Female Therapists in Juneau, AK
Deborah Mellison Counseling and Consultation
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CDCI
Verified Verified
Juneau, AK 99801
Most of us are all too aware of our problems. What we lack is the ability to find and maintain the kind of understanding and self acceptance needed to transform our obstacles into the lives and relationships we desire. Instead we stay stuck in uncomfortable feelings and thoughts, ineffective communication, old hurts, and even addictive patterns. To help you clarify and stay focused on your aspirations and solutions, while easing your way through emotional blocks, is probably the greatest gift I can offer.
Most of us are all too aware of our problems. What we lack is the ability to find and maintain the kind of understanding and self acceptance needed to transform our obstacles into the lives and relationships we desire. Instead we stay stuck in uncomfortable feelings and thoughts, ineffective communication, old hurts, and even addictive patterns. To help you clarify and stay focused on your aspirations and solutions, while easing your way through emotional blocks, is probably the greatest gift I can offer.
I look forward to seeing if my personality, counseling background and specializations are a good fit for you and if you'd like to invite me into your life as a supportive companion in an adventure into healing and self actualization.
I look forward to seeing if my personality, counseling background and specializations are a good fit for you and if you'd like to invite me into your life as a supportive companion in an adventure into healing and self actualization.
My approach is compassionate, collaborative and hopeful. I have extensive experience working with individuals dealing with trauma, depression, anxiety, PTSD, interpersonal violence and complex relational crises. It can be a challenge to remain present and functional in life when dealing with unresolved confusion and pain. Therapy can create space to view what’s obscured by stress/fear and develop capacity to attend to it. I offer talk therapy, somatic interventions (including EMDR, mindfulness activities & visualization), and reflective practice - there are many paths that can lead to reconnection and joy.
My approach is compassionate, collaborative and hopeful. I have extensive experience working with individuals dealing with trauma, depression, anxiety, PTSD, interpersonal violence and complex relational crises. It can be a challenge to remain present and functional in life when dealing with unresolved confusion and pain. Therapy can create space to view what’s obscured by stress/fear and develop capacity to attend to it. I offer talk therapy, somatic interventions (including EMDR, mindfulness activities & visualization), and reflective practice - there are many paths that can lead to reconnection and joy.
Margie Thomson (She Her Hers)
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Juneau, AK 99801
Are you looking for a safe place to explore your gender identity? Are you a parent or partner adjusting to the identity of your loved one? We offer a gender affirming, safe and confidential place for folx to explore and discover their journey and authenticity. I hope to create a safe space for you to work with some of the issues or situations that have entered into your life, or make sense of things that have happened in the past. Working from a gender affirming, strength based approach, I believe that we all can reach our goals and aspirations with support and be empowered to be our authentic selves.
Are you looking for a safe place to explore your gender identity? Are you a parent or partner adjusting to the identity of your loved one? We offer a gender affirming, safe and confidential place for folx to explore and discover their journey and authenticity. I hope to create a safe space for you to work with some of the issues or situations that have entered into your life, or make sense of things that have happened in the past. Working from a gender affirming, strength based approach, I believe that we all can reach our goals and aspirations with support and be empowered to be our authentic selves.
My goal is to help children and their parents/guardians find the answers they hold within themselves that can help them make positive life changes.
My goal is to help children and their parents/guardians find the answers they hold within themselves that can help them make positive life changes.
The longest and most important relationship we will ever have is with ourselves. We spend so much time focusing on external things that we struggle to stop long enough to check in with our internal world. Our fast-paced world often pulls our attention in many directions simultaneously, and we are constantly multitasking. When we fail to do things perfectly, we struggle with shame, judgment, blame, self-criticism, and heightened anxiety. This often drives us towards burnout and fatigue. How do we slow down? How do we improve our relationships? How do we better use our time? How do we increase our self-compassion?
The longest and most important relationship we will ever have is with ourselves. We spend so much time focusing on external things that we struggle to stop long enough to check in with our internal world. Our fast-paced world often pulls our attention in many directions simultaneously, and we are constantly multitasking. When we fail to do things perfectly, we struggle with shame, judgment, blame, self-criticism, and heightened anxiety. This often drives us towards burnout and fatigue. How do we slow down? How do we improve our relationships? How do we better use our time? How do we increase our self-compassion?
I believe one of the bravest things you can do is to begin to understand your own story. When we dig in, we can begin to make connections between past experiences and our present day situation. Because of our universal need to belong and feel connected, when our relationship aren't going well, it can feel very unsettling. If you feel hopeless, unmotivated, or unable to manage intense emotions, know that you don't have to keep feeling this way. I can work with you to help you cope, find meaning, and renewed purpose in life.
I believe one of the bravest things you can do is to begin to understand your own story. When we dig in, we can begin to make connections between past experiences and our present day situation. Because of our universal need to belong and feel connected, when our relationship aren't going well, it can feel very unsettling. If you feel hopeless, unmotivated, or unable to manage intense emotions, know that you don't have to keep feeling this way. I can work with you to help you cope, find meaning, and renewed purpose in life.
She/her: Life can be hard. Having good support during hard times can help transform challenges into moments of growth. Difficulties can make us think that something is wrong with us, when really all we need is compassion and understanding- ideally from ourselves. I enjoy working with self-growth, depression, anxiety, trauma, birth-related trauma, sexual assault, accidents, ancestral trauma, and racialized trauma. The work I do is guided by a deep belief in humanity and in our inherent goodness. My experience as a therapist has strengthen my belief in our innate capacity to heal.
She/her: Life can be hard. Having good support during hard times can help transform challenges into moments of growth. Difficulties can make us think that something is wrong with us, when really all we need is compassion and understanding- ideally from ourselves. I enjoy working with self-growth, depression, anxiety, trauma, birth-related trauma, sexual assault, accidents, ancestral trauma, and racialized trauma. The work I do is guided by a deep belief in humanity and in our inherent goodness. My experience as a therapist has strengthen my belief in our innate capacity to heal.
From anxiety and depression, traumatic experiences, or typical life transitions, everyone experiences challenges at some point in our lives. Counseling offers a way to gain a new perspective on your life and learn tools to move forward in a healthy way that best suits your unique life and situation. Entering counseling takes courage and I am thankful you are taking this step for yourself today.
From anxiety and depression, traumatic experiences, or typical life transitions, everyone experiences challenges at some point in our lives. Counseling offers a way to gain a new perspective on your life and learn tools to move forward in a healthy way that best suits your unique life and situation. Entering counseling takes courage and I am thankful you are taking this step for yourself today.
I believe that you are the experts in your own lives and have the ability to make positive changes. I feel that it is my job as a therapist to illuminate your strengths and to support the growth that you choose. I generally utilize a solution-focused modality that explores what is working in your lives, what you would like to do more of, and then we work collaboratively to identify and address your specific goals. What you bring to each session will shape what we address that day, whether from the present or past. I pay close attention to your life stories and can assist in tracking progress made toward your identified solutions.
I believe that you are the experts in your own lives and have the ability to make positive changes. I feel that it is my job as a therapist to illuminate your strengths and to support the growth that you choose. I generally utilize a solution-focused modality that explores what is working in your lives, what you would like to do more of, and then we work collaboratively to identify and address your specific goals. What you bring to each session will shape what we address that day, whether from the present or past. I pay close attention to your life stories and can assist in tracking progress made toward your identified solutions.
Alaska Art Therapy and Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, ATR-BC, LPC, MSN, RN
Verified Verified
Juneau, AK 99801
Ever find yourself going around and around with a problem, talking about it but not seeming to get that problem solved? An alternative form of therapy: art therapy, may help. People of all ages and families can benefit from using art and play therapy. Problems that may respond well to the use of art and play therapy include depression, anxiety, childhood behavioral issues, difficulties in parenting, trauma, life transitions, and substance use disorder. Make today the day that you start today on your path to wellness. Face to face sessions available in my extra large office. Tele-health sessions are also available.
Ever find yourself going around and around with a problem, talking about it but not seeming to get that problem solved? An alternative form of therapy: art therapy, may help. People of all ages and families can benefit from using art and play therapy. Problems that may respond well to the use of art and play therapy include depression, anxiety, childhood behavioral issues, difficulties in parenting, trauma, life transitions, and substance use disorder. Make today the day that you start today on your path to wellness. Face to face sessions available in my extra large office. Tele-health sessions are also available.
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CDC-I, CYT-200
Verified Verified
Juneau, AK 99801
Waitlist for new clients
Are you looking to explore your relationship with substances? Find some peace after trauma? Manage anxiety or depression? Improve your body image or eating behaviors? Get support through a big life transition? Lets chat! As a person with lived experience, I offer a unique perspective in the therapeutic relationship that normalizes experiencing life challenges as well as life successes. I am a proponent for mindfulness, breathwork, and mystic spirituality on the healing journey and I hold those approaches while also advocating for self-defined recovery.
Are you looking to explore your relationship with substances? Find some peace after trauma? Manage anxiety or depression? Improve your body image or eating behaviors? Get support through a big life transition? Lets chat! As a person with lived experience, I offer a unique perspective in the therapeutic relationship that normalizes experiencing life challenges as well as life successes. I am a proponent for mindfulness, breathwork, and mystic spirituality on the healing journey and I hold those approaches while also advocating for self-defined recovery.
Novel Path Counseling, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Juneau, AK 99801
Waitlist for new clients
Integrating modern science & ancient healing arts to heal; I've learned from many amazing people what's worked throughout the ages to ease human difficulties and emotional pain using western esoteric arts, mythology, and what nature has taught us. I have come to understand how challenges help us shape and strengthen the center of us. I studied everything I could get my hands on, anything that seemed to help people live life to the fullest: Western medicines of neuroscience and psychology; I studied in my mind and in my body; I lost my way and always found my path again. I love to find the heart of people- to enjoy fully!
Integrating modern science & ancient healing arts to heal; I've learned from many amazing people what's worked throughout the ages to ease human difficulties and emotional pain using western esoteric arts, mythology, and what nature has taught us. I have come to understand how challenges help us shape and strengthen the center of us. I studied everything I could get my hands on, anything that seemed to help people live life to the fullest: Western medicines of neuroscience and psychology; I studied in my mind and in my body; I lost my way and always found my path again. I love to find the heart of people- to enjoy fully!
Ardent Grace Teletherapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Juneau, AK 99801 (Online Only)
Hi! My name is Christi. Overwhelmed, exhausted or anxious? Struggling to set boundaries and communicate effectively? Tired of trying to measure up to what's on everyone else's social media page? Well, I commend you for taking the first steps toward a happier, more peaceful and balanced life! Making the choice to create positive change can be difficult, but it's well worth the effort.
Hi! My name is Christi. Overwhelmed, exhausted or anxious? Struggling to set boundaries and communicate effectively? Tired of trying to measure up to what's on everyone else's social media page? Well, I commend you for taking the first steps toward a happier, more peaceful and balanced life! Making the choice to create positive change can be difficult, but it's well worth the effort.
Kathryn Andersen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Juneau, AK 99801
Growing up in Southeast Alaska, water became a part of my life, whether it was fishing, swimming, or the endless amounts of rain. Even on the stormiest of days the water would always return to being still and calm. Over the years, I have found this to be a metaphor to life and the journeys we have.
Growing up in Southeast Alaska, water became a part of my life, whether it was fishing, swimming, or the endless amounts of rain. Even on the stormiest of days the water would always return to being still and calm. Over the years, I have found this to be a metaphor to life and the journeys we have.
Amelia Simone Hanrahan
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, MEd
Verified Verified
Juneau, AK 99801
Whether you’re looking to heal from childhood trauma, manage burnout, begin your transition, or whatever you may be struggling with, I can help to offer a path forward.
Whether you’re looking to heal from childhood trauma, manage burnout, begin your transition, or whatever you may be struggling with, I can help to offer a path forward.
Children frequently experience anxiety just as adults do. All children can feel nervous, frightened or worried about different things or situations, so how does a parent know when to get some help for their child? Children's symptoms of anxiety can differ from adults and they may not have the words for what they are experiencing.
Children frequently experience anxiety just as adults do. All children can feel nervous, frightened or worried about different things or situations, so how does a parent know when to get some help for their child? Children's symptoms of anxiety can differ from adults and they may not have the words for what they are experiencing.
Rebel Heart Healing
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Juneau, AK 99801 (Online Only)
Although I began my clinical work providing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and other 3rd-generation, skill-based modalities, what I really love is to work with people who want to dive deep and process issues that lie beneath the surface. If you have had previous experiences with therapy but have found only temporary relief, and would like to go to the next level of processing, I would like to help you open into compassion and liberate yourself from suffering.
Although I began my clinical work providing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and other 3rd-generation, skill-based modalities, what I really love is to work with people who want to dive deep and process issues that lie beneath the surface. If you have had previous experiences with therapy but have found only temporary relief, and would like to go to the next level of processing, I would like to help you open into compassion and liberate yourself from suffering.
Thinn Aung
Counselor, MS, LMHC, LPC-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Juneau, AK 99801 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Thank you for being here. Sometimes we feel uncertain about the direction of our lives or feel stuck in our career paths, relationships, sexuality, identity, and emotionality. There is a desire for change and feels like there's something missing; perhaps the spark you used to feel. Sometimes, stress, trauma, anxiety, and other internal and external factors are acting as roadblocks and you have little energy or knowledge to push through it alone. I would love to collaborate with you in navigating these challenges through internal exploration with focus on insight oriented approach and coaching to assist in your behavioral change.
Thank you for being here. Sometimes we feel uncertain about the direction of our lives or feel stuck in our career paths, relationships, sexuality, identity, and emotionality. There is a desire for change and feels like there's something missing; perhaps the spark you used to feel. Sometimes, stress, trauma, anxiety, and other internal and external factors are acting as roadblocks and you have little energy or knowledge to push through it alone. I would love to collaborate with you in navigating these challenges through internal exploration with focus on insight oriented approach and coaching to assist in your behavioral change.
Goal focused therapy to improve overall sense of well-being, connect with self, mind-body connection, and healthy lifestyle habits.
Goal focused therapy to improve overall sense of well-being, connect with self, mind-body connection, and healthy lifestyle habits.
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, this is not an important factor, as there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or ingrained beliefs about how people of different genders think and behave. Exploring the roots of such preferences and considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender truly matters to them.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist, either because they believe that a woman will be able to relate to their specific challenges (for example, sexism in the workplace) or because they imagine feeling more comfortable disclosing sensitive information to a woman. Such beliefs may not turn out to be accurate, however, and adhering too rigidly to a gender preference can at times hinder a client from finding the best therapeutic match.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists—both men and women—may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.