Dan has worked in the mental health field for over 7 years and has worked as a Family Intervention Specialist, School Based Therapist and as an Outpatient Mental Health Therapist.  Dan enjoys working with children of all ages, teens, and adults. He has experience working with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, chronic pain/illness, grief, and trauma. Dan is a prior foster parent and current adoptive parent of two internationally adopted children.  His life experience and passion is in serving the foster care and adoptive populations in the community.

Dan comes from a Rogerian perspective and takes a client focused approach in his work. He feels clients come with their breadth of personal experience and self-knowledge, and he can bring the depth of clinical experience. Many of the clients Dan works with have experienced trauma. He has found it is crucial in to be trauma-informed in all of  interactions. Dan works with each client and their treatment plans with an individual perspective and takes their strengths, interests and coping skills into account which assists client’s in ownership of the treatment process and allows it to be client-led. Dan tends to utilize big picture thinking to help clients understand how their daily interactions could be tied to their trauma.

Dan approaches therapy with a collaborative perspective – believing it is possible to help clients work through their concerns together. In counseling he pulls  from a variety of approaches including play therapy techniques, attachment based approaches, and is trained in TF-CBT and EMDR. Dan has an understanding of Safe and Sound Protocol (check out this link for more information SSP)  and has experience working with families of adoption. Dan will join in their journey and walk along side the often difficult path with families.

Dan enjoys the opportunity to provide faith based counseling upon request.

Dan is able to accept Highmark, Geisinger, Capital Blue Cross, Quest, WellSpan EAP, Mazzetti & Sullivan EAP and Self Pay. To schedule with Dan please contact us at MOHInfo@counselingmail.com or by using the contact form.

If you are a current client of Dan’s you may email him directly at Dan@counselingmail.com