Internal Compass | Therapy Services Overview

 

Internal Compass provides individual telehealth therapy for teens and women located in New Jersey, New York, and Florida.

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The practice specializes in:

• Inner Child Work Therapy

• Girls Empowerment Therapy

• Grief and Trauma Therapy

 

These services address emotional patterns rooted in early experiences, relational stress, identity development, grief, and trauma. Each therapy focus area is distinct but often integrated depending on client needs.

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Therapy Services Overview

 

Internal Compass offers three core therapy focus areas. Each service can stand alone or be integrated depending on client needs.

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• Inner Child Work Therapy

• Girls Empowerment Therapy

• Grief and Trauma Therapy

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Inner Child Work Therapy

 

What Is Inner Child Work Therapy?

 

Inner Child Work Therapy helps clients understand how early emotional experiences influence present-day thoughts, behaviors, relationships, and self-worth.

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The focus is not on blaming caregivers or reliving the past unnecessarily. The goal is to identify emotional patterns that developed as coping strategies and may now show up as self-doubt, emotional reactivity, people-pleasing, or difficulty trusting yourself.

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What Inner Child Work Therapy Helps With

 

Inner Child Work Therapy can support:

• Emotional triggers that feel confusing or intense

• Chronic self-criticism or perfectionism

• Difficulty setting boundaries

• Feeling emotionally younger during conflict

• Disconnection from your authentic self

 

This approach is often integrated with empowerment therapy and grief and trauma therapy when early attachment experiences influence current distress.

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Girls Empowerment Therapy

 

What Is Girls Empowerment Therapy?

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Girls Empowerment Therapy supports teens and adult women in strengthening confidence, self-trust, emotional awareness, and boundaries.

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Many girls and women internalize beliefs about worth tied to achievement, approval, or comparison. Over time, this can contribute to anxiety, burnout, and relationship stress.

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What Girls Empowerment Therapy Helps With

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Girls Empowerment Therapy supports:

• Building self-trust and confidence

• Strengthening boundaries without guilt

• Managing perfectionism and people-pleasing

• Developing emotional regulation skills

• Navigating friendships and romantic relationships

 

For teens, therapy often focuses on identity development, peer relationships, and emotional regulation. For adult women, therapy may include healing relational wounds and rebuilding internal guidance.

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Grief and Trauma Therapy

 

What Is Grief and Trauma Therapy?

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Grief and Trauma Therapy supports individuals navigating loss, emotional pain, or experiences that continue to affect safety, identity, and connection.

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Grief is not limited to death. It may include the loss of relationships, roles, expectations, or versions of yourself. Trauma may result from a single event or from long-term emotional experiences that shaped coping strategies and attachment patterns.

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What Grief and Trauma Therapy Helps With

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Grief and Trauma Therapy can help address:

• Persistent sadness or emotional numbness

• Hypervigilance or avoidance

• Difficulty trusting others

• Complicated or unresolved grief

• Emotional exhaustion and burnout

 

This work often overlaps with Inner Child Work Therapy when early emotional experiences resurface during periods of loss or major transition.

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Our Therapeutic Approach

 

Therapy at Internal Compass is collaborative, client-centered, and paced to meet you where you are.

 

Treatment may draw from:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Attachment-based therapy

• Relational therapy frameworks

• Trauma-informed care

 

Sessions combine emotional insight with practical tools that translate into everyday life. Clients may work with Molly Stremba, LCSW or Nikki Hirsch, LMSW depending on availability and fit.

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Who This Therapy Supports

 

Internal Compass provides therapy for:

• Teens working on identity, confidence, and emotional regulation

• Women rebuilding self-worth and healthier relationship patterns

• Individuals processing grief, trauma, or emotional overwhelm

• Clients seeking deeper emotional awareness and personal growth

 

All sessions are conducted via secure telehealth for clients located in New Jersey, New York, and Florida.

 

Telehealth Therapy in NJ, NY, and FL

 

All therapy services are provided online through secure telehealth. Clients must be physically located in New Jersey, New York, or Florida at the time of their session. Click here to book a FREE consultation.

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