Anthony Mastroianni
Calm, experienced support for difficult family challenges
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Anthony
Anthony Mastroianni is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of post-masters experience. He offers steady, practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, mood problems, addiction, relationship conflict, and parenting challenges. He speaks plainly and works in a collaborative, non-judgmental way to identify goals and find manageable steps forward.
Mastroianni's early work began at a university-affiliated psychiatric research institute focused on substance dependence and mood disorders. He then moved into family therapy and interventions for highly conflicted couples and people who used aggression in relationships.
Background and approach
He has provided both individual and group psychotherapy using a mix of approaches to fit the person and the problem. His training includes psychodynamic methods, cognitive-based techniques, dialectical strategies, and relaxation and mindfulness practices. He has worked in rural, urban, and island communities and has experience across cultures.
He also has experience with active duty personnel and military veterans. In current practice he focuses on mood and anxiety problems, post-traumatic stress, recovery from substance dependence, histories of family disruption and codependency, and relationships marked by high conflict. His work centers on helping people build skills, explore choices, and accept responsibility for change.
Mastroianni emphasizes a person-centered approach that respects individual freedom and accountability. He aims to help clients use the hard parts of life as turning points toward better functioning and greater satisfaction.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a supportive, non-judgmental relationship. This approach helps people clarify their goals and make choices that match their values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It combines acceptance and change strategies useful for strong mood swings, self-control challenges, and high-conflict interactions.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options and tailor methods to match a client's goals, needs, and preferences. This process is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, continue work while traveling, or use shorter check-ins between longer sessions. Working online can help maintain continuity and make regular skill practice more convenient.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
Next step
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