Adam Lang, LICSW

Clients I work with: Adult Individuals and Couples

Issues I work with: Trauma, relationship dynamics, men’s issues, depression and anxiety, chronic pain, chronic illness, grief and loss, spirituality,  physical disability, intergenerational trauma, identity concerns,  postpartum support, elders, young adults, LGBTQIA+ community, existential concerns, meaning-making, healthcare workers, transnationalism, and cultural stressors

 

My Approach

Beginning therapy takes courage. Choosing to look honestly at your inner world—especially when you are hurting—is a deeply compassionate act toward yourself and the people you care about.

To be impacted by life is part of being human. You may have learned early on that certain feelings were too much or too unsafe to express. In earlier years, you may develop ways of protecting yourself—armor that helps you survive painful experiences, losses, or disappointments. But as life changes, that same armor can begin to weigh us down.

What once protected you may now show up as anxiety, exhaustion, depression, health concerns, insomnia, chronic stress, or a sense of feeling disconnected from yourself or others. I offer a skilled, safe, and attuned place to gently set some of that armor down.

Often, people arrive in therapy during moments of disruption—a relationship struggle, a life transition, a health diagnosis, an identity question, or a growing sense that something inside feels stuck or limited. These moments can feel overwhelming, but they can also become invitations to look inward with curiosity and care.

As a systems therapist and clinical social worker, I believe our struggles rarely exist in isolation. The pain you carry may be connected to relationships, cultural expectations, institutions, family history, physical experiences, or even patterns passed through generations. Together, we explore the context and history of your struggles and get to the roots of your pain.

In therapy, we slow everything down and begin to explore your patterns and pain. Within that exploration, many people discover something surprising—alongside pain, there is often wisdom, resourcefulness, and intuition. The same parts of you that learned how to survive may also hold the seeds for healing.

My approach to therapy is collaborative, human-centered, and informed by modern neuroscience. Our brains and nervous systems are capable of change, adaptation, and transformation. Through new relational experiences, emotional understanding, and mind–body awareness, we can begin to reshape long-standing stress responses and create greater resilience and clarity.

This work often begins with compassionate inquiry into your inner world—your thoughts, emotions, bodily experiences, and the experiences that have shaped you. By reconnecting the mind, body, and heart, and learning to listen inwardly with curiosity rather than judgment, new possibilities for living begin to emerge.

I look forward to hearing your story. Together, we will create a space that feels safe enough for honest exploration and strong enough to support meaningful change. You can experience a fuller emotional life, a clearer connection with your voice, and a deeper alignment with your values, identity, and sense of purpose.

Individual Therapy

I work with adults who want to move beyond simply surviving and begin living with greater clarity, connection, and freedom.

Life experiences such as trauma, chronic stress, health challenges, relationship injuries, or internalized stigma can gradually disconnect us from our bodies, our emotions, and our sense of belonging with others. In response, many people develop strategies that once helped them adapt—making themselves smaller, hiding their feelings, over-functioning, perfectionism, or people-pleasing.

Our early relational experiences lay the foundation for how we show up in the world and in relationships. If those early experiences were painful, inconsistent, or did not give you what you needed, you may have developed a range of strategies to protect, adapt, survive, or minimize parts of yourself.

As human beings, we are incredibly resourceful. We learn ways to prevent future hurts while still maintaining connection as best we can. These protective patterns may help you succeed at work, perform well academically, care for others, or navigate complex environments. But over time, the same strategies that once protected you can begin to feel exhausting or limiting.

Where you may have needed to protect, bury, or deny painful experiences or unmet needs, it can sometimes feel difficult to make sense of the struggles shaping your life today. Perhaps you were not allowed to make mistakes. Perhaps your emotions were treated as too big or invalid. Perhaps parts of your identity or experience had to be tucked away in order to receive care or approval.

In therapy, all parts of you are welcome—especially the ones that have felt wounded, isolated, or hidden. Together, we will create space to reconnect with these experiences and tend to the places that still need care, organization, and understanding.

I offer a space where these patterns can be explored with care rather than judgment. Therapy becomes a place to gently organize and understand the protective strategies your system developed so that you can explore other ways of getting more of what you need, feeling safe, or setting boundaries. 

Through this process, many people begin to develop new ways of relating to themselves and others—ways that allow for greater authenticity, emotional closeness, and freedom in their lives.

Whether you are navigating identity questions, chronic illness or pain, grief, caregiving, men’s issues, work stress, or major life transitions, I will meet you where you are with curiosity, respect, and creativity.

My Approach

I hold a Master of Social Work from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College in International and Global Studies. I completed my clinical training at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where I worked in psychosocial oncology, supporting individuals, couples, and families facing serious medical illness.

This work profoundly shaped my approach as a therapist. Sitting with people in moments of vulnerability, uncertainty, and loss deepened my understanding of the existential questions that often arise during times of suffering—questions about identity, meaning, purpose, embodiment, and grief. I am comfortable engaging these deeper conversations and believe they are often central to healing.

I am also certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), an evidence-based approach designed to reduce or eliminate neuroplastic pain. This therapy has been shown to help individuals experiencing chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia, sciatica, disc herniation, irritable bowel syndrome, vestibular conditions, and chronic fatigue syndrome.

As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I am committed to creating an affirming therapeutic space where queer individuals and couples can explore identity, belonging, relationships, and the unique strengths and questions that emerge from LGBTQIA+ lived experiences.