Psychotherapists - Licensed or Registered

Professional specialties and skills: Trauma-informed approach, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), internal family systems (IFS)

Language(s) spoken: English

Populations served: LGBTQIA+, polyamory, kink, young adults, older adolescents, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, substance abuse, mood disorders

I provide Relationship Therapy for polyamorous, ethically nonmonogamous, and kink relationships. It can be hard to find a therapist who can work effectively without the bias of the cis-, hetero-, mono- normative messages of our society. I strive for a safe environment to help you build the intimacy with your partner(s) that you long for! I also provide Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) for individuals who have not found regular talk therapy helpful, or who are in need of a less traditional form of treatment. Clients Served: Adults 18-55

I work with clients from a non-judgmental, compassionate, yet practical approach to help you achieve your goals. I believe that therapy works best in collaboration with you as your own expert. I work with individuals and couples and multipartnered relationships who are interested in exploring their diverse sexualities. Areas of focus include kink lifestyles, polyamory, gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender and other gender nonconforming individuals, coming out and disclosure issues and HIV/AIDS.

I am a sex and relationship therapist focusing on supporting those who identify within the LGBTQ+ community. My work uses a humanistic, person-centered lens. I aim to create a safe and supportive environment that empowers those I work with to explore their emotions and experiences, and to work towards developing greater self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-confidence.

Areas of focus: trauma, shame, grief, depression, family issues, substance use, gender and sexuality, couples therapy, ethical non-monogamy and polyamory.

Population: Adults of all ages, also available to work with children and families.

Languages: English

I am well versed in polyamory practices and healthy relationship dynamics, and am also trained in somatics and behavioral therapy practices including DBT and CBT. I’ve also studied NVC in support of healthy conversation dynamics. I am also trained in working with anxiety, depression, and substance abuse.

I only know English at a conversational level

I mainly work with adults but can include minors when in support of family therapy. I work with individuals, couples, and families.

I am a queer Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (LMFTA) specializing in individual and relational counseling. I’m particularly passionate about providing care for those in the LGBTQIA2S+, polyamorous, CNM, kink, neurodiverse, and sex worker communities.

My humanistic, somatically-oriented approach to therapy focuses on learning to identify and connect with your feelings and needs through your body, exploring personal values and narratives, and moving forward with agency in your relationships with yourself, your loved ones, and those around you.

I center compassion in my work and lead with the belief that all people are trying their best with the tools they’ve been given or picked up along the way, even when those tools no longer serve them, harm those around them, or cause them to disconnect from their true feelings and needs. My goal is to provide collaborative support for you as you try new strategies in your continued growth as the wonderful human you are!

Professional specialties and skills- As a music psychotherapist, I use a combination of creative, somatic, and verbal techniques to help clients access the deepest parts of their psyches, so that they may better understand themselves. By knowing ourselves, we may move through challenges and discomfort with groundedness, empowerment, and a sense of freedom.

My therapy practice aligns with my personal values of anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-zionism, living “unconventionally,” and the power of queerness, creativity, and neurodiversity. I aim to support clients with a radically accepting, holistic perspective so that they may find the relief they need with their specific emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges, including: relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Therapy sessions with me often include inner-child communication, inner-family parts work, challenging stubborn self-beliefs with compassion, and encouragement to trust your highest self. Together, we will use music and creative interventions to navigate present-day challenges by connecting the dots to your past and exploring your highest truths, values, and dreams.

Language(s) spoken- English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc. - Adults, including queer, polyamorous, and neurodivergent people, as well as radically minded individuals experiencing challenges with relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Professional specialties and skills- As a music psychotherapist, I use a combination of creative, somatic, and verbal techniques to help clients access the deepest parts of their psyches, so that they may better understand themselves. By knowing ourselves, we may move through challenges and discomfort with groundedness, empowerment, and a sense of freedom.

My therapy practice aligns with my personal values of anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-zionism, living “unconventionally,” and the power of queerness, creativity, and neurodiversity. I aim to support clients with a radically accepting, holistic perspective so that they may find the relief they need with their specific emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges, including: relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Therapy sessions with me often include inner-child communication, inner-family parts work, challenging stubborn self-beliefs with compassion, and encouragement to trust your highest self. Together, we will use music and creative interventions to navigate present-day challenges by connecting the dots to your past and exploring your highest truths, values, and dreams.

Language(s) spoken- English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc. - Adults, including queer, polyamorous, and neurodivergent people, as well as radically minded individuals experiencing challenges with relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Professional specialties and skills- As a music psychotherapist, I use a combination of creative, somatic, and verbal techniques to help clients access the deepest parts of their psyches, so that they may better understand themselves. By knowing ourselves, we may move through challenges and discomfort with groundedness, empowerment, and a sense of freedom.

My therapy practice aligns with my personal values of anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-zionism, living “unconventionally,” and the power of queerness, creativity, and neurodiversity. I aim to support clients with a radically accepting, holistic perspective so that they may find the relief they need with their specific emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges, including: relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Therapy sessions with me often include inner-child communication, inner-family parts work, challenging stubborn self-beliefs with compassion, and encouragement to trust your highest self. Together, we will use music and creative interventions to navigate present-day challenges by connecting the dots to your past and exploring your highest truths, values, and dreams.

Language(s) spoken- English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc. - Adults, including queer, polyamorous, and neurodivergent people, as well as radically minded individuals experiencing challenges with relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Professional specialties and skills- As a music psychotherapist, I use a combination of creative, somatic, and verbal techniques to help clients access the deepest parts of their psyches, so that they may better understand themselves. By knowing ourselves, we may move through challenges and discomfort with groundedness, empowerment, and a sense of freedom.

My therapy practice aligns with my personal values of anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-zionism, living “unconventionally,” and the power of queerness, creativity, and neurodiversity. I aim to support clients with a radically accepting, holistic perspective so that they may find the relief they need with their specific emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges, including: relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Therapy sessions with me often include inner-child communication, inner-family parts work, challenging stubborn self-beliefs with compassion, and encouragement to trust your highest self. Together, we will use music and creative interventions to navigate present-day challenges by connecting the dots to your past and exploring your highest truths, values, and dreams.

Language(s) spoken- English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc. - Adults, including queer, polyamorous, and neurodivergent people, as well as radically minded individuals experiencing challenges with relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

I became a sex therapist because I enjoy working with clients who desire more satisfying, fulfilling, and shame-free sex lives. I find it particularly rewarding to help folx who are sexually marginalized included but not limited to kinky folx, disabled and/or chronically ill folx, fat folx, those who are exploring their gender and/or sexual orientation, and those in non-monogamous or other non-traditional relationship structures (such as queer platonic partnerships).

I do my best work with those who wish to work through their sexual difficulties and disappointments, those who have experienced trauma or have been negatively affected by relational abuse or toxicity, and those who are working to move past shame that has been reinforced by outside sources such as family, religion, or other societal or cultural pressures are welcome.

My approach as a psychotherapist and counselor is integrative and I work through a liberation focused lens that is informed by queer and feminist theory as well as strong focus on decolonizing the fields of psychology and counseling.

My work is integrative, eclectic, systemic, and holistic. I draw heavily from IFS, client centered approaches, mindfulness based practices from Eastern Philosophy and Indigenous healing modalities, as well as somatic approaches. I am trained in EMDR and Heart Centered Hypnotherapy. I often will use creative arts, my background in theatre, and also some spiritual and magical practices with folks where there is interest. I do have some background and training in what is often called shamanic practice as well as integration of psychedelic experiences, but I do not have any certifications with either. Liberation Psychology is foundational to my work, and I also draw from queer and feminist theory. I endeavor to do my best to continue to work on decolonizing my own work and also my lens in general.

Neurodivergent Affirming and Trauma Aware/focused Individual and Relationship Counseling/Psychotherapy, Sex Therapy, Group Counseling and Therapy.

My work is integrative, eclectic, systemic, and holistic. I draw heavily from IFS, client centered approaches, mindfulness based practices from Eastern philosophy and Indigenous healing modalities, as well as somatic approaches. I am trained in EMDR and Heart Centered Hypnotherapy.

Specializing in working with Neurodivergent identified folks, those who are marginalized due to gender, sexual orientation, relationship dynamic and or style, those who are disabled and/or live with chronic pain/or illness, fat folks, kinky folks, as well as others who feel marginalized by their existence.

My approach as a psychotherapist and counselor is integrative and I work through a liberation focused lens that is informed by queer and feminist theory as well as strong focus on decolonizing the fields of psychology and counseling.

English

Adults ages 18+

Also offer clinical supervision

Telehealth only

I offer Somatic Psychotherapy services 1:1 and 2+ : 1 to folks residing in California, as well as Spiritual Guidance to folks residing worldwide.

I specialize in helping humans heal at the root of their suffering by reconnecting to the body through a fusion of psychological, somatic, creative and spiritual approaches such as, but not limited to:

Psychodynamics, EFT, Attachment, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Rosen Method, Authentic Movement, TIST, Yoga, Ancestral Connection, Ritual, Tarot, Astrology, Painting, Poetry, and Storytelling.

Diagnostically, I specialize in treating eating disorders and body shame, mood and anxiety disorders, and the gambit of trauma (PTSD, developmental, complex).

I help folks with relationship distress, recent breakups, gender and sexuality identity, dating, ethical non-monogamy and boundaries.

My work is gender affirming, sex positive, trauma-informed and neurodivergent affirming. I am a member of the LGBTQIA+ and AuDHD community, and survivor of abuse.

Ultimately, I believe healing work is essential for collective liberation and deeply enjoy supporting folks in breaking inherited cycles and transforming conditioned beliefs keeping them blocked from their full joyous life.

I have experience addressing a wide range of issues that bring people to counselling, such as depression, anxiety, life transitions, and relationship difficulties. I work with those living in ethical non-monogamy, kink/BDSM, or other LGBTQ2S+ relationships. I aim to provide a comfortable and non-judgmental space where people can work with me to identify the issues that are causing them distress and explore solutions to these problems.

I implement therapeutic approaches that are evidence-based and have been proven to be effective. I have training in a variety of such approaches, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Person-Centered, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. I have an integrative approach in which I apply therapeutic modalities that will best fit your needs and goals.

Professional specialties and skills: I specialize in providing online counseling for LGBTQ+ and trans health issues, gender-affirming care, ADHD/autism, anxiety, and trauma, from an sex- and kink-positive, existential-humanistic, and intersectional-feminist perspective. I work from a person-centered counselling, narrative, and solution-focused approach, with additional training in crisis counseling, mental health first aid, EMDR, and CPT.

Language(s) spoken: English

Populations served: I serve individual adults and children high school ages and up. Although the majority of my clients are LGBTQ+, I welcome everyone!

Services: Individual and Relationship Therapy, Somatic Trauma Healing and Poly Coaching for QTBIPOC adults

Encouraging, Empowering & Motivating you to live your best life possible. Developing your skills & techniques to provide you with the ability to be the person you choose to be, regardless of your past or present. The initial intake lasts 45-80 minutes @ a standard fee of $143. All subsequent session are 50 minutes with rates determine by sliding scale (based on annual household income).

My educational and professional journey has provided me the opportunity to work with survivors of trauma and interpersonal violence, as well as families, adolescents, and individual adults. I now provide therapy to couples and individuals, especially LGBTQIA folks. I am an expert in sex therapy, relationships, and working with sexually marginalized populations especially poly, ENM communities. I am available for Delaware residents for telehealth sessions.

I proudly serve the Delaware community members who are ENM, polyamorous, LGBTQ+, queer, transgender, kinky, and participate in sex-work. I do this through competent, warm, engaged psychotherapy, sex therapy and relationship therapy as well as adult sex education and professional training. As a therapist at the Center for Connection & Desire I am committed to serving each client and having them present their whole self in therapy, without judgment and welcoming and celebrating their diverse identities, expressions, and relationships.

I have a Psychotherapy and Sex Therapy private practice. My speciality is relationship/intimacy issues, sexuality concerns, trauma and life stressors. I use tantra practices, Imago dialogue, role play, guided imagery, visualizations, communication skills and process skills to assist people moving forward. I work with 18 year olds to late adulthood.

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Consultation and healing arts centered on embodied mindfulness and research in stress & trauma physiology, solidly rooted in social work values, including awareness of the interplay of environment and relationships on patterns of functioning. Over 75 hours of sex therapy clinical training, including Sensate Focus and partner-based activities. I am a licensed social worker but not a clinical social worker, meaning I am not licensed to diagnosis or treat mental illness. I approach trauma from an integrative, relational, and strength-based perspective, not a medical model, and individual session work is just one part of my practice that predominately focuses on research and work that brings communities and organizations into regulation, safety, and health.

Age 18 and older. Specializing in resolving trauma in the body, through touch-based or talk-based modalities, or both. Touch-based work can be done in person or taught over video with a friend or partner, talk-based modalities by video only. Work with groups, such as organization leadership is contract-based.

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Consultation and healing arts centered on embodied mindfulness and research in stress & trauma physiology, solidly rooted in social work values, including awareness of the interplay of environment and relationships on patterns of functioning. Over 75 hours of sex therapy clinical training, including Sensate Focus and partner-based activities. I am a licensed social worker but not a clinical social worker, meaning I am not licensed to diagnosis or treat mental illness. I approach trauma from an integrative, relational, and strength-based perspective, not a medical model, and individual session work is just one part of my practice that predominately focuses on research and work that brings communities and organizations into regulation, safety, and health.

Age 18 and older. Specializing in resolving trauma in the body, through touch-based or talk-based modalities, or both. Touch-based work can be done in person or taught over video with a friend or partner, talk-based modalities by video only. Work with groups, such as organization leadership is contract-based.

I specialize in working with LGBTQIA+ teens and adults, trauma processing, depression, anxiety, grief, DID, PTSD, and with relationship and family issues. I work with individuals 12+. I am a very relational therapist, meaning I will pull from different theories to fit your needs and situation. These theories include but are not limited to DBT, CBT, Feminist Empowerment, Narrative, Humanistic, and Systemic. I am English monolingual.

I provide individual and relationship therapy to teens and adults. I use emotionally focused therapy (EFT) in order to help clients connect to their partners. So often, I see clients who care deeply about each other, but get caught up in a pattern of conflict, criticism, and blame. I want to help you to understand why you sometimes react by lashing out or distancing from a loved one when you actually want to be close to them. We can then collaboratively identify ways to practice and learn how to turn toward your loved one for connection instead of pushing each other away. I am open to working with heterosexual, same-sex, poly, or open relationships.

In my work, I help people reconnect with their own aliveness. Many of us feel deeply disconnected— from ourselves, from our loved ones, or from a life that we no longer recognize. And it hurts. We feel stuck, and those familiar patterns of resentment, insecurity, and numbing out just aren’t working for us anymore. I find that when we learn to stop spending our lives running from pain and instead practice moving towards love, joy, and connection, everything changes. I would love to help you find that.

In sessions with me, we’ll actively practice new ways of living– not just talk about it. This might look like building mindfulness & somatic skills, safely releasing pent up emotions, or learning new ways to identify and express your needs to your loved ones. Whatever your struggles, you will be met by me with compassion, curiosity, and respect.

I work with teens, adults, and couples, both in person at my office in downtown Asheville and through telehealth. As a non-binary, leftist therapist, I’m especially passionate about working with LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples, including transgender folks and non-straight sexualities. I’m also passionate about helping clients navigate non-monogamous and kink-informed relationships. I am committed to decolonizing my work and am trauma and attachment informed.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who works with individuals aged 18 +, and I specialize in LGBTQ+ issues, women’s issues, and anxiety disorders. If you are looking for a therapist who is LGBTQ+ informed, is also part of the community, and is kink-aware and poly affirmative, feel free to contact me! I accept Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross Federal, Blue Care Network, Priority Health, UBH/UMR (Optum), and United Health Care. My services are Telehealth only.

Working from a holistic perspective, along with the client, Samantha seeks to review all the areas of a client’s background to help form the best direction for therapy. She works with individuals of all ages, as well as couples and families, in a collaborative and compassionate manner. Her key areas of interest include alternative family structure, sexuality, grief, and trauma. Samantha works from a family systems perspective that is strongly informed by feminist theory and cultural humility. Her goal is to form a synergistic relationship with clients to help them raise their self-esteem, recognize their strengths, and create positive goals. In addition to clinical training as a therapist, she spent over ten years working as a birth and postpartum doula and childbirth education which gives her a unique background for working with families around perinatal transitions and experiences.

Samantha is an action-oriented, experientially focused supportive psychotherapist. Samantha is also a sex-positive therapist and works with adults in all types of relationships. She has trained in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Internal Family Systems, Non-Violent Communication and incorporates various mind-body practices into her clinical work. Samantha is also a health coach and chef, and has training in Nutritional Psychiatry (how food impacts mood). Her current focus is on parts work and embodiment practices, using what is happening in the moment as a way to understand patterns of dysregulation, build capacity and tolerance, and learn self-regulation skills. She works with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, numbness, and lack of vitality, as well those looking to improve their communication, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, or their connection with themselves and their bodies. Therapy is a wonderful tool for growth and self-reflection no matter where we are in our journeys.

I provide trauma-informed psychotherapy for adults navigating complex emotional, relational, and identity-related concerns. My work is grounded in a relational, person-centered approach and integrates psychodynamic therapy, ego state therapy, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and others.

I specialize in working with individuals with histories of complex trauma, attachment wounds, dissociation, religious trauma, and identity-based stress. I am affirming of consensual non-monogamy, polyamory, kink, queer and trans identities, and diverse relationship structures. My approach emphasizes collaboration, consent, emotional safety, and honoring each client’s lived experience.

Populations Served:

• Adults (18+) navigating most mental health presentations (Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, Adjustment disorder, attachment wounds, PTSD, etc)
• Trauma survivors
• Dissociative Disorders/DID
• Polyamorous and consensually non-monogamous individuals
• LGBTQIA+ individuals
• Neurodiverse individuals
• Clinicians and helping professionals

Languages Spoken: English

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist that specializes in relationship issues and also in anxiety. I really enjoy working with the members of the poly community individually or with multiple members of a poly constellation to help navigate the relationships or for personal growth. All lifestyles, preferences, and orientations are welcome. Please call or email to discuss your goals.

Trauma work, couples work (level 2 Gottman trained), sex therapy, strengths based therapy. Speaks English and Russian. Serves teens and adults, trans and non-binary clients, LGB clients, kink identified clients, couples and polycules.

I help adults of all backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, and relationship structures make meaning of their experiences and explore opportunities for growth.

People come to me who are inquisitive and trying their best, yet still feel detached and longing for a better understanding of their lives. Oftentimes they’ve been in the driver’s seat going 100 miles an hour for years and can’t quite figure out how to slow down. Together, we work to slow fast-paced life, be present with ourselves and others, and ultimately, see the once-blurry scenes in a clearer way. Curious people come to me to gain perspective and see the full picture of life’s scenic travels. Just as each road trip is unique, so too is our tailor-made therapy. If you’re open-minded, motivated, and filled with curiosity, let’s see if we’re a good match!

My integrative approach to therapy often includes a blend of psychodynamic philosophy (exploring thought and emotional experiences) and existential elements (finding meaning and purpose in life), ultimately tailored to each individual, couple/relationship, and group.