Finding the right therapy approach can feel overwhelming. At Bridge to Balance, we offer a full range of evidence-based mental health services designed to meet you exactly where you are. Whether you're seeking support for yourself, your relationship, your child, or your family, our licensed therapists provide compassionate, expert care both in-person and online.
Serving communities across New Jersey since 2015.
We understand that every person's mental health journey is unique. That's why we've built a comprehensive menu of specialized services to support you through anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, trauma, life transitions, and more.
Secure, confidential video therapy sessions you can attend from home, work, or anywhere with internet access.
Busy professionals who struggle to fit appointments into their schedule
Parents juggling childcare responsibilities
Individuals in rural areas without local therapy access
People with mobility limitations or transportation challenges
Anyone who prefers the comfort and privacy of virtual sessions
According to recent data, searches for therapists increased 49% from 2020 to 2023, with 68% of people who tried only in-person therapy saying they'd be open to online therapy. Online therapy isn't just convenient—research shows it's just as effective as in-person sessions for treating anxiety, depression, and many other concerns.
HIPAA-compliant secure video platform
Same quality care as in-person sessions
Evening and weekend appointments available
No commute time or parking hassles
Easy online scheduling and client portal access
Some evidence-based treatment methods we use online:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depression
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for emotional regulation
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
Sandtray & Creative Expressive Play Therapies
and more!
Aetna, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, AmeriHealth, Independence Blue Cross, and more.
Self-pay rates available.
Anxiety, depression, stress management, life transitions, grief, relationship issues, work-related stress, adjustment disorders
Personalized therapy sessions focused on your unique challenges.
Adults dealing with anxiety, depression, or life transitions
College students managing academic stress and social pressures
Young adults figuring out their path in life
Individuals coping with loss, isolation, or health changes
Children and adolescents learning to manage their emotions and navigate life stressors
Anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unlike themselves
Therapy focused on your unique challenges as a family unit.
Families struggling with communication breakdowns
Blended families adjusting to new dynamics
Parents and teens experiencing conflict
Families dealing with mental health challenges or addiction
Anyone wanting to strengthen family bonds and understanding
For new moms, it can be upsetting and frightening to have feelings about motherhood that don’t seem “right.”
For some women, a morning run, a healthy diet, and receiving help and support from family and friends are sufficient enough to get through the initial adjustment period. For others, talking to a therapist who specializes in dealing with new motherhood issues can be comforting, relieving, and enlightening.
Therapists who have experience with postpartum disorders understand that hormone changes, personal and family history, and social support are all vital factors in understanding and alleviating postpartum symptoms.
Depression and persistent sadness
Life transitions (career changes, divorce, relocation, retirement)
Grief and loss
Self-esteem and identity issues
Stress management
Trauma recovery
Family conflict and communication problems
Parent-child relationship challenges
Practical tools you can use right away
Personalized treatment plans tailored to your goals
Regular progress check-ins to ensure you're moving forward
We don't believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. Research shows that clients are seeking therapists who understand their unique identities, including cultural background and sexual orientation. Our therapists receive ongoing training in culturally responsive care, LGBTQ+ affirming practices, and trauma-informed approaches.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Solution-focused therapy
Sandtray Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Play & Creative Expressive Therapies
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
Somatic Therapy
Mindfulness Therapy
Athlete Wellness
Regular sessions (~45 minutes): Weekly or every-other week, depending on your needs
Professional guidance to help couples improve communication, resolve conflicts, and rediscover connection—whether you're dating, engaged, married, or in a committed partnership.
Partners dealing with trust issues or infidelity
Relationships affected by life stressors (finances, kids, careers)
Couples wanting to improve intimacy and emotional connection
Partners considering separation or divorce
Engaged couples preparing for marriage (premarital counseling)
LGBTQ+ couples seeking affirming relationship support
Research shows that couples often seek therapy for communication and conflict issues, boundaries, intimacy concerns, parenting conflicts, family dynamics, life transitions, trust breaches, and feelings of unhappiness. Our therapists help couples navigate all of these challenges with compassion and proven strategies.
LGBTQ+ affirming and culturally responsive care
Flexible scheduling including evening sessions
Both in-person and online options available
Do you feel like your relationship is at a standstill? Are you and your partner stuck in the same argument loop every night? Do you feel disconnected? Do you desire more intimacy?
All things can be improved, changed and bettered, with just a little support, no matter how big or small. With couples therapy, you’ll learn how to communicate your feelings and needs, and get what you want out of your relationship. We help people develop the necessary skills needed to maintain sustaining love.
Understand unconscious patterns
Heal old wounds through the partnership
Transform conflict into growth opportunities
Focus on future goals rather than past problems
Shorter treatment timelines (8-12 sessions typically)
First session: We meet with both partners together to understand your relationship, individual perspectives, and shared goals.
Following sessions: Work on specific issues using proven techniques, practice new communication skills, complete exercises between sessions, and track your progress together.
Research shows that over 97% of people surveyed believe they received helpful support from couples therapy, making it one of the most effective interventions for relationship challenges.
A specialized therapeutic approach where children express feelings, work through challenges, and develop coping skills through play—the natural language of childhood.
Young children experiencing emotional or behavioral difficulties
Kids who have experienced trauma or abuse
Children dealing with anxiety, fears, or separation issues
Kids struggling with ADHD, autism spectrum, or developmental challenges
Children adjusting to divorce, loss, or family changes
Kids with anger management issues or aggression
Children experiencing school-related stress
Children often can't express complex emotions with words. Play therapy allows them to communicate, process experiences, and heal in a developmentally appropriate way. Research shows play therapy is highly effective for childhood anxiety, trauma, behavioral issues, and social-emotional challenges.
Your child will have access to carefully selected toys, art materials, puppets, sandtrays, and games. Our trained play therapists observe how your child uses these materials and guide them toward healing through:
Storytelling and role-playing
Art and creative expression
Puppet play and dramatic scenarios
Sandtray work
Games and structured activities
Movement and body-based play
Does your child have trouble dealing with their emotions? Is their behavior sometimes disruptive to your home life? Have they experienced sudden loss or trauma? As they grow, children and adolescents develop social skills and emotional intelligence. This awareness helps them to develop into healthy, happy, and successful individuals. But some children have trouble processing their emotions and this often leads to behavior that negatively impacts their school life, home life and overall well-being. Therapy offers children and adolescents a safe space to work through their thoughts and emotions. With the help of a specialized therapist, children can resolve problems, modify behaviors, and make positive and lasting changes.
Child-centered play therapy
Cognitive behavioral play therapy
Sandtray and world-building
Creative and expressive play therapy
Animal-assisted play therapy
We believe parents are essential partners in the healing process. We provide:
Regular parent consultations to discuss progress
Guidance on supporting your child at home
Skills training for managing difficult behaviors
Family sessions when appropriate
Processing traumatic experiences safely
Improving emotional regulation and coping skills
Building self-esteem and confidence
Developing social skills
Expressing feelings in healthy ways
Reducing problematic behaviors
Small, facilitated therapy groups where people with similar experiences come together for mutual support, skill-building, and healing.
Group therapy offers unique benefits you can't get from individual sessions. You'll discover you're not alone, learn from others' experiences, practice new skills in a safe environment, and build lasting connections with people who truly understand what you're going through.
Research shows that clients are increasingly seeking inclusive spaces that honor their identities, and our specialized groups provide exactly that kind of supportive community.
One of the most researched and effective treatments for emotional dysregulation. Learn Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for:
Gentle, non-verbal therapy using miniature figures and sand:
A safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ individuals to:
Learn evidence-based mindfulness practices to:
Specialized group for youth whose parents are divorcing or separated:
Creative expression for healing and growth:
Group therapy is considered as effective as individual therapy
Group members often progress faster due to peer support and learning
More affordable than individual sessions
Provides real-world practice of new skills with immediate feedback
Reduces isolation and loneliness
Builds social skills and confidence
Bridge to Balance offers engaging school assemblies focused on promoting mental health awareness among school-aged youth. These assemblies are designed to help students better understand mental health, build essential social and emotional skills, and learn practical strategies for maintaining psychological well-being.
The mental health assemblies cover a wide range of age-appropriate topics, including empathy, kindness, respect, emotional awareness, stress management, coping with frustration, and how to ask for help. Schools can also collaborate with Bridge to Balance to create customized assembly topics that address the specific needs of their school community.
Recent school programs, such as “Respect, Empathy, and Kindness: Building a Better World Together,” combine interactive discussion with hands-on learning experiences. Some assemblies also feature our certified therapy dogs to increase student engagement and demonstrate how animals can support emotional learning and positive behavior.
Mental health awareness assemblies provide clear benefits for students and schools. Educators consistently report high concern for student mental health, particularly in areas related to behavior, social skills, and emotional regulation. Research shows that social and emotional learning programs can improve student confidence, engagement, behavior, and overall well-being. By increasing mental health awareness and teaching empathy and kindness, these school assemblies help create supportive learning environments and encourage students to seek help when needed.
Bridge to Balance provides comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations and psychological testing for children, adolescents, and adults. These professional evaluation services are designed to identify cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and attention-related factors that may be impacting academic performance, workplace success, or daily functioning.
Comprehensive psychoeducational assessments examine areas such as intelligence, memory, academic achievement, attention, and social or emotional functioning. For children and adolescents, evaluations can support school-based accommodations such as IEPs and 504 plans. For adults, testing may help determine the need for workplace accommodations. Each evaluation includes a detailed written report with clear findings and personalized recommendations for intervention.
Bridge to Balance also offers specialized ADHD testing for both children and adults. ADHD evaluations assess attention, impulse control, memory, processing speed, and behavior through standardized testing and surveys. These assessments help clarify whether ADHD may be contributing to challenges at school, work, or home and include a focused written report with treatment and support recommendations.
Intelligence testing is available as a standalone service for individuals of all ages. These assessments measure reasoning, problem-solving, planning, decision-making, and judgment. Results provide valuable insight into cognitive strengths and areas for growth, along with a concise written summary.
With a highly trained professional and a full range of mental health services, Bridge to Balance offers reliable psychoeducational testing and support for informed decision-making and long-term success. Families and individuals can contact the practice to learn more or schedule an evaluation.
Therapeutic sessions that incorporate specially trained therapy dogs to help clients relax, open up, and heal.
Interacting with therapy animals has been shown to:
Our certified therapy dogs attend sessions with their handler-therapists. Animals don't judge, they accept unconditionally, and they help create a calm, safe environment where healing happens naturally.
Safety and cleanliness: All therapy animals are certified, vaccinated, and groomed. Clients with allergies are not recommended for animal-assisted sessions.
A comprehensive approach to therapy that recognizes the widespread impact of trauma and creates safety, trust, and empowerment in the healing process.
Trauma isn't just about what happened to you—it's about how those experiences affected your nervous system, beliefs, and relationships. Trauma can result from:
Childhood abuse, neglect, or adverse experiences (ACEs)
Sexual assault or domestic violence
Accidents, injuries, or medical trauma
Military combat or witnessing violence
Natural disasters or catastrophic events
Sudden loss or grief
Ongoing stress or emotional abuse
According to research, trauma-informed care recognizes the profound effects of trauma and emphasizes creating safe, empathetic environments for trauma survivors.
Physical and emotional safety in every session
You control the pace of therapy
No pressure to share before you're ready
Clear boundaries and predictability
Explain what we're doing and why
Collaborative treatment planning
Honest, clear communication
Consistent, reliable care
You're the expert on your own experience
Build on your strengths and resilience
Develop your own coping strategies
Regain sense of control
Recognize how identity impacts trauma
Honor your unique background and experiences
Understand systemic and historical trauma
Provide culturally responsive care
Gold-standard treatment for PTSD that helps the brain process traumatic memories:
Reduces distress associated with traumatic memories
Replaces negative beliefs ("I am in danger") about trauma with positive ones ("I am safe")
Typically 8-12 sessions for single and complex trauma
Structured 8-phase protocol
Often involves more in-depth processing and discussion of the trauma
Effective for a deeper, longer therapeutic process
Works when talk therapy hasn't helped
Evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents:
Includes parent/caregiver participation
Gradual trauma processing at child's pace
Builds coping skills before addressing trauma
Creates trauma narrative for integration
Body-based approach for releasing stored trauma:
Focus on physical sensations and nervous system
Gentle, non-invasive techniques
Helpful for those who dissociate or feel disconnected
Restores sense of safety in your body
Work with different "parts" of yourself affected by trauma:
Non-pathologizing approach to complex trauma
Heal wounded parts while strengthening healthy parts
Particularly effective for childhood trauma
Integrative and holistic
Express and process experiences beyond words:
Resolve trauma and distressing memories efficiently:
If you're in crisis: Call 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or go to your nearest emergency room crisis center. Our therapists can see you for follow-up care after crisis stabilization.
We understand choosing the right fit can be confusing or overwhelming. You can feel free to contact our office to request a free 15-minute consultation with a therapist you are considering working with. During this call, they will:
Listen to what you're experiencing
Ask about your goals and preferences
Recommend the best service match for your needs
Answer any questions about our approach
You don't need to figure it out alone. We're here to guide you.
Absolutely. Many clients benefit from combining approaches. For example, you might do individual therapy while also attending a DBT skills group, or couples therapy alongside individual sessions. Your therapist will recommend what makes sense for your situation.
It depends on your goals and situation:
Brief therapy: up to 12 sessions for focused concerns
Moderate therapy: 3-6 months for more complex issues
Long-term therapy: 6+ months for chronic concerns or ongoing support
You may stop whenever you feel ready. We check in regularly about your progress and adjust the treatment plan as needed.
Therapy works best when you feel comfortable with your therapist. If the match isn't right, just let us know. We'll help you switch to someone who's a better fit. No hard feelings, no explanation required.
Yes! We know weekday mornings don't work for everyone. We offer:
Early Bird Telehealth sessions (starting at 8:00AM)
Daytime appointments (starting at 9:00AM)
Evening appointments (until 8:00PM)
Saturday sessions (limited availability)
Flexible telehealth scheduling
Parents are actively involved in their child’s therapy, with the level and format of parent participation thoughtfully determined by the clinician to best support the child’s needs and treatment goals.
We require 48-hour notice to cancel or reschedule. Late cancellations or no-shows will be charged a fee (insurance doesn't cover this).
We understand emergencies happen—just let us know as soon as possible to avoid being charged.
You may call us at (856) 354-0664, email intake@bridge2balance.com, or request an appointment online to begin your journey
Most new clients are scheduled within 1-2 weeks.
Our therapists hold advanced degrees (Master's or Doctoral) and maintain active licenses in several states. More importantly, they're passionate about what they do and genuinely care about your wellbeing.
From play therapy for your 3-year-old to couples counseling for you and your partner to trauma work for yourself—we support your whole family through every stage of life.
We use treatment methods backed by research and proven to work.
LGBTQ+ affirming, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and welcoming to all identities, backgrounds, and life experiences.
In-person sessions at our New Jersey locations, plus telehealth are available for New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maine clients. Evening and weekend appointments offered.