Find a Therapist in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania.

I provide a compassionate, respectful approach to psychotherapy that values the uniqueness and value of each individual. People typically come to me when they are going through transitions in their lives, are stressed and overwhelmed, or have had things happen in their past that continue to affect them. My approach is flexible and tailored to your personality style and needs. Often my approach to therapy can help you discover new ways to understand yourself and others, heal deep emotional hurts, build self-esteem, and find more healthy ways of coping with problems so you can live a richer, more meaningful life.

“The Golden Rule” can be a helpful guide to psychotherapy: treating others as you would like to be treated, with gentleness, pacing, and respect. If a counseling session is likened to conversing with a knowledgeable advisor on the doorstep of your home, psychotherapy can be like inviting that advisor into the “parlor” or “living room” of your inner world based on trust, at-ease-ness, and confidence in your advisor’s insight. My approach to psychotherapy is interactive and strengths-based, starting with cognitive (thought-based) or behavioral coping skills, and moving into awareness of family of origin themes and the impact of past trauma when needed to activate more enduring personal growth in the client.

There are a variety of techniques and treatment methods used to enable individuals to develop better functional and healthy responses to life's challenges. Each clinician has varying backgrounds and education levels. Thus, each clinician has a different therapeutic orientation to which they lean. The treatment methods we use include, but are not limited to the following: ​ •Behavioral •Cognitive •Supportive •Dynamic In general there is not a "one-size-fits-all" course of treatment, many clinicians will use a combination of treatment methods to help individuals gain knowledge, mold their thought processes, change self-destructive behavior, communicate better, and to enrich their lives.

James Hillman once said, "We've had a hundred years of psychotherapy and the world is getting worse." While there are many occasions where the validation and listening endemic to psychotherapy makes sense, there are times where we over assume that "feeling better" and "changing behavior" are the same. Grey Matters International, Inc. goes after the forgotten brain laws to behavior change that therapists miss when processing hours and hours of dialogues with people. Utilizing a cutting edge technology to facilitate the emotional process of change, we can make the therapy process way more effective, faster, and with less money spent. Contact kevin@kevinflemingphd.com or 877-606-6161.