Serving Livingston, NJ
Therapy, Couples Counseling & Therapy Intensives for Livingston Residents
Private-pay therapy for high-achieving adults, couples, and individuals ready to break
repeating patterns, rebuild trust, and stop settling for just a weekly 50-minute session.
In-person in Montclair, about 15 minutes from Livingston —
or virtual, statewide.
Montclair, NJ — About 15 Min from Livingston
In-Person & Virtual Statewide
Private Pay · Superbills & Mentaya
Free 15-Minute Call
The Weight You're Carrying
Sound Familiar?
- You keep having the same argument, just with new details each time.
- You're doing everything right on paper — career, home, family — and still feel disconnected at home.
- Trust has become something you track, not something you feel.
- You've tried therapy before and it didn't move fast enough for what you're dealing with.
- You want a clear plan forward, not just a place to vent once a week.
You Don't Need to Be in Crisis to Deserve Real Help
Most people wait until things are unbearable before they call a therapist. You don't
have to. Whether it's a specific betrayal, a slow drift that's been building for
years, or a pattern that started long before this relationship, this work starts
wherever you actually are — not wherever feels dramatic enough to justify asking
for help.
That's the whole point of showing up early.
- You're not "too fine" to need support — most people who come here aren't in a full crisis
- Infidelity, disconnection, or a relationship decision you've been putting off
- Patterns that started long before this relationship, in the family you grew up in
- You want real progress, not a standing weekly appointment that goes nowhere
- You'd prefer a therapist outside your immediate community
- You're ready to treat this like the investment it actually is
How I Can Help
How We Can Work Together
Therapy Intensives
A single concentrated block of time to get further than months of standard sessions typically allow.
Learn more →Couples Therapy
Direct couples work aimed at real change, not just a weekly place to vent.
Learn more →Individual Therapy — Trauma, Patterns & Family Roles
For repeating relationship patterns, betrayal, and attachment wounds — or for the guilt and overfunctioning that started in your family long before any relationship did.
Learn more →Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
For when you understand your patterns but talk therapy alone hasn't been enough to change them.
Learn more →Why an Intensive Outperforms a Year of Weekly Sessions
Weekly therapy moves at the speed of a calendar. An intensive moves at the speed of the work itself — a half-day or full-day block where we can actually finish what we start instead of picking it back up seven days later.
Livingston clients tend to use intensives one of two ways: as a running start before ongoing weekly work, or as dedicated time to work through one specific thing — an affair, a repeated argument, a family pattern you're finally ready to name, or a decision that's been stuck for months.
Where clinically appropriate, intensives can also include Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), delivered in partnership with Journey Clinical — a combination not every practice in the area offers.
"We honestly didn't realize how much of a difference having extra time would make. We'd been seeing Alexandria for weekly therapy and making progress, but our intensive completely changed the pace of our work. Instead of stopping right when we were getting somewhere, we had the time to keep going, uncover what was really happening underneath our arguments, and actually practice communicating differently. It felt like months of therapy condensed into a single day. We both walked away feeling more connected, more hopeful, and with tools we're still using. If you're on the fence about an intensive, do it. It was one of the best investments we've made in our relationship."
— Therapy Intensive Client, names withheld for privacy
Frequently Asked Questions
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Individual sessions are $300 for 60 minutes.
Couples and family sessions are $350 for 60 minutes. This is a private-pay practice.
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A 2-hour extended session is $720 for individuals or $840 for couples and families.
For a full-day intensive, pricing depends on timing: the 5-hour intensive is $2,250 on weekdays, $3,000 in the evening or on Friday/Saturday, or $4,000 on Sunday.
The 9-hour, two-day intensive is $4,000 on weekdays, $5,000 in the evening or on Friday/Saturday, or $6,000 on Sunday.
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Intensives are available as a 2-hour extended session, a full-day 5-hour intensive, or a two-day 9-hour intensive, so you can choose the depth that matches what you need.
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Betrayal trauma often shows up as intrusive thoughts about the betrayal, hypervigilance or checking behaviors, trouble sleeping, emotional numbness, and a shaken sense of trust in your own judgment. These are trauma responses, not a sign that something is wrong with you — and they're very treatable.
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Many relationships not only survive infidelity but become more honest and connected than before — when both partners are willing to do the work. Recovery isn't guaranteed, and it isn't quick, but it's more possible than most people believe going in.
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That's common. Many relationship patterns — guilt, overfunctioning, difficulty trusting, or repeating the same conflict — actually started in the family you grew up in, long before this relationship. Individual therapy can address that directly, whether it shows up as attachment patterns or as generational family roles.
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It varies. Some couples notice a shift in communication within 6 to 10 sessions of focused work. Longer-standing patterns, like rebuilding trust after a betrayal, often benefit from an intensive to jump-start the work, followed by ongoing weekly sessions.
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Yes. Ketamine is legal when prescribed off-label by a licensed medical provider and administered under medical supervision — which is how it's delivered here, through a partnership with Journey Clinical. It's not self-administered or recreational use.
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No — this practice is private-pay only. Sessions are eligible for out-of-network reimbursement, and Mentaya is available to handle the superbill submission and insurance follow-up for you, so you're not stuck doing the paperwork yourself.
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Yes. Sessions are available virtually anywhere in New Jersey, as well as in person at the Montclair office, a short drive from Livingston. Many Livingstonclients choose a mix of both.
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A free 15-minute call to talk through what's going on, answer your questions about fit and format, and figure out next steps together — no pressure to book afterward.
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Most local practices offer weekly talk therapy alone. Here, couples and individuals also have access to therapy intensives — extended, concentrated sessions — as well as generational trauma and family-pattern work, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy through a partnership with Journey Clinical, for clients who want to move faster or go deeper than standard weekly sessions allow.
Visit In-Person
Jaded Hearts – Center for Healing
28 Valley Rd, Suite 1, Montclair, NJ 07042
(973) 969-3990
About 15 minutes from Livingston
Getting Here from Livingston
- Head east on I-280 toward Bloomfield Ave, the most direct route into Montclair.
- Exit onto Bloomfield Ave, then continue onto Valley Road — the office is a short distance in, at Suite 1.
- On-site and nearby street parking is available. Use the Get Directions button above for live, turn-by-turn navigation.
Ready When You Are
Waiting for the "Bad Enough" Moment Isn't a Requirement
Livingston clients see me in-person in Montclair or virtually, on whatever schedule actually works — no crisis threshold required to start.