Kenneth Young, PhD, Ed, MA

About

Marriage & Family Therapist in North Brunswick, NJ. Works with Marital and Premarital, Anxiety and Behavioral Issues. Sees clients in person and online. Takes Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anxiety
• Anger Management
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Divorce
• Family Conflict
• Grief
• Life Coaching
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Family / MaritalTherapy with couples or families together, focused on communication, conflict and the patterns between people.
• IntegrativeCombines more than one therapy approach, fitted to the person's needs.
• MulticulturalRecognizes how culture, race, ethnicity and other identities shape experience, and makes them part of the work.
• 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.
• Structural Family TherapyLooks at how a family is organized, its roles, rules and boundaries, and helps reshape patterns that cause problems.

More details

Sessions

Both in-person and online

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Marital and Premarital, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Addiction, ADHD, Alcohol Use, Anger Management, Antisocial Personality, Chronic Impulsivity, Coping Skills, Depression, Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Grief, Impulse Control Disorders, Life Coaching, Men's Issues, Oppositional Defiance (ODD), Personality Disorders, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Addiction, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma and PTSD, Video Game Addiction

Insurance

Aetna, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, BlueCross and BlueShield, Health Net, HealthFirst, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Managed Health Network (MHN), UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH, Out of Network

Fees

Sliding scale available

Payment methods

ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa

Ages

Toddler, Children (6 to 10), Preteen, Teen, Adults, Elders (65+)

Works with

Individuals, Couples, Family

Languages

English

Gender

Male

Education

Seton Hall University

Other offices

326 15th Avenue, Newark, 07103

Education & qualifications