Description I am a psychologist with 28 years experience. I believe that therapy is an ongoing process that helps one develop into the person that they want to be. Anxiety does not have to control your life....you can develop new coping skills as well as enhance the ones that you already have. While I honor past experiences, it is often best that they be looked at in their relationship to the present. I am very comfortable incorporating a person's faith and spirituality into treatment. I feel that it is important for people to pay attention to the intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual aspects of their life. In my own personal life, I strive to continue to grow and maintain a balance in all 4 areas.
My office is conviently located in the Renaissance Centre. Since I am in a solo priactice, my waiting room offers privacy that may not be available in group settings. My office decor is casual as I want people to feel comfortable as they discuss their lives with me.
Treatment Modalities:
Cognitive therapy - learning to change negative thinking patterns. Often it is not the event but the belief about the event that causes anxiety.
Behavioral Therapy - learning new ways of behaving and responding to situtaions as well as learning various relaxation techniques
Insight oriented therapy - gaining insight inot patterns of relating to themselves and others
Gestalt Therapy - Looking at the person as a whole and experimenting with new ways of responding.
Insurance Accepted:
Highmark and all Blue Cross/Blue Shield products.
UPMC
United Health care/United Behvaioral Health (manange MH benefits for GE)
Aetna
Fee Schedule::
You pay only your copays and deductubles.
Sessions $110