Bellizzi Psychotherapy

Bellizzi Psychotherapy is a mental health counselor in Oakland, NJ, led by Heather Bellizzi, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. The practice offers both virtual therapy sessions and in-office appointments for individuals, children, families, couples, and marriages. Heather specializes in a broad range of concerns including codependency, depression, relationship conflict, anxiety, grief, trauma, domestic violence, life transitions, bipolar and depressive disorders, schizophrenia, severe stress, work and financial issues, and work-life balance. She holds a BA in Social Work from Rutgers University, earned in 1996, and an MSW from New York University, earned in 1997, and opened her private practice in 1999 after roughly a decade in the community mental health system. Her clinical approach draws on Solution Focused and Brief Therapy, Mindfulness techniques, and Interpersonal and Psychodynamic Therapy, with a stated focus on treating the core problem rather than only its symptoms. Bellizzi Psychotherapy is an in-network provider for Medicare and Atlantic Healthcare Employee Benefits, and works with clients on out-of-network benefits and financial needs. The practice holds a rating of 4.4 from seven reviews.

The office is on Ramapo Valley Road, near West Oakland Avenue, with the Oakland FD Company 1 fire station, the Knights of Columbus Oakland community center, and the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission office all within a short walk, and the Copper Tree Shopping Center just beyond. As a long-established local LCSW practice with more than two decades of clinical experience, Bellizzi Psychotherapy serves Oakland and the surrounding communities with individual, couples, and family counseling.