Intro to Counseling
Trauma Healing Through EMDR and IFS Therapy
A view of my office in Clarion.
Counseling
Counseling services focus on helping individuals and families heal, grow, and move forward. Using approaches like Internal Family Systems, EMDR, cognitive behavioral, and mindfulness strategies, counseling addresses trauma, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and more. Support is available in person or through secure online sessions for Pennsylvania residents.
Physical location of office
Counseling Approach
Utilizing an interpersonal and internal family systems approach that believes relationships are restorative in and of themselves, often the root of the problem is in faulty relational experiences and / or our interpretation of them. Treatment will also utilize many Cognitive Behavioral and Mindfulness strategies in treatment, especially the tapping cure.
I am a trained EMDR treatment provider. EMDR helps people heal from trauma, not just cope with it. Trauma is not just for war veterans or fire fighters. You may get relief from past frustrations / irritations and or stumbling blocks that are holding you back in your life as well. One teenager called me a modern day dragon slayer for helping him overcome his personal demons. I have also helped people be able to drive again after car accidents and helped people be able to have the courage to face family members after being hurt physically or emotionally by them. What have you got to lose other than the pain you have been carrying? I have found that IFS works especially well with EMDR, but if a person does not want to use EMDR, IFS is another highly effective way to help people overcome pain, frustration, and hurt in their life in and of its own right.
Sam wants to help people grow, understanding that “the risk to remain tight in a bud [is] more painful than the risk it [takes] to blossom.” – Anias Nin
Accepting Most Major Insurances and many EAPs
● Spiritual Concerns
● Grief/Loss
● Family/ Adolescent/ Adoption and ● Attachment work
● Marital/Pre-Marital/ Relationship ● Concerns
● Trauma Concerns /Abuse
● Depression/Anxiety
● Addictions/Compulsions
● Eating Disorders
Ask about Web Based (HIPAA Compliant) Cyber Counseling for some insurances for those living in Pennsylvania. Self-pay Cyber Counseling is ALWAYS available for those living in Pennsylvania. E mail me at sam4cltd@hotmail.com for more information.
*Sam is a Nationally Certified Counselor adhering to the NBCC Code of Ethics and a Licensed Professional Counselor Trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).