Awareness & Wellness Center Pittsburgh

06/01/2026

🌈 Happy Pride Month from Awareness & Wellness Center (AWC)! 🌈

This month, we celebrate the strength, resilience, authenticity, and diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community. Pride is not only a celebration of identity and love, but also a reminder of the importance of creating spaces where everyone feels seen, valued, respected, and supported.

At AWC, we are committed to providing an affirming, inclusive, and compassionate environment for individuals of all s*xual orientations, gender identities, and relationship structures. We believe that everyone deserves access to quality mental health care and a place where they can show up as their authentic selves.

As we honor Pride Month, we also recognize the courage it takes to embrace who you are and the importance of community, connection, and self-acceptance.

🏳️‍🌈 You are welcome here.
💜 You belong here.
✨ Your story matters.

Wishing everyone a joyful, safe, and empowering Pride Month!
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05/31/2026

Looking for Therapy, Reiki, or Sound Healing Support? We Have Openings Available!

The team at Awareness & Wellness Center (AWC) in Shadyside is currently accepting new clients for both in-person and virtual therapy. We are also offering Reiki sessions and Sound Baths as part of our commitment to whole-person wellness.

Our therapists provide support for:
• Anxiety and stress
• Depression
• Trauma and PTSD
• OCD
• ADHD
• Relationship and couples concerns
• LGBTQ+ affirming care
• Life transitions and personal growth
• EMDR therapy
• Family and child/adolescent therapy

In addition to psychotherapy, we offer:

✨ Reiki Sessions
A gentle, energy-based practice that promotes relaxation, nervous system regulation, stress reduction, and overall well-being.

🎵 Sound Baths with Monique Mead
Immersive sound experiences using therapeutic instruments designed to support relaxation, mindfulness, emotional balance, and restoration.

We accept many major insurance plans for psychotherapy services, including UPMC, Highmark, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, and Optum (varies by provider).

Our diverse team includes therapists with specialties in trauma, relationships, OCD, ADHD, neurodiversity, s*x therapy, and more. We also offer services in Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin.

If you're looking for support for your mental, emotional, or physical well-being, we'd be happy to help connect you with the right therapist or wellness practitioner.

📍 Shadyside, Pittsburgh
🌐 Awareness & Wellness Center

Feel free to message us or visit our website to learn more.

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05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we pause to honor and remember the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. 🇺🇸

Their courage, dedication, and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

As we spend time with family and loved ones today, may we also take a moment to reflect with gratitude on those who gave so much for the freedoms we enjoy.

Wishing everyone a safe and meaningful Memorial Day.

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05/19/2026

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05/11/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from Awareness & Wellness Center (AWC) 💐

Today, we honor and celebrate the mothers, grandmothers, caregivers, and nurturing figures who offer love, strength, guidance, and support in countless ways. Motherhood can be deeply meaningful, beautiful, exhausting, complex, and transformative — often all at once.

At AWC, we recognize the importance of caring not only for others, but also for yourself. Whether today brings joy, reflection, grief, gratitude, or mixed emotions, we encourage you to give yourself compassion and space to feel.

To all mothers and caregivers:
Thank you for the emotional labor, resilience, sacrifices, and love you bring into the world every day.

Wishing you a day filled with care, connection, rest, and appreciation. 🌷



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05/02/2026

May is Mental Health Awareness Month — a time to pause, reflect, and prioritize what often gets pushed aside.

At Awareness & Wellness Center (AWC), we want to remind you that mental health is not something you “fix” once and move on from. It is something you care for, nurture, and return to—just like your physical health.

This month, we invite you to:
• Check in with yourself honestly
• Slow down and create space to feel
• Reach out—connection is part of healing
• Challenge the stigma by having real conversations

Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship challenges, or simply feeling overwhelmed—support matters, and you don’t have to do it alone.

Therapy is not only for when things feel unmanageable. It’s also a space for growth, insight, and building a more intentional life.

At AWC, we are committed to providing a compassionate, inclusive, and grounded space for individuals, couples, and families at every stage of life.

If you’ve been thinking about starting therapy, consider this your invitation.

📍 In-person & virtual sessions available
📅 Immediate availability with select therapists



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04/10/2026

Take your sound healing practice to a new level in our upcoming Advanced Techniques workshop on May 2nd from 10am - 5pm. Expect personalized, hands-on training with outcomes that you can apply to your practice right away.

We will cover:
- Advanced playing techniques with various mallets
- Two new soundscapes: “Earth & Sky” and “Hertz So Good”
- Expanding/improvising on the soundscapes in the Mead Protocol
- Appropriate use of dissonance
- Pairing of gongs and bowls to stimulate Theta and Delta states
- Gong exploration
- Plus Q&A, collaborative ideas, and connecting with other practitioners.

This workshop is intended for experienced practitioners of any background, or those who have completed Mead Method Level 2 training.

01/12/2026

Meet our pre-licensed psychotherapist: Brittany ✨

Brittany offers a warm, grounded, and person-centered approach to therapy, supporting adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, trauma, identity questions, and life transitions. She creates space for reflection, emotional processing, and meaningful change.

Her integrative style draws from humanistic, narrative, and interpersonal therapies, along with mindfulness, somatic awareness, and evidence-based practices such as CBT and DBT, tailored to each client’s needs. She holds an MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh and has experience in both outpatient therapy and inpatient psychiatric care, including work with disordered eating. 🤍

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