Joseph Durgin
Are you...
struggling with intense life transitions and experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, and loss?
Do you feel like it is difficult to manage tasks due to an ADD/ADHD diagnosis?
Were you recently diagnosed with ADD/ADHD and are struggling to adapt to the new diagnosis?
Do you feel as though you’re not functioning at your best level?
Have you had a significant loss that has caused you to experience intense grief and made it difficult for you to navigate and figure out how to live life with the void?
Joseph may be the therapist for you.
Joseph provides therapy to clients who are navigating their adult ADD/ADHD diagnosis, experiencing intense loss or grief, or having difficulties with life transitions that are causing anxiety and depression.
Insurances Accepted
Aetna
Cigna
Oscar
Optum/United
Oxford
Medicare
Specialties
ADD/ADHD
Anxiety
Older Adults
Grief & Loss
Life Transitions
Depression
Approaches
Motivational Interviewing
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Solution Focused
Logotherapy / Reminiscent Therapy
ADHD skill training
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Grief Counseling / Bereavement Support
A bit more about Joseph
Joseph provides an empathetic space where you can experience your deepest feelings and feel seen and heard. He has worked for Hospice and provided support to individuals and families during some of the hardest and most intimate decisions, transitions, and preparations of their lives. This has required him to understand the value of holding space and allowing individuals to process at their own pace. Joseph functions as an empowering support person to help clients make informed decisions and prioritize their mental health.
Joseph is a caring and centered pillar of hope. Through therapy, he instills mindfulness and self-compassion. He hears and understands pain and gives you a space to unload and debrief from the trauma, loss, or experience that you have had.
He deeply understands Prolonged Grief Disorder, ADD, ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression. Joseph offers unconditional positive regard and Logotherapy to help guide you in finding meaning and purpose within your life. Joseph is not a therapist who will tell you to "get over the loss" or immediately suggest medication. He is a therapist who works to help you discover meaning behind your diagnosis, experience, or loss in a neutral and non-judgmental space.
Joseph prefers to use a non-traditional approach during therapy where he provides a client-centered focus in a non-rigid, supportive, and holistic way. He encourages his clients to speak candidly.
Throughout his career, Joseph has had the privilege of working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with medically complex or terminally ill clients in Palliative Care and Hospice. These roles have not only required Joseph to maintain a supportive relationship and provide the highest level of care and dignity, but have also required him to empathetically sit with families and external supports experiencing loss.
"Your experience does not have to define your outcomes."
FAQ with Joseph
Accepted Insurances:
Aetna, Cigna, Oscar, Optum/United,
Oxford, Medicare.
If you are a current or former client of Joseph’s and would like to reestablish services, please feel free to email him at jdurgin@highergroundw.com.
What is your therapy style:
“I provide a safe and supportive space that enables humor and builds rapport. I believe that each client is unique and often requires different approaches based on their situation. The clients who enjoy working with me the most appreciate solution-focused, mindful, and cognitive behavioral approaches to support them throughout their journey.”
What is different about your therapy approach?
“I prefer a non-traditional approach to counseling. I aim to provide client-centered approaches that help you in the moment, and I work to establish and maintain trust and rapport in a non-rigid, supportive, and holistic way. I am very open-minded to language and our approach to therapeutic relationships; however this is balanced by very structured boundaries and open dialogue and communication.”
Who do you primarily work with?
"I enjoy supporting adults and families. I have extensive experience working with older individuals and individuals experiencing chronic life-limiting illnesses. I enjoy helping individuals who are seeking support throughout the grieving process or working to reduce anxiety, depression, or stress in their lives."
How do you describe success with a client?
I had this experience one time while doing hospice in Arizona. I was serving a Native American woman out on the reservation, and she needed General Inpatient Care for unmanaged symptoms. However, being part of the Native American population, there was a lot of mistrust for the medical system, plus she didn’t want to leave the reservation. She and I built a lot of trust and rapport, and eventually, I got her to our hospice house.
I was visiting her twice a day for a few days, and she was getting worse. One day, I went in to see her, and she yelled, “Stop!” out of the blue. So I stop in my tracks and asked, “What’s wrong?” She told me that I was surrounded by spirits from her reservation and that I was a “helping spirit.” It was a hair stand-up kind of moment. Needless to say, I got her back to her reservation where she passed peacefully!