Welcome to Assurance Counseling Services. We are a dedicated team consisted of Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) and Nationally Certified Counselors (NCCs) who are focused on providing exemplary therapy to our clients. Licensed professional counselors are master’s-degreed mental health service providers, trained to work with individuals, families, and groups in treating mental, behavioral, and emotional problems and disorders.
Assurance therapists are experienced and able to support the issues that clients face. We are committed to our clients and place them as a top priority. We have a passion for helping people and empowering them to make positive change. We hold ourselves to a professional standard that challenges us to grow and learn and to offer therapeutic interventions which best meet the needs of those we serve.
Our team of therapists continue to uphold licensing requirements through the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors through completing all required Continuing Education Units (100+ hours C.E.U.s) with an ongoing passion and drive towards advancing their various skills, specialties, and certifications. Meet our therapists:
Julia graduated in 2007 with a Masters Degree in Community Counseling, with an emphasis on addiction therapy, from Slippery Rock University. In 2007, she became a National Certified Counselor, and in 2009, became a Licensed Professional Counselor. Julia has worked with clients in multiple settings, including inpatient treatment, outpatient therapy services, and crisis intervention settings.
Julia's passion for working with individuals who are living with mental health and substance use, continues to drive her daily work in the private practice setting. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience in working with clients who are struggling with anxiety, depression, su***de, self-injury, and many other significant emotional needs. Trauma care and treatment has been a focus for Julia. In 2015, Julia completed EMDR training and began to incorporate the use of EMDR in the outpatient setting. With a broad range of treatment settings and experience working with mental health and addiction issues, Julia moved to private practice, opening Assurance Counseling Services LLC in 2015.
Her focus, while continuing in program development and growth of services, is truly on the individual that she is serving. Julia's clients can expect to be treated with a genuine investment, authenticity, and to be challenged to meet the goals they have set to improve overall wellness in life.
Apryle Sweatt MA, NCC, LPC - Therapist
Upon completion of her Master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in 2013, Apryle transitioned from a Therapeutic Staff Support (T.S.S.), whose focus aimed towards providing support to individuals with behavioral difficulties, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Acquired Brain Injuries to a Behavioral Specialist Consultant (B.S.C.) and an Outpatient Therapist. In 2015, she became a Licensed Behavioral Specialist where she focused on supporting youth & adolescents and those individuals on the Autism Spectrum across all settings. In 2017, Apryle became a Nationally Certified Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor, where her focus has been in providing support to adolescents and adults who struggle with depression, anxiety, relationship distress, and family conflict.
Apryle's past opportunities to provide emotional and behavioral support to clients in a variety of settings granted her a unique and eclectic experience with various approaches and techniques being utilized with individuals to provide the most authentic and personalized level of care. Currently in private practice, her approach combines various therapeutic techniques including, but not limited to, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Solution Focused Approaches, faith based approaches, and mindfulness strategies.
With providing a safe, non-judgmental space for clients to feel heard and validated, Apryle's natural style of therapy is warm, practical, and supportive. She collaborates with clients in creating an individualized treatment plan in order to identify a strength-based approach to optimize growth and progress in treatment.
Emily Cyburt MS, NCC, LPC - Therapist
In 2006, Emily graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and a Minor in Sociology. Wanting to further her education while interning for Conemaugh Medical Center in their inpatient psychiatric unit, she graduated in 2013 from Mount Aloysius College with a Master of Science Degree in Community Counseling. Before becoming a Licensed Professional Counselor and a National Certified Counselor in 2019, Emily has six years of post-graduate experience working in the outpatient mental health field.
She has worked with individuals as young as four years old, teens, young adults, middle aged, and the elderly in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She has experience and a passion for treating those with anxiety, depression, physical and emotional abuse, low self esteem/confidence, relationship/marital problems, behavioral issues and parenting challenges.
Emily describes her counseling style as truthful and interactive. She believes change can occur through dedication to the process, hard work, honest reflection, and working together as a team to create a plan and goals to help you achieve success.
Chantal Lasagna - Office Administrator
Chantal graduated in 2008 with an Associates Degree in Office Administration from Cambria Rowe Business College and obtains certifications in Mental Health First Aid and Su***de Prevention Strategies. As the office administrator at Assurance Counseling Services, her advanced skill set helps maintain a smoothly run office while providing a welcoming, caring, and supportive atmosphere for clients.
“From all of us, it has been and will continue to be an honor to serve the residents of Cambria and Somerset County communities through Assurance Counseling Services.”
