Marika Handakas
CSW, MDiv, PsyD
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
Danville, PA 17821
Let's Connect (570) 673-0357
What do you not know about yourself that you need to know in order to stop getting in your own way? With 20+ years of experience and Ivy League credentials, I will be useful to you as you: 1) uncover, name, and alter unhealthy patterns of repetitive unconscious behaviors, 2) allow yourself to mourn losses both actual and psychological/emotional, 3) identify erroneous thinking patterns, 4) communicate with others so that you are able to make yourself understood the way you intend, 5) learn and practice active listening, 6) unlock keys to self-knowledge contained within your own dreams.
Together, we will shine a light on your inner life so that your motivations, values, assumptions, decisions and thinking patterns will be made clearer to you. At that point, you can choose to alter what no longer works in your current life and live in a way that makes better sense to you.
We set specific treatment goals together as they become clear in continuous shared decision making. You set the pace of our work. I generally listen more than I talk and offer interventions as I see an opportunity to be useful. Specialty populations: health care, medical/college students, early career adults, middle aged older adults, corrections employees.
Call or Email Marika Handakas now for a free 15 minute consultation - (570) 673-0357
Let's Connect (570) 673-0357
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $110
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Paypal, Venmo Marika Handakas
CSW, MDiv, PsyD
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (570) 673-0357
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Degree/Diploma from Immaculata University Marika Handakas
- In Practice for 39 years
- Attended Immaculata University, PsyD, Graduated 2009
- Degree/Diploma from Columbia University in the City of New York, Master of Social Work / 1986
- Degree/Diploma from Vassar College BSA / 1981
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Marika Handakas
CSW, MDiv, PsyD
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (570) 673-0357
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Depression
- Life Transitions
- Self Esteem
Expertise
- Alcohol Use
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Cancer
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Psychoanalysis
- Relationship Issues
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Lesbian Allied
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Lesbian Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Coaching
- Feminist
- healthcare personnel, corrections personnel, grief
- Humanistic
- medical students, college students, midlife career
- Narrative
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Marika Handakas
CSW, MDiv, PsyD
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (570) 673-0357