Dr. Arielle Balbus

On a high level, I was drawn to mental health because I am passionate about dismantling harmful intergenerational cycles and helping to support new ones. What that means in practice is that I get to spend my days in a cozy room, getting to know kids and adults on a deep level, and learning alongside them about where they want to go. My first hour may feature puppets navigating big feelings, my second, a family navigating a relational crisis, and my third, a young person celebrating a first love. Every workday teaches me more about the burdens we carry and the ways in which healing naturally unfolds in the presence of safety and care.

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My approach to therapy is tailored to each client or family, but certain things are constant. I am attachment-based, meaning I show up to each session with curiosity, candor, and a sense of humor, building a genuine connection that can help establish new patterns in your life. I am strength-based, connecting to your own resilience and building on what is already working. I draw from insight-oriented, somatic, and behavioral modalities, offering space for reflection alongside tools to help regulate nervous systems and live in greater alignment. I am always thinking about the ways that historical and cultural forces shape us, and bring an intersectional lens that questions stale or oppressive stories and makes space for new ones.