Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Therapists in 14215

Making the choice to seek help can be extremely challenging and anxiety producing. Over the past 30 years, I have been committed and dedicated to helping individuals find positive ways to cope with a variety of stressors. We each experience life a little differently, and something that seems easy to handle for one person may be so difficult for another. Building a relationship is critical along with empowering you to dictate the areas that are most important for your growth and wellness. I strive to develop a nonjudgmental environment to help you best articulate how you are truly feeling.

I aim to offer fair and comprehensive assistance to individuals, families, couples, or groups facing barriers or adversities that impact various facets of their lives.

Seeking out help is a difficult thing to do, and I'm glad you made this important first step. I'm Stacey, a licensed mental health counselor that works with adolescents and adults. Many of the patients that I have worked with have struggled with symptoms of anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, emotional regulation difficulties, and mood disorders.

We've all heard the phrase "live your life to the fullest," but for many of us, that can seem like an impossible goal. Navigating our thoughts and feelings, exploring cognitive patterns, and understanding who we truly are can be a challenging and complex process. My goal is to provide a safe, supportive environment where clients can explore their innermost thoughts and feelings. By creating a space that is validating, non-judgmental, and compassionate, I help clients to develop a deeper understanding of themselves.

Welcome to Jones Mental Health Counseling! Seeking help to cope and rediscover a happy place is not as easy as people think; but it’s a start. Therapy allows you to open your mind and express your feelings. It also allows you to take a closer look at triggers that have played a significant role in holding you back from reaching the goals you would like to accomplish. Jones Mental Health Counseling's motto is “We can go the distance”. Solutions always seem so far away. As your therapist, I will provide you with a safe and nurturing space to explore these underlying issues that have become a challenge to overcome.

I conduct CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), TF-CBT (trauma-focused CBT), ABA (behavioral therapy), solution-focused therapy, and structural and strategic family therapy. I love learning about neurobiology and the effects that stress has on the brain. A client can expect to encounter a warm, compassionate, and encouraging soul who has a dry sense of humor and tends to address problems in a straightforward manner.

My passion is to be help people feel better. I'm easy to get along with, friendly, compassionate, and understanding. I hope that you will take the time to meet with me and see if we can work together to help you feel better soon.

If you are looking to give yourself grace, then you have found the right place! Together we'll explore what your issues, needs, and goals are and how to go about achieving them. Through no-nonsense warmth and humor, I'll assist you in identifying and confronting your bugaboos serving as a guide who accompanies and bears witness to your journey of re-discovery and reclamation. "Homework" runs the gamut and often includes journaling, artwork/crafting, bibliotherapy, practicing a new protocol, or just saying "no" without further elaboration.

Welcome! I am so glad you are here and have decided to take this important first step on a journey of self-discovery. My approach focuses on not only what is happening on the surface, but finding the root cause. Our experience of stressful or scary moments does not always end when the event itself stops occurring. Our brain and body hold on to reminders of these times, which can have consequences for our work, relationships and overall well-being. Using Eye-movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) we will be able to work together to achieve healing of both the past and the present.

Trauma affects many, if not all of us, and recovery from the impact of these experiences is a journey. In therapy, my focus is to establish a strong therapeutic relationship where healing can take place. Once trust is developed, the goal is to empower individuals to increase their sense of safety and control, and to cope with traumatic experiences. My wish is for individuals to be able to reengage in their lives and pursue their greatest hopes for themselves, without the traumatic experiences hindering their ability to do so.

I graduated from SUNY University at Buffalo School of Social Work and since then, I have worked with clients with various mental health afflictions in long-term and short-term therapy. I have experience working with clients in group & individual settings. Besides common approaches such as Cognitive & Dialectical Behavioral Therapies, I use Existential & Jungian perspectives to serve my clients. In trauma work, I use the Moral Injury Model, Schema Therapy approach as well as Post-Traumatic Growth Model. I see humor, laughter, poetry…and silence as quite effective therapeutic modalities, too!

I specialize in helping young adults with anxiety, depression and past trauma. Your emotional and mental health are fundamental to the rest of your wellbeing. If you're trying to make it all work, while dealing with difficult emotions, uncertainty and lack of support, you're not alone. My aim is to help you develop the tools to heal from the past, manage your stress, and move forward feeling confident and connected. When you have the right supports in place you can build a strong foundation for your future and live a life aligned with your values and aspirations.

Currently accepting clients with immediate openings! If there is one common human emotion, it is a feeling that we are doing the best we can. We like to feel we always make our best decisions. The struggle exists when we learn and understand that today’s decisions were informed by the many experiences of many yesterdays. We want today’s actions to provide tomorrow’s happiness, leveraged on yesterday's chaos. I have built a career on understanding that change is scary, but necessary. If you are here, then you have already done the hardest part: getting started.

Feel free to check out our website to read bios and schedule and appointment. Evening appointments available.

Starting therapy can feel overwhelming for many different reasons, including finding the right counselor. It's my mission to provide a comfortable, confidential space free of judgement. Everyone needs support at times but not all conversations are ideal for family and friends. Therapy is a great way to navigate life's expected and unexpected challenges. My passion lies with assisting teens, adults and the first responder community work through a wide range of difficult topics. Whether this is your first time in therapy, or you have previous experience, I am happy to offer my support!

Many people struggle with substance use, depression, anxiety, stress, life changes or relationship difficulties, but don't have the skills or support needed to handle them in a healthy way. Counseling is simply a time for personal reflection with a professional who can help guide you towards positive growth and change. During counseling sessions, I will help you explore your thoughts and feelings in a safe and supportive environment, providing you the insight and awareness needed to move forward, instead of feeling stuck or helpless. Remember, you don't have to go through life's difficult situations alone.

Each client presents with their own unique set of needs and challenges relative to the environments they were raised in. What many identify as disorders or dysfunction I view as necessary adaptations to environmental stressors. Within the context of that thinking people need to be able to function and manage their lives in a way that provides space for healing, happiness and love. I believe that what people desire most is to be seen, to live autonomously with self determination, and to feel connected to something greater than themselves, be it a cause, a community, an organization or God.

I believe my clients are the experts in their lives. I see myself as a facilitator of conversations that lead my clients to new perspectives. Therapy is an opportunity to take control of one's problems and as an opportunity to become the preferred version of oneself. My hope is to provide you with the tools and perspective to know that even when you FEEL there is nothing but closed roads, detours and wrong way signs in life, you KNOW you possess the power to strive for, obtain and maintain THROUGH and OVER it all.

Lindy guides her clients in healing from past trauma and reducing its negative impact on their present lives by gaining a deeper understanding of their responses to trauma, and achieving acceptance of themselves and their emotions. By helping individuals heal from adverse experiences, clients can develop greater self-compassion and an enhanced sense of well-being. Lindy creates a safe and empathetic environment where clients can explore and process their experiences, reduce the emotional charge associated with them, and replace distressing beliefs with more adaptive ones.