Find Your Full Expression
In yoga, the full expression of a pose isn’t about perfection. It’s whatever your body can offer today—free from comparison, pressure, or expectation. We chose this name because healing is the same. At Full Expression Therapies, finding your full expression means rediscovering who you are, how you feel, and how you want to live.
Services
Individual & Couples Therapy
Trauma-informed, evidence-based, compassionate care. Specialties include EMDR, somatic/body-based work, sex therapy, expressive arts, CBT/DBT, and IFS. Sessions may also be offered as walk-and-talk or nature-based when clinically appropriate.
Group Therapy & Programs
Healing in community through small groups and workshops. Current offerings include the Trauma Processing Yoga Group, trauma-informed reading groups, and expressive arts workshops.
Expressive & Somatic Healing
Integrating yoga, dance, art, writing, and body-based practices to support nervous system regulation, creative expression, and embodied recovery. Susie is also certified in pole and Lyra (silks), offering trauma-informed instruction as a unique path to self-expression both virtually and in-person.
Community Partnerships
Collaborations with local organizations to expand access to trauma-informed care and create community-rooted healing opportunities. Weekly Free Class at the JCC – Trauma-Informed Yoga every Wednesday at 4 PM. Beginner-friendly and open to all.
Training & Workplace Wellness
Trauma-informed trainings, including yoga and expressive arts, workplace wellness programs, and organizational consultation to support staff well-being and foster healing-centered cultures.
Supervision & Consultation
Licensing supervision for pre-licensed therapists (LSWs, pre-LPCs), EMDR consultation, and business coaching for clinicians building sustainable or independent practices like FE Therapies.
Mission & Beliefs
At Full Expression Therapies (FE Therapies), our mission is simple: healing through therapy, movement, and community—supporting full expression in people and in practice.
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We do not hide behind jargon, hierarchy, or profit motives. Our clients know who we are, what we believe, and how we practice.
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We believe the body is where trauma lives and where recovery begins. We center body-based work—movement, breath, awareness—because healing happens in the nervous system, not only the mind.
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We honor creativity as essential to healing and core to the human experience. Through voice, art, movement, writing, and relationship, we support each client and clinician in discovering a fuller expression of themselves.
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We build collective spaces for healing. Groups, workshops, mutual aid, advocacy, and social action are forms of belonging that sustain us. Community is not separate from therapy; it is part of our commitment to relational healing.
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We make care accessible through equity. Our sliding scale is grounded in collective care: when clients with more financial privilege contribute more, they sustain access for those with fewer resources. Affordability is not charity; it is shared responsibility.
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We uphold labor rights, fair compensation, clinician autonomy, and professional sustainability. This integrity in our practice sustains our clinicians, and in turn, sustains the healing space our clients depend on.
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We are not neutral. We are committed to advocacy for liberation, anti-racism, queer and trans affirmation, reproductive freedom, and anti-oppressive clinical work.
Susie Balcom, LCSW
Susie Balcom, LCSW, is a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, and expressive arts facilitator based in Pittsburgh, PA. She founded Full Expression Therapies to help people heal through movement, creativity, and authentic connection. Susie is EMDR Certified, an EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training, and is pursuing AASECT Sex Therapy certification. When she’s not working, she enjoys watching true crime documentaries and long walks with her dog, Mayson.
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Modalities
We integrate multiple trauma-informed approaches to help each person reconnect to their full expression.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Certified provider offering therapy and consultation.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)–Informed Therapy
Trained in IFS integration (not certified).
Sex Therapy
Trained in sex therapy; currently pursuing AASECT certification.
Trauma-Informed Cognitive & Dialectical Behavioral Therapies (CBT & DBT)
Therapy approaches grounded in trauma-informed care.
Expressive Arts Therapies
Therapy and group offerings integrating writing, art, and creative expression. Susie is certified in aerial arts and offers trauma-informed or performance-based aerial instruction, available in person or virtually, as a practice of self-expression.
Yoga and Dance/Movement Practices
Trauma-informed, body-based therapy and group offerings.
Insurance
At Full Expression Therapies, we do not bill insurance—by choice. This protects your privacy, reduces barriers to care, and allows us to focus on healing rather than the paperwork, labels, and diagnostic requirements insurers impose. Our financial model is rooted in equity and community care: a sliding scale that increases access by allowing clients with greater financial capacity to help sustain lower-cost options for others. This approach honors both client dignity and clinician sustainability, ensuring therapy remains ethical, confidential, and values-driven.
Costs
Individual and couples therapy sessions range from $65 to $145, based on ability to pay. Group offerings, including consultations, range from $20 to $60 depending on the format and services. Payment is due at the time of service. We also accept PA Victims Compensation. If you have questions about what rate may be affordable for you, please contact us—rates can be discussed to ensure services remain accessible within the sliding scale.
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Your support helps provide books, art supplies, yoga props, and other tools that make our groups accessible and engaging. Every contribution goes directly back into the community experience at Full Expression Therapies.
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