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Michele Southworth, JD, LMFT

Senior Staff Therapist, University City, PA Office
215-382-6680 ext. 4113

Ms.Southworth is a licensed marital and family therapist and a licensed attorney. She began her professional education at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, following which she practiced family law in Philadelphia for 8 years. Working with families in the legal system led to an interest in the then-emerging field of divorce mediation, and then to the study of marriage and family therapy. She was certified as a marriage, family and sex therapist by Marriage Council of Philadelphia in 1989. She has practiced in the dual fields of divorce mediation and marriage and family therapy since that time.

Ms. Southworth has been a member of the professional staff at Council for Relationships since 1989. She is a clinical member of AAMFT and is currently in training to become an AAMFT-approved supervisor. She teaches about family law and clinical issues in divorcing families in Council's clinical post-graduate training program. She also presents workshops and
trainings locally on a variety of subjects, from child development to divorce-related issues to issues of intimacy, power and gender. Her clinical practice includes working with issues of personal growth, gender-role conflicts, bereavement, depression/anxiety and divorce-related issues, including divorce mediation.

Michele Southworth, JD, LMFT can be reached at 215-382-6680 ext. 4113.

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