Couples Counseling Therapists in Pittsburgh, PA

"Love is the great miracle cure, loving ourselves works great miracles in our lives." I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and I aspire to team with my clients to achieve their fullest potential using a holistic, wellness-based approach to therapy. By focusing on the mind, body, & spirit, we are capable of healing and moving toward our highest potential. In therapy I like to take both a solution-focused and personal growth approach. Looking at one's life and stressors using a wellness model, allows growth and healing in all areas of life.

If you are looking for someone to help you address mental health challenges, make transitions, improve self-esteem, find meaning, direction and engage positively with life, I am here to be that person for you.

Not able to accommodate new clients until June 2016. I have over 10 years experience providing psychological services in a number of settings including Private Practice, University Counseling Centers, and Community Mental Health. My doctoral training emphasized multicultural awareness and this focus has continued through my work to date. I have experience working with diverse populations, including sexual, racial/ethnic, and religious minorities, persons with disabilities, etc. Not only am I experienced and comfortable working with diverse populations, I am very passionate about and greatly enjoy this work. Additionally, I am an LGBTQ-affirmative and sex positive therapist.

Accepting new clients! You feel "other" everywhere and anywhere you go. Managing day-to-day life is becoming more and more of a challenge. And just "managing" is no longer cutting it for you. You want to really SHOW UP. You want to arrive authentically. You want to THRIVE, instead of merely surviving. But you have no idea how to actually do that, and the idea of doing that has terrified you to the point of paralysis. Sometimes, you're not even sure who your "authentic self" is because you've never had a safe, nonjudgmental space to figure that out. A space where someone FINALLY doesn't tell you what to feel or how to live.

Anyone can benefit from counseling. At Creating Connections Counseling, our team of clinicians are available to guide you through the journey of self-examination and personal growth that everyone deserves. Counseling can be a vehicle to finding or maintaining healthy relationships, uncovering hidden passions, managing symptoms of mental illness, or establishing life goals for those who feel stuck.

I have years of experience working with clients struggling with grief, trauma, and depression. I am a member of ASERVIC, with many years of experience and extensive graduate study in religion and spirituality and can integrate values connected with a client's preferred religions and spiritual emphases into all therapeutic approaches. Clients facing life-transitions have greatly benefited from this focussed approach to wellness at every stage of life. I work well with adults of all ages. Older adults have often especially appreciated my counseling orientation. I am also fluent in Spanish and Italian.

Clients wanting to get better in any areas of their life are ideal for working together with me. My counseling, coaching and consulting expertise allows me to help people improve at home, work, in relationships, and in their communities. Together, we develop plan, identify any barriers or challenges to successfully achieving goals, and implement solid problem solving actions to getting better. People just want to get better, and that's why I co-founded The Better Institute.

I enjoy working with adult clients who are committed to self development and growth, using a collaborative approach to solving problems and improving self understanding.

Molly Alvord is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania and Maryland with over 17 years of experience. Working in a variety of settings, Molly has had the pleasure of helping people of all ages and backgrounds by providing individual, couples , family, and group therapy. Her specialties include anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship issues. She earned her Masters of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work.

* Not accepting new clients at this time * Welcome! I know that searching for a therapist and reaching out for help is not easy, congrats on taking the first step. I get it - life can be hard, especially when dealing with depression, anxiety, anger, and other hardships. Mental health difficulties are treatable and healing is possible! I am here to offer you a space where you can safely process emotions and work through life’s difficulties. I can help you gain clarity in your symptoms, transform your unhelpful thinking patterns, unburden self-critical core beliefs, and feel empowered to live your best life.

I have many years of experience and training as a counselor working in the fields of addiction, community based mental health therapy, and assisting individuals with traumatic brain injuries. I have a history working with the Wounded Warrior Project alongside OIF/OEF veterans who have sustained traumatic brain injuries and trauma related to war and the transition home. I also have experience working with issues that include but are not limited to couples , families, PTSD, ADHD/ADD, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, spirituality, LGBTQ+ populations, and individuals who experience unexpected life changes.

Therapy can be beneficial to people at various points in their lives for different reasons. I've treated the full spectrum of clients in terms of needs, from the chronically physically & mentally ill to the merely unhappy well. My hope is that people find the right treatment for them when it's needed. Whatever you're seeking, be it treatment for depression or anxiety, or be it deeper insight into yourself, my goal as a therapist is to help you through that process and guide you along the way, as a trusted companion would.

Beginning your journey of self-growth can feel like an exciting yet daunting time, but I am glad you are here. I will aim to build a safe space through our trusted relationship so that you are able to gain better awareness of areas that are keeping you stuck. My hope is to guide you through that process, providing skills and support, all in effort to help you live a less stressful and more fulfilling life. Above all, I see you as human rather than a diagnosis and will meet you where you are each time we meet.

Should I stay or should I go? A huge question that's weighed on you. It keeps you up at night, stressing you out. Life would be so much easier if your relationship wasn't so hard. You wish you could communicate better; feel understood. But, damn, your shit and their shit get in the way. Not to mention the pressures of career, aging parents, or demanding children. It all gets thrown in the mix, leaving you exhausted, distracted, and disenchanted by the status quo. You want things to change (better sex, intimacy, connection); you're finally ready to take charge of your life in a new and meaningful way. You've come to the right place!