Roberta Stern LCSW

Roberta is a life saver. She is the most patient and wonderful therapist I’ve ever worked with and I can’t imagine a person being better at what they do than she is. I’ve made a lot of changes in my life over the last 8 months and I’m not sure any of these massive changes would have occurred without her. Even when I’m done seeing Roberta, which I hope isn’t any time soon, I’m quite confident that she’ll remain one of the strongest and most powerful influenes in my life. She’s a truly remarkable human being and I feel honored to know her!
Roberta both walks the hard line with you — won’t let you get away with stuff — and helps you determine what you need, while being patient, and kind, and full of empathy. Roberta’s techniques vary quite a bit — she has different responses to different situations — but they all produce the same result: a happier, healthier you.
She’s not a med head, but she’s not closed minded about them either. She spends a lot of time focusing on what YOU want and need and addressing those issues with natural, self generated/​regulated remedies, without being hokey or cheesy.
She’s really good at seeing things from multiple perspectives and asks you questions that guide you so that your view about a particular situation also expands. She’s comprehensive — she wants to know the whole you and she can really embrace it. She can take in a lot of information all at once and digest it on the spot; she’s also really good at dealing with the most important thing first (prioritizing based on your needs) and then making sure that the other things you bring up are covered at some point.
She recommends good resources, including other doctors that can help in therapy, organizations, groups, books, etc. She also recommends non-​therapy related resources, based on random things that come up in session. Again, she’s tuned into the whole you.
She’s wicked smart and insightful. Her advice is never stale or canned. She’s never said anything to me that wasn’t right on. She doesn’t push. And she doesn’t have her own agenda. She gets to the root of problems and helps come up with solutions that work. Her solutions are creative and easy to do and she’s able to give you many of them so that you can use what works and scrap what doesn’t.
She’s extremely attentive — never checks out, always on point, never misses a session, remembers everything you’ve told her, and deeply cares about you. I have never ever felt like Roberta is providing me a service that I’m paying for — in other words, I don’t feel like she’s doing what she has to do; I feel like she’s doing what she loves to do. If Roberta wasn’t a therapist, she’d be doing another job that changes lives. She is a truly genuine person.
One thing that is quite unique is that she shares briefly about herself from time to time. There are a lot of doctors who are so boundary oriented, just for the sake of «having boundaries,» that they forget they’re interacting with a human being and that trust is often established by recognizing that ultimately we all have flaws, bad experiences, and positive aspects we want to grow, so it’s okay to be present to your own. The thing I love most about Roberta is that she’s real.
Roberta accepts insurance, but her prices are very reasonable if you don’t have it. She’s flexible — okay when you change appointments, understanding about things that come up that are conflicting, will make arrangements that work for your life, while respecting herself. She’s a good role model in that way. ;)
If I lived 5 hours away from Roberta, I’d make the time to go and see her. She’s an amazing woman, I’m very lucky to have found her.