We offer a free initial telephone or face-to-face consultation. This gives you the opportunity to get to know your therapist and decide if you think we could work well together toward helping you reach your goals. The consultation includes discussing what you hope to get out of therapy and getting your questions about therapy, fees and office policies answered.

Telephone consultations usually last 15-30 minutes and face-to-face consultations are approximately 60 minutes. Contact Serenity Solutions at (215) 285-1084 to schedule your initial consultation.

After we have identified your goals, we will work together toward achieving them. We will explore and identify the causes of your stress and anxiety and work together to learn ways to let go of unhealthy thinking patterns and behaviors. We will work to strengthen your positive qualities to help you handle stress more effectively and enjoy life. You will learn and enhance helpful behaviors such as relaxation exercises and communication skills, and identifying ways to live without events from your past interfering with your present.

Individual therapy is a valuable solution if your anxiety and stress has significantly interfered with your life and caused:

        • Panic attacks
        • Generalized anxiety disorder
        • Obsessions and compulsions
        • Depression
        • Anger
        • Relationship problems
        • Drug and alcohol problems

Individual therapy sessions last 45-50 minutes. Contact Serenity Solutions at (215) 285-1084 to start on your path to serenity.

If the stress and anxiety in your life is negatively affecting your relationships with the people you love, Couples Therapy can help. It offers you an opportunity to work together with your loved ones to resolve problems that are interfering with you enjoying your time together. After discussing the problems that are occurring in the relationship, we will work together to explore ways to decrease these problems. This may include looking at how you communicate with one another, learning healthier ways to communicate, including learning how to talk assertively and listen respectfully, and learning how to solve problems together.

Couples sessions last 45-50 minutes. Contact Serenity Solutions at (215) 285-1084 to start on your path to peaceful and balanced relationships.

If you are worried about your loved one’s alcohol and other drug use and feel like your life has been negatively affected by your loved one’s alcohol or other drug use, Intervention can help.

Intervention is a process in which change happens. Intervention includes many components including:

        • Learning about addiction
        • Identifying the negative consequences of addiction
        • Identifying ways in which your actions interfere with recovery
        • The Invention
        • Helping your loved one get into treatment
        • Getting your life back

Prior to the Intervention event, you will learn how to use Care-frontation to let your loved one know of your concerns for him/her. Care-frontation is honestly communicating facts and feelings in a loving, respectful way. It provides the opportunity for your loved one to hear about how he/she has changed and how his/her behaviors have affected you. It also allows your loved one to know that you care and that you what him/her to get help.

Call Serenity Solutions at (215) 285-1084 to learn more and to schedule a consultation.

Group therapy is an experience in which you meet with people similar to yourself who are working to make improvements in their lives. In addition to group members supporting each other, you will learn how to manage your current problem, including learning new behaviors, new ways of thinking and problem-solving skills. Serenity Solutions offers the following groups:

        • Anger Management
        • Stress Management
        • Women’s Recovery

Group sessions last 90 minutes and the groups run for 6-8 weeks. Groups occur periodically throughout the year. Contact Serenity Solutions at (215) 285-1084 to find out when the next group starts.

Do you lose your temper in an instant? Do you find it hard to stay calm when people don’t do what you want them to do? Is your anger putting your job or relationships at risk? Would you like to have control over your emotions?

The anger management group is a time for you to learn how to express your anger and ask for what you want without the negative consequences often associated with anger. You will learn:

        • What makes you angry
        • How your body reacts to anger
        • The four most common ways that people communicate
        • Healthy communication skills
        • How to relax
        • How to solve problems
        • How to express anger without negative consequences

The anger management group runs for 90 minutes for 8 weeks. Contact Serenity Solutions at (215) 285-1084 to find out when the next group starts and to register.

Is your life so hectic that you find it hard to relax? Do you have trouble finding time to take care of yourself because you are so busy taking care of others? If you think that you don’t have enough time to dedicate to this group, then this is the group for you.

During this group, you will learn:

        • What stresses you out
        • How to manage your time
        • How to make time for yourself
        • How to delegate
        • How to say “No”
        • How to relax

The stress management group runs for 90 minutes for 6 weeks. Contact Serenity Solutions at (215) 285-1084 to find out when the next group starts and to register.

Are you a woman in recovery from addictions? Do you fear that your strong emotions will put your recovery at risk?

The Women’s Recovery Group is a supportive environment in which you will work with other women to excel in your recovery. You will learn:

        • What feelings are triggers for you
        • How to manage strong emotions
        • How to relax
        • How to have fun in your recovery
        • How to improve your safe, sober support network

The Women's Recovery group runs for 90 minutes for 6 weeks. Contact Serenity Solutions at (215) 285-1084 to find out when the next group starts and to register.

For professionals working toward their independent licenses (LCSW, LPC) and for those seeking additional clinical support, I offer individual and group supervision. During this time, you will have the opportunity to discuss you successes and the clinical issues that you are struggling with. I offer support and education and help you to identify what will work best for you and your client.

Individual supervision lasts 45-60 minutes and group supervision lasts for 90 minutes. Contact Serenity Solutions at (215) 285-1084 to get the support you need to work peacefully with your clients.