Jovens Colas, LCSW

Jovens Colas is a Connecticut licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 11 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship struggles. He also works with people facing grief, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Jovens lists codependency and attachment issues among his additional focuses and supports adults dealing with those patterns.

His approach is straightforward and conversational. He listens for patterns in how people relate to others and to themselves. Sessions look at concrete behaviors, like people-pleasing or avoiding conflict, and small steps that change those patterns over time.

Jovens uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy, alongside mindfulness and existential ideas. That means clients practice noticing thoughts and feelings, try experiments in daily life, and clarify what matters to them. The work blends talking through problems with exercises to test different ways of responding.

He pays attention to cultural background and experiences of prejudice or discrimination when those issues come up. Jovens helps people talk about attachment wounds, abandonment fears, and the stress that comes from caregiving or chronic illness. He also supports those coping with substance use and relapse concerns.

Sessions are offered in English and Haitian Creole. Jovens accepts international clients and works with adults who want practical tools to set boundaries, communicate more clearly, and regain a sense of themselves outside of others' needs.

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