Bonnie Slater Manuel, LCSW, brings over twenty years of clinical experience to her practice, where she believes that effective therapy begins with a strong connection. Her primary goal is to foster a warm, non-judgmental working relationship, ensuring that comfort is prioritized for successful treatment outcomes. Bonnie collaborates with individuals to create tailored approaches that address their unique difficulties while highlighting their strengths and aspirations. Known for her compassionate, direct, and calm communication style, she expertly facilitates the exploration of thoughts, feelings, and actions, aiming to relieve distress, enhance insight, improve coping strategies, and cultivate healthier, more fulfilling relationships. Her areas of expertise encompass mood and anxiety disorders, relationship challenges, family transitions, divorce, grief, self-harming behaviors, anger management, school and workplace issues, communication skills, sexual victimization, reactive and offending behaviors, infertility, and military service-related concerns. Bonnie currently offers telehealth services through secure video, making her support accessible to those in need.