Outpatient Counseling Services

Please click here to schedule an appointment with Staci:

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Staci has completed her Masters in Social Work from Fordham University in 2004. Staci is a seasoned Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 20 years of experience. Staci has experience working with children, families, and adults across many mental and behavioral needs. Staci is also certified to provide clinical supervision to our provisionally licensed clinicians. 

Staci is responsible for supervising all of the clinical providers within Step Up Family Services and is the director of our outpatient program.
Staci is passionate for the people we work with and wanted to find other ways to reach more people. This is where our outpatient program began.

Please click here to schedule an appointment with Jennifer Lenci:

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker who received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and her Art Therapy Certificate from Caldwell University and her master’s degree from Rutgers University. 

Jennifer has worked with diverse and multicultural populations. She has training and experience effectively working with children and adolescents who present with diagnoses including Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Jennifer also has experience with children and adolescents who exhibit school refusal and has provided therapy to teenagers who are pregnant, on probation, and have been incarcerated within the juvenile justice system. 

Jennifer has provided family therapy to those that are experiencing difficulties due to disruption within the family system due to loss, separation, and divorce. 

Jennifer has worked in several therapeutic settings including residential, public school, and in-home settings. Establishing a positive and trusting client-therapist relationship is fundamental in Jennifer’s beliefs. She believes in providing a safe, comfortable, and non-judgmental environment for all clients. She believes in empowering each individual by using a strengths- based approach during therapy in addition to a variety of other approaches including cognitive- behavioral therapy and play/art therapy techniques with younger clients. 

Please click here to schedule an appointment with Stacey Lukowiak:

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Stacey Lukowiak is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Drug and Alcohol counselor in New Jersey. In the last 10 years, I have specialized in school age children (K-12 grade) and family counseling to address issues related to school/work avoidance, Specific Learning Disabilities, ADHD, emotional dysregulation, behavioral difficulties, adverse child experiences/trauma, anxiety, interpersonal conflict, and substance abuse, with an emphasis on family systems work to strengthen parent-child relationships. 

My treatment style is client-centered, solution focused, strength/skill building and individualized to each client. I utilize an integrative approach to counseling. I am trained in various methods of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (TF-CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), ARC model (Attachment Regulation and Competency) and NASW-NJ Trauma Certificate.

I enjoy working with young children, adolescents, and families struggling with emotional dysregulation that is impacting overall functioning Aligning with my clients and families allows myself to be an agent of change.  

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 Licensed Social Worker who received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Montclair State and a Master's degree in Social Work at Rutgers University. Bianca works with youth, adults and families. Bianca specializes in relationships, adolescents, behavioral difficulties, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, adjustment, postpartum depression and trauma. Bianca draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational interviewing and several other approaches because mental and emotional support is unique to you. Bianca works with children and families to help clients improve unhelpful thought processes and behavioral patterns and aids clients in bravely facing their fears. Bianca helps clients learn emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. Bianca also assists clients in finding strengths and skills within themselves to work through any struggles they might be experiencing and addresses the underlying issues of traumas.  Bianca is passionate about providing clients with a safe, comfortable, and empowering environment. Bianca strives to create a nurturing environment where kids can grow into healthy adults and helps individuals have a better understanding of their own identity.