, 2019 | Mental Health | 0 Comments

A client in an eating disorder group I worked with recently disclosed her feelings that living with eating-disordered thinking makes you...
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Supporting the Symptoms (Better to Remain in “Prison”?) Part 3

by | January 22, 2019 | Therapy | 0 Comments

Supporting the Symptoms(Better to Remain in "Prison"?)Part IIIThis is Part 3 of a three-part blog entry. We hope you've enjoyed.Now, back to the...
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Supporting the Symptoms (Better to Remain in “Prison”?) Part 2

by | January 3, 2019 | Therapy | 0 Comments

Supporting the Symptoms(Better to Remain in "Prison"?)Part IIThis is Part 2 of a multipart blog entry, check back in a few days for the...
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Better to Remain in Prison?

by | December 21, 2018 | Therapy | 0 Comments

Supporting the SymptomsPart IThis is part 1 of a multipart blog entry, check back in a few days for the continuation.Therapy takes time....
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Vitality and Belonging

by | October 20, 2018 | Therapy | 0 Comments

When I think of Vitality, I think of the body. I remember feeling somewhat trapped throughout school, sitting for classes, forced to pay attention...
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The “S” Word

by | September 16, 2018 | Mental Health | 0 Comments

The "S" word – Why are so many people afraid to say it? A blog post for Suicide Prevention Month September is National Suicide...
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Mirrors in Psychotherapy

by | June 5, 2018 | Therapy | 0 Comments

A famous psychologist once wrote that we need to reinvent psychotherapy for every client. This requires of the therapist, not only a...
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What is Somatic Imagination?

by | May 16, 2018 | Therapy | 0 Comments

Somatic Imagination is inspired by Jung’s Active Imagination, Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing, Melanie Klein’s writings about...
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Symptoms emerge as our mind’s way of “dealing” with the conflict between the beliefs and assumptions that are buried deep within our psyches and what is actually happening in real life, all around us, right now.

– Dr. Helfgott