Licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and accepts 55 insurances. Specializes in Coping Skills, Family Conflict, Women's Issues and 1 more.
(she/her)
Clients say this provider is
I enjoy shepherding clients through healing and growth, developing self-awareness, cultivating personal power, and understanding thoughts and behaviors. I help relationships thrive -- with yourself, with your higher power, and with others. I provide helpful insights and motivate and empower people to grow, change, adapt, and embrace life - and its messiness. My counseling career was a midlife career change - my first career was engineering. I've loved both but never looked back.
The first session is a non-structured intake interview. I will ask about basic personal history - who are you, what is your living environment, and what is it like to walk in your shoes? I proceed right into the presenting issue - why you have decided to get counseling (or therapy) and why now.
My greatest strength as a provider is the therapeutic relationship. I am intentional about cultivating a trusting relationship where my client feels safe and comfortable with me. To be heard and understood is a gift worth giving and receiving. Time after time, people highlight my calming effect on them.
My clients are typically, though not exclusively, women. I do have specialized experience with older adults and with teenagers, as well. The clients who typically benefit the most from counseling are those who have some level of self-awareness, who are willing to do the work outside our sessions, and who want a shorter-term therapeutic relationship.
Cash - $85 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Lucent Health
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
Capital Blue Cross
Capital Blue Cross - Medicare
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Geisinger - Commercial
Geisinger - Medicare
Geisinger – Dual (Geisinger Gold HMO D-SNP)
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Highmark
Highmark - Medicare
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Independence Keystone 65 HMO
Independence Personal Choice 65 PPO
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
UPMC Health Plan
I use a variety of methods and modalities considering the client, their needs, and how they are responding to treatment. I am willing to change modalities if one is not working effectively.
My formal training (i.e. Masters Degree) was in a Biblically based counseling program.
I often use CBT for its wide application and evidence-based effectiveness across a variety of disorders. Most clients find it easy to use as well.
I often use DBT because it's fairly simple to use and often dovetails well with CBT and other modalities.
I have specialized training and experience in grief counseling and will use it with bereaved clients.
2 ratings with written reviews
April 4, 2025
First session was great I can’t wait for my next one
March 21, 2025
I was heard, she showed understanding and compassion.