Therapists in 15218

Alexandra Ditchkus
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
I am passionate about creating a therapeutic environment that supports my clients in uncovering their inner strengths, developing coping strategies, and learning how to incorporate self-compassion and mindfulness into their journey towards emotional well-being and personal growth. I believe each individual's journey is unique, therefore I work collaboratively with my clients and tailor my interventions to meet their needs.
I am passionate about creating a therapeutic environment that supports my clients in uncovering their inner strengths, developing coping strategies, and learning how to incorporate self-compassion and mindfulness into their journey towards emotional well-being and personal growth. I believe each individual's journey is unique, therefore I work collaboratively with my clients and tailor my interventions to meet their needs.

Michael C Cadaret
Psychologist, PhD, MA
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218 (Online Only)
My ideal client seeks support for managing stress, anxiety, and navigating life transitions. They crave a safe space to explore their emotions, build resilience, and gain clarity on their values and purpose. Their goal is to achieve emotional well-being, find meaning in their life, and develop strategies for healthier coping. They seek this because they value personal growth and aspire to live a more fulfilled, balanced life.
My ideal client seeks support for managing stress, anxiety, and navigating life transitions. They crave a safe space to explore their emotions, build resilience, and gain clarity on their values and purpose. Their goal is to achieve emotional well-being, find meaning in their life, and develop strategies for healthier coping. They seek this because they value personal growth and aspire to live a more fulfilled, balanced life.

Sharna Olfman
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218 (Online Only)
I am a psychodynamic (insight oriented) therapist, with a focus on integrative health. I specialize in relationship issues, women's issues, parenting, work / life balance, depression, and anxiety.
I am a psychodynamic (insight oriented) therapist, with a focus on integrative health. I specialize in relationship issues, women's issues, parenting, work / life balance, depression, and anxiety.

Abbie Hawkey
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSCP, LPC
Verified
2 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15218 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
"Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our l is a team effort, together we will improve your connection with yourself and those around you, help build resilience to shame, and build your sense of worth. Together, we will help you move past your stuck points, find new ways of coping, and feel comfortable with your authentic self. Currently have a few afternoon telehealth spots open.
"Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our l is a team effort, together we will improve your connection with yourself and those around you, help build resilience to shame, and build your sense of worth. Together, we will help you move past your stuck points, find new ways of coping, and feel comfortable with your authentic self. Currently have a few afternoon telehealth spots open.

Sharon Elaine Opitz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MEd
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
If you feel that you have had problems with depression, anxiety or anger and this has negatively affected your work experience or your relationships, I think that I can help you. I have had over 20 years experience working with individuals and couples overcome their obstacles and find more rewarding experiences. Please feel free to contact me if you have had any of the following: anger issues, anxiety including panic attacks, relationship conflicts, trauma, work conflicts or negative thinking. I use both a cognitive and systems approach in my therapy.
If you feel that you have had problems with depression, anxiety or anger and this has negatively affected your work experience or your relationships, I think that I can help you. I have had over 20 years experience working with individuals and couples overcome their obstacles and find more rewarding experiences. Please feel free to contact me if you have had any of the following: anger issues, anxiety including panic attacks, relationship conflicts, trauma, work conflicts or negative thinking. I use both a cognitive and systems approach in my therapy.

Karen Kapsanis
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
Waitlist for new clients
In-person sessions available. Are you handling too much stress with too little support, hurting from a relationship, or struggling with painful life events? Talking to someone who listens sensitively and without judging can help you find your path to feeling better. My approach to therapy is holistic and collaborative, with the aim of helping you deepen your self-understanding, increase your life satisfaction, and create meaningful change.
In-person sessions available. Are you handling too much stress with too little support, hurting from a relationship, or struggling with painful life events? Talking to someone who listens sensitively and without judging can help you find your path to feeling better. My approach to therapy is holistic and collaborative, with the aim of helping you deepen your self-understanding, increase your life satisfaction, and create meaningful change.

Kearan Premdev
MHyp, CHyp, BSc
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
I specialize in Anxiety and PTSD and help with solution focused hypnotherapy, which works by allowing you to release what's holding you back during our session. Clients report improvement in emotion and feelings of being more settled and at ease from the first session. Milestones are marked at beginning of session, so you can check the efficacy of hypnotherapy.
I specialize in Anxiety and PTSD and help with solution focused hypnotherapy, which works by allowing you to release what's holding you back during our session. Clients report improvement in emotion and feelings of being more settled and at ease from the first session. Milestones are marked at beginning of session, so you can check the efficacy of hypnotherapy.

John R White
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, MA, LPC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
Life can be full of surprises, not all of them happy. There may be times when, quite out of the blue, you feel anxious, depressed, or just plain stuck. Even in the midst of personal, financial and professional success, you might still find you are struggling emotionally, interiorly questioning, wondering whether all the energy and time you have put into your life is really paying off. Often, you may not know what exactly is troubling you and yet feel quite certain that something is not quite right inside. When it feels this way, therapy can help.
Life can be full of surprises, not all of them happy. There may be times when, quite out of the blue, you feel anxious, depressed, or just plain stuck. Even in the midst of personal, financial and professional success, you might still find you are struggling emotionally, interiorly questioning, wondering whether all the energy and time you have put into your life is really paying off. Often, you may not know what exactly is troubling you and yet feel quite certain that something is not quite right inside. When it feels this way, therapy can help.
Taylor Saunders
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
I provide services across the age span of early childhood through adulthood. My areas of clinical expertise include relational challenges, emotion regulation, anxiety, depression, somatic concerns, traumatic stress, as well as adjustment and coping support related to acute or chronic illness or injury.
I provide services across the age span of early childhood through adulthood. My areas of clinical expertise include relational challenges, emotion regulation, anxiety, depression, somatic concerns, traumatic stress, as well as adjustment and coping support related to acute or chronic illness or injury.

Karen Litzinger - Litzinger Career Consulting
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
As a career counselor exclusively, I help people clarify career and education goals and also be more successful in the job search. Are you perhaps asking the lifelong question, "What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up?" Whether you are in high school or about to retire, I can help you make choices to be happier and more successful. Or do you feel like your resume is getting lost in the black hole of the Internet? I can help you present yourself in the best possible light and use your time with the most successful search strategies.
As a career counselor exclusively, I help people clarify career and education goals and also be more successful in the job search. Are you perhaps asking the lifelong question, "What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up?" Whether you are in high school or about to retire, I can help you make choices to be happier and more successful. Or do you feel like your resume is getting lost in the black hole of the Internet? I can help you present yourself in the best possible light and use your time with the most successful search strategies.

Kat Nicholson
Pre-Licensed Professional, MS, NBCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15218 (Online Only)
My therapeutic approach focuses on addressing the ways external factors, namely the client’s environment, experiences, relationships and prior traumas have contributed to their current state. Given the world we live in I bring considerable attention to the ways that systems of oppression play a role in the client’s wellbeing. I believe that having an understanding of how these factors are impacting our mental health is integral to healing. As we work on building this awareness we can start making intentional choices more in line with the lives we would like to be living.
My therapeutic approach focuses on addressing the ways external factors, namely the client’s environment, experiences, relationships and prior traumas have contributed to their current state. Given the world we live in I bring considerable attention to the ways that systems of oppression play a role in the client’s wellbeing. I believe that having an understanding of how these factors are impacting our mental health is integral to healing. As we work on building this awareness we can start making intentional choices more in line with the lives we would like to be living.
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Suzanna Styles
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
2 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
I am a trauma-informed and somatically-oriented therapist. I can sit with you, listen to you, and walk with you in the hardest places. And with the wisdom I’ve garnered from years of experience, I can guide you towards a life that has meaning. Body, heart, mind, and soul all matter in my work. Blending the best elements from somatic psychology, mindfulness, intergenerational and trauma work, I stay current with what is cutting edge to help you heal. See my website to get more information about me and easily contact me there.
I am a trauma-informed and somatically-oriented therapist. I can sit with you, listen to you, and walk with you in the hardest places. And with the wisdom I’ve garnered from years of experience, I can guide you towards a life that has meaning. Body, heart, mind, and soul all matter in my work. Blending the best elements from somatic psychology, mindfulness, intergenerational and trauma work, I stay current with what is cutting edge to help you heal. See my website to get more information about me and easily contact me there.

Tory Butterworth
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Verified
2 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
I specialize in working with women who eat their feelings. I have developed the STOP Eating Your Feelings approach, which differentiates four different patterns of emotional overeating. Distinguishing these four types helps compulsive eaters to identify the reasons why they binge and to target the particular patterns they need to change in order to move beyond compulsive overeating. I also work with clients with anxiety, depression, workplace stress, those healing from grief or trauma or trying to sort out the effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family.
I specialize in working with women who eat their feelings. I have developed the STOP Eating Your Feelings approach, which differentiates four different patterns of emotional overeating. Distinguishing these four types helps compulsive eaters to identify the reasons why they binge and to target the particular patterns they need to change in order to move beyond compulsive overeating. I also work with clients with anxiety, depression, workplace stress, those healing from grief or trauma or trying to sort out the effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

Michael D Bates
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
I specialize in the treatment of depression and anxiety, including general anxiety, social anxiety, career- and performance-related anxiety, and phobias. My practice also includes marriage and parenting counseling. Using well-known and evidence-based strategies, we focus on basic and uncomplicated aspects of how we think, feel, and act to understand and change our patterns leading to clarity and control in one's life, in our families, and relationships. If you are ready to restore self-confidence, motivation, and resilience, or build these qualities for the first time, I am privileged to provide a skilled hand to help you get there.
I specialize in the treatment of depression and anxiety, including general anxiety, social anxiety, career- and performance-related anxiety, and phobias. My practice also includes marriage and parenting counseling. Using well-known and evidence-based strategies, we focus on basic and uncomplicated aspects of how we think, feel, and act to understand and change our patterns leading to clarity and control in one's life, in our families, and relationships. If you are ready to restore self-confidence, motivation, and resilience, or build these qualities for the first time, I am privileged to provide a skilled hand to help you get there.

Stephanie M. Vargo
MA
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
I offer experience, compassion and respect to all clients. I have over 30 years experience as a psychotherapist specializing in hypnosis, the treatment of addiction and trauma and managing loss and change. I am a Reiki Master and am trained in other mind/body/energy treatment modalities. I am experienced in existential/phenomenological philosophy and psychology. I specialize in mind/body work and can teach you to manage stress, increase awareness, gain confidence and overcome obstacles in your life. I have a gentle and powerful approach that increases energy and motivation.
I offer experience, compassion and respect to all clients. I have over 30 years experience as a psychotherapist specializing in hypnosis, the treatment of addiction and trauma and managing loss and change. I am a Reiki Master and am trained in other mind/body/energy treatment modalities. I am experienced in existential/phenomenological philosophy and psychology. I specialize in mind/body work and can teach you to manage stress, increase awareness, gain confidence and overcome obstacles in your life. I have a gentle and powerful approach that increases energy and motivation.

Matthew Caplan
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218 (Online Only)
Healing work is hard work, but so rewarding. I work with individuals and couples whose experiences of family-based and other systemic traumas have left them suffering from anxiety, depression, isolation, shame, relationship dysfunction, PTSD, etc. Clients working with me express a desire to better understand how they feel and why, to feel more aware of emotional reactivity and relationship distress, and to feel confident in making conscious choices routinely and in their most challenging moments.
Healing work is hard work, but so rewarding. I work with individuals and couples whose experiences of family-based and other systemic traumas have left them suffering from anxiety, depression, isolation, shame, relationship dysfunction, PTSD, etc. Clients working with me express a desire to better understand how they feel and why, to feel more aware of emotional reactivity and relationship distress, and to feel confident in making conscious choices routinely and in their most challenging moments.

A. Edwards LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, PCC, ART
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218 (Online Only)
*Accepting new clients * As a Marriage and Family Therapist I focus on the systems around and inside of you. My philosophy is, you must honestly know yourself in relationships to identify yourself as an individual. There are no individuals in the world, only fragments of families trying to express themselves. I work with those that are curious about the world around them. I support breaking generational curses and patterns, to help find your true self. I support disenfranchised groups through the time we all living in. I focus on Social Justice through an experiential lens, that challenges our way of existing.
*Accepting new clients * As a Marriage and Family Therapist I focus on the systems around and inside of you. My philosophy is, you must honestly know yourself in relationships to identify yourself as an individual. There are no individuals in the world, only fragments of families trying to express themselves. I work with those that are curious about the world around them. I support breaking generational curses and patterns, to help find your true self. I support disenfranchised groups through the time we all living in. I focus on Social Justice through an experiential lens, that challenges our way of existing.

Bari Benjamin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, BCD
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
I strongly believe that people have the ability to make changes at any time in their lives. I have specialized training in step-family therapy and recognized they have different dynamics than intact families. I work with people who have depression, anxiety disorders, relationship issues, as well as those needing anger management skills.
I strongly believe that people have the ability to make changes at any time in their lives. I have specialized training in step-family therapy and recognized they have different dynamics than intact families. I work with people who have depression, anxiety disorders, relationship issues, as well as those needing anger management skills.

Minniefield Therapeutic Services,LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
Pittsburgh, PA 15218 (Online Only)
Minniefield Therapeutic Services,LLC Owned and operated by Pittsburgh native and military veteran, B.Orlando Minniefield, LPC. Licensed and credential therapist with over twenty years in the mental health industry, licensed for over 12 years, with a proven track record of evidenced based effective care for individuals, couples, families and groups. This dynamic service provider will challenge you and support you. You will not feel judged, or feel you are just a number. You will experience the unique service provision that you deserve. We are all unique individuals, and you will get the unique care that your unique needs require.
Minniefield Therapeutic Services,LLC Owned and operated by Pittsburgh native and military veteran, B.Orlando Minniefield, LPC. Licensed and credential therapist with over twenty years in the mental health industry, licensed for over 12 years, with a proven track record of evidenced based effective care for individuals, couples, families and groups. This dynamic service provider will challenge you and support you. You will not feel judged, or feel you are just a number. You will experience the unique service provision that you deserve. We are all unique individuals, and you will get the unique care that your unique needs require.

Amy K. Bucciere
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CST
Verified
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
So you've made it- time to find a therapist! It's a powerful, maybe scary time. As a relationship and intimacy therapist, for individuals and relationships (monogamous and not), I invite you to get curious and courageous for yourself and those you care about. And for the life you really want.
So you've made it- time to find a therapist! It's a powerful, maybe scary time. As a relationship and intimacy therapist, for individuals and relationships (monogamous and not), I invite you to get curious and courageous for yourself and those you care about. And for the life you really want.
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What’s the difference between a psychologist, a therapist, and a counselor?
Therapists, psychologists, and counselors are all licensed mental health professionals. In the US, psychologists have earned a doctoral degree. The terms “therapist” and “counselor” are used somewhat interchangeably, but generally therapists offer longer-term, mental health care, while counselors offer shorter-term care that may focus on one domain, such as marriage, career, or academic challenges.
What type of therapist is right for me?
Clients should consider factors such as insurance coverage and their primary reason(s) for seeking therapy to determine the type of professional best suited to their needs. Someone struggling with mental health challenges such as depression or anxiety, for example, may wish to seek out a clinical psychologist or therapist, while someone navigating career obstacles or marital upheaval may benefit from seeing a counselor who can offer short-term, targeted support.
Is everyone in the Psychology Today Therapy Directory a licensed therapist?
The Psychology Today directory lists providers who offer legitimate mental health services to the public, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors. Many have been licensed by the country or state where they practice; providers whose license or primary credential has been verified by Psychology Today are signified by a “Verified” symbol. Some clinicians or organizations provide services for which their state or country does not offer licenses, such as pastoral counseling. They may be selectively included without the “Verified” seal.
What type of therapy is right for me?
The type of therapy best suited to a particular individual depends on several factors, including their primary reason for seeking therapy, their preferred timeline (some therapy types last for a set number of sessions, while others are open-ended), and their personality and preferences—some may prefer a more structured approach. For many individuals, multiple types of therapy could provide a good fit.
Is online therapy cheaper than in-person therapy?
Many therapists charge the same amount for online therapy as they do for in-person therapy—though clients may still find this cost-effective if it cuts down on their transportation costs. Health insurance plans often offer equivalent coverage for online and in-person therapy; indeed, in many places, they are legally required to do so. Text-based or on-demand therapy apps may be cheaper than traditional one-on-one psychotherapy; however, the practice may be less effective and is not likely to be covered by insurance.