Therapists in Catasauqua, PA

I am a bicultural, bilingual, and Latinx therapist. My goal is to create and provide a safe space for clients. Reaching out for mental health support can be an overwhelming process, but can yield transformative results in your life. Whether it’s the stress of daily life or a history of addiction, living with a person with substance use disorders or emotional issues, you deserve to feel relief. I have had the privilege of working with diverse populations and addressing a variety of concerns including mood and anxiety disorders, family concerns, multicultural issues, life transitions, anger, grief, relationship issues, and more.

If you are reading this, the stressors in your life may be outpacing your resources to deal with them. You may feel unhappy and unable to achieve your goals. Whether we face relationship problems, excessive anxiety, frequent overwhelm and other painful emotions; depressive or unstable moods, attention issues, or insufficient energy to cope with circumstances – any of these challenges may lead us to think that something is essentially wrong with us, or that we are somehow unworthy of getting what we want. Sometimes we have tried psychotherapy, but our difficulties have persisted despite our greater self-knowledge and best intentions.

I am a psychotherapist who is dedicated to supporting my clients in cultivating a deeper sense of belonging, purpose, and emotional freedom. With a focus on mental health issues, addictions, and relational traumas, I embarked on my professional journey working with young men in early recovery. Since then, I have worked across various levels of care, including detox, acute psych, and intensive outpatient settings. I currently have a few openings in my private practice and would love to offer you a free consultation to see if your needs match with my offerings.

I provide support, insight and respect for my client's individual needs, strengths, struggles and experience. Therapy is a collaborative process. I believe that the client is an expert on their own lives whose openness and honesty is essential in healing and growing. That's why it is so important to build a strong, trusting relationship . My approach is laid back, but I will confront and challenge when necessary. I am very passionate about helping people heal, find acceptance while changing the things they can. I only ask that you be open to the process and help me help you.

I strive to give the individuals, couples and families I work with, personalized care. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CADC) and have extensive training and experience in Gestalt therapy and trauma recovery using EMDR. My professional strengths are helping to better manage depression and anxiety problems. I help couples resolve conflict, rebuild trust, improve communication skills & address money issues. I work with difficult teens and young adults. I work with addictions, trauma, and support recovery and spirituality. I can help you resolve family of origin issues.

With a focus on deep client connection, precise diagnosis, and effective therapeutic interventions, my practice stands out. I specialize in psychotherapy and psychological testing for diverse diagnoses. Additionally, I offer evaluations for medication management or alternative treatments like medicinal marijuana. Since 2007, I’ve been dedicated to providing psychotherapy for individuals of all ages, couples, and families, striving to alleviate psychological distress symptoms.

Throughout a lifetime, we are reminded of our own mortality by a continuous journey fraught with hurdles and complications that cause not only physical, but emotional pain as well. Often, along with that journey, we discover the desired destination is full of stressors that inhibit our strive, accomplishments, and ultimately, our very joy and sense of fulfillment.

I am dedicated to helping each individual, couple or family find the keys to a happier and more satisfying life. To this end, I make a special effort to understand each person's dilemmas and what it would take to help them increase their experiences of joy and pleasure in their personal lives, one moment at a time. As the sources of pain emerge in therapy, I include each person's needs in the search for steps forward. My practice includes many individuals and couples who suffer from depression, anxiety, relationship distress, sexual dissatisfaction and the effects of past trauma.

I specialize in therapy care for children, teens, young adults & families. Parents are included as part of the therapy process from start to finish. Individual clients are seen as well using a relational and humanistic lens. Issues you may want to focus on: building cooperation & fostering openness instead of hostility & defiance; growing self esteem & confidence instead of fearfulness, clinging & sadness; increasing tolerance, self control instead of tantrums & aggression. Our work will heal family patterns of discord, hurt & division & will help children along their journey of becoming a confident, well rounded individual.

Health and healing are journeys. We are always honored when clients ask us along on their journey towards recovery from the trauma or devastation robbing them of the ability to trust themselves or others. If you seek improvements, in any area of your life, let's work together to identify your passions and possibilities, map and monitor your progress, and manage the dynamics that keep you stuck. You, too, can heal from trauma and addictions, manage difficult relationships (see our website for approach to couples & pre-marital counseling), surmount career set-backs & improve your self-esteem with insight and guidance.

Rik Fire (aka Manjot Singh Khalsa) is a psychotherapist in private practice since 1996, sacred healer, interfaith minister, teacher and co-creator of Radikal Healing. Radikal Healing is a process of life transformation utilizing a complement of modalities tailored to each client's individual needs including psychotherapy, meditation, Kundalini yoga, Shamanic technology, energy medicine, life coaching and supervised fasting. Village of Radikal Healing in Montgomery County, PA & Radikal Healing Suite Asbury Park, NJ are healing centers that provide opportunities for people to embrace the Radikal Life they were meant to live.

My privilege as your therapist is to provide the opportunity and environment that will allow you as the client to feel safe to discuss any issue. I am a fully licensed clinical mental health counselor. As a professional, I always meet my clients where they are to help them transform and find change, learn growth and gain insight.

I feel both honored and privileged to partner with individuals and couples to build their understanding of their challenges, leverage their strengths, and create personalized strategies to make meaningful changes in their lives. As a therapist with ADHD, I recognize that one of the most painful experiences that come with ADHD is feeling “in your own way” and the sense of thwarted potential that comes along with it. I also know that ADHD doesn’t just impact attention, organization, and motivation; it can affect your entire life, from your performance at work to your home life and inner world.