David Derian, LPC, MS, LCMHC, LMHC

About

Licensed Professional Counselor in Newark, NJ. Works with Trauma and PTSD, ADHD and Bipolar Disorder. Sees clients in person and online. Takes Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Trauma and PTSD
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Divorce
• Family Conflict
• Grief
• Parenting
• Relationship Issues
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management

Types of therapy

• Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)Helps people make room for difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them, and commit to actions that fit what matters to them.
• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)A structured, practical therapy that looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other, and teaches skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.
• Dialectical Behavior (DBT)A skills-based therapy grown out of CBT. Teaches ways to manage intense emotions, get through crises, stay present and handle relationships.
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)Sees the mind as made of different 'parts', and helps people understand and care for them from a calm, compassionate core 'Self'.
• JungianBased on Carl Jung's ideas. Explores dreams, symbols and the unconscious to help a person become more whole.
• NarrativeHelps people separate themselves from their problems and retell the stories they hold about their lives in ways that feel truer and more helpful.
• PsychoanalyticThe tradition that began with Freud. Explores unconscious thoughts and feelings, often through free association, sometimes with several sessions a week.
• PsychodynamicExplores how past experiences, relationships and feelings outside awareness shape how a person thinks and acts today.
• Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)A form of cognitive therapy that finds rigid beliefs, such as 'I must be perfect', and replaces them with more flexible ones.
• Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)A short-term, goal-focused approach that spends less time on problems and more on what already works and the small steps toward what the person wants.
• SomaticBody-focused therapy that pays attention to physical sensations, posture and breathing, on the view that stress and trauma are held in the body as well as the mind.
• Strength-BasedFocuses on the strengths, skills and resources a person already has, and builds on them to meet challenges.
• Structural Family TherapyLooks at how a family is organized, its roles, rules and boundaries, and helps reshape patterns that cause problems.
• TranspersonalIncludes spiritual experience, such as meditation or a sense of connection beyond the self, as part of therapy.
• Trauma FocusedTherapy for people affected by trauma. Puts safety and pacing first, and helps process painful memories so they have less hold on daily life.

More details

Sessions

Both in-person and online

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Trauma and PTSD, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety, Borderline Personality (BPD), Depression, Divorce, Eating Disorders, Family Conflict, Grief, Hoarding, Impulse Control Disorders, Infertility, Narcissistic Personality (NPD), Obesity, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Oppositional Defiance (ODD), Parenting, Personality Disorders, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Sexual Addiction, Spirituality, Stress, Thinking Disorders

Insurance

Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, BlueCross and BlueShield, Capital Blue Cross, Carelon Behavioral Health, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Optum, Oregon Health Plan (OHP), Oscar Health, Oxford, Regence, United Medical Resources (UMR), UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH, Out of Network

Fees

Individual sessions $125, couple sessions $150

Payment methods

American Express, Apple Cash, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa, Zelle

Ages

Adults, Elders (65+)

Works with

Individuals

Languages

English

Gender

Male

Education

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis

Years in practice

7

Other offices

9225 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, North Bergen, 07047

Education & qualifications