About Evan
Evan Farrell is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey who helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. He supports those facing relationship and family struggles, grief, self-esteem difficulties, and major life changes. Evan focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions to feel steadier day to day.
He approaches therapy from a humanistic, strengths-based perspective. That means he listens first and builds on what already works for a person.
Background and approach
He uses straightforward conversation to help clients identify values, set goals, and try out small behavior changes. His work blends cognitive behavioral tools with acceptance-based and mindfulness strategies. He also draws on client-centered and existential ideas to clarify meaning and purpose.
Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person’s needs rather than following a fixed script. Over five years of practice he has helped clients address issues such as trauma, intimacy challenges, anger, and career transitions. He also supports people navigating attachment wounds, codependency, blended family concerns, and other complex patterns that affect daily life.
Evan aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can be honest and make practical progress. He encourages small experiments and realistic goals so changes feel manageable. If someone is ready to start, he will work with them to build a plan that fits their life.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on personal values and small, meaningful actions. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and people wanting clearer life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, depression, and managing intrusive or avoidant responses.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and past experiences to decide which methods to try first. Together the client and therapist will tweak the plan as needed so it fits daily life and feels useful.
Online therapy makes sessions easier to fit into a busy schedule. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation when body language matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or a camera is inconvenient. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or travel while still accessing licensed professionals and consistent therapeutic care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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