Our City of Weston Healthcare Heroes 2025
Dr. Claudia Perolini, PhD, is a psychologist and founder
of Integrative Psychotherapy, where she provides
therapy and psychological testing.
She supports tweens, teens, and adults facing anxiety,
depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, and relationship
struggles. With adolescents, her work often centers on
identity, independence, self-esteem, peer relationships, and
social anxiety. She also conducts psychological assessments
with children, teens, and adults for ADHD, autism, learning
disorders, and giftedness, helping families gain clarity,
recognize strengths, and create thoughtful treatment plans.
Healing What Still Hurts *
As children, we tend to dream of a future filled with joy, love, connection, and fulfillment. We envision a life full of excitement, good health, and opportunities for growth. But often, as we get older, life happens—and it can hurt deeply. Like an ocean wave that crashes unexpectedly, knocking us off balance and pulling us under, we struggle to stay afloat.
Therapy: Worth every penny—or an expensive indulgence? *
I often hear a version of this question: Is therapy really worth the investment—my money, time, energy, and the hope that things could change for me or my family? I get it. Starting therapy is a serious commitment, and it’s wise to consider it carefully. Therapy can feel uncertain at first—showing up weekly, paying the fee, and speaking honestly about our pain, sometimes without a clear end date.
Is therapy for ME?
Being a therapist, I often have the privilege of being trusted with significant questions people have. Usually is not an answer from me what, deep down, they are looking for. It is more about making a space in which we can, together, take a closer look at whatever is going on in their inner worlds. At times..
Feeling a mix of eagerness and trepidation when considering starting therapy? It actually makes perfect sense
We all start therapy with different degrees of knowledge about the process. What should we expect? How much should I disclose? Is there a “right” timing? Can I actually get worse? What if I get too attached to my therapist and then he or she leaves? These and similar thoughts are not at all uncommon, especially in the beginning phases of therapy.