Brian Colangelo

Brian Colangelo is a New Jersey-based licensed clinical social worker who brings 15 years of clinical experience to his practice. He holds a Master of Social Work from Temple University and has trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, addiction counseling, rational emotive behavioral therapy, EMDR, motivational interviewing, and completed a three-year training in Gestalt Therapy at the Gestalt Institute of Philadelphia.

Brian teaches part time at Rutgers University and Camden County College and has extensive experience providing both individual and group trauma counseling to survivors of sexual assault from diverse backgrounds. He values a therapeutic relationship built on trust and openness and encourages clients to speak up if something in therapy does not feel right so it can be addressed together.

Family and close relationships are important to Brian, and he draws on his own healing work from trauma as a source of internal strength rather than comparison. He is proud of his accomplishments, accepts that he has made mistakes, and aims to learn from them while supporting others in their growth.

Brian lives in New Jersey, enjoys the outdoors, running, cycling, piña coladas and getting caught in the rain, and often uses a sarcastic sense of humor. He commits to culturally responsive care and believes society has oppressed and harmed many groups - he sees it as part of his responsibility to actively support people affected by racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, ableism and anti-Semitism, and to work toward undoing that harm.

He encourages prospective clients to reach out with questions and to learn more about him before deciding if he is the right therapist to walk beside them. (He/Him/His) Brian is licensed in New Jersey as a clinical social worker, a credential that reflects state authorization to provide clinical social work services (LCSW 44SC05390100).