Autism Therapists in Philadelphia, PA

Helping you to feel safe, understood, and accepted is the goal that permeates my approach to assessment and treatment. Are you seeking support managing symptoms and behaviors that you don't understand? Do these symptoms impact your ability to build and maintain social relationships, or function well at work or school? Let's work together to understand what gets in the way of your growth, and work toward achieving the goals that you set for yourself.

We are a group practice of over 70 therapists. At Equilibria, our goal is to help individuals achieve their personal potential and long term growth by compassionately and respectfully helping them live in balance. We utilize an integrative, strength based treatment model to address each individual's set of unique issues. Our belief is that treatment must be flexible and tailored to achieve symptom relief and increased self understanding.

**Telehealth & Online Sessions Available ** We are a small practice of high quality clinicians who treat all ages, from childhood through adulthood (see below for staff photos). Our clinicians incorporate a whole-person approach into each service we provide. Our unique, comprehensive programs are designed to improve overall health and well-being. Our clinicians emphasize the use of traditional, cutting-edge, and empirically supported therapies.

I am a licensed Psychologist who works with children, teens, and young adults. I offer both therapy and evaluations. I commonly work with clients with attention problems, disruptive behavior, anxiety, depression, and trouble with social skills. I also assist families in learning to communicate and solve problems more effectively. Currently, I am only offering services VIRTUALLY but will make exceptions for psychoeducational evaluations.

I am a relational therapist who emphasizes a social justice approach to my work. I believe that to truly, deeply understand ourselves, we must look at the larger context within which we operate. In the therapy room, I strive to support you as you explore your own history and identity with curiosity, warmth, and care. I apply a trauma-informed lens to provide affirming care, as I believe that a respectful, supportive relationship is a key aspect of facilitating growth and self-acceptance. I am especially effective at working with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and ASD, alongside life transitions and gender and sexuality explorations.

My goal in therapy is to contribute to an environment that is safe and without judgment, where clients can express and explore their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and relationships. My style is very relaxed; I like to be comfortable in my environment and encourage my clients to be comfortable as well! I believe that building a trusting, nurturing therapeutic relationship is an important step of the healing process (which is not linear, by the way!) I think it's important to truly meet clients where they're at, and if that means we spend the session playing with fidgets, drawing, or sharing music, then that's what we do!

As a person-centered therapist, I strive to ensure my clients feel seen, heard, and supported on their mental health journey. With focus areas of anxiety, depression, and trauma I feel that understanding is the basis of healing. Many barriers exist in accessing mental health care and finding the right therapist shouldn’t be one of them. I am a licensed professional counselor and received my Master’s degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. I've worked in university and group practice settings providing therapy to teens, college students, and clients in their 20s and 30s. I also provide Christian counseling upon request.

Welcome to my Psychology Today profile! My primary focus is on serving adults who are navigating personal and professional milestones, particularly that exciting and often turbulent phase of early adulthood. This is a time when we face numerous challenges, including learning how to navigate relationships with friends, family, and romantic partners, dealing with economic difficulties, and unraveling complex family dynamics. It's also a period when many of us grapple with questions of racial identity and self-confidence, which can deeply impact our personal growth and well-being.

With a background of over 30 years working with families, couples, individuals, and children; I draw from my training in psychotherapy, family systems, neuropsychology, and cognitive behavioral approaches. My problem-solving model involves an interactive, supportive, solution–focused therapy. The therapy I offer is individualized to address the evolving stages of awareness and personal growth. By establishing a rapport based on a foundation of trust, I support clients in setting attainable goals to address the challenges in their lives.

It may feel overwhelming to reach out for help and to trust someone else with your thoughts and feelings, not to mention your past experiences and hopes and dreams for the future. I understand how challenging it can be to figure out who you are, where you want to go, and how to get there - and how difficult it is to start taking those initial steps toward self-discovery. I believe that the journey is more important than the destination since goals tend to be redefined through the learning that occurs in therapy.

I am a registered art therapist with over 6 years experience supporting children, teens, young adults, and families. I help families strengthen their connections to each other and break negative patterns. I support clients of all ages dealing with harm from trauma and CPTSD, which makes us anxious, depressed, disconnected, and lacking trust in ourselves and others. I support clients to increase understanding of the influence the past has on the present, and then use this insight to find a path forward. With art therapy, we can process your experiences in greater depth than talk therapy alone, but art making is not required.

At times you may feel too depleted to consider making needed changes in your life, or to know what is even possible to change. Old coping mechanisms no longer work so well, bringing diminishing returns and unhappiness. It may take a crisis to be ready to seek help. Psychotherapy can reveal ways of replacing the behavior patterns and symptoms that cause us trouble with real solutions. Using the insights of existential and psychodynamic perspectives of psychology - including dream work - as a basis, I will help you understand yourself, care for yourself, and discover strength and meaning wherever you may find yourself in your life.

At Diversified Psychological Resources, we specialize in neuropsychological assessment, psychotherapy, and consultation. We strive to provide consistent, quality service and compassionate care to all our clients. Our team consists of clinical neuropsychologists and psychotherapists with diverse training and expertise. Our focus is to help individuals find answers to questions about their mental health and brain functioning. We achieve this through a comprehensive assessment and an eclectic, compassionate, and patient-centered therapeutic approach.

Deciding to start therapy can be a challenging and vulnerable process. My goal as a therapist is to make each individual feel as safe and supported as possible with high levels of empathy, compassion, and genuineness. Throughout the therapy process, I value the importance of improving relationships, managing stress, and increasing the ability to identify and regulate emotions. In sessions, I emphasis the importance of processing core beliefs we hold towards ourself and the world, practicing daily mindfulness, and learning skills to effectively regulate our emotions. I also provide supervision for pre-licensed clinicians!

As stated in Isaiah 9:6, As a Multiracial Messianic Jewish Believer in Yeshua (Jesus) as my L-rd and Savior, I believe that Counselors are born and not made. My mission is to help individuals identify the root of dysfunctional behavior and break the cycle of sin or toxic patterns and general curses. People often “move forward with time, but never move on,” meaning they move on with time but never move on from past hurts. My desire as a Psychotherapist is to help clients move on to live a productive and healthy life without being haunted by past trauma.

If you feel stuck, ruminative, or disconnected from your own life, and are seeking an engaged and examined life, psychotherapy can help. I deeply enjoy empowering my patients to know themselves and those around them with greater nuance, depth and honesty. Rather than labeling symptoms in a medicalized, detached way, I work to help patients negotiate complex relationships with themselves and those around them. By identifying patterns and the ways we find ourselves "stuck", psychotherapy can help disentangle these impasses, offering a freer way of being in the world.

I believe in the transformative power of therapy, and that people of all identities deserve mental health care that honors their whole, unique self, and lived experiences. With my warm, relational, and collaborative style, I work to build a therapeutic relationship rooted in trust and safety that fosters curiosity, healing, and growth. Together we can explore how your past informs your present, consider how your environment(s) and systems of oppression impact your wellbeing, and bring curiosity and compassion to the parts of you that are hardest to address.

I can support you with getting to know who you are, exploring your relationship dynamics with others, coping with intense or overwhelming feelings, and balancing meeting your needs and your obligations. We can create a safe and healing space for you to feel empowered, express yourself, address challenges you are facing, and tap into your already existing skills and wisdom. I'm open to discussing whether I'd be the right fit for anything you may bring. My primary approaches are Internal Family Systems & Gestalt Therapy. We can discuss what approach will work best for you. I also offer clinical supervision towards licensure in PA.

If you're reading this, chances are you're a caring parent or caregiver seeking support for your child or teen, and I couldn't be more thrilled to be your guide on this journey. I specialize in working with children and adolescents who are facing various challenges, and I understand the unique issues they may be experiencing.I help children and adolescents facing emotional struggles, behavioral difficulties, or trauma-related issues.