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∙ Building cooperation and openness in place of defiance and lying
∙ Cultivating self-control in place of anger and emotional storms
∙ Fostering contentment and self-confidence in place of sadness and worry
∙ Developing genuine closeness in place of clinging, rebellion, irritability, or withdrawal
∙ Promoting understanding and teamwork instead of criticism and mistrust
Richard S. Stern, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience serving children, adolescents, adults, and families. Dr. Stern has an extraordinary knack for developing a therapeutic bond and fostering change with even the most resistant, angry, or withdrawn individuals. Using clinically proven family and individual therapy modalities, he treats a wide variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, ethnic identity issues, acculturation/differing values challenges for individuals new to the USA or Philadelphia.
Dr. Stern addresses core relational issues of trust, protection, loyalty, authority, and forgiveness to help families heal from generational wounds and allow children to develop appropriate individuation using the secure base of a trusting parent-child relationship. He has extensive experience working with families from an exceptionally wide array of ethnic and class backgrounds.
Dr. Stern specializes in attachment-based and emotion-focused work. He uses a variety of family therapy, cognitive behavioral, and psychodynamic approaches, developed during his clinical training at the Child Guidance Center of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania Counseling and Psychological Services, the Coatesville Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, North East Treatment Centers, and Beth Israel Hospital (New York City).
∙ Cultivating self-control in place of anger and emotional storms
∙ Fostering contentment and self-confidence in place of sadness and worry
∙ Developing genuine closeness in place of clinging, rebellion, irritability, or withdrawal
∙ Promoting understanding and teamwork instead of criticism and mistrust
Richard S. Stern, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years of experience serving children, adolescents, adults, and families. Dr. Stern has an extraordinary knack for developing a therapeutic bond and fostering change with even the most resistant, angry, or withdrawn individuals. Using clinically proven family and individual therapy modalities, he treats a wide variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, ethnic identity issues, acculturation/differing values challenges for individuals new to the USA or Philadelphia.
Dr. Stern addresses core relational issues of trust, protection, loyalty, authority, and forgiveness to help families heal from generational wounds and allow children to develop appropriate individuation using the secure base of a trusting parent-child relationship. He has extensive experience working with families from an exceptionally wide array of ethnic and class backgrounds.
Dr. Stern specializes in attachment-based and emotion-focused work. He uses a variety of family therapy, cognitive behavioral, and psychodynamic approaches, developed during his clinical training at the Child Guidance Center of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania Counseling and Psychological Services, the Coatesville Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, North East Treatment Centers, and Beth Israel Hospital (New York City).
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Work Counties
Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, York
Areas of Practice
Anger Management, Family, Multicultural Issues, Parenting Issues, Sport & Exercise
Orientation/Treatment Models
Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Eclectic, Family Systems, Gestalt, Interpersonal, Psychodynamic
Populations Served
Children 6-12, Adolescents, Adults, Couples
Are you accepting new clients?
Yes
Are you currently offering telehealth services?
Yes
Yes
Are you a Pennsylvania School Certified Psychologist?
No
Race and Ethnicity
Biracial/Multiracial