Isaly Counseling Associates Swissvale

05/17/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/709077

Kathy Marie Firestine - Isaly Counseling Associates, Licensed Professional Counselor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15237, (412) 369-4285, ICA is a group of dedicated mental & behavioral health professionals who offer mediation, counseling & substance abuse services to adults, children, couples, & families in a s...

05/15/2025

01/11/2025

We are accepting new clients both for in person and telehealth.

Please feel free to complete our online intake form:

Schedule an appointment with one of our Counselors by completing the form or contacting us via phone. Choose one of our office locations in North Hills, Carnegie, or Swissvale. We accept many insurance and EAPs, including Highmark, Mageallan, UPMC, Aetna, and Cigna.

12/29/2024

Introducing Shirley Kidney to our group!

Ms. Kidney is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over two decades of experience working with individuals across the lifespan in child development, schools, community mental health, and private practice. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of South Florida and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Chatham University. As a participant in the Alpha cohort, she completed a two-year certificate training program in Gestalt Therapy with the Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh.



Ms. Kidney brings a nurturing and strengths-based approach to therapy, emphasizing the importance of the therapeutic relationship alongside the interventions utilized. She works with individuals aged 14 and older, as well as couples, supporting clients with ADHD, anxiety, and depression, and helping them navigate times of transition

12/01/2024

Please join us in welcoming Shirley to our group.

Ms. Kidney is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over two decades of experience working with individuals across the lifespan in child development, schools, community mental health, and private practice. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of South Florida and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Chatham University. As a participant in the Alpha cohort, she completed a two-year certificate training program in Gestalt Therapy with the Gestalt Institute of Pittsburgh.



Ms. Kidney brings a nurturing and strengths-based approach to therapy, emphasizing the importance of the therapeutic relationship alongside the interventions utilized. She works with individuals aged 14 and older, as well as couples, supporting clients with ADHD, anxiety, and depression, and helping them navigate times of transition.

01/11/2023

Busy group practice providing behavioral / mental health services to individuals, families, and groups with three locations in the Pittsburgh area (Carnegie, North Hills, and Swissvale).

Our clinicians are independent contractors who create their own flexible schedules and can work at any of our three locations.

We seek dedicated and skilled practitioners to join our dynamic team.

Must have a license to practice, carry malpractice insurance, and ideally be credentialed with behavioral health payors.

Excellent opportunity to engage in independent, private practice.

12/14/2021

If you'd like to become a client, please fill out our online form and we can connect you with one of our highly skilled clinicians.

Schedule an appointment with one of our Counselors by completing the form or contacting us via phone. Choose one of our office locations in North Hills, Carnegie, or Swissvale. We accept many insurance and EAPs, including Highmark, Mageallan, UPMC, Aetna, and Cigna.

10/04/2021

If you'd like to become a client, please fill out our online form and we can connect you with one of our highly skilled clinicians.

Schedule an appointment with one of our Counselors by completing the form or contacting us via phone. Choose one of our office locations in North Hills, Carnegie, or Swissvale. We accept many insurance and EAPs, including Highmark, Mageallan, UPMC, Aetna, and Cigna.

09/27/2021

Please join us in welcoming Sarah.

SARAH BARTHOLOMEW-FISHER
MSW, LCSW

Sarah graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and went on to graduate from Case Western Reserve University with a Masters of Science in Social Administration.

Sarah believes that every person is the expert in their own life and through collaborative therapeutic work great change can be made. She believes that there is no one therapeutic method that works for everyone, so she uses methods from several therapeutic modalities. Sarah practices therapy with a person-centered approach and will work with you to find the approach that works best for you. She utilizes many evidence-based practices including (but not limited to) cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), trauma focused-CBT, solution focused therapy, emotionally focused individual therapy, play therapy, expressive therapies, bibliotherapy, and continues to seek out and be trained in new evidence based interventions.

Sarah has spent her career working with children, adult, and family survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse, as well as many different mental health diagnoses. She is a firm believer in equity and spends her free time creating political change, pushing for legislation to support LGBT+ individuals and families, people of color, and other marginalized and underserved populations.

Sarah is passionate about helping individuals be the best version of who they want to be.

07/16/2021

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