High Quality Comprehensive Behavioral Health Services In RI
“We work very hard to provide the best mental healthcare services to our clients, and an important part of that is to do everything we can to protect our client’s personal healthcare information”
Hallie Fleischman
Clinical Director
We Specialize In Addressing A Multitude Of Diagnoses.
Individual Therapy
We offer individual counseling for clients of all ages for a wide range of issues. We will work with you one on one to assess areas of your life you would like to work on and help you identify ways to increase overall functioning. We use a variety of effective strategies and interventions to help with anxiety, depression, life transitions, and wellness/mindfulness.
Couples Therapy
Our experienced couple’s counselors will help you identify areas in your relationship to work on to improve the overall quality of intimacy and commitment. We specialize in communication skills building and conflict management in a supportive environment.
Professional, Specialized marriage counseling in RI.
Family Counseling
We offer family therapy for families that are experiencing difficulties with transitions (separations/divorce), sibling conflict, et cetera. We can offer individual counseling in combination with family counseling for the most effective outcomes.
PTSD/Trauma
We can help you with PTSD and Trauma that you are experiencing. Whether you have chronic PTSD or Trauma or have experienced new/acute PTSD or Trauma we are here to help. We have extensive experience supporting people who have PTSD or Trauma and use a variety of effective interventions and strategies to help you return to your normal level of functioning.
Child and Adolescent Therapy
Our experienced counselors are highly effective at building rapport and assessing underlying issues. We offer a friendly and welcoming environment so that children, adolescents, and young adults feel comfortable sharing their distress with our counselors. Our offices are child friendly and our interventions and strategies are highly engaging and effective.
Parenting Counseling
We offer parenting therapy and co-parenting therapy. We use shaping behavior principals and consistent communication strategies. We have seen improved outcomes with decreasing negative behaviors by implementing our parenting counseling techniques. We believe in parents working as a team to deliver consistent messages about expected behaviors. We can also assist in helping parents with having consistency in their parenting even if parents are in different homes.
Psychoeducation
If you, your child, or a family member has had a recent mental health diagnosis, we are here to help provide you with psychoeducation and resources that may be helpful for you. If you are curious about having an undiagnosed issue (such as PTSD or adult ADHD), we can also help by exploring your symptomology, assessing, and referring for official diagnoses and/or medication assessment.
Grief Counseling
Grief can come in many forms. It can come in the form of the loss of a partner, a parent, a child, a friend, a home, employment. The losses we suffer can impact our ability to function. While we need to acknowledge our grief, we also need to take care of ourselves and our commitments to others. We can help you identify stages of grief and normalize/validate your experience while providing tools to help alleviate your distress.
EMDR
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can be a highly effective intervention for you if you are experiencing panic attacks, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, and depression. Our clinicians have extensive training in helping you with this extraordinary intervention. Please see our EMDR page for more information.
Virtual Reality Therapy & Online Therapy
With the ever-expanding technologies for medical treatment we can offer to speak to people face-to-face over the phone or computer, it has made online therapy or wellness services more accessible and easy to execute. We offer many types of virtual options, including video chat and phone sessions to help support you and accommodate your schedule without the hassle of coming into the office.
Virtual Reality (VR) is emerging as one of the key new technology tools in a digital revolution sweeping across the health care industry. VR use for treating post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bullying, Social and Generalized Anxiety Disorders, specific Phobias, Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Depression and more.
IEP/504 Advocacy
If you feel that your child needs additional supports in school, we are here to help advocate for IEP/504 services for your child. We can help assess for possibly undiagnosed attention or anxiety issues. We can also help assess the appropriateness of current supports.
Wellness Coaching
We offer Wellness and Mindfulness coaching to help find a balance between self-care and the demands of everyday life..
Our Mission
It is our mission to help create opportunities for individuals, families, and the community to learn, identify, and engage in choices that lead to living healthier, happier lives by providing the highest quality mental health services.
Addressing:
Unexpected Mood Swings
Stress & Anxiety
Someone to Talk To
Family Member Conflict
ODD
LGBTQ+
Adoption/Foster Care
Academic difficulties
Grieving
Job Loss or Change
Depression
Irregular Sleep Cycles
Couples Infidelity
Autism
Bipolar disorder
Parenting
IEP and 504 Advocacy
Life coaching
Harmful Thoughts
Isolation & Loneliness
Strained Relationships
PTSD/Trauma
Chronic Illness
Eating Disorders
Strength-based therapy
Internet/gaming addictions
Best Practices
The goal of our practice is to provide client-centered research-based treatment along with comprehensive case management to promote our client’s overall mental/behavioral health needs.
Our application is comprised of a multi-modal service delivery model that utilizes various methods to best meet the needs of each client:
- Behavioral Therapy
- Behavioral Modification
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- EMDR
- Insight Oriented/Supportive
- Crisis-Intervention
- Motivational Interviewing
- Skills Training
- Cognitive Therapy
- Marriage/Family Therapy
Brightside Behavioral Health is committed to making a positive impact in the lives of children, adolescents, and adults presenting with psychological, emotional, and/or behavioral concerns by providing compassionate application of research supported treatment models and clinical experience to assist our clients in achieving their identified objectives as they work towards further self-actualization.
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Meet Our Team Of Professionals
We are a team of professional Psychotherapist In RI, specializing in mental health services.
Hallie Fleischman-Souza
Founder, MS, LMHC
Hallie has been working with individuals, couples, and families of all ages for over 17 years. She provides individual, couples, and family therapy using an eclectic approach, incorporating a variety of interventions, customizing each session to meet the needs of each individual client, couple, or family.