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Cynthia Odell

Cynthia Odell

LMFT

Therapist · New Jersey · 10+ years of experience

Guiding steady change with practical roadmaps

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  • LMFT clinician
  • Ten years experience
  • Focus on anger

About Cynthia

Cynthia Odell is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck and want to make a change. Cynthia speaks plainly and offers steady guidance as clients figure out next steps.

She begins by meeting people where they are and naming what feels hard. Cynthia helps clarify the problems that block progress and identifies where people feel stuck. Together they imagine a different future and set reachable goals that match the client’s values and hopes.

Working with Cynthia is collaborative and practical. She draws on approaches that center relationships, personal stories, and problem-solving to build a day-to-day plan. Clients are offered tools for handling stress, anger, anxiety, addiction, grief, and other struggles that get in the way of everyday life.

Cynthia helps people craft a personalized roadmap for change. Sessions focus on small, clear steps that move a person toward their goals while addressing family and relationship patterns when they come up. Her style is encouraging and steady, with attention to strengths and to the experiences that shaped each person’s life.

People who want straightforward support for life transitions, parenting strain, intimacy concerns, or career shifts may find this approach useful. Cynthia emphasizes practical strategies and steady support as clients take the next steps toward the life they want.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsDepressionADHD

Also works with

AddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Credentials

New Jersey, Vermont

Languages

English

Approaches that shape online work and progress

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence how people connect, trust, and react in close relationships. It can help with intimacy concerns, attachment wounds, and patterns that repeat across relationships. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist, using listening and reflection to help people find their own answers and build self-worth. This approach is useful for low self-esteem, emptiness, and major life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a process that happens together. The therapist will listen to needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest which approaches to try. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so therapy can be adjusted as they learn what helps best.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing sessions to occur from other locations. It can also allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or offer a way to keep continuity during life changes. The focus is on practical ways to apply therapeutic strategies between sessions so progress continues in day-to-day life.

At a glance

Listed location
New Jersey
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
LMFT
Languages
English
License (New Jersey)
LMFT · No. 37FI00186700
License (Vermont)
LMFT · No. 100.0133994
NPI
1205277720

As listed by the therapist. You can check a license with the state board and an NPI with the national registry.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, anger, relationship concerns, parenting strain, ADHD, trauma and related issues listed in her specialties.

What is the therapy style like in sessions?

Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on clarifying problems, setting goals, and using tools to move forward step by step.

What background and experience does she bring?

She has ten years of clinical experience helping people who feel stuck and want to make changes in their lives.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) licensed in Vermont and New Jersey and practices from New Jersey.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients supported?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Before you start

  • Online talk therapy is not a court-ordered or mandated anger-management course, and it does not provide attendance certificates.
  • Check that the location and license details above fit where you live.
  • If anyone is at risk of being harmed, contact emergency services or a domestic-abuse helpline first. See the support lines for the US, UK and Australia.
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