ALTOONA, PA · TELEHEALTH STATEWIDE
Gretchen Echegoyen
“With empathy and practical guidance, I help individuals and couples build resilience, find clarity, and make lasting change.”
Allison Bare is a Licensed Social Worker at CPA Counseling’s Altoona office. Trained in the Gottman Method, she provides couples therapy and works with individuals ages 10 and up — supporting them through ADHD, autism, anxiety, addiction, grief, and life transitions. Her trauma-informed approach draws on IFS, CBT, and somatic techniques. Accepting new clients in Altoona and via telehealth across Pennsylvania.
ABOUT ALLISON
Helping you move through change with confidence
Allison is a Licensed Social Worker with experience across school settings, primary care, and outpatient counseling — a background that gives her a holistic understanding of how mental health shapes daily life. She is trained in the Gottman Method for couples therapy and works with individuals ages 10 and older.
She helps partners strengthen communication, deepen connection, and navigate conflict with greater understanding and respect. With individuals, she supports clients through ADHD, autism, anxiety, addiction, grief, and major life transitions, always working from a trauma-informed foundation that prioritizes safety, collaboration, and respect.
Allison’s approach is humanistic and strengths-based, drawing from Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and somatic techniques. Known for her warm, straightforward style, she offers both empathy and practical guidance — creating a comfortable, validating space where individuals and couples can build resilience, gain clarity, and make lasting change.
Years in Practice
Serving Clients since 2020
Bilingual
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Personalized Care Plans
No program commitments required
CLINICAL APPROACH
How Gretchen works with clients
CONDITIONS TREATED
What Gretchin treats in Philadelphia
“Emotional healing starts with being honest about what hurts.”
CARE PHILOSOPHY
Treatment built around you, not a program
Gretchen built her practice on a straightforward premise: therapy should be accessible, individualized, and honest. That means no high-pressure program commitments, no treatment plans you didn’t agree to, and no one-size-fits-all protocols.
She evaluates each client on their own terms — considering not just their presenting concerns but their relationships, stress levels, cultural background, and goals. Then she uses whatever combination of approaches will actually help, adjusting as the client responds. Progress after a few sessions is common. Open-ended, indefinite treatment is the exception, not the default.
TELEHEALTH — PENNSYLVANIA STATEWIDE
A therapy session you can add to any schedule
All CPA Counseling therapists offer HIPAA-compliant video sessions. Whether you’re across town or across the state, you get the same quality of care from home or any private space.
Telehealth is not a second-tier option — it is clinically equivalent to in-person therapy for most presenting concerns. Your therapist will advise based on your situation.
- Available to any Pennsylvania resident
- Works on any phone, tablet, or computer
- HIPAA-compliant — fully private and secure
- Evening and weekend scheduling available
- Mix in-person and virtual as needed
- Most insurance plans accepted for telehealth
