Serving Short Hills, NJ
Therapy, Couples Counseling & Therapy Intensives for Short Hills Residents
Private-pay therapy for high-achieving adults, couples, and individuals ready to break
repeating patterns, rebuild trust, and stop settling for just a standard weekly session.
In-person in Montclair, about 20 minutes from Short Hills
— or virtual, statewide.
Montclair, NJ — About 20 Min from Short Hills
In-Person & Virtual Statewide
Private Pay · Superbills & Mentaya
Free 15-Minute Call
The Weight You're Carrying
Sound Familiar?
- You've had the "we need to talk" conversation so many times it's lost its meaning.
- You're successful by every outside measure, and this is the one thing you can't fix by trying harder.
- Trust feels like something you're monitoring, not something you actually have.
- You've picked a therapist before based on convenience, not fit — and it showed.
- You want real progress, not another year of "let's see how it goes."
You Already Know the Difference Between Good and Great. This Should Be No Different.
You don't settle for "fine" anywhere else in your life, so why settle for a therapist
who's just okay? Real depth in relationship and family-pattern work isn't common —
most therapists dabble in it. I don't.
That's the difference you're actually looking for.
- You want a specialist, not a generalist who "also does couples work"
- Infidelity, trust repair, or a relationship crossroads that needs real clinical depth
- Patterns that started long before this relationship, in the family you grew up in
- You've outgrown what once-a-week talk therapy can offer
- Discretion matters — you'd rather work with someone outside your immediate circle
- You're ready to invest in this the way you invest in everything that actually matters
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
A weekly session barely has time to open something before we have to close it back up. An intensive gives us a half-day or full-day block — enough space to actually get somewhere in one sitting, instead of managing the same issue for months.
Most Short Hills clients use an intensive either as the real starting point for the work, or as a dedicated block to finally resolve something specific — an affair, a repeating fight, a family pattern you're ready to name, or a decision that's been sitting unmade for too long.
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 Short Hills. Many Short Hills clients 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 20 minutes from Short Hills
Getting Here from Short Hills
- Head north toward Route 24 / I-280, the most direct route into Montclair.
- Exit toward 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
Invest in This the Way You Invest in Everything Else
Short Hills clients reach me in-person in Montclair or virtually, and start with whichever format actually fits — a single intensive, weekly sessions, or both.