Clinical Therapist
Tayler Giffen, LPC, PMH-C
she/her
Gestalt; Systems (including familial, transgenerational, historically oppressive, intersectional identity frameworks); Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT), including process-based; Feminist; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); Inhibitory Learning/ Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP); Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR).
Available intakes likely within 2 weeks
(Weekdays and weekends)
Indiana + Telehealth
UPMC commercial, Highmark BC/BS commercial, Cigna, Aetna, Optum/United
$115-150
My Specialties
Reproductive mental health issues (infertility; abortion; challenges across pregnancy; postpartum anxiety, OCD, depression, or other challenges; early parenting support)
Reproductive grief and loss
Reproductive Trauma (challenging birth, medical trauma, sexual trauma, intimate partner violence)
Adjustment, stress, transitions
- Anxiety and mood symptoms
A little more about me
Some fun facts Reading, Pokémon and quiet moments amid family life. Get to know me A little less
Outside sessions, life is busy with my partner, two sons and four dogs. My hobbies tend to change with the time I have, but lately I’ve been reading, playing Pokémon and finding quiet moments where I can. I love a deep forest green and usually wear black.
What working with me is like Presence, curiosity and room for laughter alongside difficult feelings. Explore my approach A little less
I take a relational, person-centered approach that pays attention to what you notice emotionally, physically and in your relationships. I can integrate EMDR when we are working with memories that feel stuck or overwhelming. Humour is part of how I connect, and there is room for both a laugh and the feelings underneath it. I aim to stay present with what you bring, without rushing to fix it.
What matters to me Being met as a whole person. Read my story A little less
Connection grounds my work. I want to understand your lived experience alongside your symptoms, and create a relationship where you can bring pain, joy and uncertainty without having to edit yourself. Together, we can become curious about the ways you have adapted and whether those patterns still serve you.
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I am the combination of both of these quotes:
"With these spiky cleats anything is possible!" - Spongebob
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” - Carl Rogers
The person behind the practice
Tayler, in her own words.
A few reflections on what brings me to this work and how I show up in therapy.
Being witnessed without flinching
“People deserve to be witnessed without flinching.”
Tayler Giffen, LPC, PMH-C (she/her)
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What do you believe people deserve from therapy that they may not always receive elsewhere?
People deserve to be witnessed without flinching. Not fixed, not redirected away from their pain. I sit with the weight of someone's story, their suffering and their joys, and I don't look away. That's what lets people bring their whole and authentic humanness into the space...and to be met there and seen.
Room for pain that has gone unseen
“the quiet loneliness of carrying it alone.”
Tayler Giffen, LPC, PMH-C (she/her)
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What might someone be carrying when they first come to you, even if they do not yet have the words for it?
People often come to me carrying the pain they've never had witnessed, and the quiet loneliness of carrying it alone.
Present through the difficult moments
“They can expect me to stay present without flinching”
Tayler Giffen, LPC, PMH-C (she/her)
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What can someone expect from you during a difficult or emotionally intense session?
They can expect me to stay present without flinching, real enough to laugh when we need air, and curious enough to never leave them just poking at a wound.
Understanding what once protected you
“That awareness brings choice”
Tayler Giffen, LPC, PMH-C (she/her)
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How do you help someone move away from asking, “What is wrong with me?” and toward understanding what they have adapted to or survived?
I hold both. There can be real value in naming something, a diagnosis like OCD can bring relief and language. But we always look through a lens of self-compassion and context: of course you did that, you needed to survive. From there, it's not about replacing "what's wrong with me" with a diagnosis...it's building awareness of what they've adapted to in order to function and survive. That awareness brings choice...they get to decide, with curiosity instead of judgement, whether what once protected them still serves them now.