In-Person Therapy in Center City Philadelphia
Some work is better done in a room together.
I offer in-person therapy at my office at 255 S 17th Street, a few minutes' walk from Rittenhouse Square. For clients who want the weekly ritual of leaving the office, crossing the square, and sitting down somewhere that isn't their apartment or their desk, the physical space does something a video call can't.
I work with high-functioning adults — people managing careers, relationships, and responsibilities capably from the outside, who are nonetheless stuck on something they can't think their way out of alone.
Why meet in person
Virtual therapy is genuinely good, and I offer that too. But there are reasons people choose the office:
Fewer exits. Difficult material is easier to avoid when you can glance at another window, check a notification, or end a call. A room makes avoidance harder, which is often exactly what the work needs.
The commute is part of it. The walk over is time to arrive mentally. The walk back is time to metabolize. Clients who go straight from a session into a meeting frequently find the hour doesn't land the same way.
Privacy that's actually private. If you share a home, an office, or thin walls, an hour somewhere else may be the only place you can say certain things out loud.
Presence. Some of what happens between two people in a room — pacing, silence, what the body does when a subject comes up — is legible in ways it isn't through a screen.
None of this makes virtual worse. Many of my clients do both, in person when their schedule allows and virtual when it doesn't.
The office
The office is on the 15th floor at 255 S 17th Street, aka The Medical Tower building, in Center City. It's a private, quiet space — books, comfortable chairs, natural light. Nothing clinical about it.
Getting here:
Two blocks from Rittenhouse Square
Walking distance from Center City, Fitler Square, Graduate Hospital, University City, Society Hill, Fairmount and Logan Square
Close to the 15th/16th Street transit corridor and the Suburban Station and 30th Street regional rail lines
Convenient to most Center City law firms, hospital systems, and financial and consulting offices
I offer daytime and evening appointments in the office, with evening availability limited. I don't hold in-person hours on Saturdays, though I have limited availability on Saturday via telehealth.
Who I work with
Most of my clients are in their mid-twenties through their forties. A large share are men, many of whom are coming to therapy for the first time. Professionally they tend to be:
Lawyers and legal professionals
Physicians and other medical professionals
Consultants, entrepreneurs, and founders
Engineers, developers, and people in tech
Finance professionals
Academics, teachers, and graduate students
What often brings them in are challenges or transitions where old strategies are no longer effective— a move, marriage or relationship struggles, professional stress, becoming a parent, a loss. This is usually accompanied by a current of anxiety that's been running for a while, or increasing feelings of depression or burnout.
What I help with
Anxiety & Stress— practical tools to quiet the noise and feel more in control
Depression & Burnout — support for low mood, fatigue, and finding your way back
Career & Identity— clarity when work feels stuck or unfulfilling
Life Transitions — steadier footing through change
Relationships — individual work on patterns that keep repeating
Men's Therapy — stress, self-doubt, and the pressure to hold it together
OCD Treatment — evidence-based care for intrusive thoughts
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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I'm an out-of-network provider. I don't bill insurance directly, but many clients receive partial reimbursement. I provide a monthly superbill you can submit to your insurer. My out-of-network explainer walks through how that works.
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es, and many clients do. Some weeks the office makes sense; some weeks it doesn't. Same work either way.
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A majority of my clients haven't. Clients frequently tell me they expected it to feel awkward and it didn't. That's something I pay deliberate attention to.
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It depends on what you're working on. Some people come for a focused stretch around a specific problem; others stay longer. We'll talk about it directly rather than leaving it vague.
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Message, phone, email, or us. From there, we'll schedule a free 30-minute video consultation. The consult is conversational — you'll have a chance to share what's going on, ask questions, and get a feel for how I work. If it seems like a good fit, we'll schedule your first full session from there.
Getting started is simple
Most people begin with a free 30-minute video consultation. It's an informal conversation — what's going on, what you're hoping for, and whether we're a good fit. No pressure.
If we move forward, the first session is a 60-minute intake, in the office or on video. After that we typically meet for 50-minute sessions weekly or every other week.