Therapists in Overland Park, KS

Psychotherapy is for individuals who are motivated to make positive changes in their lives. Some individuals seek out therapy to improve their lives and to help recognize and remove barriers to a healthy lifestyle, relationships, and productivity. While others find that troubling symptoms of anxiety, depression, failed relationships, chronic pain, and loss are too intense to manage on their own. I work with individuals presenting with a range of emotional and psychological needs in a safe and respectful atmosphere. I respect and encourage individuals' motivation to change and help them develop their own internal resources to make lasting positive changes.

Whether you are going through a difficult transition, feeling lost, or are looking to build a healthy future, I can help. Do you find yourself stuck in a pattern of self criticism and doubt? I work with clients to help them identify stuck patterns and learn the skills needed to create a fulfilling life. Do you want to go from being distant or indifferent to open and connected? People-pleasing to authentic? Together we will build skills to increase resiliency, self-compassion, and emotional health so you can begin to live the authentic life you've always wanted.

Life takes some twists and turns that we just aren't prepared for. From parenting challenges to struggling with that relentless fear that gets in the way of something you desire in your life. I am here to help you navigate through the confusion and overwhelm. Together through Mindfulness practice, EMDR and strength based interventions, we will capitalize on your strengths so you can heal and work towards the change you desire. For kiddos, I provide play therapy with EMDR to help your child heal and enhance his or her self-worth that is often weakened by challenging or traumatic experiences.

Are you ready to trade conflict and isolation for a team dynamic in your relationships? I would enjoy an opportunity to talk with you to shed light on your experiences and produce options toward the life and relationships you desire.

Serving Overland Park and the Greater Kansas City Area, True Course Counseling provides individual, couples and family counseling. We know that life is full of unpredictability, changes and transitions. We understand the importance of connection and how life is experienced when we are not connected. Our dedicated therapists treat a range of issues including anxiety, depression. relationships, sexuality and trauma. We are here to walk with you as you find your life's next Course.

Sometimes life can be hard. Our lives can be going really well and then what seems out of nowhere crisis can strike. It is normal to feel confused, anxious, angry and overwhelmed. We will often look for someone whom we can trust and will assist us solving life challenges. A good working relationship between a client and their therapist is extremely important; due to this, I feel rapport building is one of the key elements in beginning the therapeutic relationship. My passion lies within working with family dynamic changes, daily life struggles, crisis, victims of trauma, and depression/anxiety. Call today!

Robert A. Feuer, MA, LCP, (Bob) is a Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist and Psychoanalyst with 35 years of clinical experience helping people change and grow to improve their lives and relationships. I am President of the Greater Kansas City-Topeka Psychoanalytic Center where I also serve on the Psychoanalytic Institute teaching faculty. I create a warm, safe, and therapeutic environment for adults and adolescents struggling with mood, anxiety, trauma, adjustment, and relationship issues. I provide briefer therapy as well as psychoanalysis-a deeper, longer-term, more intensive treatment for more lasting and fundamental change.

For over thirty years, I have helped many individuals and families like yourself to feel more hopeful about their situation. Anxiety, depression, current and past trauma, major life changes, and relationship problems are issues in which I have expertise. I understand how difficult it is to talk about personal issues, so be assured that you will be heard in a comfortable, supportive environment.

You want so badly to feel comfortable in your own skin, to figure out what you really want. But your throat begins to tighten, your heart pumps violently and your mind freezes up. These physical feelings come from just trying to survive, but it's the mind game that keeps you locked in this constant battle. Fear of rejection digs at emotional roots that run deep. It seems impossible to express this struggle to those who have tried to offer you help in the past. You are seeking change. Join me at the table where art and psychotherapy meet. Stress reduction, sexuality, anxiety, and trauma are a few common areas of focus for my clients.

My approach to counseling is to create a safe environment where we can join together in working through whatever you are struggling with. I work with individuals, couples, and families who are struggling with a variety of personal and relational problems, and seek to restore hope, meaning, and connection. My hope is that through counseling you will feel more known and connected to yourself and to others.

My approach to therapeutic treatment begins with an individual assessment and an emphasis to build a strong rapport with each person. While working to create a comfortable rapport, I integrate a treatment strategy tailored to meet the individual needs of each unique person and their situation. My goal is to help you explore and achieve your goals for healthy living. Although people come to counseling to deal with difficult issues, counseling should also be a place of non-judgement and compassion as well as healing. I will provide a professional tele-health atmosphere with compassion, grace and direction to heal.

Life is difficult. It can feel so overwhelming. There's one thing after another, after another. You can't seem to catch a break. Even if you are trying your best, sometimes it feels like you are just barely hanging on. The tools and coping strategies that have carried you through so much, are no longer working. Or you're in a relationship where you keep having the same fight over and over again and you're tired of it.

Dr. Benson's practice includes working with children, adolescents, families, adults and couples. He has extensive experience working with a wide variety of emotional and neurological issues associated with children and adolescents. His clinical expertise also includes the treatment of adult mood, anxiety and personality disorders. Dr. Benson is skilled in working with situations involving couples who are married, considering marriage, or have divorced and/or remarried.

If you need to make a positive change in your life, you are not alone. My passion is to help you work through the things in your life that hurt you. Together, we will create your personalized plan that will lead you to happiness and peace. I deliver quality care in a safe and nurturing environment. I offer trust, respect, confidentiality, and compassion so you are more comfortable sharing your story. Are you ready to begin the journey of healing and change with me?

Welcome. My approach begins with an assessment to establish your presenting concerns. I treat each person with respect and dignity to form a collaborative relationship. Counseling techniques for creating mutually identified change include an active integration of cognitive, family systems, behavioral, and object relations. My style is personal and interactive often relying on humor, metaphors, active feedback, listening, empathy, reframed understandings, and homework assignments developed through 30 years of practice.

I believe that life is about one simple thing: connections. This belief inspired the name of Connections Counseling, LLC. When we feel connected (to our true selves, intimate relationships, family, friends, career, a purpose larger than us, etc.), we tend to have positive mental well being. I believe I can aid you, no matter what mental ailments you may feel, in connecting to broken or missing attachments and obtaining a new sense of mental health through this process.

I believe change is possible for all of us, and I have seen that change develop in many clients over the course of a collaborative treatment. I believe that, working together, we can develop a rich and fulfilling understanding of each client’s personality. I have training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, and I use that frame to provide an environment that promotes healing, awareness, and growth. I have also used components of cognitive behavioral and dialectic behavioral services in outpatient group therapy, and I blend these tools with the psychodynamic frame to provide an individualized approach.

Everyone has individual needs and unique concerns. It is important that therapeutic treatment begins with an individualized assessment to accommodate and support those needs. It is my hope to help restore meaningful relationships, self-worth, self-respect, and to assist others in finding passion in living, while overcoming obstacles of grief, addiction, trauma, guilt, or fear. I work from a Cognitive Behavioral framework, as well as Attachment, EFT and other modalities including Faith (when requested).

Are you feeling stuck in patterns of old feelings and behaviors? Does this cause you to feel overwhelmed and frustrated in your ability to make changes and live a more satisfying life? I know it can be difficult to ask for help. Perhaps you have tried to handle your problems yourself and it’s not working. We all have histories of experiencing stress and anxiety, trauma and loss, depression and grief. This is part of the human condition. But sometimes these histories can take their toll on our minds and bodies. In my twenty-plus years of experience as a therapist, I have worked with people experiencing a wide range of issues.