Jonathan Ugalde is originally from Johnstown, NY (a small town nearby Saratoga & Albany). Jon believes life holds an immeasurable amount of lessons to be learned through our experience and interactions with others. Jon utilizes a holistic, eclectic, and experiential approach to mental health. Jon highlights the importance of balancing all eight dimensions of wellness (emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, environmental, financial, occupational, and social) while introducing experiential challenges to highlight lessons and develop mastery of appropriate skills. Jon highlights what needs and desires are motivating in the moment while developing longer term motivation from the development of autonomy of self, competence of skill, and relatedness to others. Jon practices with an open, honest, and reflective counseling style that pushes clients to work to be their best and true selves through collaborative discussion, practice, and accountability.

Jon is a trauma informed, person-centered, and systemic therapist believing in the power our experiences and relationships have on us. Jon’s clinical experience has been with those who are going through “Life’s Transitions” including those who are struggling in adolescence due to substance use or another mental health concern, college students whose mental health inhibits their success, parents working to develop their parenting skills, identity concerns (gender, sexuality, etc.), and those who are transitioning from active addiction and substance abuse to recovery and remission. Jon has additional clinical experience working with individual dealing with depression, anxiety, communication issues, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, and more.

Ernest Swanson, LPC

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