Integrated Counseling Services, LLC

Mr. Rizzo is currently serving as a private practice psychotherapist, collaborating with a wide spectrum of clients. He specializes in the areas of grief and loss, relationship difficulties, men's issues, personal growth, depression and anxiety, life changes and life transitions, career changes and urban stress; the creative, emotionally gifted and highly sensitive individual (often neurodivergent); temperament and its influence on work, relationships and functioning; developmental/complex trauma to include but not limited to "adult children of alcoholics" (ACOA) issues and problematic substance use and trauma related immigration.

Mr. Rizzo is a highly interactive and engaging therapist who employs an integrative approach that stresses the quality of the client-therapist relationship by continually monitoring the developing therapeutic alliance and by mindfully cultivating the client-therapist relationship "moment-by-moment." His therapeutic objective is to help the client develop insight, self-awareness and "mindfulness" (non-judgmental awareness) with the goal of promoting the integration of mind and emotion while encouraging adaptive behavior changes.

Problematic states such as depression, anxiety, anger, resentment, hopelessness are often not the problem but are actually symptoms that well up from a deeper source. Therapy identifies and addresses these deeper sources. The "crises" that occur in our lives are often an opportunity for positive change and Mr. Rizzo works with this in mind to help his clients recognize and act on these possibilities instead of becoming overwhelmed by their presence.

He embraces, practices and implements a very personalized approach tailored to the needs of each client. With compassion, understanding and "presence", Mr. Rizzo works with each individual to help them develop a greater sense of personal peace that is derived from a cooperation with life rather than by dominating it, whereby developing healthy interactions and relationships with all life around us.

For those seeking Christian based counseling, Mr. Rizzo, as a graduate of Liberty University, is able to provide this specialized counseling to those seeking comfort and guidance within this helping framework.