Phillicia DaCosta MEd, NCC, LPC

(she/her)

Accepting Clients

Therapy can be scary and uncomfortable. It also offers the opportunity to grow and be empowered to be our best selves. We're in it together

Licensed Professional Counselor in New Jersey

Services

  • Individual

About My Clients

I help folks, particularly women, identifying within BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities to achieve compassionate self-awareness and self-acceptance. I support healing from childhood, relationship and racial trauma.

My Background and Approach

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of New Jersey who approaches counseling from a strengths-based perspective and believe we each inherently hold the capacity to improve our lives. Engagement in therapy offers new perspectives, strategies and tools to help awaken our greatest potential and a genuine and abiding love of self.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Other Techniques

  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)

Issues I Treat

Specialties

LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists Systemic Oppression Therapy Women's Issues

Other Issues

  • Abuse
  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Depression
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Immigration/Acculturation
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault

Qualifications

License
MEd, NCC, LPC, State of New Jersey · #30PC00907600
Years in practice
7 years

I offer online counseling in the following states:

Hours & Availability

New clients welcome
Currently accepting new clients
Telehealth
Available

At A Glance

  • Experience: 7 years of practice
  • Rate: $150 - 250/session

Reach out to Phillicia