Erica Ricciardi, MA, NCC, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor
150 S Warner Road, Suite 130, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406
Phone: 215-278-9320
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Session Fees: $200 - 50 minute session
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This member is also available for online counseling.
Online-counseling methods: Webcam

My goal is to provide my clients with effective and efficient tools to overcome their biggest life challenges. I also strive to create a warm, nonjudgmental, and safe environment for all of my clients to feel comfortable opening up. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is incredibly important and delicate. I use a collaborative approach while guiding my clients through the exploration of their most intrusive thoughts, fears, and anxieties and assisting them in challenging these thoughts and behaviors. My ideal client is someone who is ready to make meaningful changes in order to live a happier, healthier life.

I have experience working with adolescents and adults with various diagnoses including:

Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder
Anorexia
Binge Eating Disorder
Bulimia
Grief Related Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Body Image Dissatisfaction
Major Depressive Disorders

I utilize cognitive behavioral therapy in order to help clients gain a better understanding of and reframe their thought processes, intrusive thoughts, and maladaptive coping skills. I am extensively trained in a variety of evidence-based treatments for OCD, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and trauma.

Some of these treatment modalities include:

Exposure/Response Prevention
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Enhanced (for ED's)
Prolonged Exposure for PTSD
General Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety and depression.

The most important thing to me in the therapy room is my relationship with my client. I approach this with compassion and empathy and most importantly, meeting my clients where they are. Holding the space for my clients to experience life's ups and downs is one of my greatest strengths. During our work together, I will guide you through tools and strategies that will help to ease your stress and anxiety and lead you to the life you have always imagined. I will help you highlight your individual strengths and put them into practice so that together, we can foster the change you have been looking for. I combine my CBT skills with a Person-Centered Approach, which I believe creates an atmosphere where I can both challenge my clients appropriately AND provide a safe and empathically driven environment. The single most important thing to me in the therapy room is my relationship with my client - which is why I always welcome feedback. I am the expert in the treatments but you are the expert on you.

I work with clients that are aged 14 years old and up.

I am licensed to practice in PA, NJ, DE. I offer limited in person sessions for PA residents with a flexible virtual option for all 3 states that I am licensed in.

Erica Ricciardi Reaches

King of Prussia PA

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