Our Therapists And Coaches

Ive worked with parents and teens for over 30 years in Doylestown.   My primary focus at this time, while our country is in a teen mental health crisis,  is  community outreach, business growth and development  to meet the current  demand, connecting new client callers quickly with the right therapist in our practice or outside of our practice, and continuing to build strong relationships with other healthcare professionals in our community so we can share those resources with our clients..   

We are here for the Bucks County community and doing everything we can to adjust and adapt our practice to meet the demand and needs at this challenging tine in history. 

Specializations:

Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, Disordered Eating, Body Dysmorphia, Narcissistic Abuse, OCD, ADHD

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 I am the Clinical Director and Supervisor.  I work with therapists to supervise and assist them through licensure.  I also help them to establish their own unique style when with their clients.   Our therapists are all eager to learn and come from backgrounds of vast experience and different specialties.  Our practice emphasizes supervision and training and I am aways looking for new ways to learn for or therapists. 

 In my own work with clients,  I  have a personal interactive approach to help them reach their  highest self. I listen intently and provide guidance to help clients  find the answers inside of themselves. 

Specializations:

Parent Support for Teen Parents, Women in Transition, Family Therapy, Post Partum Depression, Therapy for Divorce, Therapy for Women who are in Transition.

Ariel's work with teen and young adult clients is engaged, active, and introspective.  Ariel assists her clients to become thoughtful of their feelings and behaviors in every day life.  She helps them learn skills to deal with their anxiety, family conflict, eating disordered issues, self esteem issues, ADHD symptoms and anger issues.  She teaches them tools that they can use in difficult situations in school, home, and socially. 

Ariel's specialty is multi-cultural diversity issues.  She works with kids and adults who are experiencing racialidentity issues and helps them sort out who they authentically are and heal from trauma associated with identity navigation.   They can embrace and understand their differences and feel stronger within themselves.

Ariel also works with women and men in their 20s to 50s who are struggling to find meaning in their daily lives.  She helps to identify symptoms and look under to find the real issues that are holding her clients back from being content in their lives. 

Ariel is a doctoral student for Psychology and is one of the owners of BHMS, the company that manages PS Psychiatry.

Her clients and the parents of her younger clients rave about her work and her attentiveness toward the family and to her passion to uncover every stone.

Specializaitons:

Depression, Anxiety, Racial Identity Issues, Multi-Cultural Issues, Self Harm, Suicide Ideation, Body Dysmorphia, OCD, ADHD

I work with adolescents and young adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, body image issues, ADD/ADHD , executive functioning skills, self harm, risky behaviors, and family conflict.   I value trauma-informed, strengths-based, and individualized care, because each person has their own narrative to tell.  

I work with clients using CBT, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), talk therapy and assist clients in learning  executive functioning skills. 

I have a double Masters from University of Pennsylvania in Professional Counseling.  I am School Certified in Pennsylvania as well.  

Although I work with adolescents and young adults, there are times when it is beneficial to have the parents attend some sessions with consent.

One of my specialties is Adoption Trauma and Transracial Adoption.  I am in the process of pursuing certification as an Adoption Competency Counselor. 

Sue is a registered dietician and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) or 'tapping' practitioner.  Sue is passionate about empowering people with almost any issue to find relief from symptoms through tapping.  Although she is not a therapist, Sue can provide a safe space to heal from issues that include anxiety, anger, dietary challenges among others.

Sue's comes to her clients wholehearted to help them alleviate the gripping symptoms of anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts, phobias, body image issues, grief and low self esteem.  Clients talk through their issues with Sue, using the EFT techniques to calm their nervous systems and settle their minds.  Sue teaches clients to use these techniques at home on their own so they can learn to self sooth and calm their symptoms.  

Sue is also a holistic health coach and works with clients to balance their nutrition, lifestyle, and make the connection between mind and body.  Creating a strong foundation through nutrition, a healthy mind and e

Dr. Jennifer Irvin, Psy.D. specializes n adolescent therapy with teens and parents to help navigate the tumultuous adolescent years..  Jen has vast experience in inpatient, intensive outpatient, and private practice settings. Her style is interactive and she creates a warm environment for adolescents to feel safe enough to open up and speak about issues that are difficult to talk about.   She works in adolescent therapy with anxiety, derpession, sexual assault, self harm, body dysmorphia, self esteem issues and family conflict.  In addition, she provides Parent Support to parents to learn ways to better communicate with their child and walk along side them at the challenging developmental stage of adolescence.  Jen is certified in CBT therapy and uses that along DBT and talk therapy to explore and work through difficult feelings and the triggers that come up in school, dating relationships and with parents and siblings.  Jen is open to collaborating with family doctors, pediatricians, guidance counselors and psychiatrist with HIPPA consent.   Jen dives into the deeper issues that lie under the painful emotions such as anger and depression. 

Nicole has been working with children, teens, and young adults for 24 years.  Her work spans from working in the Philadelphia School District to private practice in Doylestown, PA.  Nicole's work with kids is rooted in being authentic and genuine and allowing them the time and space to feel safe and build trust in order to share what is going on in their inner world.  Nicole's work with children, teens and young adults is for issues with anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, defiant behavior, school avoidance, self harm, mood disorders and disordered eating.  

Nicole does include the parents in the work in the form of parent support sessions.  Parents become worried and stressed when their children are suffering.  Nicole can work with parents, if the minor client approved, and support them while remaining HIPPA compliant.  There are times when a child prefers to not have their therapist work with parents for support.  In that case another member of the practice can see the parents and Nicole can remain with the minor client.  

Her style is engaging, casual and a holding space.  Parents are thrilled with Nicole's ability to reach their child's inner world.  

Ive worked with parents and teens for over 30 years in Doylestown.  I have a limited amount of space in my clinical practice at this time.  I work with clients of all ages who are interested in understanding themselves and are vested in learning to be thoughtful about their actions and how their action affect their mental and physical health and how they affect those they love and hold dear.  My clients struggle with  anxiety, depression, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, career changes, failure to launch, OCD, ADHD, and marital issues.  Some of the clients I work with require more than once a week therapy and may need a wrap around program where I create a team with a coach, a psychiatrist, a learning skills coach, and a mentor.  

Joyce Cooney and I work as a team in a new program we named "Coming Together Wholeheartedly".  This program is inspired by Brent Brown's research on vulnerability and shame and is Gottman influenced based on the work of John and Julie Gottman.  We work with couples,  I see one member of the couple and Joyce sees the other in individual sessions.   The 4 of us then come together every other week to approach challenging issues in the marriage where  both individuals have the collective support of the two of us.  We have found this approach to be very effective in bringing couples together to a new level of intimacy and closeness. The effect on children when parents are united and emotionally connected can be very powerful.  

I am one of the owners of BHMS which is the marketing services organization for PS Psychiatry which opened in October of 2022.  This has been a wonderful compliment to Welsh Therapy.  Finding warm, personable psychiatric providers to collaborate with has been a goal of mine for many years.  

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 I am the Clinical Director and Supervisor.  I work with therapists to supervise and assist them through licensure.  I also help them to establish their own unique style when with their clients.   Our therapists are all eager to learn and come from backgrounds of vast experience and different specialties.  Our practice emphasizes supervision and training and I am aways looking for new ways to learn for or therapists. 

 In my own work with clients,  I  have a personal interactive approach to help them reach their  highest self. I listen intently and provide guidance to help clients  find the answers inside of themselves. 

I have a particular interest in postpartum depression and anxiety and have trained with Postnatal Support International founded by Jane Honikman in Santa Barbara, CA.

Lynne Welsh and I work as a team in a new program we named "Coming Together Wholeheartedly".  This program is inspired by Brent Brown and is Gottman influenced based on the work of John and Julie Gottman.  We work with couples,  I see one member of the couple and Joyce sees the other in individual sessions.   The 4 of us then come together every other week to approach challenging issues in the marriage where  both individuals have the collective support of the two of us.  We have found this approach to be very effective in bringing couples together to a new level of intimacy and closeness. The effect on children when parents are united and emotionally connected can be very powerful.  

Specializations:

Parent Support for Teen Parents, Women in Transition, Family Therapy, Post Partum Depression, Therapy for Divorce, Therapy for Women who are in Transition, Couples Therapy

Ariel is on the Board of the Immigration Committee in Doyelstown PA.  Ariel's work with teen and young adult clients is engaged, active, and introspective.  Ariel assists her clients to become thoughtful of their feelings and behaviors in every day life.  She helps them learn skills to deal with their anxiety, family conflict, eating disordered issues, self esteem issues, ADHD symptoms and anger issues.  She teaches them tools that they can use in difficult situations in school, home, and socially. 

Ariel's specialty is multi-cultural diversity issues.  She works with kids and adults who are experiencing bi-racial identity issues and helps them sort out who they authentically are and heal from trauma based on them living in all white neighborhoods and schools.  They can embrace and understand their differences and feel stronger within themselves.

Ariel also works with women and men in the 20s to 50s who are struggling to find meaning in their daily lives.  She helps to identify symptoms and look under to find the real issues that are holding her clients back from being content in their lives. 

Ariel is a doctoral candidate for Psychology and is one of the owners of BHMS, the company that manages PS Psychiatry.

Her clients and the parents of her younger clients rave about her work and her attentiveness toward the family and the passion to uncover every stone.  

I work with adolescents and young adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, body image issues, ADD/ADHD , executive functioning skills, self harm, risky behaviors, and family conflict.   I value trauma-informed, strengths-based, and individualized care, because each person has their own narrative to tell.  

I work with clients using CBT, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), talk therapy and assist clients in learning  executive functioning skills. 

I have a double Masters from University of Pennsylvania in Professional Counseling.  I am School Certified in Pennsylvania as well.  

Although I work with adolescents and young adults, there are times when it is beneficial to have the parents attend some sessions with consent.

One of my specialties is Adoption Trauma and Transracial Adoption.  I am in the process of pursuing certification as an Adoption Competency Counselor. 

Sue is a registered dietician and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) or 'tapping' practitioner.  Sue is passionate about empowering people with almost any issue to find relief from symptoms through tapping.  Although she is not a therapist, Sue can provide a safe space to heal from issues that include anxiety, anger, dietary challenges among others.

Sue's comes to her clients wholehearted to help them alleviate the gripping symptoms of anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts, phobias, body image issues, grief and low self esteem.  Clients talk through their issues with Sue, using the EFT techniques to calm their nervous systems and settle their minds.  Sue teaches clients to use these techniques at home on their own so they can learn to self sooth and calm their symptoms.  

Sue is also a holistic health coach and works with clients to balance their nutrition, lifestyle, and make the connection between mind and body.  Creating a strong foundation through nutrition, a healthy mind and e

Becca has a Bachelor Degree from Temple University in Psychology.  She was a teen mentor for Welsh Therapy in high school and assisted with Interventions with the therapy teens to assist the team in helping kids who require a higher level of care to go to inpatient facilities.  Becca spoke with the teen clients and their parents about the experience of going inpatient and what they can expect.  She works as a team with therapists in our practice for the kids who need a mentor to support them outside of the therapy sessions to talk through their struggles and respond to calls in the evenings and weekends.  Becca is not a licensed therapist, she is a Certified Tee Life Coach, with that training along with her Psychology Degree her role is integral part of the healing process for our teen clients who need more than just one therapy session per week.     She works with anxious girls, girls who are angry with their parents , girls with body image issues, and girls who are using substances such as alcohol and pot to deal with their emotions.   Becca has a warm personal, yet direct approach with her clients.  

Dr. Jennifer Irvin, Psy.D. specializes n adolescent therapy with teens and parents to help navigate the tumultuous adolescent years..  Jen has vast experience in inpatient, intensive outpatient, and private practice settings. Her style is interactive and she creates a warm environment for adolescents to feel safe enough to open up and speak about issues that are difficult to talk about.   She works in adolescent therapy with anxiety, derpession, sexual assault, self harm, body dysmorphia, self esteem issues and family conflict.  In addition, she provides Parent Support to parents to learn ways to better communicate with their child and walk along side them at the challenging developmental stage of adolescence.  Jen is certified in CBT therapy and uses that along DBT and talk therapy to explore and work through difficult feelings and the triggers that come up in school, dating relationships and with parents and siblings.  Jen is open to collaborating with family doctors, pediatricians, guidance counselors and psychiatrist with HIPPA consent.   Jen dives into the deeper issues that lie under the painful emotions such as anger and depression. 

Nicole has been working with children, teens, and young adults for 24 years.  Her work spans from working in the Philadelphia School District to private practice in Doylestown, PA.  Nicole's work with kids is rooted in being authentic and genuine and allowing them the time and space to feel safe and build trust in order to share what is going on in their inner world.  Nicole's work with children, teens and young adults is for issues with anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, defiant behavior, school avoidance, self harm, mood disorders and disordered eating.  

Nicole does include the parents in the work in the form of parent support sessions.  Parents become worried and stressed when their children are suffering.  Nicole can work with parents, if the minor client approved, and support them while remaining HIPPA compliant.  There are times when a child prefers to not have their therapist work with parents for support.  In that case another member of the practice can see the parents and Nicole can remain with the minor client.  

Her style is engaging, casual and a holding space.  Parents are thrilled with Nicole's ability to reach their child's inner world.