About A Step Ahead Counseling Services, LLC
A Step Ahead Counseling Services, LLC provides strengths based mental health counseling to children ages 12 and over through adults. We specialize in working with people who are experiencing symptoms related to anxiety, depression, mood disorders, difficult transitions such as divorce and family issues and those dealing with trauma. We also specialize in teenagers who have behavior disorders and difficulties in the school setting. Our goal is to help you navigate the challenges life presents and to stay a step ahead of those challenges. We hope to give you a comfortable place to do so at your own pace. Our goal is for you to feel valued and heard in the process!
Meet the Therapist
Brandon Barnhart, LCSW
Life can be full of rewards and challenges. It’s the challenges that often leave us wondering what to do next or how to overcome them. My name is Brandon Barnhart and I own A Step Ahead Counseling Services, LLC. I believe that although life’s challenges can be overwhelming, with the right amount of support and resources, anything can be overcome. I chose to become a therapist/counselor because I believe that human relationships are important to everyday life. My background includes working in community mental health with diverse individuals, groups and families, with children and adolescents in the school setting and, most recently, with adults.
I specialize in the treatment of individuals ages 12 and older that are trying to cope with depression, anxiety symptoms, relationship concerns, life transitions such as divorce or loss. I believe that through a mutual, strengths-based approach, most of life’s challenges can be overcome. I pledge to approach sessions with real life solutions that have outcomes which will help you process difficult situations. At your request, spiritual support and systems can be utilized in the process of change.
I hope that after our work together you will feel better than when you started. I look forward to our journey taking one step at a time towards healing.
Client Resources
Rates and insurances:
A Step Ahead Counseling Services is credentialed with several commercial insurances. We also accept private pay if you do not have insurance or choose not to use your insurance. Clients are responsible for copays or a deductible at the time of service.
Accepted Insurances (subject to change):
- Capital Blue Cross and affiliates
- Highmark BCBS
- Aetna
- Medicare
- Optum
- United Behavioral Health
- United Health Care
- Cigna
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Geisinger
Cash and credit card payments are also accepted as forms for payment.
Fee Schedule:
55 minute session is billed at $125.
Reduced fee schedule is available upon request and approval.
Cancellation policy:
A Step Ahead Counseling Services, LLC requires a 24 notice for cancelled appointments. There is a $100 charge for cancellations that occur less than 24 hours before the appointment or for missed appointments.