Congruent Relationships LLC

10/26/2026

Another successful team event with most of our clinical team! We are grateful for Clarise from War Streets Art Salon for setting everything up for us and helping us to remember our ✨ sparkle ✨

10/23/2026

In honor of our dear friend Allison and the Penguins who support the work we do.

10/11/2026

This National Coming Out Day, we celebrate the many ways people move toward authenticity. We also recognize that the journey can bring joy, uncertainty, fear, and relief, sometimes all at once.

Whether you’re exploring your identity, struggling to come out or love yourself, or have recently come out and need extra support, you deserve a space where you can feel seen, valued, and accepted.

At Congruent Relationships, we welcome and affirm all orientations and expressions. We value who you are and how you show up in the world. You don’t need to have everything figured out to reach out.

Coming out is personal. You get to choose when, how, and with whom you share your identity. Your authenticity is valid even when you aren’t ready or safe to share it with others.

We would be honored to be part of your journey toward self-acceptance, connection, and most importantly congruence 🌈

Learn more at CongruentPGH.com.

(Also, the planned OutFEST event hosted by the city of Pittsburgh has been postponed due to weather. We will hopefully be tabling when it is rescheduled!)

10/05/2026

Please join us in welcoming Jen Norton, MSCP, Associate Counselor, to Congruent Relationships!

Jen completed her internship with Allies for Health, bringing experience supporting LGBTQ+ individuals. With an additional background in gymnastics coaching, she also has a special interest in helping athletes navigate performance anxiety, mental blocks, body image concerns, and transitions in their sport.

Jen takes a collaborative approach to therapy, creating space for clients to show up as themselves and work toward goals that matter to them.

We’re happy to have you on the team, Jen! While we wait for her LAPC and insurance credentialing to go through, she can take new clients for a self-pay rate.

Learn more about our clinicians at CongruentPGH.com.

09/17/2026

On Tuesday, September 29, Carnegie Mellon's Office for Institutional Equity and Title IX is hosting a free public conversation with Admiral Rachel Levine, M.D. It is called You Matter: A Community Conversation on LGBTQIA+ Health Equity.

The event is open to everyone. See you there! 💙

Register here:
https://cmu.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5u6tmaqzbhr64oC

09/07/2026

We are NOW RECRUITING adults who use AI ChatBots like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or CharacterAI for more than work/educational tasks. We are conducting a study on how AI ChatBot use connects to self-esteem, loneliness, and overall psychological wellbeing.

The goal of this study is to better understand the AI ChatBot use phenomenon so that we can conceptualize future clients more deeply through an EFIT treatment lens.

If you or anyone you know would like to participate, please share this flyer or the link:

https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2gBa6WuVL7mGT1s

09/02/2026

Congruent Relationships is 2!

Two years ago, we started with a pretty simple idea: to create a therapy practice where clients could show up as their full, authentic selves and where therapists could do meaningful work while feeling supported and valued.

Two years later, it’s pretty incredible to look at what this little practice has become.

We’ve grown our team, expanded into new offices, welcomed interns and new clinicians, celebrated professional milestones, built relationships with colleagues and organizations throughout Pittsburgh, showed up for our community, and, most importantly, had the privilege of being invited into the lives and relationships of so many incredible clients.

Like any two-year-old, we’ve also had some growing pains along the way 😅 But through all of it, we’ve tried to stay grounded in the values that started Congruent Relationships in the first place: authenticity, connection, inclusion, growth, and creating space for people to be fully themselves.

To our clients who have trusted us with your stories, our clinicians and interns who bring so much heart to this work, our colleagues who continue to support and refer to us, and everyone who has cheered us on over the past two years: thank you!

We’re incredibly grateful for what these first two years have brought, and we’re excited to see what year three has in store.

Happy 2nd anniversary, Congruent Relationships!

08/27/2026

Please join us in welcoming Lianna and Holly to Congruent Relationships!

Lianna Caloviras and Holly Ellison officially started with us this week as our newest clinical interns, and we’re excited to have them joining the CR team.

Lianna comes to us with a background in athletics and sports psychology. As a former NCAA Division II athlete with a master’s degree in Sports Psychology, she has a particular interest in working with athletes and individuals navigating performance concerns, identity, emotional well-being, relationships, and life transitions. Lianna believes that people shouldn’t have to navigate life’s challenges alone and works to create a supportive space for clients to better understand themselves and what they need.

Holly is completing her master’s degree in Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling at Duquesne University. Her approach is client-centered, relational, and informed by Emotionally Focused Therapy and systemic approaches. Holly is interested in helping clients better understand the emotions and experiences underneath the patterns that can leave us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected. She also knows firsthand that life can take us down some unexpected paths and “side-quests,” and she enjoys helping clients make sense of where they’ve been and where they want to go next.

We’re really happy to have both of them here and looking forward to seeing the ways they contribute to our clients, our team, and the Congruent Relationships community.

Lianna and Holly are currently accepting new clients. You can learn more about them and their approaches on our website:

Holly: congruentpgh.com/interns/holly
Lianna: congruentpgh.com/interns/lianna

08/20/2026

We are heartbroken to share the passing of our former clinician and friend, Allison Oczko.

Allison passed away in June, though we only recently learned of her death. We are still processing the shock and sadness of this news, but we knew we wanted to take a moment to honor someone who holds such an important place in the story of Congruent Relationships.

In many ways, there would not be a Congruent Relationships without Allison.

Allison was our very first employee. In fact, this practice was originally started, in part, to create a place where she could leave a difficult work situation and practice therapy somewhere that felt more aligned with who she was as a clinician and as a person. What began as a way to create something better grew into the practice we have today, and Allison will always be part of that foundation.

Allison also fought incredibly hard for her professional identity. After years of navigating challenges with the state licensing board, completing additional coursework, and passing her exam, she finally earned her LMFT earlier this year. We were so proud of her. She remained with Congruent Relationships until April, when she left to begin the next chapter of her career with the license she had worked so hard to earn.

But when we think about Allison, we will remember much more than her accomplishments.

Allison showed up. Staff dinners, get-togethers, group supervision, celebrations, and opportunities to support the practice and its mission. If there was a chance to be part of the team, Allison was there. She volunteered alongside us at multiple Pride events because she believed in the community we serve and wanted to be part of supporting it.

We are incredibly grateful that her time at Congruent Relationships gave others the opportunity to know Allison, work alongside her, laugh with her, celebrate her accomplishments, and have her as part of our little community for the time that we did.

Our hearts are with her husband, Sam, as well as Allison’s family, friends, former clients, colleagues, and everyone whose life was touched by her.

We also recognize that learning about Allison’s death may bring up grief, sadness, or other difficult emotions for people who knew her. Please reach out to the people and supports in your life if you need them. If you are in crisis, 988 is available by call or text. If you need help connecting with mental health support or referrals, you are also welcome to contact us and we will do our best to help connect you with appropriate resources.

08/19/2026