Meet Allison Kessler, LCSW

Allison holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies from American University. She received her Masters in Social Work (MSW) in 2007 from Yeshiva University. She has provided individual and group therapy primarily since 2013.

Allison has worked in a variety of settings since 2005 including inpatient psychiatric care, primary care, substance abuse, and generalized therapy. She uses a feminist and social justice lens, is well versed in trauma therapy, and is LGBTQ+ ally.

“I cannot tell you how the light comes, but that it does, that it will. That it works it’s way into the deepest dark that enfolds you, though it may seem long ages in coming, or arrive in a shape you did not foresee.”

Jan Richardson excerpted from the poem, How the light Comes

I offer in person options in the Philadelphia area at The Lodge in Flourtown, PA, as well as online therapy. I also run groups, which I will add as they are scheduled

States of licensure:

  • Pennsylvania

  • California

  • Illinois

  • Florida

I believe that all of us have the capacity to grow and find a way through our own personal darkness.