Parenting Therapists in Kennett Square, PA

Relational struggles can deeply impact your well-being. You may be facing difficulties with interpersonal communication, relationships, or parenting. Major life transitions, such as entering parenthood, can trigger old thoughts and feelings, making it hard to manage past memories and current stress. Coping with difficult births, adjusting to new roles, and feeling overwhelmed are natural but challenging experiences. You might be seeking to understand yourself better, feel empowered, or navigate life’s stresses. You may also be dealing with unresolved and complex trauma, anxiety, panic attacks, or depression, and looking for relief.

My focus is assisting clients in finding their own solutions. My role is to help uncover strengths and protective factors while building the necessary coping skills required to move through life's most significant challenges. Trauma, grief, sadness, confusion, worry and addiction are the most common reasons why people reach out for help. After listening and identifying issues together, the therapeutic relationship will begin to build and in that safe and trusting space support will be created. We will then strategize and set goals, ultimately developing a road map for greater happiness, a peaceful mind and a healthier life.

I have practiced as a clinical psychologist for over 35 years. I still consider it a privilege to empower clients to solve the complications and problems they are facing. My practice has shown me that every individual is able to positively change his or her ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving, provided that he or she remains motivated and embracing of change. I treat people from diverse backgrounds for a variety of problems, including: anxiety, depression, relationship problems, postpartum difficulties, parenting problems and child custody issues. I also work with patients who are coping with aging and chronic illnesses.

I join clients who are struggling with anxiety, mood changes, and thoughts and behavior that disrupt their lives. Many of my clients feel removed from their lives and relationships, almost like they're watching as an outsider. My goal is to help clients feel happier, more in control, and more present in their lives. Let's start the conversation, what do you feel is holding you back?

"I count it as a blessing to devote my professional time to serving individuals and families struggling with a wide range of mental health struggles including depression, addictions, anxiety, maladaptive personality features, parenting strategies, parenting a child with autism, and familial adjustment to separation or divorce. A proponent of technical eclecticism as an outpatient and community-based therapist, I specialize in Psychoanalytic, Trauma-Focused, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Here is a little about me. Originally from Connecticut, I received my BS in Early Childhood and Special Education from the University of Delaware. Soon after, I received my Masters of Social Work from Louisiana State University. I worked as a school social worker prior to beginning my work in a clinical setting. During Covid I shifted gears and began working with clients in a virtual setting.

Being an adult, a parent, child and teenager comes with too many expectations, responsibilities, and demands. You may feel overwhelmed, saddened with thoughts of low self-worth, fearful, on edge, avoidant, and easily frustrated and angered. You want to feel confident, true to yourself, and ultimately the best version of you. I can help you to develop a plan that will allow you to grow, flourish, and live optimally. You deserve to be happy, feel confident, and to be your authentic self.

Seeking therapy means you have to trust a new and unfamiliar person and process. My job is to create a strong therapeutic relationship that allows you to explore the circumstances and relationships that are interfering with your life in a safe, nonjudgmental environment. In my practice, I help my clients gain personal insight and individual strength to help them address issues with depression, stress and anxiety, parenting, life transitions and interpersonal relationships. I have a certificate from Bryn Mawr College in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, and I especially enjoy working with preteens, teens, and young adults.

I work with all individuals, children and youth, families and groups. I have a special love for working with pre-teens into early adulthood as well as adoptees (all ages), fosterees (all ages) and former foster youth. I am specialized in foster care, adoption, reunification, those who have experienced childhood institution (Hospitalizations and Residential Treatment Facilities) and parent-child attachment. I also specialize in racial trauma, institutional racism, Grief/Loss and identity.

Starting therapy is an act of courage and also an act of hope. I'm glad you're here! My goal in this meaningful work is to create a safe space where you will feel supported in processing your challenges and empowered in working toward resolutions. My belief is that as individuals we thrive and heal in community, and healing begins when a person feels seen, heard, and accepted. It is through this that we become our best selves. In leveraging our unique stories and experiences, we use our power to contribute to the healing and wellness of others.

At Spring Forward Psychotherapy, LLC, my mission is to provide high-quality, compassionate care to adults and teenagers (14 and older) struggling with mental health issues or who need help processing daily life and routine stressors. I compound the benefits of movement, nature and thought processing by providing therapy as "walk and talks" in local parks (or via teletherapy). Therapy is a safe and confidential space to lay out your first draft of ideas without judgment to allow you to process and refine and edit thoughts before sharing with loved ones and your support network.

I know it can be overwhelming to weed through all these bio's and profiles. I am going to explain in parts my credentials and what it mean for you in the therapy space. Being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) means that I work with the whole person the biological, psychological, and social aspects that makes us unique individuals. My training helps me to understand you as a person and the things that make you, you. I meet people where they are in their process. I am passionate about helping people heal and thrive. I will take a tailored approach to you and what you need from the therapy space.

The CBT Center for Anxiety and OCD believes in providing the community with the most cutting-edge, expert Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety, OCD, OC Spectrum Disorders and related conditions. We successfully treat clients with generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety, phobias and panic. The Center also treats all OC Spectrum conditions including Body Dysmorphic Disorder, hoarding, caretakers of people who hoard, Trichotillomania (hair pulling), Excoriation (skin picking) and tics. We treat ALL forms of OCD including many of the lesser known types: relationship, existential, just right, pedophile, harm/violence, sexual orientation, hit & run, magical thinking, postpartum, moral scrupulosity/religious, symmetry/equalizing, health anxiety/hypochondriasis, olfactory reference syndrome (fear of body odor), muscle dysmorphia (obsessive focus on muscles), emotional contamination, PANS/PANDAS, orthorexia (obsession with healthy eating), sensorimotor/hyperawareness and hyper-responsibility. The Center also specializes in working with people who have anxiety co-occurring with introversion, giftedness, people-pleasing and perfectionism as well as Sensory Processing Disorder, Developmental Coordination Disorder, Dyslexia and medical conditions. We frequently treat individuals with comorbid depression, ADHD and Bipolar Disorder. Specializing in anxiety, OCD and related conditions allows us to stay on top of the latest scientific research and utilize the most effective strategies for you.

I specialize in providing therapy for children, teens, and young adults who are struggling with school, relationships, and life transitions. During the crucial early years of life it is important that children and teens are given the right support to deal with difficulties impacting their school performance, mood, and communication with parents. I believe that a combination of skills-based learning for children, adolescents and teens in addition to guidance and support for parents is critical in helping young people overcome challenges and get back to feeling like themselves.

I find great joy in assisting individuals during times of adversity, find peace, hope, and healing. I believe in helping each person tap into their strengths to grow, blossom, and find balance. I utilize an eclectic approach, developing treatment and interventions tailored around the needs of the individual. My person-centered, solution focused, and strength-based approaches are used to guide individuals in gaining new perspectives on self and life. I believe in a collaborative approach to therapy, to ensure that the entire family system is supported.

I am a strengths based clinician who feels strongly that with the right support anything is possible. In session, I want to determine where you are, and how I can help you get where you are going. My client focus is children, adolescents, and families. I began my work in the field focused on women's issues, domestic violence, and the road from victim to survivor. For the last 16 years I have worked with adults, youth and families providing individual and family therapy.

If you are interested in growing, changing and working with difficulties in your life that are preventing you from living the fullest, richest life possible, then you have found the right therapist. I look forward to speaking with you.

Are you, your child, or a loved one struggling with childhood trauma? Do these damaging events cause difficulties with relationships, self-confidence, and emotions? Then I welcome you to your first step towards taking back power and control in your life. Hi, I’m Sean, and I’m here to walk along side you as you move from victim to survivor. Or in my opinion, superhero! I am passionate about providing the unconditional love you deserve, yet have been denied. Let that inner child know their strength has gotten you this far.

Emotions, relationships, communication, loss, addictions, trauma, change. Regardless of our age, these human conditions, specifically those unwanted or unexpected life experiences, finds us all. Being teased or bullied as a child, being rejected by a lover, friend, or authority figure, being victimized &/or witnessing violence in the home, being abused or neglected, losing the ones we love, the high-risk lifestyle of addiction, poor health and disease; life can wound us. But life is a continuum; It is both pain and joy. It's been said, "Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional." You don't have to suffer anymore.