Women's Issues Therapists in Paradise Valley, AZ
Danielle LaPorte asked the question best, “Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?” Can you remember when you loved and accepted yourself unapologetically, and embraced all the things about you that make you unique? As we age, we gain knowledge from life experiences and through those experiences we can soar to greatness or we can break and lose sight of who we really are, and become someone we were never meant to be. When we become someone less than who we were meant to be we can begin to experience anxiety, depression, substance abuse, loss of relationships and functional distress.
Danielle LaPorte asked the question best, “Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be?” Can you remember when you loved and accepted yourself unapologetically, and embraced all the things about you that make you unique? As we age, we gain knowledge from life experiences and through those experiences we can soar to greatness or we can break and lose sight of who we really are, and become someone we were never meant to be. When we become someone less than who we were meant to be we can begin to experience anxiety, depression, substance abuse, loss of relationships and functional distress.
Trauma leaves us feeling constantly fearful or numb. The stress and tension in our bodies persist even when there is "nothing wrong." You may be exhausted from feeling this way but powerless to change because no one seems to understand, and nothing seems to work. Whether you have been to countless medical professionals, or this is your first-time considering therapy, you are ready for some relief. You are ready to let go of anxiety and depression dictating your choices. You are ready to wake up in the morning with a sense of hope rather than dread. You are ready to like the person you see in the mirror.
Trauma leaves us feeling constantly fearful or numb. The stress and tension in our bodies persist even when there is "nothing wrong." You may be exhausted from feeling this way but powerless to change because no one seems to understand, and nothing seems to work. Whether you have been to countless medical professionals, or this is your first-time considering therapy, you are ready for some relief. You are ready to let go of anxiety and depression dictating your choices. You are ready to wake up in the morning with a sense of hope rather than dread. You are ready to like the person you see in the mirror.
Many of the clients I work with tell me that life looks good on paper, but it doesn’t feel that way on the inside. They’re successful and hardworking, but often feel worn out or disconnected—especially in their relationships. They’re tired of trying so hard to feel happy. Often, they wonder if their past is still shaping how they feel today—and sometimes, they start to lose hope that things can really change. But deep down, they know they’re ready for relief, to feel more confident in themselves, and to connect more meaningfully with the people in their lives. If this resonates, I'm glad you found me!
Many of the clients I work with tell me that life looks good on paper, but it doesn’t feel that way on the inside. They’re successful and hardworking, but often feel worn out or disconnected—especially in their relationships. They’re tired of trying so hard to feel happy. Often, they wonder if their past is still shaping how they feel today—and sometimes, they start to lose hope that things can really change. But deep down, they know they’re ready for relief, to feel more confident in themselves, and to connect more meaningfully with the people in their lives. If this resonates, I'm glad you found me!
Dr. Amy
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, CEDS
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Finding a therapist can be a daunting and overwhelming process. Then add the other mental challenges, barriers to treatment, and stigma, and it makes sense why it is hard to ask for help. Mental health concerns affect people from every culture and intersectional identity. Throughout my fourteen years of experience, I've discovered how each client is unique and when treated with their cultural/identity needs as a roadmap in the treatment plan, they can recover and thrive more quickly.
Finding a therapist can be a daunting and overwhelming process. Then add the other mental challenges, barriers to treatment, and stigma, and it makes sense why it is hard to ask for help. Mental health concerns affect people from every culture and intersectional identity. Throughout my fourteen years of experience, I've discovered how each client is unique and when treated with their cultural/identity needs as a roadmap in the treatment plan, they can recover and thrive more quickly.
If you’ve lived with chronic pain long enough, you know the frustration of treatments that manage the symptom but never resolve it. I built NeuroFitness for exactly that person. Chronic pain is not simply a tissue problem. It is a nervous system signal — and when that system becomes sensitized, it amplifies pain far beyond the original injury. The NeuroPain Protocol works directly with that sensitization, using a precise two-round session format with a deliberate integration pause between rounds. Most clients notice a shift in pain intensity before the first round even ends.
If you’ve lived with chronic pain long enough, you know the frustration of treatments that manage the symptom but never resolve it. I built NeuroFitness for exactly that person. Chronic pain is not simply a tissue problem. It is a nervous system signal — and when that system becomes sensitized, it amplifies pain far beyond the original injury. The NeuroPain Protocol works directly with that sensitization, using a precise two-round session format with a deliberate integration pause between rounds. Most clients notice a shift in pain intensity before the first round even ends.
Melinda
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, ATR-BC
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
Are you feeling exhausted from trying to keep everything together—managing responsibilities, emotions, and relationships that feel harder than they “should?”
I specialize in working with high functioning individuals navigating relationship stress, communication breakdowns, and the unique challenges that often come with anxiety and /or ADHD. This can include emotional reactivity, overwhelm, and feeling misunderstood. Many of my clients are newly diagnosed later in life or are in relationships where ADHD has quietly shaped patterns around responsibility, follow-through, and connection.
Are you feeling exhausted from trying to keep everything together—managing responsibilities, emotions, and relationships that feel harder than they “should?”
I specialize in working with high functioning individuals navigating relationship stress, communication breakdowns, and the unique challenges that often come with anxiety and /or ADHD. This can include emotional reactivity, overwhelm, and feeling misunderstood. Many of my clients are newly diagnosed later in life or are in relationships where ADHD has quietly shaped patterns around responsibility, follow-through, and connection.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, healing from trauma or other difficult life experiences, navigating relationship challenges, struggling with self-confidence, or adjusting to a major life transition, therapy can provide a supportive space to better understand the patterns contributing to your distress. I partner with adolescents and adults to foster insight, develop practical coping strategies, and create lasting, meaningful change by integrating evidence-based approaches, including EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) & attachment-based therapy, tailored to your goals and needs.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, healing from trauma or other difficult life experiences, navigating relationship challenges, struggling with self-confidence, or adjusting to a major life transition, therapy can provide a supportive space to better understand the patterns contributing to your distress. I partner with adolescents and adults to foster insight, develop practical coping strategies, and create lasting, meaningful change by integrating evidence-based approaches, including EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) & attachment-based therapy, tailored to your goals and needs.
Many of the people I work with appear successful and resilient on the outside but struggle with anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, addiction, shame, or feeling disconnected from themselves. Others find themselves repeating patterns in relationships, work, or recovery despite wanting change. Together, we explore how past experiences, attachment patterns, and survival strategies may be shaping the present. Through a compassionate, collaborative, and trauma-informed approach, I help clients build self-awareness, emotional resilience, and a stronger connection to what matters most.
Many of the people I work with appear successful and resilient on the outside but struggle with anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, addiction, shame, or feeling disconnected from themselves. Others find themselves repeating patterns in relationships, work, or recovery despite wanting change. Together, we explore how past experiences, attachment patterns, and survival strategies may be shaping the present. Through a compassionate, collaborative, and trauma-informed approach, I help clients build self-awareness, emotional resilience, and a stronger connection to what matters most.
Do you struggle with feeling disconnected from yourself and others? Do you put your needs at the bottom of the to-do list? Do you wonder if life should feel somehow better? Happier? Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed and uncertain about how they are supposed to manage their relationships, careers and their lives. Pushing away your needs and not taking time for yourself can lead to long-term issues for your mind and body. We believe it shouldn’t be so hard to live a better life.
Do you struggle with feeling disconnected from yourself and others? Do you put your needs at the bottom of the to-do list? Do you wonder if life should feel somehow better? Happier? Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed and uncertain about how they are supposed to manage their relationships, careers and their lives. Pushing away your needs and not taking time for yourself can lead to long-term issues for your mind and body. We believe it shouldn’t be so hard to live a better life.
I help people and couples build stronger, more connected relationships with others and with themselves. My work is rooted in compassion, cultural understanding, and really getting to know your unique experience. I especially enjoy working with women and members of the BIPOC community, including people navigating multicultural identities as immigrants, first-generation, or multilingual individuals. I know how important it is to feel truly seen and understood in therapy. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe, supported, and valued so you can show up more fully in your life and relationships.
I help people and couples build stronger, more connected relationships with others and with themselves. My work is rooted in compassion, cultural understanding, and really getting to know your unique experience. I especially enjoy working with women and members of the BIPOC community, including people navigating multicultural identities as immigrants, first-generation, or multilingual individuals. I know how important it is to feel truly seen and understood in therapy. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe, supported, and valued so you can show up more fully in your life and relationships.
Maybe you feel stuck, even though you understand where your patterns come from. You can name the important experiences from your childhood, explain how they shaped you, and recognize the patterns that keep showing up. You have read the books, listened to the podcasts, and perhaps even tried therapy before. You understand your story, but you still do not feel different.
Maybe you feel stuck, even though you understand where your patterns come from. You can name the important experiences from your childhood, explain how they shaped you, and recognize the patterns that keep showing up. You have read the books, listened to the podcasts, and perhaps even tried therapy before. You understand your story, but you still do not feel different.
Cycles of Life Counseling has added teletherapy services. Protect and care for your mental health and well-being while you protect and care for your physical health. My treatment philosophy is that people want to feel good and live with purpose. Sometimes though, life can feel too big to manage. Sometimes we feel stuck or unable to adjust when "life happens", We may have not learned a better way to cope or live well with or through challenges. Add to that, frustration and disappointment over feeling this way and we feel even worse. Let's consider another way for you ‘to be’ in the world, to live more fully, with emotional freedom.
Cycles of Life Counseling has added teletherapy services. Protect and care for your mental health and well-being while you protect and care for your physical health. My treatment philosophy is that people want to feel good and live with purpose. Sometimes though, life can feel too big to manage. Sometimes we feel stuck or unable to adjust when "life happens", We may have not learned a better way to cope or live well with or through challenges. Add to that, frustration and disappointment over feeling this way and we feel even worse. Let's consider another way for you ‘to be’ in the world, to live more fully, with emotional freedom.
Do you feel stuck in old patterns such as people pleasing, shutting down, feeling like you are too much, or feeling nothing at all, and you are not sure why? Maybe you have worked hard to move forward, yet something keeps pulling you back into the same pain points, the same dynamics, and the same emotional loops. You might not call it trauma, but something in you knows there is a deeper story. I specialize in trauma rooted in childhood and long term relational experiences that quietly shape how you show up in your life and relationships.
Do you feel stuck in old patterns such as people pleasing, shutting down, feeling like you are too much, or feeling nothing at all, and you are not sure why? Maybe you have worked hard to move forward, yet something keeps pulling you back into the same pain points, the same dynamics, and the same emotional loops. You might not call it trauma, but something in you knows there is a deeper story. I specialize in trauma rooted in childhood and long term relational experiences that quietly shape how you show up in your life and relationships.
You might look like you have it together—but internally feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns that don’t seem to change. Anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, or the impact of addiction may keep showing up, leaving you tired of managing symptoms and ready for something deeper to shift.
You might look like you have it together—but internally feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns that don’t seem to change. Anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, or the impact of addiction may keep showing up, leaving you tired of managing symptoms and ready for something deeper to shift.
EMDR Intensives available- My approach and space is a judgement free zone to assist with your healing and feeling your best self. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a concentration of direct practice with children, youth and families. I also have obtained a Bachelors degree in Psychology .My therapeutic approach and training is in Eye Movement Desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), CBT, DBT, and Parent-Child Relationship Therapy. I am passionate about working with individuals who are struggling with trauma, childhood trauma, anxiety, depression & looking to strengthen interpersonal relationships.
EMDR Intensives available- My approach and space is a judgement free zone to assist with your healing and feeling your best self. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a concentration of direct practice with children, youth and families. I also have obtained a Bachelors degree in Psychology .My therapeutic approach and training is in Eye Movement Desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), CBT, DBT, and Parent-Child Relationship Therapy. I am passionate about working with individuals who are struggling with trauma, childhood trauma, anxiety, depression & looking to strengthen interpersonal relationships.
Stuck? Ready to move on in life? You've already taken the first step by making the effort to find someone to help. I have over 35 years of experience in helping individual and couples navigate change, heal painful trauma, improve communication, and build a more meaningful lives. Whether you have hit a crisis, are dealing with life changes, are struggling to overcome a painful past, or have a desire to dig deeper into personal development, I would be happy to help you on your journey of healing.
Stuck? Ready to move on in life? You've already taken the first step by making the effort to find someone to help. I have over 35 years of experience in helping individual and couples navigate change, heal painful trauma, improve communication, and build a more meaningful lives. Whether you have hit a crisis, are dealing with life changes, are struggling to overcome a painful past, or have a desire to dig deeper into personal development, I would be happy to help you on your journey of healing.
Accepting New Clients. In person and online. I was trained in New York and have over 25 years of experience. I believe that you are, and always will be, the foremost expert on you. My approach is very direct, honest, and specifically tailored to your needs. The most important part of the therapeutic experience is our working relationship. I will work as your partner through the entire therapeutic process. I also believe that humor can sometimes be an asset in our work.
Accepting New Clients. In person and online. I was trained in New York and have over 25 years of experience. I believe that you are, and always will be, the foremost expert on you. My approach is very direct, honest, and specifically tailored to your needs. The most important part of the therapeutic experience is our working relationship. I will work as your partner through the entire therapeutic process. I also believe that humor can sometimes be an asset in our work.
We all have times in our lives when we need some extra support. I know what it's like to be in dark places, and I'm glad to walk alongside others on the path of healing. My office is a warm and caring space to address the root cause of any symptoms causing you distress.
We all have times in our lives when we need some extra support. I know what it's like to be in dark places, and I'm glad to walk alongside others on the path of healing. My office is a warm and caring space to address the root cause of any symptoms causing you distress.
As a meadows trained, sex therapist, and trauma specialist, I dive deeply into childhood issues helping you discover the root causes of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, sex addiction, and dysfunctional relationship patterns (such as the love addicted/love avoidant pattern), and attachment styles. Learn about how to heal from toxic relationships, narcissistic partners, trauma and codependency. Learn about the root of dysfunctional thinking patterns and how trauma shapes how you attach to others, who you date and what you attract. I also am a speaker on attachment styles, and teach workshops. Learn more about that on my website.
As a meadows trained, sex therapist, and trauma specialist, I dive deeply into childhood issues helping you discover the root causes of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, sex addiction, and dysfunctional relationship patterns (such as the love addicted/love avoidant pattern), and attachment styles. Learn about how to heal from toxic relationships, narcissistic partners, trauma and codependency. Learn about the root of dysfunctional thinking patterns and how trauma shapes how you attach to others, who you date and what you attract. I also am a speaker on attachment styles, and teach workshops. Learn more about that on my website.
If you are feeling lost or unsure of who you are in the midst of life transitions, we will be a good fit. Whether you’re navigating a divorce or breakup, struggling with aging, coping with the loss of a loved one, or adjusting to a chronic illness/disability, these transitions can shake your sense of self and leave you wondering “who am I?” I understand how overwhelming these moments can be, and I’m here to help you regain your confidence and move forward with a renewed sense of meaning and purpose. I am also trained in EMDR which can help address traumatic memories, thoughts, and feelings related to trauma.
If you are feeling lost or unsure of who you are in the midst of life transitions, we will be a good fit. Whether you’re navigating a divorce or breakup, struggling with aging, coping with the loss of a loved one, or adjusting to a chronic illness/disability, these transitions can shake your sense of self and leave you wondering “who am I?” I understand how overwhelming these moments can be, and I’m here to help you regain your confidence and move forward with a renewed sense of meaning and purpose. I am also trained in EMDR which can help address traumatic memories, thoughts, and feelings related to trauma.
