Willena Hayes, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

Willena Hayes

(She/Her/Hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

Accepting clients
Updated 30+ days ago

My approach is warm hearted and person-centered, offering a supportive listening ear while providing accountability and challenge when needed.

If you or your child are working through complex issues related to trauma or family dynamics, I’m here to support you. I work with children, families, and couples using an integrative approach, focusing on how each person’s behaviors and emotions affect the entire family. By understanding these connections, this approach helps family members build stronger, healthier relationships. I also practice Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) to help children, adolescents, and young adults process traumatic events such as changing schools, divorce, abuse, loss of a loved one, or bullying. I assist them in understanding how these experiences shape their view of the world and influence their social, behavioral, and emotional interactions. As a Black female therapist with a private practice in Philadelphia, I am committed to creating space for the BIPOC community. I see you. I support you. I’m here to help you or your child explore underlying beliefs and distinguish those influenced by societal systems from those that are truly your own.

Remote / In-person
Speaks English
Emergency number not available
African American/BlackCisgender Woman

Practice hours (EST)

Sun
closed
Mon
4:00 pm 8:00 pm
Tue
closed
Wed
closed
Thu
4:00 pm 8:00 pm
Fri
closed
Sat
closed

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

  • Academic Concerns
  • Anxiety
  • Burnout
  • Career
  • Childhood Abuse
  • Depression
  • Gender Identity
  • Grief and Loss
  • Life Transitions
  • Loneliness/Isolation
  • Panic
  • Parenting Concerns
  • Peer Difficulties
  • Perfectionism
  • Performance Anxiety
  • Physical Stress
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Racial Identity
  • Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
  • Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
  • Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
  • Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
  • Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
  • School Concerns
  • Self-Esteem
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Trauma
  • Women's Issues
  • Work/Life Balance

Age groups

  • Preteens (10-12)
  • Teens (13-17)
  • Young adults (18-30)
  • Adults (31-64)

Special groups

  • People of color

Treatment specialties

Therapeutic modalities

  • Couples Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Individual Therapy

Treatments

  • Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Location

  • The Better You Institute

    Office Building

    123 South Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19109

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Remote options

  • Video

Payment options

$100 — $120per session

  • Out-of-pocket
  • Out-of-network insurance
  • Sliding scale

Payment methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Zelle

Credentials

Licenses

  • LMFT

    1609521079, Pennsylvania

Education

  • La Salle University

    MAMFT (Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy), 2012

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