Eric Bolella , LMFT

Eric Bolella is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who brings a decade of clinical experience to his work with individuals and families in Connecticut. He earned a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Central Connecticut State University in 2013 and has worked across a range of community settings, including outpatient programs serving inner city youth and low-income families in New Britain.

He has clinical experience as a clinician and manager in therapeutic adolescent group homes and oversaw a state-funded nonprofit domestic violence program focused on reforming abusive behaviors and repairing family bonds to reduce the need for state intervention. Those roles helped him develop a systemic perspective on family dynamics and practical skills supporting safety, connection, and change.

His practice is trauma-focused and grounded in solution-focused strategies delivered with a Socratic, conversational style. He draws on Internal Family Systems influences, Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry, and narrative methods to help people make sense of their experiences and shift patterns that cause distress.

Eric works privately using telehealth services and concentrates on areas such as trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety and depression, relationship and family concerns, intimacy and attachment issues, caregiving and compassion fatigue, and life cycle transitions.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes practical steps and goals, helping people identify strengths and small changes that produce meaningful results; it is often useful for addressing life transitions, relationship challenges, and immediate stressors. Narrative Therapy helps clients explore the stories they tell about themselves and their lives, creating new perspectives that reduce shame and open possibilities for change in relationships and identity. Mindfulness Therapy encourages present-moment awareness and nonjudgmental attention to thoughts and feelings, skills that can reduce reactivity and support coping with anxiety, grief, and trauma-related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is done collaboratively. Eric works with clients and licensed professionals to identify methods that best match a person’s goals, preferences, and life circumstances, adjusting strategies as progress and needs evolve.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for people balancing work, family, or mobility constraints. These options make it easier to attend regular sessions, maintain continuity of care through life changes, and integrate therapeutic work into day-to-day life while working with a therapist experienced in telehealth practice.