Therapists in Columbus, NC
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Perry Lavin
Lic Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, LCMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Asheville, NC 28803
All humans are equipped with the capacity for healing and transformation. I believe that everyone deserves the chance to undergo this process of change. Everyone deserves to create a life that is worth living and is full of meaning. Unfortunately, we are often left feeing disconnected, detached, depressed, or anxious. As a clinician, I am passionate about helping change these patterns. It is a gift to be with people as they find deeper meaning and a more fulfilling life. I love going deep with people so that we may find the roots of your problem and create the change that leads to a truer, more vital version of yourself.
All humans are equipped with the capacity for healing and transformation. I believe that everyone deserves the chance to undergo this process of change. Everyone deserves to create a life that is worth living and is full of meaning. Unfortunately, we are often left feeing disconnected, detached, depressed, or anxious. As a clinician, I am passionate about helping change these patterns. It is a gift to be with people as they find deeper meaning and a more fulfilling life. I love going deep with people so that we may find the roots of your problem and create the change that leads to a truer, more vital version of yourself.
I am experienced in working with anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment wounds, relationship challenges, parenting challenges, women’s issues, discrimination, sensory sensitivity, and OCD.
I believe in meeting each individual where they are in their journey with acceptance and curiosity. I offer compassion, authenticity, and care to help you uncover and satisfy your unmet needs. Many of us are wounded, but we are not broken. When we discover and meet our needs, our nervous systems reset and offer up a whole new place from which to live life. Counseling can help you understand and undo patterns of thought and behavior that unconsciously keep you from truly connecting with yourself and others. You can find peace.
I am experienced in working with anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment wounds, relationship challenges, parenting challenges, women’s issues, discrimination, sensory sensitivity, and OCD.
I believe in meeting each individual where they are in their journey with acceptance and curiosity. I offer compassion, authenticity, and care to help you uncover and satisfy your unmet needs. Many of us are wounded, but we are not broken. When we discover and meet our needs, our nervous systems reset and offer up a whole new place from which to live life. Counseling can help you understand and undo patterns of thought and behavior that unconsciously keep you from truly connecting with yourself and others. You can find peace.
Patricia S. Duggan
LCMHCA, LCASA, NCC
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Charlotte, NC 28202 (Online Only)
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Often our hurtful experiences are out of our control. You didn’t choose to live with pain & society makes it hard to heal. You are tired of feeling alone and misunderstood. The reality is our experiences and memories can shape our beliefs and worldviews, creating guilt, anxiety, shame, anger, and isolation. Living with chronic pain, illness, trauma, anxiety, and grief – does impact us. Even if you don’t feel like it at this very moment, there is part of you that knows they deserve something more, whether it’s self-compassion, healthy connections, pleasure, joy, or the chance to move from surviving to thriving. Let's get curious.
Often our hurtful experiences are out of our control. You didn’t choose to live with pain & society makes it hard to heal. You are tired of feeling alone and misunderstood. The reality is our experiences and memories can shape our beliefs and worldviews, creating guilt, anxiety, shame, anger, and isolation. Living with chronic pain, illness, trauma, anxiety, and grief – does impact us. Even if you don’t feel like it at this very moment, there is part of you that knows they deserve something more, whether it’s self-compassion, healthy connections, pleasure, joy, or the chance to move from surviving to thriving. Let's get curious.
Saunders Moore
Lic Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, MA, LMFT, LCMHCA
Verified Verified
Asheville, NC 28801
You are so sick of feeling shame or worry about what others think. What you want is to feel more present and empowered in your life. Despite being career-driven, successful, and independent life is hard. Right now you may be experiencing insecurity, perfectionism, and self-doubt. You’re tired of going through the motions in life and want to connect with your truth and vitality. You need some guidance and aren’t sure where to start. You want to feel more authentic in your life, manage stress, and have better relationships.
You are so sick of feeling shame or worry about what others think. What you want is to feel more present and empowered in your life. Despite being career-driven, successful, and independent life is hard. Right now you may be experiencing insecurity, perfectionism, and self-doubt. You’re tired of going through the motions in life and want to connect with your truth and vitality. You need some guidance and aren’t sure where to start. You want to feel more authentic in your life, manage stress, and have better relationships.
My specialities include: anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, men’s issues, LGBTQIA+, and ‘people pleasers’.
Are you ready to slow down? To get unstuck? To discover a deeper sense of well-being? Transformational change is possible but healing is not a solo journey. I am passionate about supporting my clients to unlock a more genuine experience of themselves. Together, we will work to cultivate awareness, courage, confidence and steadiness in your life. I work with people who want to find clarity, a sense of aliveness, and to heal from both the bruises and scars that life sometimes creates. I can help you discover a deeper understanding of yourself, your relationships, and your purpose in the world.
My specialities include: anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, men’s issues, LGBTQIA+, and ‘people pleasers’.
Are you ready to slow down? To get unstuck? To discover a deeper sense of well-being? Transformational change is possible but healing is not a solo journey. I am passionate about supporting my clients to unlock a more genuine experience of themselves. Together, we will work to cultivate awareness, courage, confidence and steadiness in your life. I work with people who want to find clarity, a sense of aliveness, and to heal from both the bruises and scars that life sometimes creates. I can help you discover a deeper understanding of yourself, your relationships, and your purpose in the world.
Gently uncovering through any layers of confusion, anger, anxiety, depression, or other suffering, to find your core and true self.
Do you feel overwhelmed? Have you endured unbearable circumstances in the past? Do you feel like you spend your life in a rushed and hurried state, longing to slow down, only to be unable to relax when you have the chance? Do you feel a persistent aloneness or separateness, even in the midst of your acquaintances, friends, family, and colleagues? Do you feel stuck in some area of of your life, be it love, work, home, or even your spiritual life? If so, I can help!
Gently uncovering through any layers of confusion, anger, anxiety, depression, or other suffering, to find your core and true self.
Do you feel overwhelmed? Have you endured unbearable circumstances in the past? Do you feel like you spend your life in a rushed and hurried state, longing to slow down, only to be unable to relax when you have the chance? Do you feel a persistent aloneness or separateness, even in the midst of your acquaintances, friends, family, and colleagues? Do you feel stuck in some area of of your life, be it love, work, home, or even your spiritual life? If so, I can help!
Whether your challenges involve marriage or partnership, stressful workplace dynamics, enhancing your leadership capabilities, or managing depression, anxiety, or substance use, I can provide the tools and perspective to guide you through it.
SPECIALlZING lN MEN'S WELL-BElNG. With an extensive background in men's mental health and nearly 20 years of clinical experience, I understand the strong sense of ambition and responsibility that successful men carry. I coach executives, leaders, and professional men to sustain a high level of career performance while also feeling effective in their relationships.
Whether your challenges involve marriage or partnership, stressful workplace dynamics, enhancing your leadership capabilities, or managing depression, anxiety, or substance use, I can provide the tools and perspective to guide you through it.
SPECIALlZING lN MEN'S WELL-BElNG. With an extensive background in men's mental health and nearly 20 years of clinical experience, I understand the strong sense of ambition and responsibility that successful men carry. I coach executives, leaders, and professional men to sustain a high level of career performance while also feeling effective in their relationships.
Kambra Meyer
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LCMHC, LCAS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Asheville, NC 28801
Even the most self-aware humans can experience periods of confusion, stuckness, and destabilization, and oftentimes suffering has unconscious roots. I've dedicated my training and education as a helping professional to learn how to unlock messages from the unconscious to promote healing and well-being. I also strive to arm my clients with concrete tools to use independently, long after our work together is completed. I have many years of experience helping people heal, blending a variety of nontraditional and expressive therapeutic approaches with evidence-based interventions to meet the individual needs of the people I serve.
Even the most self-aware humans can experience periods of confusion, stuckness, and destabilization, and oftentimes suffering has unconscious roots. I've dedicated my training and education as a helping professional to learn how to unlock messages from the unconscious to promote healing and well-being. I also strive to arm my clients with concrete tools to use independently, long after our work together is completed. I have many years of experience helping people heal, blending a variety of nontraditional and expressive therapeutic approaches with evidence-based interventions to meet the individual needs of the people I serve.
Paula Zerfoss, LCSW, Couple Therapy That Works
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Asheville, NC 28801
If you are having the same arguments over and over again, you are not alone. I will be with you every step of the way. I use Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples to interrupt repetitive Cycles where one person reaches out in frustration, causing their partner to withdraw and hide out. Couple Therapy doesn't have to be torture, and there doesn't have to be a "bad guy". I have helped couples with a range of issues from Domestic Abuse to infidelity to communication issues. I even use humor sometimes, but we don't waste a moment! I welcome couples who have been in couple therapy before and have almost given up.
If you are having the same arguments over and over again, you are not alone. I will be with you every step of the way. I use Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples to interrupt repetitive Cycles where one person reaches out in frustration, causing their partner to withdraw and hide out. Couple Therapy doesn't have to be torture, and there doesn't have to be a "bad guy". I have helped couples with a range of issues from Domestic Abuse to infidelity to communication issues. I even use humor sometimes, but we don't waste a moment! I welcome couples who have been in couple therapy before and have almost given up.
Lindsay Carter
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Leicester, NC 28748 (Online Only)
Change is hard. Our nervous systems can interpret even the most well-intentioned changes as threats, which means sometimes it can be difficult to understand why we feel or behave the way we do. I deeply respect that, as social creatures, we are wired to process transitions through connection with others. I often find that what my clients believe are character flaws are actually intelligent coping responses—they served an important purpose at one point but are no longer helpful in their current lives.
Change is hard. Our nervous systems can interpret even the most well-intentioned changes as threats, which means sometimes it can be difficult to understand why we feel or behave the way we do. I deeply respect that, as social creatures, we are wired to process transitions through connection with others. I often find that what my clients believe are character flaws are actually intelligent coping responses—they served an important purpose at one point but are no longer helpful in their current lives.
Chris Byrne
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LCMHC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Asheville, NC 28801
I believe that the deepest healing happens when therapy is rooted in connection, empathy, and compassion, so my first goal is to create an environment in which you feel understood and supported. Likewise, I believe we are truly whole when our most important relationships are thriving – including our relationship with ourselves. Strengthening these relationships is a primary focus of my therapeutic approach, along with the attainment of embodiment, mindfulness, and freedom. I work from a psychodynamic and experiential perspective to guide you towards an experience of authenticity and alignment with yourself, others, and the world.
I believe that the deepest healing happens when therapy is rooted in connection, empathy, and compassion, so my first goal is to create an environment in which you feel understood and supported. Likewise, I believe we are truly whole when our most important relationships are thriving – including our relationship with ourselves. Strengthening these relationships is a primary focus of my therapeutic approach, along with the attainment of embodiment, mindfulness, and freedom. I work from a psychodynamic and experiential perspective to guide you towards an experience of authenticity and alignment with yourself, others, and the world.
Sandy Van Horn
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, RYT200, SEP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Franklin, NC 28734
I believe growth occurs when we courageously stay along the edges of our comfort zone and gently press into that boundary widening it inch by inch. I believe healing occurs when we fully allow ourselves to feel our pain, to sit with it, to befriend it, and to find out that it has edges and boundaries ... a beginning and an end. If you've been struggling with life - that can be big and small things - we can work together to identify challenges and build your capacity to move in the direction of optimal healing and wellness.
I believe growth occurs when we courageously stay along the edges of our comfort zone and gently press into that boundary widening it inch by inch. I believe healing occurs when we fully allow ourselves to feel our pain, to sit with it, to befriend it, and to find out that it has edges and boundaries ... a beginning and an end. If you've been struggling with life - that can be big and small things - we can work together to identify challenges and build your capacity to move in the direction of optimal healing and wellness.
Karen Batka
Marriage & Family Therapist, MBA, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Asheville, NC 28801 (Online Only)
Perhaps you are grieving a loss, navigating a major life change, experiencing difficulties in relationship or seeking to explore life's meaning and your place in it. I am a seasoned therapist specializing in holistic (mind, body and spirit) psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families and groups in-person and online (residents of NC and CA). A Place for Grief™ provides a safe sanctuary in which your concerns and challenges can become a catalyst for your healing, growth and transformation.
Perhaps you are grieving a loss, navigating a major life change, experiencing difficulties in relationship or seeking to explore life's meaning and your place in it. I am a seasoned therapist specializing in holistic (mind, body and spirit) psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families and groups in-person and online (residents of NC and CA). A Place for Grief™ provides a safe sanctuary in which your concerns and challenges can become a catalyst for your healing, growth and transformation.
I am responsive to context—particularly to the impacts of racism, sexism, trans phobia and ableism—and I believe that therapy ought to be a part of breaking these internalized cycles of oppression.
Sometimes we are submerged in complicated feelings that are confusing and scary. This is actually a window into some of the core truths of our inner lives, of internalized relationships, longings, and past experiences. I accompany people through a deep exploration of this inner life and provide a supportive space to understand the unconscious, move through stuck points, and emerge to more genuinely appreciate your life.
I am responsive to context—particularly to the impacts of racism, sexism, trans phobia and ableism—and I believe that therapy ought to be a part of breaking these internalized cycles of oppression.
Sometimes we are submerged in complicated feelings that are confusing and scary. This is actually a window into some of the core truths of our inner lives, of internalized relationships, longings, and past experiences. I accompany people through a deep exploration of this inner life and provide a supportive space to understand the unconscious, move through stuck points, and emerge to more genuinely appreciate your life.
I’m a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. I completed my masters degree in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia at both Liberty University and the University of Lynchburg. I have been working in the mental health field for over six years providing support to a diverse group of individuals across many age ranges, ethnicities, and belief systems to achieve a greater sense of agency, purpose, and self acceptance.
I’m a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. I completed my masters degree in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia at both Liberty University and the University of Lynchburg. I have been working in the mental health field for over six years providing support to a diverse group of individuals across many age ranges, ethnicities, and belief systems to achieve a greater sense of agency, purpose, and self acceptance.
David Von Kohorn
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT-S, C-EFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Asheville, NC 28801
My primary focus in therapy – with individuals, couples or families – is to support and facilitate my clients in their journey to a deeper understanding and awareness of themselves. This goal is best achieved, I believe, by encouraging self-acceptance and insight, and by forming with each client a safe and nonjudgmental relationship. It is within this alliance that, together, we can explore, understand, and begin to gently dismantle the obstacles and unproductive patterns of coping that, although once useful in dealing with painful life events or childhood relationships, may now be keeping them from enjoying a more fulfilling life.
My primary focus in therapy – with individuals, couples or families – is to support and facilitate my clients in their journey to a deeper understanding and awareness of themselves. This goal is best achieved, I believe, by encouraging self-acceptance and insight, and by forming with each client a safe and nonjudgmental relationship. It is within this alliance that, together, we can explore, understand, and begin to gently dismantle the obstacles and unproductive patterns of coping that, although once useful in dealing with painful life events or childhood relationships, may now be keeping them from enjoying a more fulfilling life.
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Anxiety Therapists
What are the most common treatments for anxiety?
Talk therapy, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy, is the most common treatment for anxiety. Studies have shown it is equally effective as medication. Other popular forms of therapy are popular, depending on a patient’s experience. Exposure therapy, for instance, can be useful for people dealing with fears and phobias, or who have experienced traumatic events. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy may be useful for patients who need help with emotion regulation. Anxiolytic medications, like benzodiazepines, can also help with calming a person enough to focus on the skills they’ve learned, and physical exercise has been shown to help symptoms of anxiety across the board.
How long does therapy for anxiety take to work?
The amount of time needed to alleviate symptoms depends on the severity of a person’s condition. Some therapies may take 5-20 weekly sessions to show results. Anti-depressant medications typically take two to four weeks before a benefit is felt. Anti-anxiety medications are felt typically within 20-30 minutes. Medications are best used to offer a patient a better headspace in which to work on techniques learned in therapy. Exercise, improved sleep habits, and meditation are effective, but takes weeks or months to show results.
When should I seek treatment for anxiety?
Everyone feels anxious at times, but when anxiety causes disruption to your daily life, it may be time to seek help. Such disruption can be mental, physical, or both: having fear dominate your thoughts, avoiding situations or objects that bring on feelings of anxiety, or experiencing shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, or panic attacks. When these symptoms are recurrent and distressing, it may be time to talk to someone.
How effective is treatment for anxiety?
Treatment for anxiety has been shown to be moderately to highly effective, according to a large body of psychology studies and analyses. For some people, treatment using CBT or exposure therapy alone is effective. Others respond best to a combination of medication and therapy.