Psychodynamic Therapists in Fox Chapel, PA
Our clients are changemakers, leaders, creatives, caregivers, and people craving deeper connection—in love, life, or both. You’ve mastered holding it together—at work, in relationships, maybe even in therapy—but it’s costing you. You show up for everyone else, yet under the surface you feel resentful, disconnected, or just plain tired. You’re burned out from over-functioning, exhausted by people-pleasing, and quietly craving a life that actually feels like yours. You’re not broken—but the tools that got you here aren’t working anymore. You want freedom. Let’s get you there.
Our clients are changemakers, leaders, creatives, caregivers, and people craving deeper connection—in love, life, or both. You’ve mastered holding it together—at work, in relationships, maybe even in therapy—but it’s costing you. You show up for everyone else, yet under the surface you feel resentful, disconnected, or just plain tired. You’re burned out from over-functioning, exhausted by people-pleasing, and quietly craving a life that actually feels like yours. You’re not broken—but the tools that got you here aren’t working anymore. You want freedom. Let’s get you there.
My clients describe my approach to therapy as engaging, caring, sensitive, and genuine. I have years of experience working with addiction, families, couples, and individuals. I believe in the power of connection through therapy and am truly inspired by being a part of my clients' change process. My clients appreciate my focus, sense of humor, and the understanding that comes with a variety of life experiences.
My clients describe my approach to therapy as engaging, caring, sensitive, and genuine. I have years of experience working with addiction, families, couples, and individuals. I believe in the power of connection through therapy and am truly inspired by being a part of my clients' change process. My clients appreciate my focus, sense of humor, and the understanding that comes with a variety of life experiences.
My approach integrates a variety of evidence-based practices including psychodynamic, CBT & DBT.
My goal is to facilitate healing, strengthen relationships, and increase overall wellbeing. I aim to engage my clients in an open and collaborative process of self-discovery, development of increased emotional intelligence, and alleviation of suffering.
My approach integrates a variety of evidence-based practices including psychodynamic, CBT & DBT.
My goal is to facilitate healing, strengthen relationships, and increase overall wellbeing. I aim to engage my clients in an open and collaborative process of self-discovery, development of increased emotional intelligence, and alleviation of suffering.
Damon Constantinides
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
6 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
These are uncertain times. Therapy can be an anchor as we all weather the unpredictable circumstances of our lives and the world around us. It is a space to grow, heal, or make changes in your live that feel difficult. I work with clients who need help managing anxiety, are feeling sad or confused, or are going through a hard time. I see my job as sitting next to you, seeing the world through your eyes, and helping you come up with the plan that's right for you. I come from a relational and social justice perspective and bring tools from narrative therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness based stress reduction.
These are uncertain times. Therapy can be an anchor as we all weather the unpredictable circumstances of our lives and the world around us. It is a space to grow, heal, or make changes in your live that feel difficult. I work with clients who need help managing anxiety, are feeling sad or confused, or are going through a hard time. I see my job as sitting next to you, seeing the world through your eyes, and helping you come up with the plan that's right for you. I come from a relational and social justice perspective and bring tools from narrative therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness based stress reduction.
I specialize in working with people that need immediate, consistent and rapid treatment. Are you suffering from depression, addiction, or trauma? Is your marriage or family in crisis? I help individuals, couples and/or families heal, even if counseling was not helpful in the past. Sessions are virtual or in person and are not limited to an hour or once a week. I am also available to come into your home if that would be most helpful.
I specialize in working with people that need immediate, consistent and rapid treatment. Are you suffering from depression, addiction, or trauma? Is your marriage or family in crisis? I help individuals, couples and/or families heal, even if counseling was not helpful in the past. Sessions are virtual or in person and are not limited to an hour or once a week. I am also available to come into your home if that would be most helpful.
Immediate openings for ages 19 and older!
A change would do you good. Change can be difficult AND rewarding. Together we will find ways to overcome obstacles, utilize strengths and begin to find joy again.
I treat anxiety, depression, life transitions, changing relationships (and jobs) and other issues throughout the lifespan. I have experience in the areas of substance abuse, caregiver stress and women's health (perimenopause/menopause) and obstacles of mid life. I also have experience in the area of grief.
We will collaborate to find solutions that are practical and easily applied. If you put in the work results will come!
Immediate openings for ages 19 and older!
A change would do you good. Change can be difficult AND rewarding. Together we will find ways to overcome obstacles, utilize strengths and begin to find joy again.
I treat anxiety, depression, life transitions, changing relationships (and jobs) and other issues throughout the lifespan. I have experience in the areas of substance abuse, caregiver stress and women's health (perimenopause/menopause) and obstacles of mid life. I also have experience in the area of grief.
We will collaborate to find solutions that are practical and easily applied. If you put in the work results will come!
You're the one everyone leans on. You're kind, empathetic, and always there for others. On the outside, it looks like you have it together. But inside, you're overwhelmed, anxious, and exhausted from trying to do everything "right". Saying no feels impossible; taking care of yourself feels selfish. You hold yourself to impossible standards and still feel like it's never enough.
I work with Millennial and Gen Z women who are tired of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and putting themselves last. Together, we can explore the roots of these patterns and gently unlearn them using Art Therapy alongside CBT, DBT, and Positive Psychology.
You're the one everyone leans on. You're kind, empathetic, and always there for others. On the outside, it looks like you have it together. But inside, you're overwhelmed, anxious, and exhausted from trying to do everything "right". Saying no feels impossible; taking care of yourself feels selfish. You hold yourself to impossible standards and still feel like it's never enough.
I work with Millennial and Gen Z women who are tired of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and putting themselves last. Together, we can explore the roots of these patterns and gently unlearn them using Art Therapy alongside CBT, DBT, and Positive Psychology.
Are you struggling and frustrated with life problems and traditional help is not working? I offer an organic blending of traditional eastern healing practices with western psychotherapy. This work helps you deepen your connection to the answers which are already within you. I just help you "see" them, and assist you in bridging a connection between the healthy self and those parts of you that are struggling to be healthy. I call these dissonant parts. These dissonant parts can create disorder and dysfunction. We work as partners on a path towards unity, health and well-being.
Are you struggling and frustrated with life problems and traditional help is not working? I offer an organic blending of traditional eastern healing practices with western psychotherapy. This work helps you deepen your connection to the answers which are already within you. I just help you "see" them, and assist you in bridging a connection between the healthy self and those parts of you that are struggling to be healthy. I call these dissonant parts. These dissonant parts can create disorder and dysfunction. We work as partners on a path towards unity, health and well-being.
I also offer psychodynamic, humanistic, and relational psychotherapy for individuals and couples.
Whether you are working with a therapist and would like diagnostic clarity or want improved self-knowledge for personal growth, I offer assessment services that enhance self-awareness and treatment direction. Through a collaborative approach, I provide evaluations of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning, including neuropsychological testing for ADHD, autism, OCD, anxiety, personality disorders, and executive functioning concerns.
I also offer psychodynamic, humanistic, and relational psychotherapy for individuals and couples.
Whether you are working with a therapist and would like diagnostic clarity or want improved self-knowledge for personal growth, I offer assessment services that enhance self-awareness and treatment direction. Through a collaborative approach, I provide evaluations of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning, including neuropsychological testing for ADHD, autism, OCD, anxiety, personality disorders, and executive functioning concerns.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, LCPC) and psychodynamic, narrative and somatic therapist, my goal is to explore the stories you tell about your life and how they influence how you feel and what you see as possible.
Are you feeling stuck, anxious or discouraged? Feeling unfulfilled or overwhelmed? Are there issues from the past that seem to intrude into your present life? Do you isolate and avoid? Are you experiencing difficulties with depression, anxiety, relationships, work or sleep issues? You can find relief and move forward in your life. Looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation? Are you considering a move in a new direction?
As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, LCPC) and psychodynamic, narrative and somatic therapist, my goal is to explore the stories you tell about your life and how they influence how you feel and what you see as possible.
Are you feeling stuck, anxious or discouraged? Feeling unfulfilled or overwhelmed? Are there issues from the past that seem to intrude into your present life? Do you isolate and avoid? Are you experiencing difficulties with depression, anxiety, relationships, work or sleep issues? You can find relief and move forward in your life. Looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation? Are you considering a move in a new direction?
It is possible to overcome seemingly insurmountable life challenges and find stability. Psychotherapy can light the way from chaos and hopelessness towards self-acceptance, meaning, and control. Focused on your individual needs, I strive to create a time and space which is entirely yours. A safe, private, well-bounded place where honest and healing discussions are cultivated. For the past 12 years, I have been working with a diverse mixture of individuals and couples using primarily psychoanalytic techniques. My aim is not simply to facilitate symptom relief, but to midwife meaningful and positive changes in your life.
It is possible to overcome seemingly insurmountable life challenges and find stability. Psychotherapy can light the way from chaos and hopelessness towards self-acceptance, meaning, and control. Focused on your individual needs, I strive to create a time and space which is entirely yours. A safe, private, well-bounded place where honest and healing discussions are cultivated. For the past 12 years, I have been working with a diverse mixture of individuals and couples using primarily psychoanalytic techniques. My aim is not simply to facilitate symptom relief, but to midwife meaningful and positive changes in your life.
I am a clinical psychologist who practices psychodynamic psychotherapy with older adolescents, young adults, and adults.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy may help you: enjoy life; better understand yourself and others; change self-defeating patterns; increase sense of self-worth; manage stress; communicate more effectively; foster satisfying relationships; make choices
I am a clinical psychologist who practices psychodynamic psychotherapy with older adolescents, young adults, and adults.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy may help you: enjoy life; better understand yourself and others; change self-defeating patterns; increase sense of self-worth; manage stress; communicate more effectively; foster satisfying relationships; make choices
Congratulations on taking the first step! It can be overwhelming to start something new, but remember that you have already made progress by acknowledging that you want to take action. My focus is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths. As a therapist, it's essential to have a wide range of therapeutic tools and techniques to help clients navigate their challenges. Whether it's helping adolescents and teens manage stress and anxiety, assisting adults with depression or trauma, or supporting couples in strengthening their relationships, each client requires a customized approach.
Congratulations on taking the first step! It can be overwhelming to start something new, but remember that you have already made progress by acknowledging that you want to take action. My focus is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths. As a therapist, it's essential to have a wide range of therapeutic tools and techniques to help clients navigate their challenges. Whether it's helping adolescents and teens manage stress and anxiety, assisting adults with depression or trauma, or supporting couples in strengthening their relationships, each client requires a customized approach.
I pull from various therapy approaches including Cognitive-behavioral, Dialectical-behavior, solution-focused, and psychodynamic approaches as needed to meet your needs and concerns.
I hold space for you to be yourself, to feel heard, and validated. I take a holistic approach focusing on you as a whole person, it only takes one aspect of our life to leave us out of balance with ourselves. If desired, I can teach skills to help you manage your anxiety, depression, and anger/irritability concerns. I'm here to help support and guide you in becoming your best self.
I pull from various therapy approaches including Cognitive-behavioral, Dialectical-behavior, solution-focused, and psychodynamic approaches as needed to meet your needs and concerns.
I hold space for you to be yourself, to feel heard, and validated. I take a holistic approach focusing on you as a whole person, it only takes one aspect of our life to leave us out of balance with ourselves. If desired, I can teach skills to help you manage your anxiety, depression, and anger/irritability concerns. I'm here to help support and guide you in becoming your best self.
I care deeply about being a place where people can finally exhale. For some, therapy is the first space where they feel safe enough to say what’s actually been sitting underneath everything, without filtering, minimizing, or bracing for judgment. My work is rooted in understanding how our earliest relationships shape the way we move through the world. I’m especially drawn to attachment patterns, intergenerational trauma, and the lasting impact of parental or caregiver wounds. These experiences often show up quietly in relationships, in self-worth, and in the ways we protect ourselves without realizing it.
I care deeply about being a place where people can finally exhale. For some, therapy is the first space where they feel safe enough to say what’s actually been sitting underneath everything, without filtering, minimizing, or bracing for judgment. My work is rooted in understanding how our earliest relationships shape the way we move through the world. I’m especially drawn to attachment patterns, intergenerational trauma, and the lasting impact of parental or caregiver wounds. These experiences often show up quietly in relationships, in self-worth, and in the ways we protect ourselves without realizing it.
I offer 1-2 times weekly psychodynamic/psychoanalytic psychotherapy as well as 3-4 times per week psychoanalysis.
I enjoy working with people struggling with stress and anxiety from the pressures of life whether that be related to relationships, academics, career, or leadership dynamics. The people I work with are looking for deep understanding of what is bothering them and the tools for lasting change. I often work with people who have been successful in life despite early trauma or disadvantaged backgrounds. I hold various leadership positions and understand the pressures and lonliness that comes with leadership. I also offer leadership advising and coaching to CEO’s and leaders in medicine, law, family businesses, and nonprofits.
I offer 1-2 times weekly psychodynamic/psychoanalytic psychotherapy as well as 3-4 times per week psychoanalysis.
I enjoy working with people struggling with stress and anxiety from the pressures of life whether that be related to relationships, academics, career, or leadership dynamics. The people I work with are looking for deep understanding of what is bothering them and the tools for lasting change. I often work with people who have been successful in life despite early trauma or disadvantaged backgrounds. I hold various leadership positions and understand the pressures and lonliness that comes with leadership. I also offer leadership advising and coaching to CEO’s and leaders in medicine, law, family businesses, and nonprofits.
I work with children, adolescents, and adults seeking therapeutic treatment and psychological evaluations. The goal of treatment is to assist the individual in actualizing their potential through a strengths-based approach to cognitive behavioral techniques. It's important that each person understands their worth and utilizes the tools learned in therapy in their daily lives. In addition to individual therapy, I am also able to offer diagnostic evaluations and psychological testing as a means to understand complex issues and formulate the most appropriate treatment plan for each individual.
I work with children, adolescents, and adults seeking therapeutic treatment and psychological evaluations. The goal of treatment is to assist the individual in actualizing their potential through a strengths-based approach to cognitive behavioral techniques. It's important that each person understands their worth and utilizes the tools learned in therapy in their daily lives. In addition to individual therapy, I am also able to offer diagnostic evaluations and psychological testing as a means to understand complex issues and formulate the most appropriate treatment plan for each individual.
You may be suffering from anxiety, depression, or compulsive behavior, having trouble making a relationship work, or perhaps have had therapy or medication that has not helped enough. I listen with empathy and compassion and bring to bear my clinical training and experience so that you heal and grow in ways that are transformative and lasting. I have been a therapist for 32 years and in private practice for 23 of them. I love helping people understand themselves better and resolve the obstacles to living a more meaningful and satisfying life.
You may be suffering from anxiety, depression, or compulsive behavior, having trouble making a relationship work, or perhaps have had therapy or medication that has not helped enough. I listen with empathy and compassion and bring to bear my clinical training and experience so that you heal and grow in ways that are transformative and lasting. I have been a therapist for 32 years and in private practice for 23 of them. I love helping people understand themselves better and resolve the obstacles to living a more meaningful and satisfying life.
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Psychotherapy may address specific concerns and it can also help you to live a richer and fuller life. Individuals often seek the support of a psychologist for many reasons, including stress, depression, anxiety, relationship and family issues, and difficulty with transitions. I try to provide both support and insight to help individuals live a life that is more fulfilling and less difficult. Often, someone may express a concern about a child, a relationship, or work issues. I believe that change occurs within the context of the therapeutic relationship where the client and therapist work together a trusting environment.
Psychotherapy may address specific concerns and it can also help you to live a richer and fuller life. Individuals often seek the support of a psychologist for many reasons, including stress, depression, anxiety, relationship and family issues, and difficulty with transitions. I try to provide both support and insight to help individuals live a life that is more fulfilling and less difficult. Often, someone may express a concern about a child, a relationship, or work issues. I believe that change occurs within the context of the therapeutic relationship where the client and therapist work together a trusting environment.
Susan Brookman
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
Waitlist for new clients
Trauma can create a feeling within us that others won't accept us, see us or feel what we feel. It can leave us feeling scared, alone and judged. Life stressors can develop creating a mountain that seems too big to climb. Trauma can create a space where you don't have the words to describe what your are feeling and experiencing. You don't have to have the answers. Therapy is a journey of discovery and an experience of acceptance and safety. Healing occurs when we recognize where we have been and create new paths for our lives. I accompany people on their journey towards healing.
Trauma can create a feeling within us that others won't accept us, see us or feel what we feel. It can leave us feeling scared, alone and judged. Life stressors can develop creating a mountain that seems too big to climb. Trauma can create a space where you don't have the words to describe what your are feeling and experiencing. You don't have to have the answers. Therapy is a journey of discovery and an experience of acceptance and safety. Healing occurs when we recognize where we have been and create new paths for our lives. I accompany people on their journey towards healing.
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Psychodynamic Therapists
Is psychodynamic therapy evidence-based?
Studies have found psychodynamic therapy to be effective in treating conditions like social anxiety, eating disorders, chronic pain, some personality disorders, and depression; indeed, some studies have found it to be just as effective as CBT or medication. What’s more, several studies have found that the benefits of psychodynamic therapy tend to endure—even grow—long after treatment has ended.
How long does psychodynamic therapy last?
Unlike CBT and other more structured forms of therapy, psychodynamic therapy tends to be open-ended and may not be limited to a set number of sessions. It is common for clients to be in therapy for a year or longer and to see their therapist one to three times a week, though the exact schedule and timeline may vary depending on a client’s challenges and progress. However, brief psychodynamic therapy is available, which tends to be more goal-oriented and typically unfolds over 16 to 30 sessions.
Does psychodynamic therapy work?
Research finds that psychodynamic therapy can help someone manage or reduce symptoms of diagnosable mental health conditions like depression or anxiety. The modality may also offer a range of benefits that are harder to measure but just as valuable—such as increased self-worth or healthier relationships. While no therapy type will work for everyone, research and anecdotal evidence suggest that psychodynamic therapy can be highly effective.
What are the limitations of psychodynamic therapy?
Some meta-analyses have concluded that there is little evidence to suggest that psychodynamic therapy can effectively treat certain mental health conditions such as PTSD, OCD, or psychosis, though it is sometimes used to do so. More broadly, the open-ended, free-association structure of psychodynamic therapy may be frustrating for clients who prefer a more structured, time-limited, or goal-oriented approach.