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Having witnessed the realities of trauma, burnout, and resilience firsthand, I strive to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where ...
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Having witnessed the realities of trauma, burnout, and resilience firsthand, I strive to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their experiences and build confidence in their healing journey.
I am a licensed associate professional counselor (LAPC) with 6 years of experience supporting individuals navigating anxiety, trauma, crises, and life transitions. I specialize in helping clients explore how past experiences shape their thoughts, emotions, and relationships. My background includes crisis work, inpatient care, and trauma-informed support, and I am passionate about helping clients feel more grounded, confident, and in control of their lives.
I earned my master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania. My approach is integrative and client-centered, drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies to help clients challenge unhelpful patterns and build practical coping skills.
I believe everyone has the capacity to heal, even when life feels overwhelming. I strive to create a safe, empathetic space where you feel heard and supported. Together, we can develop tools that foster clarity, resilience, and emotional well-being. When you are ready, I am here to help you take the next step.
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As someone with significant trauma, I have worked hard to create peace within myself; now I strive to expand my knowledge, share i...
As someone with significant trauma, I have worked hard to create peace within myself; now I strive to expand my knowledge, share insights, and provide support to others in any way I can.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 1 year of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life’s challenges. My passion for helping others began in teaching and caregiving before I discovered my calling in counseling. I work with clients ages 12+ from diverse backgrounds to address trauma, anxiety, depression, family dynamics, relationship concerns, and self-esteem. I strive to create a space where healing, growth, and self-discovery can take root.
I earned a Master’s in Clinical Counseling from Moravian University. My approach integrates compassion, collaboration, and perspective-building to foster personal growth. I help clients reframe challenges, explore new insights, and strengthen their sense of security and resilience through open dialogue and mutual understanding.
You deserve a therapist who truly sees and accepts you without judgment. I will meet you with honesty, empathy, and respect, creating a safe space where you can do more than survive. My goal is to empower you to build the life you desire, one rooted in growth, peace, and authenticity.
Hi, I'm Alisha. I'm passionate about helping others advocate for themselves through mental health systems and navigate their life ...
Hi, I'm Alisha. I'm passionate about helping others advocate for themselves through mental health systems and navigate their life journeys.
Alisha Coffey is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 8 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults across diverse backgrounds. She specializes in helping clients explore self-concept, emotional regulation, and behavior through evidence-based practices. Alisha empowers individuals by encouraging insight, growth, and self-awareness, working collaboratively to uncover the root of their challenges. Her strength is building a safe, affirming space where clients feel heard, respected, and supported on their healing journey.
Alisha earned her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lock Haven University. She draws from cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-informed care, and behavior modification to meet each client’s needs. Her work is rooted in compassion, advocacy, and helping clients develop personalized treatment goals that promote real, lasting progress.
Alisha offers care for children, teens, and adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, suicidal thoughts, low self-esteem, and behavioral concerns. Alisha provides a space grounded in honesty, dignity, and real support, helping clients build confidence, restore hope, and reconnect with their strengths. Schedule your first appointment today!
Growing up in a family home shaped by trauma, I often felt broken or out of place. I now believe no one is broken, and in therapy,...
Growing up in a family home shaped by trauma, I often felt broken or out of place. I now believe no one is broken, and in therapy, we work together to rewrite your story and create a life you want.
I am a licensed associate professional counselor (LAPC) with 5 years of experience working with children, families, and adults. My work is trauma-focused and supports individuals navigating anxiety, depression, addiction, and the lasting impact of abuse or assault. I understand how overwhelming life can feel and approach therapy with care for both emotional experiences and how the body and nervous system hold stress and trauma.
I earned my master’s in clinical and counseling psychology from Chestnut Hill College. I do not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to therapy and view treatment as a collaborative process. My work draws from somatic therapy, psychodynamic therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
My presence in the therapy space is warm, calm, and open. Sessions with me are conversational, reflective, and gently challenging, while centered on creating a space where you do not have to filter yourself. I work alongside you to reconnect with your strengths, build insight, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Edward Hardy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with more than 15 years of experience working in the field of mental healt...
Edward Hardy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with more than 15 years of experience working in the field of mental health and addictions. Ed spent 7 years as a counselor at an Inpatient Christian treatment program in CA, another 6 years counseling at a medically assisted outpatient treatment program, and also counseled for two years at a Women’s inpatient treatment center. Ed is passionate about helping adults and couples address their unique challenges and live more fulfilled lives and specializes in relationship issues, anxiety, chronic stress, and low self-esteem
Ed completed his Master’s in Counseling Psychology at National University and his undergraduate degree at Rutgers University. Ed utilizes multiple treatment approaches including, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, and Christian counseling. He is married, has a blended family, a daughter, and two stepdaughters.
We all go through times that can make us feel like giving up. Ed is confident that he can help you gain new perspectives that will enable you to grow and adapt, allowing you to live your best life. Whatever you're struggling with, there is hope, if you're willing to take the next step. A better future awaits, schedule an appointment today and begin a new wonderful chapter in your life.
I create a safe, non-judgmental space for people to feel heard and understood....
I create a safe, non-judgmental space for people to feel heard and understood.
Briana Brogan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 6 years of experience in the counseling field. Briana has a passion for working with children, adolescents, young adults, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. She specializes in working with people who have a range of concerns, including trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and autism. She helps guide her clients through better coping skills to deal with life challenges and daily stressors.
Briana earned her Master’s in Counseling Psychology from Delaware State University. She is certified in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy. She also uses approaches such as motivational interviewing, solution-focused, mindfulness, and person-centered. Briana believes in tailoring her approach to meet the needs of others.
Briana believes in empowering clients to reach their goals and make positive change. She is here to listen to your challenges and help guide you through them, and ready to use her knowledge and experience to help you meet your goals. Reach out to Briana to begin your journey of self-discovery and improvement.
As a writer and counselor, and a person who has undergone a variety of struggles in multiple and diverse areas, helping others to ...
As a writer and counselor, and a person who has undergone a variety of struggles in multiple and diverse areas, helping others to find guidance, through their encounters and interactions, embracing the uniqueness of the narrative, and emphasizing the meanings that people construct through experience, I support insight and understanding through personal stories. Stories can often heal and replenish emotional and mental wellness, as well as being empowering, inspiring, and restorative. 'The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.' - Marcel Proust.
Within the last 12 years, Nicole Dunn, MA, LPC, NCC provided support in the field of counseling to nurture and empower the potential for beneficial progress, enriching life, both individually and within relationships. Nicole is motivated in her efforts towards using skill-building approaches, as well as passionate about using a systemic focus, providing understanding of people both individually, as well as within their relationships with others, and within other systems and communities, helping others towards positive growth and adjustment, mentally, emotionally, behaviorally, and physically. Nicole has worked with individuals, children and adults, and families, in Butler, Mercer, Venango, and Allegheny counties for many years, inspired by the concept that individuals relate to a context, one that is shaped and reshaped in social situations, influencing how people see themselves and their roles in relation to the larger world, as well as how they interpret and interact with that world. Nicole has focused on utilizing approaches that help with anxiety, mood disorders, depression, trauma, stress management, and relational conflict, among other areas, seeing individuals as capable of building change, empowered by collaboration within the therapeutic relationship, nurturing and unlocking the potential towards progress and success. Nicole is originally from New Orleans and has lived in Pennsylvania since 2000. Nicole is currently working on a Master of Writing degree at SUNH, and also seeks to bridge the understanding and processing of internal experience associated with movement through the outside world, whether related to stress, trauma, anger, or anxiety, through the power and release of writing.
Historically, Nicole has completed her service through Americorps, helping diverse populations in various settings, as well as working in behavioral health settings with children, adolescents, teenagers, and their families, focusing on the myriad of developmental stages of life. Nicole has also worked, through behavioral programs, with children diagnosed with autism and also through PARC, with individuals diagnosed with intellectual disabilities. Nicole has earned her Master of Counseling degree at SRU, through a CACREP-accredited program, proceeding to completion of the requirements for acquiring PA licensure in professional counseling, as well as earning certification in both multisystemic and family-based therapies. Nicole specializes in individual therapy, working with children, adolescents, teenagers, and adults, as well as providing family therapy. Her areas of expertise and eclectic foci include narrative and solution-focused therapies and postmodern social constructivist therapies, structural and strategic family therapies, as well as multisystemic therapy, REBT, behavioral therapy, cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, and dialectical behavioral therapy, among other approaches. Nicole collaborates with individuals, couples, parents, and families, encouraging viewpoints through wider, multiple lenses when considering issues, and nurturing others toward envisioning holistic healing and change.
Nicole is committed to empowering clients with the tools, training, and knowledge to foster optimal growth in the journey forward. Through the use of eclectic and evidence-based strategies, she is able to effectively help her clients with a variety of skills, facing and addressing struggles and challenges, towards developing and solidifying confidence and resilience.
Rasmill Espiritu is a bilingual (English and Spanish) Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who has over 9 years of professional e...
Rasmill Espiritu is a bilingual (English and Spanish) Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who has over 9 years of professional experience assisting a widely diverse community including individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and adjustment disorders. Moreover, Rasmill has great experience assisting couples and families in creating healthy boundaries, improving emotional intelligence, and encouraging emotional independence in adults and adolescents.
Rasmill graduated from Kutztown University with a Master's degree in Marriage, Couples, and Family therapy. In therapy, she utilizes a wide range of therapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT). However, most clients would say Rasmill’s smile, empathy and understanding are what make her unique and easy to connect with.
Rasmill is a firm believer that change comes from within, and knows that each person has the key to unleash their maximum potential; sometimes it is just a matter of stumbling onto the right person (or counselor) to help you find it.
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I use dialectical behavior therapy, behavior therapy techniques, cognitive behavior therapy techniques, and acceptance and commitment therapy techniques as they help clients learn skills to better navigate their lives. Depending on the age of the client, I like to include the parents in the process so they understand what was discussed during sessions as well as to understand how to best support their child. I also encourage clients and parents to consider medication management as part of treatment as medication can help the client with regulating themselves as well as helping them focus on tasks / situations. Depending on the client, it may also be appropriate for me to consult with the school in order to help the client out as the school might be struggling in how to meet the child's needs.
Tools that are taught during sessions include but are not limited to the following:
I know a client is making meaningful progress in therapy when they report positive things happening in their lives and they're starting to maintain the progress it took for them to get there. This could be as minor as completing tasks a little bit easier to having multiple opportunities to hang out with friends.
I highly recommend that clients use external tools to help them out. It can be as simple as a calendar to help them keep track of important events, a notebook (physical or digital) to help keep track of requests and important thoughts, as well as using timers. Websites like Goblin Tools can help break down tasks into manageable steps and can provide as little or as detailed help as desired. Parents can help their child by modeling skills outside of sessions and being open about how they manage tasks and focus. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for parents needing to support their child in using skills and they may need to assist them in using them.
To help prepare for their first session, an individual can generate a list of concerns and bring them to the session so they don't feel like they forget anything. Also, clients should also come with an open mind. Parents should also remind their child that they are not “bad” due to them discussing their challenges with others.
At Thriveworks, we offer ADHD therapy, which is an effective treatment for managing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms such as inattention, inability to sit still, and lack of self-control. It can be used as an alternative to ADHD medication or used in tandem.
ADHD therapy works by using behavioral interventions — focusing on helping the individual develop organization skills, improve time management, and work on adaptive behaviors. A range of therapies are effective in helping people manage their ADHD and, sometimes, both individual and family therapy are important, particularly when the individual with ADHD symptoms is a child.
Common symptoms of ADHD include:
ADHD is not a coping mechanism—but is instead affected by both genetics and environmental factors. The skilled therapists at Thriveworks in Allentown, PA know how to treat the unique triggers and stressors that may influence the severity of someone’s ADHD symptoms.
Yes—many individuals with ADHD live successful, ‘normal’ lives. Individuals with ADHD are not abnormal.
Common approaches to ADHD therapy include medication management, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), behavioral therapy, psychoeducation, and parent training.
ADHD counseling is conducted both in person and online, depending on the individual’s preferences and their therapist’s availability.
The length of ADHD therapy can differ based on individual requirements and treatment objectives, spanning from a few weeks to several months or extending further, contingent on progress and personal needs.
The school keeps calling because teachers are complaining. Your child fidgets constantly, cannot sit still, interrupts others, blurts things out, and interrupts class frequently. Your child is messy, forgetful, loses things all the time, and not matter what you do you are at your wits end. You are just not sure what to do or where to turn. No matter how many times you tell him to stop, it continues. What can you do?
It is possible that your child may have a common disorder call Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The hallmark symptoms of ADHD are inattention, impulsivity, hyperactivity, and more. There are primarily three types, primarily inattentive type, primarily hyperactive/impulsive type, or a combined type. This is treatable and research has shown that counseling can help. Call Thriveworks-Allentown for help.
Is my child is exhibiting normal childlike behaviors or if it is more than that? Is it truly a problem that needs to be addressed? Is the teacher is just overreacting? The truth is, it can be very confusing to differentiate between what is normal and what is not. However, if your child exhibits many of the following behaviors and it interferes with their daily functioning, especially at school, your child may benefit from an evaluation. Here are some of the common symptoms:
You can have ADHD as an adult. Many people have struggled throughout their lives with feeling stupid, lazy, and crazy. If you feel as though you have always had many of the same symptoms and it currently impacts your work and relationships, you may want to be evaluated, as well. It is not uncommon for people to get pretty far in life, most commonly suspecting that something was wrong, but not sure how to quite put your finger on it. Usually it’s the people with the predominantly inattentive type that do not find out what is happening until much later because it can be very subtle. If you have had difficulty with organizing your life, managing time, and holding down a job, counseling can help. Call a Thriveworks-Allentown counselor. Let us help you get and stay on track.
A proper and thorough diagnostic assessment is the most important part for proper treatment. If you do have ADHD it is helpful to know exactly which type of ADHD you may have because treatment will focus on teaching skills geared toward those deficits.
Counseling for ADHD may include education, parent training, behavior modification, and techniques and strategies to increase self-regulation, organization, or time-management skills. It may also include a referral for medication management. Research has shown that counseling can help by teaching skills to help you modify brain functions.
Our counselors at Thriveworks Allentown are trained in assessing and treating ADHD. We will meet with you or your child to conduct an ADHD screening and/or more comprehensive evaluation and assess whether you or your child truly has ADHD or determine if something else better explains the symptoms.
We will work hard to determine what is going on to give you the right course of treatment. Plus, we offer many convenient benefits including same-week appointments, evening and weekend session options, most major insurances accepted, and more. Call now. We can help. It doesn’t have to stay this way forever.
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