At this time we offer NLP Therapy and Training Educational Classes Groups and Coaching Services and Advocacy Services.

That is a great question and not one on which there is a lot of agreement!  In purely legal and financial terms, in Massachusetts practicing psychotherapy outside of a community mental health clinic requires a license issued by the state. And licensed psychotherapists can accept health insurance. And as member of a health profession, they have certain ethical codes and regulations they must follow.

NLP practitioners in much of Europe are licensed therapists just as Mental Health Clinicians, Social Workers and Psychologists are professions that do psychotherapy.

Some claim psychotherapy treats mental illness and pathology, while NLP and coaches focus on making concrete changes in the persons life and achieving health. Some would say coaches and NLP practitioner work more short term and with healthier clients.  But it would be a rather weak therapy that fails to work toward health and a weak coaching that avoids addressing suffering. So much has to do with accountability. While we do not accept the distinction made here, I would say that someone who is on the verge of hospitalized would be better off with a psychotherapists because of the greater level of responsibility law and professions put on psychotherapists for dealing with such acute cases.

On the other hand, NLP is well known for effective and evidence-based work in healing Trauma. Before studying psychotherapy, many our founder’s therapist friends sent clients to her. Our experience is that NLP can address some of the issues that block the resolution of trauma much more quickly than in most forms of psychotherapy.

When you call for a free consultation, we can discuss the kind of change work is likely to be best for you given your uniqueness and your concerns and goals. At this point our primary staff, Renee and Mabella, do psychotherapy at clinics. Mabella has done this for decades due to her commitment to work with the Latinx and marginalized communities. We have affiliated colleagues to whom we will refer anyone for whom psychotherapy is more appropriate.  In the not-so-distant future, we plan to be able to offer psychotherapy and accept insurance through lifeworks directly. 

You can set up a consultation in one of several ways.

1. You can click the "Free Consultation" button at the top right of our website and actually schedule the time for our conversation
2. You can send an email through the "Ask Any Question" form to the right of this page. Or through the "Get in Touch" button on the top right
3. You can call and leave us a message with your name, phone and the best time to reach you  at (413) 345-5174
4. You can send an email to Info@lifeworksplace.com

We know making the first contact may be exciting for some but others may feel uncomfortable. We make it as easy as we can:)

The consultation is first and foremost your time to share what is important to you and what you are hoping to gain from change work.  If you already know who you want to work with it is an opportunity for you to get a sense of what it might be like to work together,  If not we can explore what kind of coaching or NLP Therapy would be most helpful in providing the relief, giving the support and/or guidance and achieving the change you seek. We which staff person might serve you best or we can discuss a particular group, class, or program.  It is up to you.

 

At this time all services are self-pay. Given our commitment to social justice and equity, we do provide a sliding scale.

All sessions are conducted through a HIPPA Complaint System called Thera-practice. This ensures the privacy and confidentiality of your sessions and any notes regarding these sessions.
Clients doing NLP Therapy or coaching  will also have access to our client portal where you will find paperwork, billing, and payment and also cool resources like relaxing video's to help unwind and sleep, quizzes, and information on  anxiety, trauma, creative pursuits, etc

Non-therapeutic groups and classes are conducted through our learning Learning Management System.  Live Webinars may be through Zoom or via our Thera-Platform depending on which makes more sense for that particular class or group. Small therapeutic groups are conducted using the Thera-Platform given its greater security and privacy.