Psychodynamic Therapists in Lexington, NC

As your counselor, I am here to support you in making meaning, creating comfort, and uncovering resources to help you be your best self. Taking an evidenced-based, client centered, and existentially informed approach, I aim to provide a safe and supportive space where we can collaborate and work at your own pace to help you reach your goals.

Are you a human being with feelings? Do those feelings sometimes get really big and make it feel like things are out of control? All of us go through this during our lifetime. Maybe you go to the grocery store and it’s so people-y that you feel like you’re going to have a panic attack because you’re still not quite used to being around so many people at once. Or maybe you are struggling with grief and you don’t know how to live without the person you lost. Maybe you don’t enjoy things anymore and the people you love keep asking you what’s wrong and you don’t know how to answer them.

I know that the process of finding a therapist can be a challenge, especially finding a therapist with whom you want to work, and broach difficult topics with. The pages upon pages of listings can become overwhelming, but the good news is that you've got options. You've made the first step, just by browsing.

I am a licensed clinical social worker who works with individuals, provides clinical supervision to provisionally licensed social workers seeking full licensure, and supports people experiencing domestic violence as part of an on-call service. My 40-year mental health career includes 25+ years experience as Clinical Director of Crisis Emergency Services for the UNC Department of Psychiatry.

Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by! Mental Health has been my passion since childhood. Life can bring you so many problems, whether it's stress in a relationship, family stress, work stress, anxiety or depression. You may also be dealing with a diagnosis that you have had for years and may be interested in restarting therapy; whether it's bipolar disorder, ADHD, or OCD. I'm here to help! I offer teletherapy. Yep that's right! You can talk to me from the comfort of your home! Therapy requires hard work and I'm here to put in just as much as work as you to assist with whatever life is throwing at you.

For many of life’s issues, it is helpful to talk with someone within a nonjudgmental, safe environment. To be listened to and heard in a way that facilitates an understanding of what the underlying origin of the problem is in order to bring about healing. Kimberly uses the psychodynamic approach to counseling as a means to assist clients with understanding themselves more deeply. Serving adults, couples and adolescents, she collaborates with the client to address patterns and behaviors that disrupt wellbeing.

Beginning therapy and taking the chance to trust someone new is an act of great courage. You may find yourself seeking therapy because you’ve noticed that the strategies that you learned in the past to protect yourself from pain are causing pain in your current life and relationships. I particularly enjoy working with queer, trans, and questioning clients and their loved ones, individuals with anxiety, people dealing with grief, & young adults with difficulties in familial, friendship, romantic or sexual relationships. You can expect me to join our relationship with curiosity, kindness, and at times a new or challenging perspective.

I’ve been working as a child & family therapist at least 10 years dealing with trauma and addiction. From there I branched out to work with adults. As a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, I am passionate about healing and growth. I can work closely with you to provide a safe and confidential space for renewing and rewiring our brain. Are you struggling as a couple? We often overcompensate in our relationships often due to ignoring past hurts and fears, repeating the same patterns without even realizing it because it’s so familiar. And what we resist persists. Let’s work together to peel these layers to the beautiful real you.

Specialty: Anxiety and Inner Child Trauma. Are you at a place in life where you want to achieve your goals and live out your dreams, but you feel stuck? Do you need someone to talk to who will just listen? Do you feel like issues from your childhood or past are affecting how you feel, think, and behave, & are affecting your ability to maintain meaning relationships? I’m a nature-loving psychotherapist. I’ve always used nature to cope with my anxiety & daily life stressors. I’ve been an over-thinker and nature photographer (safespacesisi) since I was 14 & I’ve been practicing in the mental health field since 2018!

It is my top priority to offer a safe, supportive, and compassionate environment for every client I serve. I provide a strengths-based, non-judgmental approach which will allow us to explore challenges together. I focus on assisting individuals navigating difficulties related to life adjustments and transitions, grief and loss, interpersonal issues, anxiety, depression, and substance use. I also work alongside couples and adult families in order to help resolve dysfunction and improve communication.

I am a Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapist and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. For more than 20 years, I have walked alongside Clients through Grief and Trauma in both Individual and Group Settings. I have experience working with all ages, although my focus currently is with Teen Girls and Women experiencing Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Trauma, Medical Illness, Anger/Stress Management, and Life Transitions.

I provide therapy for individuals and couples who are looking for change through a warm, engaged, and challenging process. You are the best expert about your life and your experiences; sometimes you just need external perspective to help you truly know what you know and figure out what you want to do with that knowledge. Financial issues, grief, loss, transitions, and relationships - these are the issues people bring to therapy. I work with the information that you bring into the room to help co-create solutions that truly work for you.

Have you ever not felt like yourself, but couldn't quite figure out why? What if I told you this feeling is normal as life has a funny way of soliciting a myriad of unwarranted and unrecognizable emotions while navigating the everyday stressors of life. While everyone's experiences are different, there appears to be this shared commonality amongst the human race during which at some point, you experience increase worry, decreased motivation, unexpected changes of mood, fluctuating energy levels, and changes with your sleep and appetite. If this sounds like you right now, I encourage you to keep reading...

Are you feeling overwhelmed yet? Choosing a therapist you are comfortable with and who is experienced in working with the issues you face is key in achieving your therapeutic goals. I offer FREE 15 minute video consultations to help you make the right choice for you. I view people from a holistic perspective - mind, body and spirit - and I use my skills to reflect back the light and potential within us all. I see my role as counselor to be a companion who walks with, not ahead. I would be honored to join you on your journey.

Now Accepting NEW Clients! LaKeisha Thomas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate who works with adults experiencing difficult life transitions, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, stress and family conflict. She has experience providing mental health support to adults in both community-based and private practice settings. Utilizing a variety of approaches including, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy and Person-Centered Therapy, LaKeisha collaborates with individuals to process past and present experiences with the goal of gaining insight and building skills to become better versions of themselves.

Are you or your child in a confusing time that you just can’t quite figure out, or re-experiencing a traumatic event that continues to disrupt your life? With a decade of experience as a therapist working in a wide variety of settings, I use an integrated approach including CBT, EMDR, faith-based, psychodynamic and others to treat multiple issues including anxiety, relationship conflict, depression, spirituality and more. My specialty is in treating grief and loss, which can come from not only death and divorce/break-ups, but by estrangement, disappointment, loneliness and many other experiences in life.