At The PTSD and Anxiety Center we treat PTSD and most trauma related disorders, OCD, and anxiety related disorders. Therapy can be challenging, and we use evidence based treatments that work.
We have extensive experience and provide the most effective treatments for PTSD, trauma, OCD and anxiety related disorders; including cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure response prevention, behavioral activation for depression, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, trauma sensitive yoga, and a comprehensive dialectical behavior therapy program
We work with you to help develop a personalized treatment plan that will meet your specific needs, and fit it into evidence based practices and protocols. Our therapy is designed to be time limited, most clients agree to commit to a year of therapy. We strive to provide clients with the tools to work through symptoms independently so therapy isn’t used as a crutch.
Allison Scolaro
Owner/Director LCPC, TCTSY-F, ATR
I have been working in the mental health field for over a decade, I have worked in community mental health settings where I was exposed to diagnoses such as schizophrenia, severe bipolar disorders and individuals struggling with various psychosis states. After my experiences in community mental health, I started working in higher levels of care i.e. partial hospitalization clinics and intensive outpatient clinics with individuals struggling with PTSD, severe depression and severe OCD. This is where I found my niche… I felt a comfortability and pull towards working with individuals diagnosed with PTSD and OCD. I then set my path for opening a private practice that focused on individuals with PTSD and OCD. The private practice route gave me freedom to apply my clinical knowledge and test out other theoretical models with clients that I felt were missing in traditional clinics. I started down a path of research and curiosity in things I felt lacked in traditional therapy. I started to complete trainings in a Breathwork Teacher training accredited by Yoga alliance, various breathwork bootcamps by Breath Master Josh Seiler, and have had various personal journeys in neo shamanic breathwork under the teachers that trained with James Frazier.
I feel as though we miss the mark at times not integrating holistic therapies with evidence based therapies and treating the whole person as the person who has the answers for themselves. So many are reliant on the mental health care system and not armed with the knowledge and skills of how to heal themselves.
I am a licensed clinical professional counselor, meditation coach, certified yoga therapist, and certified breathwork coach. I have experience working in partial hospitalization settings and intensive outpatient settings along with private practices. I have completed intensive training in DBT-PE, the specialized trauma treatment for DBT clients. I have training in standard Prolonged Exposure and Exposure Response Prevention. I have completed a 300-hour advanced certification in Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), an evidence-based clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through the Center for Trauma and Embodiment in Massachusetts. I have also completed intensive training in DBT by Behavioral Tech, LLC, the training institute founded by the creator of DBT, Dr. Marsha Linehan.
I am an artist at heart, creativity drives my motivation and I have a passion for all things in nature. I see every client as an individual, and I am highly interested in weaving through people’s symptoms, behaviors, and being the catalyst to help you change yourself for the better. You are the medicine.
