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Background

Nate Prentice, LCSW, CAS-PC
(He/Him)

Welcome! If you're a trauma survivor seeking understanding and support, you're in the right place. You deserve a compassionate therapist who truly understands the challenges you face, especially if you're a first responder, active duty personnel, or veteran. Together, we can work towards healing and resilience, helping you find peace and strength in your journey.​​

Nate Prentice is the founder of this practice, and is currently connecting with other providers who share the same dream to provide a cooperative network of similarly trained providers who can service survivors of trauma and/or mentor other new practitioners interested in the work.

With over 35 years of experience in the field as a social worker and pastoral counselor, I have been utilizing EMDR since 1993 to individuals navigate their challenges.

 

My practice is open to everyone, offering general therapy for all, specializing in the treatment of trauma, which I help through focusing on EMDR and related techniques.

 

I also offer pastoral counseling for people of all faiths, including those who identify as atheists and are seeking meaning in their lives.  While my background is Catholic, I have had enough experience in life to see what meaning comes from everyone's spiritual journey, no matter where it has brought them.

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Having worked with all varieties of traumas over the years and also knowing personally how that can affect people, I have developed not only a good understanding of it, but also a good heart for helping survivors own their resilience and victory over it.

 

For my consultation mentees, I understand the importance of good mentorship in counseling, having received it and given it, and I am dedicated to providing that support to people seeking it from me. 

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Education

2012-2014

Neumann University

Aston, PA

Certificate of Advanced Studies in Pastoral Counseling

This is the credential allotted to those who are already clinically licensed to practice pastoral counseling.

Graduated with a 4.0 GPA

I like to focus on providing services to people of all faiths, not just the mainstream faiths.

1992-1994,

1994-2003

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Master of Social Work

Additional years after 1994 reflect work on a PhD in Social Welfare at Penn.  I decided to focus more on clinical work than grant writing instead of completing that, as that is more important to me.​

Here I focused on mental health and substance abuse, and learned about working with trauma.  I obtained my initial training in EMDR here.

1985-1989

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

Bachelor of Science in Social Work

Here I got my chops in general social work and therapy, providing counseling as well as referral/coordination of services, to make me more well-rounded to help people in need.

Areas of Experience

In 35 years, I have spent 20 of them working in the not for profit sector, working in the following areas:

  • Homelessness

  • Addictions at all levels of care, including methadone services

  • Criminal justice, both in prison and probation/parole

  • Mental Health care, including all levels of care

  • Veterans Administration work

  • Work with Catholic Social Services providing therapy

  • Community Mental Health (serving the chronically and non-chronically mentally ill who also struggle with poverty and other related issues that contribute to trauma

  • Residential care for at-risk youth (here I served as Director of Residential Services overseeing a staff of 50)

  • Mental health and substance abuse day treatment programs

  • Elderly home-based psychotherapy

  • Managed care, authorizing treatment for people in need.

After those 20 years, I went into the world of private practice.

  • Provided and providing individual, couples, family group counseling

  • Worked for three years as Clinical Director for a practice with a staff of 18.

  • Continuing to work for over three additional years providing pre-licensure supervision for social workers preparing for clinical licensure in PA.​

​I love doing volunteer work.

  • I volunteer with Delaware County (PA)'s Critical Inciident Srress Management Team (CISM), providing these services to police, fire, EMT services after particularly terrible critical experiences.l​

  • I volunteer with the county's Citizens Corps, providing ldisasster mental health services, as well as helping with the county's COVID response over the years.

  • I volunteer with the county's volunteer Emergency Behavioral Health Team, providing on the spot psychological first aid to people facing crises such as school shootings, floods, and other emergencies.

I also have a life.

My hobbies include playing music (bagpipes, mandolins, tin whistles, guitar, dulcimer, autoharp...).  I also enjoy photography, amateur radio, field recording, Nordic Walking

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I love spending time with my family, two grown kids, and three fur babies.

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I have a burning passion for the worst of dad jokes and dark humor.

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