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Michelle Croyle, LPC is a Pittsburgh-based, EMDR-certified trauma therapist who specializes in providing faith-informed counseling and therapy intensives for Christian women in Carnegie, Pittsburgh, and across Pennsylvania. She offers in-person and virtual trauma therapy, as well as multi-day intensives for clients willing to travel to Pennsylvania. Areas of specialty include anxiety, church hurt, childhood abuse, betrayal trauma, grief and loss, PTSD and complex PTSD (C-PTSD), developmental and narcissistic abuse recovery, self-esteem healing, and emotional wounds resulting from traumatic experiences.

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Change takes more than just motivation and hope; it takes focus and action.

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Is a Therapy Intensive Worth It? A Smarter Way to Invest in Your Healing
Is a Therapy Intensive Worth It? A Smarter Way to Invest in Your Healing

Is a therapy intensive worth it? If you want deep healing as a Christian woman who has a lot of responsibility on her shoulders, a therapy intensive can be both cost-effective, time-saving, and deeply effective. Intensives are a way to get deeper healing in a faster timeframe than traditional insurance-based weekly sessions can provide and with a more well-rounded treatment experience.

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Releasing Old Patterns for 2026 with a Therapy Intensive
Releasing Old Patterns for 2026 with a Therapy Intensive

Therapeutic Intensives allow Christian Women to go deep into a focused area of healing with Abundant Freedom Counseling and can utilize EMDR, IFS Parts Work, Developmental Needs Meeting, DBT, CBT, and Somatic Awareness as well as faith-based tools.

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