Anat Dubin LCSW-C

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK/THERAPIST

Offering therapy that is insight oriented as a first step to healing. A structure of non-judgement, consistency and a strong client-therapist relationship are important pieces. This relationship is used as a tool to help make sense of and improve various emotions, thoughts, behaviors and patterns that may have become disruptive or problematic. Through guided exploration, the goal is to understand their influence on the way in which we experience ourself in the world.

A practice of your potential

None But Ourselves Can Set Our Minds Free

Bob Marley

Specialties

Healing happens when curiosity and intention meet in a safe place. Within a therapeutic relationship, we can wonder and explore with a goal of allowing new perspectives and meanings to evolve. Together we can uncover your strongest self.

Anxious thoughts can keep us from the life we want to live. When your body’s alarm is sounding, focused therapy can provide the tools to get grounded again. I can guide you from a life lived in your head to a life living in the moment.

With support we work toward a self validating person with value healthy engagement with the world, you’ll build tools for self determination and learn to process hard things in a purposeful, productive way.

You have the power to pay attention to the signals your body is giving and to pull from internal resourcing to improve your experience, even in the midst of pain.

Leading with empathy creates a place of connection rather than blame. In therapy, you’ll learn to approach yourself with compassion and break unhelpful stress response cycles.

Anger and Stress Management

With a healthy distance between your true self and the temporary emotions you are feeling, you can build a life where you experience a more consistent state of regulation.

Relationships & Divorce

True transformation is found beneath surface level symptoms. You can learn to improve relationships by practicing self awareness, grounding, and listening with openness.

Parenting & Families

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by family dynamics, it’s time to recalibrate and gain the confidence you need to make good decisions for yourself and your children!

Life Transitions

The therapeutic relationship is a space where you can practice your potential and build tools for thriving as you get “unstuck” and learn how to process life transitions.

Aging well is a learned process that requires courage and an open perspective. You’ll learn to practice self determination as you explore what is not yet known.

Learn how to focus on and draw from your strengths, while giving space for difficult emotions. Even in the midst of illness, you can have a better experience of life.

Healthy self esteem is a foundation for navigating so many other difficulties in life. Our relationship with ourselves determines how we live.

" Anat has helped me through many phases of life . She is able to see what I can’t and helps me get to the root of the issue. Together, we have and continue to make lasting positive life changes. "

" I have been working with Anat Dubin on my anxiety for years. Her patience and calming presence have led to dramatic improvements in my overall quality of life and my ability to deal with stressors...I couldn't recommend a therapist more highly. "

Insights

Harvard's 85-year study reveals the number one key to happiness

Apart from exercise, positive thinking and other things, happiness can also be found through the most simple mechanism that's accessible and easy.

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I quit. I quit!

Thinking back, my first meaningful memory regarding “quitting” was in Chapel HIll North Carolina talking with my 4 year old daughter’s preschool teacher. At the time we were likely discussing my latest novice parenting crisis of how to handle the typical resistance to school

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Dreamers AND Realists

Can we be both dreamers and realists? Can we hold, even accept and embrace, these two contradicting truths at the same time?

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