Our Services & Areas of focus

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Types of treatment

DBT

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

DBT is a type of therapy that was developed for trauma and focuses more on the development of skills rather than the processing of the trauma itself. It has been shown to be effective where other forms of therapy have made things worse. DBT utilizes a lot of validation in meeting people where they are at.

CBT

Congnitive Behavioral Therapy

CBT is the gold standard of therapy due to being
the most studied as it is very standardized. Many of the skills of CBT can be utilized along with other forms of therapy. It’s tools are also often simple enough to practice outside of the sessions. Homework is typical in this type of therapy.

Trauma INformed Approaches

Trauma informed approaches typically start with safety, coping skills,
psychoeducation about trauma, and finally processing of the past trauma. A
trauma informed therapist is often skills in knowing what they are capable of
supporting in a session to not leave you dysregulated after the time runs out.

Psychodynamic

(Eclectic use of all modalities as needed/The relationship is the agent of change)

Psychodynamic is a type of therapy that draws on many other types of therapy the therapist is comfortable in practicing. The therapeutic relationship and development of a safe and healthy relationship model can grow beyond therapy into the rest of your life with your other relationships.

EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing​

EMDR is often described as “black magic therapy”. While we can prove it works scientifically, we can’t fully explain how. It may be the bilateral stimulation, the therapeutic relationship, or how it engages both sides of the brain together. It can be intense while also providing improvement, often equal to the intensity.

Strength Based Therapy ​

Strength-based models are about building a person up and enhancing their
strengths that often might be considered weaknesses in the wrong context. You
survived this long. It wasn’t luck.

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing is a way of asking questions to evoke your ability to problem solve and understand beyond distorted thinking. It can help find the
Motivation for change and drive goal-oriented behavior.

Person Centered

Rogerian

Person Centered Therapy sees that good people can commit harmful acts, and that unfortunate events occur not solely due to karma, but also because of an element of chance in the world. You are a good person if you want to be, even if you might be ashamed of parts of the past. We can come to accept these parts of
ourselves and assign responsibility appropriately so that you aren’t carrying so much of what you didn’t cause and thus can’t fix.

Mindfullness

Mindfulness is a great tool for coping and getting to know/accept ourselves. It has shown the ability to change the brain through the simplicity of intentionally paying attention to the world or ourselves. It allows us to zoom in on the elements we
need to see and zoom out to recognize maybe the problem isn’t so big.

Neurodiversity affirming

Neurodiversity affirming is a newer aspect to the therapy world, with so many
people getting diagnosed with ASD, ADHD, OCD, and other neurodivergent
symptoms. The world often does not handle these differences well, and in therapy with us we will try to create a space where you can find the real you.

Areas of Focus

Trauma

Trauma can range from single incident traumatic events, historical traumas of entire generations, generational trauma handed down through our families, chronic and complex traumas that are often referred to as the little “t” traumas, vicarious traumatization from witnessing others’ trauma, and more.

Neurodivergent Issues

ADHD, OCD, Autism Spectrum Disorder are all neurodivergent issues that can be an asset or a disability depending on the context. We can help turn this into a super power.

Anger Management

Anger often comes from sadness, fear, pain, or the fear of being in pain. Therapy can help get to where this pain originates and start to heal the wounds.

Addiction

Addiction often is a maladaptive coping skill used to treat underlying issues from out past. Therapy can focus on healing these wounds and developing better coping skills that don’t come at a cost.

Depression/ Anxiety

Depression/Anxiety are classic issues that can be dealt with in therapy. Depression often happens when we feel hopeless and helpless to change our circumstances and are stuck in the past. While anxiety is often fear related to the future of what might happen and where acceptance can free us.

Setting Boundaries

Boundaries are often lacking in so many areas of life where mental health issues arise. We struggle to know where we end and others begin or where we can say no. Boundaries allow us to avoid resentment and stop relationships with people for whom we care turning to blow ups that can end up in hate.

DBT Skills Teaching

DBT skills training empowers trauma survivors by providing practical tools for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness.

Deconstructing Religious Trauma

Having grown up Catholic, the influence of unhealthy people who might reside in positions of power in the religion make us feel defective and wrong. “God don’t make junk” is one of my favorite quotes from an old client when discussing addiction. No one is a mistake or lacks value based on a rule set some people in positions of power use to harm others.

Complex Family Trauma

The complexities of family trauma are significant because we often protect the people who might have harmed us, take the anger we would naturally feel, and turn it inward as guilt because we aren’t allowed to be angry at those people. The small flashbacks of seeing or hearing someone who’s opinion you value say hurtful things to us in moments of vulnerability, and that happening many times over a long period of time does something to us.

FAQ

No, only medical doctors can prescribe medication, including psychiatrists (not psychologists or therapists).

I will want to know who you are, why you came, build the therapeutic relationship, and try to get an understanding of you. We will also discuss goals and where to go from
here. No trauma stories session one. I want you to feel safe before we open
the unsafe topics.

One hour per session.

Yes. Currently, we only see clients within the State of Pennsylvania as I want to get the most out of therapy.

You have up to 24 hours before the session to cancel. Otherwise, there is a $75 fee for no-show/late-canceled
sessions, which would include sessions where the client is 15 minutes or more late for the session, and there is not an ability to reschedule that week due to client or clinician limitations.

Be open-minded, and ask questions about anything. We can help decide which questions fit and which don’t fit the situation. Don’t worry about what you’re going to talk about. That’s our job.

What would be the reimbursement for CPT code 90791 (initial assessment) and 90837 (1 hr session)?

Read our bios. Call for a consultation and see if we click. If it isn’t a fit, we can always give support in what to look for in a therapist.

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