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Pick Your Adventure.

Every service I offer is grounded in evidence and designed around one question: what does this person actually need to move forward? Sometimes that’s a couch. Usually it’s something better.


Animal-Assisted Therapy | In person

Benji and Clover are credentialed, trained, and present in sessions as full therapeutic partners. The research on animal-assisted therapy is compelling and still growing. Lower cortisol. Reduced defensiveness. A quality of safety that makes the hard conversations possible. In practice what that looks like is this. People say things in a room with Benji and Clover that they have never said out loud before. Then we do something about it.


Who this is for: Adults navigating anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, or life transitions who want something more than a traditional office setting.


Walk & Talk Therapy | In person 

Side-by-side conversation is neurologically different from sitting face-to-face. Something about moving your body and breathing outdoor air opens things up that sitting still sometimes can’t. We walk. We talk. Your nervous system participates in your own healing. Wear comfortable shoes. That is genuinely the only homework.


Who this is for: People who feel stuck or closed down in traditional office settings. People who think better when they move. People who have been inside too long.


Virtual Therapy | Telehealth 

CBT-based individual therapy via a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform. Available to any adult located in Pennsylvania. Same rigor. Same directness. Same commitment to actually getting somewhere. Benji and Clover make occasional appearances. Pennsylvania residents only. 


Who this is for: Busy schedules, rural locations, anyone for whom leaving the house on a given day is its own obstacle.


Path & Paws™

Outdoor group program | 8 weeks | 3 cohorts per year

This is not therapy. It is something almost as powerful. Path & Paws™ is an 8-week outdoor stress management program for adults and their own dogs. You bring your dog. We bring a structured, evidence-informed program built around the bond you already have with your animal, and a group of humans who also love their dogs more than most people. We meet outside. We build real stress resilience and nervous system regulation. Three cohorts per year. Spots go quickly. Path & Paws™ is not a substitute for therapy.


Who this is for: Stressed out people who love dogs.

Take the First Step

We know that taking the first step towards therapy can be hard. That's why we offer a free phone consultation to help you determine if our practice is the right fit for you. Contact us today to schedule your consultation.

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