Welcome to the GPPA Directory of members, organized by office location. Please note that GPPA itself, does not employ any therapists nor do we provide therapy or psychological services.
SHANNON EDWARDS, PSY.D.
Forensic Psychologist
Dr. Shannon Edwards is a Clinical Forensic Psychologist in Pittsburgh. She has extensive forensic and clinical experience working with juveniles, adults, and families. Unique to Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh area are her eight years of academic training in Clinical Forensic Psychology, which involved rigorous law and psychology specialty coursework.
Dr. Edwards’ evaluative experience includes providing parental capacity, child custody, and general mental health evaluations for Family and Juvenile Court; provision of wrongful death, immigration, and personal injury evaluations for Civil Court; and delivering a broad range of evaluations for Criminal Court including competency to stand trial evaluations, criminal responsibility evaluations, mitigating circumstance evaluations, juvenile life without parole evaluations, sexual offender evaluations, and general psychological evaluations. She is available for retention in jury consultation and selection, having provided those services to adjudication and sentencing Courts.
Dr. Edwards provides co-parenting therapy, reunification therapy, supervised visitation, and other court-involved therapy for Family Court. She provides expert testimony to Family Court, regarding the aforementioned individuals’ progress, serving the best interest of the child. Please visit: www.DrShannonEdwards.com for more information
Specialties: Forensic Psychological Services
Phone Number: (412) 945-7210
Address: 210 Grant Street, Suite 400, Pittsburgh PA, 15219
Website: http://drshannonedwards.com/
Insurance: Does not accept insurance
Robert FIERSTEIN, PH.D.
Licensed Psychologist
Specialties: Adult (Starting age 18); Psychotherapy; Bio-Medical Ethics for End of Life Issues ; Executive Coaching/Professional Consultations; Individual, Marital/Couples, Family Psychotherapy
Issues: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Panic Disorder, Aging, Midlife Crisis, Death & Dying, Men/Women issues, Sex/Sexuality, Parenting issues, Gender issues, Dream Analysis, and Professional issues.
Phone: 724-733-5444 Text: 412-612-6110
My practice is presently online with teletherapy and in the physical office in Murrysville. After a patient contacts me, we set up an initial session to gather background information, reasons for wanting therapy, major issues to work on and goals of therapy. If you do not feel our first session is a match for you, we can talk about a referral to another therapist. Presently, I am only a provider for commercial Highmark/Blue Cross Blue Shield and UPMC. Or, we can negotiate an out of pocket fee.
NICK FLOWER, PSY.D.
LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST
OCD Spectrum specializes in proven treatments for OCD, anxiety disorders, phobias, BFRBs, body dysmorphia, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic attacks. Our approach integrates Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Inference Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ICBT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). We help people overcome their fears and get their life back.
Specialties: Exposure and response prevention therapy, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Habit-reversal training
Issues: OCD, phobias, anxiety disorders, procrastination, depression, anger management, body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs)
Phone Number: (412) 444-8776
Website and email: www.ocdspectrum.com and drnickflower@protonmail.com
LORETTA A. GEPHART, M.A.
LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST AND COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE COACH President, North Hills Psychological Associates, Inc.
North Hills Psychological Associates, Inc., established in 1990, is a private practice with offices in Wexford, Robinson Township, Squirrel Hill and Pittsburgh. We have 22 clinicians, a Collaborative Divorce Coach and a Collaborative Child Specialist. We offer comprehensive outpatient mental health services including psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families and Collaborative Divorce services - for families who want to resolve conflicts without going to court.
Specialties: ADHD, Adolescence, Anxiety, Childhood Disorders, Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Developmental Disorders, Separation, Divorce, Grief, Learning Disabilities, LGBT, Obsessive-Compulsive, Oppositional Defiance, PTSD, Self Esteem, Sleep, Testing and Evaluation
Issues: Divorce and Separation through the Collaborative Divorce Process
Phone Number: (724) 759-7500
Website: http://www.nhpa.com
JODIE L HNATKOVICH, LPC
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR
CERTIFIED REHABILITATION COUNSELOR
Congratulations on taking the first step towards finding the peace you seek.
Therapy is the best gift you can possibly give to yourself. How often do you really reflect on your life, relationships, and behaviors? Together in therapy, we will work towards discovering your ultimate life goals and what motivates your life choices. We will then work towards modifying unwanted behaviors or thoughts (hopelessness, anxiety, lack of motivation, constant arguing) by redirecting and challenging motivators.
Specialties: Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Obsessive-Compulsive, PTSD, Trauma
Issues: Career Counseling, Family Conflict, Infertility, Life Coaching, Parenting, Postpartum Depression, Relationship
Issues, Stress
Phone Number: (412) 660-6100
Website: http://www.forwardwellnesscounseling.com
Dianne Jandrasits, Psy.D.
Psychologist
I work with young children and their families, and often child care providers, to support secure attachment, optimize developmental capacities, and remediate impact of traumatic stress in young children, across a variety of settings and circumstances: children with behavior challenges at home or in daycare settings, parents with mental health and/or recovery challenges, children in foster care, and children who have experienced traumatic stress.
Specialties: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Phone: (412) 383-2044
Website: http://www.upmc.com/Services/behavioral-health/child-development/Pages/default.aspx
SARA MAKIn, M.S.Ed.,NCC,LPC
MAKIN WELLNESS
Founder, Best-Selling Author
Sara Makin is an internationally & nationally best selling author and the founder of Makin Wellness. Makin Wellness specializes in providing clients with individualized mental health , nutrition addiction, forensic and relationship counseling & assessments. Makin Wellness’ comprehensive mental health services include evidence based psychotherapy for children, teenagers & adults, court ordered assessments, treatment and anger management, nutritional counseling, and more.
Specialties: ADHD, Addictions, Teenagers, Anxiety, Anger Management, Childhood Disorders, Codependency, Co-Occuring Disorders, Court Ordered Evaluations, Court Ordered Treatment, Coping Skills, Depression, Separation, Divorce, Grief, Learning Disabilities, LGBT, Medical Marijuana, Nutrition, Obsessive-Compulsive, Online Counseling, Online Evaluations, Oppositional Defiance, PTSD, Stress Management, Self Esteem
Phone: 412-532-1249
Address: 239 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1801, Pittsburgh PA, 15222
East of Pittsburgh location: 744 5th Ave New Kensington PA, 15068
Website: www.makinwellness.com
LISA STRAUCH SCOTT, PSY.D.
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
I provide individual therapy to adolescents and adults in my Downtown practice. My therapeutic style focuses on helping clients to identify and understand the causes of their difficulties, with an emphasis on understanding and improving relationships with others. I have a particular interest in women's issues, college and graduate students, quarter-life concerns, relationship issues, pregnancy and postpartum concerns.
Specialties: Anxiety, Coping Skills, Depression, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Stress, Women's Issues
Phone Number: (412) 652-8811
Website: www.drlisastrauchscott.com
Stephanie wijkstrom, MS, LPC, NCC
Licensed Professional Counselor, CEO Counseling and Wellness Center of Pittsburgh
Stephanie Wijkstrom, MS, LPC, NCC is the Founder of Counseling and Wellness Center of Pittsburgh which is a multispecialty counseling practice providing therapy, marriage counseling, and family counseling in Pittsburgh, Monroeville, and Wexford. Counseling and Wellness Center of Pittsburgh offers Western Pennsylvania’s communities compassionate and skilled therapy and wellness providers who are trained in helping individuals and couples overcome a variety of mental health and relationship issues.
Treatment Approaches: Couples Therapy, Gottman Method, Mindfulness
Specialties: Relationships, Coparenting, Divorce, Premarital Counseling, Infidelity, High Conflict Couples, LGBTQ
Phone: (412) 322-2129
Address: 830 Western Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15233
Website: http://www.counselingwellnesspgh.com/
Insurances Accepted: UPMC and Highmark BCBS
VINCENT MICHAEL RegiNElla, LPC, NCC
I provide counseling, cognitive rehabilitation, and vocational guidance to individuals who have sustained neurological trauma, including concussion/traumatic brain injury (TBI). I work with students struggling with academic performance and pressure. I also administer neuropsychological assessments. In addition to cognitive rehabilitation and TBI, I also specialize in life transitions, vocational outcome, coping, anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, and performance enhancement.
Specialties/Issues: - ADHD - Anxiety - Athletes - Autism - Career Counseling - Cognitive Retraining - Concussions - Coping Skills - Depression - Learning Disabilities - Life Transitions - School Issues - Self Esteem - Testing and Evaluation - Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Phone: (412) 716-3783
Insurances Accepted: UPMC, UPMC WorkPartners/ Life Solutions, Highmark ,Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, and e4 Health
Office Address: 650 Washington Road, Suite 210 Pittsburgh, PA 15228
Website: https://www.reginellacounseling.com/