CHUCK GENRE, LMHC · LICENSED PSYCHOTHERAPIST

CHUCK GENRE, LMHC · LICENSED PSYCHOTHERAPIST

Trauma and Your Work of Becoming

Trauma and Your Work of Becoming

Trauma and Your Work of Becoming

Specialized therapy for trauma, childhood emotional neglect, emotional numbness, persistent anxious overwhelm, and difficulties with vulnerability, connection, and self-worth.

Specialized therapy for trauma, childhood emotional neglect, emotional numbness, persistent anxious overwhelm, and difficulties with vulnerability, connection, and self-worth.

Specialized therapy for trauma, childhood emotional neglect, emotional numbness, persistent anxious overwhelm, and difficulties with vulnerability, connection, and self-worth.

Focused on what troubles you. Attentive to what shaped you. Oriented toward who you’re becoming.

Focused on what troubles you. Attentive to what shaped you. Oriented toward who you’re becoming.

How I Can Help

How I Can Help

Who I Help

Adults affected by trauma, childhood emotional neglect, or painful relational experiences—including people who manage life capably but feel guarded, disconnected, or cut off from something essential.

What I Treat

Trauma and PTSD; relational trauma and emotional neglect; hypervigilance and shutdown; and longstanding struggles with shame, self-worth, and overfunctioning.

Services I Offer

Individual adult psychotherapy in the Amherst, MA area and virtually when available. Ongoing therapy, focused treatment, and extended sessions or intensives when appropriate.

When Your Past Shapes Your Present

When Your Past Shapes Your Present

Trauma, emotional neglect, and difficult early relationships can leave lasting patterns in how you feel, relate, and move through life. You may recognize yourself in one of these experiences, or several.

Trauma, emotional neglect, and difficult early relationships can leave lasting patterns in how you feel, relate, and move through life. You may recognize yourself in one of these experiences, or several.

Natural light entering a quiet interior with timber stools and a window
Natural light entering a quiet interior with timber stools and a window

Feeling Numb or Disconnected

Feeling Numb or Disconnected

Sometimes you're there, but don't quite feel there. You may go through the motions, drift away during conversations, or feel distant from your emotions—even while keeping up with everyday life.

Sometimes you're there, but don't quite feel there. You may go through the motions, drift away during conversations, or feel distant from your emotions—even while keeping up with everyday life.

Vigilance is the Norm

Vigilance is the Norm

You’re often anticipating problems, monitoring other people’s reactions, or taking on too much responsibility. Anxiety or overwhelm can make it difficult to remain present.

You’re often anticipating problems, monitoring other people’s reactions, or taking on too much responsibility. Anxiety or overwhelm can make it difficult to remain present.

Functioning Well, but Something’s Missing

Functioning Well, but Something’s Missing

You manage life competently, yet sense an emptiness or heaviness—a lack of emotional closeness, vitality, or connection with important parts of yourself.

You manage life competently, yet sense an emptiness or heaviness—a lack of emotional closeness, vitality, or connection with important parts of yourself.

Active, Change-Oriented, Forward-Moving, Carefully Paced, Personalized, Practical

Let’s make some trouble.

Let’s make some trouble.

Let’s make some trouble.

For the old rules that have been running your life.

For the old rules that have been running your life.

Chuck Genre, LMHC, LPC.

Licensed Psychotherapist

Certified Trauma-Informed Specialist

Certified Integrative Coach and Clinical Hypnotist

Hi, I'm Chuck. My clients want more than a sympathetic ear. They want change. I draw on more than 25 years of counseling, training and teaching to help them find the right life changes that they can feel, touch, share, make their own, and rely on.

Change.
Connect.
Become.

Change.
Connect.
Become.

Change.
Connect.
Become.

CHANGE

Focused Experiential Work

Focused Experiential Work

Target specific recurring fears and protective responses.

Target specific recurring fears and protective responses.

CONNECT

Emotional & Relational Development

Emotional & Relational Development

Relate in ways that were not adequately supported earlier in life.

Relate in ways that were not adequately supported earlier in life.

BECOME

A Different Inner Compass

A Different Inner Compass

Become guided by meaningful inner principles, not fears or old stories.

Finished? Or Just Getting Started?

Finished? Or Just Getting Started?

Finished? Or Just Getting Started?

You've carried enough. There's more of life to claim. Let's get started.

You've carried enough. There's more of life to claim. Let's get started.

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