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our approach
LEAF uses individually tailored, creative psychotherapeutic techniques that propel individuals to live their best lives. We provide holistic care that is respectful of the concerns, values, and aspirations of our clients. We believe in empowering our clients by creating a safe space to explore and connect with their deeper selves. Psychological frameworks we use include cognitive and dialectical behavioral, gestalt, inner child, Gottman method couples, humanistic, strengths based, motivational, person-centered, experiential, narrative, constructionist, psychodynamic, trauma informed, play and art therapies.
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our staff
NOEL RAPP, MSW, LSW
Psychotherapist
Noel is an open, honest, highly supportive and understanding psychotherapist. She creates a warm and safe environment where her clients feel comfortable being their full selves.
Using a psychodynamic approach, Noel leads her clients to spark connections between their past and present so that they can actualize their sense of control over their lives through increased awareness. She fosters a process that helps her clients restructure conscious and unconscious patterns of thinking and behavior. Noel works with children, adults and teens. She practices individual, couples and family therapy.
Noel utilizes a highly individualized and tailored approach with each of her clients. Through evidenced based treatment such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, meditation and mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and strengths perspective, Noel propels her clients progress toward goals they set for themselves. Noel keeps her client’s goals, wants and needs at the forefront of the work.
Graduating from Coastal Carolina University with an undergraduate degree in Sociology, track in Criminology and Master of Social Work degree from Ramapo College of New Jersey, Noel is a highly educated individual and esteemed clinician. She continues to work toward her LCSW, LCADC, and CCS certifications.
Reach out to Noel directly via phone or text at 732.947.4447
Email nrapp@leapsych.com
Samantha Ciparis, MSW, LMSW
Psychotherapist
Samantha is a warm, compassionate and understanding psychotherapist. She creates a safe and comfortable space for her clients to experience the magic of therapy.
Samantha is dedicated to cultivating a deep connection with her clients that nurtures self-exploration and growth. She provides a positive, strengths-based approach, incorporating mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral strategies. Her goal is to support her clients to live their best lives and be their favorite version of themselves.
Working with children, teens and adults, and practicing individual, family and couples’ therapy, Samantha works closely with her clients toward achieving the goals they set for themselves. Samantha is passionate about the work she does, as this is her life-calling. She stays with her clients every step of the way in their therapeutic journey to self-actualization. Her hope is always to elevate her clients’ experience of themselves and the world.
Graduating from Monmouth University with a bachelor's degree in social work and attaining a master's degree from Monmouth University in Social Work, Samantha is a well trained professional and valued asset to LEAF by Dr. Dana Spada Psychotherapy. She is currently working on obtaining her LCSW and LCADC.
Dr. Dana Spada, PHD, lcsw
Psychotherapist, Practice Owner
Dr. Spada is an established and highly sought-out psychotherapist. She runs her own practice in a private and discrete location in Colts Neck, New Jersey www.DanaSpada.com She also owns LEAF by Dr. Dana Spada Psychotherapy located in Colts Neck and Little Silver New Jersey.
Dr. Spada's sound clinical knowledge and passion towards her work are commendable and make her a valued asset in her practice. She has an individualized approach to client care and carefully considers all aspects of her clients physical and mental health in the interest of properly treating them. Dr. Spada has a passion for creative and deep-reaching individual, family, and couples’ therapy and does her best to support people to live their best lives. A well-trained professional, Dr. Spada earned her master's degree in social work from the State University of New York, Stony Brook. She also holds a Ph.D. in social work from Adelphi University.
Dr. Spada is uncompromising in her dedication to the well-being of her clients. Her practice philosophy is to provide holistic care that is respectful of the concerns, values, and aspirations of her clients. She believes in empowering her clients by creating a safe space to explore and connect with their deeper selves.
Working with children, teens and adults providing individual, family, couples and marriage therapy, Dr. Spada brings a gravitational energy to her practice that is compassionate, warm and authentic. She fosters an environment where her clients feel free to be their unfiltered selves, creating an opportunity for them to be fully seen, heard and understood. This leads to a special process that allows her clients to access their unconscious world. Learning about this unconscious world sparks deeper connections and awareness that leads to greater control and mobility in one’s life.
Through understanding oneself, clients can connect with patterned states of mind and ways of being as habitual. Henceforth, reconstruct their homeostasis in alignment with their goals. Through self-love, compassion and healing, a freer more fulfilling existence emerges. Dr. Spada focuses’ on the relationship with oneself as it is the most critical relationship in one’s lifetime. It is ultimately the projection of how one sees and experiences the world around them.
Dr. Spada brings deep passion and healing energy to her practice. She is appreciates being with her clients on their journey to self-discovery and loves to be a part of the beautiful growth that inevitably ensues.
Reach out to Dr. Spada directly via phone or text at 516.236.9401
Email drdanaspada@gmail.com
Career Opportunity
Job Psychotherapist
Minimum Education Requirement Master's Degree
Location Colts Neck, New Jersey
License Requirement LCSW, LSW, LPC, LMHC, PHD or similar
Job Description Dr. Dana Spada Psychotherapy is a private psychotherapy practice, located in Colts Neck, New Jersey. The practice serves a wide variety of clients, from those seeking personal growth to more clinical symptoms. The perfect candidate for this position is someone who encompasses strong clinical skills, thrives working independently, and is highly motivated to cultivate and foster their client caseload.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide sound clinical intervention to all clients and maintain client retention
- Maintain client schedule and collect payment
- Complete progress notes after each session
- Keep up appearance and cleanliness of office space
- Utilize scheduling agent and any additional documentation
Job Qualifications
- Experience providing psychotherapy
- Self- starter and highly motivated to build a client caseload
Compensation
- Fee-for-service payment model
- Room for growth and increasing income
Work Location
- Office Space in Colts Neck, NJ
This position is perfect for candidates that are
- Strength based- Positive in their work with clients
- Client focused- Prioritizing the well-being of clients
- Eager- Self driven and motivated to help others while growing professionally
- Autonomous- Comfortable working independently with minimal direction
Job Type Part-time or Full-time
- Benefits: Flexible schedule, opportunity for growth, high income
Email Resume to: DrDanaSpada@gmail.com