I believe that each of us has an innate capacity for healing, growth, and self-understanding. However, it is common for this inner wisdom to become blocked - whether that is due to difficult experiences, relationship issues, or life transitions. This may leave you caught up in negative thoughts and feelings, disengaged from the present moment, or living out of sync with your values. If you are looking for a therapist, that means you are already on the path of reconnecting with this inner wisdom and shifting towards a more meaningful life. I offer my complete presence and acceptance as we become collaborators on your path.

For over 20 years, I have been privileged to participate in the personal growth of my clients by providing support and practical solutions to help address current challenges and longer standing problems. I am continually inspired by how we cope with, endure, and find creative ways to deal with adversity, difficult pasts, and current challenges. My style is active, problem focussed and collaborative. I offer a highly personalized approach tailored to meet your specific needs. Drawing from a variety of approaches, including cognitive behavioral and psycho-dynamic therapy, we will develop and work toward life goals in a safe, supportive manner.

I offer clients the opportunity to resolve their issues and find health and healing through hypnotherapy. This powerful therapeutic technique is effective in treating a wide variety of issues from pain, anxiety, trauma and stress to self-esteem, addiction, skills enhancement and relationship/life transitions. I work with issues as they affect clients currently and where possible, eliminate the need to relive old and painful traumas. My aim is to have clients leave a session feeling positive and open to resolving their issue quickly. I also use the highly effective TIPI method to help resolve emotional difficulties and trauma.

Carolyn (she/her) works with individuals, couples, and families. Her approach is integrative, but grounded in a humanistic framework, believing strongly in the individual’s innate capacity to heal and the transformative power of the therapeutic relationship. She believes that therapy begins with a good relationship and fit between counselor and client and works hard to establish trust and safety early on.

My experience is that the psychological symptoms we experience in the present are the ways we have tried to protect ourselves from the experience of the early trauma that we went through in childhood, and that by clearing the early trauma, we can release the symptoms in the present. My approach is to help clients identify and resolve the early trauma so they can have a joyous life in the present.

Suffering draws us to consider therapy, much as it sends us to any doctor. The suffering therapy focuses on is emotional and existential (a LIFE that is out of whack). If you are considering therapy it means that you take your suffering seriously and wish to seek a more fulfilling life. You know instinctively that more is possible. I have many years of experience in helping people to develop greater strength and more fulfilling relationships.

If you're struggling with relationships; worry that you or someone you care about may have a problem with alcohol or other drug use; trauma issues; if someone you love is struggling with these - I can help. With unconditional acceptance, I listen - and together we sort out what's going on, and determine how best to address it. I provide psychospiritual counseling that draws from best practice and experience, tailored to you. (Please note that the focus of my practice will shift to spiritual direction only beginning 1/1/2022.)

**Accepting new clients with daytime availability** My name is Melanie Lichtinger and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Pennsylvania and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in the state of North Carolina (LCMHC). I am also a Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher. I believe every individual has a desire to be seen and heard. My first priority when working with my clients is to validate their emotions while also educating and normalizing mental health. We work together understand the root cause of their emotional struggles in order to achieve long-lasting happiness.

**UNFORTUNATELY, MY PRACTICE IS CURRENTLY FULL AND I AM UNABLE TO ACCEPT NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME** My approach to therapy is to build a safe environment for clients where we work to develop coping strategies, interpersonal skills, and insight to move toward emotional and behavioral health. I treat a variety of common issues (e.g., depression, anxiety, school problems, ADHD, and adjustment difficulties) as well as more complex ones, such as those resulting from trauma. I find that therapy is most effective when clients have the support of significant individuals (e.g., parents) and I welcome their inclusion in the treatment process.

It can be both rewarding and vulnerable to begin or continue therapy: I create a warm, non-judgmental space for reworking old patterns that may not serve you anymore. Life experiences, environment, circumstances, and cultural systems of power all shape our understanding of ourselves, of others, and of the world around us. Together we can explore what matters to you most, where you may feel stuck and how you can find more ease. To inform our work, I primarily draw on your history and relational experiences, your own body’s feedback, information from contemporary neuroscience, and our in-session interactions.

I believe my role as a therapist is to provide a safe, supportive space where you can talk over your difficulties, and I in turn provide perspective, insight, and creative problem-solving strategies. With over 20 years of experience, I have many therapeutic approaches available. Past clients have told me that they appreciate my ability to listen reflectively but still provide active feedback and ideas that allow them to see a new angle on their problems and begin to change. I can be most helpful with relationship issues and with anxiety and depression. I have particular specialties in helping women with mid-life transition issues.

I work with adults experiencing low mood, anxiety, overwhelm, and difficulty finding joy. If you are struggling to find happiness and purpose in this unprecedented time, therapy can help you find your "old self" again. The good news is that there are treatments that really work. I use holistic mindfulness-based approach, combined with evidence-based interventions, to help you not only survive, but also thrive.

Are you suffering? Stuck? Do you know you have strengths and passion, but feel unable to let these shine forth? Therapy is giving yourself a place to explore, to learn & to feel supported as you allow life to unfold. To use mindfulness practices, to learn to get grounded, to identify & work with your strengths - this fosters courage and clarity. With that, we can take further steps to open, to allow well being to flourish. As you nurture your capacity to be mindful, you may experience suffering not as a weigh on your shoulders, but as a door opening to transformation.

I have a passion for holistic wellness and personalized care. I harness the unique strengths inherent in each client to bring about person centered growth and change. Utilizing evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) techniques, I collaborate with clients and the important people in their lives to promote long lasting gains. I enjoy working with kids, adolescents, and adults with a special focus on serving young adults.

I offer insight, compassion, gentle challenging, and respect in my client relationships. Clients find me straightforward and willing to back-up or change directions if that helps us make progress. I use somatic, body-centered approaches alongside traditional talk therapy. I find this approach works well for treating trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, substance use, stress and overwhelm. I am also trained in Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples, which I enjoy very much.

For the past 22 years, I have enjoyed working with adults, teens, and families in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. Clients I treat may be suffering from depression, anxiety, family & relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, and suicidal/self-harming behaviors. An integrative approach maximizes my ability to help you overcome obstacles to happiness and fulfillment. We will work collaboratively in assisting you achieve your personal goals. It is through enhancing your strengths and developing effective skills that may lead you to improved relationships and a healthier, happier and more fulfilling life.

Seeking support can be a difficult yet rewarding step toward change and growth. I strive to understand your suffering in the context of your whole life and identity, using a warm and non-judgmental approach. I work with people to decrease distress, improve mood, process grief and traumatic experiences, explore identity, improve confidence, address eating and body image concerns, make life decisions, navigate transitions, enhance relationships, and develop a deeper awareness of emotions and connection to the body. I welcome clients from all sexual orientations and gender identities, including transgender people, as well as all racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds.

Do you often feel weighed down by feelings of anxiety? During these uncertain, ever changing times, making time to nurture your total well-being is essential. I welcome you to a space where you can come as you are and begin collaboratively working on how you desire to show up in the world. On this journey we will navigate your challenges, strengthen your coping skills, and empower you with the confidence to manage future stressors and uncertainties.

I can help you move beyond daily stress, worry, depression, anxiety or trauma to enjoy life, to nurture yourself and your goals. I provide solution focused, strength based, cognitive behavioral, insight oriented, mindfulness and mind body stress reduction skill approaches. CALL for counseling.

I enjoy working with people who seek to discover new ways of moving through life. Sometimes this means working together to uncover new strategies for managing painful thoughts, memories and emotions. It may also involve identifying problematic patterns of behavior and exploring more adaptive coping strategies. I also enjoy working with people who wish to improve their navigation of various types of relationships including romantic, family, professional and peer relationships. Additionally, I also like helping people uncover new meaning and purpose in life.