Dr. Bridgette Montgomery, LCSW

Dr. Bridgette Montgomery is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with three decades of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. She approaches clinical work as a trauma therapist who combines generalist skills with specialized training to address a broad range of social, emotional, and behavioral concerns. Her practice draws on psychoanalytic and psychodynamic ideas alongside cognitive-behavioral and person-centered methods to tailor care to each person’s needs and strengths.

Dr. Montgomery holds licenses in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and Ohio and she also holds certification as a National Certified Sex Offender Treatment Specialist. She has specific experience helping clients manage obsessive-compulsive patterns, eating and food-related challenges, gender dysphoria, process and sex-related addictions, and the effects of complex trauma and sexual abuse. Her forensic work includes treating individuals who present with problematic sexual acting-out behaviors.

She emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental environment where thoughts and feelings can be explored and practical skills can be developed. Dr. Montgomery encourages reaching out to begin a collaborative process focused on empowering clients to identify solutions and build the skills needed to move forward.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Dr. Montgomery uses several evidence-informed approaches adapted to online care to help clients address stress, anxiety, trauma, and mood concerns. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and respect, providing a space where clients' own goals and values guide the work and help build self-awareness and coping skills.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical approach that examines how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It offers structured techniques to reduce anxiety, manage obsessive or compulsive patterns, and address depressive thinking by teaching new skills and behavioral experiments.

For clients processing traumatic memories, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can be used to reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions by working with memory processing in a controlled way. Together these approaches offer options for both insight-oriented and skills-based work.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Montgomery will work with each person to identify which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling and lets clients access care from home or other convenient locations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of treatment, try brief check-ins between sessions, and fit therapy into a busy life while working with licensed professionals.