Brighter Horizon Counseling
Brighter Horizon Counseling Welcomes You
Quality Care You Can Count On!
Have you or your child been struggling with stress, anxiety, or low frustration tolerance? Have you found it difficult to maintain positive relationships, be productive in your day to day life or make simple decisions? Through therapy, our experienced therapists will help you gain insight into what is driving these feelings, cope with them more effectively and build upon your strengths to grow into a better you.
Counseling Services
Personalized Counseling Services
Your wellbeing is our number one priority. We go above and beyond to cater to the needs of every patient with our personalized services and dedicated and passionate therapists.
Family Therapy
In our family therapy sessions, we will work to solve current problems and improve overall communication, thinking and behavior. We will help you “ reframe” your reactions and learn to communicate effectively with your family while coping with life’s obstacles. We are confident that you will find our approach to family therapy beneficial to each individual, as well as the family unit as a whole.
Individual Therapy
We offer individual therapy for adolescents and adults. Depending on what your unique needs are we will utilize an approach that will work best for you. Collectively, we have many years of experience with crisis counseling, solution-focused therapy, cognitive-behavioral, transference focused therapy (TFP), psychodynamic, strength-based, family systems, mindfulness-based therapy, and many more. We each use an eclectic approach that is based on personal needs, as we strive to make meaningful and long-lasting change to each client’s mental health.
Children’s Therapy
We offer individual therapy for younger children. Depending on the age and presenting problem, we will utilize talk therapy, play therapy, and a family systems approach to engage your child in the therapeutic process.
**We are happy to collaborate with any other providers including pediatricians, General Physicians, psychiatrists, neurologists and any school personnel that you feel should be a part of your treatment team and/or can provide useful insight into your progress.
Supervision Services
Clinical Supervision is available for aspiring Licensed Professional Counselors. As an approved Clinical Supervisor, I look forward to the opportunity to help new clinicians working towards their licensure learn and grow. Please click below to contact me with any questions or inquiries.
Brighter Horizon Therapists
Meet our team of experienced licensed therapists
Linda McGovern, M.Ed, LPC, ACS,
Linda specializes in adolescents and young adults with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, school avoidance, and adjustment issues. She uses an individualized approach to connect with the clients and families that she works with. Her many years of experience working with pre-teens and teens in the public and private school settings, in addition to her experience in private practice, gives her a unique understanding of the many challenges this young generation is facing. She strives to make therapy a place that feels comfortable, yet fosters growth.
Pamela Sukoneck, MSW, LSW
Pam has a variety of experience working with both children and adults. She has worked in the medical field for patients going through transplant surgeries, as well as those who are chronically medically ill. She has also worked as an in-home therapist and an early interventionist for young children. Pam utilizes many different therapeutic approaches based on the individual needs of her clients. She strives to make counseling a safe and nurturing experience for all of her clients.
Theresa Mulroony, LAC
Theresa is excited to join Brighter Horizons Counseling and use her 15+ years experience as a school counselor, in addition to her 5 years teaching experience, to help children and families navigate the struggles they may be facing in this ever changing world. Theresa has worked with children ages 11-18. She is currently accepting clients of All ages. She uses a person centered approach to create a safe and nurturing environment, in addition to cognitive behavioral therapy to help foster significant growth.
Meagan Flannery, LAC
Meagan has extensive experience working with a variety of people suffering from Addiction, Chronic
Mental Illness, Developmental Disabilities and/ or Anxiety and Depression. She utilizes multiple
therapeutic approaches depending on the specific needs of her individual clients and is currently
accepting clients of all ages in need of support through any of life’s difficulties and challenges. Meagan believes in creating and maintaining a safe, honest, and empowering space for clients to come as they are and to grow into the best version of themselves.
Eileen DeFuria, LCSW
Eileen has over 17 years experience working in the mental health field. Her experience includes working with chronically mentally ill clients , as well as with students and their families in the school setting. She has extensive experience working with clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, transitions in life and grief. She is excited to join Brighter Horizon Counseling and help clients in the private practice setting. Eileen will meet clients where they are at to help them explore and process their patterns of thinking and the impact those patterns have on their daily functioning and goals.
Counseling FAQ's
What should I expect from the first session?
The first session is relaxed and comfortable. We will address their expectations of therapy, their history, and relevant information.
Do you participate in any insurance plans?
Patients that see us will be provided the required information to submit and be reimbursed through out-of-network benefits. Please check your individual benefits, as many PPO and POS plans do reimburse. Flexible Spending and credit cards are accepted.
We have partnered with Reimbursify for you to easily submit your claims for out-of-network health insurance reimbursement at no cost for this practice. Download the app to get started today or just click the link below!
How can you help if my child doesn't really feel comfortable talking and is uneasy about therapy or “ they have already tried therapy and didn’t like it.”
Often they didn't like it because they didn’t make a connection or trust the process. We pride ourselves on being able to connect with resistant clients. We take confidentiality seriously and make sure that what they discuss in therapy, stays in therapy so they feel safe to be open and honest.