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A Journey to Hope & Healing is growing to meet your needs!
Meet our team.....
DANA CUX, LCSW
Practice Owner, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Dana is a Solution Focused therapist, eclectic in her therapeutic approach encompassing different styles to meet the client's needs including but not limited to CBT, DBT, ACT, and mindfulness techniques. She enjoys working with the adult population. She aspires to empower clients to create positive goals to reach their highest potential in a compassionate and empathetic manner; to regain clarity & confidence through counseling and coaching. Some of her specialties include anxiety, depression, codependency, relationships, personality disorders, unexpected life changes and self-esteem. She also provides clearance for bariatric surgery procedures.
Dana is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master’s degree from Monmouth University. She has 16 years of experience working intensively alongside a psychiatrist in an outpatient mental health setting prior to opening A Journey to Hope & Healing in 2020. This experience was extremely valuable in sharpening her diagnostic skills and treatment planning abilities with clients. She also has behavioral health inpatient and emergency room crisis experience working with psychotic disorders, mood disorders, addictions and various other mental health disorders.
Personally, Dana is an active person who enjoys the outdoors and doing home projects. She likes to be busy and productive! When it is time to relax, you can usually find her at the beach with her dogs or in her back yard around the fire pit! Some of her roles are mom, daughter, aunt, sister, and friend. She was born to be a therapist and feels fulfilled by providing support to empower others to help themselves. She values connecting with people and being a part of their lives in meaningful ways.
ALEXANDRA FLANDERS, LSW
Licensed Social Worker
Alexandra works with children, adolescents, families/parents and adults to make sense of the patterns that shape how we relate to ourselves and to each other. Her work is rooted in early relational health, attachment theory, and trauma-informed family systems. She draws from relational, psychodynamic and developmental frameworks to help people better understand their stories, regulate their emotions, and build relationships that feel safer and more connected. She enjoys working with clients to navigate challenges such as anxiety, improve self-esteem, relationship stress, identity shifts and processing past traumas.
Alexandra has served as the lead clinician in the Family Stabilization Program at Center for Family Services, supporting families through trauma, reunification, and complex systems work. She received her Master’s in Clinical Social Work from Rutgers University and has completed extensive postgraduate training in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (0–5), Child-Parent Psychotherapy, and family systems theory.
Alexandra's style is warm, direct, and collaborative. She values honesty, humor and the belief that growth happens in the context of genuine connection. When she is not working, she is happiest near the ocean, enjoying live music and spending time with her family and dog, Georgia.
ERIKA CHINICH
Mind-Body Transformation Coach
Master Hypnotherapist
As a Mind-Body Transformation Coach, Erika blends guided visualization, breathwork, somatic and nervous system regulation, and belief and identity work to support those seeking meaningful change. She helps clients manage anxiety, improve self-esteem, and release stress while calming the mind and reducing overwhelm. Her work restores balance and harmony within the nervous system, creating space for deep relaxation, confidence, and freedom from old patterns.
Erika has spent the last two decades in the healing and wellness field, guiding clients toward lasting transformation. She began her journey as a yoga instructor at The Center for Health and Healing in Toms River, NJ, where she gained a deep understanding of the connection between body, mind and spirit. Her path expanded as she trained as a certified massage therapist at The Center for Massage and Natural Health in NC, and as a Reiki Master at Kripalu Center in Stockbridge, MA.
While massage and energy work brought profound relief, Erika discovered that the deepest and most lasting changes began in the mind. This insight led her to train as a life coach and earn her certification as a Master Hypnotist through HMI College of Hypnotherapy in Tarzana, CA. Over the years, she has integrated these diverse modalities to help clients uncover and release the subconscious patterns that hold them back.
Whether you are seeking to overcome anxiety, strengthen self-worth, improve relationships, or release old habits, Erika brings compassion, insight, and expertise to help you create lasting transformation. Click on the "courses" tab to see some self-paced programs Erika has created!
MEGAN CONNOLLY, LAC
Licensed Associate Counselor
Megan has been an elementary school teacher for the past 25 years. She received her undergraduate Elementary and Special Education degree at Salve Regina University and has now earned her second master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Seton Hall University. Megan has been with A Journey to Hope & Healing as an intern throughout graduate school under the supervision of the owner, Dana Cux, LCSW for the past few years. She has now earned her counseling license and has officially joined the practice as an independent therapist! Megan’s teaching experience has taught her about the importance of understanding child/adolescent psychological and emotional well-being. Her internship placement with the practice has sharpened her therapeutic skill set and the ability to put theory into practice. The combine her extensive education, personal growth and professional experiences make
Megan successful as a well-rounded and knowledgeable counselor. Megan combines modalities to meet the client’s needs, mostly utilizing a CBT approach to address anxiety and depression symptoms, improve self-esteem, and reframe a negative mindset. She also has experience working with those struggling with eating disorders, relationship/peer/family conflicts, school refusal and motivational goal setting. Her goal as a counselor is to assist with acquiring resiliency skills and effective coping strategies to help clients live their best life!
VICTORIA "TORI" HADLEY, LSW
Licensed Social Worker
Victoria is a licensed social worker and a registered nurse who graduated from Rutgers University with a Masters in Social work and a Bachelors in Nursing from Chamberlain University. Victoria has combined her education of social work and nursing to develop skills in helping clients manage physical and mental health complications, infertility, post partum, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety and depression.
Over the past decade, Victoria has worked as a social worker helping children, teens and adults with chronic illnesses, grief & loss and life changes. She is currently studying to become Gottman certified to continue advanced work with couples to strengthen and improve their communication and overall relationship satisfaction. Victoria also has valuable experience working within the mental health hospital sector as an inpatient social worker on varying psychiatric units, which broadened her clinical skills. This experience has helped her develop her therapeutic techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure therapy, dialectal behavior therapy, attachment theory and grief processing. She truly enjoys seeing clients reach a level of peace and comfort while managing life stressors.
When she is not working, Tori values her personal relationships, spending time with her husband, family and friends. She is proud to call herself a mother to her twin boys and she will soon welcome the newest addition to the family in 2026.
HANNAH SARRECCHIA, LAC
Licensed Associate Counselor
Hannah has experience as a New Jersey school counselor and is currently a Student Assistance Coordinator (SAC) at a local high school. She received her undergraduate degree at Montclair State University in Psychology and has continued her education, receiving a Masters of Education in Professional Counseling with a School Counseling concentration from William Paterson University. She has also obtained a Professional Graduate Counseling certificate, a SAC endorsement, and an additional Masters Degree in Addictions Studies from Monmouth University. Hannah is also a National Certified Counselor (NCC).
Hannah is eclectic, using multiple approaches and methods in therapy. Her belief is that all individuals are unique, and the therapeutic interventions used should be just as unique to meet each client’s needs on an individual basis. She has experience using expression therapy techniques that help clients express their emotions in a safe and non-threatening way. Hannah provides traditional talk therapy to children, teens, young adults and adults needing support to work through challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression, peer pressure, relationship conflicts, boundaries, self-esteem, addictions, and a range of other diagnoses and negative emotions one might be faced with. Hannah is trained and also enjoys working with children through Art & Play Therapy. Hannah’s goal as a therapist is to offer a safe and compassionate environment for her clients that will promote a healing space for the body, mind, and soul.
KATIE BONELLI, LSW
Licensed Social Worker
Katie has been in various social work roles over the past 14 years. Katie has experience as a Student Assistance Coordinator (SAC) for elementary school through high school while expanding her career as a therapist in private practice. Katie received her master’s degree in Social Work at Rutgers University and has also earned her SAC certification from Monmouth University. Over the past decade Katie has had the opportunity to work with a wide range of clientele in various settings, including inpatient psychiatric care, nursing homes, Hackensack Meridian Health A-Team, working with teens in a high school setting and currently working with elementary school aged children as their SAC. This wide range of experience has sharpened her clinical skills and ability to meet clients where they are in their lives. Katie uses a variety of therapeutic approaches to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, substance abuse, relationship conflicts and family crisis situations. She truly enjoys helping clients reach their full potential of overall health and wellness.
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