Celebrating Four Years of ECS!
This month Equilibrium celebrates its 4th year of existence! It feels like a second and an eternity all at the same time! As the founder of ECS I am beyond proud of the healing community we are a part of. I am humbled that you have allowed us into your families and most vulnerable moments of your lives. We would not be here without our amazing clients, supportive friends, Thera-friends, and our local community.
When I dreamed of opening a counseling center, my hope was to create a community space that people would gather outside of just therapy as a way to bring people together and break the stigma of mental health. We have achieved that already, with our sound baths, vision board parties and of course our staple Mindfulness Paint Nights. Being here feels like home.
I could not ask for a better team of clinicians and support staff. Every one of them is passionate, driven, quirky and authentically themselves. I know how dedicated they are to their clients and to challenging generational cycles. We have so much fun when we are able to actually all be in one room. I feel so lucky and often forget I am a boss because I just want to be everyone’s friend.
Join me down memory lane and our journey to creating the EquilibriumCS you know today. Though we have had a number of hurdles (COVID & Flooding) we have continued to strive forward.
Year 1
May 2019 – Give my 30-day notice with only an idea, and pull everything together in 5 weeks.
June 2019 – Equilibrium Counseling Services officially opens and I start in my 80 sq ft office.
October 2019 – ECS hires our first employee, Summer Folenza LMFT
Mach 2 2020 – Sign a new lease for 1440 sq ft office space to grow into not knowing what was just weeks away…
March 17 2020 - Only 10 months into business, the COVID-19 pandemic begins, sending us all home and my giant office sits empty.
Year 2
June 2020 – Carly Nash LCSW joins the team! (Happy 3 years, Carly!)
2020-2021 – I spend the year slowly setting up our counseling center eagerly awaiting the day we can welcome people back in person safely
March 2021 – Jessica Rodriguez AMFT joins our growing team
June 2021 – Yaya back in person (kinda)
August 2021 – We host our very first Mindfulness Paint Night with Chaleuh
September 2021 – I sign a book deal and secretly began writing!
Fall 2021 – We welcome Stacie Fanelli LCSW & Dunkin’ and I finally hire an assistant, yay Sachi Kempf!
January 2022 – Kerry Martinelli AMFT brings some sparkle to our team!
March 26th 2022 – Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety – Book Launch party!
FLOOD - The morning of the party, the office is completely flooded by a broken pipe next door. The next 7 weeks we are back 100% online as the office is torn apart and rebuilt.
May 2022 – Claire Craddick AMFT joins the team!
Year 3
July 2022 – We move back in to the office and have to reset up everything
September 2022 – We are gifted with the talents of Chiara Colicino-Ibarra as she becomes my right hand in running ECS
March 2023 – We open our Good Vibrations Sound Bath with Dani Monahan
Year 4
Summer 2023 – We welcome back Sachi, now as an ADHD Coach, as well as Mason Lewerenz AMFT & Kylie Kirkwood ACSW as our newest clinicians.
More to come!
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Enjoy a celebratory video here!
Enter our anniversary giveaway here!