Sonja Lindgren

I am a 1994 graduate of the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, where I received a Master’s Degree in Social Service, and a 1985 graduate of Brown University, where I studied Comparative Literature. I am licensed in the state of Pennsylvania in Clinical Social Work. In addition to treating patients in my private practice in Wayne, Pennsylvania, which I opened in 2006, I have been a lecturer at The School of Social Policy and Practice at The University of Pennsylvania.and have worked for The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment, Introspect of Buxmont, Mentor (a therapeutic foster care program), and Main Line Clinical Associates. I had a previous career in publishing and also taught English language and literature to high school students in Zimbabwe in 1989.

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I hold a certification in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy, a well-researched treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and complex trauma that can be effective for treating the effects of any negative life experiences that continue to resonate in the present. EMDR Therapy is an exciting modality that can provide relief from stubborn symptoms that do not resolve with talk therapy, as it addresses mind, body, and emotion simultaneously, and has been shown to work more quickly than traditional psychotherapy. I am also an Approved EMDR Consultant, able to provide consultation to EMDR therapists. For more information about EMDR, please visit EMDRIA.com the website of the EMDR International Association.​

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I have worked with many couples and families to reduce conflict and deepen relationships. I believe that relationships provide a path for growth and that one of my jobs as a psychotherapist is to help people develop healthy, generative relationships with themselves, their families, and their community. In my view, psychotherapy is a collaborative, creative process. It can be brief or extensive, depending on the client’s goals and the complexity of the issues. It is always a conversation.