About Bridgette
Dr. Bridgette Montgomery is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of practice. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, worry, trauma, or depression.
Her style is calm and direct, aimed at finding workable steps for everyday life. She uses somatic ideas alongside talk-based methods to help people notice how stress shows up in the body. Sessions often mix reflection with practical skills so clients can manage symptoms between meetings.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors that make a difference. Dr. Montgomery also draws on Client-Centered and Emotionally-Focused approaches to create space for honest feeling and clear communication about needs.
For trauma-related work she includes EMDR as one of several options to address painful memories and their effects. The therapist frames treatment collaboratively, matching tools to each person's needs and pace. Her background spans many settings over 30 years and includes work with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive concerns, eating and food-related issues, gender dysphoria, process and sex-related addictions, and post-traumatic stress.
She brings practical problem-solving and steady support to those who want change. People who choose her can expect straightforward conversation, attention to bodily experience, and concrete strategies to try between sessions. She works from Pennsylvania and offers sessions in English.
How somatic and talk-based methods work online
Dr. Montgomery blends Somatic Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Somatic Therapy helps people notice bodily signals like tension, breath, or tightness and uses gentle attention to reduce physical stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on meeting people where they are and listening without judgment so they can speak openly about what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers short, concrete exercises to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety or low mood.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose approaches that match a person’s goals, comfort level, and the issues they want to address. Sessions can shift over time as needs change, combining body-focused awareness with thought work and emotion-focused conversation.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for somatic noticing and guided exercises, while phone or messaging can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day. These options help people access care from home and try different formats to see what feels most helpful.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Eating and food-related issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sex addiction
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, New Jersey
- Languages
- English