Domestic Abuse, Life Transition, Trauma / PTSD, Career Counseling
Accepted insurance & self-pay
About Asia
Asia Panzino, MA has provided therapeutic support for a diverse range of concerns and experiences which include Influence of Childhood Bonding and Attachment on Lifestyle, Symptom Management for Anxiety and Depression, Safety Plans for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Senior-Living, Vocational Guidance, Family Conflict, Fostered, Adopted, and Aging-Out Youth Advocacy, Self-Regulation Techniques, and Life Transitions. They have passionately worked with diagnoses such as Bi-Polar, Generalized Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Gender Dysphoria, and PTSD. Asia will often utilize Trauma-Focused Care, Acceptance and Commitment, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive-Processing, and Rational-Emotive Behavioral modes of therapy. To best serve you, Asia will explore all therapeutic options based on your strengths and needs.
To better understand the influence of experience and environment on their own personal life track, Asia returned to education as a nontraditional adult student to complete high school curriculum and pursue studies in Psychology. While independently raising a child, Asia further persevered to graduate with honors and obtain a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the CACREP accredited, Rider University. Asia now pays it forward with a unique empathy that comes from tackling a wide range of personal adversities. Asia knows the grit that it takes to push through some of the most uncomfortable, hardest, and scariest times, which are too often experienced in solitude. Asia understands that beginning in the womb, our lives are altered and behaviors molded by familial and societal influences. A change in thinking patterns can bring about new experiences which could help to alleviate conditioned behaviors and Asia will support you in exercising your power to create a new narrative in the areas of life you come seeking to change.
With empathy, patience, and evidence-based intervention, Asia hopes to provide you with positive experiences and opportunities to learn and practice new skills for increasing your quality of life; this is your story, and it is an honor for Asia to become an added support as you navigate life challenges and celebrate your accomplishments. While receiving resources, encouragement, motivation, and strategies to assist you in being an active participant in your mental health journey, and through addressing current stressors and their underlying causes, you will learn ways to be proactive and to better adjust to future changes. Asia operates with an underlying goal of helping you to ultimately find peace with your past, mindfulness in the present, and hope for your future. Connect with Asia to schedule an appointment.
Get to know Asia
Why did you decide to become a counselor?
Becoming a therapist was a way for me to utilize my adversities and experiences to become a better person and to further help others find faith in themselves that they, too, can make hard life changes. I know the power of one and I ultimately want to help people feel less alone while providing encouragement and motivation to engage in self-improvement.
What types of clients do you work with best?
I have support a diverse population of all ages and many cultures. I seek out to learn with and from everyone I connect with.
What type of clients are you most excited to work with?
I am grateful and humbled to work with any and all participants.
What’s one thing you wish all clients knew?
I want those who may be struggling to know that, as a monumental psychotherapist once said, "I am not what has happened to me, I am what I choose to become." - Carl Jung. You can take all the power and control your path.
Why did you choose to practice at Thriveworks?
Thriveworks provides a variety of talented and compassionate therapists and I am proud to be a part of this community of professional helpers.
What inspires you?
I am inspired by nature, the infinite universe of living matter, and the energies that surround us. I am inspired by each of you, the heroes of so many inspirational and heartwarming life experiences.
What can clients expect in their first session with you?
You are the conductor. I will listen to better understand the direction you wish to take during this time that you allow me to journey with you.
What do you want to accomplish with an individual in their first session?
Learning about you, while supporting your interests, and exploring your concerns, will always be at the forefront of every session.
What should clients know about you before scheduling a first counseling session?
This is your time that you gift to yourself and I will honor that always.
What do you do for fun/on your time off?
I enjoy sunshine, even in the coldest weather. I seek out ways to incorporate mindfulness and utilize gardening and ecotherapy as a way to remind myself of the stages of life and the ability to be rejuvenated despite some of the harshest conditions.
What’s one thing about you that defines you (non-professional)?
I am a survivor, many times over, and in multiple ways.
Other areas of focus
Education and training
- Years in practice
- 3 years
- Graduating institute
- Rider University
- Graduating degree
- Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
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