I am licensed in Pennsylvania with 5 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, family conflicts, parenting issues, & depression. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic brain injury, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy
PA LCSW CW023378
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Lyda Will-Hoover. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
She has been wonderful. Really helped me figure out myself and what i need to do to take care of me.
Written on Sep 22, 2024 after therapy with Lyda for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and bipolar disorder
She is very helpful and understanding
Written on Aug 07, 2024 after therapy with Lyda for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, and stress, anxiety
Always polite and respectful with great ideas to help my present attitude.
Written on Jun 26, 2024 after therapy with Lyda for 1 month on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, and grief
Lydia was great. She was very down to earth and listened and respected my situation. Her background knowledge really helped ease my mind about a lot of things going on in my life, and her input has helped prepare me for the next steps.
Written on Aug 15, 2023 after therapy with Lyda for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, parenting issues, and anger management