About our practice

At Turn the Mind, we provide specialty boutique care for our clients. We achieve excellence through ongoing education, consultation, and teamwork.

Originally started by Dr. Richardson after creating DBT programs at inpatient facilities in NJ, Turn the Mind was formed to provide an outpatient experience that truly delivers on the promise of DBT – to keep clients out of the hospital. 

We rarely hospitalize clients;  instead, we properly assess suicide risk to keep clients in their home environment, help them develop skills, and create their life worth living.  

In that process, we focus on stopping suicidality and self-harm behaviors and elminating depression and anxiety symptoms.

How we began doing trauma treatment……

Over the years, many of our clients came to us with trauma that needed to be resolved as part of treatment. We became experts in evidence-based trauma therapies including EMDR, DBT-PE, and Somatic Experiencing to help address trauma symptoms. 

In doing DBT and EMDR we know that the distress that many clients were experiencing was based on racial discrimination and on bias towards LGBTQIA+ folks. As a team, we have sought out training and consultation to reduce our personal biases and to be effective affirming and anti-racist therapists. We also preferentially hire those with lived experience.

So if you are ready to do therapy that works, and want to get your life back, reach out to us to schedule an intake – we look forward to working with you!