Couples Counseling Therapists in State College, PA
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Over the course of my career I've worked with individuals, couples, families, and teens to address a breadth of mental health needs from severe mood disorders to general wellness and stress management.
Open and Accepting New Clients. My name is Craig Gabel, the owner of Cairn Wellness, a new practice in State College. I've been working as a mental health therapist for 9 years and have a total of 17 years experience working in human services. I specialize in working with anxiety, trauma, and grief and loss. However, I am comfortable and experienced in working with most concerns clients bring to therapy.
Over the course of my career I've worked with individuals, couples, families, and teens to address a breadth of mental health needs from severe mood disorders to general wellness and stress management.
Open and Accepting New Clients. My name is Craig Gabel, the owner of Cairn Wellness, a new practice in State College. I've been working as a mental health therapist for 9 years and have a total of 17 years experience working in human services. I specialize in working with anxiety, trauma, and grief and loss. However, I am comfortable and experienced in working with most concerns clients bring to therapy.
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The State College Healing Room
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CTT
Verified Verified
State College, PA 16801
We view therapy as a warm and collaborative process that first builds trust, safety, and a strong relationship as a foundation for self-discovery, growth and healing.
At The Healing Room, we do more than treat your symptoms. We strive to restore your balance and natural integrity, and offer you a fresh perspective into your healing. Our integrative approach uses a wide variety of traditional talk therapy modalities along with holistic methods that incorporate the wisdom of the body and nurture the spirit to accomplish the deepest level of healing possible—so you can thrive.
We view therapy as a warm and collaborative process that first builds trust, safety, and a strong relationship as a foundation for self-discovery, growth and healing.
At The Healing Room, we do more than treat your symptoms. We strive to restore your balance and natural integrity, and offer you a fresh perspective into your healing. Our integrative approach uses a wide variety of traditional talk therapy modalities along with holistic methods that incorporate the wisdom of the body and nurture the spirit to accomplish the deepest level of healing possible—so you can thrive.
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Jonathan Stube
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
State College, PA 16801
I have specialized training in treatments for trauma and PTSD (including dissociation), OCD, anxiety, depression, and couples counseling.
Welcome to my practice. No matter what circumstances have led you here, I hope to provide a safe place for you to explore, heal, and grow. Maybe life has presented some new challenges for you and you need to grow to meet those challenges. Maybe anxiety, depression, or some other experience seems to have hijacked your life and you want some guidance. Maybe your relationship isn't going the way you hoped and you wonder if there is a better way. Counseling is a tool for getting yourself into a healthier happier place.
I have specialized training in treatments for trauma and PTSD (including dissociation), OCD, anxiety, depression, and couples counseling.
Welcome to my practice. No matter what circumstances have led you here, I hope to provide a safe place for you to explore, heal, and grow. Maybe life has presented some new challenges for you and you need to grow to meet those challenges. Maybe anxiety, depression, or some other experience seems to have hijacked your life and you want some guidance. Maybe your relationship isn't going the way you hoped and you wonder if there is a better way. Counseling is a tool for getting yourself into a healthier happier place.
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I see psychotherapy as a psycho-educational experience where you learn about yourself. This counseling process of self-exploration leads to understanding self-defeating thinking and behaviors that may keep you from actualizing potential for successful relationships, success in business and career and from having a really happy life. During the years since I have been a licensed psychologist, I have had the privilege of helping many individuals and couples to achieve a happier, emotionally healthier, and financially successful life. My patients describe me as being a no nonsense person, while at the same time being warm and comfortable.
I see psychotherapy as a psycho-educational experience where you learn about yourself. This counseling process of self-exploration leads to understanding self-defeating thinking and behaviors that may keep you from actualizing potential for successful relationships, success in business and career and from having a really happy life. During the years since I have been a licensed psychologist, I have had the privilege of helping many individuals and couples to achieve a happier, emotionally healthier, and financially successful life. My patients describe me as being a no nonsense person, while at the same time being warm and comfortable.
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I have immediate openings for both individuals and couples and can usually get you in same week.
I truly believe that one of the bravest things you can do is to begin to understand your own story. From this understanding and processing of your unique story, you can let go of traumas that control you, anxiety and depression road blocks, bad relationships, and overall the emotional pain that may prevent you from living a happy and fulfilling life that gets you excited to wake up to everyday. I want you to be free of that pain so that you can find meaning, excitement, and purpose in work, friendships, relationships, family, and really ALL areas of your life. You DESERVE this and I'm here to help you on this healing journey!
I have immediate openings for both individuals and couples and can usually get you in same week.
I truly believe that one of the bravest things you can do is to begin to understand your own story. From this understanding and processing of your unique story, you can let go of traumas that control you, anxiety and depression road blocks, bad relationships, and overall the emotional pain that may prevent you from living a happy and fulfilling life that gets you excited to wake up to everyday. I want you to be free of that pain so that you can find meaning, excitement, and purpose in work, friendships, relationships, family, and really ALL areas of your life. You DESERVE this and I'm here to help you on this healing journey!
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Susan Bearden
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMHC, LMFT, QS
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
State College, PA 16801 (Online Only)
Licensed in mental health and couples & family therapy in both Florida and Pennsylvania, my therapeutic approach is person-centered, insight-oriented, and eclectic, integrating multiple types of therapy, tailored to the client.
A healer does not heal you. A healer is someone who holds space for you while you awaken your inner healer, so that you may heal yourself (Maryam Hasnaa). I enjoy working with individuals, couples, families, and professionals who are motivated to work with an experienced therapist to more deeply understand, heal, grow, and feel at home with themselves and in their relationships. I believe in providing a safe, private, open-minded, non-judgmental, and collaborative environment for my clients to explore themselves and commit to personally meaningful change.
Licensed in mental health and couples & family therapy in both Florida and Pennsylvania, my therapeutic approach is person-centered, insight-oriented, and eclectic, integrating multiple types of therapy, tailored to the client.
A healer does not heal you. A healer is someone who holds space for you while you awaken your inner healer, so that you may heal yourself (Maryam Hasnaa). I enjoy working with individuals, couples, families, and professionals who are motivated to work with an experienced therapist to more deeply understand, heal, grow, and feel at home with themselves and in their relationships. I believe in providing a safe, private, open-minded, non-judgmental, and collaborative environment for my clients to explore themselves and commit to personally meaningful change.
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Jill I Loomis
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, MDiv, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
State College, PA 16801
Waitlist for new clients
I currently have a wait list. The best way to reach me is to contact me by email, providing some details about your specific need and wishes for therapy at this time. I have been in private practice since 1995, and provide psychotherapy in the State College, Pennsylvania area. My office is located just blocks away from the main campus of Penn State University. My approach multi-faceted, although my training is primarily Jungian, psychodynamic, and systems-based. The primary focus of my private practice is individual psychotherapy for adults, although I also work with couples and families.
I currently have a wait list. The best way to reach me is to contact me by email, providing some details about your specific need and wishes for therapy at this time. I have been in private practice since 1995, and provide psychotherapy in the State College, Pennsylvania area. My office is located just blocks away from the main campus of Penn State University. My approach multi-faceted, although my training is primarily Jungian, psychodynamic, and systems-based. The primary focus of my private practice is individual psychotherapy for adults, although I also work with couples and families.
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For some of us, our ability to maintain a loving, empowered relationship with ourselves can be more challenging due to circumstance, our mental health (or lack thereof), and events that may have happened to us. Perhaps this shows up as struggling to show up for ourselves in ways we do for others. For many, when we feel like our potential is different than our reality, we may turn against ourselves.
For some of us, our ability to maintain a loving, empowered relationship with ourselves can be more challenging due to circumstance, our mental health (or lack thereof), and events that may have happened to us. Perhaps this shows up as struggling to show up for ourselves in ways we do for others. For many, when we feel like our potential is different than our reality, we may turn against ourselves.
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Forward Path Counseling
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
State College, PA 16801
We provide counseling for married and non-married couples, adolescents, children, families, and individuals who are struggling with issues such as trauma, infidelity, depression and anxiety, to name a few.
As we journey through life, there are times our travel becomes weary. We may feel lost, plagued by doubt, or burdened by uncertainty. Yet we are strong, resilient, and determined. We simply need a guide to help us discover the path forward. That is where Forward Path Counseling can help.
We provide counseling for married and non-married couples, adolescents, children, families, and individuals who are struggling with issues such as trauma, infidelity, depression and anxiety, to name a few.
As we journey through life, there are times our travel becomes weary. We may feel lost, plagued by doubt, or burdened by uncertainty. Yet we are strong, resilient, and determined. We simply need a guide to help us discover the path forward. That is where Forward Path Counseling can help.
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Linda Stanger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
State College, PA 16803 (Online Only)
I integrate both Western and Eastern techniques and provide clinical tools that connect the mind and body and promote wellness and healing. I take a holistic approach and work collaboratively with you on your journey toward self discovery, growth and healing. I focus on building on your personal strengths, explore balance, self compassion and peace in all areas of life. I use a client-centered, strengths- focused therapeutic approach. I work with adults, children (age 3 and up), adolescents, families and couples.
I integrate both Western and Eastern techniques and provide clinical tools that connect the mind and body and promote wellness and healing. I take a holistic approach and work collaboratively with you on your journey toward self discovery, growth and healing. I focus on building on your personal strengths, explore balance, self compassion and peace in all areas of life. I use a client-centered, strengths- focused therapeutic approach. I work with adults, children (age 3 and up), adolescents, families and couples.
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Fritz, Stanger & Associates
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
State College, PA 16803 (Online Only)
We use a client-centered, strengths- focused therapeutic approach. We work with adolescents, adults, couples & families. With four clinicians and over 25 years of experience, we specialize in Anxiety, Depression, LGBTQ & Trauma using Solution Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and positive parent training. We are trained in an eclectic set of evidenced based therapeutic techniques and our mission is to help you become the best version of yourself. Begin your journey today, You are Worth it!
We use a client-centered, strengths- focused therapeutic approach. We work with adolescents, adults, couples & families. With four clinicians and over 25 years of experience, we specialize in Anxiety, Depression, LGBTQ & Trauma using Solution Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and positive parent training. We are trained in an eclectic set of evidenced based therapeutic techniques and our mission is to help you become the best version of yourself. Begin your journey today, You are Worth it!
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Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
State College, PA 16801
I also have particular interest in couples therapy, pre and post-divorce counseling and grief and loss issues.
Life is sometimes messy and we all need a little help occasionally to navigate the real life struggles that come along. I am a caring, down to earth person who is committed to helping you discover your own best solutions to life's challenges. I don't pretend to know what I don't know. If I can't help you, I will help you find someone who can.
I also have particular interest in couples therapy, pre and post-divorce counseling and grief and loss issues.
Life is sometimes messy and we all need a little help occasionally to navigate the real life struggles that come along. I am a caring, down to earth person who is committed to helping you discover your own best solutions to life's challenges. I don't pretend to know what I don't know. If I can't help you, I will help you find someone who can.
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I am a caring, compassionate, and active psychotherapist who is committed to helping others find their path and purpose in life, reduce problematic symptoms, and fulfill their needs and visions. I endeavor to work toward the rapid resolution of relationship, emotional, and work problems, in order to help my clients achieve more satisfying and meaningful lives.
I am a caring, compassionate, and active psychotherapist who is committed to helping others find their path and purpose in life, reduce problematic symptoms, and fulfill their needs and visions. I endeavor to work toward the rapid resolution of relationship, emotional, and work problems, in order to help my clients achieve more satisfying and meaningful lives.
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Dr. Jennifer Harp
Psychologist, PhD, CGP
Verified Verified
State College, PA 16801
Waitlist for new clients
Areas of Specialty: Adult Life Issues, Consultation for Medical Professionals and Mental Health Professionals, Perfectionism and Achievement, Anxiety and Depression, Life Transitions, Loss and Grief Experiences, Work/Group Relationship Issues, Career Concerns, Mindfulness, Wellness, Creativity, and Dream Work.
Dr. Jennifer Harp provides depth-oriented, psychodynamic consultation and psychotherapy that includes respectful and sensitive exploration of your concerns and related areas of challenge or difficulty. While providing focus and structure for therapeutic work, Dr. Harp also values and emphasizes your unique contributions to the process including your own particular insights, perspectives, and experiences. Treatment approaches include Individual, Couple, and Group Psychotherapy. Dr. Harp is also a Certified Group Psychotherapist and a practitioner of Mindfulness-based and Contemplative Psychotherapy.
Areas of Specialty: Adult Life Issues, Consultation for Medical Professionals and Mental Health Professionals, Perfectionism and Achievement, Anxiety and Depression, Life Transitions, Loss and Grief Experiences, Work/Group Relationship Issues, Career Concerns, Mindfulness, Wellness, Creativity, and Dream Work.
Dr. Jennifer Harp provides depth-oriented, psychodynamic consultation and psychotherapy that includes respectful and sensitive exploration of your concerns and related areas of challenge or difficulty. While providing focus and structure for therapeutic work, Dr. Harp also values and emphasizes your unique contributions to the process including your own particular insights, perspectives, and experiences. Treatment approaches include Individual, Couple, and Group Psychotherapy. Dr. Harp is also a Certified Group Psychotherapist and a practitioner of Mindfulness-based and Contemplative Psychotherapy.
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I have extensive experience helping families, couples, and adults learn coping skills and strategies to manage stress and anxiety in their daily lives.
Are you a student or professional facing academic, social, or emotional issues? Are you struggling to manage anxiety, depression, or relationships? Life transitions, daily stress, relationship concerns, depression or past trauma can be difficult to handle on your own. If you are unsure where to go for counseling or if local therapists have long waiting lists, I might be able to help. If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or just need extra support, please reach out. We can get started with a free call to discuss your concerns and come up with a plan that fits into your busy schedule.
I have extensive experience helping families, couples, and adults learn coping skills and strategies to manage stress and anxiety in their daily lives.
Are you a student or professional facing academic, social, or emotional issues? Are you struggling to manage anxiety, depression, or relationships? Life transitions, daily stress, relationship concerns, depression or past trauma can be difficult to handle on your own. If you are unsure where to go for counseling or if local therapists have long waiting lists, I might be able to help. If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or just need extra support, please reach out. We can get started with a free call to discuss your concerns and come up with a plan that fits into your busy schedule.
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As a licensed clinical psychologist, I provide psychotherapy to adults and couples facing a wide range of issues. My approach to individual therapy integrates mindfulness- and acceptance-based techniques to guide people toward a healthier relationship with emotional distress and problematic behavior. Cultivation of psychological insight and awareness is used as a springboard for growth, empowerment, and the pursuit of balance and value-driven action.
As a licensed clinical psychologist, I provide psychotherapy to adults and couples facing a wide range of issues. My approach to individual therapy integrates mindfulness- and acceptance-based techniques to guide people toward a healthier relationship with emotional distress and problematic behavior. Cultivation of psychological insight and awareness is used as a springboard for growth, empowerment, and the pursuit of balance and value-driven action.
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Dr. Shannon Coleman
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
State College, PA 16801 (Online Only)
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with college students, adults, and couples. I specialize in treatment for anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, and coping with life stressors. As a cognitive-behavioral therapist, my goal is to help clients make meaningful change in their lives. Goals for therapy could include better understanding your thoughts and emotions, learning healthy ways of coping, increasing self-esteem and self-compassion, processing traumatic events, improving emotion regulation, and enhancing relationships with boundaries and assertive communication.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with college students, adults, and couples. I specialize in treatment for anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, and coping with life stressors. As a cognitive-behavioral therapist, my goal is to help clients make meaningful change in their lives. Goals for therapy could include better understanding your thoughts and emotions, learning healthy ways of coping, increasing self-esteem and self-compassion, processing traumatic events, improving emotion regulation, and enhancing relationships with boundaries and assertive communication.
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For more than 25 years I have helped children, adolescents, college students, adults, seniors, couples and families deal with the difficulties in their lives. Whether you are the parent of a child with school or behavior problems, a couple needing relationship counseling, a child, adolescent, or adult with depression and/or anxiety, a college student dealing with the challenges of being on your own, or a family trying to cope with the stresses of divorce, I am here to work actively with you to make the changes necessary to improve your life.
For more than 25 years I have helped children, adolescents, college students, adults, seniors, couples and families deal with the difficulties in their lives. Whether you are the parent of a child with school or behavior problems, a couple needing relationship counseling, a child, adolescent, or adult with depression and/or anxiety, a college student dealing with the challenges of being on your own, or a family trying to cope with the stresses of divorce, I am here to work actively with you to make the changes necessary to improve your life.
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Lindsay Repko
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
State College, PA 16801 (Online Only)
Some of my focuses include issues related to depression, anxiety, troubles finding or staying in a relationship, perfectionism, self-harm behavior, and parent/child relationship ruptures.
Your experience is worthy of exploration and I believe that we all benefit from a protected space to journey through our history, needs, thoughts, and wishes around who we've been and who we want to be. I'm also familiar with the many ways that we can feel prohibited from giving ourselves such a space.
Some of my focuses include issues related to depression, anxiety, troubles finding or staying in a relationship, perfectionism, self-harm behavior, and parent/child relationship ruptures.
Your experience is worthy of exploration and I believe that we all benefit from a protected space to journey through our history, needs, thoughts, and wishes around who we've been and who we want to be. I'm also familiar with the many ways that we can feel prohibited from giving ourselves such a space.
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Shawna L McKean
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MEd, NCC
Verified Verified
State College, PA 16801
I employ a holistic approach enabling the client to heal in their own time within a safe, understanding and caring environment. In relationship therapy, I assist couples in doing the work needed to heal their relationship and move forward, with healthier communication and expectations. Healing from sexual abuse is a painful journey. I have experience in working with both victims and perpetrators, which gives me a unique perspective and understanding to assist you in your healing journey.
I employ a holistic approach enabling the client to heal in their own time within a safe, understanding and caring environment. In relationship therapy, I assist couples in doing the work needed to heal their relationship and move forward, with healthier communication and expectations. Healing from sexual abuse is a painful journey. I have experience in working with both victims and perpetrators, which gives me a unique perspective and understanding to assist you in your healing journey.
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Couples Counseling Therapists
Does couples counseling work?
Research shows that couples counseling is effective; it can reduce relationship distress and improve emotional awareness, communication, empathy, intimacy, and overall relationship satisfaction. For example, emotionally focused therapy was found to be effective for about 75 percent of couples, and those benefits lasted at least two years.
When should a couple seek counseling?
Couples can benefit from counseling if they consistently struggle in their relationship. They may have lost the ability to communicate effectively, become entrenched in harmful patterns, begun to fight more than usual, broken the other’s trust, suffered from a mental or physical illness, or faced any number of other challenges. Many therapists offer free consultations, so if a couple isn’t sure whether therapy is necessary, asking directly can provide clarity.
How can I get my partner to go to couples therapy?
The decision to seek couples therapy is often driven by one partner, who then convinces the other to participate. When discussing the idea, the initiator should be direct and assertive. They can state the problems they see and explain how the relationship would benefit from therapy. In more serious cases, they can also explain how their relationship may suffer without making any changes or seeking professional help.
How does a couple prepare for couples counseling?
The anticipation of beginning couples counseling can be difficult—sometimes more difficult than the first session itself. Taking a few moments to reflect can allay those concerns: What are the current challenges? When and how did they begin? What do they want the relationship to look like in the future? Reflecting on these questions can help individuals or couples articulate their goals. Of course, the therapist will also ask questions and guide couples through the process.