Lancaster, PA Anxiety, PTSD, and Trauma Therapy

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  Deep Trauma & PTSD Specialization
  Every therapist is intensively trained and continually trained in the most effective, research-proven methods (EMDR, Brainspotting, Prolonged Exposure, and more).
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  Downtown Lancaster Office + Statewide Telehealth
  In-person sessions in our private West Liberty Street suite, or secure online therapy from anywhere in Pennsylvania.
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  We Actually Measure Your Progress
  Unlike most practices, we use validated clinical tools so you can see — session by session — that you’re truly getting better.
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  Prompt Scheduling
  Most new clients are offered an appointment within 7–10 days — often sooner.

Brainspotting Therapy (BSP)

Brainspotting is one of the most powerful trauma therapies available today. Simply by holding your gaze on a specific “brainspot” — an eye position where trauma is stored — your brain naturally finds and releases deep emotional pain that talk therapy alone often can’t touch.

Most clients feel noticeable relief in just a few sessions. It’s especially effective for complex PTSD, childhood trauma, anxiety, chronic pain, grief, and even performance blocks — with little or no need to repeatedly retell your story.

Gentle, compassionate, and remarkably fast. You stay fully in control, no homework required, and the healing happens at the deepest brain-body level — often when everything else has fallen short.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the most researched and proven treatment for anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, and excessive worry. Most people feel noticeably calmer and more in control within 8–12 sessions.

You’ll learn simple, practical tools to spot distorted thinking, quiet racing thoughts, and gently face the situations you’ve been avoiding — so anxiety stops running your life.

No endless talking about the past. Just clear, concrete skills you can use the same day — backed by decades of evidence and used successfully by millions.

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was created for people who feel emotions very intensely — the ones who’ve been told they’re “too sensitive” or “too much.”

You’ll learn four life-changing skill sets — mindfulness, riding out crises without making them worse, calming overwhelming emotions, and setting boundaries without guilt — so relationships and daily life stop feeling like a constant battle.

Originally developed for borderline personality traits and chronic suicidal thoughts, today DBT helps thousands quietly regain stability, self-respect, and genuine connection — often for the first time in years.

→ I want to learn more about DBT skills training

EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing Therapy)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is the #1 therapy recommended by the VA and World Health Organization for PTSD — lets your brain finally “file away” traumatic memories so they stop hijacking your present.

While you briefly think about the memory, gentle bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps, or tones) helps your brain reprocess it. Most people feel the emotional charge drop dramatically — often in just a handful of sessions — without having to talk about it in exhausting detail.

Proven life-changing for single-event trauma, childhood wounds, first-responder PTSD, accidents, assault, grief, and phobias. Many veterans and survivors say, “I finally feel free for the first time in decades.”

→ Show me how EMDR works for PTSD & trauma

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy

Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) is the gold-standard, most effective treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder — backed by decades of research and endorsed by every major mental-health organization.

You’ll gently and systematically face the thoughts, images, or situations that trigger your obsessions — while learning to drop the compulsions that keep the cycle alive. The result? The anxiety naturally falls away, often dramatically, in 12–20 weeks.

No endless talking about childhood, no “just live with it.” Just clear, proven steps that give you your life back — even if you’ve tried SSRIs, regular therapy, or feel “treatment-resistant.”

→ Yes, I’m ready to beat OCD with ERP

Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)

Prolonged Exposure (PE) is one of the most proven treatments for PTSD in existence — developed for combat veterans and now helping thousands of civilians reclaim their lives from trauma.

You’ll gently revisit the memory (imaginal exposure) and safely face avoided places or situations (in-vivo exposure) — always at your pace, always with support. Over 8–15 sessions the fear loses its grip, nightmares fade, and the past finally stops controlling the present.

Backed by 30+ years of research and the top recommendation of the VA, DoD, and American Psychological Association. Many people say, “I got my life back” — even after decades of suffering.

→ I want to know more about Prolonged Exposure for PTSD