Elizabeth Barbera is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Registered Dance/Movement Therapist (R-DMT) who is passionate about helping children, adolescents, adults, and older adults navigate life’s challenges while building meaningful, fulfilling lives. Whether you are 5 or 95, Elizabeth is committed to creating a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental environment where you feel heard, understood, and empowered throughout your therapeutic journey.

Over the past 10 years, she has worked at many llevels of care, providing treatment to individuals with diverse backgrounds, identities, and life experiences. She has extensive experience supporting clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, relationship concerns, life transitions, emotional dysregulation, low self-esteem, stress, and challenges related to identity, personal growth, and overall emotional wellness. She enjoys working with clients across the lifespan and believes therapy should honor each person’s unique story, strengths, and goals.

Before completing her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Dance/Movement Therapy at Lesley University, Elizabeth earned her Associate’s in Community Leadership and Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of New Hampshire.

Elizabeth’s therapeutic approach is holistic, person-centered, trauma-informed, and grounded in psychoanalytic principles. She believes that healing happens through understanding both our present experiences and the deeper patterns that shape how we relate to ourselves and others. She thoughtfully integrates evidence-based practices with expressive and experiential interventions, recognizing that healing is not always achieved through words alone.

Drawing from her specialized training in Dance/Movement Therapy and expressive arts, Elizabeth incorporates creativity, body awareness, mindfulness, and movement when appropriate to help clients process emotions, strengthen mind-body connection, and develop greater self-awareness. She also incorporates cognitive and insight-oriented interventions, emotional regulation strategies, and strengths-based techniques to help clients build practical coping skills while fostering lasting emotional growth.

Elizabeth understands that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. She collaborates closely with each client to create an individualized treatment plan that aligns with their personality, comfort level, and therapeutic goals. Whether clients are seeking symptom relief, deeper self-exploration, or healthier relationships, Elizabeth strives to provide a space where they feel safe to be authentic, curious, and empowered to create meaningful change.

Outside of the therapy room, Elizabeth enjoys taking dance classes, exploring Boston, spending time with family and friends, and listening to her favorite music. While she is known for her energetic and outgoing personality in everyday life, clients often describe her therapeutic presence as calm, grounding, and compassionate. She believes that a strong therapeutic relationship is the foundation for healing and is dedicated to helping every client feel comfortable, connected, and supported from their very first session.

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LaDonna Jackson is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who specializes in psychiatric medication management, trauma, ADHD, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and complex relationship dynamics. She works with adolescents, adults, couples, and current and former military service members using a holistic, trauma-informed approach to psychiatric care. LaDonna understands that many clients come to treatment carrying a weight that feels too heavy to bear alone, disconnected from their loved ones, and completely exhausted by the daily cycle of mental health struggles.

Through a compassionate, client-centered treatment lens, which incorporates evidence-based techniques alongside specialized medication management, she helps clients stabilize their symptoms, build practical coping skills, improve communication, and develop a greater sense of balance and connection.

LaDonna earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Rivier University. Her deep clinical expertise is grounded in many years of hands-on experience working in high-intensity critical care and emergency care settings, providing her with a profound understanding of crisis management, acute stress, and the intersection of physical and psychological health.

As a Gulf War veteran, her profound respect for those who serve and her lifelong passion for mental health advocacy are deeply personal. She dedicated her career to psychiatry to bridge the gap between physical and emotional well-being for military families and civilians alike, ensuring every individual and couple feels deeply heard, respected, and active in their own care. Her psychiatric style is warm, collaborative, and entirely judgment-free; creating a safe space where people can unpack their struggles and build a practical roadmap toward long-term wellness.

Outside of her clinical work, LaDonna is dedicated to personal wellness. She loves watching her son compete in swimming, hunting for unique treasures while antiquing, and traveling with her family. She believes that true healing requires looking at the whole person and the relationships that support them, and she is dedicated to helping her clients find their footing.

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Therapist Sydney Jones specializes in working with high-achieving professionals and elite performers navigating high-pressure, demanding careers without sacrificing their wellbeing. She supports clients in fields such as sales, finance, medicine, law, athletics, and other performance-driven roles who are balancing ambition, relationships, and personal fulfillment while managing anxiety, burnout, and chronic stress in environments where slowing down can feel impossible.

Her work often includes helping clients process major life transitions—such as career changes, injury, divorce, or the end of collegiate or professional performance—and the identity shifts that follow. Sydney also supports individuals in long-distance relationships facing emotional or physical separation due to career demands. Her work is grounded in a trauma-informed approach, and she integrates EMDR-informed practices to support nervous system regulation and meaningful change.

From start to finish, she helps clients with stress and anxiety management, time and energy management, grief, relationship stress, performance pressure, and reconnecting with a sense of purpose. (To learn more about Sydney’s focus on energy management versus time management, read her blog on burnout.)

Alongside her work with professionals, Sydney brings the same performance-informed, trauma-aware approach to teens and young adults navigating high expectations and identity development.

With her teen clients, Sydney is the perfect mix of cool big sister, instructional coach, and “tell you straight up” support. She helps anxious and depressed teens develop a strong sense of identity, particularly those growing up in high-achieving families or balancing the demands of academics, athletics, and self-care. Sydney supports teens through important “firsts,” including expressing emotions to parents, time management, grief, dating, break-ups, and leaving home for college. She also works with young adults navigating college life and the stress of finding and starting a career.

Sydney is originally from Southlake, Texas. After high school, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Management from Siena College in New York. A lifelong athlete from a family of formidable women, Sydney was a four-year starter and captain of Siena’s NCAA Division I water polo team and a four-year Academic All-American.

After earning her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from UNT–Dallas, Sydney relocated to Boston. She currently works as a mental health worker at Boston Medical Center–Brighton, gaining experience in an inpatient setting. In her free time, she enjoys visiting the Copley Public Library, exploring new restaurants, recreating her favorite bites, and working on her charcoal art.

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