Therapists in 21128

Begin your journey towards personal growth and happiness with me, a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor with a strong educational background. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Education and a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, equipping me with the skills and knowledge to help individuals transform their lives and achieve emotional well-being. I am dedicated to guiding you in making lasting changes that lead to healthier habits, stronger relationships, and overcoming challenges that hold you back.

Welcome. I am glad you are here taking the first step in helping yourself. I am a licensed clinical professional counselor with more than 12 years of experience providing counseling to individuals, couples, and families. I enjoy working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families who are ready for change, need support during difficult times, or looking for someone to talk with for peace of mind.

As we journey through life, we encounter obstacles and challenges through the interactions we have with our family, our friends, and our environment that shape our reactions to the world around us and impact our self-perception. We may be unaware of how these behaviors negatively impact our day to day interactions and functioning that may be hindering our potential, leading to existential crises and feelings of aimlessness and hopelessness.

Is trauma, stress, and/or anxiety and interfering with your life? Do you feel alone and overwhelmed? Are you struggling to feel like yourself? You're in the right place. I specialize in working with adults who are looking to heal from trauma, stress, and anxiety.

Nalini Sookdeo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 8 years of experience in the mental health field. She specializes in depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, women's issues, and major life transitions.

In our lives, we often experience challenges. Life can be filled with peaks and valleys. These experiences may affect us emotionally, behaviorally, or environmentally. In these times, we may not always know how or have the tools to manage how we react. As a licensed therapist, I am here to provide the safe space to uncover how we can tackle these difficulties together. My goal is to help my clients gain insight so that they can better identify, utilize, and build upon the internal resources that they already possess. Together, we build skills in order to promote overall wellness through various of therapeutic approaches.

John DeHart is a Licensed Psychologist with 13 years of experience. He has worked with diverse clientele but has particular experience working with college students, gay men and other LGBTQ+ individuals, those with HIV and other chronic health conditions, and people with complex trauma. He has training as a generalist, most often helping people to work through life transitions, relationship issues, sexuality, narcissistic abuse, depression, anxiety, and trauma. John received his doctorate from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. He received training at several colleges, medical centers, and community mental health agencies.

Struggling to swim neck deep in all aspects of our life including work/life balance, family issues, relationships, past trauma, low self-esteem, etc. leading us to develop a strong need for control. Now we are irritable, angry, sad. "If I do it, I can feel safe. If I think ahead w/plan A/B/C then we good. We strive to be perfect, feel validated, needing love. We cannot have full control of our lives, but, w/attention to the mind, body & soul, we can create a new safe zone. Utilizing healthy coping skills which can include journaling, mediation, yoga, mindfulness, exercise which helps us in creating internal peace within ourselves.

With a vibrant spirit and dedication to lifelong learning, I earned dual Master's degrees in Social Work and Jewish Studies from the University of Maryland School of Social Work in 1991, also completing the esteemed Baltimore Institute of Jewish Communal Service program.Over the years, I've joyfully contributed to various nonprofit organizations as an educator, community organizer, and social worker. Alongside my loving husband, we've raised three wonderful children, now thriving young adults.

Now Accepting Clients for Telehealth Appointments! Balance Point Wellness is a community-based holistic mental health and wellness center that provides counseling/psychotherapy, psychiatry, equine-facilitated therapy, and wellness services (acupuncture and nutrition services) to individuals and families in Pennsylvania. We are here to help your mind, body, and soul.

Life gives us challenges- often unexpectedly. When that happens we can feel overwhelmed, sad, anxious, angry, lost, or frustrated. We can struggle with the next steps of how to start feeling better. All challenges hold within them opportunities and I'd like to help you as you discover them. I am skilled in helping my clients meet the goals they set. Together, let's figure out how to cope with what is occurring, better understand yourself in the midst of it, develop deeper strengths, learn new skills, and make the choices that feel best for you. Big changes and big challenges can make us feel alone, but you aren't.

As a therapist, I draw from different theoretical orientations to help create an evidence based and tailored strategy for each client. Some of those different modalities include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), solution-focused therapy, and mindfulness. I view therapy as a journey and I aim to create a safe and open environment for that journey.

As a Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional, I am dedicated to providing an empathetic, reflective, and compassionate approach to therapy.

No matter what you are struggling with, finding a safe space to explore your concerns is important to improving your mental and emotional health. Whether you are working through gender or sexuality concerns, past or current trauma, anxiety, grief and loss, or a major life transition, my goal is to help you improve your mental and emotional well-being. As an affirming, mindfulness-based therapist, I focus on working collaboratively with my clients in order to achieve their short- and long-term goals, while respecting each client’s individual experiences and background.

Art therapy is not just about being able to express yourself but also being able to process and explore what is made. My role as an art therapist is to help with the processing and exploration through meeting you where you are, actively listening to what you bring into the space, and providing you with the art materials and directives that best suit your needs and where you are at. As an art therapist, it is important for me to provide a safe space, active listening, empathy, cultural humility, and open-mindedness to clients, as well as being trauma-informed.

As a client-centered EMDR therapist, my approach to psychotherapy emphasizes the importance of empathy, understanding and acceptance. Every person deserves time to better understand themselves, with the help of a judgment free environment. I help to identify thoughts, feelings, and emotions that are experienced and work collaboratively to better understand and manage them. Together, we will make a commitment to strive for healing as well as personal growth and development.

Are you ready to make a profound shift in your life? Have you have been searching for a warm, genuine presence that you can trust to walk on your healing journey with you? If so, you are in the right place. No matter what symptoms you may be struggling with now, I believe that we each have the innate capacity to heal and reach our true potential.

I believe prioritizing mental health is essential to our well-being and I have a true passion for helping others feel validated, accepted, and supported on this journey. Are you seeking peace from anxiety, relationship struggles, difficulties with life transitions, low self-esteem, body image or other life challenges?

Life can be really hard sometimes, but I believe that connection can help anyone get where they want to be. Are you feeling stuck by a trauma? Let’s process why, so we can move you forward. Overwhelmed with pregnancy or motherhood? Let’s work to move through the storm. Anxious? Let’s find the culprit and create tools that will lead to peace. Prioritizing yourself is hard, especially when so often we are used to taking care of others. I see you and I understand; together we can find ways to nurture yourself, find grace, self-compassion and figure out how to live the life you want.