John’s Story
John is a full time psychotherapist specializing in abuse and neglect. His office is within the group practice of New Directions Counseling located north of Pittsburg In Wexfor, PA. He sees adults with a history as a victim of physical, sexual or emotional abuse or neglect as children. He does play therapy with children who have been abused or neglected. He works with Non-Offending Parents with children who have been abused or neglected. He has worked as a full time psychotherapist at Family Resources since 2004. Before that, he worked at Mercy Behavioral Health for 7 years, supervising up to 10 Mobile Therapists and Therapeutic Support Staff in a Wraparound Program focussing on behavioral strategies for parents and their children. He briefly performed clinical work as an outpatient therapist at the North Hills office, as well as administrative duties such as completing time sheets for payroll, interviewed, hired and terminated employees. He also worked as Behavior Specialist Consultant and started as Therapeutic Staff Support visiting families in their homes.