Dr. Anna Ruggirello - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

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16 years experience | Intl Clients Welcome

About Dr. Anna Ruggirello

Anna M. Ruggirello LPC CGC

Hello and Welcome! I am a licensed professional counselor and certified grief counselor in the state of Pennsylvania. I have over 15 years of experience. I have worked in a variety of settings helping my patients, and I put my clients first! I believe in providing passionate care. I am warm and compassionate. I am here to encourage you if you are facing a depressive chapter in your life. I will encourage you and treat you with care and concern. Respect is important to me, and I will make certain you are treated warmly. I will provide the attention and time you deserve!

If you are facing anxiety, depression and relationship conflict, I can help. I can help you navigate anxious feelings to promote a sense of peace and confidence. I can help by teaching you mindfulness skills and focusing on what you need to do next. I promote finding meaning or trying to make sense of changes. I believe I can help you grow in a positive manner. I cheer and encourage all of my clients to reach their best!

Talking to someone about issues you are facing can be scary and intimidating. I will treat you as a unique sensitive person, and I will keep your narrative and journey confidential.

It takes courage and strength to reach out; I am here to help! I will dedicate our time to be meaningful and helpful.

Please note I provide a supportive type of counseling, and that should You need a diagnosis or paperwork for reimbursement to insurance company , documentation to doctor’s office, attorney, agency of any type, you need to seek service elsewhere. I will not provide any documentation.

Specialties
Solution Focused Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Grief and Loss
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT),
Reality Focused Therapy

Years of Experience
16

Services Offered
Messaging, Live Chat, Phone and Video

Licenses

LPC

PC009097

LCPC

CC6596

Professional experience

ADHD
Anger management
Career difficulties
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Coping with life changes
Depression
Family conflicts
Grief
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Sleeping disorders
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Emptiness
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

Client-Centered Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Gottman Method
Mindfulness Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Solution-Focused Therapy
Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

English

15 Reviews

“Positive reinforcement at its best! Great therapist!”

“Dr Ruggirello is very knowledgeable but also very, very kind. I am so glad she is the one I was matched with.”

“Dr. Ruggirello addresses both mine and my spouses needs helps guides us in a positive direction. Supports our needs and tells us the things we need to hear not just want to hear.”

“She’s the best !”

“Dr Ruggirello and I have only had a few sessions together. But amazing progress has been made. She has helped me to get my confidence and strength back and we have developed clear goals for me and helped me to remember to be kind to myself because I deserve it.”

“Dr. Ruggirello is wonderful and has some great insight into counseling my husband and I. We feel very comfortable confiding in her and appreciate her help.”

“Very helpful! Offered great advice!”

“Anna was a great help in our first session. She helped me to prioritize my life, gave me things to focus on improving to bring peace to myself and helped with a plan forward. We were able to get a lot accomplished in a short amount of time! I left our session feeling better than I have in months.”

“Anna was a perfect match for me. Our connection was immediate. She totally understood me and gave me the advice I so desperately needed. She's warm and welcoming, which was so important for me and where I was mentally. I appreciate her, and will choose her again and again to talk too.”

“Anna is an excellent listener and very helpful. She gives me useful strategies to help me calm down when I obsess and worry. I am so thankful for her!”

“Anna is a no nonsense kind of therapist. She’s kind but asks tough questions to help me see things I’m doing in a different light. After just a few sessions she has already helped me so much. Grateful for her help!”

“She is the best!”

“Unbiased and fair , she recognizes the individual’s essential value, I was anxious as the offender that my needs would be minimized but have not sensed that to be true”

“Anna is so great! She has helped me realize so much in just 1 session with her”

“Talk therapist Anna Ruggirello followed up with me regarding continuing a telehealth session. I appreciate her follow up email and look forward to meeting her in telehealth therapy!”

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