Family therapists

Associate Professional Counselor, LAPC, MA, RYT-200, EOL, Doula

Roni Evans is a licensed associate professional counselor in Doylestown with five years in practice, who is also a registered yoga teacher and an end-of-life doula. They work with preteens, teens, adults, older adults, families and groups on trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, life transitions, self-esteem, OCD, eating concerns and chronic illness, including death and end-of-life planning. Their approach is trauma-informed, nonjudgmental and transparent, built around each client's strengths rather than a rigid manual, and draws on DBT, Internal Family Systems, exposure and response prevention and humanistic methods. They affirm neurodivergent and LGBTQIA2S+ clients and offer help with self-critical inner voices. Sessions are available in person in Doylestown and by telehealth.

BC-DMT, LPC

Keli Laverty is a Licensed Professional Counselor and board-certified dance/movement therapist in West Chester with 24 years in practice. She focuses on anxiety, trauma and eating disorders, and often works with women who seem capable on the outside but feel overwhelmed, stuck in overthinking or disconnected from their bodies, including those who have done talk therapy and still feel something is missing. She also helps with body image, depression, burnout, postpartum concerns and substance use. Her work combines movement, body awareness and conversation to help regulate the nervous system and build trust in the body; no dance experience is needed. She also uses ACT, DBT and mindfulness, and can integrate Christian faith on request. Sessions are in person and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, AS

Shelley Snapp is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Doylestown with 11 years in practice and licenses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She works with teens and adults who people-please, over-function for others or hold themselves to impossible standards, and who feel anxious, burned out or unheard when they try to set boundaries. She also helps with trauma, grief, self-esteem, relationships, family conflict and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her style is direct yet compassionate, focused on new ways of communicating and setting limits with room for self-compassion. Her practice is trauma-informed, inclusive, gender-affirming and sex-positive, and she draws on attachment-based work, CBT, narrative therapy, family systems and Prolonged Exposure. Sessions are in person and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Josiana Cetta, a licensed clinical psychologist, practices in Media, Pennsylvania, owns Blue Ocean Counseling and has 13 years in practice. Dr. Cetta is licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, holds PSYPACT authorization, and is familiar with resources in South Jersey from earlier work in Marlton. The practice centers on anxiety disorders, OCD and neurodivergence, including autism, for children, teens, adults and families, along with ADHD, trauma, grief and learning differences. The approach is warm, collaborative and strengths-based, using CBT, cognitive therapy, ACT, mindfulness-based therapy, exposure and response prevention and social skills development, with basic training in EMDR. Daytime and evening appointments are available in person and by teletherapy.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Megan Matusky is a licensed clinical social worker in Ardmore with licenses in Pennsylvania, Maine and Ohio. Her specialty is helping adults work through trauma at its source, especially people who feel stuck or weighed down by the past even after years of talk therapy. She also works with anxiety, depression, grief, relationships and life transitions, and sees preteens, teens and families. Her work combines EMDR and Internal Family Systems; she is an EMDR consultant-in-training and Level 1 trained in IFS, and she offers EMDR and IFS intensives for those wanting focused work in less time. She earned her MSW at the University of Pennsylvania and a psychology degree from Lafayette College. Sessions are in person and online.

Psychologist, PhD, BCBA-D

Dr. James Chok is a licensed psychologist and neuropsychologist in West Chester, outside Philadelphia, and a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst, with 21 years in practice. He works with people of all ages, from young children to older adults, and with families. His areas include anxiety and mood concerns, OCD, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder and panic disorder. He blends CBT, DBT and ACT principles and also applies behavior analysis. Alongside therapy he offers comprehensive neuropsychological testing of memory, attention and executive functioning, with a detailed feedback session on next steps. His training includes Penn State, UNC, and McLean Hospital at Harvard Medical School. He sees clients in person and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Dana Ingersoll is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Boca Raton with 22 years in practice and licenses in Florida, California and Massachusetts. She works with teens, adults and couples who feel their usual ways of coping have stopped working. Her focus areas include anxiety, relationships and couples concerns, depression, trauma, ADHD, OCD and addiction, where she often supports a goal of moderate use. Her work looks honestly at what drives a person's habits, how those habits help and hurt, and healthier ways to handle stress, drawing on the Hakomi body-oriented method, Internal Family Systems, CBT and emotionally focused therapy. She offers a free 20-minute video consultation and sessions in person and online.

Counselor, PsyD, LMHC

Dr. Dee Franklin is a licensed mental health counselor with a PsyD and the owner and clinical director of CBT Fort Lauderdale, with 20 years in practice. She specializes in OCD, body dysmorphic disorder, eating disorders, sensory aversions and anxiety, and also treats phobias, panic, illness anxiety and pain-related somatic conditions, acute stress, trauma and PTSD. She works with preteens, teens, adults and families. Her treatment relies on cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure and response prevention and cognitive processing therapy, and she is BTTI trained and certified in several research-supported approaches. Clients can reach her by text or through her website, and she offers sessions in person and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R

Michael Goldman is a licensed clinical social worker in Miami Beach, licensed in New York and Florida, with more than two decades of experience. He works with adults, couples, older adults and groups on anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship struggles, life transitions and addiction recovery, including questions about alcohol or drug use and gambling. With individuals he often addresses stress, self-esteem, stress and balancing work with life, and with couples he focuses on intimacy, conflict and connection. His approach centers on cognitive behavioral therapy, rational emotive behavior therapy and relational work, aimed at finding root causes and practical solutions. He does not take insurance but offers a sliding scale. Sessions are held online.