- Anxiety and depression
- Codependency support
- Life transitions
About Helen
Helen Raiani is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, relationship stress, and life transitions. Her work often includes support for concerns such as codependency, addiction, grief, trauma, and challenges with self-esteem and intimacy.
She uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods that match each person's needs. Sessions tend to center on practical steps people can try between meetings, plus space to talk through painful or confusing feelings. Clients are invited to set goals and move at their own pace while building new ways to cope with everyday pressures.
Her background covers a wide range of issues including parenting stress, ADHD, chronic illness, and career concerns. Helen also helps people dealing with abandonment, attachment questions, blended family strain, and caregiving burden. She pays close attention to how life events and relationships shape emotional patterns.
In the therapy room she combines approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, acceptance work, attachment-based thinking, and perspectives from Jungian therapy. That mix allows her to tailor sessions to whether someone needs concrete behavior changes, emotion-focused exploration, or meaning-making work.
Overall, Helen aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can test new habits, learn to tolerate hard feelings, and find clearer direction. She encourages small, practical steps that can add up to steadier day-to-day functioning.
How Helen’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without being driven by them and focus on values-based actions. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, codependency patterns, and decision-making. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, mood, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early relationship experiences shape current patterns, aiming to change how people relate and form trust in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Helen will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That may mean mixing ACT, CBT, and attachment ideas so sessions address both practical behavior changes and deeper relationship patterns.
Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online work can make scheduling easier, help fit sessions into a busy routine, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use phone check-ins or shorter video meetings when a full in-person visit is hard to arrange. Helen and other licensed professionals can discuss which session pattern will best match a person's needs and daily life.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Helen commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, addictions, trauma, grief, and related challenges like self-esteem, intimacy, and codependency.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, using evidence-informed methods and space for emotional processing to help people make changes that fit their lives.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Helen has 20 years of professional experience as a licensed counselor in New Jersey.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPC licensed in New Jersey and practices from that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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