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Luz C. Ventura-Polanco, MA, LPC, NCC, CTP

About Luz C. Ventura-Polanco, MA, LPC, NCC, CTP

Welcome! I’m Luz Ventura-Polanco, MA, LPC, NCC, CCTP, a bilingual (English/Spanish) Licensed Professional Counselor dedicated to helping individuals, children, adolescents, and families navigate life’s challenges with compassion, understanding, and purpose.

I have experience working with clients in outpatient, in-home, school, and community-based settings, supporting concerns related to anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, trauma, family dynamics, life transitions, and relationship challenges. My approach is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and centered on creating a safe space where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered.

I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and families, incorporating approaches such as play therapy, art-based interventions, psychoeducation, and evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support emotional growth and healing. I also provide parent coaching to help caregivers strengthen connection, improve communication, understand their child’s needs, and build healthier family patterns.

I believe therapy is a collaborative process, and my goal is to meet you where you are while helping you move toward the life and relationships you want to create. Whether you are seeking support through a difficult season, working through past experiences, or looking to better understand yourself and your relationships, I am honored to be part of that journey.

Techniques/Modalities

  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment Informed Therapy
  • Client-Centered
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Existential
  • Exposure and Response Prevention
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Harm Reduction
  • Humanistic
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • LGBTQ+ Affirmative
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Person Centered Therapy
  • Play Therapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Trauma-Informed

Type of Immigration Evaluations Provided

  • Asylum
  • Cancellation of Removal
  • Extreme Hardship Waiver
  • Naturalization Waiver
  • T-Visa
  • U-Visa
  • Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Specialties

  • Abandonment
  • Abuse
  • Addictions
  • Adoption
  • Aggression and Violence
  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Anger Management
  • Antisocial Personality
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Challenges
  • Attention Deficit (ADHD)
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Behavioral Challenges
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Birth Traumas
  • Blended Families
  • Body Image
  • Borderline Personality
  • Burnout
  • Career Counseling
  • Career Uncertainty
  • Caregivers
  • Codependency
  • College Students
  • Communication Issues
  • Complex PTSD
  • Compulsive Behaviors
  • Control and Impulsivity
  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Developmental Traumas
  • Dissociation
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Family Conflict
  • First Generation
  • First Responders
  • Foster Care Experiences
  • Grief & Loss
  • Guilt
  • Helplessness
  • Identity Issues
  • Immigrant Communities
  • Immigration Evaluations
  • LGBTQ+
  • Oppositional Defiance

Office Details

  • Free Consultation
  • Headway Provider
  • Online Services
  • Parent Therapists

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States Licensed In

New Jersey

Fees

Fees

165

Insurance

Aetna
Amerihealth
Carelon
CIGNA
Horizon BCBS
Oscar Health
United Health/Optum (EAP Only)
UnitedHealthcare
  • Aetna
  • Amerihealth
  • Carelon
  • CIGNA
  • Horizon BCBS
  • Oscar Health
  • United Health/Optum (EAP Only)
  • UnitedHealthcare
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Practice Details

Therapist Languages

Hablo Español

Services For

Couples, Family, Group, Individuals

Client Age

Toddlers / Preschoolers (0 to 6)
Children (6 to 10)
Preteens / Tweens (11 to 13)
Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
Young Adults (18-25)
Adults
Elders (65+)

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