Marie Papalia

My goal as a therapist is to help you understand yourself better, enabling you to make healthy choices that will improve your wellbeing. I’m passionate about helping people gain insight into the patterns, unhelpful beliefs, and fears that hold them back in life and will collaborate with you to develop a plan to address your concerns that will challenge you to grow, yet meet you where you are today. My areas of expertise include Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, and Eating Disorders. I also frequently work with individuals experiencing depressive disorders, perfectionism, relationship issues, and grief. I have received advanced training in Exposure and Response Prevention Treatment (ERP) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for Anxiety and Depression. I also believe that learning to cultivate self-compassion in the face of life’s difficulties is a vital addition to any of the evidence based approaches I use. I completed my graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Pennsylvania. I am currently accepting new clients, and I welcome you to reach out for an initial phone consultation to see if we would be a good fit for each other!