Founder

Clinical Director

Marriage and Family Therapist

Individual Therapist

Individual Therapist

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

Juliana is trilingual (English, Spanish and Portuguese)

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

Ana is bilingual (English and Spanish)

Licensed Associate Counselor

Marriage and Family Associate Therapist

Master Level Clinician with 20 years experience

Marriage and Family Associate Therapist

Individual Therapist

Individual Therapist

Marriage and Family Associate Therapist

Marriage and Family Therapy Intern

I am a current Master’s student pursuing licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist, operating under supervision with Cristina DeFuria, LMFT. Though I am still an intern, I bring a unique perspective to sessions with my own varied academic experience, and I take a client-centered approach, meeting each person where they are. With a background in engineering, I am trained to conceptualize what makes things run smoothly and efficiently, and how to identify what ‘parts’ are not working. As a therapist, I use that same systemic lens to guide couples, families, and individuals to identify what is not serving them and change their patterns to promote long-term sustainability and contentment. My work and education centers around neurodiversity struggles, parenting issues, conflict resolution, infidelity recovery, life transition stress, and pre-marital counseling, developmental stages transitions, and blended family issues.

Master Level Intern

Marriage and Family Therapy Intern

Romelah is in the graduate program at Kean University’s Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Program. She received her BA degree in Psychology and Sociology from Kean University.

Romelah is known for assisting youth in better preparing themselves for the world that awaits. Her compassion and commitment to serve members of marginalized communities in exploring their unique cultural experiences and familia backgrounds, beliefs, values, norms, and personal ideology, is a sacred process for Romelah. She seeks to break down barriers and stigmas against mental health.

When working with clients, Romelah uses genograms, activities to ensure that her sessions are filled with curiosity, collaborative, and human and client centered.

Marriage and Family Therapy Intern

Stephanie Carrubba is attending Kean University completing her program and degree in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT). Stephanie received her B.A. in Psychology from Kean University and enjoys working with couples, families, and adolescents. She has a focus on working with the young adult population and those who may be seeking counseling regarding direction, identification, and acceptance. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Stephanie understands the importance of comfortability and diversity and does not shy away from these oft-time-sensitive topics. On a quest to learn as much as she can from those around her and to better understand her clients, she embraces engaging in topics surrounding diversity and inclusion. One of her many goals in the therapy room is to assist clients in crafting valid and fulfilling life experiences for themselves.

Stephanie thrives to create a safe space for clients; a judgment-free zone, where clients can tap into their most authentic selves, and is invested in helping clients work on perception, empowerment, and confidence.

Brandy Nashold DeFiglio (she/her), LMFT earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Mass Communication from the University of Delaware, and her Master of Family Therapy from Drexel University. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, AAMFT (American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy) Approved Supervisor and Clinical Fellow.

Brandy has devoted her career to advocating that relationships are the critical environment for growth, change and healing. She spent over a decade working with families with profound intergenerational complex trauma and significant attachment challenges. From that experience, her clinical specialties have grown to include the influence of early life experiences, quality of relationships and intergenerational transmission of trauma on current functioning. Through research, training and clinical practice, she has seen how unresolved trauma and poor attachment relationships leave people to use unhealthy mechanisms to survive their environments. These patterns of behavior and relating in time no longer serve healthy development and necessitate innovative trauma treatment and supportive and consistent relational support. She is a staunch believer that healing is done in safe relationships with exploration and treatment of and within the multitude of systems each individual and family belong.

She holds advanced certifications in The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (Level One: Individual and Level Two: Train-the-Trainer), Trauma Art Narrative Therapy, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy in addition to multiple modalities of systemic family therapy.

Professionally she has presented on such topics as: complex trauma, attachment challenges, innovative practices in residential care, and families formed by adoption at the Building Bridges Initiative Summer Training Event, the Inaugural Greater Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference, the Northeastern Adoption and Child Welfare Summit, and the International Sanctuary Network Conference.

Brandy teaches Addictions and the Family and Contextual Family Therapy in La Salle’s Counseling and Family Therapy Master’s Program.

I am a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner who takes an integrative, patient-centered, holistic approach to mental health. I work with both children and adults. My approach utilizes the latest evidence-based treatment guidelines and incorporates medications, therapy, natural supplements, and life style changes to nourish a client’s overall well-being. My goal is to assist patients in obtaining their optimal mental health. Learn more www.risingswellmentalhealth.com

After an initial evaluation, I will work with you to create an individualized treatment plan that focuses on your needs and wants. You will have an active role in determining the course of treatment. Treatment may include medications, therapy, and other complementary modalities to improve your mental health.