St. Stephen of Hungary Parish

Counseling & Psychotherapy at St. Stephen of Hungary Parish

Inside each of us is the power for healing and growth. Over the course of our lives, however, it is common to develop self-protective patterns within our personalities that become self-defeating: relationships flounder, self-esteem suffers, hope for our lives fades. Feelings of frustration and despair may take over. Normal losses may trigger complex grief reactions that feel overwhelming and unresolvable.

Counseling and psychotherapy can provide a compassionate understanding that helps us resolve difficult situations and feelings. The therapy relationship can become a facilitative process that revitalizes a person's innate capabilities for healing, growth and hope.

Individuals, Couples and Groups

Counseling may be appropriate when someone needs to make specific decisions about a difficult situation or issue. This can often be done in a focused, time-limited series of sessions.

Psychotherapy may be appropriate when a person wants to explore her or his life more deeply and broadly, with special attention to childhood. This usually involves many dimensions of experience and takes a longer, unhurried, and complex series of unfolding sessions.

Fr. Eric T. Carpine, O.F.M., M.S.W., L.C.S.W. is a priest and counselor for over 30 years. He is a former director of St. Francis Counseling Center in Providence, Rhode Island, a certified grief and bereavement counselor, with experience in individual and group therapy, and clinical supervisor.

Appointments & Costs
You can make an appointment by phone or email. For your convenience we have provided an online Intake Form to print out and send by fax or email. The phone number is 212-861-8500, ext. 111. Fr. Carpine's email address is ecarpine@aol.com. The cost is set by a sliding scale fee.

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