Desirae Harden is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker(LCSW) with many years of experience in helping people uproot their painful experiences and become rooted in their true identity, increasing self awareness and taking the challenging journey towards healing. She holds a Bachelor’ s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Psychology and a Master's degree from New York University in Clinical Social Work. She truly enjoys counseling and helping others in any phase of life they are currently in. Her job as your therapist is to help you be successful at targeting any concerns or issues that you are working through. She has worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, marriage counseling and family conflicts. She has also helped many people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse.
Her counseling style is warm and interactive. She believes in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and frowns upon stigmatizing labels. She strives to create an environment that is non-judgmental. Her approach combines cognitive-behavioral and person-centered counseling. She also combines many therapeutic modalities to develop a specific treatment plan tailored to you and your needs from a Strength and Solution Based perspective. These two modalities will assist you in identifying attainable goals and personal strengths.
It takes courage to seek therapy and to take the first steps towards a change. If you are ready to take that step she is here to support, empower and encourage you.
Desirae Harden,
Rooted Counseling and Empowerment Services
Where healing begins at home...