We'll help you rediscover and cherish the beauty that the Allentown area has to offer.
We understand that Anxiety, Trauma, and PTSD can profoundly affect your life, relationships, and overall well-being. Our dedicated team of licensed professionals specializes in Anxiety, Trauma, and PTSD Counseling.
We're here to provide compassionate and effective therapy tailored to your unique needs. Our office is in Lancaster. However, we offer the highest quality Online Telehealth Trauma and PTSD Counseling available in Pennsylvania.
We'll provide the services you need to get better.
ACRS is dedicated to helping you reclaim your life after Anxiety, PTSD, and Trauma. You are not alone; healing is possible, and your healing starts here.
Personalized and often luxury approach to mental health care that typically offers you more service, privacy, and customization than traditional therapy settings.
We offer compassionate support and effective, tailored treatment for veterans facing the unique challenges of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Survivors of Domestic Violence
Individuals With Substance Use Disorders
Telehealth Is Much More Than the Name Implies
My name is Nolan. I'm the ACRS website developer. More importantly, I'm "one of you" because I was suffering from Trauma that resulted from losing my wife to cancer. I want to share a few thoughts about my Online Telehealth experience.
The term Telehealth doesn't do this mode or treatment justice because it implies "telephone". With today's incredible audio and visual multimedia capabilities and reliable high-speed Internet, you are essentially In-Person and face-to-face.
Here's why I recommend Telehealth Trauma-Informed Trauma Counseling if you're in Pittsburgh:
You don't need anxiety from being in traffic or public transportation to get to your appointment.
You spend less or no time preparing for your appointment.
There's no time wasted waiting at your therapist's office because you know you try to get there early so you don't miss it.
You're in the comfortable surroundings of your own home with a cup of coffee or hot cocoa while getting the help you need to feel better.
It was much easier for me to express my emotions from my home's comfort, familiarity, and privacy.
You get to choose from the best Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Pennsylvania.
Finally, and most crucially, my therapy helped me reach a point where I can constructively and happily move forward with my life.
You should try Online Telehealth because it's more convenient and time-saving, and it works.
ACRS Treatment Modalities for Anxiety, Trauma, and PTSD
Brainspotting operates on the principle that where you look affects how you feel. A therapist helps you identify "brainspots," which are eye positions linked to stored emotional experiences or trauma in the brain. By maintaining focus on the brainspot while fostering mindfulness and connection, the brain processes and releases unresolved emotions at a profound neurobiological level.
Brainspotting leverages the brain's natural ability to heal, mainly targeting the subcortical regions responsible for emotional and sensory processing. It is effective for a variety of challenges, including PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, chronic pain, and performance issues.
Brainspotting is compassionate, client-centered, and adaptable, making it suitable for individuals of all ages. Brainspotting promotes long-lasting healing and personal growth by fostering self-awareness and emotional regulation.
CBT addresses fears, worries, or irrational thoughts fueling Anxiety, helping you develop coping strategies to manage symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder, and Social Anxiety.
CBT is a short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment that takes a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. Its core principle is that your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected, and negative thoughts and behaviors can trap you in cycles of distress. CBT helps you identify and challenge these unhelpful thought patterns and develop healthier coping mechanisms.
Through techniques like cognitive restructuring, behavioral experiments, and exposure therapy, CBT empowers you to change your thinking and behavior, leading to improved mood and reduced symptoms of various mental health conditions like Anxiety and Depression.
DBT is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy designed to help you manage intense emotions and improve relationships. It emphasizes the synthesis of acceptance and change, teaching you to accept their your emotional state while working towards positive change.
DBT focuses on developing four core skill sets: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. These skills help you navigate challenging situations, cope with overwhelming emotions, and build healthier relationships.
DBT is particularly effective if you're struggling with borderline personality disorder, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts.
EMDR is used to treat Trauma and other distressing life experiences. It involves recalling disturbing memories while focusing on bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, taps, or sounds. This process helps your brain reprocess the traumatic memories, reducing their emotional intensity and negative impact.
EMDR is effective for PTSD, Anxiety, Phobias, and other mental health conditions. It aims to desensitize you to traumatic memories and replace negative beliefs with positive ones, fostering healing and emotional regulation.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy
ERP is a highly effective, evidence-based treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related Anxiety Disorders.
ERP empowers you to tolerate uncertainty, manage intrusive thoughts, and develop healthier coping mechanisms, leading to long-lasting relief and emotional well-being.
ERP involves gradually exposing you to feared thoughts, situations, or sensations (exposures) while helping you resist the urge to engage in compulsive behaviors (response prevention). Over time, this process reduces the fear and distress related to triggers, enabling individuals to build resilience and regain control over their lives.
Unlike avoidance, which reinforces anxiety, ERP encourages you to confront your fears in a safe and controlled environment, thereby breaking the obsessive-compulsive cycle.
ERP Therapy is typically conducted with the guidance of a trained therapist and is tailored to each person’s unique needs and goals.
Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) used to treat PTSD and other Anxiety disorders. It involves gradually confronting the feared memories and situations you have avoided since the Trauma. Through repeated exposure in a safe and controlled environment, your Anxiety associated with these triggers diminishes over time.
PE also involves processing your traumatic memory by talking about it in detail, which helps to reduce its emotional power. This combination of imaginal and in-vivo (real-life) exposure enables you to regain control and reduce the impact of Anxiety, PTSD, and Trauma on your life.
Other Therapy Techniques
Narrative Therapy: Encourages you to tell your stories, helping you understand your experiences.
Somatic Experiencing: Focuses on your body’s physical response to Trauma and aims to release stored tension and trauma
"I have over 20 years of experience in In-Person and Online Anxiety, Trauma, and PTSD Therapy. I guarantee that the Therapy ACRS provides to our Allentown clients is of the highest quality in Pennsylvania".
