We are confident that together we can work to help equip you with the necessary tools to help you face and overcome life’s challenges. Whether you’re struggling with relationship and/or social issues, self esteem and confidence, family issues, you don’t have to be alone in this journey. We have the experience to help you achieve your goals, overcome these struggles, and live a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
We understand no two individuals are the same, and tailor our sessions together to address challenges unique to you. We will work together to understand the root cause of your struggles and address those issues with long-lasting strategies, helping you get closer to the life you’ve always wanted.
Clifford LaMotta, LCSW 
My Approach to Helping
Everyone struggles at some point in their life, I have myself. I also believe strongly that your past and present do not define your future.
My strength lies in identifying barriers to success; whether emotional, behavioral, psychosocial, or environmental. Thoughts, feelings, and behavior are always linked; change one and you can change any or all. I will identify with your strengths and skills, strengthen them and empower you to use them, I believe in you when you may not believe in yourself. The solution lies with you, I know how to connect, to lend you my passion and faith in you such that you discover what you are capable of.
I have been an employee, a boss, a parent, a husband, father, and a stepfather. I have overcome barriers with a strong set of values that come through in my practice. A therapist’s interpersonal and social skills connect deeply with a successful clinical therapeutic outcome; these skills are my strength. My approach combines life experience, broad training, and various journeys to bring you the best support possible.
More Info About My Practice
The Compass Counseling Group (CCG) is a counseling practice based out of Ridgefield, CT, composed of licensed clinicians with the experience and capability to serve youth and families. Our mission at CCG is to support clients in navigating the various challenges they will encounter as they walk their unique path through life.
Whether struggling with mental illness, working through a loss, seeking to improve relationships, or looking for support during a life transition, clinicians at CCG have the compassion and experience to help guide clients on their journey.
CCG is able to offer a variety of counseling and coaching services, including but not limited to individual and family sessions, couples counseling, cognitive behavioral based group and individual interventions, career coaching, clinical assessments, and psychiatric medication referrals. Our clinicians at CCG tailor each treatment plan to the individual needs of clients and families and work collaboratively with community providers to best serve our clients.
We believe that our clients have the wisdom and strength to overcome life’s many challenges, though recognize that even the most equipped may need support during difficult times. We are here to help our clients find their internal compass and regain the motivation and clarity needed to “go confidently in the direction of [their] dreams and live the life [they] imagine? Thoreau.
My Therapy Focus
You have to do it yourself, but you don’t have to do it alone.
Belle Lopes, LCSW
Many people don’t realize how much of an impact their past has on their present day life; others know all too well. Trauma is any experience that changes the way we view the world, ourselves, and/or others. I am an IFS (Internal Family Systems) Therapist specialize in treating complex trauma & attachment wounds; though you do no need to identify with these terms in order for us to do great work together. I offer compassion, experience, & evidence based treatment models, to support you in building a loving and understanding relationship with yourself and healing parts of you wounded by the past.
I can help you make sense of your body sensations, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors and work with you to understand how your life experiences impact you now- in some conscious and other unconscious ways. With deeper understanding and compassion for yourself and new tools to cope with stress, we can work together to tap into your innate wisdom to heal.
We cannot control what happens to us & we often cannot control our initial reaction to stress or trauma. We can control how we chose to move forward- healing happens within relationships and it is crucial to find a therapist you connect with. Send me a message today; I look forward to taking this journey with you.
