WHAT WE DO & WHOM WE WORK WITH

New to therapy? Fear not!

We offer therapy online and in person (proof of vaccination required), and strive to make sure excellent treatment is not cost prohibitive or a clerical hassle, regardless of your insurance situation. If you don’t have out of network benefits, ask about our income-based sliding scale policy. (We are out of network with all insurers.)

We will help you get comfortable, and work with all sorts of mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, emotion management, life changes, trauma, perfectionism, procrastination, imposter syndrome, and questions about meaning and purpose in life.

If you can explain it, you can do something about it.

Aitia (pronounced like the ae in Caesar), is a concept ancient Greek philosophers used to elucidate the various ways things are caused.

 

You develop your mental life and habits from the combination of your upbringing and abilities, all of which are causes that contribute to your current state. Our goal is to help you understand them, how they have led to now, and to help you get to flourishing.

Our Mission & Philosophy

OUR SERVICES

ANXIETY & PANIC MGMT

Anxiety is an unhelpful effort to protect yourself from problems that don't yet exist, due to past issues creeping up on you.

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MOOD DISORDERS

The most common mood disorder is depression, which can weigh you down with hopelessness and joylessness, keeping you from
taking charge of your life.

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OVERCOMING LIFE CHANGES

You can choose healthier ideas, more accurate plans, and ultimately real fulfillment and connectedness once you know how you've gotten where you are.

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Meet Our Team

Get to know your therapists.

Aitia therapists have varied personal and professional life experiences, and draw from them to inform their professional training. This mix provides a more lived-in understanding of the vast array of causes for mental health concerns, which helps to better tailor your treatment.

Meet Our Team

Testimonials

  • “My husband and I have been seeing Damien for a year now. Damien has been helping us see what we thought were disagreements or fights are really our own fears, insecurities and need for autonomy. He is helping us understand the root of the problem, and where everything seem to stem from. We are very grateful to Damien and truly feel lucky to be able to work with him."

    - BB

  • “Damien’s help has been imperative in my process of overcoming depression and traumatic experiences. As a person that has never had therapy before, I was quite reluctant to talk to somebody. However, I felt like I could trust Damien from the moment we met. His respectful and empathic manner made it easy to share and his guidance has helped me unpack much more than I thought I was carrying around.”

    - MA

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