Aniela LaTraverse, LICSW

Aniela LaTraverse is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing issues such as trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, grief, addiction, ADHD, and anger. Sessions are conducted in English.

She has supported people managing major mood disorders and complex life changes, and she has experience helping clients navigate the mental health system to get appropriate services. Her background includes work with caregivers, first responders, multicultural concerns, and hospice and end-of-life counseling. She also addresses attachment difficulties, communication problems, and isolation or loneliness.

Her stated approach emphasizes a client-centered stance. That means conversations focus on the person in front of her and what matters most to them. She blends psychodynamic ideas with motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioral techniques so practical skills and longer-standing patterns can both be worked on.

In sessions she listens for what causes distress, then helps people try small, testable changes. For someone dealing with anger, that can include noticing patterns, practicing different responses, and planning new ways to handle triggers. She also supports people who are juggling caregiving, medical stress, or career pressures.

Aniela describes her work as respectful and nonjudgmental, and she aims to reduce stigma around mental health. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session after selecting the online therapy options button on the site.

Therapeutic approaches and doing therapy online