Therapists in Pittsburgh, PA
Sara Makin | Makin Wellness Online Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSEd, LPC, NCC
4 Endorsed
Online Only
We’re now accepting new clients and can schedule your first session within 24 hours or less. If constant worry, negative thoughts, trauma, or depression are affecting your work, relationships, and health, we’re here to help you find peace and healing.
We’re now accepting new clients and can schedule your first session within 24 hours or less. If constant worry, negative thoughts, trauma, or depression are affecting your work, relationships, and health, we’re here to help you find peace and healing.
You are stuck: in your feelings; in a relationship that's lost its spark; under the weight of being everything for everyone. Maybe you are a parent trying to raise tiny humans in a hot mess of a world while still figuring out who you are outside of snack time and survival mode.
I work best with people who are tired of pretending like they are fine. My clients are deep feelers, overthinkers, recovering people-pleasers, and burned-out parents ready to feel like themselves again. Whether you are navigating anxiety, an identity shift, or the general chaos of being a human in late-stage capitalism right now, we can make it make sense.
You are stuck: in your feelings; in a relationship that's lost its spark; under the weight of being everything for everyone. Maybe you are a parent trying to raise tiny humans in a hot mess of a world while still figuring out who you are outside of snack time and survival mode.
I work best with people who are tired of pretending like they are fine. My clients are deep feelers, overthinkers, recovering people-pleasers, and burned-out parents ready to feel like themselves again. Whether you are navigating anxiety, an identity shift, or the general chaos of being a human in late-stage capitalism right now, we can make it make sense.
I specialize in working with women who eat their feelings. I have developed the STOP Eating Your Feelings approach, which differentiates four different patterns of emotional overeating. Distinguishing these four types helps compulsive eaters to identify the reasons why they binge and to target the particular patterns they need to change in order to move beyond compulsive overeating. I also work with clients with anxiety, depression, workplace stress, those healing from grief or trauma or trying to sort out the effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family.
I specialize in working with women who eat their feelings. I have developed the STOP Eating Your Feelings approach, which differentiates four different patterns of emotional overeating. Distinguishing these four types helps compulsive eaters to identify the reasons why they binge and to target the particular patterns they need to change in order to move beyond compulsive overeating. I also work with clients with anxiety, depression, workplace stress, those healing from grief or trauma or trying to sort out the effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family.
Now seeing clients during EVENING and WEEKEND hours with some daytime openings. As a licensed psychologist I provide psychotherapy services to adults facing a wide array of difficulties. I have expertise in working with college-aged individuals and older adults alike. While I believe that pain is an inevitable part of life, suffering can be reduced through the psychotherapy process. I integrate cognitive-behavioral strategies with acceptance-based techniques to foster autonomy, empowerment, and growth. I work with clients on their goals/needs and tailor therapy to the individual/couple using compassion, curiosity, and collaboration.
Now seeing clients during EVENING and WEEKEND hours with some daytime openings. As a licensed psychologist I provide psychotherapy services to adults facing a wide array of difficulties. I have expertise in working with college-aged individuals and older adults alike. While I believe that pain is an inevitable part of life, suffering can be reduced through the psychotherapy process. I integrate cognitive-behavioral strategies with acceptance-based techniques to foster autonomy, empowerment, and growth. I work with clients on their goals/needs and tailor therapy to the individual/couple using compassion, curiosity, and collaboration.
I specialize in helping clients with career or life transitions, stress, anxiety, depression, coping, family dynamics, sexuality, relationships, confidence, identity, motivation, and codependency. I have aided families and couples with communication and conflict resolution skill-building, advocacy and assertiveness, grief, co-parenting, and more.
I specialize in helping clients with career or life transitions, stress, anxiety, depression, coping, family dynamics, sexuality, relationships, confidence, identity, motivation, and codependency. I have aided families and couples with communication and conflict resolution skill-building, advocacy and assertiveness, grief, co-parenting, and more.
Hello, I specialize in working with those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Grieving is a very painful and difficult process. As Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a grief specialist, would say, "The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to."
Hello, I specialize in working with those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Grieving is a very painful and difficult process. As Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a grief specialist, would say, "The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to."
Touchstone Clinical Associates
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LSW, LPC, NCC
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step." -Lao Tzu. If your journey could benefit from the most progressive, evidenced-based treatments currently available, Touchstone Clinical Associates can help. Our team has a rare depth of experience treating eating disorders and trauma that cannot be found anywhere else in the area. With a wealth of empathy, Touchstone Clinical Associates has the knowledge and technical expertise to get your journey started on the best path.
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step." -Lao Tzu. If your journey could benefit from the most progressive, evidenced-based treatments currently available, Touchstone Clinical Associates can help. Our team has a rare depth of experience treating eating disorders and trauma that cannot be found anywhere else in the area. With a wealth of empathy, Touchstone Clinical Associates has the knowledge and technical expertise to get your journey started on the best path.
With over a decade of experience in mental health, I offer counseling in a relaxed, client-centered environment. Your comfort is my priority, and you set the pace. Balancing who we are, who we want to be, and who others expect us to be can be challenging. Let's work together to find your balance. I'm excited to help you discover empowerment, identity, and confidence.
As a neurodivergent therapist, I’m passionate about working with Autistic and ADHD clients. Whether you have a diagnosis, are just exploring, or need ongoing support, I’m here to assist with neurodivergent discovery.
With over a decade of experience in mental health, I offer counseling in a relaxed, client-centered environment. Your comfort is my priority, and you set the pace. Balancing who we are, who we want to be, and who others expect us to be can be challenging. Let's work together to find your balance. I'm excited to help you discover empowerment, identity, and confidence.
As a neurodivergent therapist, I’m passionate about working with Autistic and ADHD clients. Whether you have a diagnosis, are just exploring, or need ongoing support, I’m here to assist with neurodivergent discovery.
I believe therapy is most effective when it reflects who you are, what you need, and what you hope to achieve. My style is collaborative and authentic. It's most important that you feel comfortable with me as a provider and that we move at a pace that feels right for you. It is a privilege to share this space with you.
In our work together, we focus on areas such as growing insight, increasing emotional awareness, strengthening coping skills, building resilience, improving communication and relationships, and helping you navigate life’s challenges.
I believe therapy is most effective when it reflects who you are, what you need, and what you hope to achieve. My style is collaborative and authentic. It's most important that you feel comfortable with me as a provider and that we move at a pace that feels right for you. It is a privilege to share this space with you.
In our work together, we focus on areas such as growing insight, increasing emotional awareness, strengthening coping skills, building resilience, improving communication and relationships, and helping you navigate life’s challenges.
Are you going through a major period of change in your life? Have you experienced a loss, or are you stepping into something new and unknown? Change can be scary, confusing, and uncertain, especially if we feel the impossible pressure to navigate it the “right” way. Together, you and I will explore what you’ve been through, how it’s made you feel, what this all means to you, and determine what you’d like to come next. If you’ve found yourself tangled in anxiety or depression along the way, we’ll find a way to get you untangled and unstuck. No matter what change you’re going through, there is a way through it, together.
Are you going through a major period of change in your life? Have you experienced a loss, or are you stepping into something new and unknown? Change can be scary, confusing, and uncertain, especially if we feel the impossible pressure to navigate it the “right” way. Together, you and I will explore what you’ve been through, how it’s made you feel, what this all means to you, and determine what you’d like to come next. If you’ve found yourself tangled in anxiety or depression along the way, we’ll find a way to get you untangled and unstuck. No matter what change you’re going through, there is a way through it, together.
As a Marriage and Family Therapist I focus on the systems around and inside of you. My philosophy is, you must honestly know yourself in relationships to identify yourself as an individual. There are no individuals in the world, only fragments of families trying to express themselves. I work with those that are curious about the world around them. I support breaking generational curses and patterns, to help find your true self. I support disenfranchised groups through the time we all living in. I focus on Social Justice through an experiential lens, that challenges our way of existing.
As a Marriage and Family Therapist I focus on the systems around and inside of you. My philosophy is, you must honestly know yourself in relationships to identify yourself as an individual. There are no individuals in the world, only fragments of families trying to express themselves. I work with those that are curious about the world around them. I support breaking generational curses and patterns, to help find your true self. I support disenfranchised groups through the time we all living in. I focus on Social Justice through an experiential lens, that challenges our way of existing.
Angelica Victoria
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, MS, NCC, E-RYT, LPC
2 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Nothing is inherently wrong with you. Forget any diagnosis and completing a bunch of forms. That diagnostic label (if any) only defines a temporary experience. How are you now and what needs to shift? That’s the goal. If your head is clouded; if your career, relationships, or health are stressful; if you can’t navigate options; if you feel stuck, unsure, or overwhelmed; if you can’t find relief… I will empower you. The power is in YOU to change your circumstances (and you will be put to work). I’ll help you become so self-aware that you wholeheartedly trust your intuition enough to find the answers: without doubt, fear, or guilt.
Nothing is inherently wrong with you. Forget any diagnosis and completing a bunch of forms. That diagnostic label (if any) only defines a temporary experience. How are you now and what needs to shift? That’s the goal. If your head is clouded; if your career, relationships, or health are stressful; if you can’t navigate options; if you feel stuck, unsure, or overwhelmed; if you can’t find relief… I will empower you. The power is in YOU to change your circumstances (and you will be put to work). I’ll help you become so self-aware that you wholeheartedly trust your intuition enough to find the answers: without doubt, fear, or guilt.
Paula Kauffman Oberly
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, BCC, ACS
20 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
My goal is to help you gain the insights & tools to feel successful and satisfied. I have an eclectic strengths-based approach integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Adlerian Theory, creative expression and bibliotherapy. I provide a variety of services, including: Individual, Family, and Group Therapy for all ages. Including Grief and Parent Counseling.
My goal is to help you gain the insights & tools to feel successful and satisfied. I have an eclectic strengths-based approach integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Adlerian Theory, creative expression and bibliotherapy. I provide a variety of services, including: Individual, Family, and Group Therapy for all ages. Including Grief and Parent Counseling.
Hi, I'm Angelique! I am a licensed associate professional counselor with Kairos Ascending Therapeutic Services.
Kairos Ascending Therapeutic Services engages in the art of Holistic Therapy to help individuals reach their wellness goals. Through Kairos Ascending individuals are empowered to work towards self-actualization where One can Ascend into a strong sense of purpose to achieve personal fulfillment.
Angelique’s primary goal is to provide a safe space that will allow clients to show up and be themselves. " I want people to feel welcomed, seen, heard, valued and supported as they journey through their healing".
Hi, I'm Angelique! I am a licensed associate professional counselor with Kairos Ascending Therapeutic Services.
Kairos Ascending Therapeutic Services engages in the art of Holistic Therapy to help individuals reach their wellness goals. Through Kairos Ascending individuals are empowered to work towards self-actualization where One can Ascend into a strong sense of purpose to achieve personal fulfillment.
Angelique’s primary goal is to provide a safe space that will allow clients to show up and be themselves. " I want people to feel welcomed, seen, heard, valued and supported as they journey through their healing".
Deborah Wilkinson | Reconnect You To You, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MS, MDiv, MA
1 Endorsed
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
We start with what's what for you, in the here and now. We move at your pace and really listen, without rushing forward, until you feel ready. We practice knowing you in your uniqueness without worrying about conforming to unreal expectations.
The therapeutic work consists of a collaborative, practical, organic process in a caring, nonjudgmental space.
Nurture yourself by investing dedicated time to discover who you are, how you want to be in the world. Confide your troubles. Identify beliefs, assumptions important to you, and what needs are being served (or not).
Reconnect you to you!
We start with what's what for you, in the here and now. We move at your pace and really listen, without rushing forward, until you feel ready. We practice knowing you in your uniqueness without worrying about conforming to unreal expectations.
The therapeutic work consists of a collaborative, practical, organic process in a caring, nonjudgmental space.
Nurture yourself by investing dedicated time to discover who you are, how you want to be in the world. Confide your troubles. Identify beliefs, assumptions important to you, and what needs are being served (or not).
Reconnect you to you!
My ideal client is someone looking to form a trusting bond and discuss the intricacies of their lives. I believe that when we feel comfortable, we can put our shame to the side, at which point then we can make progress. As a counselor, I have been trained to accept and consider all perspectives as valid. I hope to help clients move forward by exploring how their path protected them or made sense at one point, while assisting them in giving themselves permission to change directions. This can be achieved by reflecting underlying thoughts and emotions alone, while at other points more targeted techniques may be needed.
My ideal client is someone looking to form a trusting bond and discuss the intricacies of their lives. I believe that when we feel comfortable, we can put our shame to the side, at which point then we can make progress. As a counselor, I have been trained to accept and consider all perspectives as valid. I hope to help clients move forward by exploring how their path protected them or made sense at one point, while assisting them in giving themselves permission to change directions. This can be achieved by reflecting underlying thoughts and emotions alone, while at other points more targeted techniques may be needed.
A patient described our therapy as “a safe, guided conversation exploring what it means for me to exist.” I like that. A safe-enough space to honor the full range of your thoughts, feelings, and relationships, and to do so with curiosity and care, so you can more peacefully inhabit your body and mind. I believe that current life carries remnants of how we were shaped in childhood. What we call “symptoms” are clues of misalignment, signals that a vital aspect of us is constrained and needing fuller expression. Our task is to understand these signs, not to abolish them, but to let them breathe and grow into a fuller you.
A patient described our therapy as “a safe, guided conversation exploring what it means for me to exist.” I like that. A safe-enough space to honor the full range of your thoughts, feelings, and relationships, and to do so with curiosity and care, so you can more peacefully inhabit your body and mind. I believe that current life carries remnants of how we were shaped in childhood. What we call “symptoms” are clues of misalignment, signals that a vital aspect of us is constrained and needing fuller expression. Our task is to understand these signs, not to abolish them, but to let them breathe and grow into a fuller you.
I am currently accepting new clients. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC). My intention is to provide you with a safe and trusting environment where you can feel fully heard and validated. I will help you increase self-awareness, identify and process emotions, build effective coping skills, create and achieve life goals, and develop autonomy in building a life worth living. I will support and guide you while you learn to break the patterns that keep you feeling stuck.
I am currently accepting new clients. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC). My intention is to provide you with a safe and trusting environment where you can feel fully heard and validated. I will help you increase self-awareness, identify and process emotions, build effective coping skills, create and achieve life goals, and develop autonomy in building a life worth living. I will support and guide you while you learn to break the patterns that keep you feeling stuck.
People seek therapy when they are in pain. This pain may show up as anxiety, depression, loneliness, compulsive behaviors, addiction or a combination of these. My job as your therapist is to meet you where you are and to understand your experience, your pain, and to help you move forward. The goal is to create a collaboration in which you have the support and safety to begin to challenge thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that may be holding you back and causing suffering. I will guide you in this work with warmth, humor, respect, and acceptance.
People seek therapy when they are in pain. This pain may show up as anxiety, depression, loneliness, compulsive behaviors, addiction or a combination of these. My job as your therapist is to meet you where you are and to understand your experience, your pain, and to help you move forward. The goal is to create a collaboration in which you have the support and safety to begin to challenge thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that may be holding you back and causing suffering. I will guide you in this work with warmth, humor, respect, and acceptance.
Hey there! I'm Tess, a Licensed Social Worker and psychotherapist, and my pronouns are she/her/hers. Picture me as your ally in the journey toward justice and healing! My path started at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice, where I cultivated a passion for curiosity, compassion, and imagining bold changes. Now, I bring these qualities to Transitional Characters, where I'm all in on embodying them fully. To me, mental health isn't just about individual well-being; it's about reclaiming our true selves, a cornerstone of building a fairer society.
Hey there! I'm Tess, a Licensed Social Worker and psychotherapist, and my pronouns are she/her/hers. Picture me as your ally in the journey toward justice and healing! My path started at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice, where I cultivated a passion for curiosity, compassion, and imagining bold changes. Now, I bring these qualities to Transitional Characters, where I'm all in on embodying them fully. To me, mental health isn't just about individual well-being; it's about reclaiming our true selves, a cornerstone of building a fairer society.
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Number of Therapists in Pittsburgh, PA
2,000+
Average cost per session
$137
Therapists in Pittsburgh, PA who prioritize treating:
| 92% | Anxiety |
| 92% | Social Anxiety |
| 92% | Health Anxiety |
| 92% | Driving Anxiety |
| 86% | Depression |
| 73% | Self Esteem |
| 71% | Relationship Issues |
Average years in practice
10 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 83% | Aetna |
| 83% | Highmark |
| 67% | BlueCross and BlueShield |
How Therapists in Pittsburgh, PA see their clients
| 59% | In Person and Online | |
| 41% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 76% | Female | |
| 20% | Male | |
| 4% | Non-Binary |