Men's Issues Therapists in 63117

I am dedicated to helping others improve the quality of their lives. I have a deep respect for those who come into my office and want to help them process and overcome the issues that are causing them pain. What I have come to know in having done this work for the past ten years is that we all experience pain in our own unique and profound ways. I provide a collaborative and compassionate approach, in which we work together to help you gain insight into what is getting in the way of you having a fuller, healthier, and happier life.

This isn’t your average therapy. I specialize in EMDR intensive therapy to help clients achieve rapid change and healing in the areas of love, money, and family dysfunction. People come to me because they are done feeling stuck. In my sessions, we don’t sit around talking endlessly and getting nowhere. I use EMDR therapy to help clients find the root cause of their issue and pull it out - creating the real, lasting change they’ve always wanted and never thought they could have. You do not have to continue feeling this way.

Many of the people who work with us are trying to find ways of controlling the emotions swirling around them, but it just feels like trying to grasp at sand in a sandstorm - the particles smacking them in the face, blurring their vision of the world, and causing them to flail about in futile attempts to stop the storm. Emotions similarly can cloud judgment and lead us to lash out in futile attempts to stop the pain. The more we try to control the whipping winds, the more energy we waste. We believe the key to surviving the storm is to accept its existence and skillfully cope with it.

I work with individuals who are seeking depth in their lives and in their therapy. I have worked with medical professionals, social workers, and psychotherapists; artists and writers; professors, clergy, and community organizers, and folks struggling with inhibition, trauma, depression, or anxiety. A common thread is a recognition that we all need support identifying our blind spots, and that increased understanding and self-awareness can lead to an increased sense of agency, self-compassion, and purpose in our lives.

Many people experience injuries in life that do not subside with the passage of time. The residue of these injuries can result in depression, intrusive thoughts and desperate ways of coping. We can fall into patterns of being that feel too hard to change. All of this then interferes with connection to others and intimacy. One does not have to live this way. It can be different.

Are you afraid? Depressed? Annoyed? We alI struggle with these at times. If you are at a place where the situations in your life feel like "too much", I am passionate about working with you to find peace and healing in the midst of it. Together we can work to name the strengths you have that will aid you in life. From the moment you walk in, my goal is to provide you with a place where you feel safe to work through issues at your own pace, while experiencing me as an ally in your work. I strive to create an environment where clients can realize their strengths, heal from their hurts, and truly flourish.

Welcome, I'm here to help. I am experienced in assisting children and families who have been affected by trauma and are dealing with its effects, including anxiety, anger issues, post-traumatic stress, depression, and other symptoms. Additionally, I am experienced in working with children who display severe behavioral issues in response to their trauma. I have provided individual and family therapy for children in a Residential Treatment Facility and I'm well-versed in the Foster and Adoptive systems. I also help families struggling with communication issues and children experiencing attachment difficulties with their parents.

I practice from a culturally-responsive and inclusive foundation, and have extensive experience working with patients from various cultural, racial/ethnic, spiritual and religious backgrounds. In particular, I feel passionate about serving the Asians, and immigrant population. As an Asian immigrant myself, I understand our unique cultural challenges such as identity issues and intergenerational conflicts, and how cultural trauma and stressors can play a role in our mental health. I also enjoy working with couples who are in mixed race/ multicultural relationship, or encountering challenges due to factors related to race and culture.

Over half of my work is with couples. Through training and supervision in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), I can see and hear needs and feelings long hidden for fear of being hurt again. I empathize and acknowledge real wrongs and real emotional damage to trust and respect. I hear both sides. I also offer hope. I can see when marital conflict itself offers evidence that partners still desire and need each other. I know how difficult a process forgiveness and then trust building really are. Slowly, when even one is ready to love again, I equip both to express their hearts with a gentle strength, and to hear with compassion.

I love to work with clients to develop a deeper understanding of themselves, who they are, and how they connect with the world. Society is a complicated thing, and it didn't come with a manual, but we can work together to to learn, or decide, what it will be for you. Clients who find themselves in my office may have concerns about their relationships, about whether or not they're worthy as people, about how their mind works, or might just have questions about what it means to be a person. I see adults, teenagers, individuals, and couples. Occasionally I run groups.

I have been treating all age groups in the St. Louis area for over 35 years. My in depth training as both a psychologist and psychoanalyst for children and adults provides a full spectrum of skills to treat short and long term issues for all age groups. I am highly skilled at meeting a person where they are to help them, through connection with me and my understanding of them, reach new and emotionally healthier places in their life. In addition to the areas of specialties listed I work with mother/infant dyads and children who are adopted and their parents achieve more satisfying attachments.

Kaitlyn LeMasters, LCSW Kaitlyn LeMasters is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Missouri who has been practicing since 2022. She earned a Master of Social Work degree from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. Kaitlyn believes in creating a safe space to explore emotions, developing new insights, and building new skills to improve overall mental health and quality of life. In her spare time, Kaitlyn enjoys exercise, reading, and spending time with loved ones.

As a psychologist, Dr. Dan Weinstein helps adults and parents better understand the struggles that they face or that their children face by providing evaluations, psychotherapy, and educational services. He enjoys assisting clients in developing effective problem-solving skills, reducing emotional and behavioral problems, coping with stress, getting along better with others, and strengthening family and other close relationships. Dr. Dan provides professional consultation services and has given over 100 presentations to groups of parents, students, teachers, school counselors, and school social workers.

Leah Gregory is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Missouri who has been practicing since 2016. She obtained her Bachelor in Social Work from Missouri State University and her Master in Social Worker from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Leah aims to provide a safe, unconditionally supportive, and non-judgmental environment where you can feel vulnerable and empowered to heal and grow. She is here to be present with you through your deepest struggles, listen to your most difficult feelings, and work through the challenges you are facing.

I seek to provide counseling to couples and individuals, both adults and adolescents. I work with interpersonal, relationship issues including: family of origin dynamics, trauma and maladaptive coping patterns, marriage and pre-marital counseling, improving communication skills, self-image and identity, managing anger, and men's sexual addiction.

Are you tired, worried, or feeling alone? Maybe you're nervous or unsure what more can be done for a relationship you want badly to work. Do you feel frustrated, stuck, or hopeless in patterns you want to change? Do you long for tomorrow to feel different than today? Maybe a confidential space might just be a comfort right now. Wherever you are, it is often a hard thing to need help. It is often harder still to ask for it. I'm glad you're here and hanging on.

I work with individuals, couples and families. My work includes relationship issues including marriage, divorce and co-parenting work. My work also includes helping clients with anxiety, depression, ADHD and substance abuse. I utilize an eclectic approach with an emphasis on rational emotive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to assist and help clients learn to regulate their responses to achieve more favorable life outcomes. We work together to help gain a clearer sense of self and a path to more effective behavior.

Are you seeking to live a fuller life less encumbered by stress, anxiety, loneliness, or self-doubt? Psychodynamic and emotion-focused therapy is a supportive and nonjudgmental process that allows us to develop a deeper understanding of how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by our experiences. Through this work we can foster greater self-awareness, enhance our ability to tune into and regulate our emotions, and become more empowered to live authentically and purposefully in the present, enriching our lives and relationships along the way.

*ACCEPTING CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, AND MISSOURI CLIENTS* Come be seen & be known in a relational space with me, so that you can finally arrive home in yourself. Are you curious if you have experienced trauma, or if trauma may still be affecting you? Have you worked with many healers & still feel stuck in certain places? Have you experienced a spiritual awakening & need to integrate the experience(s)? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then you may be in the right place. Trauma can express itself in PTSD & Complex PTSD symptoms, various types of depression & anxiety, & many other symptoms. Lets get to the root.