Licensed to practice in 2 states and accepts 48 insurances. Specializes in Racism, Self Esteem, Trauma and PTSD and 7 more.
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With everything that is happening in our society, How are you managing? Are you struggling with family, work, health? Are you finding it difficult to take care of yourself? Do you feel anxious, depressed, overwhelmed? Are you feeling lost or like you don't know where to turn? Are you trying to find pathways to knowledge, understanding, empowerment, and peace? GJS H.O.P.E. (Honoring Ourselves as Powerful Entities) LLC can certainly help you figure it out. I am a psychotherapist and I love my work. I have 16 years of experience working with individuals, families, and the community. I utilize different models, approaches, and modalities to help identify and address the psychological and emotional problems that people share with me. As a black woman, I am very connected to the struggles and concerns that are unique to us. As an empath, I connect easily to other human beings regardless of race, gender, or socio-economic status.
My goal is to create a safe sharing space, a non-judgemental therapeutic environment, and begin earning trust. Together we will figure out our next steps.
What you will find to be consistent with GJS H.O.P.E. Is access to a safe space to express yourself, nurture yourself, and embrace yourself. As we all know, we need to take care of ourselves so that we can effectively take care of others. Top Specialties: • Racial/Culturally Responsive Specialties: • Trauma • Racial Trauma • Anxiety • Depression • Family Systems • Couples
I would like to focus on people who are need of support as it pertains to trauma connected to racial violence.
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Cash - $130 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Ambetter Health
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Managed Health Services (Managed Medicaid)
Medicaid - Managed Health Services
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
UMR - Advocate Aurora Health
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
WellCare
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
I believe that inclusion is essential for a peaceful and just society. I enjoy supporting and helping various communities to find their power and begin healing. We offer a safe space for connection in addressing matters such as: • Victims of Racial violence • Veterans • Body Positivity Self Esteem Self Worth • LGTBQIA+ • HIV / AIDS
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an approach to therapy that helps clients identify their emotions, learn to explore and experience them, to understand them and then to manage them. Emotionally Focused Therapy embraces the idea that emotions can be changed, first by arriving at or 'living' the maladaptive emotion (e.g. loss, fear or shame) in session, and then learning to transform it. Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples seeks to break the negative emotion cycles within relationships, emphasizing the importance of the attachment bond between couples, and how nurturing of the attachment bonds and an empathetic understanding of each other’s emotions can break the cycles.
Gottman method
• The Gottman Theory For Making Relationships Work shows that to make a relationship last, couples must become better friends, learn to manage conflict, and create ways to support each other's hopes for the future. Drs. John and Julie Gottman have shown how couples can accomplish this by paying attention to what they call the Sound Relationship House, or the seven components of healthy relationships.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy stresses the role of thinking in how we feel and what we do. It is based on the belief that thoughts, rather than people or events, cause our negative feelings. The therapist assists the client in identifying, testing the reality of, and correcting dysfunctional beliefs underlying his or her thinking. The therapist then helps the client modify those thoughts and the behaviors that flow from them. CBT is a structured collaboration between therapist and client and often calls for homework assignments. CBT has been clinically proven to help clients in a relatively short amount of time with a wide range of disorders, including depression and anxiety.
2 ratings with written reviews
June 9, 2026
Mrs. Garnadette is incredibly kind, warm, and easy to talk to. She creates a space where I feel comfortable. Mrs. Garnadette has helped me better understand myself, my thought patterns, and how I show up in relationships. I’m becoming more self-aware. I recommend her to anyone looking for the same experience.
June 9, 2026
She listened offered encouragement let me know I wasn't alone and how I felt is ok.