Root & Rise Clinical Specialists

Root & Rise Clinical Specialists Root & Rise Clinical Specialists is a boutique psychotherapy practice co-founded by Kristina Scaglione, LCSW-R and Julie Stark, LCSW. Insurance Not Accepted.
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Trauma-informed therapy and intentional private-pay care. Clinical foundation of Limitless Integrative Wellness. We provide comprehensive, holistic, and compassionate mental health care tailored to your unique needs. With over 20 years of combined experience, our dedicated team prioritizes your mental well-being, offering personalized and empathetic support every step of the way. Our team includes

highly skilled Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) and Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSWs), working collaboratively under expert supervision to ensure the highest standards of care. LCSWs offer advanced therapy services, supervision, and training, while LMSWs provide thoughtful, responsive support—all within a coordinated, client-focused model.

TIFFANY YAKER, LMHCWhat if the problem isn’t that you’re “bad at life”…but that you’ve been trying to function using str...
09/09/2026

TIFFANY YAKER, LMHC
What if the problem isn’t that you’re “bad at life”…but that you’ve been trying to function using strategies that were never designed for the way your brain works?

Meet Tiffany Yaker, LMHC, a neurodiversity-affirming therapist at Root & Rise.

Tiffany works with adults, young adults, and couples, including people navigating ADHD, autism, executive functioning challenges, identity, relationships, intimacy, attachment, and major life transitions.
Her work isn’t about teaching someone how to appear more “normal.” It’s about understanding how you function, recognizing what has and hasn’t been working, and developing strategies that actually make sense for you.

That individualized approach is exactly why Root & Rise is built as a team of clinicians with different specialties, personalities, and ways of working.

Tiffany is currently accepting new clients. Visit the link in our bio or DM Root & Rise to explore your fit.

🌿 What actually happens during a therapy screening call?A lot of people assume it's a therapy session.It's not.Our scree...
09/09/2026

🌿 What actually happens during a therapy screening call?

A lot of people assume it's a therapy session.

It's not.

Our screening call is a brief conversation designed to help us understand your goals, answer questions, and determine which clinician may be the best fit for your needs.

We'll talk about:
✨ What brings you to therapy
✨ What you're hoping to work on
✨ Previous therapy experiences
✨ Scheduling and availability
✨ The type of therapist and approach you're looking for

Because finding the right therapist shouldn't feel like guesswork.

At Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, we believe that thoughtful matching creates stronger therapeutic relationships—and better outcomes.

📍 Serving NY • FL • MA • CT
💻 Virtual therapy available

🌿 What are the most common reasons people call us?Not because they're "broken."Not because they've hit rock bottom.Most ...
09/08/2026

🌿 What are the most common reasons people call us?

Not because they're "broken."

Not because they've hit rock bottom.

Most people reach out because they're tired of carrying everything alone.

Some are struggling with anxiety that never seems to shut off.

Some are feeling burned out, overwhelmed, or emotionally exhausted.

Some are navigating relationship challenges, life transitions, grief, trauma, or difficult family dynamics.

Others simply know something feels off, and they're ready for support.

The truth is, you don't need a crisis to benefit from therapy.

You just need a desire for things to feel different.

At Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, we help individuals, couples, young adults, and families navigate life's challenges with personalized, trauma-informed, and evidence-based care.

📍 Serving NY • FL • MA • CT
💻 Virtual therapy available

✨ Anxiety & Overwhelm
✨ Burnout & Stress
✨ Trauma & Healing
✨ Relationship Challenges
✨ Life Transitions
✨ Young Adult & College Student Support

If you saw yourself somewhere in this post, you're not alone.

🌿 Thinking about therapy but not sure where to start?One of the biggest barriers to getting support is simply not knowin...
09/08/2026

🌿 Thinking about therapy but not sure where to start?

One of the biggest barriers to getting support is simply not knowing what happens next.

At Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, we believe finding the right therapist shouldn't feel overwhelming. That's why every client journey starts with a thoughtful screening process designed to help us understand your goals, needs, and preferences before matching you with the clinician who is the best fit.

Because therapy isn't one-size-fits-all—and neither are the people seeking it.

📍 Serving NY, FL, MA & CT
💻 Virtual therapy available

🌿 Burnout is not a personality trait.Somewhere along the way, many people came to believe that exhaustion was just part ...
09/07/2026

🌿 Burnout is not a personality trait.

Somewhere along the way, many people came to believe that exhaustion was just part of being successful.

That constantly pushing harder, doing more, carrying everyone else, and ignoring your own needs was somehow a badge of honor.

It's not.

Burnout isn't ambition.
Burnout isn't resilience.
Burnout isn't proof that you're strong.

Burnout is what happens when you've been surviving for too long without enough support, rest, boundaries, or recovery.

It can look like:

✨ Feeling emotionally exhausted no matter how much you sleep
✨ Losing motivation for things you once enjoyed
✨ Increased irritability or overwhelm
✨ Difficulty concentrating
✨ Constant mental fatigue
✨ Feeling disconnected from yourself, your work, or your relationships
✨ Going through the motions instead of actually living

If you've convinced yourself that being stressed, overwhelmed, and depleted is "just who I am," it may be time to take a closer look.

You don't have to earn rest.

You don't have to wait until you're falling apart.

You don't have to carry everything alone.

At Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, we work with professionals, caregivers, entrepreneurs, parents, healthcare workers, and high achievers who are ready to stop operating in survival mode and start reconnecting with themselves.

📍 Serving NY • FL • MA • CT
💻 Virtual therapy available

🌿 Anxiety & Stress Management
🌿 Burnout Recovery
🌿 Trauma Therapy
🌿 Life Transitions
🌿 Couples & Relationship Therapy
🌿 Young Adult Support
🌿 Holistic & Integrative Counseling

Because healing isn't about doing more.

Sometimes it's about finally allowing yourself to do less.



💬 What's one thing you wish you gave yourself permission to rest from? 👇

🌿 You don't need to have the perfect reason to start therapy.Many people wait until they're completely overwhelmed befor...
09/07/2026

🌿 You don't need to have the perfect reason to start therapy.

Many people wait until they're completely overwhelmed before reaching out for support.

But therapy isn't just for crises.

It's for the person who can't shut their mind off at night.
The college student struggling to adjust.
The professional battling burnout.
The couple feeling disconnected.
The parent carrying everyone else's needs.
The person who simply knows something needs to change.

You don't need a diagnosis.
You don't need a rock-bottom moment.
You don't need to justify your pain.

Sometimes the only reason you need is wanting things to feel different.

At Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, we believe therapy is about growth, self-awareness, healing, and creating a life that feels more aligned, not just surviving difficult moments.

📍 Serving NY • FL • MA • CT
💻 Virtual therapy available

The best therapists never stop doing their own work.Therapy isn't something we believe should only happen on one side of...
09/06/2026

The best therapists never stop doing their own work.

Therapy isn't something we believe should only happen on one side of the room.

At Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, our therapists understand what it means to be human first, to have blind spots, patterns, emotions, relationships, hard seasons, and growth of our own.

We value clinicians who remain willing to learn, reflect, seek consultation, continue their education, and yes—experience therapy themselves.

Because exceptional therapy requires more than knowing what to say.

It requires knowing when your own stuff is entering the room.

It requires curiosity instead of ego.
Self-awareness instead of assumption.
And the humility to recognize that becoming a great therapist is never really finished.

Our clients aren't looking for perfect people.

They're looking for therapists who can sit with the complicated parts of being human without needing to run from them.

We ask our clients to do the work. We believe we should be willing to do it, too.

That's part of what we believe makes therapy different at Root & Rise.

📍 In-person + virtual therapy | NY • FL • MA • CT

WHO WE HELP 🌿Therapy isn’t only for when everything is falling apart.Sometimes you’re functioning. Working. Parenting. S...
09/04/2026

WHO WE HELP 🌿

Therapy isn’t only for when everything is falling apart.

Sometimes you’re functioning. Working. Parenting. Showing up. Getting things done.

And still… something isn’t working.

Maybe you’re:

• Successful on the outside but overwhelmed underneath
• Tired of anxiety running in the background
• Repeating relationship patterns you’re ready to change
• Processing trauma or experiences that still affect you
• Navigating divorce, grief, or a major life transition
• Parenting a teen and unsure how to best support them
• Feeling disconnected from yourself or your relationships
• Burned out from always being the one everyone relies on
• Ready for deeper growth, not just another coping strategy

At Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, our team works with individuals, couples, teens, young adults, and families across a range of specialties.

We thoughtfully match clients with the therapist whose expertise and approach best fit what they actually need.

You don't have to wait for a crisis to decide you want something to change.

📍 In-person: Port Jefferson, NY + Boca Raton, FL
💻 Telehealth: NY • FL • CT • MA

You don’t have to keep doing what hasn’t been working.Meet Julie Stark, LCSW, Co-Founder and Co-Clinical Director of Roo...
09/03/2026

You don’t have to keep doing what hasn’t been working.

Meet Julie Stark, LCSW, Co-Founder and Co-Clinical Director of Root & Rise Clinical Specialists, and the creator of The Stark Contrast™, her signature approach combining insight, reflection and practical tools to help clients understand the patterns keeping them stuck and begin creating meaningful change.

Julie works with adults navigating anxiety, depression, relationships, divorce, grief, identity, self-esteem and major life transitions. Her style is compassionate and direct, with therapy that goes beyond simply talking about what’s happening.

Because insight matters, but so does knowing what to do with it.
For clients who find themselves repeating the same relationship patterns, overthinking every decision, struggling through a major transition or realizing that the ways they’ve always coped aren’t working anymore, Julie offers a different way forward.

🌱 Trauma-informed + relationship-focused
🌱 Insight + practical tools
🌱 Individual psychotherapy for adults
📍 In-person therapy in New York
💻 Telehealth available in NY + FL

Julie is currently accepting new clients.

If you’ve been thinking about starting therapy, or starting again with someone who approaches it differently, this may be the right time.

🔗 Visit the link in our bio to learn more about Julie or request a consultation with Root & Rise.

We aren't a therapy mill.One thing people often tell us is:"I didn't know therapy could feel this personal."Root & Rise ...
09/02/2026

We aren't a therapy mill.

One thing people often tell us is:

"I didn't know therapy could feel this personal."

Root & Rise was intentionally built to be different.

We don't assign you to the first available therapist.

We take the time to understand:

• Why you're seeking therapy
• What you've tried before
• What kind of therapist you connect with
• Your goals
• Your preferences

Then we thoughtfully match you with the clinician who's the best fit.

Because the relationship you have with your therapist matters.

Address

5301 North Federal Highway
Boca Raton, FL
33487

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 11am - 8pm
Thursday 11am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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