Ken Haberland, LCMHC, MLADC
Co-Founder & Clinician
Individual & Couples Therapy | Tilton, NH + Telehealth Across New Hampshire
Therapy That Is Practical, Collaborative, and Straightforward
Therapy does not have to feel overly clinical or like you are spending an hour talking without knowing what to do next.
Ken works with adults and couples who want a space where they can be open about what is happening while also working toward meaningful change. His style is collaborative, conversational, and straightforward. That can mean slowing down and understanding where a pattern came from, but it can also mean recognizing when understanding the pattern is no longer enough and something needs to change.
Ken believes effective therapy should adapt to the person sitting in the room rather than expecting every client to respond to the same approach. Some clients benefit from structure and concrete strategies. Others need room to process experiences, relationships, or emotions they have been carrying for a long time. Often, therapy involves both.
The goal is not perfection. It is helping you better understand yourself, respond differently when it matters, and build changes that translate into your life outside of therapy.
Who Ken Works With
Ken primarily works with adults navigating concerns such as:
• Anxiety and overthinking
• Depression and low motivation
• Stress and feeling overwhelmed
• Trauma and difficult life experiences
• Substance use and recovery
• Relationship difficulties
• Major life transitions
• Recurring emotional or behavioral patterns
• Feeling stuck despite knowing that something needs to change
Ken also works with couples experiencing relationship difficulties, communication problems, disconnection, recurring conflict, and other challenges affecting the relationship.
You do not need to arrive at therapy knowing exactly what is wrong or which type of therapy you need. Part of the process is figuring out what is happening, what is getting in the way, and what might actually help.
What Working With Ken Is Like
Ken's approach to therapy is active and collaborative.
Sessions are collaborative rather than one-sided, and clients can expect more than simply being listened to for an hour. Ken works to understand the larger picture while helping clients recognize patterns, consider different perspectives, and identify changes that can make a practical difference.
That does not mean every session is about homework or fixing a problem immediately. Some things need to be understood before they can be changed. At other times, continuing to analyze a problem can become part of what keeps someone stuck.
Ken's approach leaves room for both.
Therapy can include exploring the experiences that shaped how you respond today, learning skills for managing what is happening now, challenging patterns that are no longer helping, and developing more effective ways of responding to difficult situations.
The relationship between therapist and client matters as well. Ken aims to create an environment where clients can speak honestly without feeling as though they need to perform therapy "correctly."
Approach to Therapy
Rather than relying on one treatment model for every client, Ken draws from several evidence-based and established therapeutic approaches depending on the person's concerns, goals, and needs.
These include:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Examining how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another and identifying patterns that may be contributing to distress or keeping someone stuck.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Helping clients develop a different relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions while making choices that are more consistent with what matters to them.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Incorporating skills and principles related to emotional regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness when appropriate.
Motivational Interviewing
Working collaboratively with ambivalence about change rather than assuming that knowing what should change automatically makes changing it easy.
Emotionally Focused Approaches
Exploring emotional and relationship patterns that can contribute to conflict, disconnection, or repeated difficulties.
Mindfulness and Solution-Focused Approaches
Building greater awareness of present experiences while also identifying strengths, possibilities, and practical steps forward.
These approaches are tools rather than a checklist. Treatment is shaped around the individual or couple rather than requiring the client to fit into a particular therapy model.
Experience With Substance Use and Recovery
Substance use and recovery have been an important part of Ken's clinical work and professional background.
As a Master Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor in New Hampshire, Ken has experience working with substance-use concerns alongside the mental-health, relationship, behavioral, and life circumstances that frequently accompany them.
That experience also influences his broader approach to therapy.
People rarely experience anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship problems, stress, or substance use in complete isolation from the rest of their lives. Looking at the whole person can help identify not only what someone is struggling with, but what purpose certain behaviors or coping strategies may have served and what needs to take their place.
Clients do not need to identify as being "in recovery" to talk openly about their relationship with alcohol or other substances.
Individual Therapy
Ken provides individual therapy for adults who want support understanding and changing patterns affecting their mental health, relationships, recovery, or everyday life.
Treatment may involve addressing a specific concern such as anxiety or depression, working through a difficult transition or experience, or addressing several interconnected concerns over time.
Related services: Anxiety Therapy · Depression Therapy · Stress Management · Trauma Therapy · Addiction Counseling
Couples Therapy
Ken also works with couples who want help understanding and changing patterns within their relationship.
Couples therapy can provide a structured place to address recurring conflict, communication difficulties, emotional disconnection, and patterns that can be difficult to change when both people are caught inside them.
The focus is not simply determining who is right. Therapy looks at what is happening between partners and what may need to change for the relationship to function differently.
Where Ken Provides Therapy
In person: Tilton, New Hampshire
Telehealth: Available throughout New Hampshire
Licensed in: New Hampshire
Credentials: Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and Master Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (MLADC)
Insurance & Payment
Insurance participation can vary by clinician, service, and individual plan.
H&H Counseling verifies clinician participation and plan eligibility before scheduling so that clients can better understand their options before beginning services.
Interested in Working With Ken?
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