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Barbara Barry, MEd, LMFT

Barbara Barry, MEd, LMFT

Barbara Barry is a sensitive, and caring therapist, affirming each person’s capacity for change and growth. Her approach is grounded in compassion, non-judgmental presence and collaboration. She supports clients as they gain insight, identify new ways to move forward and transform their relationship with self and others. Ms. Barry received her Master’s degree in Counseling…

Specialty Areas: Addiction and Substance Abuse, Communication, Relationship Issues, Remarried/Blended Issues, Self-Discovery/Self-Analysis, Trauma, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families, Women's Issues

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Alexis W. V. Bové, MS, JD, ...

Alexis W. V. Bové, MS, JD, LMFT

Alexis Bové is a compassionate, empathic, and engaging therapist whose approach is collaborative and supportive while challenging clients to meet their therapeutic goals. She believes in the importance of fostering a safe, secure environment where clients feel comfortable sharing their vulnerabilities. Alexis takes a systemic approach to her work with individuals, couples, and families, addressing…

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Divorce, Life Transitions, Parenting, Relationship Issues, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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Florda Priftanji, LMFT

Florda Priftanji, LMFT

Whether you are working to smooth life transitions or build emotional stability, therapy is a resource that can offer guidance. Florda is an integrative therapist that empowers individuals to gain self-acceptance, independence, and courage to overcome challenges. Florda emphasizes the importance of learning effective communication skills to create and maintain healthy relationships. She aims to…

Specialty Areas: Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Life Transitions, Relationship Issues, Self-Discovery/Self-Analysis, Stress, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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Alexander Coleman, MFT

Alexander Coleman, MFT

If you’re seeking insight, practical tools, and the genuine feeling of being heard and understood by a therapist, you’ve landed in the right place. I take pride in embodying all three of these characteristics and strive to incorporate them into my therapy work. Whether you’re grappling with relationship challenges or facing personal struggles, I aim…

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Anger Management, Career Counseling, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, Life Transitions, Men's Issues, Parenting, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Relationship Issues, Self-Discovery/Self-Analysis, Sex and Love Addiction, Stress, Work/Life Balance

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Darrell J. Carson, LMFT

Darrell J. Carson, LMFT

Darrell Carson is a couple and family therapist who works with individuals, couples, and families to untangle an array of challenges. He works collaboratively with clients, meeting them where they are, while creating a warm, calm, and welcoming space to help facilitate positive change. He is deeply committed and intentional in helping clients towards accomplishing…

Specialty Areas: Anger Management, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Interpersonal Violence/Abuse, Life Transitions, Relationship Issues, Work/Life Balance

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Caitlin Rice, MSS, LCSW

Caitlin Rice, MSS, LCSW

Caitlin believes it is an honor and a privilege to be a therapist and create a safe space for people to get to know themselves and work to enrich their relationships with others. Caitlin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and graduate of the Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work and Social Research. She…

Specialty Areas: Children with Special Needs, Chronic Illness, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Life Transitions, Relationship Issues, Stress

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Veronica Haggerty, MA, RN, MFT

Veronica Haggerty, MA, RN, MFT

Veronica Haggerty is a Professional Counselor, Registered Nurse and Marriage and Family Therapist trained in many of the ‘best practice’ marriage and relationship education programs in the country. She knows the stages and pitfalls of marital intimacy in relationships and how, sometimes, this culminates into being stuck in doing the same things over and over…

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Anger Management, Chronic Illness, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Divorce, Interpersonal Violence/Abuse, Parenting, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Relationship Issues, Remarried/Blended Issues, Stress, Trauma, Work/Life Balance

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Jane (Jen) Fox, MDiv, LMFT

Jane (Jen) Fox, MDiv, LMFT

Jane Fox earned her post-graduate certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy at Council for Relationships and is an ordained pastor through the Presbyterian Church (USA). In the therapeutic setting, whether seeing an individual, couple or family, she focuses on helping her clients understand their role in their family and work systems. Through narrative, emotional focus…

Specialty Areas: Anger Management, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Diversity Issues and Intermarriage, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Premarital Issues, Relationship Issues, Stress, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families, Women's Issues

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Alexandra S. Macy, MD, MA

Alexandra S. Macy, MD, MA

Dr. Alexandra Sarah Macy is a licensed board-certified psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, reproductive psychiatry, intensive short-term psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology. She is also skilled in treatment for couples, sex therapy, students, women’s mental health, and pregnancy and postpartum issues, as well as…

Specialty Areas: ADD and ADHD, Anger Management, Chronic Illness, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, Infertility, Life Transitions, Mood Disorders, OCD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Relationship Issues, Stress, Trauma, Women's Issues

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Susan Neumann Gordon, LSW, ...

Susan Neumann Gordon, LSW, MBA, LMFT

The therapist’s role is to create a safe and supportive environment in which clients can face and work on life’s challenges, which often occur at times of transition. Ms. Neumann Gordon integrates various therapeutic modalities to help clients more openly and creatively explore self-esteem issues, communication, conflict resolution, relationship building, and couple and family dynamics….

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Communication, Diversity Issues and Intermarriage, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, Life Transitions, Parenting, Relationship Issues, Remarried/Blended Issues, Trauma, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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April Westfall, PhD

April Westfall, PhD

April Westfall, PhD, (she/her/hers) is a licensed psychologist in PA and maintains and active and full clinical practice of adult individuals and couples at both our University City and Wynnewood Offices. Clinical specialty areas include: anxiety and depression, including bi-polar disorder; trauma, including its resolution through the use of EMDR; chronic illness; grief/loss; gay/lesbian and…

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Chronic Illness, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Diversity Issues and Intermarriage, Divorce, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Life Transitions, Mood Disorders, Relationship Issues, Trauma, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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Emma Steiner, MSW, MFT, LCSW

Emma Steiner, MSW, MFT, LCSW

Ms. Steiner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over ten years of experience working as a psychotherapist in Philadelphia. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences as well as the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice, she returned to train at Council for Relationships in order to gain a…

Specialty Areas: Addiction and Substance Abuse, Communication, Community Partnerships Initiative, Community Trauma Response, Depression and Anxiety, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Life Transitions, Mood Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Premarital Issues, Relationship Issues, Self-Discovery/Self-Analysis, Stress, Trauma, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families, Women's Issues

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Wanda Sevey, MDiv, LMFT

Wanda Sevey, MDiv, LMFT

Wanda (she/her/hers) affirms that counseling is most effective when you ‘come as you are’ with all your strengths, challenges, life stories, and personality parts to explore, discover and heal. She collaborates with you to identify the approaches to counseling that will feel most helpful and comfortable for you. Her training in several trauma-focused approaches (EMDR,…

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Anger Management, Chronic Pain, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Diversity Issues and Intermarriage, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Life Transitions, Relationship Issues, Sexual Difficulties, Stress, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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Dr. Martha S. Rinehart, MA,...

Dr. Martha S. Rinehart, MA, LMFT

Dr. Rinehart strives to help individuals, couples and families undergoing life transitions: those struggling with issues of identity, marriage, parenting, promotion, aging, retirement, and loss. Her goal is to empower clients to find increased meaning and purpose in their lives by helping them make sense of their past, strengthen their meaningful relationships, and improve their ability…

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Divorce, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, Infertility, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Life Transitions, Parenting, Relationship Issues, Remarried/Blended Issues, Self-Discovery/Self-Analysis, Stress, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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Robert Murray, PhD

Robert Murray, PhD

Dr. Murray is a clinical psychologist who believes in the therapeutic use of forgiveness in addressing life’s hurts. Dr. Murray’s clinical focus includes anxiety, mood disorders, forgiveness, loss and grief, as well as spirituality and pre-marital preparation. Dr. Murray is also trained in EMDR, PREP Couples Communication, and grief recovery. Dr. Murray has over 25 years of experience as…

Specialty Areas: Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, Mood Disorders

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Charles C. Muorah, PhD, STL...

Charles C. Muorah, PhD, STL, LMFT

Therapy is where healing begins and caring never stops. If you’re willing to share, I’ve got a compassionate heart and emotional ears to listen to. My therapy goal is to walk the walk with you and empower you to be a leader in your life story, revealing a new meaning and context out of your…

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Anger Management, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Diversity Issues and Intermarriage, Divorce, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, Life Transitions, Parenting, Relationship Issues, Remarried/Blended Issues, Sexual Abuse, Stress, Trauma, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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Kerstin Miller, MDiv, LMFT

Kerstin Miller, MDiv, LMFT

Ms. Miller is a licensed marriage and family therapist and AASECT-certified sex therapist with a Master’s Degree in Theology/Pastoral Counseling. Ms. Miller is a certified EMDR therapist. EMDR is a trauma treatment method that Ms. Miller uses to explore the connection of mind and body with clients and to assist clients in managing stress and…

Specialty Areas: Chronic Pain, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Relationship Issues, Sexual Difficulties, Stress, Trauma, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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Michele M. Marsh, PhD

Michele M. Marsh, PhD

Dr. Marsh is a licensed psychologist and an AASECT-Certified sex therapist and sex therapy supervisor. Dr. Marsh focuses treatment on the specific needs of each individual, giving special attention to balancing the needs of each member of a couple. She encourages her clients to be open and direct about what they want from their significant others and…

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Communication, Depression and Anxiety, Diversity Issues and Intermarriage, Divorce, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, LGBTQ+ Affirming, Life Transitions, Parenting, Relationship Issues, Remarried/Blended Issues, Sex and Love Addiction, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Difficulties, Trauma, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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Stephanie Jacobs, EdS, PhD,...

Stephanie Jacobs, EdS, PhD, LMFT

Dr. Stephanie Jacobs is a licensed marriage and family therapist (NJ/PA) and encourages healthy relationships with God, self, and others. Assuming that people and relationships have the capacity to cope, grow, and change, Dr. Jacobs works with adult clients to elicit strength-based responses to life challenges, to make meaningful conclusions of life experiences, and to…

Specialty Areas: Communication, Diversity Issues and Intermarriage, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, Life Transitions, Premarital Issues, Relationship Issues, Stress, Trauma, Women's Issues, Work/Life Balance

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Bea Hollander-Goldfein, PhD...

Bea Hollander-Goldfein, PhD, LMFT, CCTP, APIT

Dr. Hollander-Goldfein is a licensed clinical psychologist and a licensed marriage and family therapist. Dr. Hollander-Goldfein has provided individual and relationship therapy for more than 30 years and specializes in trauma, marital/relationship conflict, sexual dysfunction, and infertility/adoption. Dr. Hollander-Goldfein’s integrative therapy style incorporates affective, cognitive, and behavioral approaches. Dr. Hollander-Goldfein is also the Director of…

Specialty Areas: Adoption, Affairs and Infidelity, Communication, Infertility, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Relationship Issues, Sexual Difficulties, Trauma, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families

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Sara J. Corse, PhD

Sara J. Corse, PhD

Dr. Corse is a dynamic clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families. Clients are drawn to Dr. Corse for her engaging style, her deep caring and her effectiveness in helping clients resolve and heal troubling emotions and relationships. Her approach is integrative and includes the use of EMDR…

Specialty Areas: Affairs and Infidelity, Chronic Illness, Communication, Community Partnerships Initiative, Community Trauma Response, Depression and Anxiety, Diversity Issues and Intermarriage, Grief, Loss, and Bereavement, Life Transitions, Mood Disorders, Parenting, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Relationship Issues, Remarried/Blended Issues, Stress, Trauma, Veterans, Active Military, and Their Families, Women's Issues

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