About me

Hi, My name is Bonita Hutchinson and I have earned counseling credentials in several Areas of Practice: Mental Health Counseling, Substance Use/ Drug Counseling as well as my K-12 Professional School Counseling credentials and National Trauma Certification. I do not provide on-line therapy to children. I will, with parents Permission and consent do Family Therapy work with Teens online (ages 13 thru 19 yrs).

And, while my passion and credentials have allowed me to do face to face or in-person therapy with children ages 3 to 17 years of age I look forward to helping families here by Counseling, Providing therapy, Parent Education, Stress Management, Emotional Regulation, Coping Strategies and Communication Skills (talking, skills development and relaxation strategies) to assist Teens and Parents in making better choices, setting boundaries, and work towards improvement of listening and learning to focus or process events in life that are causing Big Feelings or Fears.

I work with Parents, Adults, Primary Care Givers, Legal Guardians and Grandparents struggling with family issues on-line because sometimes, it can be difficult to talk to friends and people involved in your life ; and I understand the challenges that can arise when raising children; how it can seem impossible to do it all is a common feeling among parents and together we can work to reduce your stress.

My career as a Professional Counselor started with caring for children and teaching them to make better choices. I learned how I could help Parents and their children address challenges and barriers to success in facilitation of groups, individual and family therapy.

After attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and earning Post Graduate Certification as a School Counselor in 2007, and a Drug Counselor in 2010, then my North Carolina License Professional Counselor (LPC #7953) credential to provide mental health Counseling and treatment I began to help many more people in private practice than within the schools. Working with Adults, Parents, Adolescents, Teens, the Elderly, HIV, LGBTQ & Gen X populations to address mental health and/or substance use issues is my passion. I’m a good listener and educator that provides a warm and person centered approach to counseling that allows others to feel safe and supported in therapy.

I work with consumers from all over the world and hold the IC&RC International Certification (ICAADC) to provide therapy and coping skills to better manage life situations; Mental Health issues in New Jersey and North Carolina. My work through mental health Counseling and as a Clinical Supervisor (LCMHC-S #S7953) in North Carolina is very rewarding and teaches me how to reduce your anxiety, manage depression symptoms, cope with ADHD, move past Guilt, process Grief and Relationship/Family issues. Since the PANDEMIC Impacting the World, students and families all over have been showing increased trauma and mental healthy symptoms so I have obtained Licensure (PC #37C00850200) as a Mental Health Counselor in New Jersey to support families and students thru tough times or life situations.

I hope you know that getting help for yourself and/or your Adolescent is one of the most important decisions a Mother, Father, Spouse or Legal Guardian can make. Therapy can help to increase your coping skills or parenting education and healthy stress management to support your child, teen, partner or yourself thought life situations.

Thanks and feel free to ask me any questions.

Specialties

  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Addictions
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Depression
  • ADHD
Also experienced in:
LGBT , Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Trauma and abuse , Grief , Parenting issues , Anger management , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , Aging and geriatric issues , Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 12

Services offered


  • Messaging

  • Live Chat

  • Phone

  • Video

Licensing

NJ LPC 37PC00850200

NC LCMHC 7953

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Bonita Hutchinson. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.

Written on Aug 12, 2025 after therapy with Bonita for 3 months

Mrs. B has been very helpful as my teen’s counselor. I truly appreciate her expertise and her input.

Written on Jul 26, 2025 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes

Even though we had audio difficulty, we pushed through and had a productive session.

Written on Jul 22, 2025 after therapy with Bonita for 8 months on issues concerning coaching

My therapist has helped me open up more too be able to focus and address some past traumas.

Written on Apr 30, 2025 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, and coping with life changes

I love how she make you feel heard

Written on Feb 11, 2025 after therapy with Bonita for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, parenting issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes

I instantly felt an honest connection with my therapist. I felt heard and the tools she provided were useful to this day.

Written on Jan 21, 2025 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and coaching

Love Bonita! She is patient and understanding and is offering me some wonderful advice and coping skills for what I am going through

Written on Nov 20, 2024 after therapy with Bonita for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, anger management, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

She is all 10's for me if I could give her more I would.

Written on Jun 25, 2024 after therapy with Bonita for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship

Extremely helpful and understanding

Written on Feb 02, 2024 after therapy with Bonita for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd

Taking this one step at a time and Bonita is helping me get there

Written on Nov 30, 2023 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue

I have found Bonita to be an excellent therapist. She is genuinely insightful, knowledgeable, skilled, and a compassionate professional. As a Behavioral Health Clinician myself, I know what I want to gain from my experience here and Bonita picked up on my learning styles and preferences almost immediately. I am very pleased with this therapist and would not hesitate to recommend her to others.

Written on Oct 18, 2023 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd

I’ve had 2 sessions with Bonita and I love her!! I started therapy with a huge weight on my back but she’s really provided the perfect balance between nurturing my thoughts and giving me tough love to solve certain things.

She’s funny and personal and doesn’t approach my thoughts or problems by being clinical. She feels like a close friend without a biased opinion. She’s truly fantastic.

I can’t recommend her enough. 10/10 would absolutely recommend

Written on Oct 10, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, and adhd

she is the best therapist i’ve had to date and is so helpful and understanding. she validates my feelings and helps me understand and work through them. she is so amazing

Written on Aug 25, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

Ms. Hutchinson has been very honest, non judgmental and supportive. She is highly intelligent and forces me to be reflective and grow.

Written on Aug 09, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and family conflicts

Bonita is a lovely and honest person who gives you her full self with every conversation and session. She is kind and offers unique insights. I appreciate her very much!

Written on Jun 24, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd

I really struggled during the pandemic. I felt completely lost and unable to get through the day. I decided to get some help to find ways to cope and find a way back to myself. Thanks to Bonita she was wonderful understanding and heard me out. I really enjoyed my time with her and recommend her to anyone and everyone who also feels the way I did. It’s hard to come back a good therapist like her

Written on Jun 24, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 1 year and 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and bipolar disorder

I have only just started with Bonita but she is thoroughly engaged and very intelligent. Highly recommend seeing if she is a good fit for you too

Written on Apr 21, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, and self esteem

She really knows what to say to make me feel at ease. Its pretty hard to find someone who actually cares and truly understands you

Written on Mar 28, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and adhd

Ms. Hutchinson is great. Very easy to talk to. Gives great advice.

Written on Mar 20, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 4 months

She is Great. I would say that Jesus sent her to me. She helped me. I'm Blessed.

Kyle

Written on Mar 02, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

Truly believe that recognizing we need help is the first step. Then when you find help like Bonita's you know you made the right move.

Written on Feb 26, 2021 after therapy with Bonita for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

Since starting sessions with Bonita, I’ve learned techniques to help me manage stress, become more grounded and ease anxiety. Bonita is easy to talk to, relatable and gives guidance without telling you what to do. She has been extremely helpful to me in my journey.

Written on Dec 21, 2020 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and coaching

Bonita is the best counselor that I have had. She listens really well and give me great feedback. She has also given me great tools for me to live my life with less anxieties. With her by my side, I know that I am on my way to a better future. Thank you so much Bonita! You are awesome!

Written on Nov 18, 2020 after therapy with Bonita for 1 month on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd

Bonita is a great listener and very professional. I feel st ease sharing my life and issues with her. Shes always on time and checks up on me throughtout the week!

Written on Oct 28, 2020 after therapy with Bonita for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, and adhd

Such a beautiful person, caring and understanding. After my first session with her I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. Talking to her is like talking to a very close relative or someone you have known your entire life. She got me to laugh and smile on a day I felt like ending it all. One of gods angels doing work here in the living is how I would describe her. God bless her heart and mind

Written on Sep 01, 2020 after therapy with Bonita for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Bonita has been a supportive counselor thus far. I am grateful!

Written on Nov 26, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 1 month

Bonita helped me to work on family issues that have been playing on my mind for a while and thanks to her I was able to work on forgiving and accepting situations that were beyond my control. I appreciated that Bonita was very in tune with my problems and easy to talk to. I would highly recommend her services and would love to work with her again. Thank you!

Written on Aug 10, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship, family, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related, self esteem, anger, and career

Excellent counselor. One of the very best. Highly recommended.

Written on Aug 05, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 8 months

Since I have been working with Bonita I have found her to be an educated, seasoned, strong and sensitive person. I enjoy our talks and the insight she brings to the table.

Written on Aug 03, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship, family, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related, sleeping, self esteem, and career

Bonita is a very well-balanced therapist with a sense of humor and very strong skills that make her the best.

Written on Jul 14, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks

I like it that Bonita tunes in to what I am saying & especially that she recommends appropriate Biblical passages, I find that very helpful.

Written on Jun 15, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks

Bonita is very caring and listens to me without judgement. She helps me to understand the distinction between my healthy thoughts and my less healthy ones. She is very supportive and brings her own bright and cheery take on therapy that makes her enjoyable to work with.

Written on Jun 05, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, anger, career, and bipolar

Very kind and very direct. Helpful.

Written on Jun 01, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship, grief, self esteem, and career

I think she is the best counsellor I ever had. She is extremely nice, understanding and helpful in solving my doubts.

Written on May 31, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and anger

Bonita is kind, patient, empathic, and very attentive as a counsellor. She has a great sense of humour and a positive outlook on life. She works very hard and is an inspiration. I feel privileged to have her as my counsellor.

Written on Apr 16, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, and self esteem

I love Ms. Hutchinson. She is comfortable with my requests and she helped me understand what was wrong with me. She goes deep into your subconscious you never thought you would go before. She helps you break out of your shell.

Written on Apr 07, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 months

Bonita listens so well to all that I have to say and encourages me to express myself. She is caring and very supportive. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience that she uses to help me as I navigate my healing journey.

Written on Mar 23, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks

Bonita is more than just a counselor, she is very much a friend. She helped me get through one of the darkest times of my life. Within the first week, I was already feeling results. Even those close to me noticed changes in my mood. Bonita has taught me life long coping mechanisms that I can practice long after my time with her is over.

Written on Jan 02, 2018 after therapy with Bonita for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, self esteem, and career

Bonita Hutchinson is very responsive to my concerns. She sees right to the central issues, and supplements her counseling with questionnaires and advice that cut through confusion, and get right to positively handling my feelings.

Written on Dec 29, 2017 after therapy with Bonita for 1 month

Bonita is really attentive and understanding. She checks up on me and offers encouragement in a non-judgemental way.

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