PENNY J. GOLDBERG - LCSW, BCD
LICENSED PSYCHOTHERAPIST, RELATIONSHIP SPECIALIST
Serving the Main Line and The Philadelphia Region of PA - Call 610-667-0112
Psychologists in Philadelphia

Services Provided

  • IMAGO® Certified Couples and Relationship Specialist - Helping to get marriages and relationships back on track
  • Gestalt Therapy
    Creating awareness which speaks to diverse belief systems, respects difference and teaches life skills. Gestalt therapy creates awareness which speaks to diverse belief systems and respects difference. Clients learn to experience a depth of self knowledge as a natural outcome of exploration without the overlay of the therapist's interpretation. Reduced interference from past "baggage" produces increased self acceptance, wiser choices, and a deepening sense of "being in the now."
  • Short-Term Behavioral Methods such as:
    • Guided Imagery
    • E.M.D.R.
      Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a comprehensive psychotherapy approach with elements of many effective psychotherapies. It draws on the ability of the human brain to reintegrate old experiences into the present while reducing their grip painful grip.
    • Thought Field Therapy (T.F.T.)
  • Relationship Healing
    • Affairs: To separate or grow beyond?
    • Sexual Issues: Release from dogma to freedom, from passive to responsive
    • Communication: Hearing and being heard real communication
  • Resolve Trauma: Incest, complicated grief, chronic illness, sexual violation
  • Therapy for clinical depression, anxiety disorders, phobias
Licensed in State of Pennsylvania. Some insurance's accepted. Sliding Scale. Call for a Consultation, and receive honest assistance in choosing wisely. Therapy is a most important life decision.

Education & Licensure

1994 - Certification - Gestalt Psychotherapy, Pennsylvania Gestalt Center, Paoli, PA

1993 - Certification - IMAGO® Relationship Therapy (developed by Harville Hendrix of The Institute for Relationship Therapy, New York, NY)

1992 - L.S.C.W. - American Association of State Social Work Boards, 01-944059-PA

1992 - M.S.S. - Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA Clinical Social Work

1972 - B.A. - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Major: Psychology

Experience

1988 - present - Private Practice Psychotherapist, Merion Station & Bala Cynwyd, PA Provide services for couples, families and individuals.

1992 - 1993 - Staff Psychotherapist Delaware County Psychological Services, Broomall, PA.

1991 - 1992 - University of Pennsylvania Counseling Services, Philadelphia, PA Psychotherapy to undergraduate and graduate university students and faculty.

1992 - 1993 - Presbyterian Childrens' Village, Rosemont, Pa. Individual and Family co-therapist.

Penny J. Goldberg, LSCW, BCD
610-667-0112