The Visionary
Cindy Pilcher established her group practice with a clear mission: to offer the community high-quality mental health care grounded in strong ethical principles. Her vision is to create a safe and supportive environment where clients can trust in the quality of care they receive, while also promoting the well-being, growth, and support of the counselors who serve them.
Cindy Pilcher
MS, LPC (PA & NJ), NCC, CSTIP, CSTS
CEO of Positive Intentions, LLC
As CEO of a leading mental health practice, Cindy Pilcher, M.S., LPC, NCC, brings a wealth of clinical experience and leadership to the field. Committed to delivering high-quality care and promoting mental well-being, she is dedicated to advancing Positive Intentions, LLC’s mission of improving lives through exceptional, compassionate, and competent counseling services.
Cindy Pilcher, M.S., LPC (PA & NJ), NCC, CSTIP, CSTS
Cindy Pilcher is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor with a deep commitment to helping individuals and couples navigate life’s challenges, heal from trauma, and build healthier relationships. She specializes in supporting clients through a wide range of relationship issues, including boundary setting, communication difficulties, conflict resolution, and rebuilding trust.
As the founder and CEO of Positive Intentions, LLC, Cindy has built a thriving counseling practice from the ground up, providing compassionate, client-centered care that blends evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, strength-based techniques, humanistic therapy, and other integrative modalities.
Cindy’s clinical experience spans a wide range of settings, including private practice, community mental health, residential care, and long-term care facilities. She has worked extensively with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use disorders, and adjustment challenges, and she is skilled in crisis intervention, assessment, and treatment planning.
In addition to her clinical work, Cindy serves as a social services consultant for behavioral and nursing care centers, where she ensures compliance with federal regulations, facilitates discharges, and supports quality care planning. Her professional background also includes leadership roles, case management, vocational counseling, and research contributions in areas such as intimate partner violence, addiction, and special populations in treatment.
Cindy holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lock Haven University and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with concentrations in Counseling, Social Work, and Sociology from East Stroudsburg University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She is licensed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Vermont, and is certified through the National Board of Certified Counselors.
Outside of her professional life, Cindy is passionate about ongoing learning, community engagement, and living her values of empathy, empowerment, and resilience—both in and out of the therapy room.
