Helen Paulucci

Twenty-five years of clinical work across outpatient clinics, inpatient units, schools, residential facilities, and community organizations have shaped Helen Paulucci into a practitioner who meets people where they are. That breadth of experience — spanning two states and a wide range of settings — underpins a style that is warm and grounded, one that steadies clients rather than pushing them toward a fixed outcome.

Helen works with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, grief, and the friction that builds when personal and professional life stop feeling separate — including the quiet exhaustion that comes from being reachable at all hours, never quite away from work. Her approach draws on CBT, DBT, Internal Family Systems, and solution-focused and strength-based methods, always guided by what the evidence and the individual actually call for.

As an LCSW licensed in New York and New Jersey, Helen currently maintains a virtual private practice alongside her role at Rutgers University. She allies with the LGBTQIA2S+ community and welcomes clients on a sliding-scale fee basis. A free ten-minute phone consultation is available for anyone considering whether this is the right fit.