Mindfulness Walk & Talk

A free mindfulness walking series hosted by Daemion Counseling Center and Valley Forge Park Alliance, funded by REI.

Walk in the Valley Forge National Historical Park with therapists from Daemion Counseling Center and take steps toward positive mental health through movement in nature and conversation.

Mindfulness topics include deep breath control, body scan, finding stillness and more.

Tuesdays 5-6pm OR Fridays 3-4pm

This is a fast moving 3 mile walk on a mowed path. Participants should be able to navigate uneven surfaces with small protrusions.

Heather Burns, LPC
Heather is a certified school counselor (K-12), elementary school teacher(K-8), Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). She currently works as a senior adjunct counselor at Delaware County Community College. She has worked at every level of education: elementary, middle school, high school, college, and adult education.

Her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education is from Miami University in Oxford, OH, and her Masters degree in School Counseling was obtained from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT. For the past 7 years she has been a volunteer swim coach at the Upper Main Line Y. Since 2000 Heather has served as a generalist counselor in the school setting helping clients and their families with a full range of issues.

Susan Miller Alexander, LPC
Susan is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Nationally Board Certified Counselor. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Miami University and her Masters in Community Counseling from Georgia State University. She has worked 10+ years counseling college students at DCCC with personal, career and academic concerns.

She uses an integrated approach to her work, combining an array of methodologies to help clients gain insight and understanding to their lives and overcome obstacles preventing them from living their best lives.

Laura Serinsky, Therapist, LCSW
Laura is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and enjoys working with both individuals and groups. She graduated with an undergraduate degree in Biology from The University of Pennsylvania and earned her Master’s degree in both Social Services and Law and Social Policy from Bryn Mawr College. She spent a number of years working for the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago, Action AIDS in Philadelphia, and as an advocate for people with differences in physical and cognitive abilities

Laura’s current treatment approach is based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and understands that learning to tune into and accept our thoughts and emotions, negative and positive alike, leads to better and stronger psychological outcomes. Laura will meet her client where they are – online or in person and looks forward to working with clients at Daemion Counseling Center.