Accepting new clients.
Who We Are
Our Counseling Practice
Our experience enables us to offer effective outpatient, individualized, psychological care. We treat a number of mental health disorders, and provide a neutral ground to individuals, families, and couples.
Our Treatment Focus
Our focus is to help individuals heal, energize, and become aware of their inner strengths. We achieve this by providing a neutral safe space, listening to your concerns, and customizing a treatment plan.
Our Patient Promise
We promise to be there for you every step of your journey. Our goal is to help you grow from your struggles, heal from your pain, and move forward to where you want to be in your life.
Our Therapy
Depression & Anxiety
Depression, fear, and anxiety are some of the most common and uncomfortable emotions that we can experience at some point in our lives. Through counseling and treatment, we are able to help you recover motivation, perspective, and joy that you once had in your life.
Children & Adolescents
Being a parent is a rewarding yet difficult task and often our children and Adolescents challenge our skills sets. Anxiety, issues with attention, and behavioral concerns all can make parenting even more of a challenge. We can help you overcome these challenges and give you the tools and strategies to help you build a peaceful and cohesive home.
Relationships
Relationship counseling can be beneficial to couples who are looking to strengthen their emotional connection, in all stages of their relationship. Therapy sessions are held with both couples and is a supportive place to discuss issues and solutions to better strengthen your relationship.
Meet Our Therapists
Gina Laird, MA, LMFT, Founder
Gina is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Pennsylvania. She earned a Master’s degree from Immaculata University in Counseling Psychology and a Post Master’s degree from Chestnut Hill College in Marriage and Family Therapy. Gina has worked professionally in community mental health and BHRS and as a School-based Mental Health Therapist. She founded Laird Family Counseling, LLC because she believes that our family of origin, is at the heart of our human interaction and therefore is the most important factor in change.
Gina works with individuals and couples. She utilizes principles of Family Systems Theory, specify Bowen family systems theory, Object-Relations Theory and believes the family dynamic of every client’s system is central to the client’s progress. She strives to help clients break the negative emotional and behavioral cycles in their lives’ and instead, live the most authentic, healthy and happy life they deserve.
Gina has devoted more than 15 years working with children and families, especially children and families with Autism and other behavioral disorders. She is trained to utilize principles of Social Thinking, Behavior Analysis, and Pivotal Response Training (PRT) to teach social skills, and emotion regulation to children. Gina supports families to increase their communication, help parents learn effective parenting strategies, improving compliance and developing peace in their homes.
Laurie Houston, MSW, LCSW
Laurie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has practiced in Pennsylvania for the past 15 years. Being trained as a Clinical social worker, she looks at the person as a whole. She considers all aspects of your life, bio/psycho/social from your past and present. It is rarely one thing that creates discomfort for us but multiples layers that contribute. Together, as we unravel those layers, we can work to build a trusted, comfortable and enjoyable relationship to help move you along towards your goals and enjoy each day fully.
Laurie works with individuals ranging in age from 14 years and up, working with people from various cultural, racial, economic, sexual preference/identify and religious backgrounds. She has extensive experience working young adults transitioning into adulthood. Along with with anxiety, depression, bi-polar, self harm, suicidality, and OCD diagnosis. Laurie is trained in various interventions and treatment modalities including motivational interviewing, CBT, ACT, Schema therapy, existential and trauma informed therapies.
Whether you are going through a divorce, grieving the loss of a loved one or pet, have mental health needs, recovering from a traumatic event, family conflict or just struggling to navigate this ever changing world we live in, Laurie is here to help. She can support you through life’s difficult challenges no matter how big or small.