Penny Mechley-Porter, NCC, LPC

 

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Nationally Certified Counselor with a focus on both individual and family therapy. I treat adults, adolescents, and children. I help clients  find an effective way to balance life's struggles with feelings of success and competence. My experience living and working overseas--in a number of other cultures--allows me to be very open to how each of us is shaped and influenced by our life experiences. 

I specialize in a variety of issues, including ADHD, parenting, family dynamics, GLBT, adjustment issues, grief and loss, and trauma. I provide a warm and accepting environment that helps clients to face and overcome the issues challenging them. With lots of questions and discussion we figure out how to maximize a client's strengths/areas of competence and to enhance/build up their weaker areas.

I received my Master’s Degree in Counseling from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2007. My prior career was in computer science.

 

I am currently an active member of the American Counseling Association and the International Association for Marriage and Family Counselors.

I am a provider for Aetna, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and for other Blue Cross/Blue Shield organizations.