Irena

Irena Pergjika

Licensed Professional Counselor

“culturally sensitive psychotherapist, empathetic, CBT and DBT oriented psychotherapist providing mental health services beyond healthcare standards.”

About Me

I compassionately help individuals navigate life's complexities, offering empathetic and culturally sensitive psychotherapy. We will work together using practical tools from CBT and DBT to address your specific needs. My aim is to create a truly understanding space where your unique background is deeply respected. This ensures you receive thoughtful, personalised support, helping you find clarity and resilience.

Approach

Your background guides how we shape sessions, balancing practical skill-building with room to reflect on meaning and identity. I see clients across Newfoundland and New Jersey and online, keeping sessions steady and accessible so progress continues between meetings. Sessions move between short, focused skill practice—where we try CBT and DBT strategies—and deeper exploration of patterns and relationships, with brief, concrete tasks to try at home. This way of working often fits people facing anxiety, life transitions, addiction challenges, or relationship strain.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

Services

Services Offered:

  • Counseling

    A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.

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  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • CBT

    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that identifies and changes unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.

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  • Psychodynamic Therapy

    A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.

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  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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Works With:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Individuals

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Addiction

    A compulsive dependence on a substance or behaviour, such as alcohol, drugs, or gambling, that causes harmful consequences to health, relationships, or daily life.

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  • Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

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  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Behaviour or Conduct Issues

    Persistent patterns of defiant, aggressive, or rule-breaking behaviour in children or adolescents that significantly disrupt home, school, or social life.

  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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  • Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

    Learn more about Online Therapy
  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Stress / Burnout

    The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).

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Professional Title:

  • Licensed Professional Counselor

    A counselor licensed to provide professional mental health services including assessment and therapy.

Credentials

Registrations

NJ Consumer Affairs

Licensed Professional Counselor

Qualifications

Touro College

Service Areas

Beyond Yet Within

In-person & Online

Newfoundland, New Jersey

United States