Greetings! I am Dr. Andrew P. Yake (PhD), and I am a licensed psychologist with a lovely office in Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. I offer insight psychology, in the form of individual therapy, couples counseling, and general psychology consultations, to adults from throughout the greater Pittsburgh region. In essence, I work to help individuals and couples do three useful things:

1. Get unstuck
2. Overcome pain & suffering
3. Maximize life satisfaction & enjoyment
   

Rather than simply offer strategic advice, however, I also help people forge reliable tools that allow them to move confidently and effectively toward their goals. Sometimes, I even help people sort out what their goals really are. Whatever your goals really are, if I can be helpful to you, then I would hope to have that privilege. It is no coincidence that I love what I do, and I am thankful to have the skills and training to do it well. (See my Psychology Credentials).

Insight Psychology

My psychology practice can be classified as a form of insight psychology, because it is designed to help you fully appreciate the patterns with which you relate to yourself and the world. Once we identify those patterns, we collaborate to mine them for further insight into auspicious paths toward your self-actualization and well-being.

My Therapy Style begins with listening from compassion, and it integrates elements from diverse forms of talk therapy and mindfulness. My own deep respect for mind, body, and nature provides the context for my approach. The result is a form of psychotherapy that is always responsive to your specific needs and interests. I provide expert guidance whenever useful, yet the direction and pace of your therapy always remains yours to control. In this way, the path to your well-being can begin with our first conversation.

Individual Therapy

You may or may not have been to therapy before, but if the cause of your concerns is not essentially physical in nature, then it is quite likely that the individual therapy that I offer can help you. The key thing to understand about individual therapy is that your role consists entirely of doing your best to express and to investigate whatever is most important to you. My role as therapist is to help you transform troubled patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors into untroubled patterns.

Couples Counseling (Relationship / Marriage Counseling)

The couples counseling that I offer shares with my style of individual therapy its essential principles of compassion and communication. The key predictors of good outcomes in couples counseling are open minds and mutual respect.

Psychology Consultations

If you have questions concerning life strategy, work strategy, relationships, love, dating, or virtually anything else that psychology can inform, might a few general psychology consultations be helpful?

Next Step?

I invite you now to begin our conversation. Please find both my navigation menu and my contact details posted at the upper left of each page. You may also proceed directly to the CONTACT ME page to request an appointment. In any case, I hope to hear from you, and I wish you the best in all contingencies . . .