Eric Bolella, LMFT

Eric Bolella is a Connecticut LMFT with ten years of clinical experience. He helps people cope with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, and the everyday stresses of life. He sees clients using telehealth services from his private practice in Connecticut.

Eric trained at Central Connecticut State University, earning a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2013. Early in his career he worked in outpatient programs serving inner-city youth and low-income families in New Britain, Connecticut. He also worked in therapeutic group home settings for adolescents and managed programs for both boys and girls.

More recently he ran a state-funded non-profit domestic violence program. There he focused on reducing abusive behaviors and supporting efforts to keep families together when possible. That role involved managing clinical services and coordinating with community systems.

His approach is systemic and trauma-focused. He mixes solution-focused strategies with a Socratic conversational style. He draws on Internal Family Systems influences, compassionate inquiry ideas, and narrative methods while staying grounded in practical steps clients can try between sessions.

In sessions he looks for clear patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behavior and works with clients to test different responses. He uses mindfulness techniques and practical exercises alongside talk-based work. The aim is to notice unhelpful habits and try concrete alternatives that fit a person’s life.

Eric helps people facing complex family-of-origin issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, body image and eating issues, caregiver stress, and adjustment after illness or disaster. He also supports those coping with bipolar symptoms, disruptive mood dysregulation concerns, and compassion fatigue.

How Eric combines structured approaches in online sessions