Psychoanalytic Therapists in McKees Rocks, PA
Nicholas George Pelescak
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
McKees Rocks, PA 15136
Ideally, I work with adults struggling with mood disorders, anxiety disorders or relationship problems. I always strive to support developing stronger interpersonal social rhythms, and development of effective coping skills; using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Based Therapy. Clients who are able to identify strengths that help them in their recovery, and deficits in their recovery can begin working with myself in setting goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time bound.
Ideally, I work with adults struggling with mood disorders, anxiety disorders or relationship problems. I always strive to support developing stronger interpersonal social rhythms, and development of effective coping skills; using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Based Therapy. Clients who are able to identify strengths that help them in their recovery, and deficits in their recovery can begin working with myself in setting goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time bound.
Kelly Sellers
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
McKees Rocks, PA 15136
Life has many challenges which can sometimes feel overwhelming. My passion is helping others through these moments. I support my clients encouraging them to explore how to show up in their lives as the people they want to be. My clients learn to build confidence, improve their relationships with themselves and others, and address negative patterns that are holding them back. I see my role as equal parts collaborator, support, and guide for the journey.
Life has many challenges which can sometimes feel overwhelming. My passion is helping others through these moments. I support my clients encouraging them to explore how to show up in their lives as the people they want to be. My clients learn to build confidence, improve their relationships with themselves and others, and address negative patterns that are holding them back. I see my role as equal parts collaborator, support, and guide for the journey.
Charlene Benefiel
Licensed Professional Counselor, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
McKees Rocks, PA 15136
I am a person-centered, trauma informed, therapist who is looking to help others in their personal journeys. I enjoy getting to know my client's and I am invested in their success, whatever that looks like to them. I meet my clients where they are and work up from there. We will be on this journey together the whole time. I enjoy working with clients who have experienced trauma in their past and are working to move forward in life. Let me help you understand your needs and wishes and let me help you learn how to communicate this to others in your life. Let me help you heal and have more successful relationships. Thank you!
I am a person-centered, trauma informed, therapist who is looking to help others in their personal journeys. I enjoy getting to know my client's and I am invested in their success, whatever that looks like to them. I meet my clients where they are and work up from there. We will be on this journey together the whole time. I enjoy working with clients who have experienced trauma in their past and are working to move forward in life. Let me help you understand your needs and wishes and let me help you learn how to communicate this to others in your life. Let me help you heal and have more successful relationships. Thank you!
Rocco Vallecorsa
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSEd, LPC, BC-TMH
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
McKees Rocks, PA 15136
Not accepting new clients
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habit. Keep your habits positive because your habit becomes your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." - Mahatma Gandhi Our thoughts and feelings are not determined by a situation, but by our perception and interpretation of the situation. By changing our thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors we can learn to respond in a positive way, maximizing our potential for a rich, full, and meaningful life.
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habit. Keep your habits positive because your habit becomes your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." - Mahatma Gandhi Our thoughts and feelings are not determined by a situation, but by our perception and interpretation of the situation. By changing our thoughts, perceptions, and behaviors we can learn to respond in a positive way, maximizing our potential for a rich, full, and meaningful life.
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I offer an interpersonal/psychodynamic approach to working with individuals with anxiety, depression, personality, life and relationship issues.Treatment is personalized to meet each patient's needs. I have been practicing for over 25 years and offer individual, couple, family, psychoanalysis ,and psychodynamic therapy. i also supervise psychiatric residents at Western Psychiatric Institute, teach at the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center,worked in the Family Division of the Courts, and spent 15 years as a professional member of the State Board of Psychology. I will be glad to speak with you regarding your personal issues and answer questions.
I offer an interpersonal/psychodynamic approach to working with individuals with anxiety, depression, personality, life and relationship issues.Treatment is personalized to meet each patient's needs. I have been practicing for over 25 years and offer individual, couple, family, psychoanalysis ,and psychodynamic therapy. i also supervise psychiatric residents at Western Psychiatric Institute, teach at the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center,worked in the Family Division of the Courts, and spent 15 years as a professional member of the State Board of Psychology. I will be glad to speak with you regarding your personal issues and answer questions.
Rebecca Pollack
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
In addition I use CBT, DBT and psychoanalytic approaches in my therapy practice and work together with clients to harness the change or insight needed to accomplish their goals.
I have many years of experience working with adolescents and their families, adults, and couples throughout a variety of life stages. I am passionate about treating women who are struggling with infertility, postpartum depression, anxiety and/or OCD as well as other transitional issues that can occur throughout the perinatal period. I also work with individuals dealing with general depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, OCD, and Bipolar Disorder.
In addition I use CBT, DBT and psychoanalytic approaches in my therapy practice and work together with clients to harness the change or insight needed to accomplish their goals.
I have many years of experience working with adolescents and their families, adults, and couples throughout a variety of life stages. I am passionate about treating women who are struggling with infertility, postpartum depression, anxiety and/or OCD as well as other transitional issues that can occur throughout the perinatal period. I also work with individuals dealing with general depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, OCD, and Bipolar Disorder.
Bonnie Levy Wargo
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (Online Only)
Through psychoanalytic psychotherapy, we work toward making sense of these thoughts and feelings, and develop a sense of comfort with how one's own mind works.
I work with individuals, couples and parents who, despite having put in great effort to figure things out, still feel stuck. Oftentimes they find a way to may things work, briefly, and then things get hard again.
Through psychoanalytic psychotherapy, we work toward making sense of these thoughts and feelings, and develop a sense of comfort with how one's own mind works.
I work with individuals, couples and parents who, despite having put in great effort to figure things out, still feel stuck. Oftentimes they find a way to may things work, briefly, and then things get hard again.
Psychoanalytic practice traverses what afflicts you, gradually opening its interior dimensions by passing it thru the encounter of each session.
In my practice I offer a space for you to say what cannot be said anywhere else. It is an unconditional welcome to speak what is most real for you; and to speak freely, fully, and without censorship. Dreams, fantasies, memories. Ruptures and traumas. Experiences of love and sexuality as lived in your body and relational bonds. Crises, complaints, and all of the repetitions that happen again and again. These formations (and more) we raise to the dignity of what is most unknown and alive within you. Read deeply into yourself and articulate the 'other scenes' between the lines of lived experience.
Psychoanalytic practice traverses what afflicts you, gradually opening its interior dimensions by passing it thru the encounter of each session.
In my practice I offer a space for you to say what cannot be said anywhere else. It is an unconditional welcome to speak what is most real for you; and to speak freely, fully, and without censorship. Dreams, fantasies, memories. Ruptures and traumas. Experiences of love and sexuality as lived in your body and relational bonds. Crises, complaints, and all of the repetitions that happen again and again. These formations (and more) we raise to the dignity of what is most unknown and alive within you. Read deeply into yourself and articulate the 'other scenes' between the lines of lived experience.
Marci L Sturgeon-Rusiewicz
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
Aspinwall, PA 15215
I am pleased to offer both individual and couple’s counseling services in a private practice setting. My training as a therapist involves psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theory and my approach with clients is process oriented, integrative and individual. Areas of specialty are grief and loss as well as women’s health including fertility issues among others. I have extensive experience in helping transition age (14-18) and adult clients through partnering with them and encouraging an understanding of unique feelings, personality traits and life situations to achieve greater insight toward overall health, wellness, and stability.
I am pleased to offer both individual and couple’s counseling services in a private practice setting. My training as a therapist involves psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theory and my approach with clients is process oriented, integrative and individual. Areas of specialty are grief and loss as well as women’s health including fertility issues among others. I have extensive experience in helping transition age (14-18) and adult clients through partnering with them and encouraging an understanding of unique feelings, personality traits and life situations to achieve greater insight toward overall health, wellness, and stability.
This is precisely what my embodied, trauma-informed, psychoanalytic therapy approach provides.
As a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, I am uniquely suited to provide holistic care. A psychoanalytic therapy approach offers a highly effective form of treatment through a comprehensive and nuanced framework for working with and addressing trauma, anxiety, depression, identity struggles, low self-esteem, a lostness around a sense of self, struggles in your connections to other people, and feelings of meaninglessness. If advisable, I can also provide careful expert medication management. Together, we will embark on a collaborative exploration, delving into your unique background and personal influences as we work towards healing.
This is precisely what my embodied, trauma-informed, psychoanalytic therapy approach provides.
As a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, I am uniquely suited to provide holistic care. A psychoanalytic therapy approach offers a highly effective form of treatment through a comprehensive and nuanced framework for working with and addressing trauma, anxiety, depression, identity struggles, low self-esteem, a lostness around a sense of self, struggles in your connections to other people, and feelings of meaninglessness. If advisable, I can also provide careful expert medication management. Together, we will embark on a collaborative exploration, delving into your unique background and personal influences as we work towards healing.
Eric Vogan
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
East Liberty, PA 15206 (Online Only)
I AM currently accepting new clients. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Pennsylvania. I work from a psychotherapeutic perspective grounded in humanistic and modern psychoanalytic practice. I work with individuals to explore their current suffering, symptoms, problems, and relationships and how these themes are related to earlier patterns of experience. My focus is on gaining a deep understanding of the individuals I work with that pays great respect to the person’s unique personality style, cultural differences, differences in sexual orientation and gender experience, and unique relationship patterns.
I AM currently accepting new clients. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Pennsylvania. I work from a psychotherapeutic perspective grounded in humanistic and modern psychoanalytic practice. I work with individuals to explore their current suffering, symptoms, problems, and relationships and how these themes are related to earlier patterns of experience. My focus is on gaining a deep understanding of the individuals I work with that pays great respect to the person’s unique personality style, cultural differences, differences in sexual orientation and gender experience, and unique relationship patterns.
Those who struggle with assertiveness and setting boundaries, adult children of alcoholics/immature parents, co-dependency, childhood trauma, abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, single incident trauma, major life changes, grief and loss, etc.
Those who struggle with assertiveness and setting boundaries, adult children of alcoholics/immature parents, co-dependency, childhood trauma, abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, single incident trauma, major life changes, grief and loss, etc.
Lifebulb Counseling & Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15227 (Online Only)
Working with us you'll get results. Because we believe you're best served by a clinician who's passionate about not only their work, but who they work with as well. That's why we started Lifebulb - We're committed to building an organization that truly allows therapists to get back to enjoying their work, so you, our client, can receive the highest quality therapy services, whether in person at one of our locations or online through telehealth. We hire only highly trained and educated, licensed clinicians dedicated to the therapy process. We're confident we can help you achieve your therapy goals.
Working with us you'll get results. Because we believe you're best served by a clinician who's passionate about not only their work, but who they work with as well. That's why we started Lifebulb - We're committed to building an organization that truly allows therapists to get back to enjoying their work, so you, our client, can receive the highest quality therapy services, whether in person at one of our locations or online through telehealth. We hire only highly trained and educated, licensed clinicians dedicated to the therapy process. We're confident we can help you achieve your therapy goals.
Ellie Mental Health-Wexford
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Ellie Mental Health in Wexford, Pennsylvania isn’t your average therapy clinic. We’ve created a comfy, judgment-free zone where you can be authentic, get real about where you’re at in your mental health, and receive the compassionate care you deserve. We strive to break down treatment barriers and provide you with customized counseling services that meet your therapy needs.
Ellie Mental Health in Wexford, Pennsylvania isn’t your average therapy clinic. We’ve created a comfy, judgment-free zone where you can be authentic, get real about where you’re at in your mental health, and receive the compassionate care you deserve. We strive to break down treatment barriers and provide you with customized counseling services that meet your therapy needs.
I am open to working with clients from all walks of life, those who know what their goals are, and those who are uncertain about what they expect from therapy. My professional and lived experience helps me relate to clients who have difficulties adjusting to changes in life, as well as older adults, caregivers, and people of all ages struggling with family issues. A psychodynamic approach helps clients feel listened to and encouraged to develop their story, gain insight and self-awareness, & notice the connection between past events and current difficulties.
I am open to working with clients from all walks of life, those who know what their goals are, and those who are uncertain about what they expect from therapy. My professional and lived experience helps me relate to clients who have difficulties adjusting to changes in life, as well as older adults, caregivers, and people of all ages struggling with family issues. A psychodynamic approach helps clients feel listened to and encouraged to develop their story, gain insight and self-awareness, & notice the connection between past events and current difficulties.
The light within me sees the light within you... Hello and welcome. I am a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of clinical service, working with teens and adults of all ages. I specialize in the treatment of depression and anxiety, with specific training in treating addiction and co-occurring disorders. I am additionally skilled in working with women and highly attuned to the unique challenges they face as adolescents and throughout the lifespan; including body image, stereotyping, domestic and dating violence, pregnancy and postpartum, motherhood, and maintaining career/family balance.
The light within me sees the light within you... Hello and welcome. I am a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of clinical service, working with teens and adults of all ages. I specialize in the treatment of depression and anxiety, with specific training in treating addiction and co-occurring disorders. I am additionally skilled in working with women and highly attuned to the unique challenges they face as adolescents and throughout the lifespan; including body image, stereotyping, domestic and dating violence, pregnancy and postpartum, motherhood, and maintaining career/family balance.
Marjorica Ducheine
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Great to meet you! I am licensed in Pennsylvania with 7 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, career difficulties, & depression. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Great to meet you! I am licensed in Pennsylvania with 7 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, career difficulties, & depression. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Gloria Pamela Schweitzer
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSCP, LPC
Verified Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who has provided therapeutic services over the past 10 years in the following settings; A Community Treatment Team; Family Outpatient Services; Art Therapy at a Fine Arts Institution; and an Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Residential Treatment Facility. I have provided therapy to children, adolescents, adults and their families, helping them with anxiety and depression disorders, substance abuse, trauma, complicated grief, and anger management.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who has provided therapeutic services over the past 10 years in the following settings; A Community Treatment Team; Family Outpatient Services; Art Therapy at a Fine Arts Institution; and an Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Residential Treatment Facility. I have provided therapy to children, adolescents, adults and their families, helping them with anxiety and depression disorders, substance abuse, trauma, complicated grief, and anger management.
Glade Run Lutheran Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LPCC, LCSW, CC, MSW
Verified Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Glade Run has a 165 year history of service to individuals in need in our communities. With a range of caring and professional client-focused therapists, we are able to help you set and reach your personal goals. With office locations in Zelienople, Butler, Beaver Falls, and Pittsburgh, Glade Run is ready and available to help.
Glade Run has a 165 year history of service to individuals in need in our communities. With a range of caring and professional client-focused therapists, we are able to help you set and reach your personal goals. With office locations in Zelienople, Butler, Beaver Falls, and Pittsburgh, Glade Run is ready and available to help.
Heal With Creativity LLC
Art Therapist, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15209
Everyone doesn't think or feel in the same way, we all have our own journey and our own way of experiencing life obstacles. As a licensed and board certified Art Therapist, as well as Licensed Professional Counselor, I will help guide you and your family through your process of healing using creative approaches tailored to fit your specific needs.
Everyone doesn't think or feel in the same way, we all have our own journey and our own way of experiencing life obstacles. As a licensed and board certified Art Therapist, as well as Licensed Professional Counselor, I will help guide you and your family through your process of healing using creative approaches tailored to fit your specific needs.
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.