Psychotherapy for deeper change.

For individuals and couples ready to move beyond strategies and into new ways of relating to themselves and each other.

Psychotherapy for
Individuals & Couples

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Individual Psychotherapy — AEDP

Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy

Emotion-focused therapy that helps you process trauma, strengthen resilience, and relate to yourself with greater authenticity.

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Couples Psychotherapy — EFT

Emotionally Focused Therapy

Research-based couples therapy that addresses the emotional patterns keeping you stuck and builds secure, lasting connection.

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The Approach

My approach integrates emotional, relational, and somatic practices with advanced clinical training and over 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist.

Rather than focusing only on symptom management, the work addresses the underlying emotional processes that shape how we relate, respond, and make meaning.

Deep without being overwhelming

Supportive while also challenging

Oriented toward real-life change

This work may be a good fit if you are:

— Feeling stuck in familiar relational or emotional patterns

— Seeking deeper understanding rather than quick fixes

— Open to emotion-focused, experiential therapy

— Wanting therapy that is both warm and intellectually grounded

This work is best suited for clients open to exploring emotional experience — not those seeking only structured strategies or prescriptive methods.

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I’m Dr. Karen Tantillo

DSW, LCSW.

An experienced and compassionate psychotherapist whose work is grounded in research-based, experiential and emotion-focused approaches to healing and change.

I work with people who want more than strategies or surface-level solutions — and who are open to doing the kind of therapeutic work that leads to real emotional and relational change.

My practice is built around working together with clients to recognize what drives their reactions, connect more fully to their internal experience, and create new ways of relating that feel both authentic and lasting.

I am a Certified AEDP Psychotherapist and Supervisor Candidate, a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist (ICEEFT), and a Faculty Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy & Practice.

About Dr. Tantillo