Eric Bolella, LMFT

Eric Bolella is a Connecticut LMFT with ten years of clinical experience. He trained at Central Connecticut State University and holds a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. He now works in private practice and provides sessions via telehealth services.

He helps people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, and relationship strain. He also works with concerns such as codependency, attachment and abandonment issues, blended family stress, and caregiver strain. His background includes outpatient work with inner-city youth and low-income families in New Britain, CT, and management roles at adolescent group homes.

Eric uses a systemic, trauma-focused lens in sessions. He draws on solution-focused strategies and a conversational, socratic style to help people notice patterns and try different responses. He also integrates narrative approaches and ideas influenced by Internal Family Systems and Compassionate Inquiry to look at parts of experience and the stories people tell about themselves.

In practical terms he focuses on concrete problems and small, testable changes. Sessions often include talking through what happens in relationships, identifying unhelpful patterns, and practicing new ways to set limits or express needs. He is comfortable addressing life transitions, parenting strain, and the impact of domestic violence on family bonds.

People who want straightforward, systems-minded help around intimacy issues, stress, or the fallout from trauma may find his approach useful. To start he asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session using the site’s online options.

How his approaches translate to online sessions