Mallory Hanfling, LCSW

With your permission, I’d love to help you on your journey to living your most authentic and joyful life!

Courage To Grow Counseling is a predominantly Queer-focused therapeutic practice serving the LGBTQ2IA+ community in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Indiana.

I specialize in working with folks who are hoping to excavate their most authentic selves in a world where we are expected to fit into tiny neat little boxes that were never going to be big enough to contain our multitudes.

Identity formation, gender and sexuality exploration and affirmation, and individuation and attachment will be major focuses of our work together. I rely heavily on developing mindful communication skills to help you advocate for your needs and to feel seen and heard by your people.

My unique niche is working with “Fireflies” – aka individuals who have experienced being in a long-term committed monogamous hetero-seeming relationship and realized something new about their sexuality and/or gender within that relationship and have had to have very hard conversations with their partner about what to do with this new information. These individuals are sometimes referred to as “late-blooming lesbians” or “late bloomers,” however I strongly believe that your timing is perfect for you, and I wanted a more gender and sexuality inclusive and expansive term for this population!

I offer a peer support group for Fireflies each week as well as individual and couple’s therapy for those going through this “metamorphosis”.
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Location:
Philadelphia, PA

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• Identity Formation
• Coming Out
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Communication

Types of Therapy

• Psychodynamic
• Intersectional Feminist
• Systems-Based

Fees

Individual 45-minute session $185
Relationship 45-minute session $240 (+$100/additional individual after 2)
Some sliding scale spots reserved for Q/T/POC

Insurance

• None, but Out Of Network (OON) superbill can be provided upon request