After 34 years of practice, I still have a strong desire to help people heal, and realize their inner strength and resilience. I am committed to helping you bring more meaning into your life through rewriting your narrative. My desire is to provide insights, tools, strategies that are empirically-sound and practical to implement in your daily life.
You have a remarkable story
My name is Melissa Higgins, Founder and Owner of the Center for Therapy and Counseling Services
Mental Health
We believe in the transformative power of personal narratives. Each of us carries a unique story shaped by our experiences, relationships, challenges, identities, hopes, and growth. Every person’s story deserves to be heard, understood, and valued.
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Your perspective shapes more than the way you see a situation. It can influence how you feel, the choices you make, and the way you move through your life.
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We live in a world that asks us to produce, achieve, and excel without pause. We are taught to measure our worth by our output, treating our bodies and minds like machines that should run indefinitely without maintenance.
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Discover why hope is always possible. Melissa Higgins on how neuroplasticity & safe relationships support healing therapy in NJ.
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Heal from anxiety, depression, grief & trauma through NJ therapy. Discover the Six Paths to Wellness at the Center for Therapy & Counseling.
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Choosing a couples therapist is a profound act of courage. It is an acknowledgment that your story is worth rewriting.
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Dwyane Wade, the retired NBA star, is handling his child’s transition in a super cool and inspiring way. As a parent, we only have so much influence over who our children become. They are each born with unique traits, interests, and personalities, and it is our job to pay attention to those qualities, and to work […]
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Welcome to my blog! Thank you so much for stopping by! You are welcome here. This blog, Your Remarkable Story, will contain content about mental health and wellness, relationships, awareness, individual therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, parenting, group therapy, post-traumatic growth, autism, teens, children and our incredibly skilled therapists. You may think that the blog includes […]
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