Women's Issues Therapists in Carnegie, PA

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Erica Vaughn Strasser
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Carnegie, PA 15106
Hello! I am a licensed professional psychotherapist with a specialty in codependency, healing after divorce, women's issues, addiction, substance use disorder, and wellness. I meet my clients where they are and then build on their strengths in order to help them achieve their goals. Healing takes time and patience, but it doesn't need to also be lonely. I am here as your therapist to help you get back on a path to a thriving successful life!
Hello! I am a licensed professional psychotherapist with a specialty in codependency, healing after divorce, women's issues, addiction, substance use disorder, and wellness. I meet my clients where they are and then build on their strengths in order to help them achieve their goals. Healing takes time and patience, but it doesn't need to also be lonely. I am here as your therapist to help you get back on a path to a thriving successful life!
(412) 960-8674 View (412) 960-8674
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AIBDT Psychological Services
Psychologist, PsyD, PhD, LPC, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
Associates in Behavioral Diagnostics and Treatment is a group practice with locations in Moon Township, Robinson Twp, Carnegie and North Hills. Because many of our clients are professionals with busy schedules, our practice is open 7 days a week offering both daytime and evening hours. There are clinicians who work with general mental health issues (anxiety, depression, relationship issues, stress management, Women's health, grief, adjustment) as well as specialists in Child Development/Autism, OCD, Behavioral Medicine, and Family Therapy.
Associates in Behavioral Diagnostics and Treatment is a group practice with locations in Moon Township, Robinson Twp, Carnegie and North Hills. Because many of our clients are professionals with busy schedules, our practice is open 7 days a week offering both daytime and evening hours. There are clinicians who work with general mental health issues (anxiety, depression, relationship issues, stress management, Women's health, grief, adjustment) as well as specialists in Child Development/Autism, OCD, Behavioral Medicine, and Family Therapy.
(412) 246-8537 View (412) 246-8537
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Jaimie Parker
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC, CPRP
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who believes that client's are able to make real, lasting changes in a therapeutic environment that is supportive and nonjudgmental. I strive to provide a safe and insightful space for individuals, couples, and families who are ready to make those changes.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who believes that client's are able to make real, lasting changes in a therapeutic environment that is supportive and nonjudgmental. I strive to provide a safe and insightful space for individuals, couples, and families who are ready to make those changes.
(412) 339-1999 View (412) 339-1999
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Melissa Cole
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Carnegie, PA 15106
Something has to change ... you recognize it is time to make a change but actually making that change can be overwhelming. We become comfortable with those unhealthy/unhelpful thoughts and behaviors because at least we know what to expect ... the same disappointments. With over 20 years of experience working with individuals and families, addressing anxiety, depression, life transitions and family conflicts, allow me to help you to identify the life patterns that are no longer serving you and help you to write a new life script.
Something has to change ... you recognize it is time to make a change but actually making that change can be overwhelming. We become comfortable with those unhealthy/unhelpful thoughts and behaviors because at least we know what to expect ... the same disappointments. With over 20 years of experience working with individuals and families, addressing anxiety, depression, life transitions and family conflicts, allow me to help you to identify the life patterns that are no longer serving you and help you to write a new life script.
(412) 844-4437 View (412) 844-4437
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Metanoia Wellness LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
Full body wellness is the ultimate goal at Metanoia Wellness. If your mind isn’t well, your body isn’t well; and if your body isn’t well, your mind isn’t well. The Licensed Professional Counselors on staff are knowledgeable about depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, stress, grief, and the challenges life throws your way that not only affect your mental health, but also your physical health. Metanoia’s counselors want to support you every step of the way to not just feeling better but getting better.
Full body wellness is the ultimate goal at Metanoia Wellness. If your mind isn’t well, your body isn’t well; and if your body isn’t well, your mind isn’t well. The Licensed Professional Counselors on staff are knowledgeable about depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, stress, grief, and the challenges life throws your way that not only affect your mental health, but also your physical health. Metanoia’s counselors want to support you every step of the way to not just feeling better but getting better.
(412) 634-8102 View (412) 634-8102
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Amy Lee Saunier
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
Waitlist for new clients
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read about me. I'm a licensed professional counselor who loves working with children, teenagers, families, and adults. If you or your child are struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, stress, and self-defeating behaviors, or emotional pain, please know that I am here and would love to help you. My intervention strategies are client-driven and relationship focused. I am also certified to counsel women and families during pregnancy, the post partum period, and support to those experiencing fertility issues. I am a passionate and firm believer in providing support to parents.
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read about me. I'm a licensed professional counselor who loves working with children, teenagers, families, and adults. If you or your child are struggling with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, stress, and self-defeating behaviors, or emotional pain, please know that I am here and would love to help you. My intervention strategies are client-driven and relationship focused. I am also certified to counsel women and families during pregnancy, the post partum period, and support to those experiencing fertility issues. I am a passionate and firm believer in providing support to parents.
(412) 324-3119 View (412) 324-3119
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Lianne Wassell
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
Hi! I'm a Licensed Professional Counsellor (LPC) based in the state of Pennsylvania. I received my Masters degree from Slippery Rock University and have been practicing as a therapist for 14 years. I have worked in different settings within Community Mental Health and have been in a private practice setting for the past 7 years.
Hi! I'm a Licensed Professional Counsellor (LPC) based in the state of Pennsylvania. I received my Masters degree from Slippery Rock University and have been practicing as a therapist for 14 years. I have worked in different settings within Community Mental Health and have been in a private practice setting for the past 7 years.
(412) 534-5103 View (412) 534-5103
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Jewele V Evans
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
Life provides adversity but you are built to overcome! My mission as a therapist is to empower clients to create the life they want and deserve. My therapeutic style centers around cultivating a supportive relationship to promote personal growth and increased self awareness. I enjoy working with clients to develop coping skills and recognize triggers that may impact growth. I encourage clients to freely express themselves to help with processing events, thoughts or emotions. I highlight strengths within clients to help with navigating the difficulties and struggles that life provides.
Life provides adversity but you are built to overcome! My mission as a therapist is to empower clients to create the life they want and deserve. My therapeutic style centers around cultivating a supportive relationship to promote personal growth and increased self awareness. I enjoy working with clients to develop coping skills and recognize triggers that may impact growth. I encourage clients to freely express themselves to help with processing events, thoughts or emotions. I highlight strengths within clients to help with navigating the difficulties and struggles that life provides.
(412) 207-3856 View (412) 207-3856
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Sarah Hazlett
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carnegie, PA 15106
Waitlist for new clients
New for fall 2024...parenting anxious children group! Do you feel like anxiety or OCD is holding you and your family hostage from living the life you want to live? Is OCD or anxiety impacting your relationships, school/work, or daily routine? I have over 12 years of experience and specialized training in treating anxiety/OCD. In 2021, I became trained in the SPACE approach helping parents of anxious children. SPACE is particularly helpful if you have an anxious child who refuses to go to therapy or hasn't found therapy to be helpful. I am also trained in Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) to treat OCD/phobias.
New for fall 2024...parenting anxious children group! Do you feel like anxiety or OCD is holding you and your family hostage from living the life you want to live? Is OCD or anxiety impacting your relationships, school/work, or daily routine? I have over 12 years of experience and specialized training in treating anxiety/OCD. In 2021, I became trained in the SPACE approach helping parents of anxious children. SPACE is particularly helpful if you have an anxious child who refuses to go to therapy or hasn't found therapy to be helpful. I am also trained in Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) to treat OCD/phobias.
(412) 504-7482 View (412) 504-7482
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Briana Whitehead
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carnegie, PA 15106  (Online Only)
Briana is a Licensed Social Worker, gaining her Master’s at The University of Pittsburgh. Briana has worked at Western Psychiatric Hospital as an intern and inpatient social worker for over 7 years, working with clients with chronic psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and trauma. Briana also has a background in child development, utilizing her education to help individuals identify how their development effects them today.
Briana is a Licensed Social Worker, gaining her Master’s at The University of Pittsburgh. Briana has worked at Western Psychiatric Hospital as an intern and inpatient social worker for over 7 years, working with clients with chronic psychosis, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and trauma. Briana also has a background in child development, utilizing her education to help individuals identify how their development effects them today.
(412) 435-4374 View (412) 435-4374
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Isaly Counseling Associates
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSW, LPC, RN, AT, CAADC
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
ICA is a group of dedicated mental & behavioral health professionals who offer mediation, counseling & substance abuse services to adults, children, couples, & families in a supportive environment. Our providers are highly qualified and experienced professionals who treat each client with compassion, dignity, & respect while helping each to work through areas of concern. We believe that help begins with a strong therapist/client relationship in order to achieve long-term results and as such, each approach is personalized and tailored to the specific need of the client. We have an additional office in Swissvale at 2033 Noble St.
ICA is a group of dedicated mental & behavioral health professionals who offer mediation, counseling & substance abuse services to adults, children, couples, & families in a supportive environment. Our providers are highly qualified and experienced professionals who treat each client with compassion, dignity, & respect while helping each to work through areas of concern. We believe that help begins with a strong therapist/client relationship in order to achieve long-term results and as such, each approach is personalized and tailored to the specific need of the client. We have an additional office in Swissvale at 2033 Noble St.
(412) 369-4285 View (412) 369-4285
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Choosing Destiny
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carnegie, PA 15106
To my future client, Hello! Thank you for taking the first steps in choosing you. My goal at Choosing Destiny is to assist you in creating and being an active participate in your own destiny! I consider myself as a facilitator in the therapeutic journey. As people we are beautiful, complex individuals with at times equally complicated relationships. In my practice I bring an open and non judgmental mindset into every session, which allows for a safe environment conducive in you doing your work.
To my future client, Hello! Thank you for taking the first steps in choosing you. My goal at Choosing Destiny is to assist you in creating and being an active participate in your own destiny! I consider myself as a facilitator in the therapeutic journey. As people we are beautiful, complex individuals with at times equally complicated relationships. In my practice I bring an open and non judgmental mindset into every session, which allows for a safe environment conducive in you doing your work.
(412) 218-3766 View (412) 218-3766
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Heather Shay
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
I believe therapy can help people overcome great obstacles in life. I have witnessed the amazing healing that can come from a strong trusting relationship between an individual and their therapist. In my twenty years as a therapist, I have been able to help others find ways to heal from trauma, loss, anxiety, and depression.
I believe therapy can help people overcome great obstacles in life. I have witnessed the amazing healing that can come from a strong trusting relationship between an individual and their therapist. In my twenty years as a therapist, I have been able to help others find ways to heal from trauma, loss, anxiety, and depression.
(412) 444-7389 View (412) 444-7389
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Nancy A Smith
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, I
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
I have been a practicing therapist for over 30 years, so I have dealt with all kinds of problems and issues that people come in, seeking help with. My approach is eclectic and personalized and is based upon the issues you bring, your life situation, and your goals for therapy. I accept most major insurances but if you do not have insurance, or an insurance plan I do not participate in, I have a sliding fee scale and we can make something work for you.
I have been a practicing therapist for over 30 years, so I have dealt with all kinds of problems and issues that people come in, seeking help with. My approach is eclectic and personalized and is based upon the issues you bring, your life situation, and your goals for therapy. I accept most major insurances but if you do not have insurance, or an insurance plan I do not participate in, I have a sliding fee scale and we can make something work for you.
(412) 203-4846 View (412) 203-4846
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Jamie Harkins
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, CYT-200
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
Waitlist for new clients
I believe in providing an environment of understanding, encouragement, and hope to allow you work through overwhelming, stressful, and confusing life situations. My therapeutic framework is client-centered and strengths-based, meaning that I recognize you as the expert on your own lived experiences. My goal is to collaborate with you, concentrating on your inherent strengths, to help you work through difficult and uncomfortable emotions, change thought patterns, and support your personal growth.
I believe in providing an environment of understanding, encouragement, and hope to allow you work through overwhelming, stressful, and confusing life situations. My therapeutic framework is client-centered and strengths-based, meaning that I recognize you as the expert on your own lived experiences. My goal is to collaborate with you, concentrating on your inherent strengths, to help you work through difficult and uncomfortable emotions, change thought patterns, and support your personal growth.
(412) 960-1266 View (412) 960-1266
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Sara Emery
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CCTP, CADC
Verified Verified
Carnegie, PA 15106
Waitlist for new clients
Finding the right therapist is important because effective therapy elicits change and guides individuals toward living more fulfilled lives. I am a committed, interactive and non-judgmental therapist who loves what I do and am grateful for the opportunity to connect with clients and work together to develop solutions and reach goals. The decision to start therapy can be difficult and feel vulnerable and yet it is courageous when one finds the willingness and strength to look inward and lean into fear or sadness to remove obstacles that prevent someone from living their best life. I commend you on taking this first step.
Finding the right therapist is important because effective therapy elicits change and guides individuals toward living more fulfilled lives. I am a committed, interactive and non-judgmental therapist who loves what I do and am grateful for the opportunity to connect with clients and work together to develop solutions and reach goals. The decision to start therapy can be difficult and feel vulnerable and yet it is courageous when one finds the willingness and strength to look inward and lean into fear or sadness to remove obstacles that prevent someone from living their best life. I commend you on taking this first step.
(412) 223-7204 View (412) 223-7204
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Melissa D Michel
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSCP, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Carnegie, PA 15106
We all want to be happy. We may feel stuck or face challenges. Getting support from someone on the outside, in the counseling or psychology field, can help you gain a new perspective. You can learn to make better choices, feel less anxious and feel more optimistic; find peace in the day-to-day. I strive to help individuals live up to their full potential by overcoming life obstacles. With sincere interest and a creative approach, I help people by focusing not only on the individual, but also the social and cultural dynamics that influence their well being.
We all want to be happy. We may feel stuck or face challenges. Getting support from someone on the outside, in the counseling or psychology field, can help you gain a new perspective. You can learn to make better choices, feel less anxious and feel more optimistic; find peace in the day-to-day. I strive to help individuals live up to their full potential by overcoming life obstacles. With sincere interest and a creative approach, I help people by focusing not only on the individual, but also the social and cultural dynamics that influence their well being.
(412) 693-6333 View (412) 693-6333
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Sam Adams
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carnegie, PA 15106
Not accepting new clients
Meeting someone where they're at is the greatest gift a counselor can offer. Maybe life has been changing so fast it’s hard to keep up, or it feels like your mind is always racing. Perhaps it's been this way for a long time, or maybe things have changed recently; regardless I am here to support those in their journey. Together we would focus on building and enhancing the foundations of overall wellness.
Meeting someone where they're at is the greatest gift a counselor can offer. Maybe life has been changing so fast it’s hard to keep up, or it feels like your mind is always racing. Perhaps it's been this way for a long time, or maybe things have changed recently; regardless I am here to support those in their journey. Together we would focus on building and enhancing the foundations of overall wellness.
(724) 200-8702 View (724) 200-8702
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Caroline Degnan
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Carnegie, PA 15106
Not accepting new clients
Being able to ask for help takes a lot of courage. So, first and foremost, let me commend you for taking these first steps in the therapeutic process. I believe therapy is so important because while life can be incredibly beautiful, it can also be confusing, lonely and bleak. My job is to help you tackle the emotional obstacles that are hindering you from enjoying the life that you want and deserve.
Being able to ask for help takes a lot of courage. So, first and foremost, let me commend you for taking these first steps in the therapeutic process. I believe therapy is so important because while life can be incredibly beautiful, it can also be confusing, lonely and bleak. My job is to help you tackle the emotional obstacles that are hindering you from enjoying the life that you want and deserve.
(412) 329-4718 View (412) 329-4718
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Kristin Lindquist
Psychologist, PsyD , LP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Carnegie, PA 15106
Not accepting new clients
I believe that you have the courage to voice your opinions and beliefs without anxiety or apprehension, and this will lead you to the life you envision for yourself and toward the future you desire. As we work together, you will build a more substantial capacity to fully engage and experience your life by successfully navigating challenges and developing deeper meaning that will allow you to become who you indeed are.
I believe that you have the courage to voice your opinions and beliefs without anxiety or apprehension, and this will lead you to the life you envision for yourself and toward the future you desire. As we work together, you will build a more substantial capacity to fully engage and experience your life by successfully navigating challenges and developing deeper meaning that will allow you to become who you indeed are.
(878) 205-8240 View (878) 205-8240

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Women's Issues Therapists

How do you encourage a woman to go to therapy?

It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual may be suffering, and what effects it has on them, should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.

How can women prepare for therapy?

Women can prepare for therapy by being willing to talk about their past experiences and their private thoughts. Before a session, an individual may want to reflect on how they’ve felt since the last session and what’s happened in their lives. Between sessions, it can be useful to write down notes about their reaction to a given event or how they felt at a particular time.

How long does therapy for women’s issues often last?

As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual and the challenges they face. Therapy types like Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Prolonged exposure therapy (PET), and Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. In some cases, such as for women with eating disorders, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.

How can women overcome stigma around specific challenges in order to seek therapy?

Women dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, and any other number of troubles may feel a stigma around seeking help. It’s important to remember that these issues are not uncommon and there is no shame in getting help for them. Therapy is confidential, and women can talk about their experiences without fear of judgment. Seeking therapy can be a courageous and liberating act, and an important step toward healing and recovery.