Male Therapists in South of South, Philadelphia, PA
I believe it is the relationship in therapy that is truly healing. Honesty, compassion and sometimes a sense of humor can be powerful medicine. I enjoy working with people who are truly ready to make some changes in their life, even if they're terrified to do so.
I believe it is the relationship in therapy that is truly healing. Honesty, compassion and sometimes a sense of humor can be powerful medicine. I enjoy working with people who are truly ready to make some changes in their life, even if they're terrified to do so.
LGBTQ+, Polyamory/CNM, BDSM/Kink Video Coaching
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Weclome! My name is Kevin. Whether you’re having difficulty making changes in life, dealing with stress, anxiety, or depression, or wanting to improve your self-confidence, I would be honored to assist you on your journey. My style is warm, collaborative, and respectful. I believe that you are in charge of your journey and my role is to walk with you and offer ideas and concepts to help you achieve the goals you have chosen. I will not tell you how to think, feel, or behave. Instead, you and I will explore options to help you determine the right path for you. I specialize in the LGBTQ+, CNM.Polyamory, and BDSM/Kink communities.
Weclome! My name is Kevin. Whether you’re having difficulty making changes in life, dealing with stress, anxiety, or depression, or wanting to improve your self-confidence, I would be honored to assist you on your journey. My style is warm, collaborative, and respectful. I believe that you are in charge of your journey and my role is to walk with you and offer ideas and concepts to help you achieve the goals you have chosen. I will not tell you how to think, feel, or behave. Instead, you and I will explore options to help you determine the right path for you. I specialize in the LGBTQ+, CNM.Polyamory, and BDSM/Kink communities.
Michael Entrekin
Associate Professional Counselor, MEd
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (Online Only)
Hi, I'm Michael, and I'm here to help. We cannot predict or prevent life's challenges, but if we learn to navigate them successfully, we won't need to. With over a decade of experience supporting children, adults, and families, my reason for pursuing this career is to help you become your healthiest self in a judgment-free environment. Using evidence-based counseling theories (such as attachment theory, CBT, and Existential therapy) and techniques (like mindfulness, behavioral activation, and thought stopping), I aim to equip you with skills for success in various life domains.
Hi, I'm Michael, and I'm here to help. We cannot predict or prevent life's challenges, but if we learn to navigate them successfully, we won't need to. With over a decade of experience supporting children, adults, and families, my reason for pursuing this career is to help you become your healthiest self in a judgment-free environment. Using evidence-based counseling theories (such as attachment theory, CBT, and Existential therapy) and techniques (like mindfulness, behavioral activation, and thought stopping), I aim to equip you with skills for success in various life domains.
Jeremy Soh
Licensed Psychoanalyst, PhD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Do you find yourself stuck, frustrated and ready to examine the deeper motivations of your current conflicts and overall behavior? You've perhaps long sensed that the problems that keep repeating in life suggest getting to the bottom of things. This is an opportunity for self-exploration in psychoanalysis which focuses on the unconscious. Uncovering deep sources of conflicts and problems you weren’t even aware of transforms damaging attachments and reopens possibilities where you may seem desperately trapped.
Do you find yourself stuck, frustrated and ready to examine the deeper motivations of your current conflicts and overall behavior? You've perhaps long sensed that the problems that keep repeating in life suggest getting to the bottom of things. This is an opportunity for self-exploration in psychoanalysis which focuses on the unconscious. Uncovering deep sources of conflicts and problems you weren’t even aware of transforms damaging attachments and reopens possibilities where you may seem desperately trapped.
Peter-William Myers
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC , CNIT
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Are you feeling stuck in life, battling depression and anxiety, or experiencing relationship issues? I will walk alongside you in whatever journey you are on to help you reach your goals, whatever they may be, from learning new coping skills, improving communication skills, or improving your relationships.
Are you feeling stuck in life, battling depression and anxiety, or experiencing relationship issues? I will walk alongside you in whatever journey you are on to help you reach your goals, whatever they may be, from learning new coping skills, improving communication skills, or improving your relationships.
Gregory Mairs
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
I have an extensive professional history of working with families and couples in crisis. Many of us struggle in our relationships & find that clear communication is challenging for many reasons. The barriers may include issues with past trauma or failed attempts to find the right words during a conflict. I bring the structural therapy tools to help a family, couple, or individual recognize the triggers of their conflicts, explore past trauma & the impact it may have on the current relationship/situation, help the individual challenge automatic negative assumptions, & find a response which leads to clear communication.
I have an extensive professional history of working with families and couples in crisis. Many of us struggle in our relationships & find that clear communication is challenging for many reasons. The barriers may include issues with past trauma or failed attempts to find the right words during a conflict. I bring the structural therapy tools to help a family, couple, or individual recognize the triggers of their conflicts, explore past trauma & the impact it may have on the current relationship/situation, help the individual challenge automatic negative assumptions, & find a response which leads to clear communication.
Anthony F Verdi
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146 (Online Only)
I take a cognitive behavioral approach to helping my clients gain personal insight and to make behavioral changes. Depression, anxiety, and relationship issues can interfere with problem solving. Together we can explore options, develop problem solving techniques, and coping mechanisms that will help you feel more in control of your self and your situation. My style is informal and relaxed. Ideal clients are those that are committed to making changes and who are willing to fully participate in the therapeutic relationship.
I take a cognitive behavioral approach to helping my clients gain personal insight and to make behavioral changes. Depression, anxiety, and relationship issues can interfere with problem solving. Together we can explore options, develop problem solving techniques, and coping mechanisms that will help you feel more in control of your self and your situation. My style is informal and relaxed. Ideal clients are those that are committed to making changes and who are willing to fully participate in the therapeutic relationship.
Andrew Oostdyk
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
My ideal client is one with motivation for self-care, openness to change, and a desire to learn more about themselves and others. My ideal population consists of adults with a mental health diagnosis of anxiety, depression, PTSD, substance use disorder, and other increasingly complex diagnoses. However, I am also devoted to assisting those seeking help without a defined diagnosis and who are beginning therapy without a clear vision of treatment needs. I welcome working with anyone who may benefit from my skillset who is dealing with life’s many challenges and searching for a clearer definition and understanding of their stressors.
My ideal client is one with motivation for self-care, openness to change, and a desire to learn more about themselves and others. My ideal population consists of adults with a mental health diagnosis of anxiety, depression, PTSD, substance use disorder, and other increasingly complex diagnoses. However, I am also devoted to assisting those seeking help without a defined diagnosis and who are beginning therapy without a clear vision of treatment needs. I welcome working with anyone who may benefit from my skillset who is dealing with life’s many challenges and searching for a clearer definition and understanding of their stressors.
Elijah Jackson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Are you trying to learn more about yourself and how you can best navigate your world? Are you exploring all parts of your identity and what makes you "you"? I have focused primarily on identity-related challenges, including Gender/Sexuality exploration, Race/Ethnic identity concerns, Religious/Cultural trauma, and Sex/Intimacy issues. I also have experience helping clients navigate issues related to depression, anxiety, and ADHD/Neurodivergent disorders. I'm here to be a collaborative and warm therapist who isn't going to throw a therapy book at them but instead wants someone who sees them as human beings walking through life.
Are you trying to learn more about yourself and how you can best navigate your world? Are you exploring all parts of your identity and what makes you "you"? I have focused primarily on identity-related challenges, including Gender/Sexuality exploration, Race/Ethnic identity concerns, Religious/Cultural trauma, and Sex/Intimacy issues. I also have experience helping clients navigate issues related to depression, anxiety, and ADHD/Neurodivergent disorders. I'm here to be a collaborative and warm therapist who isn't going to throw a therapy book at them but instead wants someone who sees them as human beings walking through life.
Andrew Dyer
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Are you experiencing depression/anxiety, career issues, substance use issues, relationship issues, and familial issues? Your needs may include identifying and implementing new ways of coping, exploring career options, finding a treatment facility, or acquiring new insights regarding your spouse/family member. A client would work with me to address areas in their life that are contributing to stressors.
Are you experiencing depression/anxiety, career issues, substance use issues, relationship issues, and familial issues? Your needs may include identifying and implementing new ways of coping, exploring career options, finding a treatment facility, or acquiring new insights regarding your spouse/family member. A client would work with me to address areas in their life that are contributing to stressors.
Estadt Psychological Services
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
We are a group of psychologists and clinical social workers who draw on effective, well-supported interventions to help you resolve challenges. By applying cognitive behavioral and other complementary therapy techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life. We offer a personalized approach tailored to each of our clients' needs to help attain the personal growth for which they are striving.
We are a group of psychologists and clinical social workers who draw on effective, well-supported interventions to help you resolve challenges. By applying cognitive behavioral and other complementary therapy techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life. We offer a personalized approach tailored to each of our clients' needs to help attain the personal growth for which they are striving.
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Dr. Dan Pezzulo
PhD, ABSNP, NSCP, LCSW, CBIS
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Dr. Dan Pezzulo has been providing psychological, educational, & counseling services for over 30 years. Dr. Dan is passionate about helping people with Anxiety Disorders; Adult ADHD; Learning Disabilities; Vocational, College, or Career uncertainty; people seeking Accommodations for high-stakes tests (e.g., SAT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT), college, or graduate school; and, parents trying to better understand and obtain Special Education & Related Services for their school age children.
Dr. Dan Pezzulo has been providing psychological, educational, & counseling services for over 30 years. Dr. Dan is passionate about helping people with Anxiety Disorders; Adult ADHD; Learning Disabilities; Vocational, College, or Career uncertainty; people seeking Accommodations for high-stakes tests (e.g., SAT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT), college, or graduate school; and, parents trying to better understand and obtain Special Education & Related Services for their school age children.
Josh Freker
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSS, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Therapy can generate greater meaning in your life, nourish a sense of connection, and help transform unhealthy patterns. Whether you seek help with specific concerns or you simply want to better understand yourself, I create a supportive space in which we can think together about your relationships and experiences. My style as a therapist tends to be warm, engaged, and curious. I encourage a focus both on a deeper exploration of the roots of your distress and on what can be changed in the present to help you feel better.
Therapy can generate greater meaning in your life, nourish a sense of connection, and help transform unhealthy patterns. Whether you seek help with specific concerns or you simply want to better understand yourself, I create a supportive space in which we can think together about your relationships and experiences. My style as a therapist tends to be warm, engaged, and curious. I encourage a focus both on a deeper exploration of the roots of your distress and on what can be changed in the present to help you feel better.
Chris McKee
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Feeling anxious, depressed or overwhelmed? Want to improve your relationships? Challenging times can also be opportunities because they activate the parts of us that need healing. This can also cause extreme feelings and thoughts to hijack us, making us feel overwhelmed or stuck. I truly believe we each have everything we need to live from a place of calm, courage, curiosity, and creativity. We just need to release the obstacles and burdens we carry and learn how to relate to ourselves differently.
Feeling anxious, depressed or overwhelmed? Want to improve your relationships? Challenging times can also be opportunities because they activate the parts of us that need healing. This can also cause extreme feelings and thoughts to hijack us, making us feel overwhelmed or stuck. I truly believe we each have everything we need to live from a place of calm, courage, curiosity, and creativity. We just need to release the obstacles and burdens we carry and learn how to relate to ourselves differently.
Max Greenspan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146 (Online Only)
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker currently serving adults, children, adolescents and families in Pennsylvania. I have more than 10 years of experience providing therapeutic services to individuals and families across the lifespan. While I consider a person-centered approach to be central to my practice, one of my specializations is in that of cognitive behavioral therapy. I have deep experience working with adults, adolescents and children with mood and anxiety challenges utilizing cognitive behavioral techniques, in addition to supporting those who have experienced trauma or other adverse life events.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker currently serving adults, children, adolescents and families in Pennsylvania. I have more than 10 years of experience providing therapeutic services to individuals and families across the lifespan. While I consider a person-centered approach to be central to my practice, one of my specializations is in that of cognitive behavioral therapy. I have deep experience working with adults, adolescents and children with mood and anxiety challenges utilizing cognitive behavioral techniques, in addition to supporting those who have experienced trauma or other adverse life events.
Paul Renn
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
When we experience loss, unwanted change, or trauma it can shake our foundations and lead to pain, confusion, and heartache. While we can't prevent life from happening or undo what we've been through, my practice is based on a deeply held belief in the ability for all of us to heal and resume living with meaning and purpose. Recognizing where you're feeling blocked, stuck, or hurt will inform where we focus our efforts. Granting ourselves full permission to feel and express the depth of our feelings is instrumental to healing and growth.
When we experience loss, unwanted change, or trauma it can shake our foundations and lead to pain, confusion, and heartache. While we can't prevent life from happening or undo what we've been through, my practice is based on a deeply held belief in the ability for all of us to heal and resume living with meaning and purpose. Recognizing where you're feeling blocked, stuck, or hurt will inform where we focus our efforts. Granting ourselves full permission to feel and express the depth of our feelings is instrumental to healing and growth.
Jorge Balverdi
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MA
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
A good therapist will offer you the care and support that you need to work on what is keeping you from the life you want. My clients describe me as supportive and nonjudgmental and also warmly challenging. I have over 19 years of experience treating psychological distress and psychiatric conditions in culturally diverse groups. I have a wealth of experience treating young adults managing specific role transitions.
A good therapist will offer you the care and support that you need to work on what is keeping you from the life you want. My clients describe me as supportive and nonjudgmental and also warmly challenging. I have over 19 years of experience treating psychological distress and psychiatric conditions in culturally diverse groups. I have a wealth of experience treating young adults managing specific role transitions.
Gregory Dinger
Licensed Professional Counselor, MMT, MT-BC, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146
Accepting new clients! You often feel like you are navigating a world that was not meant for you. You have spent years trying to find "your place" in the chaos but continue to struggle with where that is and how to even begin exploring that in a way that feels safe and supportive. Honestly, you have a hard time envisioning what it would even feel like to have found "your place". You often feel "other" and "on the outside", which makes social and romantic relationships difficult and only exacerbates the feelings and experiences you already struggle with on a daily basis. Anxiety, grief and loss, depression, neurodiversity, stress...
Accepting new clients! You often feel like you are navigating a world that was not meant for you. You have spent years trying to find "your place" in the chaos but continue to struggle with where that is and how to even begin exploring that in a way that feels safe and supportive. Honestly, you have a hard time envisioning what it would even feel like to have found "your place". You often feel "other" and "on the outside", which makes social and romantic relationships difficult and only exacerbates the feelings and experiences you already struggle with on a daily basis. Anxiety, grief and loss, depression, neurodiversity, stress...
Ryan Keough
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT, -AS
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I come from a wide variety of experience and training and will work with an equally wide range of presenting concerns. I will work with people experiencing general life stressors and major life transitions, and/or diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, and trauma. I will work with you to find the best format of therapy to meet you where you are. I believe in a light, humorous, and warm atmosphere when it's called for, but will just as quickly walk with you through the more challenging times of life. You'll feel welcome with me, and we'll work to translate that into the rest of your life.
I come from a wide variety of experience and training and will work with an equally wide range of presenting concerns. I will work with people experiencing general life stressors and major life transitions, and/or diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, and trauma. I will work with you to find the best format of therapy to meet you where you are. I believe in a light, humorous, and warm atmosphere when it's called for, but will just as quickly walk with you through the more challenging times of life. You'll feel welcome with me, and we'll work to translate that into the rest of your life.
Michael A Nalbone
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
South of South, Philadelphia, PA 19146 (Online Only)
I am a culturally sensitive therapist that utilizes a holistic approach and a variety of therapeutic modalities to help clients reach their goals. I have a broad range of experience including treating anxiety disorders, addictions, depression, gay and lesbian issues, as well as relationship issues.
I am a culturally sensitive therapist that utilizes a holistic approach and a variety of therapeutic modalities to help clients reach their goals. I have a broad range of experience including treating anxiety disorders, addictions, depression, gay and lesbian issues, as well as relationship issues.
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Male Therapists
As a man, why might I want to see a male therapist?
There are many reasons a man might wish to work with a male therapist, including a degree of shared identity, which may help client and therapist connect to each other and allow for a more free-flowing discussion of issues that can be deeply personal. Some men may feel more comfortable talking to a male therapist about relationship concerns, the pressures they feel around the roles society and family place on men, career or job challenges, self-esteem, or anger problems. For some men who have not had a male role models in their lives, a good male therapist may be especially helpful.
How can I find out about a therapist’s experience treating men?
Individuals looking for treatment should feel comfortable directly asking a therapist about their history treating men overall and the issues that arise in therapy with men. A good therapist will be happy to discuss such matters as well as their educational background, approach to treatment, and how they think they can aid a prospective client. Prospective clients should also ask what the expectation is for treatment, and what the fee structure is, and whether and which insurance plans are accepted.
Can clients benefit from having a therapist of the same gender?
Therapy is not gender-specific, but some men as well as women feel more comfortable opening up about their experiences and history with a male therapist. An individual may feel that they have to explain less background information and be on the same page more quickly, particularly when discussing gender-specific challenges, in the case of male clients. Some women have prior negative experiences with women that predispose them to prefer working with a male in therapy. That said, a good clinician can transcend most if not all gender concerns. Ultimately, the most important factor in therapy is the connection and trust the client is able to build with the practitioner.
Would a male therapist have specific training in treating men?
Generally, no. There are no certifications for treating men specifically, but there are continuing education classes that therapists may take that focus on treating men as a group. There are many therapists who focus on men and male issues in their treatment and therefore have experience and expertise in this domain.