Move Forward Counseling, LLC

You’re invited to the Move Forward Counseling & Heartwell Therapy, LLC Lancaster Open House. 🗓️ Friday, November 6, 2026 | Drop in between 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. We welcome the Lebanon County community, businesses, healthcare workers, legislators, non-profits & behavioral healthcare providers. Highlights: • Complimentary lunch • Therapy office tours • Meet our therapists and leadership team • Free & accessible parking • Accessible entrance and gender-neutral bathrooms 📍Location: 131 Foxshire Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601 📩 Please RSVP by November 2 to help us plan for lunch. Last-minute attendees are still welcome without an RSVP. https://lnkd.in/er5paxzj We look forward to connecting with you. #moveforwardpa #moveforwardcounseling #heartwellpa #heartwelltherapy

Join us for our Lebanon Open House and complimentary lunch! RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gU4edd8p

Therapist Networking Event – Complimentary Lunch Move Forward Counseling LLC, together with our sister practice Heartwell Therapy, LLC, invites mental health professionals to a therapist-only networking event focused on connection and community. 🗓️ Friday, October 16, 2026 | 12:00–2:00 p.m. 📍Southern Market, 100 S. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17603 🅿️ Parking: Complimentary lot across the street or Steinman Garage 📩 Space is limited! RSVP today https://lnkd.in/gfSeyjrz to secure your seat. We thank our Fall 2026 Lunch Sponsor, Nicole Schwartz, CRNP of Well Rooted Psychiatry. We look forward to building strong professional relationships amongst providers. 🫶 #moveforwardpa #moveforwardcounseling #heartwellpa #heartwelltherapy

Feeling underappreciated, disrespected, or not a priority? Having frequent arguments? Is the weight of finances, task sharing, or intimacy leading to unconstructive communication and exhaustion? All relationships have struggles, ups and downs, bumps in the road, and challenges that can be difficult to navigate. It's easy to let things pile up and get out of control, leaving you frustrated, overwhelmed, and hopeless. What steps can you take to turn things around? Where do you begin? Move Forward Counseling's therapists specialize in helping individuals navigate their own role in relationship struggles. We are here to help you navigate ongoing issues and answer questions like: Why do I feel this way? How am I supposed to respond? How can I move forward healthily? How can I take responsibility for every part of my own life within this relationship? IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR NEW CLIENTS: https://lnkd.in/esZW4gPj. Learn more about MFC's relationship counselors and read their bios: https://lnkd.in/gnzJ-K_a #moveforwardpa #moveforwardcounseling #heartwellpa #heartwelltherapy

Evidence-based support for postpartum depression, anxiety, and birth trauma is available when thoughts feel overwhelming, heavy, and incredibly isolating. Getting help is possible. You don't have to carry this alone. Motherhood brings profound changes, but for many, it also brings the heavy weight of postpartum depression, anxiety, or birth trauma. If you are feeling overwhelmed by parenting, struggling to bond with your baby, or experiencing persistent guilt and isolation, these are not character flaws, they are clinical realities of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs). You deserve a space where your intrusive thoughts are validated and your recovery is prioritized. Our specialized counseling for mothers in Pennsylvania provides evidence-based support in a judgment-free environment, helping you move from survival mode back to a place of connection and joy. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eMdwatZU Move Forward Counseling offers Counseling for Mothers in-person at six locations in Lancaster, York, Lebanon, State College, Pittsburgh, and Hershey, as well as online across Pennsylvania. Get help answering the question: Is it the "Baby Blues" or Postpartum Depression? Help with Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) requires more than just support; it requires specialized clinical expertise. At Move Forward Counseling, our maternal health specialists use evidence-based methods like CBT and EMDR for birth trauma to help you process the physical and emotional shifts of early parenthood. We have immediate openings for new clients both online and in person in PA. Meet our team of therapists who specialize in Counseling for Mothers and Post-partum Issues at https://lnkd.in/eMdwatZU. Refer someone for counseling: https://lnkd.in/gZ_fEnVR Contact us or book appointments: https://lnkd.in/gBaNKnJc Read our recent blog, “Why Don’t I Enjoy Motherhood As Much As I Thought I Would?”, to learn more about the changes and unexpected challenges of motherhood — the many factors that can affect, and even put a damper on, your motherhood journey. https://lnkd.in/gSAfD6MR #moveforwardpa #moveforwardcounseling

The trauma you have experienced can affect your everyday life. You may have difficulty sleeping, intrusive thoughts popping up without warning, or often feeling anxious. If you want to feel better and move on from the haunting images in your mind of the trauma you experienced, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy is an evidence-based therapy that can help. Everyone reacts to trauma differently. However, some of the common symptoms of trauma that indicate a person might have PTSD or at least benefit from a trauma therapy like EMDR include: 🌨️Easily startled or feeling “jumpy” 🌨️Difficulty sleeping, having nightmares 🌨️Experiences while awake of feeling like you are reliving the traumatic event “flashbacks” 🌨️Withdrawing from others, depression, intrusive/negative thoughts 🌨️Difficulty concentrating 🌨️Risky behavior 🌨️Anger, irritability “Co-occurring” problems, such as drug/alcohol use as an unhealthy coping strategy. Depending on the constellation of trauma symptoms, an individual could also qualify for a diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Research shows that EMDR helps with other issues, such as panic attacks, depression, chronic illness, and grief/loss, to name a few. Learn more about the technique and how it can help at https://lnkd.in/eVUuzBWH. When you meet with your MFC or HWT therapist, they will explain how EMDR works in more detail. The short story is that it helps your brain to process the traumatic event. This way, you can get the traumatic memory unstuck from your brain’s “fight, flight, or freeze” part. Then, you’ll begin to have fewer unwanted symptoms of trauma and PTSD. Book now: https://lnkd.in/esZW4gPj (individual therapy) Book now: https://lnkd.in/ezbN8DU6 (couples, family, relationships) Both Move Forward Counseling and Heartwell Therapy clinicians are licensed in PA and trained in EMDR therapy. #moveforwardpa #moveforwardcounseling #heartwellpa #heartwelltherapy #EMDR #EMDRtherapy