Jay Serrano is a Licensed Associate Counselor in the state of New Jersey, having earned his Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Bradley University. Jay completed his Undergraduate at Rutgers University. Jay has field experience working with adults re-adjusting back into the community as they overcome mental, physical, and emotional disabilities. Jay has been working with children and adolescents for the past 5 years in a partial hospitalization program, providing group, individual and family therapy across different roles and modalities. Jay has encountered those who are working through depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, ODD, parenting challenges, cultural conflicts, and Autism.
Jay takes on a person-centered, nurtured heart approach that allows the client to build a safe and nurturing environment during the therapeutic process. Jay will meet the client where they are at in their treatment and work at establishing increased awareness of how to develop various coping mechanisms to challenge negative talk, low self-esteem, and impulsive decision making. Jay utilizes an eclectic approach that includes modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Play Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. Jay believes that with a teams-based approach towards therapy, where each participant has a unique role, the progress made by the client can be applied to other various relationships vital to the client’s life.