Find a Therapist
There are at least four concerns when choosing a therapist. You might first wonder about the kind of organization where the therapist works. Triangle is privately owned but collectively operated. Our therapists commit to a particular philosophy and practice and our primary mission is to patient well-being and not to the demands of a large organization or bureaucracy. We are a small group and we work together to provide essential and consistent consultation and supervision, which is often not possible for solo practitioners or in large organizational settings. Your everyday life is particular and complex, requiring our therapists to collaboratively consult about new approaches to therapy. At Triangle, we have made onsite supervision and consultation a best practice and we believe it is also essential to ethical practice. Often, when referrals are needed, we refer within, easing the transition. Having several therapists with different specialties and experience gives our practice flexibility in the range of services we offer.
Second, when considering a therapist, one might also consider how your therapist is compensated. A fairly compensated therapist is free to focus on what you bring to each session and not on their worries. At Triangle, therapists receive a mutually agreed upon fee. This may seem obvious: NOT SO. In many group practices, owners spilt fees with therapists, giving the therapist a lower percentage of the total fee (sometimes a significant percentage). Triangle therapists keep the full fee and pay market rents and a percentage of utility costs. In large mental health organizations, therapists are usually salaried and the organization strives to keep expenses below revenues; and this calculation can often compromise the nature and quality of the relationship between the therapist and the patient.
Third, Triangle therapists manage the clinic space; and during Covid-19 this has been crucial for therapist and patient safety. By learning from each other and developing a teletherapy protocol we have moved quickly and effectively from in-person to teletherapy. In order to reintroduce in-person therapy we have changed the building's ventilation system, rearranged offices, and established guidelines to protect patients and therapists. Triangle places priority on healthy workplaces and it is our belief that in healthy places we all do better, therapists and patients.
Finally, for many it is important to find a therapist who shares at-least some of their traits: gender, ethnicity/race, culture, class, age, sexual orientation. Finding a perfect match is seldom possible and sometimes unproductive. Although patient and therapist difference or likeness surely influence therapy, research shows that professionally trained psychotherapists know how and why our differences matter and how to use these to deepen the therapeutic relationship. Competent therapists know that culture matters and at Triangle Psychotherapies we always endeavor to understand how culture mediates thought, feeling and action.
Kristy Lauricella, LSW
Kristy Lauricella, LSW, completed her graduate studies at the Rutgers University School of Social Work, with a specialty in health and aging. She is an experienced grief and bereavement support group facilitator and has worked in hospice and palliative care settings in the home and hospital.
Kristy enjoys working with older adults and individuals struggling with difficult health concerns. She is also passionate about supporting caregivers and advocating for women’s maternal health and wellbeing.
New Jersey-phone-732-517-3889
Alyson (Aly) Rentrop, LCSW
Phone: 908-347-4792
Alyson has provided psychotherapeutic services to children, adolescents, and adults in inpatient, outpatient, and school settings. Her professional experiences have created opportunities to work with clients from different backgrounds, belief systems, and orientations: "I seek to understand the unique and shared experiences that are part of the human condition." After graduating from Bucknell University in 2003, Alyson worked in academic publishing for ten years before pursuing her graduate studies in Social Work. She creates an open, client-centered, and non-judgmental space for clients to explore their needs, challenges, and behaviors. Utilizing a psychodynamic approach to clients, she connects past, present, and future helping clients to create a future that is meaningful and fulfilling. A former peer support facilitator at Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss in Mountainside, Alyson has particular experience and training with grief and loss across the lifespan. This experience is particularly useful during the time of Covid-19, where losses for individuals across the lifespan are enormous. She creates a supportive environment where clients safely process their often complex emotions while working toward acceptance and healing.
Jerry Floersch, Ph.D., LCSW, LSCSW
Kansas and New Jersey-phone- 216-346-3469
Dr. Floersch is an associate professor of social work at Rutgers University. He earned a master's degree in social work from the University of Kansas and a doctorate degree in social work from the University of Chicago. He sees adolescents, young adults, adults, couples and families. He has 45 years of clinical experience and practices psychodynamic psychotherapy. Dr. Floersch has worked in outpatient substance abuse, hospital emergency rooms, and outpatient mental health centers. He has several books and numerous articles on mental health.
David Munck, LSW, LCADC-I
David Munck is a clinically trained psychotherapist who uses psychodynamic as well as a variety of situationally appropriate client-centered approaches. He earned his MSW in Clinical Social Work from Rutgers University where he specialized in addictions, including the study and clinical application of addiction and substance abuse treatment. He has also completed International Gambling Counselor Certification Board (IGCCB) training. David has worked at two prominent substance abuse facilities in New Jersey.
New Jersey-phone-917-971-5480