About SHIFT Your Journey Mental Health Counseling
Our Mission
At SHIFT Your Journey Mental Health Counseling, we are committed to providing accessible and culturally responsive mental health counseling to help individuals—especially those in communities of color—heal from mental health struggles, navigate life transitions, and build a healthier future. We achieve this by:
Culturally Affirming Spaces: We envision building spaces where mental health care is a safe, culturally responsive resource for individuals, allowing them to express themselves authentically without fear of judgment.
Culturally Competent Care: Tailoring therapy to reflect the cultural, racial, and historical experiences of each individual, addressing the unique pressures faced by communities of color.
Generational Healing & Empowerment: By addressing and healing past traumas, we help break the cycle of generational pain and promote the emotional well-being of future generations, fostering a legacy of mental wellness and strength.
Life Transitions: Providing guidance through major life changes (e.g., career shifts, loss, relocation, identity transformations) to help individuals navigate these moments with strength and clarity.
Mental Health Support: Offering compassionate therapy to help individuals manage anxiety, depression, and other challenges, promoting emotional balance and stability.
We are dedicated to supporting the whole person, offering real solutions for lasting change.
Our Vision
At SHIFT Your Journey, our vision is to empower individuals—especially in communities of color—to break free from generational struggles and build generational mental wealth.
We are committed to creating a diverse practice that serves a larger community, offering the tools and support needed to overcome trauma, navigate life’s changes, foster healing, and create a healthier, more fulfilling future for all.
Why Culture Matters
Culture isn’t just background; it’s the lens through which we see ourselves, our challenges, and our healing. For communities of color, cultural identity shapes how anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions are understood and expressed. Ignoring this context can lead to therapy that feels generic, disconnected, or even unsafe.
Healing begins with feeling seen. Research shows that clients are more likely to engage, open up, and achieve real progress when therapy reflects their cultural identity and lived experience. For many communities of color, traditional therapy has often failed to acknowledge systemic stress, generational trauma, or cultural resilience. At SHIFT, we close that gap by providing culturally responsive, evidence-based online therapy tailored to you.
Culture carries more than traditions—it carries family dynamics, generational patterns, spirituality, language, and resilience. When therapy ignores these dimensions, healing is incomplete. At SHIFT, we integrate cultural wisdom with modern clinical care to provide therapy that is holistic, relevant, and transformative. At SHIFT Your Journey, therapy is more than conversation. Every session is grounded in clinical expertise and evidence-based practices, with personalized treatment plans designed to reduce symptoms, address presenting issues, and improve your overall well-being. This means therapy is not only compassionate; it’s also structured, goal-oriented, and results-focused.
Culture isn’t an add-on at SHIFT—it’s the foundation of our care. We specialize in online individual therapy for communities of color ages 13–65, serving clients across Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Texas. At SHIFT Your Journey, we know that true healing happens when therapy honors your story, your culture, and your future. We are focused on real transformation, not just conversation.
Our Commitment to Clinical Excellence
At SHIFT, mental wellness is not just a profession—it’s a calling. Our clinicians are dedicated to ongoing professional development, receiving regular clinical supervision, and engaging in advanced trainings in modalities like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, DBT, and trauma-informed care. We also prioritize culturally affirming and anti-oppressive frameworks that recognize the impact of systemic injustice on mental health.
We stay current so that your care is not only compassionate—but effective.
Our Team & Approach
Our licensed therapists reflect the diverse communities we serve. We specialize in anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, and identity-based challenges. Whether you're seeking therapy with a Black therapist, a Spanish-speaking provider, or someone who truly understands your cultural background, our team is here to support you.
Our Values: The 3Cs
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This core value challenges us to seek competence in all areas of our practice from evidence-based treatment approaches to cultural competence. This core value also guides us in prioritizing our clients' experiences.
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This core value grounds us in our work. When we approach our work from a place of compassion, empathy, and care, we are able to serve with respect, dignity, and integrity. We also suspend judgment and see our clients from a place of power, not brokenness.
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A good therapeutic alliance is beneficial to a client's healing and growth. Through collaboration, we are able to help our clients gain insights to help them SHIFT their lives forward. This core value reminds us to also seek collaboration in our work.
Start Your Journey with SHIFT Today
Begin Your Journey to Better Mental Health Today. If what you've tried isn’t working, it’s time for a SHIFT. Let us support you in transforming your Career, Relationships, Life, and Mental Health with compassionate care and evidence-based tools that truly make a difference. Schedule an appointment now — your next chapter starts here.