Antonio Morales, LCSW

About

Clinical Social Work/Therapist in Newark, NJ. Works with Anger Management, Anxiety and Career Counseling. Sees clients online only. Takes Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Divorce
• Family Conflict
• Grief
• Life Coaching
• Life Transitions
• Parenting
• Peer Relationships
• Racial Identity
• Relationship Issues
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• CoachingGoal-focused work on the present and future, such as career, performance or life changes, rather than treatment of a mental health condition.
• EclecticUses techniques from several approaches, chosen to suit the person and the problem rather than following one model.
• Empathetic Confrontation
• ExistentialExplores life's big questions, such as meaning, freedom, choice, loneliness and death, and how they connect to a person's struggles.
• Experiential TherapyUses activities such as role-play, movement, art or guided imagery to work through feelings in the moment, not only to talk about them.
• HumanisticA family of approaches, including person-centered and Gestalt therapy, that emphasize growth, self-awareness and a person's capacity to choose.
• Motivational InterviewingA collaborative style of conversation that helps people explore mixed feelings about a change and find their own reasons to make it.
• MulticulturalRecognizes how culture, race, ethnicity and other identities shape experience, and makes them part of the work.
• NarrativeHelps people separate themselves from their problems and retell the stories they hold about their lives in ways that feel truer and more helpful.
• Person-CenteredA warm, non-directive approach: the therapist listens with empathy and without judgment, and trusts the person to find their own direction.
• 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.
• Strength-BasedFocuses on the strengths, skills and resources a person already has, and builds on them to meet challenges.
• The Liberated Self Therapeutic Process
• 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

Online only

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Anger Management, Anxiety, Career Counseling, Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Divorce, Family Conflict, Grief, Identity Issues, Infidelity, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Marital and Premarital, Men's Issues, Parenting, Peer Relationships, Racial Identity, Racial Trauma, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Stress, Trauma and PTSD, Women's Issues

Insurance

Aetna, Cigna and Evernorth, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Oscar Health, Oxford, United Medical Resources (UMR), UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

Fees

Individual sessions $125

Payment methods

American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa

Ages

Adults

Works with

Individuals

Ethnicity

Black and African American, Hispanic and Latino

Languages

English

Gender

Male

Education & qualifications