Reality Therapy in Pottstown, PA
Lauren C. Ostrowski
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC, CCTP, CCH
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Pottstown, PA 19464
I enjoy working with clients with many different types of concerns or areas in which they would like to grow. I have been working with children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families since 2007. I tailor my treatment approach to each client and I believe that each client is an expert on themselves. I have assisted clients with many different reasons for coming into counseling, and only some of those topics are highlighted here.
I enjoy working with clients with many different types of concerns or areas in which they would like to grow. I have been working with children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families since 2007. I tailor my treatment approach to each client and I believe that each client is an expert on themselves. I have assisted clients with many different reasons for coming into counseling, and only some of those topics are highlighted here.
We started this practice because we love what we do, helping people grow. Here at Blue Creek, we offer individual, couples and family therapy. We serve children, teens, adults and older adults. In addition, we offer comprehensive psychological testing services. We bring decades of collective experience but have different areas of expertise. However, our one common goal is for you to feel welcomed and understood from the moment you make contact.
We started this practice because we love what we do, helping people grow. Here at Blue Creek, we offer individual, couples and family therapy. We serve children, teens, adults and older adults. In addition, we offer comprehensive psychological testing services. We bring decades of collective experience but have different areas of expertise. However, our one common goal is for you to feel welcomed and understood from the moment you make contact.
Sarah Sibel
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC, CTP, RYT-500
Verified Verified
Pottstown, PA 19464
Life is all about the journey, not just the final destination. I am here to help you work towards being the best version of you one day at a time.
Life is all about the journey, not just the final destination. I am here to help you work towards being the best version of you one day at a time.
Therapy is a gift. It is transformative. It is empowering. And empowering others through warmth, support, compassion, evidence-based therapeutic practices, and psychoeducation is what gets my blood pumping. My fundamental goal is to help you discover the strength and agency within yourself to make important choices which espouse positive change. Emotions can be difficult to navigate. I firmly and emphatically believe that, together, we can identify and employ effective tools which serve as a catalyst for allowing you to experience improved wellness, and enjoy an enduringly elevated quality of life.
Therapy is a gift. It is transformative. It is empowering. And empowering others through warmth, support, compassion, evidence-based therapeutic practices, and psychoeducation is what gets my blood pumping. My fundamental goal is to help you discover the strength and agency within yourself to make important choices which espouse positive change. Emotions can be difficult to navigate. I firmly and emphatically believe that, together, we can identify and employ effective tools which serve as a catalyst for allowing you to experience improved wellness, and enjoy an enduringly elevated quality of life.
Toni Galm - G & M Therapy Solutions LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Pottstown, PA 19464
“I just can’t. There’s just too much to do and too much to worry about. Work, family, money, kids…who has time to breathe?” You're about ready to fall apart, but fear drives you to push through. Too many people are relying on you to be “okay,” so failure is not an option. No one around you sees it, no one hears you screaming in your head. You've become a pro at wearing the appropriate mask to fit your current audience. Your thoughts keep you up at night, your heart pounds, it feels like an elephant is sitting on your chest. And at the same time, you're just so sad and lonely. You can't help but wonder, “what is wrong with me?”
“I just can’t. There’s just too much to do and too much to worry about. Work, family, money, kids…who has time to breathe?” You're about ready to fall apart, but fear drives you to push through. Too many people are relying on you to be “okay,” so failure is not an option. No one around you sees it, no one hears you screaming in your head. You've become a pro at wearing the appropriate mask to fit your current audience. Your thoughts keep you up at night, your heart pounds, it feels like an elephant is sitting on your chest. And at the same time, you're just so sad and lonely. You can't help but wonder, “what is wrong with me?”
Compass Counseling and Associates
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Pottstown, PA 19465
With a compassionate and sensitive approach to the individuals journey in life, we make it a priority to fully understand the nature of our clients concerns and experiences. Our hope is that our clients feel completely heard and develop a sense of trust in the therapy process.
With a compassionate and sensitive approach to the individuals journey in life, we make it a priority to fully understand the nature of our clients concerns and experiences. Our hope is that our clients feel completely heard and develop a sense of trust in the therapy process.
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Emily Santangelo
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Royersford, PA 19468
A strong and trusting therapeutic relationship is the first step in making positive and healthy changes. I'm a strong believer in the quote, "You grow through what you go through." By providing a safe and affirming space, I work with and support children, adolescents, and young adults, alongside their families, to be the expert on their lives while supporting and guiding them to take initiative to heal and make healthy, long-term changes. I take a trauma-informed approach with all clients and utilize techniques and principles from CBT, Narrative Therapy, Reality Therapy, Play Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
A strong and trusting therapeutic relationship is the first step in making positive and healthy changes. I'm a strong believer in the quote, "You grow through what you go through." By providing a safe and affirming space, I work with and support children, adolescents, and young adults, alongside their families, to be the expert on their lives while supporting and guiding them to take initiative to heal and make healthy, long-term changes. I take a trauma-informed approach with all clients and utilize techniques and principles from CBT, Narrative Therapy, Reality Therapy, Play Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
Jennifer Barnett-Viewpoint Counseling, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Schwenksville, PA 19473 (Online Only)
Are you or your loved one feeling overwhelmed about an early childhood trauma that has resurfaced? Experiencing ptsd, depression and anxiety that is affecting function, realizing it is affecting you in different aspects of life you didn’t expect? I can help you learn how to manage those feelings and gain positive coping skills. I have experience working with adults and children victims of trauma, ptsd, domestic abuse, anxiety you are experiencing distress due to trauma. I specialize in trauma (CCTP) and attachment wounds. Childhood trauma can appear when we don’t expect it. I specialize in trauma and anxiety trearment.
Are you or your loved one feeling overwhelmed about an early childhood trauma that has resurfaced? Experiencing ptsd, depression and anxiety that is affecting function, realizing it is affecting you in different aspects of life you didn’t expect? I can help you learn how to manage those feelings and gain positive coping skills. I have experience working with adults and children victims of trauma, ptsd, domestic abuse, anxiety you are experiencing distress due to trauma. I specialize in trauma (CCTP) and attachment wounds. Childhood trauma can appear when we don’t expect it. I specialize in trauma and anxiety trearment.
Cecelia S. Baldwin
Licensed Professional Counselor, DMFT, LPC
Verified Verified
Phoenixville, PA 19460
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing as a therapist, trainer, and consultant in Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. I offer individual therapy, couples counseling and family counseling for children, adolescents and adults. I have a broad and unique base of clinical experience and education. I have a particular passion and expertise in working with children, adolescents, individuals and families struggling with relationships difficulties. I have significant experience and advanced clinical training treating varying degrees of psychological trauma.
I am a Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing as a therapist, trainer, and consultant in Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. I offer individual therapy, couples counseling and family counseling for children, adolescents and adults. I have a broad and unique base of clinical experience and education. I have a particular passion and expertise in working with children, adolescents, individuals and families struggling with relationships difficulties. I have significant experience and advanced clinical training treating varying degrees of psychological trauma.
Do you struggle with life transitions, coping with stress, relationship issues, learning how to communicate effectively, etc? Do you want to learn social or coping skills, build self-esteem, or talk through life stressors? Is your goal to gain insight into your emotions/behaviors, learn adaptive coping skills, and communicate effectively with others? My ideal client would be motivated to improve themselves in whichever goal they chose and would strive to meet their fullest potential. The client would be willing to take accountability and acknowledge their behaviors and how they may have affected them, whether good or bad.
Do you struggle with life transitions, coping with stress, relationship issues, learning how to communicate effectively, etc? Do you want to learn social or coping skills, build self-esteem, or talk through life stressors? Is your goal to gain insight into your emotions/behaviors, learn adaptive coping skills, and communicate effectively with others? My ideal client would be motivated to improve themselves in whichever goal they chose and would strive to meet their fullest potential. The client would be willing to take accountability and acknowledge their behaviors and how they may have affected them, whether good or bad.
Cornerstone Therapy and Wellness
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Your full-service psychotherapy practice offering counseling, psychiatry, psychological testing and nutritional services for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. Our goal is to partner with you in “building the foundation for healthy living,” through providing quality, comprehensive care. Our practice is designed to make quality mental health care as accessible and stress-free as possible. We will streamline care from aligning you with the appropriate therapist to meet your individual needs.
Your full-service psychotherapy practice offering counseling, psychiatry, psychological testing and nutritional services for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. Our goal is to partner with you in “building the foundation for healthy living,” through providing quality, comprehensive care. Our practice is designed to make quality mental health care as accessible and stress-free as possible. We will streamline care from aligning you with the appropriate therapist to meet your individual needs.
Tarynn Meier
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, CCTP-II, CDBT
Verified Verified
18 Endorsed
Royersford, PA 19468
Waitlist for new clients
Tarynn Meier, Chief Operating Officer of Everlasting Wellness LLC and Therapist, has been an active member in good standing with the American Counseling Association since 2010. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (Level 2), and Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy provider. Additionally, she has intensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Contingency Management, Motivational Interviewing, and treatment of Mental Health issues inclusive of process (aka behavioral) addictions.
Tarynn Meier, Chief Operating Officer of Everlasting Wellness LLC and Therapist, has been an active member in good standing with the American Counseling Association since 2010. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (Level 2), and Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy provider. Additionally, she has intensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Contingency Management, Motivational Interviewing, and treatment of Mental Health issues inclusive of process (aka behavioral) addictions.
Erin McCarthy McMonagle
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, MS, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Trappe, PA 19426
I believe everyone could use someone to talk to. If you find yourself or your child struggling with life, family, school, grief, allow me to be the person to listen and help you find your way through these obstacles. Grief, stress management, goal setting, anxiety, depression, and relationships are my areas of focus. The approaches I use for these concerns are evidence-based and designed to be highly effective. Noticeable results occur when CBT, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Family Systems, Strength-Based, Grief Counseling or Mindfulness techniques are used in our sessions.
I believe everyone could use someone to talk to. If you find yourself or your child struggling with life, family, school, grief, allow me to be the person to listen and help you find your way through these obstacles. Grief, stress management, goal setting, anxiety, depression, and relationships are my areas of focus. The approaches I use for these concerns are evidence-based and designed to be highly effective. Noticeable results occur when CBT, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Family Systems, Strength-Based, Grief Counseling or Mindfulness techniques are used in our sessions.
How often do you feel like life is spiraling out of your control? I specialize in helping individuals who feel overwhelmed by trauma, especially those who experienced childhood abuse - sexual, physical, or emotional. Using a person-centered approach, I provide a compassionate space where you can reclaim control over your life and work towards lasting stability and healing. Additionally, I offer tailored support for professionals and high-achievers seeking to enhance executive functioning skills and improve focus, organization, and productivity.
How often do you feel like life is spiraling out of your control? I specialize in helping individuals who feel overwhelmed by trauma, especially those who experienced childhood abuse - sexual, physical, or emotional. Using a person-centered approach, I provide a compassionate space where you can reclaim control over your life and work towards lasting stability and healing. Additionally, I offer tailored support for professionals and high-achievers seeking to enhance executive functioning skills and improve focus, organization, and productivity.
Rebecca Tavangar
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Phoenixville, PA 19460 (Online Only)
During these challenging times, there is so much hope in new approaches that integrate mind-body science to improve emotional health and wellbeing. We have the capacity to create new realities when we understand the nature of our own patterns of thought and behavior. Two of the most important steps we can take towards improved emotional health are learning how to regulate our nervous system, and implementing specific strategies to change negative patterns of thinking. We have the profound capability to do this.
During these challenging times, there is so much hope in new approaches that integrate mind-body science to improve emotional health and wellbeing. We have the capacity to create new realities when we understand the nature of our own patterns of thought and behavior. Two of the most important steps we can take towards improved emotional health are learning how to regulate our nervous system, and implementing specific strategies to change negative patterns of thinking. We have the profound capability to do this.
Connor Mears
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS, NCC, LAPC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Does it feel like you are just going through the motions? Are you struggling to connect with meaning and purpose in your life? Are you ready to make changes in your life but don't know where to start? If you feel blocked from reaching your full potential, or like the life you dream about is a world away, you're not alone. Being shaken from the path is a normal part of the human experience and re-finding your way can build you up stronger than ever. I believe that the counseling relationship is a deeply human and healing connection that reawakens ambition, purpose, and belonging.
Does it feel like you are just going through the motions? Are you struggling to connect with meaning and purpose in your life? Are you ready to make changes in your life but don't know where to start? If you feel blocked from reaching your full potential, or like the life you dream about is a world away, you're not alone. Being shaken from the path is a normal part of the human experience and re-finding your way can build you up stronger than ever. I believe that the counseling relationship is a deeply human and healing connection that reawakens ambition, purpose, and belonging.
Nicole Rudderow
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LPCMH, PMH-C
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Limerick, PA 19468
Was your journey towards parenthood one that brought overwhelming feelings of sadness, grief, and anxiety? Has your relationship with your partner changed drastically since having your child? Is being a parent much more difficult than you expected it would be? If you’ve experienced anxiety, depression or trauma in the perinatal period, you’re not alone. The pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period can be one of the most consuming & loneliest times in a new parent's life. No one deserves for this time in their lives to be filled with distressing thoughts, dread, or fear.
Was your journey towards parenthood one that brought overwhelming feelings of sadness, grief, and anxiety? Has your relationship with your partner changed drastically since having your child? Is being a parent much more difficult than you expected it would be? If you’ve experienced anxiety, depression or trauma in the perinatal period, you’re not alone. The pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period can be one of the most consuming & loneliest times in a new parent's life. No one deserves for this time in their lives to be filled with distressing thoughts, dread, or fear.
Rainbow Counseling, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Rainbows represent HOPE. Effective counseling can be a journey of healing and hope: Talking out your thoughts and feelings in a confidential, non-judgmental, safe place; learning coping skills to heal and to more effectively manage your life’s stressful challenges; acquiring effective, healthy interpersonal skills that help improve the quality of your important relationships—your therapy at Rainbow Counseling can produce these awesome rewards for you or for you and your partner. Effective counseling can be very empowering and create hope when there seems to be no hope. Individual Counseling and Couples/Marriage Counseling sessions.
Rainbows represent HOPE. Effective counseling can be a journey of healing and hope: Talking out your thoughts and feelings in a confidential, non-judgmental, safe place; learning coping skills to heal and to more effectively manage your life’s stressful challenges; acquiring effective, healthy interpersonal skills that help improve the quality of your important relationships—your therapy at Rainbow Counseling can produce these awesome rewards for you or for you and your partner. Effective counseling can be very empowering and create hope when there seems to be no hope. Individual Counseling and Couples/Marriage Counseling sessions.
Following an intake assessment, I am able to offer recommendations regarding whether services are needed, further assessment or evaluation may be required, ongoing services, or a referral to another provider or group may be appropriate. I believe each potential client has the ability to self-determine what is best for him or herself, so long as not harming others. Go to KimberlyRehak.TribeSites.Com for more information.
Following an intake assessment, I am able to offer recommendations regarding whether services are needed, further assessment or evaluation may be required, ongoing services, or a referral to another provider or group may be appropriate. I believe each potential client has the ability to self-determine what is best for him or herself, so long as not harming others. Go to KimberlyRehak.TribeSites.Com for more information.
Life in Balance Services PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CAADC
Verified Verified
Royersford, PA 19468
Trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationships, has been keeping you from your life. Your negative self-talk is hard on you. Everyone can be hard on themselves. It’s exhausting trying to anticipate when these feelings will come back again. You can’t trust your own thoughts. It could be that your painful past or current stress isn’t going away on its own. On most days it takes more than that. Feeling stuck in a vicious cycle with no end in sight, you know you can’t handle this alone anymore. Maybe something happened, something very upsetting occurred, and it changed you. You’ll feel calm You’ll breathe again!
Trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationships, has been keeping you from your life. Your negative self-talk is hard on you. Everyone can be hard on themselves. It’s exhausting trying to anticipate when these feelings will come back again. You can’t trust your own thoughts. It could be that your painful past or current stress isn’t going away on its own. On most days it takes more than that. Feeling stuck in a vicious cycle with no end in sight, you know you can’t handle this alone anymore. Maybe something happened, something very upsetting occurred, and it changed you. You’ll feel calm You’ll breathe again!
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Reality Therapy
Is reality therapy evidence-based?
Reality therapy is not well-studied, and it may not be as effective in treating certain mental health conditions when compared with evidence-based treatments like cognitive behavioral or acceptance and commitment therapies. However, some research does indicate that reality therapy might be helpful for people with addiction, and may be effective in treating social anxiety in young people.
How long does reality therapy last?
Reality therapy is less structured when compared with psychoanalysis, for example. Reality therapy is more open-ended and may not be limited to a set number of sessions. It is common for clients to be in therapy for a year or longer and to see their therapist one to two times a week, though the exact schedule and timeline may vary depending on a client’s challenges and progress. Individuals can also practice the principles of reality therapy long after treatment has ended.
Does reality therapy work?
Reality therapy can help a person manage concerns such as eating disorders, addiction, substance use, anxiety, phobias, and relationship difficulties. This type of therapy encourages a person to be accountable for their behaviors. This therapy may offer benefits that are hard to measure. Reality therapy can be useful in one-on-one therapy or in group sessions. This method may be used with children, families, and adults.
What are the limitations of reality therapy?
This therapy is person-centered or client-centered, and the therapist focuses on choices made by the individual in the present day. The therapist privileges the individual’s perspective over others. This format may feel frustrating for individuals seeking a more structured approach; certainly, no one therapy type will work for every client.