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Dorothy Rose Forgione is a highly experienced, dually licensed therapist with over 20 years in private practice and more than 30 years of clinical experience. She has worked across a wide range of settings, including Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), parole groups, and co-occurring disorder groups.

Dorothy has extensive experience treating a broad spectrum of mental health conditions, including Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Schizotypal and Schizoid Personality Disorders, Antisocial Personality Disorder, depression, PTSD, and all phases of addiction. She is also a co-occurring disorders specialist and advanced hypnotherapist. Her work spans individuals and couples, with a strong track record of successful outcomes.

For the past seven years, I've worked with adolescents and families in New Jersey's public school system, supporting clients through anxiety, stress, family conflict, and life transitions. Today, I seek to work with Black males and those who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or stressed about the conditions of the state both past and present and uncertain about what comes next. Whether you're navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, or major life changes, my goal is to aid you with reconnecting with the strengths, values, and resilience that already exist within you.

I am a graduate from Fordham University with as MSW and now a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Through my own journey I have acquired knowledge on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, ,Motivational Interviewing as well as continued learning of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Mindfulness and Radical Therapy practices.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a graduate of Rutgers University (MSW). With 18 years of experience as a therapist, my belief is that we are born with the ability to self-generate the changes we might be seeking at any point in one's life-span.

Nice to meet you all. I am grateful for the opportunity to continue to grow as a clinician while supporting others. The first half of my career I spent working with adolescents in schools and in their homes as a therapist. I gained a deep appreciation for their resilience, insight and growth. I currently work with adults who have both mental and physical challenges providing compassionate, person-centered care.

I believe healing begins in a space where you feel truly heard. I offer a warm, supportive environment where you can explore your inner thoughts and emotions completely free of judgment. Maybe your mind won’t slow down. Maybe you’ve lost motivation, feel disconnected from people you love, or wonder if life will ever feel easier again. Whatever brought you here, you don’t have to face it alone.

My experience includes working in inpatient behavioral health, where I’ve helped individuals navigate some of life’s most difficult emotional crises. Whether you’re facing a recent challenge or have been struggling for years, my goal is to help you feel supported while equipping you with practical tools to create meaningful, lasting change.

I've spent ten years in mental health — nine of them in the intersection of addiction and trauma — and what I've learned is that clinical tools only work when they're explained in ways people can actually use outside the therapy room.

My approach is energetic and practical: I break things down in plain language, connect them to real-life situations, and help clients build skills they can apply immediately. I work with adults on anxiety, PTSD, trauma, substance use, eating disorders, OCD, BPD, infertility, family stress, and relationship challenges.

As a Native American therapist, I bring cultural awareness and lived understanding to my work — especially for clients navigating identity, systemic barriers, and experiences that don't always fit standard clinical frameworks.

My name is Jennifer Leighton, LCSW. As a clinician, I have worked in a variety of settings including, psychiatric, outpatient mental health that provided individual, family, couples, and group counseling. I have extentive amount of experience working with individuals and families facing unique challenges of substance abuse and DCPP involvement.