Our well trained staff include Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists, The Philadelphia Consultation Center is well-equipped to match each individual with a therapist who is well-suited to meet his/her needs. We work with adults, adolescents, children, couples, and families and provide services regardless of race, financial position, sexual orientation or religious affiliation.
Tom Bonner, MBA, MA, NCC | Staff Therapist
Areas of expertise: Depression, anxiety, trauma-related stress, adjustment difficulties arising from life transitions such as divorce, job loss or retirement, death of a loved one, and especially issues affecting veterans and family members of veterans.
Andrea Braver, LSW | Staff Therapist
Areas of experience: Anxiety, depression, life transitions, interpersonal relationship issues, family of origin issues, trauma, personality disorders/traits
Lauren Byck, LCSW | Staff Therapist
Lauren Byck is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist who earned her MSS from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Her approach to therapy is informed by relational, attachment, and psychodynamic theories. Lauren’s hope is to create a collaborative, non-judgmental and validating space to allow for exploration of concerns and enable growth.
Areas of expertise: Anxiety, depression, gender identity, sexuality, life transitions, relationship issues, family of origin issues, self-esteem.
Arielle Ettinger, LCSW | Staff Therapist
Arielle Ettinger is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She began her studies at the Pennsylvania State University, earning a Bachelor’s in Rehabilitation Human Services. She continued on to study clinical social work and the practice of psychotherapy at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her Master’s of Social Work. She has experience working in outpatient settings with individuals, and group organized agencies, with areas of interest including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma, interpersonal relationship difficulties, and mindfulness. Arielle takes a psychodynamic and relational approach, exploring how early life experiences and relationships support or bring obstacles to present life; she greatly values the therapeutic relationship built together as an important place for understanding to begin and healing to occur. By providing the space to gain a deeper personal understanding, Arielle’s interest is to help those begin to value all unique parts of the self, find the capacity to experience and regulate difficult emotions, and work towards living a more authentic and vibrant life.
Areas of expertise: Anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma, and interpersonal relationship issues.
Miriam Fife, EdD, MSS, LSW | Staff Therapist
Miriam is a licensed social worker and psychotherapist. She takes a trauma informed and client centered approach to therapy, and has experience working with children, adolescents and adults. She earned her MSS from Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social work and Social Research and holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. Miriam’s background in education and her training in clinical social work inform her understanding of development across the life-span and her therapeutic approach to supporting clients.
Areas of expertise: Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, ADHD, Learning Differences, Grief, Life-Transitions, Relationship Issues, Parenting.
April Gagne, MA, MS, LPC | Staff Therapist, Group Practice Assistant Coordinator
Areas of expertise: Depression; anxiety; trauma; anger issues; relationship issues; life transitions; LGBTQ issues; integration of spirituality and faith with the therapeutic process; with a special focus on adolescents and young adults.
Ray Gourley, MALA, NCPsyA | Staff Therapist, Group Practice Coordinator
Raymond Gourley is a Certified Psychoanalyst who has been practicing at PCC since 2006. In addition to being a Training Analyst, he has experience working with individuals, couples, and families. Raymond received his degree from St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM. Raymond is also a PSP Society Member and on faculty at PSP. He has held several administrative roles in our organization and currently is PCC’s Group Practice Coordinator.
Roslyn Grossinger, LCSW | Staff Therapist
Roslyn received her masters degree in Social Services from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social research. She has experience working with both teenagers and adults. Roslyn uses compassion, curiosity, inspiration, and humor to help her clients be their best selves and achieve success by working through any struggles they might be facing. She uses a strengths based and mindfulness approach to help clients trust themselves and their emotions. Roslyn provides a safe space where clients can express themselves freely and without fear of judgement or shame. Her work is collaborative, supportive and client centered. Roslyn’s aim is to help her clients find more meaning and purpose, pursue their joy and vitality, and achieve satisfaction and resiliency in their lives, relationships, and careers.
Marie Hartke, MSEd | Clinical Supervisor, Staff Therapist
Marie Hartke is a certified analyst who has been practicing at PCC for many years. Marie is a senior training analyst, clinical supervisor and PSP faculty member; currently she is Vice President of the Board of Directors. In her practice she treats individuals and couples.
Areas of Expertise: Psychoanalysis.
Alba Hidalgo, LCSW | Staff Therapist
Areas of expertise: Psychoanalysis
Michael Kay, LSW | Staff Therapist
Michael Kay is a licensed social worker and therapist with experience working with diverse individuals from adolescence to late adulthood struggling with self-esteem, relationships, emotional distress, and finding their path forward. A graduate of the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Michael approaches therapy as a partnership for exploration and growth.
Jennifer King, LCSW | Staff Therapist
Jen King received her Master’s in Social Work from Smith College. Her areas of interest include trauma recovery, sexuality, and personal identity. She works from a harm reduction lens, and believes in each individual’s right to self-determination. She utilizes primarily a psychodynamic approach and incorporates DBT and EMDR. Her practice is queer friendly and sex worker friendly.
Areas of expertise: PTSD, Anxiety
Susan Lankin-Watts, LSW | Staff Therapist
Susan Lankin Watts holds a masters degree in Social Services from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social research. She is a trained practitioner of EMDR from the EMDR Institute. Susan believes the relationship between the therapist and the client should be a safe, trusting relationship where the discovery of healing and well-being, the realization of hopes and dreams can thrive.
Maddie Rabin, MSW, LSW | Staff Therapist
Maddie Rabin is a psychotherapist and licensed social worker who earned her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania. She approaches therapy from a psychodynamic perspective and is interested in how our past experiences continue to shape the present. She believes that one of the most impactful aspects of therapy is the relationship between therapist and client, and prioritizes co-creating a space that is warm, non-judgmental, built on trust, and rooted in mutual respect. Using this approach in concert with CBT, expressive arts therapy, and mindfulness, Maddie seeks to support her clients in sitting with and working through difficult emotions. As a social worker, Maddie also understands that environment and larger oppressive systems play a role in an individual’s mental health. She values each client as an expert in their own experience, and works with people to identify both individual and systemic barriers as well as their unique strengths to living a more full and connected life. Maddie is trans/queer affirming, trauma informed, sex-positive, and pro-SW.
Margie Strosser, MFA, MSS, LCSW | Staff Therapist
Margie Strosser is a licensed social worker specializing in individual psychodynamic and relational therapy. Her approach is focused on self-understanding and self acceptance through the creative and empathic therapeutic relationship. Margie is feminist in orientation, and is a meditation practitioner. She was honored to work previously as a hospice social worker. Margie holds masters degrees from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research and Columbia University School of the Arts. Margie currently accepts Medicaid, Medicare and Private Pay referrals.
Evelyn White, LCSW, MSS, MLSP | Staff Therapist
Evelyn White has been practicing as a Psychotherapist, Social Worker and Child and Family Advocate for many years. She has post graduate training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well as Modern Psychodynamic Psychoanalytic Therapy. She has extensive experience working with children and adults coping with depression and anxiety, grief, loss, life transitions, chronic illness and relationship issues. Her focus is to assist individuals receiving services to access self-knowledge and improve their functioning and quality of life. In addition, she offers court ordered and voluntary co-parenting counseling to parents who are trying to develop positive communication skills in order to serve the best interest of their child/children.
Areas of expertise: Depression, Domestic Abuse, Trauma and PTSD.
Timothy Wiley, LSW | Staff Therapist
Tim is a licensed social worker and graduate from Pennsylvania West’s trauma-informed MSW program. He also holds a BA and a MA in Religion and takes an integrative psychodynamic approach to therapy that is informed by his background in pastoral care, philosophy, and social work. Using an attentive, patient, and compassionate style, Tim aims to come alongside clients and create a safe, open, and collaborative space for them to talk their way free from mental suffering and discover new ways of coping with various life circumstances.
Tim has experience working with persons with developmental disabilities and autism, OCD, grief and loss, and existential and spiritual Issues.