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My approach is holistic, integrating mind, body, and social environment....
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My approach is holistic, integrating mind, body, and social environment.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience supporting individuals facing mental health challenges and everyday stressors. I bring a compassionate, strategic approach that helps clients navigate change, reduce stress, and build emotional resilience. My focus is on helping people stabilize their mental health, strengthen coping skills, and achieve lasting growth. My therapeutic style blends evidence-based care with empathy and insight to create progress that’s both measurable and meaningful. I specialize in supporting anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
I earned a Master’s in Social Work from Hunter College. My approach integrates cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based methods, and trauma-informed care to help clients gain insight, develop healthier coping strategies, and move toward meaningful change.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or simply need space to be heard and supported, you don’t have to face it alone. Reaching out is a powerful first step, and I’m here to walk beside you with care and understanding. When you’re ready, I invite you to begin your journey toward healing and growth in a safe, supportive space.
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As a mother of 4 children, the youngest of which has Autism, I have personal experience to share and to learn with other parents....
As a mother of 4 children, the youngest of which has Autism, I have personal experience to share and to learn with other parents.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 11 years of experience helping individuals and couples navigate life’s challenges. I specialize in OCD, trauma, anxiety, depression, and related concerns, offering a supportive space to find relief and connection. My approach is rooted in evidence-based practices such as cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt), acceptance and commitment therapy (act), and mindfulness-based strategies. I focus on creating a compassionate, person-centered environment where you feel empowered, supported, and truly seen.
I have my Master’s in Clinical Counseling from Bellevue University. I use approaches like exposure and response prevention, acceptance committment therapy, and mindfulness-based tools to support clients in finding strategies that fit their unique needs. My goal is to make therapy feel relatable and encouraging while promoting growth, balance, and well-being.
I’m passionate about guiding clients toward resilience, self-compassion, and confidence. I enjoy helping couples build stronger communication and intimacy while supporting individuals through personal challenges. Together, we’ll focus on creating a lighter, freer, and more authentic life—one that feels aligned with who you truly are.
I love working with clients who are motivated to change and willing to improve or work on some aspect within themselves....
I love working with clients who are motivated to change and willing to improve or work on some aspect within themselves.
Rachel Phelps is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio with 8 years of professional work experience. She has experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, & trauma and abuse. Rachel works with clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. Rachel is here to support you in that process.
Rachel earned a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Immaculata University. She focuses heavily on cognitive behavioral therapy to look at negative thinking patterns and how they influence emotions and actions. She also focuses on solution-focused therapy to work on creating goals to help address some of the client's overall concerns.
In the first session together, Rachel heavily focuses on relationship and rapport building, creating a warm and safe place to open up and develop trust within the therapeutic relationship. If you are ready to begin your journey, Rachel encourages you to reach out today!
As a female and a mother, I understand the difficulty of trying to balance work, being a parent, and life in general....
As a female and a mother, I understand the difficulty of trying to balance work, being a parent, and life in general.
Samantha DeFelice is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over 10 years of experience. She is focused on helping adolescents and adults to achieve their goals. Samantha previously worked in community mental health and saw a variety of mental health issues and other life challenges while in that field. Samantha specializes in anxiety, depression, self-esteem, understanding core beliefs and how that impacts the choices we make in life and is open to working with people with all types of life challenges.
Samantha completed her Master's degree in Counseling at Missio Seminary (Previously Biblical Theological Seminary). She does not feel this limits her to just a faith-based setting though and after working in community mental health for 8 years has had a lot of experiences to grow in that area. Samantha utilizes client centered and goal centered approaches initially with clients to determine the best way to work with client on what they want to focus on. Once goals are established client centered care is utilized to continue the focus on what is best for the client in any given session.
Life comes at you fast and is constantly changing. Sometimes we are prepared for the challenges and sometimes we are not. Samantha is prepared to support you in navigating those challenges and finding what steps to take to feel confident to do so. Schedule an appointment with her today.
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Family therapy helps families resolve conflicts and strengthen their relationships. It is led by qualified mental health professionals like psychologists, licensed professional counselors (LPCs), and licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs) who have extensive training in family dynamics and group communication.
Thriveworks family therapists in Philadelphia, PA usually begin by asking what everyone’s goals are for family counseling. Family members may need help with very specific issues or with general relationship functioning. But there are three main purposes in family counseling: to educate, to counsel, and to strengthen. Thriveworks also offers online family therapy and in-person services, so you may all meet in an office together or join a video call from your home depending on everyone’s location and availability.
The most effective form of Family therapy will often depend on the family itself, as there are many types of family therapy for therapists to use as they see fit in order to best meet the needs of their clients. However, one of the most commonly used types of family therapy is structural family therapy (SFT). SFT focuses specifically on family dynamics and interactions, looking at how they shape the relationships and structure present in the family. It can be effectively used to treat a variety of concerns.
This answer often looks different to each family that starts family therapy. However, some signs that your family might need to consider family counseling include frequent fights or misunderstandings, constant tension, experiencing loss, behavioral issues, marital issues, divorce, and blended family issues, among others.
In family therapy, therapists will often start by asking questions and assessing individual and family dynamics. From there, they may employ therapeutic techniques such as structured family therapy, CBT, strategic family therapy, and more depending on the present concerns and conflicts. From there, a therapist will work to open lines of communication between family members and facilitate emotional healing and growth.
Family therapy can be incredibly successful, with some studies reporting a success rate of almost 90% for improving participants’ emotional and mental health, and around 66% for improving their physical health.
Thriveworks therapists in Philadelphia, PA offer both online family therapy and in-person family therapy. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
Family therapy is usually short term and solution-focused, with most families accomplishing their goals in 12 sessions or fewer. However, it can also last for longer if the probles at hand are more complex — and that’s okay, too.
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