Therapists in Fort Smith, AR
Linda LeAnn Howard
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified
Linda is a Licensed Professional Counselor that treats teens, adults, and couples through difficult situations, relationship problems, trauma, grief and loss to restore their emotional health. With compassion and non-judgmental care Linda works with her clients to diminish doubt and worry and instill hope and healing. Linda has a unique understanding of the mind body connection and the life-style and emotional difficulties associated with managing chronic mental and physical illnesses, and the stress of care giving responsibilities.
Patricia (Patti) Lashley
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified
I believe we are each on a journey in life and sometimes we need someone willing to walk with us to help us along our path. It is my goal for everyone to feel accepted and to know they are not alone. I believe everyone has the ability and capability to be their best selves provided the support. It is my mission to provide support and assist my clients in reaching their goals and overcoming challenges, so they experience the best in life. I work with adolescences, adults, and families; including single parent, divorced, and blended and with people of every race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
Deborah Braboy
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-S, NCC
Verified
My goal is that folks feel hope when they leave my office. I believe that individuals, couples, and families are at times lacking the tools to get back on track after they have been derailed by life. I believe healing starts within the therapeutic relationship and I look forward to connecting with clients! My job is to help them on their journey in working toward a healthy outlook and better connections in their relationships. I enjoy working with those who are dealing with grief & loss issues, relationship struggles, adolescents who are figuring out life, & adults who need someone who cares.
Ada Floyd
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
I work with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, OCD and ADHD; however, my primary areas of focus are working within the LGBTQIA+ community and with trauma. I have completed training in several modalities to increase my ability to help people navigate through their struggles. I know the value of therapy for trauma due to my own experiences and try to bring compassion and empathy into every session. I use a variety of techniques and tools, such as EMDR, ego state therapy, and CBT to help tailor therapy to each individual client.
Judith J Mathewson
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LPC, LMFT, LMHC
Verified
Do you have relationship challenges? Have you tried to stop negative habits without success? Has depression affected your life? Are you struggling with anxiety? Do you want to develop positive communication and conflict resolution skills? It is my goal to help you get to the core of the issues you want to address in a safe, professional, and non-judgmental atmosphere.
William M. Heath
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD
Verified
Attending therapy is an opportunity for you to do something to help yourself. During your therapy sessions with me I will work to get to know you so that I have a good understanding about the most important concern you want to address. This will involve discussing with you potential changes you want to make for yourself or perhaps exploring your desire to have a deeper understanding about something that may be troubling you. I work with people who are suffering with the challenges related to trauma, anxiety, loss, depression, panic-attacks, phobias and other areas.
Eva Wood
Counselor, MA, LAC, CIT
Verified
I offer treatment to a wide range of clients ages 5 to adult. As a therapist I am here to walk with my clients while they are working through some of life's toughest obstacles. I strive to be there for them while they decide what steps that need to taken in order to remove barriers in their lives to be able to live their healthiest life possible. My goal as a therapist is to give 100% to them each time that they walk into my office and work with them on the issues that they have in the away that benefits them the most.
Jackie Susan Scarborough
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Verified
I have worked with various ages and issues, including depression, anxiety, and trauma. My counseling style is warm, empathic, and genuine. My approach is primarily cognitive-behavioral and humanistic. I believe that in many instances, our thought patterns directly affect our emotions and, subsequently, our behavior. I come from a viewpoint that you are the expert of you. No one knows you better than you! I look at myself as a guide and allow my clients to dictate the course and direction of counseling.
Erica Hutchison
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S, RPT-S, NCC
Verified
I provide play therapy and counseling services to children, adolescents, and their families. I feel privileged to work with children and help them to heal emotionally, repair relationships, and improve daily functioning. I believe that all children possess the inner resources to heal themselves. I also believe that play therapy, family support, and the child's relationship with the therapist, best enable children to access those inner resources so they can heal, move forward, and be successful.
Reset with Renee (Narcissism/CPTSD/Divorce)
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified
What is it you want to FIX? Where are you STUCK? What is it you don’t KNOW? Are you questioning your relationships, health, life satisfaction, or accomplishments? If you look "together" on the outside but feel different on the inside, you're not alone! Our culture demands we try to have it all, fit in, & focus on the positive. Yet guilt, self-doubt, anxiety, frustration, overwhelm, & feeling not good enough is SO common. Performing, producing, perfectionism, & people pleasing is SO exhausting. When this no longer works for you, it's time for a different approach. We'll work from the inside for your RESET!
Katelyn Nabors
Counselor, MS, LPC, CSAT C
Verified
Life can be unpredictable and the unexpected can happen at any time. As humans, we struggle with relationships, stress from family and work, and face many other challenges. I enjoy working with young and mature adults to help navigate these difficult times. I will seek to help you build your resilience and confidence to help you embrace your purpose in life through your individuality.
David Bourne
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified
I focus on working with clients who feel disconnected and isolated from friends, family, and even themselves. Connecting and learning how to have healthy relationships is a vital component of having a full life. Sometimes our past life or our habits make connecting very difficult or even impossible. We will work together to write the next chapter for you.
Lisa Brock
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPC
Verified
I consider it a joy to work with couples, families, and individuals. It is an honor when people allow me to walk beside them in their journey. I believe that each person has great worth and their stories are as unique as snowflakes. Sitting with people in their distress gives me an unparalleled vantage point from which to watch the healing power of secure attachment in the lives of my clients. Relationships provide a safe harbor for our lives and when they are strained or broken, we feel real pain. My approach provides a proven path back to healthy relationships.
True Self Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified
Tired of feeling like you have to be a "super parent" and manage everything at once? Are there days you just don't want to get up and you can't figure out why? What about fears that control your life? All of these are life struggles and real problems. My job is to help individuals and couples with life stressors and take control of their lives.
Albuja Counseling Services, PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, TA, CCTP, CYTP, CFTP, NCTFCBT
Verified
State Board Licensed to provide services via phone or video conference when needed. Where do I go from here you might ask? You've endured a traumatic experience, maybe even more than once. You just had another blowout with your troublesome child or your family is in a spiraling crisis. You're in a volatile custody battle. Perhaps you don't recognize who you are anymore. You are paralyzed with fear or you don't know why you are so sad. Did that last explosive outburst of anger cross a penalizing line? I can help. I can work to help you function, to overcome a baffling obstacle or see a new vista.
Amber M Cervantes
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LPC, LMFT
Verified
I enjoy working with individuals, couples or families who are ready to grow and change. In most areas of life today stress and conflict are rampant and can steal our joy making it difficult to see the good things in our life. Career stress, school pressures or even work related or childhood trauma is becoming more and more common in this country. These days it is easy to get overwhelmed and discouraged. It is my belief that most of us need to make it a priority to slow down, examine our life-current, past and future-in order to live with purpose and peace in the midst of a rapidly changing world.
Karmella Montgomery
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
Life is all about choices: Right or wrong, Good or bad. Sometimes our choices can make us feel as if we are spinning our wheels. My goal is to help you find the right tools to use in your life so you no longer feel stuck and have the confidence and strength to continue on your journey.
Branden Carr
DO, PhD
Verified
I am open to helping any individual that needs help with a psychiatric diagnosis. I do not treat acute events that need detox but happy to help sustained sobriety. I am also happy to help with Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, and many more.
Chelsi Steele
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, RPT
Verified
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor that specializes in play therapy to provide counseling services to children, adolescents, and their families. I am honored to work with children and to provide a safe place for them to resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development, specifically through play. My work with children involves meeting them where they are emotionally and developmentally through play therapy, while also working with their families to improve daily functioning. Play therapy gives children the capability to improve regulation skills, tolerate frustrations, and improve relationships.
Kenneth Harris
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S, LADAC-S, ADC, NCC
Verified
"Over the past few years, the demand for mental health services has increased. The field of mental health, in efforts to meet this demand, has caused the technique of counseling to become commercialized. When I created Harris & Harris my mission was to create a business practice that was ethically driven to get back to the basics of counseling. Customer volume should never be a measurement of success within a business, but providing consistent quality service should always be a measurement standard."
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What type of mental health professional is right for me?
Some of the most common types of mental health providers in Fort Smith are psychologists, licensed counselors, therapists, psychotherapists, and licensed clinical social workers, all of whom diagnose mental health conditions and provide individualized treatment.
Services offered, education and credentials vary by type of mental health professional. Each professional in Fort Smith then may specialize in certain areas, such as depression, marriage counseling, or anxiety. Although many mental health providers are not licensed to prescribe medication, they may coordinate with a provider who can.
Both in-person and online therapy sessions are available from most psychologists.
Services offered, education and credentials vary by type of mental health professional. Each professional in Fort Smith then may specialize in certain areas, such as depression, marriage counseling, or anxiety. Although many mental health providers are not licensed to prescribe medication, they may coordinate with a provider who can.
Both in-person and online therapy sessions are available from most psychologists.
How to find a specialist?
You can refine your search using the filters on this page. There are several categories you can filter by to find mental health professionals with the experience you are looking for. You may want to filter for CBT Psychologists in Fort Smith, or Child Psychologists in Fort Smith.
Many find it useful to use filters to view only psychologists that have experience working with certain issues, like Fort Smith psychologists specializing in EMDR.
Many find it useful to use filters to view only psychologists that have experience working with certain issues, like Fort Smith psychologists specializing in EMDR.
What method of therapy is right for me?
When it comes to treatment methods, there's no 'right way.’ Each method of therapy can be beneficial for a variety of issues. Psychologists in Fort Smith specialize in therapeutic approaches such as CBT, EMDR, and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), among others. Finding a psychologist or therapist who is a good fit for you is the most important step to discovering what type of therapy, or combination of therapeutic approaches, will meet your individual needs. Learn what to expect from different types of therapy and how they work.
How to use my insurance?
Many therapists accept health insurance. Check to see if your insurance is covered. Feel free to discuss this when you contact the therapist.