Racial Identity Therapists in Saint Louis, MO
I have experience working with people who have experienced a range of issues including trauma, anger and stress management, racial identity and life transitions.
Are you looking for a safe place to explore the challenges that come up in life? A place to prioritize you? Starting therapy can often time feel scary. I hope to provide a place where people can feel they can talk about the stressful, overwhelming, or disappointing things in their lives. A place where you will be comfortable to cry, laugh, learn, and grow.
I have experience working with people who have experienced a range of issues including trauma, anger and stress management, racial identity and life transitions.
Are you looking for a safe place to explore the challenges that come up in life? A place to prioritize you? Starting therapy can often time feel scary. I hope to provide a place where people can feel they can talk about the stressful, overwhelming, or disappointing things in their lives. A place where you will be comfortable to cry, laugh, learn, and grow.
I am extremely passionate with working with pre-teens and teens in helping them navigate academic and social pressures, anxiety, depression, suicide prevention, as well as gender and racial identity.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor and currently working as a Certified School Counselor in the St. Louis area. As a Certified School Counselor, I have experience treating behavioral issues, pursuing Section 504 or IDEA school accommodations, and helping students function successfully in the classroom setting.
I am extremely passionate with working with pre-teens and teens in helping them navigate academic and social pressures, anxiety, depression, suicide prevention, as well as gender and racial identity.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor and currently working as a Certified School Counselor in the St. Louis area. As a Certified School Counselor, I have experience treating behavioral issues, pursuing Section 504 or IDEA school accommodations, and helping students function successfully in the classroom setting.
I enjoy working with folks navigating gender identity exploration/transition, as well as sexual and racial identity development.
My approach to therapy is collaborative and meant to empower my clients in setting and reaching goals that are values-based. I employ an integrative approach and draw from various therapeutic orientations, but at my core, I am an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy practitioner. With regard to OCD, I have extensive training in exposure and response prevention.
I enjoy working with folks navigating gender identity exploration/transition, as well as sexual and racial identity development.
My approach to therapy is collaborative and meant to empower my clients in setting and reaching goals that are values-based. I employ an integrative approach and draw from various therapeutic orientations, but at my core, I am an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy practitioner. With regard to OCD, I have extensive training in exposure and response prevention.
I work with individuals, married couples, families, and First Responders dealing with issues of shame, depression, anxiety, relational difficulties and sexual brokenness, work/family struggles, anxiety, grief, and spiritual confusion. I use a trauma-informed approach when engaging with my clients and their story. My question is not, "What is wrong with you?," but instead I ask "What happened to you?" I aim to empower my clients by educating them on their options and giving them an active role in their care. I look forward to seeing my clients thrive and flourish.
I work with individuals, married couples, families, and First Responders dealing with issues of shame, depression, anxiety, relational difficulties and sexual brokenness, work/family struggles, anxiety, grief, and spiritual confusion. I use a trauma-informed approach when engaging with my clients and their story. My question is not, "What is wrong with you?," but instead I ask "What happened to you?" I aim to empower my clients by educating them on their options and giving them an active role in their care. I look forward to seeing my clients thrive and flourish.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15+ years of experience helping. I use a strengths-based approach to help my clients embrace the positive & overcome the negative. No matter how dark things may seem, there is hope. I strive to guide my clients to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles in a culturally competent setting. While much of my experience involves helping marginalized groups, I gladly accept clients from all walks of life. Start creating a better life & schedule a free phone consultation!
Autism Evals
Currently self-pay has little wait-time for an evaluation
Insurance, sliding scale, & pro-bono are waitlist
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15+ years of experience helping. I use a strengths-based approach to help my clients embrace the positive & overcome the negative. No matter how dark things may seem, there is hope. I strive to guide my clients to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles in a culturally competent setting. While much of my experience involves helping marginalized groups, I gladly accept clients from all walks of life. Start creating a better life & schedule a free phone consultation!
Autism Evals
Currently self-pay has little wait-time for an evaluation
Insurance, sliding scale, & pro-bono are waitlist
Faith Works Counseling is dedicated to fostering wellbeing by inspiring individuals to empower one another through the embodiment of Strength through Love. Our mission is to help individuals, couples, and families become their best selves through systemic therapy, grounded in the belief that meaningful change often follows a crisis. We offer a comprehensive range of services, including multisystemic therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, children’s therapy, and couples therapy. Our services cater to clients from all walks of life, ensuring that everyone has access to the support they need to thrive.
Faith Works Counseling is dedicated to fostering wellbeing by inspiring individuals to empower one another through the embodiment of Strength through Love. Our mission is to help individuals, couples, and families become their best selves through systemic therapy, grounded in the belief that meaningful change often follows a crisis. We offer a comprehensive range of services, including multisystemic therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, children’s therapy, and couples therapy. Our services cater to clients from all walks of life, ensuring that everyone has access to the support they need to thrive.
Therapy is a partnership between the client and the therapist, and I feel honored when I am allowed to walk the path towards hope, empowerment and healing with another individual. You deserve someone who sees you, and will listen with an empathetic and non-judgmental ear. Life itself can be a struggle at times, and part of my role is to help you to recognize your strengths and assist you with concrete tools. For Black and Brown folks, as well as the LGBTQIA community, the stress can be overwhelming. It is ok, and at times necessary, to have that safe place, and safe person to hear you out. You are worth it!
Therapy is a partnership between the client and the therapist, and I feel honored when I am allowed to walk the path towards hope, empowerment and healing with another individual. You deserve someone who sees you, and will listen with an empathetic and non-judgmental ear. Life itself can be a struggle at times, and part of my role is to help you to recognize your strengths and assist you with concrete tools. For Black and Brown folks, as well as the LGBTQIA community, the stress can be overwhelming. It is ok, and at times necessary, to have that safe place, and safe person to hear you out. You are worth it!
The truth is life can be hard and things can be tough. We may feel down on our luck or even feel hopeless that things will never change. Depression, anxiety, sleepless nights, confusion and stress happen to the best of us and it is ok to reach out to a professional. It is normal to feel lost and uncertain sometimes on how to take a step forward towards living a more enjoyable life defined by your own terms. I believe reaching goals and true change can happen with the right mindset and tools, which I strive to help my clients develop in the most effective way!
The truth is life can be hard and things can be tough. We may feel down on our luck or even feel hopeless that things will never change. Depression, anxiety, sleepless nights, confusion and stress happen to the best of us and it is ok to reach out to a professional. It is normal to feel lost and uncertain sometimes on how to take a step forward towards living a more enjoyable life defined by your own terms. I believe reaching goals and true change can happen with the right mindset and tools, which I strive to help my clients develop in the most effective way!
My treatment approach is eclectic in nature, but I mainly use psychodynamic therapy in my practice. Clients would would benefit from my services if they are ready to examine and develop insight into how past experiences impact their present lives. Clients should expect to be validated and gently challenged in therapy in order to get through the mental blocks that keep them stuck in repeating the same self-destructive patterns.
My treatment approach is eclectic in nature, but I mainly use psychodynamic therapy in my practice. Clients would would benefit from my services if they are ready to examine and develop insight into how past experiences impact their present lives. Clients should expect to be validated and gently challenged in therapy in order to get through the mental blocks that keep them stuck in repeating the same self-destructive patterns.
Change takes courage. I understand the courage it takes to reach out and ask for support when we feel our most stuck. As your therapist, I will remain fully dedicated to strengthening the resiliency needed within to reclaim yourself through connection, self-compassion, and self-love. I specialize in helping adults, couples, and children especially as it relates to trauma. Come see me and begin to live a more meaningful, balanced life. I am licensed in Missouri, Kansas, and Virginia.
Change takes courage. I understand the courage it takes to reach out and ask for support when we feel our most stuck. As your therapist, I will remain fully dedicated to strengthening the resiliency needed within to reclaim yourself through connection, self-compassion, and self-love. I specialize in helping adults, couples, and children especially as it relates to trauma. Come see me and begin to live a more meaningful, balanced life. I am licensed in Missouri, Kansas, and Virginia.
I work with adults and couples who feel stuck. They describe feeling helpless, unworthy, unfulfilled, and anxious. Connection and joy are brief and seem out of reach. They are often exhausted from unmet needs, chronic caretaking, traumatic triggers, and feelings of shame. They want to be known by their partner, friends, and community, tell a new story with their life, nurture a space of inner peace, or return to the love they once felt in their relationship. Emotions can feel overwhelming and chaotic or totally out of reach. They yearn to connect more authentically with their body, their world, and the people in it.
I work with adults and couples who feel stuck. They describe feeling helpless, unworthy, unfulfilled, and anxious. Connection and joy are brief and seem out of reach. They are often exhausted from unmet needs, chronic caretaking, traumatic triggers, and feelings of shame. They want to be known by their partner, friends, and community, tell a new story with their life, nurture a space of inner peace, or return to the love they once felt in their relationship. Emotions can feel overwhelming and chaotic or totally out of reach. They yearn to connect more authentically with their body, their world, and the people in it.
When everyday challenges become too much to handle or life has lost its luster, it may be time to partner with us to take the next step on your journey. The inner you is calling and it's time to answer. Check in to who you really are and become who you desire with EPIR Source Therapy. We look forward to walking through this cave like experience and assisting you with defining the light at the end. Our goal is to give you the space to explore your current life situation and use it as fuel for your future. Call today to set up your free 15 minute consultation.
When everyday challenges become too much to handle or life has lost its luster, it may be time to partner with us to take the next step on your journey. The inner you is calling and it's time to answer. Check in to who you really are and become who you desire with EPIR Source Therapy. We look forward to walking through this cave like experience and assisting you with defining the light at the end. Our goal is to give you the space to explore your current life situation and use it as fuel for your future. Call today to set up your free 15 minute consultation.
We all face times in our life where it seems we have been thrown a curve ball. We suddenly find ourselves in the midst of a personal crisis. Where do we go, and who can we turn to for help? It is these times, when professional counseling and therapy is helpful. My motto is, "When life hurts...healing helps." My ideal client is an individual, or family member who is seeking a skilled mental health professional. I provide a therapeutic environment for my client, that will assist you in navigating through the personal issues that you have been struggling with.
We all face times in our life where it seems we have been thrown a curve ball. We suddenly find ourselves in the midst of a personal crisis. Where do we go, and who can we turn to for help? It is these times, when professional counseling and therapy is helpful. My motto is, "When life hurts...healing helps." My ideal client is an individual, or family member who is seeking a skilled mental health professional. I provide a therapeutic environment for my client, that will assist you in navigating through the personal issues that you have been struggling with.
My name is Dr. Vivian J. McCollum. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. I have particular experience working with couples and individuals helping them to solve communication and intimacy issues. For the past five years I have added older adults to my caseload helping them to use positive life skills to enrich their lives. In the initial session, I ask my clients to help set therapy goals by determining what they feel is their priority.
My name is Dr. Vivian J. McCollum. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. I have particular experience working with couples and individuals helping them to solve communication and intimacy issues. For the past five years I have added older adults to my caseload helping them to use positive life skills to enrich their lives. In the initial session, I ask my clients to help set therapy goals by determining what they feel is their priority.
Many of us have emotions and experiences which chip away at our confidence and the ability to make positive decisions. Those who want to understand those motivations and change them will reach for help. It's not a counselor's job to tell a client what to do. The goal is to help you understand how your experiences affect your emotional health and help you create coping skills to extinguish the negative behaviors which are holding you back. I offer online appointments with HIPAA compliant videoconferencing platforms to protect your privacy.
Many of us have emotions and experiences which chip away at our confidence and the ability to make positive decisions. Those who want to understand those motivations and change them will reach for help. It's not a counselor's job to tell a client what to do. The goal is to help you understand how your experiences affect your emotional health and help you create coping skills to extinguish the negative behaviors which are holding you back. I offer online appointments with HIPAA compliant videoconferencing platforms to protect your privacy.
First of all: I always respond to emails, you can always get in within a few days, AND I always offer reduced fees. I make things easy.
I was a solution-focused therapist; coaching is a close cousin. It honestly just suits me to be more free & authentic. Coaching focuses on solving the current problems in your life; clients typically report feeling better after just a few sessions.
If you're looking for practical, nonjudgemental support for life, relationships, or work, check me out. I work well with men, perimenopausal women, couples, and business leaders. You can just book yourself on my calendar if it feels like a fit.
First of all: I always respond to emails, you can always get in within a few days, AND I always offer reduced fees. I make things easy.
I was a solution-focused therapist; coaching is a close cousin. It honestly just suits me to be more free & authentic. Coaching focuses on solving the current problems in your life; clients typically report feeling better after just a few sessions.
If you're looking for practical, nonjudgemental support for life, relationships, or work, check me out. I work well with men, perimenopausal women, couples, and business leaders. You can just book yourself on my calendar if it feels like a fit.
It is so exciting to me that you are looking for a therapist! I work with adults and teens using talk therapy or EMDR (often both) to help them navigate relationships, increase self-trust, work through big (or small) life decisions and transitions, and process the stuff they’ve been working hard to just move on from. We might be an extra good fit if you have childhood or relationship trauma history, want to process experiences in a spiritual or religious setting that felt confusing or upsetting, or are interested in exploring the ways that your upbringing has impacted your relationships, identity, and values.
It is so exciting to me that you are looking for a therapist! I work with adults and teens using talk therapy or EMDR (often both) to help them navigate relationships, increase self-trust, work through big (or small) life decisions and transitions, and process the stuff they’ve been working hard to just move on from. We might be an extra good fit if you have childhood or relationship trauma history, want to process experiences in a spiritual or religious setting that felt confusing or upsetting, or are interested in exploring the ways that your upbringing has impacted your relationships, identity, and values.
Therapy should be a place where you feel safe to divulge your darkest secrets while knowing that the person that you confide in, will not only support your journey of self-improvement and healing but help guide you like a beacon in the sea or a flashlight when it’s dark. And because of this, we think that finding the RIGHT therapist is one of the most crucial parts of the therapeutic process... I work to help you solve a variety of issues and welcome and host safe spaces for active duty /retired veterans and their dependents, college students, LGBTQ+, POC, and older adults.
Therapy should be a place where you feel safe to divulge your darkest secrets while knowing that the person that you confide in, will not only support your journey of self-improvement and healing but help guide you like a beacon in the sea or a flashlight when it’s dark. And because of this, we think that finding the RIGHT therapist is one of the most crucial parts of the therapeutic process... I work to help you solve a variety of issues and welcome and host safe spaces for active duty /retired veterans and their dependents, college students, LGBTQ+, POC, and older adults.
Life is messy. At River Rock Behavioral Health, we understand that change is slow and effortful; if your problems were easily solved, you wouldn’t be talking to us about them. Whether you are stalled out in your career, overwhelmed by life transitions, or struggling in your relationships, you are not alone. If you are interested in managing anxiety, spending more time on what’s important to you, or clarifying where you are going in your life, we can help.
Life is messy. At River Rock Behavioral Health, we understand that change is slow and effortful; if your problems were easily solved, you wouldn’t be talking to us about them. Whether you are stalled out in your career, overwhelmed by life transitions, or struggling in your relationships, you are not alone. If you are interested in managing anxiety, spending more time on what’s important to you, or clarifying where you are going in your life, we can help.
Julia López
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, MPH, LCSW
4 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I work closely with sexual and gender minority individuals (LGBTQIA+), BIPOC and immigrant/refugee populations. I specialize in working with individuals who are 18+ and who may need help with processing trauma, stabilizing emotional regulation and working towards adaptive core beliefs. I believe that oppressive structures impact a person's emotional wellbeing on a multitude of levels and that intersectional identities of a person are all important in the processing of the mental and physical wellbeing of an individual. I have provided therapeutic services for clients for over 15 years.
I work closely with sexual and gender minority individuals (LGBTQIA+), BIPOC and immigrant/refugee populations. I specialize in working with individuals who are 18+ and who may need help with processing trauma, stabilizing emotional regulation and working towards adaptive core beliefs. I believe that oppressive structures impact a person's emotional wellbeing on a multitude of levels and that intersectional identities of a person are all important in the processing of the mental and physical wellbeing of an individual. I have provided therapeutic services for clients for over 15 years.
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