Women's Issues Therapists in Iowa City, IA
My therapeutic approach is rooted in the belief that healing and growth occur through relationships and our connections with others. I believe that everyone desires a sense of belonging and thrives within a community. As your therapist, my role is to accompany you on your journey, providing a safe and comfortable space for you to explore your inner world and the world around you. I have experience working with teens, adult women, and gender-expansive individuals. I have worked closely with those facing relationship issues, low self-worth, life transitions, depression, anxiety, and intimate partner violence.
My therapeutic approach is rooted in the belief that healing and growth occur through relationships and our connections with others. I believe that everyone desires a sense of belonging and thrives within a community. As your therapist, my role is to accompany you on your journey, providing a safe and comfortable space for you to explore your inner world and the world around you. I have experience working with teens, adult women, and gender-expansive individuals. I have worked closely with those facing relationship issues, low self-worth, life transitions, depression, anxiety, and intimate partner violence.
As a licensed psychologist, I provide validation, empathy, and support for all of my clients. Using warmth and compassion, I collaborate with clients to facilitate empowerment and acceptance in their lives as they move toward meaningful change. In my work, I incorporate an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework, while also using elements of person-centered therapy, such as genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathy. Drawing from these approaches and others, allows me to meet clients where they are in their journey, develop a strong therapeutic alliance, and move toward goals for growth.
As a licensed psychologist, I provide validation, empathy, and support for all of my clients. Using warmth and compassion, I collaborate with clients to facilitate empowerment and acceptance in their lives as they move toward meaningful change. In my work, I incorporate an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework, while also using elements of person-centered therapy, such as genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathy. Drawing from these approaches and others, allows me to meet clients where they are in their journey, develop a strong therapeutic alliance, and move toward goals for growth.
Midlife is a time of growth and change for many women. Relationships, responsibilities, and roles may be shifting at the same time that physical and emotional challenges arise. While there is great potential for fulfillment and learning in times of flux, the impact on one’s sense of self, self-confidence, and identity can feel pretty destabilizing. If this sounds like your experience, and you are looking for a supportive, compassionate place to navigate these changes and challenges, we should talk!
Midlife is a time of growth and change for many women. Relationships, responsibilities, and roles may be shifting at the same time that physical and emotional challenges arise. While there is great potential for fulfillment and learning in times of flux, the impact on one’s sense of self, self-confidence, and identity can feel pretty destabilizing. If this sounds like your experience, and you are looking for a supportive, compassionate place to navigate these changes and challenges, we should talk!
Welcome! My name is Susan Frauenholtz and I am a licensed clinical social worker in Iowa, Virginia and Utah. I know that reaching out for help can be a difficult first step and will do everything I can to help you feel comfortable along the way. I have an MSW and PHD in social work and have been providing therapy for more than 20 years.
Welcome! My name is Susan Frauenholtz and I am a licensed clinical social worker in Iowa, Virginia and Utah. I know that reaching out for help can be a difficult first step and will do everything I can to help you feel comfortable along the way. I have an MSW and PHD in social work and have been providing therapy for more than 20 years.
Warm greetings to you! I have over 20 years experience of trauma-informed care working primarily with adolescents, women, survivors of sexual and domestic violence, and LGBTQIA+ individuals (including support and references for gender affirming care). I enjoy connecting with people, listening to the stories they carry about themselves, and how these stories and experiences impact mental, emotional, and behavioral patterns. I’m also very interested in exploring the ways in which trauma and emotions are stored in the body and how we can work together through healing nervous system responses in order to move more flexibly through life.
Warm greetings to you! I have over 20 years experience of trauma-informed care working primarily with adolescents, women, survivors of sexual and domestic violence, and LGBTQIA+ individuals (including support and references for gender affirming care). I enjoy connecting with people, listening to the stories they carry about themselves, and how these stories and experiences impact mental, emotional, and behavioral patterns. I’m also very interested in exploring the ways in which trauma and emotions are stored in the body and how we can work together through healing nervous system responses in order to move more flexibly through life.
Abby supports individuals aged 16 and above dealing with various mental health challenges like eating disorders, sports-related performance anxiety, depression, stress, relationship issues, and prenatal-postnatal concerns. She specializes in working with athletes at high school, college, and professional levels. Abby employs therapeutic approaches including CBT-E, IPT, FBT, and ACT. She has presented at athletic conventions, emphasizing preventive care for eating disorders among athletes, and is passionate about raising awareness of mental health in the athletic community.
Abby supports individuals aged 16 and above dealing with various mental health challenges like eating disorders, sports-related performance anxiety, depression, stress, relationship issues, and prenatal-postnatal concerns. She specializes in working with athletes at high school, college, and professional levels. Abby employs therapeutic approaches including CBT-E, IPT, FBT, and ACT. She has presented at athletic conventions, emphasizing preventive care for eating disorders among athletes, and is passionate about raising awareness of mental health in the athletic community.
I'm a dedicated registered play therapist with a passion for working with children aged three and up. Approximately 80% of my practice is focused on helping young clients navigate their emotions and experiences through play. I believe it’s essential for children to have their own designated space for therapy, which is why I offer a specially designed Play Therapy room in our clinic. This environment allows children to step away from a traditional office setting and engage in therapeutic play that fosters healing and growth.
I'm a dedicated registered play therapist with a passion for working with children aged three and up. Approximately 80% of my practice is focused on helping young clients navigate their emotions and experiences through play. I believe it’s essential for children to have their own designated space for therapy, which is why I offer a specially designed Play Therapy room in our clinic. This environment allows children to step away from a traditional office setting and engage in therapeutic play that fosters healing and growth.
If you've landed here, chances are something has felt off for a while.
Maybe you've been managing — juggling work, relationships, family, and your own inner world — but lately the juggling feels less like a skill and more like a survival strategy. Maybe you have made a decision to make a change, or a shift in your life has happened and you're sitting with a mix of relief and overwhelm, wondering what it actually means for your life. Maybe you just know, deep down, that you're ready to stop white-knuckling it and start building something that actually works.
That's what I'm here for.
If you've landed here, chances are something has felt off for a while.
Maybe you've been managing — juggling work, relationships, family, and your own inner world — but lately the juggling feels less like a skill and more like a survival strategy. Maybe you have made a decision to make a change, or a shift in your life has happened and you're sitting with a mix of relief and overwhelm, wondering what it actually means for your life. Maybe you just know, deep down, that you're ready to stop white-knuckling it and start building something that actually works.
That's what I'm here for.
Asking for help may be one of the hardest things that you do in your life, congratulations to you, on taking this courageous first step towards getting help with whatever you may be struggling with. I am passionate about this work and consider it an honor to sit with others and bear witness to all aspects of their healing journeys. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is essential to one’s success in therapy and I am committed to honoring everyone’s unique family dynamics, community, culture, ethnicity, age, and gender.
Asking for help may be one of the hardest things that you do in your life, congratulations to you, on taking this courageous first step towards getting help with whatever you may be struggling with. I am passionate about this work and consider it an honor to sit with others and bear witness to all aspects of their healing journeys. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is essential to one’s success in therapy and I am committed to honoring everyone’s unique family dynamics, community, culture, ethnicity, age, and gender.
Finding the right therapist is incredibly important and I strive to create a non-judgmental and safe therapeutic environment. I work primarily with individual adult clients with a specialization in working with emerging adult women (ages 18 - 30). Within therapy, I focus on understanding your emotions, expressing your emotions in a healthy and constructive way, relationships, and how early childhood and family experiences have affected you so you are better able to create healthy coping mechanisms for the stresses of daily life.
Finding the right therapist is incredibly important and I strive to create a non-judgmental and safe therapeutic environment. I work primarily with individual adult clients with a specialization in working with emerging adult women (ages 18 - 30). Within therapy, I focus on understanding your emotions, expressing your emotions in a healthy and constructive way, relationships, and how early childhood and family experiences have affected you so you are better able to create healthy coping mechanisms for the stresses of daily life.
Starting therapy is one of the best ways to care for yourself and I'm here to support you. Therapy is a place where you can be yourself, talk through life's challenges, and practice skills to find your inner strength. I work with children, teens, adults, couples, and families, bringing a thoughtful and genuine approach to our work together. Whether you or your child are facing anxiety, grief, relationship stress, or feeling stuck, my goal is to create a space that feels safe and free from judgement. Connection, honesty, and humor are powerful tools for growth.
Starting therapy is one of the best ways to care for yourself and I'm here to support you. Therapy is a place where you can be yourself, talk through life's challenges, and practice skills to find your inner strength. I work with children, teens, adults, couples, and families, bringing a thoughtful and genuine approach to our work together. Whether you or your child are facing anxiety, grief, relationship stress, or feeling stuck, my goal is to create a space that feels safe and free from judgement. Connection, honesty, and humor are powerful tools for growth.
I have tons of knowledge and experience that support my work in women's issues, life transitions, caretaking and postpartum care but no matter what you're facing, individualized treatment planning, with your goals in mind, will support you as we find the best ways to integrate and elevate your current experience.
I offer custom support for a myriad of issues with a special interest in women, LGBTQIA+, black sheep, middle children and the pitfalls & strengths of perfectionism. I firmly believe that you BELONG and it takes incredible strength to ask for help. Mental health challenges, trauma and life’s expected and unexpected transitions can cloud or alter our perceptions of ourselves as well as provide opportunity to find out who we want to be in the world. I am invested in YOU & can provide guidance and support as you find, change, accept and celebrate your true self. Together, we can find healthy ways to cope and integrate lived experience.
I have tons of knowledge and experience that support my work in women's issues, life transitions, caretaking and postpartum care but no matter what you're facing, individualized treatment planning, with your goals in mind, will support you as we find the best ways to integrate and elevate your current experience.
I offer custom support for a myriad of issues with a special interest in women, LGBTQIA+, black sheep, middle children and the pitfalls & strengths of perfectionism. I firmly believe that you BELONG and it takes incredible strength to ask for help. Mental health challenges, trauma and life’s expected and unexpected transitions can cloud or alter our perceptions of ourselves as well as provide opportunity to find out who we want to be in the world. I am invested in YOU & can provide guidance and support as you find, change, accept and celebrate your true self. Together, we can find healthy ways to cope and integrate lived experience.
Have past experiences continued to impact how you feel, think, or show up in your relationships today? Healing is possible. For more than 13 years, I have helped children, teens, and adults navigate trauma, PTSD, addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges. Together, we'll create a space where you can feel understood, process difficult experiences, and develop tools to move forward with confidence.
As a mother of four and a therapist trained in EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), CBT, and Solution-Focused Therapy, I bring both professional expertise and genuine compassion to my work.
Have past experiences continued to impact how you feel, think, or show up in your relationships today? Healing is possible. For more than 13 years, I have helped children, teens, and adults navigate trauma, PTSD, addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges. Together, we'll create a space where you can feel understood, process difficult experiences, and develop tools to move forward with confidence.
As a mother of four and a therapist trained in EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), CBT, and Solution-Focused Therapy, I bring both professional expertise and genuine compassion to my work.
I am a licensed mental health counselor who works with clients 16 and older in both Colorado and Iowa. Through my experience in various clinical settings, I have found a passion working with perinatal mental health and supporting women and families throughout their journeys around parenthood. I have a special interest in supporting clients navigating infertility or fertility treatment, the loss of a baby or pregnancy, stillbirth, being child-free not by choice, or those coming to parenthood in a different way than they expected as they navigate these unique grief experiences.
I am a licensed mental health counselor who works with clients 16 and older in both Colorado and Iowa. Through my experience in various clinical settings, I have found a passion working with perinatal mental health and supporting women and families throughout their journeys around parenthood. I have a special interest in supporting clients navigating infertility or fertility treatment, the loss of a baby or pregnancy, stillbirth, being child-free not by choice, or those coming to parenthood in a different way than they expected as they navigate these unique grief experiences.
I believe that when someone seeks therapy, they are reaching out because they want to move forward, feel less stuck, or find new ways to live well. I hold deep conviction that a meaningful, valued life is possible for anyone—even in the presence of disability, chronic pain or illness, depression, anxiety, trauma, or overwhelming life stress. I see psychotherapy as a collaborative space where we can discover the right pace and rhythm for facing those challenges: sometimes steady and gentle, sometimes more active and focused, always tailored to the person in front of me.
I believe that when someone seeks therapy, they are reaching out because they want to move forward, feel less stuck, or find new ways to live well. I hold deep conviction that a meaningful, valued life is possible for anyone—even in the presence of disability, chronic pain or illness, depression, anxiety, trauma, or overwhelming life stress. I see psychotherapy as a collaborative space where we can discover the right pace and rhythm for facing those challenges: sometimes steady and gentle, sometimes more active and focused, always tailored to the person in front of me.
Whether you're seeking support for mental health concerns, aiming to develop leadership skills, or looking to make meaningful life changes, I am committed to providing a safe, supportive, and empowering environment. Together, we will work to unlock your potential and foster lasting growth.
I bring over 20 years of dedicated experience in psychological services and leadership development to support individuals striving for personal and professional fulfillment.
Whether you're seeking support for mental health concerns, aiming to develop leadership skills, or looking to make meaningful life changes, I am committed to providing a safe, supportive, and empowering environment. Together, we will work to unlock your potential and foster lasting growth.
I bring over 20 years of dedicated experience in psychological services and leadership development to support individuals striving for personal and professional fulfillment.
I treat individuals, couples, families, and groups. I am experienced working with individuals struggling with Eating Disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder. I also treat Mood Disorders, Anxiety, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Additionally, I provide relationship coaching services to individuals and couples. I work with clients to provide individualized care with an emphasis upon mindfulness, respect and empowerment. I am interested in working with the community to provide Eating Disorder awareness and prevention programs for schools, colleges and professionals.
I treat individuals, couples, families, and groups. I am experienced working with individuals struggling with Eating Disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder. I also treat Mood Disorders, Anxiety, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Additionally, I provide relationship coaching services to individuals and couples. I work with clients to provide individualized care with an emphasis upon mindfulness, respect and empowerment. I am interested in working with the community to provide Eating Disorder awareness and prevention programs for schools, colleges and professionals.
Sometimes life changes in ways we never expected. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, navigating a difficult relationship, grieving a loss, adjusting to a new chapter, or simply feeling stuck, therapy can help you make sense of what you're experiencing. I work with adolescents, adults, and older adults to better understand the challenges they're facing, develop effective strategies for navigating everyday life, and create meaningful change that feels authentic to them.
Sometimes life changes in ways we never expected. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, navigating a difficult relationship, grieving a loss, adjusting to a new chapter, or simply feeling stuck, therapy can help you make sense of what you're experiencing. I work with adolescents, adults, and older adults to better understand the challenges they're facing, develop effective strategies for navigating everyday life, and create meaningful change that feels authentic to them.
I am trained in family systems and work with youth 6 -17 and adults, with a special interest in helping 2sLGBTQIA+ folx, Spanish speaking individuals, and couples/families. As a queer therapist who is fluent in Spanish, I am committed to upholding a culturally responsive practice, and helping you notice how family of origin, culture, and societal norms influence you. My space is an environment of curiosity, understanding and acceptance. I believe in transformative processes and reinterpreting who we are and what we believe by remaining open to new possibilities. If any of this rings true for you, then we may be a good fit!
I am trained in family systems and work with youth 6 -17 and adults, with a special interest in helping 2sLGBTQIA+ folx, Spanish speaking individuals, and couples/families. As a queer therapist who is fluent in Spanish, I am committed to upholding a culturally responsive practice, and helping you notice how family of origin, culture, and societal norms influence you. My space is an environment of curiosity, understanding and acceptance. I believe in transformative processes and reinterpreting who we are and what we believe by remaining open to new possibilities. If any of this rings true for you, then we may be a good fit!
Welcome to Mind Body and Spirit Therapy! I'm a holistic psychotherapist, who uses an integrated approach. Had enough talk therapy? Want to explore Experientially? Curious to learn through Somatic Awareness, Dance, Movement, Guided Imagery, Sand Tray, EMDR? I have extensive training in earth-based spirituality.
Together, we will navigate the labyrinth of your life’s journey, through the constant flow of ups and downs that often feels unpredictable & overwhelming. I will offer you a safe and grounded space to work on the challenges that may be encircling you, & open up new possibilities to cope & feel empowered.
Welcome to Mind Body and Spirit Therapy! I'm a holistic psychotherapist, who uses an integrated approach. Had enough talk therapy? Want to explore Experientially? Curious to learn through Somatic Awareness, Dance, Movement, Guided Imagery, Sand Tray, EMDR? I have extensive training in earth-based spirituality.
Together, we will navigate the labyrinth of your life’s journey, through the constant flow of ups and downs that often feels unpredictable & overwhelming. I will offer you a safe and grounded space to work on the challenges that may be encircling you, & open up new possibilities to cope & feel empowered.
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Women's Issues Therapists
How do you encourage a woman to go to therapy?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual may be suffering, and what effects it has on them, should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.
How can women prepare for therapy?
Women can prepare for therapy by being willing to talk about their past experiences and their private thoughts. Before a session, an individual may want to reflect on how they’ve felt since the last session and what’s happened in their lives. Between sessions, it can be useful to write down notes about their reaction to a given event or how they felt at a particular time.
How long does therapy for women’s issues often last?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual and the challenges they face. Therapy types like Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Prolonged exposure therapy (PET), and Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. In some cases, such as for women with eating disorders, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
How can women overcome stigma around specific challenges in order to seek therapy?
Women dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, and any other number of troubles may feel a stigma around seeking help. It’s important to remember that these issues are not uncommon and there is no shame in getting help for them. Therapy is confidential, and women can talk about their experiences without fear of judgment. Seeking therapy can be a courageous and liberating act, and an important step toward healing and recovery.