Anthony Mastroianni, LCSW

Anthony Mastroianni is a Pennsylvania licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 25 years of post-master's experience. He works with adults on problems like stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship conflict, parenting strain, and anger. He also helps people managing bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and the fallout from trauma and family disruption.

He began his career at a university-affiliated psychiatric research institute focusing on substance dependence and mood disorders. After that he moved into family-focused work, helping highly conflicted couples and people who use aggression in relationships. He has provided individual and group psychotherapy in rural, urban, and island communities.

His work draws on client-centered approaches alongside cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior methods, existential perspectives, and mindfulness practices. Sessions look at current problems and practical skills, while also considering personal history and family patterns. He emphasizes clear choices and personal responsibility when planning next steps.

He has experience with active duty personnel and military veterans and with people from a range of cultural backgrounds. That variety informs how he approaches problems like post-traumatic stress, post-acute recovery from substance dependence, codependency, and highly conflicted relationships with or without intimate partner violence.

In sessions he uses a collaborative style. He helps identify goals, weighs possible choices, and works on the concrete skills needed to handle anger, reduce risky behavior, and improve communication. Clients leave with specific strategies to practice between meetings.

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