Thrive Counseling Center

08/17/2025

"Spoiling the Nest". Senior year can feel like both a celebration and a collision course at the same time. Teens are on the edge of freedom. They are focused on college, careers, or other adventures, and they can’t wait to turn 18! Parents are holding on tight. There are many important decisions to make and work to do towards those decisions, that parents can become more overbearing and more controlling and critical than normal. That push-and-pull between the teens need for individuation and the parent’s need for control often sparks what therapists call “soiling” or “spoiling the nest.” It’s when home life gets tense just before a big launch. This post unpacks what’s happening, what signs to expect, and, most importantly, how to prevent disconnection so both parents and teens can enter the next chapter feeling close, not combative.

https://www.oldbridgemarriageandfamilytherapy.com/2025/08/17/when-seniors-spoil-the-nest-how-to-navigate-the-last-year-at-home-without-losing-connection/

01/10/2025

Hey Moms, are you worried about your teens? 60% of our teens are struggling with anxiety, depression, and other mental health struggles. We have availability now, to help your kids. Just reach out. 732-266-8994 or contact us from our website. Thrive Counseling Center in Old Bridge. or email info@thrivecounselingnj

01/06/2025

Feb 6th, is the beginning, of the end of your toxic relationships! Get out, stay out, and don’t repeat the same patterns again.

Have you tried to change your relationships and you just keep ending up in the same place? It’s because the relational trauma you experienced in your earlier life, wired you emotionally to be vulnerable to relationships with narcissists and emotionally abusive partners. The time to end your participation in these relationships is now!

We can help you do this.

In a supportive circle of women, you will learn about narcissistic abuse recovery, gaslighting, love bombing and other tactics abusive partners use. You will learn what co-dependency is, relational trauma, trauma bonds, and wounded attachment patterns. You will learn strategies to disconnect from these patterns, and identify future abusers to prevent new traumatic relationships. You will learn how to set healthy boundaries, recover your self esteem, self-worth and identity so you can feel loveable and worthy again. And, most-importantly, you will learn to stop living from fear, and lean-into healthy ways of loving and being loved.

When? Begins Thursday 6pm, February 6th
Where? Our Old Bridge Office Location
Cost? 60$ a session.

Other Details – The group holds space for 7 or 8 women. If you are interested, join at the beginning. We will be reading books, in addition to the group, and the effects are cumulative. The first round of this group will last about 6 months. There are no walk-ins, you must be pre-admitted.

Phone us at 732-266-8994 of email info@ thrivecounselingnj.com

01/01/2025

Affordable Psychotherapy in Old Bridge and Virtual throughout New Jersey

Are you ready to make changes in your life and relationships? This is the time and we have therapists available! Not just available, but available at the price of a copay - beginning at 50$ per session.

We are entering the most difficult season - one where the heaviness of the gray sky exacerbates the stuckness you feel - the changes you need to make start screaming at you. Don't let another spring come upon you before you can bring back joy, peace, and love to your life. Our compassionate and skilled therapists can help you move away from those unhealthy patterns, and solve the problems you have tried to solve on your own, but can't.

Just Reach out

We serve teens and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, stress and life overwhelm. Being stuck on the threshold of life transition and change is very common to our clients. That transition may be entering or leaving a marriage, entering or leaving college, entering or leaving a new job, etc. Get to the other side healthy and more in control of the person you want to be.

Click her to schedule a time for a brief consultation call and we will fit you to a clinician based on finances, clinical scope, and availability. Before you know it, you will be working towards those goals you've been whispering to yourself!

You can also give us a call at (732) 266-8994 or email info@thrivecounselingnj.com.

Affordable Psychotherapy in Old Bridge and Virtual throughout New Jersey Are you ready to make changes in your life and relationships? This is the time and we have therapists available! Not just available, but available at the price of a copay - beginning at 50$ per session. We are entering the most...

07/14/2024

To better serve our community, we are transitioning to participating IN Network with a few major carriers. We are currently accepting clients who are IN with Aetna. United and Cigna are coming soon! - so check back, or we can put you on a wait list. 732-266-8994 or you can email billing@thrivecounselingnj.com to verify your benefits. https://www.thrivecounselingnj.com

11/30/2023

Register now for our January 6th Couples Communication Skills Workshop. Learn skills and strategies to transform the way you and your partner talk. Saturday, January 6th 10-3pm.

https://www.oldbridgemarriageandfamilytherapy.com/communication-skills-workshop-for-couples/

11/30/2023

Follow these 4 simple steps to create that relationship you have desired. One where you are happy and loved, and where you feel heard, understand and supported. Heal Yourself. Go to therapy for your anger, anxiety, and depression. Yes, this is the most important factor to relationship success. How y...

11/29/2023

If you have a teen, college student, or young adult who is struggling with anxiety and depression, identity, and trying to navigate their way through relationships, Rachel is your go-to therapist. She is warm, personable and humorous and creates a safe space for teens and young adults to find themselves and Thrive.

Rachel Bruncati is an LAMFT at Thrive Counseling Center. Call us at 732-266-8994 if you are interested in services or you can reserve a free consultation call on the contact page of our website.

https://www.oldbridgemarriageandfamilytherapy.com/rachel-bruncati/

11/11/2023

Check out our Prepare/ Enrich Premarital Counseling Program.

Prepare/ Enrich is one of the most widely used couple assessment programs for premarital counseling, the #1 premarital and marriage assessment used for over 35 years.

Couples take an online assessment focusing on topics such as children and parenting, financial planning and budgeting, intimacy, spirituality and religion, roles and responsibilities, leisure time, and creating an overall vision for married life.

Sessions create the space for conversation on these topics, for couples to verbalize their expectations and desires, to deepen connection, and thoughtfully enter into a partnership together.

Call us at 732-266-8994 or schedule a free consult call on our website.
https://www.oldbridgemarriageandfamilytherapy.com/prepare-enrich-premarital-counseling/

10/29/2023

Parent's, watching your teen struggle with anxiety can be heartbreaking. You may feel helpless, but your not. Let us help you help your teen. Call us at 732-266-8994 or schedule a free consult on the contact page of our website.

Parent's, when you are worried about your teens anxiety levels, reach out to a therapist. Or your doctor. Don't wait. What can start as a very treatable condition with some life changes, can turn to depression and hopelessness. Sometimes kids do go through phases where something in their life is jus...

10/09/2023

We have a great option when college students are looking for counseling and can’t find a therapist who is in-network with insurance and available. It’s called our Reduced Fee Training Program. Our fees are on average 45% lower than the standard rate of other practices. Talk with an experienced counselor and therapist who will understand your experience, help you cope with and manage your feelings of anxiety, stress, and depression, and create a path forward that you need.

Thrive Counseling Center is located in Central Jersey, Middlesex County, Old Bridge and serves students all over the state of New Jersey virtually. Give us a call at (732) 266-8994 or schedule a time for a free consultation on our website.

We have a great option when college students are looking for counseling and can't find a therapist who is in-network with insurance and available. It's called our Reduced Fee Training Program. Our fees are on average 45% lower than the standard rate of other practices. College is a crisis point that...

09/01/2023

Hi all! If you are around next weekend, please come to Brady's Voice walk and mental health and wellness fair. In honor of our friend Brady, Thrive Counseling Center we will be there showing our support to his family and our community. Stop by our booth to learn about local therapy services. Sunday the 10th at Lombardi field in Old Bridge. https://bradysvoice.org/