StepAhead Counseling offers individual, couples, and family therapy grounded in evidence-based care. Whatever you’re working through, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
support for anxiety, stress, dating anxiety, and life transitions, building emotional regulation skills and helping you move forward with confidence
structured, DBT-informed groups offering shared support and practical tools alongside others facing similar challenges
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Rabbi Larry Rothwachs, LCSW, is both a seasoned rabbinic leader and a licensed clinical social worker, with over 25 years of rabbinic experience and nearly a decade of rabbinic training and pastoral counseling. Trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), he specializes in couples and family work, helping couples strengthen connection and families navigate challenges with greater clarity and compassion.
As a therapist formerly at the Center for CBT of New Jersey, and now through StepAhead Counseling, Rabbi Rothwachs works with couples facing marital difficulties, parents in crisis, and individuals managing complex relational dynamics. His approach integrates evidence-based therapeutic models with insights drawn from decades of Jewish communal leadership, enabling him to provide guidance that is both clinically grounded and deeply attuned to the human experience.
Today, my wife said goodbye to her 2015 Honda Pilot. It was not an attractive car (particularly as of late), but it had lived a full life. By the time we handed over the keys, the odometer read 271,587 miles.
Twenty feet sounds like a lot until it has to hold a lifetime. In just a few days, the movers will come to pack our belongings into a twenty-foot container that will carry them across the ocean.
We should stop pretending that convenience has helped us become better communicators. It hasn’t. It has allowed us to respond faster. It has made us easier to reach. But it has not nurtured honesty, attentiveness, or presence.