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Dr. Todd Witmer

Dr. Todd Witmer

LMFT

Pennsylvania

Experienced LMFT focused on practical wellbeing

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Profile summary

Credentials
LMFT
License
LMFT, Pennsylvania · MF000462
NPI
1447248893
Experience
30 years
Languages
English
Location
Pennsylvania

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp.

  • Work and wellbeing
  • Relationship and grief
  • Practical coping skills

About Todd

Dr. Todd Witmer is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of clinical experience. He focuses on workplace wellbeing alongside everyday concerns like stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, and self-esteem. He aims to help people make practical changes they can use right away and to set attainable goals for moving forward.

He listens for each person’s story and works together with them to understand what matters most. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, aiming to build new ways to cope when old skills stop working. Common topics include parenting strains, caregiving stress, career and life transitions, intimacy and relationship challenges, and compassion fatigue.

Over three decades Dr. Witmer has worked in counseling offices and community settings, including church-based support. That background means he’s used to helping people from many walks of life talk through family of origin issues, blended family concerns, divorce and separation, and end-of-life and hospice matters. He integrates different approaches to find what fits each person’s needs.

His practice draws on client-centered work, narrative ideas, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic perspectives, and solution-focused methods. Those approaches inform how he helps clients explore meaning, clarify goals, and try small changes that add up. He encourages a steady pace and clear next steps.

Dr. Witmer works in Pennsylvania and provides sessions in English. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

How his approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the client. It helps people feel heard and identify their own next steps when dealing with stress, relationships, or life changes. Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice, and responsibility, and can help people facing major transitions or questions about purpose. Motivational interviewing is a brief, goal-oriented style that helps people build motivation for change and make practical plans to try something different.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a client’s goals, preferences, and the issue they bring. That means trying ideas, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to a single technique from the start.

Confirm the available online session options before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, reduce travel time, or allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also let someone continue care during life transitions or while managing caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to the online setting to focus on clear goals, small experiments, and steady progress.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Family conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Social anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

30+ years

Credentials

Pennsylvania

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?

He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, self-esteem, parenting and career transitions, plus caregiving and compassion fatigue.

What is the general style of therapy?

The approach is conversational and goal-focused, mixing listening with practical steps. Sessions often emphasize finding new coping skills and clear next actions.

How much clinical experience does he have?

He brings 30 years of experience working in counseling offices and community settings, including church-based support over the decades.

What credential does he hold and where is he located?

He is a PA LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and practices in Pennsylvania.

Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. He is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Please check the scheduling details to see what formats are offered.

How does billing or cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with this therapist?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

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