Therapists in Utah
Nicole Medina-Salvatore
Psychologist, MS, PsyD
Verified Verified
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
I find that an attachment-based, developmental lens is best when working with clients.
I love working with clients (especially children, adolescents, and families!) from diverse backgrounds who are looking to find answers and solve any issues they may be struggling with. I am passionate about my work and believe in radical acceptance of all people. I am an LGBTQ+ affirmative psychologist. As a mother of five children, I understand many of the issues that families face and I strive to be a caring, upfront, and empathic psychologist who helps clients work toward achieving their goals. I also offer psychological testing.
I find that an attachment-based, developmental lens is best when working with clients.
I love working with clients (especially children, adolescents, and families!) from diverse backgrounds who are looking to find answers and solve any issues they may be struggling with. I am passionate about my work and believe in radical acceptance of all people. I am an LGBTQ+ affirmative psychologist. As a mother of five children, I understand many of the issues that families face and I strive to be a caring, upfront, and empathic psychologist who helps clients work toward achieving their goals. I also offer psychological testing.
Sheila Jacobson Long - Child And Trauma Therapist
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
14 Endorsed
Sandy, UT 84094
Are you needing healthier ways to cope with difficult emotions? Are traumatic events or hurtful memories keeping you stuck in the past? Do you feel like you are repeating the same behaviors that prevent you from living the life you want? Change is attainable and I'm here to support you. I am empathetic and understanding, while also practical in my approach to address issues effectively. Together we can come up with plans to directly face your concerns and meet your desired goals. I am passionate in guiding clients in learning new methods and coping skills to find relief and improve their quality of life.
Are you needing healthier ways to cope with difficult emotions? Are traumatic events or hurtful memories keeping you stuck in the past? Do you feel like you are repeating the same behaviors that prevent you from living the life you want? Change is attainable and I'm here to support you. I am empathetic and understanding, while also practical in my approach to address issues effectively. Together we can come up with plans to directly face your concerns and meet your desired goals. I am passionate in guiding clients in learning new methods and coping skills to find relief and improve their quality of life.
Ana Lia Borges
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Murray, UT 84121
Ana grew up in Mendoza, Argentina in a city with a landscape and four seasons, just like Utah. This came with a gift, she speaks Spanish, and is trying very hard to learn Portuguese (for now she can understand it very well). Ana earned her bachelor’s degree at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, in Argentina and her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) at Argosy University, the Draper, Utah campus. Before becoming a therapist, Ana was a music teacher and she loved working with children and teenagers. Ana’s therapeutic approaches are rooted in Solution-Focused Therapy and Trauma Focused-CBT (TF-CBT).
Ana grew up in Mendoza, Argentina in a city with a landscape and four seasons, just like Utah. This came with a gift, she speaks Spanish, and is trying very hard to learn Portuguese (for now she can understand it very well). Ana earned her bachelor’s degree at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, in Argentina and her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) at Argosy University, the Draper, Utah campus. Before becoming a therapist, Ana was a music teacher and she loved working with children and teenagers. Ana’s therapeutic approaches are rooted in Solution-Focused Therapy and Trauma Focused-CBT (TF-CBT).
Frances Thompson
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Sandy, UT 84070
I am a licensed clinical child psychologist specializing in utilizing state of the art assessment and therapy techniques to detect and treat learning disabilities, ADHD, and other emotional/personality issues which may hinder a child's learning experience. In addition, our clinic performs infant developmental testing and kindergarten readiness evaluations. As a parent of five children, I understand the many issues that we face on a daily basis with our children and I strive to assist parents with finding answers to problems facing their family system.
I am a licensed clinical child psychologist specializing in utilizing state of the art assessment and therapy techniques to detect and treat learning disabilities, ADHD, and other emotional/personality issues which may hinder a child's learning experience. In addition, our clinic performs infant developmental testing and kindergarten readiness evaluations. As a parent of five children, I understand the many issues that we face on a daily basis with our children and I strive to assist parents with finding answers to problems facing their family system.
Kaydee LeMonds-Knepper
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, CSW, MSW
Verified Verified
Springville, UT 84663
Mental health matters, and sometimes we need help and support to get us to where we want to be. My goal is to help you feel safe, valued, and respected. Your healing journey matters, and I would like nothing more than to help you along the way. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, depression, family struggles, or the effects of trauma, I’m here to help. I enjoy engaging clients in parts work through Internal Family Systems (IFS). I've found that IFS can be very effective in treating trauma, anxiety, and depression.
Mental health matters, and sometimes we need help and support to get us to where we want to be. My goal is to help you feel safe, valued, and respected. Your healing journey matters, and I would like nothing more than to help you along the way. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, depression, family struggles, or the effects of trauma, I’m here to help. I enjoy engaging clients in parts work through Internal Family Systems (IFS). I've found that IFS can be very effective in treating trauma, anxiety, and depression.
Tara D Adamson
Counselor, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Layton, UT 84041 (Online Only)
What a different world we live in compared to just 5 years ago! It is my honor and intention to provide up-to-date, practical, and informed care. I also love working with children and their adults :)
What a different world we live in compared to just 5 years ago! It is my honor and intention to provide up-to-date, practical, and informed care. I also love working with children and their adults :)
Julie Mathewson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Sandy, UT 84070
Our focus is to provide profession traditional counseling and give you access to a variety of non traditional therapies. If you struggle with trauma, anxiety, depression, attachment and relationships, behavior, or many other issues we will evaluate what we can do to help you and educate you on your options. We want to help you improve your feelings about yourself and the world you live in. We will help you find a step by step process to feel better.
Our focus is to provide profession traditional counseling and give you access to a variety of non traditional therapies. If you struggle with trauma, anxiety, depression, attachment and relationships, behavior, or many other issues we will evaluate what we can do to help you and educate you on your options. We want to help you improve your feelings about yourself and the world you live in. We will help you find a step by step process to feel better.
Barbara Ann Danner
Counselor, MS, LCMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Taylorsville, UT 84123
My career began in the field of Substance Abuse. From there I have been working with children, adolescents, teens, and adults with various mental diagnoses over the past 13 years. I am involved in various Human Rights campaigns and a firm believer in equality. My philosophy is simple, provide no-nonsense, affordable care for the people.
My career began in the field of Substance Abuse. From there I have been working with children, adolescents, teens, and adults with various mental diagnoses over the past 13 years. I am involved in various Human Rights campaigns and a firm believer in equality. My philosophy is simple, provide no-nonsense, affordable care for the people.
Dr. Vjollca Martinson
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Spanish Fork, UT 84660
As a marriage and family therapist, I have been successful in helping individuals re-create and maintain enjoyable relationships throughout their lives. My goal as a clinician is to help you and your loved one(s) learn to build loving, trusting, understanding and safe environments and relationships that enable recovery, moving forward and healing. I love to see you and your loved one(s) smile again! My main clinical specialty is treating children, teens and adults who have experienced traumatic events. I have successfully treated depression, anxiety, addiction, affairs, divorce, grief and loss, stress, etc.
As a marriage and family therapist, I have been successful in helping individuals re-create and maintain enjoyable relationships throughout their lives. My goal as a clinician is to help you and your loved one(s) learn to build loving, trusting, understanding and safe environments and relationships that enable recovery, moving forward and healing. I love to see you and your loved one(s) smile again! My main clinical specialty is treating children, teens and adults who have experienced traumatic events. I have successfully treated depression, anxiety, addiction, affairs, divorce, grief and loss, stress, etc.
Mountain View Family Therapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW, APRN-FN, CSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Riverton, UT 84065
Immediate openings available for therapy and medication management. If you find yourself feeling more worried or sad than usual, you're not alone. Therapy can help you gain valuable tools to feel better. We can also provide support with parenting issues, stress, depression, trauma, life transitions and relationships! You may be surprised at how much better you can feel after just one session. Making emotional health a priority now can help you get back to enjoying life sooner. Now seeing clients in person and by telehealth for therapy and med management in St. George and Riverton.
Immediate openings available for therapy and medication management. If you find yourself feeling more worried or sad than usual, you're not alone. Therapy can help you gain valuable tools to feel better. We can also provide support with parenting issues, stress, depression, trauma, life transitions and relationships! You may be surprised at how much better you can feel after just one session. Making emotional health a priority now can help you get back to enjoying life sooner. Now seeing clients in person and by telehealth for therapy and med management in St. George and Riverton.
Tucker Reynolds
Counselor, ACMHC
Verified Verified
Lehi, UT 84043
Most of us have the ability and desire to change, but we need help discovering exactly how. Despite our best efforts, we often feel frustrated and in pain from the impact of experiences we don’t fully understand. I use a dynamic yet evidence-based approach to mental healthcare focused on identifying and realigning a person’s beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors. Retain what makes you significant, and support yourself with a more accurate sense of perception and the accompanying skills required to implement. I’m genuinely grateful to be doing my dream job. I have a deep affection for people and would be honored to work with you.
Most of us have the ability and desire to change, but we need help discovering exactly how. Despite our best efforts, we often feel frustrated and in pain from the impact of experiences we don’t fully understand. I use a dynamic yet evidence-based approach to mental healthcare focused on identifying and realigning a person’s beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors. Retain what makes you significant, and support yourself with a more accurate sense of perception and the accompanying skills required to implement. I’m genuinely grateful to be doing my dream job. I have a deep affection for people and would be honored to work with you.
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Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sandy, UT 84070
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I have been working with individuals, couples, families, and children for over 20 years. I primarily use a collaborative, strength-based approach to individual, family and couples' therapy, play therapy with children, and when working with diverse populations. I believe that the majority of people have an internal desire and wisdom that directs them toward healing and changing for the better. Similar to our bodies, the brain naturally knows how to heal given the right conditions. I believe that my role as a therapist is to help people tap into the resiliency of the human spirit.
I have been working with individuals, couples, families, and children for over 20 years. I primarily use a collaborative, strength-based approach to individual, family and couples' therapy, play therapy with children, and when working with diverse populations. I believe that the majority of people have an internal desire and wisdom that directs them toward healing and changing for the better. Similar to our bodies, the brain naturally knows how to heal given the right conditions. I believe that my role as a therapist is to help people tap into the resiliency of the human spirit.
Outpatient Behavioral Health
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Do you have previous treatment trauma? Had a bad experience with the traditional service delivery system? Need help de-consuming from unhelpful consumables including psych meds? Looking for Medical Cannabis? Ready for more holistic health and wellness? Are you experiencing signs of unresolved trauma, loss/grief, or shame? OBH is a liberation clinic, that is anti-racist, and focuses on the underlying traumas related to health & abilities, gender, sexuality, race, immigration, religion, etc. that forms to express as anxiety, depression, bi-polar disorder, addiction, and ADHD. We can help with FMLA and student registration appeals.
Do you have previous treatment trauma? Had a bad experience with the traditional service delivery system? Need help de-consuming from unhelpful consumables including psych meds? Looking for Medical Cannabis? Ready for more holistic health and wellness? Are you experiencing signs of unresolved trauma, loss/grief, or shame? OBH is a liberation clinic, that is anti-racist, and focuses on the underlying traumas related to health & abilities, gender, sexuality, race, immigration, religion, etc. that forms to express as anxiety, depression, bi-polar disorder, addiction, and ADHD. We can help with FMLA and student registration appeals.
Tiffany Huntsman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, ACMHC
Verified Verified
Springville, UT 84663
Now scheduling new clients within a week! Is your family facing tough moments with mental health challenges? Do you have daily struggles and strained communication with a child or partner? These challenges don't mean you are failing. You have questions and don't know where to look for answers. I can help! I'm dedicated to fostering positive change in children, youth, adults, and couples. I believe in families and helping support them through any struggles, whether it's divorce, blended families, separation anxiety, school refusal, defiance, ADHD, OCD, autism, adoption, communication difficulties, conflict, or trauma.
Now scheduling new clients within a week! Is your family facing tough moments with mental health challenges? Do you have daily struggles and strained communication with a child or partner? These challenges don't mean you are failing. You have questions and don't know where to look for answers. I can help! I'm dedicated to fostering positive change in children, youth, adults, and couples. I believe in families and helping support them through any struggles, whether it's divorce, blended families, separation anxiety, school refusal, defiance, ADHD, OCD, autism, adoption, communication difficulties, conflict, or trauma.
Live Well Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
South Jordan, UT 84095
Live Well is more than just our name, its our objective. Rediscovering who you are and the potential that lies within you
Live Well is more than just our name, its our objective. Rediscovering who you are and the potential that lies within you
Holbrook Behavioral Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Riverdale, UT 84405
Adults and Couples (18+): Abuse, Anxiety, Childhood Issues, Depression, Grief/Loss, Health Issues, Life Transitions, Religious/Spiritual Transitions and trauma, Self-Worth, Stress Management, and Trauma Recovery.
Adults and Couples (18+): Abuse, Anxiety, Childhood Issues, Depression, Grief/Loss, Health Issues, Life Transitions, Religious/Spiritual Transitions and trauma, Self-Worth, Stress Management, and Trauma Recovery.
Paige Zuckerman
Counselor, MEd, CMHC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
How would it feel to be certain of who you are-let's find out how you can be the expert of your own life! I focus from several evidence-based & trauma-informed therapy models with adult individuals, relationship systems & groups. I am experienced in attachment, chronic health Issues, disability & medical trauma, life & belief transitions, gender & LGBTQ+ & alternative partnerships. I'm passionate about working with individuals whose lives have been deeply altered by a major event including a medical trauma, disability or career loss. I have limited space for high-specialization-match clients
How would it feel to be certain of who you are-let's find out how you can be the expert of your own life! I focus from several evidence-based & trauma-informed therapy models with adult individuals, relationship systems & groups. I am experienced in attachment, chronic health Issues, disability & medical trauma, life & belief transitions, gender & LGBTQ+ & alternative partnerships. I'm passionate about working with individuals whose lives have been deeply altered by a major event including a medical trauma, disability or career loss. I have limited space for high-specialization-match clients
Amy Edwards
Counselor, CMHC, MEd
Verified Verified
Salt Lake City, UT 84117
Waitlist for new clients
Amy helps you to find the insight you need so your story can make sense again. We can all become unsure of how we got to where we are, where we are headed, and even what would make things better. We become emotionally, relationally, and even physically stuck, reacting in ways that are ineffective at best, and often just plain counterproductive. Amy brings to therapy a number of different approaches to assist you in finding personal insight, motivation, and connection. She supports clients in the act of turning to their internal experience as a guide to forming connections, making decisions, moving through difficult experiences.
Amy helps you to find the insight you need so your story can make sense again. We can all become unsure of how we got to where we are, where we are headed, and even what would make things better. We become emotionally, relationally, and even physically stuck, reacting in ways that are ineffective at best, and often just plain counterproductive. Amy brings to therapy a number of different approaches to assist you in finding personal insight, motivation, and connection. She supports clients in the act of turning to their internal experience as a guide to forming connections, making decisions, moving through difficult experiences.
Kim Newman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Midvale, UT 84047
Kim is committed to providing compassionate and empathetic care in order to facilitate her clients’ growth and healing. She values each client’s unique cultural, spiritual, personal, and interpersonal experiences. She embraces a holistic approach, taking the client’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health into consideration in order to empower them as they work to obtain the level of wellbeing they are seeking. Kim’s use of strengths-based therapy assists her clients in identifying, developing, and utilizing their internal resourcefulness and resilience to discover effective solutions to their struggles.
Kim is committed to providing compassionate and empathetic care in order to facilitate her clients’ growth and healing. She values each client’s unique cultural, spiritual, personal, and interpersonal experiences. She embraces a holistic approach, taking the client’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health into consideration in order to empower them as they work to obtain the level of wellbeing they are seeking. Kim’s use of strengths-based therapy assists her clients in identifying, developing, and utilizing their internal resourcefulness and resilience to discover effective solutions to their struggles.
Monarch Family Counseling
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LCSW, CMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lehi, UT 84043
Have you ever looked at your life and thought, “How did I get here?” Sometimes life feels hard, overwhelming, and chaotic. Maybe you just don’t know where to start or you feel lost. Maybe you’re embarrassed that you can’t handle things on your own or like you don’t know who to ask for help. Perhaps you're going through a rough patch or you're looking to improve your relationships with friends, family, or partner. Or, maybe your child is struggling with anger, sadness, or anxiety.
Have you ever looked at your life and thought, “How did I get here?” Sometimes life feels hard, overwhelming, and chaotic. Maybe you just don’t know where to start or you feel lost. Maybe you’re embarrassed that you can’t handle things on your own or like you don’t know who to ask for help. Perhaps you're going through a rough patch or you're looking to improve your relationships with friends, family, or partner. Or, maybe your child is struggling with anger, sadness, or anxiety.
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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.