Back On Track CT, LLC
Providing support to individuals, couples, and families when life gets a little off track.
Contacts
203-915-7404
Please Scroll down to see my areas of expertise, and hopefully I can be of help to you or your loved ones.
-Angela
Angela Ahern, LMFT
Licensed Family Therapist
Life throws unexpected surprises in our direction from time to time. These challenges and how you cope with them may not only affect you. More often than not, they also impact your relationship with a significant other as well as the entire family system. Meet with Licensed Family Therapist, Angela Ahern to find effective, supportive, solution focused strategies to get your life back on track.
Let me help you navigate your way during this challenging time. Take the first step towards creating positive change in your life. Call me today to schedule a free 15 minute phone consultation.
Areas of Expertise
Families with Young Children
When your child is struggling, academically, socially, or emotionally, the impact often ripples down into your home life. Your child may appear sad, distracted, nervous, withdrawn, and even angry. The stress and frustration experienced by your child made lead to some poor coping strategies. This, in turn, may cause tension amongst some family members. My creative, “out of the box” style of problem solving motivates children and adolescents to become invested in learning new strategies to manage their emotions. I also teach parents effective techniques to help support their child at home & in the community, how to diffuse an emotionally charged situation, and how to restore balance to the entire family system. Individual, parenting, and family therapy sessions are available to meet your family’s specific needs.
Special Families
Changes in Life Cycles for Individuals Couples
Over the last 20 years, I have had both personal and professional experience working with children diagnosed with intellectual and social learning disabilities, especially Autism Spectrum Disorder. I understand the unique challenges that special families face as we navigate our way from diagnosis to intervention and beyond. Being part of a special family can be overwhelming at times. It can cause a strain on intimate relationships or create difficulty for siblings struggling to understand. It may become the only defining variable of your family. It does not have to! I will teach you strategies to prevent these types of pitfalls from happening.
One of the most important steps along the journey special families take is learning to put a diagnosis in perspective. I will help you realize all the possibilities available to you and your family. I will help you realize all the possibilities available to you and your family. I will help you identify activities that promote successful bonding and fun while strengthening your family unit. I will provide you with social networking opportunities with other special families to reduce your sense of isolation and widen your circle of support. Maintaining hope, happiness, a sense of humor, and balance for the needs of all family members are crucial for a well-adjusted special family. Parenting and family therapy sessions available. Individual therapy sessions are also available to children, adolescents, and adults with a developmental, intellectual, and/or social learning disability.
Transitions can be difficult for most of us Life change such as a geographic move, the start of a new school or job, the birth of a child, the launching of children, the empty nest syndrome, and the start or end of a relationship, can all be stressful events even when considered "happy" occasions. When face with an unfamiliar challenge, most of us default to the coping strategies we have always used, including those which are ineffective. Sometimes new situations require new strategies I can help you asses your current life cycle change and identify the additional tools needed to successfully pivot your way though the transition process.
Graduate Students pursuing a behavioral health degree and interested in impact of Family of origin messaging are highly encouraged to contact me.
Consultation And Supervision
Consultation for Families
I have extensive experience working with young children to late adolescents (including college students) and their parents. I have collaborated with several school systems and worked on two college campuses. I am well versed in creating behavior plans and in-school counseling goals & objectives for regular education, 504, and special education students to maximize academic and emotional success. Consultation services are available to create accommodation recommendations and participate in school based meetings.
Consultation for Agencies
Need consultation services for your nonprofit, municipality, YSB, or other community based organization? If your goal is to begin or expand behavioral health services for children and families, let's talk! I have successfully guided a shoreline municipality to increase it clinical revenue by 130% over the last 6 years while eliminating barriers to treatment.
Consultation is also available to help agencies offer specialty behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and adults with comorbidity of developmental, intellectual, and social learning disabilities.
Professional Supervision
I am an AAMFT Approved Clinical Supervisor. I offer clinical supervision services to MFT graduates pursuing licensure.
Services
In-person & telehealth appointments available for individual, couples, and family therapy sessions.
Behavioral Health Services Fee Schedule:
Intake Sessions $150
60 minute session
Individual Therapy Sessions $ 150
60 minute session
Couples/Parenting Sessions $200
60 minute session
Family Therapy Sessions $200
60 minute session
Group Therapy Sessions $100
60 minute session
Private Pay and Out of Network Coverage Accepted
*Superbills available upon request
Consultation and Supervision Fee Schedule:
Consultation Fee-families $150/hr
Consultation Fee-organizations $250/hr
AAMFT Approved Supervision $100/hr
up to 2 persons
A Little About Me...
During my 25+ years of professional experience in the behavioral health field, I have worked in community based clinics, crisis intervention centers, and educational settings. As a licensed family therapist, I view most problems systemically. This means I understand that you do not exist in a vacuum, and that others in your world can have both a positive and negative impact in your life.
My approach to treatment is solution focused and collaborative. We will work together to identify the goals of treatment from the onset create the roadmap necessary to achieve those goals with concrete, action driven steps. I will draw on your strengths and empower you to create the positive changes in your life that you are seeking to make. You can count on me to be supportive and candid with the feedback I provide.
Quick facts:
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B.A. Psychology and B.A. Sociology, Syracuse University, 1990
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Master of Family Therapy, Southern CT State University, 1994
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Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, CT License # 01348
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AAMFT Clinical Member & AAMFT Approved Clinical Supervisor
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LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-ahern-lmft-7741785a/
This is Sawyer, my 2 year old Golden Doodle. He is a therapy dog in training! Stay tuned for updates on when he can make his debut in treatment.
Contact Us
Address
2 Samson Rock Drive, 1-E
Madison, CT 06443
Phone
203-915-7404