Feminist Therapists in Ardmore, PA
I provide therapy for adults, children, families, and couples. Many people come to see me because they are feeling stuck, experiencing relationship difficulties , or are worried about their child's behavior or mood. I believe that although individuals and families have different values, beliefs, and struggles, when we learn to communicate about difficult things, we can begin to understand one another better. Learning to do this helps individuals and families grow together through life's transitions and challenges.
I provide therapy for adults, children, families, and couples. Many people come to see me because they are feeling stuck, experiencing relationship difficulties , or are worried about their child's behavior or mood. I believe that although individuals and families have different values, beliefs, and struggles, when we learn to communicate about difficult things, we can begin to understand one another better. Learning to do this helps individuals and families grow together through life's transitions and challenges.
A successful life to me means feeling fulfilled, balanced, and enough. At times, finding success can feel impossible. My training and personal passion for helping others find their footing makes me an ideal therapist for individuals and couples looking to readjust their approach to success. Clients appreciate that my approach includes a healthy dose of encouragement and reality; emotional validation and logic. It is vital to the process to keep a healthy focus on a client's existing strengths. No matter your goals, I will work with you to execute strategies that work in harmony to help you practice progress, never perfection.
A successful life to me means feeling fulfilled, balanced, and enough. At times, finding success can feel impossible. My training and personal passion for helping others find their footing makes me an ideal therapist for individuals and couples looking to readjust their approach to success. Clients appreciate that my approach includes a healthy dose of encouragement and reality; emotional validation and logic. It is vital to the process to keep a healthy focus on a client's existing strengths. No matter your goals, I will work with you to execute strategies that work in harmony to help you practice progress, never perfection.
Michele M Marsh
Psychologist, PhD, CST
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ardmore, PA 19003
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I am dedicated to helping each individual, couple or family find the keys to a happier and more satisfying life. To this end, I make a special effort to understand each person's dilemmas and what it would take to help them increase their experiences of joy and pleasure in their personal lives, one moment at a time. As the sources of pain emerge in therapy, I include each person's needs in the search for steps forward. My practice includes many individuals and couples who suffer from depression, anxiety, relationship distress, sexual dissatisfaction and the effects of past trauma.
I am dedicated to helping each individual, couple or family find the keys to a happier and more satisfying life. To this end, I make a special effort to understand each person's dilemmas and what it would take to help them increase their experiences of joy and pleasure in their personal lives, one moment at a time. As the sources of pain emerge in therapy, I include each person's needs in the search for steps forward. My practice includes many individuals and couples who suffer from depression, anxiety, relationship distress, sexual dissatisfaction and the effects of past trauma.
You may be the person others turn to for support, or you excel at perceiving other people's feelings. These are strengths, but can take a toll on your well-being over time if your own needs are neglected. Whether you are hoping to feel calmer and more alive, navigate a life change, or resolve a painful situation, therapy can help. I specialize in treating people who are living with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, caregiving stress, or medical illnesses. I help people heal from past difficulties and increase feelings of contentment, creativity, connection, and sense of fulfillment in their lives.
You may be the person others turn to for support, or you excel at perceiving other people's feelings. These are strengths, but can take a toll on your well-being over time if your own needs are neglected. Whether you are hoping to feel calmer and more alive, navigate a life change, or resolve a painful situation, therapy can help. I specialize in treating people who are living with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, caregiving stress, or medical illnesses. I help people heal from past difficulties and increase feelings of contentment, creativity, connection, and sense of fulfillment in their lives.
Emily McIntyre
Pre-Licensed Professional, MMTC, MT-BC
Verified Verified
Ardmore, PA 19003 (Online Only)
Welcome! Asking for help can be difficult while seeking the help can be just as overwhelming. I'm here to help you discover what has brought you to seek help. I have found the importance of connection and resiliency to be my main focus within the therapeutic space. I strive to provide a safe and inviting space to promote growth and self- discovery.
Welcome! Asking for help can be difficult while seeking the help can be just as overwhelming. I'm here to help you discover what has brought you to seek help. I have found the importance of connection and resiliency to be my main focus within the therapeutic space. I strive to provide a safe and inviting space to promote growth and self- discovery.
Paige Thompson
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ardmore, PA 19003
Have you been feeling overly self-critical, anxious, unmotivated or just not like yourself? Together, we will make sense of how you feel, what you have experienced and rebuild trust in yourself and resilience for the future. I believe we all need to feel seen and connected to others and ourselves to be truly fulfilled. As you gain a deeper understanding of yourself, you will be able to make meaningful and lasting changes in your life.
Have you been feeling overly self-critical, anxious, unmotivated or just not like yourself? Together, we will make sense of how you feel, what you have experienced and rebuild trust in yourself and resilience for the future. I believe we all need to feel seen and connected to others and ourselves to be truly fulfilled. As you gain a deeper understanding of yourself, you will be able to make meaningful and lasting changes in your life.
Christina Mitrofanis
Psychologist, PsyD, MEd
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Ardmore, PA 19003 (Online Only)
Living with ADHD can often feel like a daily battle with yourself to accomplish tasks, maintain relationships, and attend to your own needs, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Learning how to work with, rather than against, your ADHD can be a transformative experience, and I would be honored to work with you through this journey. Together in therapy, we can work to tackle the challenges of ADHD while also bolstering your natural strengths and coming into and honoring your most authentic self. I work to create a therapeutic space that is constructive, creative, and above all compassionate. I can’t wait to welcome you in.
Living with ADHD can often feel like a daily battle with yourself to accomplish tasks, maintain relationships, and attend to your own needs, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Learning how to work with, rather than against, your ADHD can be a transformative experience, and I would be honored to work with you through this journey. Together in therapy, we can work to tackle the challenges of ADHD while also bolstering your natural strengths and coming into and honoring your most authentic self. I work to create a therapeutic space that is constructive, creative, and above all compassionate. I can’t wait to welcome you in.
Lina Lewis-Arévalo
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LMHC, NCC, CCTP
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Ardmore, PA 19003 (Online Only)
I help adults to make sense of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that result from a dysfunctional or traumatic childhood, and together we identify tools and skills to help you feel hopeful, empowered, and in control of your life. We will explore the source of triggers that cause you to react in ways that are ineffective, and find creative alternatives to encourage and empower you.
I help adults to make sense of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that result from a dysfunctional or traumatic childhood, and together we identify tools and skills to help you feel hopeful, empowered, and in control of your life. We will explore the source of triggers that cause you to react in ways that are ineffective, and find creative alternatives to encourage and empower you.
Sloane Ferenchak
Psychological Associate, PsyD, MEd, MA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Ardmore, PA 19003 (Online Only)
I feel both honored and privileged to partner with individuals and couples to build their understanding of their challenges, leverage their strengths, and create personalized strategies to make meaningful changes in their lives. As a therapist with ADHD, I recognize that one of the most painful experiences that come with ADHD is feeling “in your own way” and the sense of thwarted potential that comes along with it. I also know that ADHD doesn’t just impact attention, organization, and motivation; it can affect your entire life, from your performance at work to your home life and inner world.
I feel both honored and privileged to partner with individuals and couples to build their understanding of their challenges, leverage their strengths, and create personalized strategies to make meaningful changes in their lives. As a therapist with ADHD, I recognize that one of the most painful experiences that come with ADHD is feeling “in your own way” and the sense of thwarted potential that comes along with it. I also know that ADHD doesn’t just impact attention, organization, and motivation; it can affect your entire life, from your performance at work to your home life and inner world.
Melisa O. Furman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MA
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Ardmore, PA 19003 (Online Only)
Many find themselves at a point in their lives where external support is necessary to navigate life's challenges. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I am that support for my clients.I create a safe space for my clients to explore their deep feelings, develop a plan, learn healthy coping strategies and increase self-confidence. I am experienced in facilitating conversations around divorce and separation with children and teenagers. I specialize in behavioral change and healing inter-personal relationships. I work with many individuals, families and youth experiencing ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Addiction and Post Traumatic Stress.
Many find themselves at a point in their lives where external support is necessary to navigate life's challenges. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I am that support for my clients.I create a safe space for my clients to explore their deep feelings, develop a plan, learn healthy coping strategies and increase self-confidence. I am experienced in facilitating conversations around divorce and separation with children and teenagers. I specialize in behavioral change and healing inter-personal relationships. I work with many individuals, families and youth experiencing ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Addiction and Post Traumatic Stress.
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Kaitlin M Joyce
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Ardmore, PA 19003 (Online Only)
I provide an empathic, holistic approach to therapy empowering clients to work towards a better understanding of themselves. My passion is working with complex childhood trauma, providing balance and a sense of clarity for those struggling to regulate their emotions and self-esteem. I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) in order to help clients with trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, attachment difficulties, and relationship issues.
I provide an empathic, holistic approach to therapy empowering clients to work towards a better understanding of themselves. My passion is working with complex childhood trauma, providing balance and a sense of clarity for those struggling to regulate their emotions and self-esteem. I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) in order to help clients with trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, attachment difficulties, and relationship issues.
I’m passionate about creating space for therapy participants to find fuller versions of themselves through exploration, play, and experiential learning. I believe that liberated imagination, mindful movement, and ability to sit with paradox are transformative skills that can be used towards individual and collective healing. My therapy style is person centered and strength based, I believe that you are the expert on you. I cultivate a warm and friendly space to connect and build a trusting therapeutic relationship.
I’m passionate about creating space for therapy participants to find fuller versions of themselves through exploration, play, and experiential learning. I believe that liberated imagination, mindful movement, and ability to sit with paradox are transformative skills that can be used towards individual and collective healing. My therapy style is person centered and strength based, I believe that you are the expert on you. I cultivate a warm and friendly space to connect and build a trusting therapeutic relationship.
Licensed Professional Counseling
Pre-Licensed Professional, MSEd, NCSC, NCC
Verified Verified
Ardmore, PA 19003
I specialize in therapy for children, pre-school through adolescence, and their families. I also work with a broad spectrum of adults and couples. I combine therapeutic play, mind-body and brain-based therapies, mindfulness, and cognitive-behavioral techniques to help children better understand their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. My work with adults is solution focused to help you better understand and resolve life challenges. Combining talk therapy with Cognitive Behavioral therapies, we work together to help you process deep emotions and negative thoughts that can interfere with daily life.
I specialize in therapy for children, pre-school through adolescence, and their families. I also work with a broad spectrum of adults and couples. I combine therapeutic play, mind-body and brain-based therapies, mindfulness, and cognitive-behavioral techniques to help children better understand their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. My work with adults is solution focused to help you better understand and resolve life challenges. Combining talk therapy with Cognitive Behavioral therapies, we work together to help you process deep emotions and negative thoughts that can interfere with daily life.
Dr. Michelle Bloom
Psychologist, PsyD, MA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Ardmore, PA 19003 (Online Only)
I specialize in working with clients from the ages of 14 to adulthood, who are inquisitive, self-aware, and deeply motivated to understand themselves better, improve their relationships, move into a place of self-respect/love, and develop adaptive ways of coping, communicating, and problem-solving. I have worked for many years with children, teens, adults, and families dealing with trauma and change and searching for authenticity, often in a world that values the superficial. Therapy is a process of seeking meaning, managing change, letting go of what no longer makes sense for who we are and what we want, healing, and growing.
I specialize in working with clients from the ages of 14 to adulthood, who are inquisitive, self-aware, and deeply motivated to understand themselves better, improve their relationships, move into a place of self-respect/love, and develop adaptive ways of coping, communicating, and problem-solving. I have worked for many years with children, teens, adults, and families dealing with trauma and change and searching for authenticity, often in a world that values the superficial. Therapy is a process of seeking meaning, managing change, letting go of what no longer makes sense for who we are and what we want, healing, and growing.
Anxiety is a pain. Struggling with self-doubt and constant worry can be overwhelming. My clients feel like they’re never quite 'good enough.' They compare themselves to others and constantly criticize themselves. These habits feel helpful in the moment, but leave them feeling stressed, tired, and overwhelmed. They might even feel like they can't shake their past mistakes or traumas. So much so, that they don't get the opportunity to fully enjoy the lives they've built for themselves or their relationships. My clients want to slow down and rest but are afraid that if they do, they'll fail.
Anxiety is a pain. Struggling with self-doubt and constant worry can be overwhelming. My clients feel like they’re never quite 'good enough.' They compare themselves to others and constantly criticize themselves. These habits feel helpful in the moment, but leave them feeling stressed, tired, and overwhelmed. They might even feel like they can't shake their past mistakes or traumas. So much so, that they don't get the opportunity to fully enjoy the lives they've built for themselves or their relationships. My clients want to slow down and rest but are afraid that if they do, they'll fail.
Brittany Momah
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Ardmore, PA 19003 (Online Only)
I have experience working with a diverse set of populations, including those who have struggled with anxiety, depression, intimate partner/domestic violence, sexual abuse, and trauma. I work with individuals struggling with unhealthy relationship patterns, relational violence, trauma, mood disruptions, and work dissatisfaction/burnout. I am passionate about advocating for and working with survivors of abuse, BIPOC individuals, and the LGBTQIA+ community.
I have experience working with a diverse set of populations, including those who have struggled with anxiety, depression, intimate partner/domestic violence, sexual abuse, and trauma. I work with individuals struggling with unhealthy relationship patterns, relational violence, trauma, mood disruptions, and work dissatisfaction/burnout. I am passionate about advocating for and working with survivors of abuse, BIPOC individuals, and the LGBTQIA+ community.
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My clinical approach includes, but is not limited to psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and feminist strategies.
I work with clients on adjustment to life changes, anxiety, depression, identity development, racial stress, relationship conflicts, and work stress. Much of my practice currently focuses on supporting attorneys, high performing athletes, and individuals in other professions who deal with similar levels expectation and high scrutiny. I have a law degree and consider myself a strong advocate for cultivating and supporting the whole person inside the attorney and the athlete. It is my true pleasure to provide coaching, therapy, and wellness supports to individuals in both professions and other fields that encounter similar challenges.
My clinical approach includes, but is not limited to psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and feminist strategies.
I work with clients on adjustment to life changes, anxiety, depression, identity development, racial stress, relationship conflicts, and work stress. Much of my practice currently focuses on supporting attorneys, high performing athletes, and individuals in other professions who deal with similar levels expectation and high scrutiny. I have a law degree and consider myself a strong advocate for cultivating and supporting the whole person inside the attorney and the athlete. It is my true pleasure to provide coaching, therapy, and wellness supports to individuals in both professions and other fields that encounter similar challenges.
Tia Pinkson-Burke
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSS, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
I utilize an eclectic, psychoanalytic, and relational approach while employing a strong racial justice, feminist, and queer theory lens. I practice from a fat-lib, sex-positive, and intersectional feminist perspective. I believe that one's past informs how they interact with and experience the world. Healing takes place as one fosters empathy and consideration for their past and present selves. The therapeutic relationship allows for gaining deeper perspective and understanding of oneself. I strive to build genuine and earnest rapport with my clients by being deeply nonjudgmental and always practicing with respect.
I utilize an eclectic, psychoanalytic, and relational approach while employing a strong racial justice, feminist, and queer theory lens. I practice from a fat-lib, sex-positive, and intersectional feminist perspective. I believe that one's past informs how they interact with and experience the world. Healing takes place as one fosters empathy and consideration for their past and present selves. The therapeutic relationship allows for gaining deeper perspective and understanding of oneself. I strive to build genuine and earnest rapport with my clients by being deeply nonjudgmental and always practicing with respect.
Amanecer Feminist Psychotherapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, TCYM, SIFI
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 (Online Only)
Working with a therapist can be an act of liberation and a vital part of your path toward healing relationships and building the life you want. As a therapist I work primarily from a Queer Feminist perspective with a focus on strategies to sustain balance and mental health within ongoing systems of oppression. I specialize in working with queer and LGBT identified Latinx communities, multiracial adults and individuals impacted by family based or attachment traumas. I offer EMDR as a primary tool for treatment as well as EFT, meditation and relational somatic psychotherapy techniques with all clients
Working with a therapist can be an act of liberation and a vital part of your path toward healing relationships and building the life you want. As a therapist I work primarily from a Queer Feminist perspective with a focus on strategies to sustain balance and mental health within ongoing systems of oppression. I specialize in working with queer and LGBT identified Latinx communities, multiracial adults and individuals impacted by family based or attachment traumas. I offer EMDR as a primary tool for treatment as well as EFT, meditation and relational somatic psychotherapy techniques with all clients
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Feminist Therapists
How does feminist therapy work?
Feminist therapy sessions are not only personal but often cultural or political in nature, as the approach is based on the belief that people are affected by, and often struggle with, cultural and societal norms and biases, and need to move beyond those external pressures or stressors to tap their own confidence and engage more fully in their own identity. Sessions may therefore include discussions of sexism, diversity, and gender issues and talk of steps toward greater empowerment for patients who believe they have been silenced and seek to raise their voices.
What are examples of feminist therapy techniques?
Along with traditional talk therapy and analysis, a feminist therapist may employ techniques such as role-playing and assertiveness training to help clients build their self-esteem so that they feel they can act freely, and not based on cultural expectations or gender roles dictated by others. A feminist therapist may also engage in bibliotherapy, offering suggested readings on gender identity or social power inequities as they work toward viewing mental-health concerns through a broad cultural lens before focusing on how they affect the individual. Somatic therapy techniques, with an emphasis on body awareness, self-compassion, and mindfulness practices are also often part of feminist therapist practice.
How long does feminist therapy last?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for feminist therapy; people who believe that they are making progress typically continue until they feel they’ve addressed the issues that had been holding them back. It may take some time to become comfortable discussing personal issues, but once a client feels they can do so, they could expect therapy to last for a number of months, typically including at least 12 sessions.
Does feminist therapy work?
As a relatively recent therapeutic technique, there is not yet a body of evidence proving the efficacy of feminist therapy. However, the approach is based on proven core principles of talk therapy, with a particular emphasis on developing a therapeutic relationship based on equality and authentic connection between therapist and client and discovering and building on clients’ personal strengths to help them gain a greater sense of personal power and agency.