Psychotherapists in Philadelphia and Scranton, PA
Perez Psychotherapy proudly offers virtual visits to individuals throughout Pennsylvania including Philadelphia, Scranton, and Pittsburgh. We are also licensed in the state of New York.
Carmela Perez-Diedhiou, LCSW (she/her)
Specialties
- Eating Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
- Mood Disorders
About Me
Carmela is a psychotherapist, CEO & Owner of Perez Psychotherapy LCSW, PLLC. Carmela provides individual, family counseling, and clinical supervision for therapists working towards obtaining their clinical license. Carmela is a New York native who completed graduate training at Columbia University’s School of Social Work and post-graduate clinical training at the Institute for Psychotherapy’s Center for the Studies of Bulimia and Anorexia.
As a therapist, Carmela has experiences including working with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds and with different presenting problems, such as depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD, relationship issues, suicidality, mood and eating disorders. Carmela’s learning has been shaped through her experiences working with adolescents, and adults who face daily struggles and challenges in their lives.
Carmela’s therapeutic style is guided by attachment and relational theories, and she leads with sensitivity, curiosity, and through undoing aloneness. Carmela utilizes evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Somatic Based Therapy. Expect with Carmela to form an intense, real, but also safe relationship that embraces both the “good and the bad”.
