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"My core foundation as a clinical social worker is built on cultural competency, trauma-informed care, and resiliency factors."

Elia Vecchitto is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience, most of which have been spent serving in a community-based anti-poverty agency. She has experience working with diverse multicultural populations. Elia specializes in areas of depression, anxiety, panic, anger, trauma, substance use, healing from incarceration, chronic illness, and overall life stressors. Elia also has experience working with individuals living with and affected by HIV.

Elia earned her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Connecticut. She uses a variety of treatment approaches that are unique to each person, including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy/radical acceptance, mindfulness, psychotherapy, and solution-focused therapy.

Elia strongly believes in helping people grow and find their way. Most importantly, she wants to help unlock the strengths often weighed down by pain, self-doubt, and life stressors. Elia invites you to begin the journey of healing to feel more in control and achieve success in meeting your life's goals and expectations.

I have experience working with various populations across many settings. However, children and adolescents have composed my case load for the last decade. Although a majority of my career has taken place in a school environment. I have experience with persons suffering from chemical dependency and counseling in an outpatient mental health setting. We can work together to address your goals and individual needs. I have a degree in social work with a concentration in children. I am also a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. I have facilitated groups in Intensive Outpatient, Children of alcoholics groups and have taught impaired driver intervention courses. At this time the population I provide assistance to require help with social skills and emotion regulation skills. I like to listen and offer suggestions to solve problems. It is my goal to build a rapport and make the experience as comfortable as possible. I am here to help by providing my flexible schedule to address your needs. I am available for brief counseling or long term support. /no matter the size of the concern big or small we can practice the skills to build success in your life.

"“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.” -Carl Rogers"

Hi, I’m Cat, a Connecticut Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and therapist with experience in individual and group therapy, trauma-informed care, crisis counseling, and domestic violence services. I earned my MSW from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and have specialized training in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for adults. I work with adults and young adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family difficulties, grief, identity, and major life transitions. You may find yourself repeating patterns that no longer work, or caught between who you “should” be and who you want to become.

My approach is relational, curious, collaborative, and nonjudgmental. I draw from psychodynamic therapy, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, and trauma-informed care, tailoring therapy to you. Together, we look beyond what is happening to become curious about why, exploring how past patterns influence your life today. Therapy with me is something we do together.

Sometimes the ways we learned to cope or protect ourselves were once exactly what we needed, even if they no longer serve us today. I believe we can understand those patterns with compassion while making room for change. You don’t need to know exactly what to say or where to begin. When you’re ready, I invite you to schedule an appointment.