At Starr Therapy, our work extends beyond the therapy room.
Talia Starr Filippelli, Founder of Starr Therapy, and Hania Schwartz, Vice President of Clinical Operations, first met in 2010 while working within the inpatient psychiatric division at Bergen Regional Medical Center (now New Bridge Medical Center), where Hania served as Director of Social Services and Talia worked as a clinician on one of the psychiatric units.
From early on, they shared an approach to mental health care that is rooted clinical depth, authenticity, curiosity, and genuine human connection. Over time, their professional relationship evolved into a longstanding friendship and collaborative partnership that continued throughout the many stages of their personal and professional lives.
As their careers expanded into areas including psychotherapy, behavioral health leadership, education, parenting and family systems, consultation, and public mental health advocacy, so did their vision for creating a practice grounded in both clinical sophistication and real-world humanity.
Today, Starr Therapy reflects that shared vision: a collaborative practice built on trust, relational care, thoughtful clinical work, and the belief that meaningful mental health support should feel both deeply informed and deeply human.
Together, Talia and Hania bring decades of combined experience across psychotherapy, behavioral health leadership, parenting and family systems, education, complex mental health treatment, nervous system-based therapy, program development, and public mental health advocacy.
Through speaking engagements, workshops, consultation, and educational programming, they partner with schools, organizations, healthcare systems, clinicians, and community groups seeking thoughtful, evidence-informed approaches to emotional wellness and behavioral health.
Their work combines clinical depth with real-world application to help individuals, families, clinicians, and organizations better understand mental health in ways that are practical, accessible, and deeply human.
Our Areas of Expertise
Parenting, Emotional Development & Family Systems
We support parents, caregivers, and families navigating the emotional complexity of modern life, from everyday stress and emotional regulation challenges to burnout, behavioral concerns, relational conflict, and family transitions. Our work emphasizes connection, resilience, emotional development, and sustainable family functioning.
Topics Include:
Parenting Support • Caregiver Burnout • Emotional Regulation • Social-Emotional Development • School Collaboration • Family Systems • Emotional Resilience
Previous Presentations Include:
Clinical Toolkit for Reversing Parental Burnout
Emotional Regulation in Children & Adolescents
Building Resilience in Families and School Communities
Supporting Emotional Wellness Through Play and Connection
OCD, Anxiety & Nervous System-Based Care
We specialize in helping individuals better understand and navigate anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, emotional overwhelm, perfectionism, relational distress, and other complex mental health presentations. Our approach integrates relational psychotherapy, nervous system awareness, and somatic-based interventions to explore the deeper patterns shaping emotional wellbeing.
We believe emotional health is deeply connected to the body, relationships, stress responses, and lived experience. Healing often requires more than insight; it also involves developing greater regulation, flexibility, resilience, and safety within the nervous system itself.
Topics Include:
OCD • Anxiety • Emotional Dysregulation • Perfectionism • Burnout • Trauma • Nervous System Regulation • Somatic Therapy • Relational Dynamics • Mind-Body Connection • Attachment Patterns • High-Functioning Stress
Previous Presentations Include:
Understanding OCD Beyond Stereotypes
Nervous System Regulation in Everyday Life
Burnout, Anxiety & the High-Functioning Nervous System
The Mind-Body Connection in Emotional Health
Somatic Approaches to Emotional Regulation
Behavioral Health Leadership & Professional Development
In addition to clinical work, we provide consultation and education for clinicians, schools, organizations, and healthcare systems seeking more thoughtful and sustainable approaches to emotional wellness and behavioral health. Our backgrounds span clinical supervision, program development, integrated care, education, and behavioral health operations.
Topics Include:
Clinical Supervision • Program Development • Integrated Care • Clinician Burnout • Behavioral Health Strategy • Interdisciplinary Collaboration • Systems-Based Mental Health Approaches
Previous Presentations Include:
Preventing Burnout in Helping Professionals
Sustainable Mental Health Work in High-Stress Systems
Integrating Emotional Wellness into Educational and Healthcare Settings
Supporting Clinicians Working with Complex Mental Health Presentations
Services
Available for conferences, keynote presentations, panel discussions, podcasts, webinars, and community events.
Customized educational programming for clinicians, schools, healthcare organizations, leadership teams, parent groups, and community organizations.
Support for emotional wellness initiatives, faculty trainings, parent workshops, and social-emotional development programming.
Consultation related to behavioral health programming, clinician support, systems development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and integrated care initiatives.
- Speaking Engagements
Available for conferences, keynote presentations, panel discussions, podcasts, webinars, and community events.
- Professional Training & Workshops
Customized educational programming for clinicians, schools, healthcare organizations, leadership teams, parent groups, and community organizations.
- School & Educational Consultation
Support for emotional wellness initiatives, faculty trainings, parent workshops, and social-emotional development programming.
- Organizational & Behavioral Health Consulting
Consultation related to behavioral health programming, clinician support, systems development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and integrated care initiatives.
