Counseling can be beneficial if you’re experiencing emotional well being difficulties, facing life challenges, or seeking personal growth. It provides a supportive environment to explore your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors with a trained professional.

During a counseling session, you’ll typically talk about your concerns, emotions, and experiences with an adult therapist. They may ask questions to understand you better and help you gain insights into your situation. Counseling sessions are tailored to your needs and may involve exploring coping strategies, setting goals, and discussing ways to make positive changes in your life.

Payment for counseling sessions typically involves either paying the counselor directly or through a health insurance plan if they accept insurance. Some counselors offer sliding scale fees based on income, and payment methods can include cash, credit/debit cards.

Contact the following crisis resources:

National

• National suicide prevention lifeline: 988
• In dangerous or immediately life-threatening situations, do not hesitate to contact the police at 911.

• If you are not in Centre or Chester Counties, you can reach out to your local emergency department.

Centre County

• Center for Community Resources (24 hours/day): 1-800-643-5432: 2100 E College Ave, State College, PA 16801

• Centre Safe (sexual assault/domestic violence): 814-234-5050

• The Meadows Psychiatric Center: 1-800-641-7529
• Mount Nittany Medical Center ER: (814) 231-7000. 

Chester County

• 24-hour Crisis Hotline: 610-280-3270.   

• Valley Creek Crisis Center: (610) 280-3270: (469 Creamery Way, Exton PA 19314): 24/7 walk-ins for crisis.  

Each of our clinicians is independently contracted with different insurance companies. Please double check to make sure your particular clinician is in network with your insurance. Most of our licensed clinicians accept most commercial Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield (except Capital Blue Cross), Geisinger, and Optum/United Healthcare plans. Some of our clinicians accept medicare insurance and Centre County medical assistance insurance. We do not have any providers who accept Cigna insurance. We will verify your insurance information after you complete the prospective client form.

We require 24 hours notice for all appointment cancellations. Any no shows or cancellations within 24 hours of the appointment time will be billed at the full out of pocket rate. These fees cannot be covered by insurance and must be paid prior to scheduling your next session.

Our clinicians have a wide range of specialties and clinical orientations to serve clients of all ages. See the services page for more information.

We offer in-person sessions in State College and Phoenixville, PA as well as telehealth sessions to clients across Pennsylvania. Due to licensure laws, we are unable to offer telehealth services to clients who are not located in Pennsylvania at the time of service.

We strive to connect prospective clients with a therapist who is a good fit as quickly as possible. While we have regular openings, the demand for mental health services in Centre County and Chester County often exceeds our available resources. If we don’t have immediate openings, you may be added to a waitlist. To ensure you aren’t waiting too long, we cap our waitlists and monitor them closely.