Integrative Therapists in Bala Cynwyd, PA

I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist with expertise in and a passion for helping individuals attain greater emotional wellbeing and life satisfaction. Through working together in a safe therapeutic environment, I can help you increase a sense of hope and calm and facilitate gaining new solutions, perspectives, and modes of thinking about areas where you may be feeling stuck. My approach is warm, supportive, engaged, and collaborative. I use an integrative approach that is personalized for your needs and am trained in and integrate CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and self-compassion approaches. I focus on nurturing strength and resilience.

Many find themselves at a point in their lives where external support is necessary to navigate life's challenges. My clients seek therapy for a variety of reasons. Some may come to therapy to deal with a specific struggle, such as anxiety or depression, while others initiate therapy during a difficult life transition. Even positive transitions, such as getting a new job or starting a new relationship can be stressful. Together, we will merge our resources to address these challenges in a safe environment by exploring patterns, processing events from the past, and creating plans for change in the future.

Therapy can be a beautiful journey of healing, empowerment, and growth, but starting that journey can be difficult and takes a lot of courage. Therapy can be a space to pause and navigate life’s challenges with the support of another. As a therapist, I believe that building a strong therapeutic relationship is a key component to creating a safe, accepting environment from which you can heal and grow. I prioritize relief from the pain that has brought you to this moment by providing strategies to better manage your symptoms. I also believe that true healing comes from deeper reflection and understanding of our experiences and culture

With the understanding that the decision to begin therapy can be a courageous and difficult one, I strive to create a warm and empathetic therapeutic environment with my clients where we can work collaboratively towards your goals. I draw from a range of approaches to explore together how your experiences have shaped you, and to provide guidance while uncovering and adapting patterns and coping strategies that no longer serve you. Through our time together, I hope to help you discover a therapeutic journey towards personal growth that feels supportive and reflective of your needs.

Psychology for YOU. If you are experiencing a problem or something troubles you in your mind, this is the moment to address it. The opportunity for you to express yourself and receive professional attention is in your hands now. If we work together we can reach your goals. “Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett

Are you challenged with maintaining perspective during heated situations with colleagues, family, and friends? Does it negatively affect your work performance or personal relationships?  The pressure of building or maintaining a successful professional career while trying to stay healthy and juggling the demands of a personal life, can leave us feeling stressed, depressed, and even burned out.

According to the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke, "The only journey is the journey within." We all need help sometimes and we all have room to grow. I believe that everyone can benefit from therapy, whether it is to address a severe mental illness, to receive support through a rough season of life, or to gain greater self-knowledge and unleash your full potential. My professional interests include psychoses, dissociative disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma, narcissistic abuse, and obesity.

The road to healing is a road that we all take at some point in our lives; the key is to travel with those who enhance the experience, aid in the traversing, and help us to experience the healing within our reach. As an individual, couple and family therapist, I work with you and those with whom you are journeying from a systemic perspective, taking into consideration the rich contexts which shape your life, love, and endeavors. My work within the global community encompasses speaking, writing, facilitating workshops, ministry, missions, providing counsel and vision consulting to Servant Leaders and Industry Leaders alike.

Just because you carry it well, doesn't mean it isn't heavy. You deserve more than just being seen. The world is a scary and ever-changing place. Dealing with uncertainty, transition, and challenges puts stress on relationships, and on personal values. Curiosity, mindfulness, and a dialectical approach makes it possible to find meaning, and even pleasure, in some of the most bleak situations, with the right support.

If you are reading this, the stressors in your life may be outpacing your resources to deal with them. You may feel unhappy and unable to achieve your goals. Whether we face relationship problems, excessive anxiety, frequent overwhelm and other painful emotions; depressive or unstable moods, attention issues, or insufficient energy to cope with circumstances – any of these challenges may lead us to think that something is essentially wrong with us, or that we are somehow unworthy of getting what we want. Sometimes we have tried psychotherapy, but our difficulties have persisted despite our greater self-knowledge and best intentions.

Leading a healthy, fulfilling, and successful life often involves managing complex circumstances and responsibilities -- whether personal, family-related, or occupational. With 30 + years of clinical practice, my experience has taught me that each and every person encounters unique challenges requiring creative, committed and broadminded resolutions. You can rest assured that you will receive caring and compassionate assistance with your concerns.

Ultimate goal: To help parents have amazing relationships with their kids, see themselves as leaders to their children and to build the next generation strong, moral and passionate. I dream of being able to imbue parents and children of today with a sense of confidence, clarity and love for their role in life. I love to work with kids who may be struggling with low self esteem, anxiety issues, ADHD and family relationships. We all struggle, we are all in need of a deep connection to our purpose. I want to provide a high quality, relevant therapeutic relationship that can be a guide and source of stability amidst turbulent times.

I am a clinical psychologist and I provide individual, couples and group therapy to young adults and adults. I also received my credentialing as a Diplomate in Comprehensive Energy Psychology (DCEP) in 2017 and I have been training and working in the area of Energy Psychology since 2012.

I work with children (4 years old and up), adolescents, and adults, and utilize evidence-based treatments, such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and mindfulness techniques to create an individualized plan to treat the whole person. I am an anxiety and OCD specialist who has experience successfully treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), perfectionism, Social Anxiety Disorder, fears/phobias, Separation Anxiety, Tourette’s Disorder/tics, & help with gastrointestinal disorders and LGBTQIA+ health.

One of the most powerful experiences that a person can have is sitting across from another human being and feeling understood. I approach therapy with a multicultural lens, cognizant of the fact that every person is an individual that has been shaped by their own cultural backdrop (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, spiritual path, etc.). I emphasize the role of the client as the expert on their world; and therapy as a collaboration. Through this collaboration and my understanding of the client as an individual within larger intersecting systems (e.g., family, school), I strive to effect positive therapeutic outcomes.

You are so done with working hard at being someone and something you are not. You may also be tired of faking a smile that is so often a mask. You have been living under the expectations of others and it may be getting in the way of you getting what you want out of life and being who you want to be. You want to live differently and you either don’t know where to start or you are ready for the next step in your journey to becoming more you. You may want to experience more freedom, more peace or greater connection to yourself or in your relationship with others.

Are you feeling anxious and overwhelmed? Struggling with depression, stress, or trauma? Having trouble focusing, acting impulsively, or being easily distracted? I specialize in treating ADHD, anxiety, and depression, providing empathy, insight, and practical tools to help you along your path towards healing and growth. I take a collaborative, person-centered approach and work with you to address your present concerns and your goals for living your best life.

I have many years experience helping people who have anxiety, depression, addictions, compulsive behavior disorders (food, sex, gambling) and all kinds of relational challenges. I call myself a Wholistic Existential Psychologist, indicating that I work from a Depth Psychology perspective that emphasizes each person's unique life and the interaction of mind, body and spirit in finding balance and personal integration. I believe that a healing relationship is at the core of successful psychotherapy. I also believe that Psychotherapy is a process of completing unfinished business and rewriting negative personal narratives into more positive life stories.

Life can be difficult to navigate alone and I believe that everyone can benefit from having a safe space to talk things through. That is what I create for my clients.