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Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Provides online outpatient psychotherapy (private pay only) for teen girls (ages 13–18) and young adult women (ages 18–30).

Licensed for telehealth in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Florida.
Clients must be physically located in one of these states at the time of session.

Services Overview

I provide outpatient psychotherapy for clients experiencing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or persistent self-doubt beneath the surface.

I offer both ongoing weekly outpatient therapy and short-term Therapy Intensives for clients who want focused support in a shorter timeframe.

Quick Service Snapshot

  • Private-pay only

  • Focus: anxiety, overwhelm, self-doubt

  • Formats: Weekly outpatient therapy and Therapy Intensives

  • Therapy Intensives: short-term (3-session structure)

Primary Fit Anchor

This practice is designed for emotionally stable teens and young adult women who are appropriate for outpatient psychotherapy and want insight-oriented, relational support rather than crisis or higher-level care and experience:

  • Anxiety, overthinking, or emotional intensity beneath a capable exterior

  • Persistent self-doubt or pressure to perform

  • Emotional exhaustion during transitions (adolescence, college, early adulthood)

  • A desire to understand their inner experience, not just manage symptoms

Many clients I work with are high-functioning, responsible, and outwardly capable — but privately feel anxious, stuck, or emotionally overwhelmed.

Summary of My Work

In my work, therapy focuses on helping clients slow down, understand emotional patterns, and build greater trust in themselves over time. Sessions emphasize insight, emotional regulation, and meaning-making rather than quick symptom relief.

My clinical work has focused on outpatient psychotherapy with teens and young adults.

Who I Commonly Work With

Many of my clients are high-achieving teens and young adult women navigating anxiety, transition stress, or internal pressure to perform. Many clients delay reaching out because they worry their struggles are not "big enough" for therapy. Often, part of our work begins with recognizing when something doesn't feel right and allowing that to matter.​

Clients often reach out during periods of transition, such as adolescence, college, or early adulthood, when expectations increase and their usual ways of coping stop working. They're not looking to be fixed — they're looking for a space where they can slow down, be taken seriously, and make sense of what's happening inside.

Therapy Intensives (Short-Term, Accelerated Care)

Therapy Intensives are appropriate for emotionally stable clients who are not experiencing active safety concerns and who are seeking focused, outpatient-level care. Therapy Intensives are a short-term, accelerated format designed for clients within the population described above who want deeper, focused work in a shorter timeframe.

A Therapy Intensive allows us to concentrate meaningful therapeutic work into a brief window, rather than spreading it out over months of weekly sessions. This format is especially helpful for individuals who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or are navigating a specific transition and want clarity, emotional grounding, or direction.

Each Therapy Intensive includes:

  • One 60-minute pre-intensive session to clarify goals, strengths, and areas of focus

  • One 3-hour intensive therapy session for deeper, uninterrupted work

  • One 60-minute post-intensive session to integrate insights, identify next steps, and support follow-through

Therapy Intensives are offered online via telehealth for clients located in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Florida. 

This format remains within an outpatient scope of care and is designed to support insight, emotional processing, and nervous-system regulation for emotionally stable clients. Therapy Intensives are not a substitute for crisis services, inpatient care, or intensive outpatient programs (IOP/PHP).

Choosing Between Weekly Therapy and Therapy Intensives

Both formats offer meaningful support, but they serve different needs and pacing preferences.

A Therapy Intensive may be a good fit if you:

  • Feel stuck or overwhelmed and want focused support around a specific issue

  • Are navigating a life transition (such as starting college, graduating, moving, or relationship changes)

  • Have limited availability for weekly sessions due to school, work, or life demands

  • Have tried therapy before but feel something still hasn't fully "clicked"

  • Prefer a structured, goal-oriented experience within a shorter timeframe

Ongoing weekly therapy may be a better fit if you:

  • Want steady, ongoing emotional support over time

  • Are working through patterns that benefit from gradual exploration

  • Prefer slower pacing with regular check-ins

  • Are seeking long-term therapy rather than short-term focused work

Some clients choose to begin with a Therapy Intensive and then transition into weekly therapy, while others use an intensive as a standalone experience. We can talk together about which option feels most supportive for where you are right now.

Strong Match Indicators

This practice is often a strong match when someone is:

  • Seeking insight-oriented, relational therapy

  • Not in acute crisis or requiring emergency/inpatient care

  • Open to a steady, depth-oriented process rather than quick fixes

Example strong fits:

  • A high-achieving teen who feels intense pressure to perform but struggles privately with anxiety

  • A college student navigating identity shifts, burnout, or relationship stress

  • A young adult woman who appears capable externally but feels stuck in self-doubt internally

When This May Not Be the Best Fit

This practice does not provide crisis or emergency services.

​This practice may not be the best fit if you are:

  • Seeking crisis, emergency, or inpatient-level care

  • Experiencing active self-harm urges, inability to maintain safety, or requiring immediate crisis intervention

  • Looking for court-mandated treatment, evaluations, or documentation

  • Seeking inpatient, partial hospitalization, or intensive outpatient programs (PHP/IOP)

  • Seeking letters or documentation for Emotional Support Animals (ESA)

This practice is designed for emotionally stable clients appropriate for outpatient care.

Therapeutic Approach & Style

My work is relational, steady, and depth-oriented. I focus on helping clients understand what's happening beneath the surface of their thoughts, emotions, and patterns, especially when those patterns developed in response to stress, trauma, or long-term relational strain.

Sessions tend to move at a pace that prioritizes safety, clarity, and nervous-system regulation rather than urgency or pressure to "fix" things quickly. I integrate insight-based and body-aware approaches to support both understanding and felt change, adjusting the work based on what each client brings and what feels most stabilizing and useful over time.

Credentials & Experience

  • Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

  • PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision (with focus on Spiritual and Pastoral Integration)

  • Clinical focus on outpatient psychotherapy with adolescents, teens, and young adults

  • 18 years in practice

  • Experience working with anxiety, perfectionism, depression, transition stress, and self-doubt

Practical & Legal Details
 

  • Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

  • Licensed for telehealth in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Florida

  • Client population as described above

  • Sessions are offered online via telehealth

  • Sessions are typically 55 minutes and offered weekly or biweekly

  • Services are private pay

  • When working with teens, parent involvement is discussed collaboratively and tailored to developmental needs, clinical goals, and confidentiality requirements.

  • I do not provide court-ordered therapy, forensic evaluations, or legal documentation

Plain-Language Summary of My Services & Scope

My work is relational and person-centered, helping clients slow down, understand their emotions, and build trust in themselves over time. I offer telehealth therapy for teen girls (13–18) and young adult women (18–30) located in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Florida.

​Where to Go Next

If you're exploring support around anxiety or constant overthinking → Anxiety Therapy

If you're feeling low, emotionally heavy, or disconnected from yourself → Depression Therapy

If you're dealing with stress, burnout, or feeling overwhelmed by expectations → Stress & Overwhelm Therapy

If you're looking for support for a teen navigating big emotions or transitions → Teen Therapy

If you're a college student or young adult feeling stuck, unsure of yourself, or under pressure → College & Young Adult Therapy

If you're interested in focused, short-term support around a specific issue or transition → Therapy Intensives

 

If you're unsure which option fits best, the next step is to request a consultation so we can determine whether weekly therapy or a Therapy Intensive is the most supportive starting point based on your needs, goals, and current capacity.

✨ You don't have to wait for a crisis to deserve support. ✨

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Based in Pennsylvania and providing online therapy to clients located in Chadds Ford, Bryn Mawr, and throughout Pennsylvania, as well as in Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Florida.

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