Our Approach
Best-In-Class Eating Disorder Recovery Services, including virtual and in-person full cyle Outpatient Therapy (OP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) Therapies, comprehensive acuity assessments, treatment planning and execution of care for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, other specified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED), avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (AFRID), binge eating disorder, compulsive overeating, disordered eating, chronic dieting, compulsive exercise, poor body image, and body dysmorphia, throughout the lifespan.
Customized, evidence-based individual counseling and group counseling treatment for the full range of mental health disorders and behavioral health conditions including depressive disorders, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress, gender and sexual identity issues, relational conflicts, grief and loss, postpartum depression, fertility struggles, parenting without power struggles, co-parenting, divorce, and blending families.
Psychopharmacology evaluations and medication management. To improve and enhance our clients' continuity of care, LIFT is pleased to offer psychiatric medication management for patients over 18+ seeking psychopharmacology counseling in conjunction with a consistent self-care routine of regular talk therapy and other healthful activities.
Virtual and in-office couples counseling and relationship coaching for partners looking to deepen or enhance their connection, improve communication, and achieve greater intimacy.
Marriage Preparedness: virtual counseling and relationship coaching for engaged couples seeking opportunities to preemptively strengthen their relationship prior to entering into marriage. Premarital counseling and premarital relationship coaching typically spans 5-7 sessions, and covers topics related to marriage such as finances, roles in marriage, having children, communication skills, and planning for unexpected or unforeseen challenges.
Virtual mediation, conscious uncoupling and co-parenting coaching and counseling for separating and divorcing partners.
Virtual, in-home and in-office structural/strategic family therapy services, family intervention work, family health, wellness, relational, and recovery coaching, available throughout the U.S.
Virtual, in-home and in-office executive function coaching and academic advocacy for children and adolescents managing attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD), processing delays, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), acting-out behaviors, educational disabilities, school anxiety, school avoidance, school refusal, giftedness, perfectionism, social skills deficits, bullying, procrastination, time-management, vaping, substance experimentation, substance abuse, and dealing with divorce.
Life, relationship, career and executive virtual coaching for individuals, couples, partnerships, families, healthcare providers in solo practice and leadership roles, and recovering individuals and their families in any phase of treatment.
Positive parenting and co-parenting treatment, groups, coursework, and virtual coaching, throughout fifty states.
Individual and group yoga, meditation, bodywork and breath-work classes, offered by a licensed facilitator.
LIFT WELLNESS INSTITUTE©
Psychoeducational Training Resources for Parents, Families, Educators, and Healthcare Workers.
LIFT produces quality and comprehensive training materials for parents, providers, professionals, and patients.
Our offerings include clinical and group supervision, continuing education (ceu-eligible) psychoeducation coursework, professional development, and personal enrichment trainings for healthcare providers and clinicians working in all settings.
Group work at LIFT
We at LIFT believe in the healing and transformational power of group work.
Our team offers recurring virtual talk-therapy peer support groups that meet weekly for 1.5 hours for community, accountability, and mutual aid.
Please do not miss the opportunity to become a part of our wellness collective, where we allow ourselves to get lifted, and lift one another!
To learn about our current virtual and in-person group schedules, please check our group series webpage at liftupwellness.com, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or kindly inquire directly to mary@liftupwellness.com for the latest updates on our group offerings and for group enrollment.
The following groups are examples of those currently running, and groups we have run in the past. All groups are hybrid, meeting both in-person at our Westport, CT campus and virtually.
Group Topics:
LGBTQ+
grief and loss
self-care for the modern mom
self-acceptance for teens
self of therapist: self-care for healthcare professionals
dealing with divorce and co-parenting
DBT support group
recovering from codependency
trauma support group
middle school, high school & young adult peer support
workplace re-entry accountability support group
parents of spirited children
beyond hoarding support group
eating disorder support groups
eating disorder support group for parents
THE LIFT DIFFERENCE
LIFT’s curated, interdisciplinary team of experts possess diverse specializations in a cross-section of presenting problems.
Our team possesses advanced training and expertise in a variety of modalities, including family systems therapy, couples counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, executive-function coaching, trauma-focused therapy, mindfulness-based therapy, psychodynamic approaches, and evidence-based eating disorder treatments.
Collaborative assessments and thoughtful treatment planning yield a customized course of action tailored to match our clients’ presenting problems and case dispositions.
We are proud to have a long-standing case history of success in treating anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, grief, academic, career, and life-stage transitions, parent-child relational issues, low self-esteem, fertility and pregnancy loss, and couples (premarital-marital).
LIFT is the prominent area resource for premier expert outpatient, intensive outpatient, in-home, video conferencing, and full wrap-around coaching, consulting, and nutrition services for disordered eating, binge eating, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and body image dysmorphia.
LIFT IS NAMED FOR OUR CORE SERVICES
WORKING WITH TEENS
Working therapeutically with teens requires a combination of flexibility, ingenuity and gravitas. We have a passion for relating to and aiding adolescents in their quest to define themselves during the pivotal preteen and teen years.
Sometimes, kids lose their way and get stuck. Calling in a neutral party to assist in creating a new perspective helps.
Treating adolescents is an art form, requiring unique sensitivity to the delicate life stage, appropriate use of irreverence, and boundaries clear enough to simultaneously advocate for the child while supporting the adult caregivers and their expressed limits. We have built a word of mouth following from successes working with preteens and teens, whose families appreciate our candor and quick results.
We have years of experience establishing rapport with teens, and bringing adolescents from social isolation and depression to a positive, healthy self-image and improved family and peer relationships.
