Therapists in Parkville, MO
Jon Soileau
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC, LPC-S, NCC
Verified Verified
14 Endorsed
Parkville, MO 64152
My approach to counseling and psychotherapy is rooted in relational psychoanalytic and attachment-based work, which provides a deeper understanding of how past experiences and the therapeutic interactions within the therapy room influence one's present life and relationships.
Knowing we can be loved exactly as we are gives us the best opportunity to grow into the healthiest people. I believe relational psychotherapy helps to restore hope and connection, even during seasons of immense pain and suffering. Having a place where you can be heard and feel known is essential while working through heavy feelings, emotions, thoughts, and processing difficult experiences. As therapy deepens, individuals I work with gain insight into presenting symptoms and patterns of behavior that initially brought them to see me.
My approach to counseling and psychotherapy is rooted in relational psychoanalytic and attachment-based work, which provides a deeper understanding of how past experiences and the therapeutic interactions within the therapy room influence one's present life and relationships.
Knowing we can be loved exactly as we are gives us the best opportunity to grow into the healthiest people. I believe relational psychotherapy helps to restore hope and connection, even during seasons of immense pain and suffering. Having a place where you can be heard and feel known is essential while working through heavy feelings, emotions, thoughts, and processing difficult experiences. As therapy deepens, individuals I work with gain insight into presenting symptoms and patterns of behavior that initially brought them to see me.
Julia Vulic
Licensed Professional Counselor, CRC, LPC, CPT
Verified Verified
Parkville, MO 64152
Are you concerned about your child's behavior? Have you noticed a change in their mood that is distressing? Despite your efforts to help, do you feel that things just aren't improving? I believe that you, as your child's anchor, are the biggest change agent in their lives. However, sometimes an objective stance is needed. I would be honored to partner with you and your family to work through such issues and develop long-term solutions. I am truly passionate about what I do and will provide you with a safe, trusting, and non-judgmental environment.
Are you concerned about your child's behavior? Have you noticed a change in their mood that is distressing? Despite your efforts to help, do you feel that things just aren't improving? I believe that you, as your child's anchor, are the biggest change agent in their lives. However, sometimes an objective stance is needed. I would be honored to partner with you and your family to work through such issues and develop long-term solutions. I am truly passionate about what I do and will provide you with a safe, trusting, and non-judgmental environment.
Adam Lynch
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Parkville, MO 64152
The heart and soul of how I help others is as a counselor who meets clients where they are in life, relationships, struggles, and so on - with the goal of gaining your trust and helping move you through discouraging and challenging circumstances, while sharing in God's reality for your life. I believe in the value of working through personal problems and issues in the context of stronger relationships. I will help you with this on a personal level, and in the process of restoring health and relationships with whomever you are intending to build this restored relationship with.
The heart and soul of how I help others is as a counselor who meets clients where they are in life, relationships, struggles, and so on - with the goal of gaining your trust and helping move you through discouraging and challenging circumstances, while sharing in God's reality for your life. I believe in the value of working through personal problems and issues in the context of stronger relationships. I will help you with this on a personal level, and in the process of restoring health and relationships with whomever you are intending to build this restored relationship with.
Valerie Owings
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LCPC, RPT-S
Verified Verified
Parkville, MO 64152
NOW accepting new patients! My passion is working with children and families, helping them to relate better with one another or to cope with normal family issues in healthier ways. I believe all clients possess the potential to improve their lives. My goal is to offer support and strategies so that clients can decide for themselves what is appropriate for them. I hope to help adult clients gain perspective and understanding of their lives so they are empowered to make meaningful changes for themselves.
NOW accepting new patients! My passion is working with children and families, helping them to relate better with one another or to cope with normal family issues in healthier ways. I believe all clients possess the potential to improve their lives. My goal is to offer support and strategies so that clients can decide for themselves what is appropriate for them. I hope to help adult clients gain perspective and understanding of their lives so they are empowered to make meaningful changes for themselves.
Stephanie A Womack
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Parkville, MO 64152 (Online Only)
Do you feel unheard? Do you need a non-judgmental ear when making life decisions? Do you wonder how did I get to this place in my life?
Do you feel unheard? Do you need a non-judgmental ear when making life decisions? Do you wonder how did I get to this place in my life?
Kerri Barton
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, PLPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Parkville, MO 64152
I hold two fundamental beliefs about all humans; firstly, I believe every individual is infinitely unique. Secondly, I think every person can grow and be better than they are today. I believe my job is to help you find the tools and resources you need to continue growing. My favorite aspect of therapy is that it can be tailored to individuals' authentic thoughts, feelings, experiences, needs, or desires.
I hold two fundamental beliefs about all humans; firstly, I believe every individual is infinitely unique. Secondly, I think every person can grow and be better than they are today. I believe my job is to help you find the tools and resources you need to continue growing. My favorite aspect of therapy is that it can be tailored to individuals' authentic thoughts, feelings, experiences, needs, or desires.
Victoria L Weddle
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCPC, RPT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Parkville, MO 64152
Hi there, I'm Victoria! I am so happy you're considering taking the next step in your wellness journey. My approach to therapy is collaborative, trauma-informed and solution-focused. In a safe, open and supportive environment, we will identify and work towards your treatment goals. I am here to highlight your strengths, resiliency factors and celebrate your accomplishments. I'm also a Registered Play Therapist (RPT), Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Certified, and Perinatal Mental Health Trained and EMDR Trained.
Hi there, I'm Victoria! I am so happy you're considering taking the next step in your wellness journey. My approach to therapy is collaborative, trauma-informed and solution-focused. In a safe, open and supportive environment, we will identify and work towards your treatment goals. I am here to highlight your strengths, resiliency factors and celebrate your accomplishments. I'm also a Registered Play Therapist (RPT), Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Certified, and Perinatal Mental Health Trained and EMDR Trained.
Lindsay Frazier
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Parkville, MO 64152
On the outside you look like you are put together and can do it all, but inside you feel like a imposter and will never be good enough. You constantly come up with a list of all the things that you need to be better at, do better at. You fall last on your list because what happens if everyone else needs are not met? What happens if you are not perceived as having it together. You're exhausted, broken, and sooo OVER IT. That is where I would like to say to you, "you deserve to be loved and cared for too".
On the outside you look like you are put together and can do it all, but inside you feel like a imposter and will never be good enough. You constantly come up with a list of all the things that you need to be better at, do better at. You fall last on your list because what happens if everyone else needs are not met? What happens if you are not perceived as having it together. You're exhausted, broken, and sooo OVER IT. That is where I would like to say to you, "you deserve to be loved and cared for too".
Mark Martinez
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Parkville, MO 64152
Not accepting new clients
I am a survivor of severe depression and anxiety and a highly sensitive person, both of which provide me with an ability to practice empathy as well as laugh and cry with clients in therapy. I work with individuals who are ready to engage all parts of their stories (past, present and future) to move beyond their trauma, addictions, anxiety and depression in order to live lives of fullness and abundance. I draw on my experience raising four young children and being a husband of 10+ years to help others navigate their relationships.
I am a survivor of severe depression and anxiety and a highly sensitive person, both of which provide me with an ability to practice empathy as well as laugh and cry with clients in therapy. I work with individuals who are ready to engage all parts of their stories (past, present and future) to move beyond their trauma, addictions, anxiety and depression in order to live lives of fullness and abundance. I draw on my experience raising four young children and being a husband of 10+ years to help others navigate their relationships.
Rachel Cooper-Stadler
MME, MT-BC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Parkville, MO 64152
Not accepting new clients
In client-centered Music Therapy, the client informs the interaction. Music Therapy works to address what we want to change by combining speech, movement, and body based interventions. This method of treatment works to quickly address the reflexive parts of the brain (where our survival instincts and fight or flight responses live). As a therapist, I'm there to provide support, expertise, and guidance! This type of therapeutic interaction can be especially accessible if talking about an event or identifying something specific is challenging.
In client-centered Music Therapy, the client informs the interaction. Music Therapy works to address what we want to change by combining speech, movement, and body based interventions. This method of treatment works to quickly address the reflexive parts of the brain (where our survival instincts and fight or flight responses live). As a therapist, I'm there to provide support, expertise, and guidance! This type of therapeutic interaction can be especially accessible if talking about an event or identifying something specific is challenging.
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Adam Lynch
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Kansas City, MO 64153
We are not meant to live life alone, but rather deeply involved in relationships. Some of these relationships are highly successful, while others have come with great loss, significant struggle or just the every day difficulty of learning to live and enjoy life with another person. I believe in the value of working through personal problems in the context of building stronger relationships. I will help you work through this on a personal level or with whomever you are needing to have a restored relationship with.
We are not meant to live life alone, but rather deeply involved in relationships. Some of these relationships are highly successful, while others have come with great loss, significant struggle or just the every day difficulty of learning to live and enjoy life with another person. I believe in the value of working through personal problems in the context of building stronger relationships. I will help you work through this on a personal level or with whomever you are needing to have a restored relationship with.
Donna J Davis
Licensed Professional Counselor, MSCP, LPC
Verified Verified
Kansas City, MO 64152
I am passionate about providing healing and supportive counseling services to my Clients. I provide individual, family, and couples counseling. My focus is on working with people who experience symptoms of PTSD, gender dysphoria, depression, anxiety, LGBT Issues, behavior disorders, and adjustment to life's ever changing stresses. Each person is unique w/ their own individual biology and environmental experiences. Therefore, therapy is individually tailored to each Clients unique circumstances. I offer face to face counseling and Telehealth where appropriate. BDSM, Poly affirmative.
I am passionate about providing healing and supportive counseling services to my Clients. I provide individual, family, and couples counseling. My focus is on working with people who experience symptoms of PTSD, gender dysphoria, depression, anxiety, LGBT Issues, behavior disorders, and adjustment to life's ever changing stresses. Each person is unique w/ their own individual biology and environmental experiences. Therefore, therapy is individually tailored to each Clients unique circumstances. I offer face to face counseling and Telehealth where appropriate. BDSM, Poly affirmative.
Audrey Yazell
PLPC
Verified Verified
Kansas City, MO 64151
My job is to provide a nonjudgmental space of rest, tenderness, safety, and perspective. I believe that trauma manifests in both body and environment, and I account for individual and systemic factors in counseling. My practice is LGBTQIA+, poly and kink affirming.
My job is to provide a nonjudgmental space of rest, tenderness, safety, and perspective. I believe that trauma manifests in both body and environment, and I account for individual and systemic factors in counseling. My practice is LGBTQIA+, poly and kink affirming.
Leigh Anne Randa
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Kansas City, MO 64151
Hello! My name is Dr. Leigh Anne Randa, PhD. I am a multiply licensed Clinical Psychologist with active licenses in Missouri, Kansas, Arizona and Oregon. I believe each of my clients is unique and deserves a personalized approach to treatment that honors their preferences and needs balanced with clinical expertise. My goal is to tailor interventions that work with the very real constraints of time and finances that exist in our hectic modern culture. I am experienced and happy to help you from single session brief intervention to long term treatment for serious mental health concerns.
Hello! My name is Dr. Leigh Anne Randa, PhD. I am a multiply licensed Clinical Psychologist with active licenses in Missouri, Kansas, Arizona and Oregon. I believe each of my clients is unique and deserves a personalized approach to treatment that honors their preferences and needs balanced with clinical expertise. My goal is to tailor interventions that work with the very real constraints of time and finances that exist in our hectic modern culture. I am experienced and happy to help you from single session brief intervention to long term treatment for serious mental health concerns.
Embark Counseling Services, LLC
Counselor, LPC, LCPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Kansas City, MO 64151
We are here to help! We are a group of professionals who approach therapy with compassion and understanding, providing a partnership with you in a safe, caring and supportive place to explore life's difficulties, and learn how to balance any challenge, and improve your relationships. We use an individualized, integrated approach to therapy, promoting wellness in all areas of your life: physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual. We work with children, teens, young adults, millennials, families, couples and partners. We also have counseling interns to provide an affordable options for your mental healthcare.
We are here to help! We are a group of professionals who approach therapy with compassion and understanding, providing a partnership with you in a safe, caring and supportive place to explore life's difficulties, and learn how to balance any challenge, and improve your relationships. We use an individualized, integrated approach to therapy, promoting wellness in all areas of your life: physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual. We work with children, teens, young adults, millennials, families, couples and partners. We also have counseling interns to provide an affordable options for your mental healthcare.
Carolyn D Grace
Counselor, LCP
Verified Verified
Kansas City, MO 64152 (Online Only)
Therapy can truly be life changing! I believe that a warm, accepting, non-judgemental, safe place to express one's true self is invaluable. That is my approach as a therapist. I have found that each session may be a bit different. We may focus on current life circumstances, process childhood trauma, or make goals for the future. What you can expect from each therapy session is to be heard, seen, validated and sometimes gently challenged.
Therapy can truly be life changing! I believe that a warm, accepting, non-judgemental, safe place to express one's true self is invaluable. That is my approach as a therapist. I have found that each session may be a bit different. We may focus on current life circumstances, process childhood trauma, or make goals for the future. What you can expect from each therapy session is to be heard, seen, validated and sometimes gently challenged.
Adam Lynch
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Kansas City, MO 64152
We are not meant to live life alone, but rather deeply involved in relationships. Some of these relationships are highly successful, while others have come with great loss, significant struggle or just the every day difficulty of learning to live and enjoy life with another person. I believe in the value of working through personal problems in the context of building stronger relationships. I will help you work through this on a personal level or with whomever you are needing to have a restored relationship with.
We are not meant to live life alone, but rather deeply involved in relationships. Some of these relationships are highly successful, while others have come with great loss, significant struggle or just the every day difficulty of learning to live and enjoy life with another person. I believe in the value of working through personal problems in the context of building stronger relationships. I will help you work through this on a personal level or with whomever you are needing to have a restored relationship with.
Embark Counseling Services
Counselor, LPC, LCPC, LCSW
Verified Verified
15 Endorsed
Kansas City, MO 64151
Life is hard. Family is hard. Raising kids is hard. You want someone who can help when everything in your daily life is affected, including our thoughts, emotions and resulting behaviors. Also, impacting the way your body feels, and ultimately how you experience YOU and your relationships. You may feel overwhelmed or stuck, unsatisfied in your relationship, anxious, or wondering if things can change or things can get better. There is hope, and we are here. We have many clinicians at all locations that are experienced and ready to help, including affordable options.
Life is hard. Family is hard. Raising kids is hard. You want someone who can help when everything in your daily life is affected, including our thoughts, emotions and resulting behaviors. Also, impacting the way your body feels, and ultimately how you experience YOU and your relationships. You may feel overwhelmed or stuck, unsatisfied in your relationship, anxious, or wondering if things can change or things can get better. There is hope, and we are here. We have many clinicians at all locations that are experienced and ready to help, including affordable options.
Harlee Stocker
Pre-Licensed Professional, PLPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Kansas City, MO 64151
Are you feeling overwhelmed with life, feeling stuck, like it’s all too much? You may be feeling stress in many areas of life and struggling to figure out how to navigate things and make changes. It sometimes helps to have some support in helping you get unstuck and find a new path for yourself. I am a genuine and compassionate counselor, offering that support you need to help you through. Through my counseling work, I aim to help people learn how to face their challenges and hardships in healthy and uplifting ways, building their capacity to endure and thrive in life.
Are you feeling overwhelmed with life, feeling stuck, like it’s all too much? You may be feeling stress in many areas of life and struggling to figure out how to navigate things and make changes. It sometimes helps to have some support in helping you get unstuck and find a new path for yourself. I am a genuine and compassionate counselor, offering that support you need to help you through. Through my counseling work, I aim to help people learn how to face their challenges and hardships in healthy and uplifting ways, building their capacity to endure and thrive in life.
Peck Counseling, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LSCSW, RPT
Verified Verified
Kansas City, MO 64152
Not accepting new clients
Most of the kids, teens, families and adults I have helped over the years have felt stuck, unsure, lost, angry, anxious and pained by what has happened to them in their life. I have helped people that have experienced intimate partner violence, family violence, sexual abuse, neglect, and many other experiences in early childhood/adulthood. I can help you or your child find relief in current symptoms, understanding the many layers of hard experiences, making those feelings and experiences smaller, find peace, and feel safe and okay in life again. We all need a space to feel heard, seen, and noticed.
Most of the kids, teens, families and adults I have helped over the years have felt stuck, unsure, lost, angry, anxious and pained by what has happened to them in their life. I have helped people that have experienced intimate partner violence, family violence, sexual abuse, neglect, and many other experiences in early childhood/adulthood. I can help you or your child find relief in current symptoms, understanding the many layers of hard experiences, making those feelings and experiences smaller, find peace, and feel safe and okay in life again. We all need a space to feel heard, seen, and noticed.
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Attachment-based Therapists
Is attachment-based therapy the same as attachment therapy?
Attachment-based therapy may be confused with what is called “attachment therapy” (sometimes called “holding therapy”), a discredited and dangerous approach to treating children with attachment disorders, autism, or other mental health concerns. Attachment therapy—not attachment-based therapy—may involve restraining a child, forcing eye contact, and other coercive or abusive techniques. None of these practices are used in attachment-based therapy and the two modalities are in no way related.
What should I expect from attachment-based therapy?
Attachment-based therapy is based on attachment theory, which posits that children’s early relationships with their caregivers strongly influence their ability to navigate the world later in life. Thus, adults who seek attachment-based therapy should expect to deeply explore their childhood, identifying the dynamics or experiences that disrupted their attachment and the steps necessary to overcome challenges that arose as a result. Parents and children should expect to explore the possible factors that disrupted the parent-child relationship and work toward restoring trust and connection.
How long does attachment-based therapy last?
Certain forms of attachment-based therapy, especially those designed for parents and children, last for a set number of sessions; for example, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, a specific attachment-based approach for young children who have undergone early adversity, unfolds over 10 one-hour sessions. When attachment-based therapy is practiced on adults or combined with other modalities, it may not last a specific length of time; clients may wish to ask prospective therapists how long they expect treatment to take.
Does attachment-based therapy work?
Most of the research on attachment-based therapy focuses on children and adolescents. Some of this research shows a positive effect, especially for attachment-based family therapy (ABFT). Other studies, however, have found that attachment-based therapy is no more effective than other approaches to childhood depression, anxiety, or suicidality. Less is known about the therapy’s efficacy on adult populations.