Irini Mikhail is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 16 years of experience specializing in depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, anger management, stress management, and couples counseling. Most recently she was working abroad in Egypt, counseling, training and facilitating psycho-educational groups.

Irini’s vision is to support adults, adolescents, young adults and couples on an upward journey. She enjoys the collaboration to help clients reconnect with all the aspects of themselves.  Together, this is accomplished by through a holistic approach utilizing a cognitive behavioral approach, motivational interviewing techniques and solution focused therapy interventions.

Irini has worked as a counselor in a number of settings, including: private practice, adult inpatient, incarcerated men programs and career development. In addition, she has program development experience with community-based treatment, volunteer  counseling, adjudicated youth and S.A.M.H.S.A. She is also bilingual in Arabic and has been utilized as a resource for working with the Middle-Eastern populations.

Irini Mikhail has presented at local and national conferences on Cultural Competence and Cultural Diversity. She received her BA in Psychology from Duquesne University and her M.S. Ed. in Community Counseling also from Duquesne University. In addition, she has her MBA from Carlow University. Irini is a member of The American Counseling Association and is certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors.

In her free time she loves to travel abroad and learn about different cultures. She also enjoys spending time with friends and family.