Allegheny Therapy & Wellness is an independent practice serving patients through both online and in-person psychotherapy and psychological testing, and was established in 2014.

Educational/Academic background:

Dr. Jungwirth received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University (2013) and his Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University (2007). He obtained his Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (2002). He holds full professional board licensure as a psychologist in Pennsylvania (since 2014), and is nationally certified through PsyPact (2022 onward) to provide psychological services via telemedicine in 43 States.

Clinical experience:

Dr. Jungwirth has been working in the mental health field for 25 years, beginning in 2001 as a crisis counselor for youth in urban Milwaukee neighborhoods. He has served various roles, including: treatment coordinator for high-need families in Milwaukee (2003-2006); psychotherapist and outpatient clinician at Duquesne University Psychology Clinic, as a doctoral candidate-in-training (2006-2010); individual and group psychotherapist at Pittsburgh Mercy Health System (2010-2014); psychotherapist in private practice at Village Center for Holistic Therapy (2013-2014); practice owner and clinician, Allegheny Therapy and Wellness (2014 onward).

Dr. Jungwirth has taught courses in developmental, personality, and social psychology at Duquesne University and the Community College of Allegheny County. He has training and experience in neuropsychological assessment, substance abuse treatment, ecopsychology, and Eastern philosophy-based meditation.

Clinical philosophy:

Difficulties in life often evoke symptoms that are too much to handle on one’s own. Through therapeutic engagement with patients, my work helps individuals and couples navigate their presenting difficulties, as well as explore broader questions of meaning, expression, and fulfillment.

Using practical cognitive techniques alongside depth psychology, my approach takes shape through emotionally-focused, insight-oriented dialogue. These relational efforts help patients work through inner distress and conflict, including challenges related to ambivalence, change, disappointment, grief, fear, desire, traumatic memories, and social stressors.

Drawing on my interdisciplinary background in the humanities and training in philosophy, I work within an existential-humanistic, gestalt, and integrative psychological framework. These depth-oriented methods seek to reduce stigmatization of emotional vulnerability, cultivate curiosity toward affective experience, and help patients engage with—and gain agency toward—internal patterns influencing identity, self-understanding, and well-being.

Selected scholarship:

Jungwirth, J. (2013).  The Ethical Imagination: A Hermeneutical Study. (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University, 2013). https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1736&context=etd

Jungwirth, J. & Walsh, R. (2020). Ethics and imagination in psychological practice. The Humanistic Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000218

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