Every recovery
has a day one.
Trauma-informed therapy for people who are ready to start, or start again.
Therapy that meets you on the day you’re actually having.
Not the day you think you should be having, or the version of yourself you imagine other clients bring in. Day One Therapy and Wellness was built around a simple idea: the work only starts once it’s honest. Sessions are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and paced to where you are — whether that’s your first day sober, your first day naming something you’ve carried quietly, or the ordinary Tuesday when the anxiety got loud again.
Based in Newtown and serving Bucks County and New Jersey, our practice holds space for the full weight of what people bring, without asking them to minimize it first.
Dave, LCSW · Therapist & Owner
“Day one isn’t the hardest day. It’s the first day you don’t have to do it alone.”
Specialized therapy in Newtown and Bucks County.
Depth in specific areas, rather than a little of everything — so the approach in the room is actually built for what you’re facing.
Trauma & PTSD
Processing past and ongoing trauma at a pace the nervous system can tolerate.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing — a structured approach to trauma that works without requiring you to talk through every detail.
Substance Use
Support for active recovery, harm reduction, and the co-occurring issues that come with it.
Eating Disorders
Care for disordered eating patterns and the anxiety, control, and body-image concerns underneath them.
Mood & Anxiety
Working through persistent low mood, worry, mood instability, and the patterns that grow around them.
Men’s Issues
A place for anger, isolation, fatherhood, and the things men are usually told to handle on their own.
Adolescent & Young Adult
Working with teens and twenty-somethings through ADHD, identity, pressure, and transitions that arrive faster than anyone is ready for.
LGBTQ+ & Gender
Affirming care for identity, transition, and the specific stress of navigating an unaffirming world.
Compulsive Behaviors
Naming and loosening the grip of compulsions, not just managing the symptoms on the surface.
Ready for day one?
Reach out by phone or email with questions, or to find a time for a first session.