Eric Bolella, LMFT

Eric Bolella, LMFT, is licensed in Connecticut and has practiced for 10 years. He works on trauma, relationship and life stress concerns using solution-focused strategies and a trauma-focused, systemic orientation. He currently sees people through telehealth services and describes his style as conversational with influences from Internal Family Systems and narrative work.

Eric spent early years in outpatient work with inner city youth and low-income families in New Britain, Connecticut. He has clinical experience in adolescent group homes, both as a clinician and as a manager. He later managed a state-funded domestic violence program that focused on reducing abusive behavior and restoring family connections.

In private practice he continues to focus on trauma-related issues. He also helps people with grief, depression, anxiety, and life transitions. He uses concrete, solution-focused strategies alongside conversational questioning to help people test new ways of thinking and relating.

Eric describes his approach as systemic and trauma-focused. He draws on narrative methods to help people reframe difficult experiences. Mindfulness and client-centered ideas appear in his work to support emotion regulation and present-moment awareness.

He lists additional focus areas including attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family issues, body image and caregiver stress. He also notes work with eating and sleeping problems, intimacy-related concerns, codependency, and communication problems. His background includes nonprofit management and hands-on clinical roles in residential settings.

People choosing a first session are asked to follow the practice's intake steps to match with him and schedule an initial meeting. Sessions are provided in English and conducted through telehealth services.

How Eric integrates therapeutic methods in telehealth