Suicidal Ideation Therapists in Saint Louis, MO
When relationship, mood, sport, or eating concerns arise, it is understandable to feel discouraged, isolated, and hopeless. With compassion and non-judgment, I will work collaboratively with you to achieve greater healing, peace, and freedom. I will treat you with dignity and respect as we explore factors that have contributed to undesirable patterns in your life. We will work together to cultivate hope and self-acceptance with an intent to develop a healthier relationship with yourself and others. I feel privileged for the opportunity to walk with you as we attempt to better understand and find relief from your distress.
When relationship, mood, sport, or eating concerns arise, it is understandable to feel discouraged, isolated, and hopeless. With compassion and non-judgment, I will work collaboratively with you to achieve greater healing, peace, and freedom. I will treat you with dignity and respect as we explore factors that have contributed to undesirable patterns in your life. We will work together to cultivate hope and self-acceptance with an intent to develop a healthier relationship with yourself and others. I feel privileged for the opportunity to walk with you as we attempt to better understand and find relief from your distress.
Starting therapy is a big step and finding the right therapist can be overwhelming. You're on the right path!
I have worked with children and families in a variety of settings, including outpatient mental health clinics, developmental centers, schools, hospitals, and a behavioral health urgent care center. I have served clients from toddlerhood through young adulthood with a range of diagnoses. I especially enjoy working with anxious teenagers, young adults in life transition, and autistic folks of all ages!
I also provide licensure supervision to LMSW clinicians.
Starting therapy is a big step and finding the right therapist can be overwhelming. You're on the right path!
I have worked with children and families in a variety of settings, including outpatient mental health clinics, developmental centers, schools, hospitals, and a behavioral health urgent care center. I have served clients from toddlerhood through young adulthood with a range of diagnoses. I especially enjoy working with anxious teenagers, young adults in life transition, and autistic folks of all ages!
I also provide licensure supervision to LMSW clinicians.
Melissa T Scolaro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, MA
1 Endorsed
Saint Louis, MO 63117
Waitlist for new clients
When the challenges of life and relationship present you with complex dilemmas and create painful or uncomfortable symptoms, therapy offers an opportunity for healing and long-lasting psychological change.
The power of therapy is in the way it expands your choice in behaviors or ways of seeing others, yourself and your life circumstances.
Through a compassionate journey of self-exploration I will help you work toward a fuller understanding of yourself which will lead to greater choice in how you live, love, work and play.
It is a privilege to join you on your journey of self-discovery and healing.
When the challenges of life and relationship present you with complex dilemmas and create painful or uncomfortable symptoms, therapy offers an opportunity for healing and long-lasting psychological change.
The power of therapy is in the way it expands your choice in behaviors or ways of seeing others, yourself and your life circumstances.
Through a compassionate journey of self-exploration I will help you work toward a fuller understanding of yourself which will lead to greater choice in how you live, love, work and play.
It is a privilege to join you on your journey of self-discovery and healing.
If you want a blunt and no sugar coating therapist look no further! Of course, I am honest with the intent of being kind and caring. The goal is to make the client a priority and implement self-care. Therapy is an investment and considered prevention for your own self-care needs. I have over 14 years experience, and worked in medical settings before that. I have experience in the medical health environment with a range of health issues from sufferers of cardiac, stroke, women's & men's issues, and chronic illnesses. I implement an eclectic approach featuring CBT.
If you want a blunt and no sugar coating therapist look no further! Of course, I am honest with the intent of being kind and caring. The goal is to make the client a priority and implement self-care. Therapy is an investment and considered prevention for your own self-care needs. I have over 14 years experience, and worked in medical settings before that. I have experience in the medical health environment with a range of health issues from sufferers of cardiac, stroke, women's & men's issues, and chronic illnesses. I implement an eclectic approach featuring CBT.
I also work with clients who are experiencing depression, trauma, stress, life transitions, school challenges, emotional dysregulation, suicidal ideation, grief and loss.
Not feeling seen, heard, or understood while struggling with stress, anxiety, or depression? I am a St. Louis therapist and I provide counseling to children, teens, and adults. With over a decade of experience working in school settings, I understand the developmental, academic, and family dynamics that impact children and teens-and how those experiences shape us into adulthood. I create a supportive, strength-based, collaborative, and empathetic space where you can explore your feelings and grow your coping skills. As an anxiety therapist, I can help clients with thoughts that are hindering them from living a fulfilled life.
I also work with clients who are experiencing depression, trauma, stress, life transitions, school challenges, emotional dysregulation, suicidal ideation, grief and loss.
Not feeling seen, heard, or understood while struggling with stress, anxiety, or depression? I am a St. Louis therapist and I provide counseling to children, teens, and adults. With over a decade of experience working in school settings, I understand the developmental, academic, and family dynamics that impact children and teens-and how those experiences shape us into adulthood. I create a supportive, strength-based, collaborative, and empathetic space where you can explore your feelings and grow your coping skills. As an anxiety therapist, I can help clients with thoughts that are hindering them from living a fulfilled life.
I'm most passionate about helping people who find that fear, shame, or self-criticism hold them back from living the lives they want. I support clients in tapping into their unique strengths and values to help them find freedom from conditions like anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.
I'm most passionate about helping people who find that fear, shame, or self-criticism hold them back from living the lives they want. I support clients in tapping into their unique strengths and values to help them find freedom from conditions like anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.
I am a empathetic, caring, and dependable trauma-informed therapist. I'm dedicated to guiding teens, adults, and families towards healing and empowerment. I offer a safe space for exploring and addressing trauma, while integrating techniques to support your emotional, psychological, and relational well-being.
I am a empathetic, caring, and dependable trauma-informed therapist. I'm dedicated to guiding teens, adults, and families towards healing and empowerment. I offer a safe space for exploring and addressing trauma, while integrating techniques to support your emotional, psychological, and relational well-being.
Vision: To help individuals, children, teenagers, parents, and families discover other alternatives to unhealthy behaviors. Values: Honesty, Empowerment, and Respect
Vision: To help individuals, children, teenagers, parents, and families discover other alternatives to unhealthy behaviors. Values: Honesty, Empowerment, and Respect
Life can be overwhelming for everyone, but it gets especially difficult when you are suffering from intense emotional distress. Seemingly simple things such as going to school, going to the grocery store, or communicating with your family, feel insurmountable, causing a spiral out of control. Both teens and adults long for a life where they feel seen and validated by their loved ones while gaining understanding and clarity into who they are and how they can live the life they want.
Life can be overwhelming for everyone, but it gets especially difficult when you are suffering from intense emotional distress. Seemingly simple things such as going to school, going to the grocery store, or communicating with your family, feel insurmountable, causing a spiral out of control. Both teens and adults long for a life where they feel seen and validated by their loved ones while gaining understanding and clarity into who they are and how they can live the life they want.
Struggling with stress, sadness, hopelessness, anxiety, or grief? Feeling emotionally exhausted or like your best is never enough? You don't have to face these challenges alone. As a therapist, I provide a warm, affirming, and nonjudgmental space where adults feel safe to share their thoughts, emotions, and experiences. My style is compassionate, solution-focused, and direct. I believe in meeting you where you are while also challenging you to recognize your strengths, break unhelpful patterns, and take meaningful steps toward the life you want. My goal is to help you feel heard, supported, and empowered.
Struggling with stress, sadness, hopelessness, anxiety, or grief? Feeling emotionally exhausted or like your best is never enough? You don't have to face these challenges alone. As a therapist, I provide a warm, affirming, and nonjudgmental space where adults feel safe to share their thoughts, emotions, and experiences. My style is compassionate, solution-focused, and direct. I believe in meeting you where you are while also challenging you to recognize your strengths, break unhelpful patterns, and take meaningful steps toward the life you want. My goal is to help you feel heard, supported, and empowered.
Welcome and thank you for your interest in getting to know me. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering brief and extended therapy to children, adolescents, families, individual adults. I received my Masters of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis at The George Warren Brown School of Social Work. I am a bilingual clinician speaking both English and Spanish.
Welcome and thank you for your interest in getting to know me. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering brief and extended therapy to children, adolescents, families, individual adults. I received my Masters of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis at The George Warren Brown School of Social Work. I am a bilingual clinician speaking both English and Spanish.
I believe that the mind, body, and spirit are naturally inclined to healing if given the right space and support. I find a particular interest in working with victims of narcissistic abuse and betrayals & incorporate DBT, somatic counseling, EMDR, mindfulness, emotionally focused therapy and narrative therapy into my work with these individuals. I also offer couples counseling services and utilize the Gottman Method to address the real work and change needed for couples to heal. I have experience in helping clients with relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse & parenting issues.
I believe that the mind, body, and spirit are naturally inclined to healing if given the right space and support. I find a particular interest in working with victims of narcissistic abuse and betrayals & incorporate DBT, somatic counseling, EMDR, mindfulness, emotionally focused therapy and narrative therapy into my work with these individuals. I also offer couples counseling services and utilize the Gottman Method to address the real work and change needed for couples to heal. I have experience in helping clients with relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse & parenting issues.
I have provided counseling and support for adults, adolescents, and families struggling with personal issues and relationship problems for over 25 years. I believe people are doing the best they can but sometimes need to reach out for help and support. I believe we have a purpose in life and sometimes we need help to find that purpose.
I have provided counseling and support for adults, adolescents, and families struggling with personal issues and relationship problems for over 25 years. I believe people are doing the best they can but sometimes need to reach out for help and support. I believe we have a purpose in life and sometimes we need help to find that purpose.
My clients are very diverse in age, ethnicity, social economic status, and gender/sexual identity. I would like to be culturally humble and honor your background and identity.
My clients are very diverse in age, ethnicity, social economic status, and gender/sexual identity. I would like to be culturally humble and honor your background and identity.
The journey that leads someone to counseling is rarely simple. You may have been pouring yourself into others for so long that your own needs feel distant. Or maybe you’ve been navigating storms for so long that peace has become a distant memory. Have life’s challenges left you in survival mode, unsure of the last time you felt calm or steady? Whatever has guided you to this moment, your choice to enter this space is profoundly courageous. Together, we’ll explore your inner landscape—your emotions, your history, your relationships—and find the pathways that help you feel more connected and at ease.
The journey that leads someone to counseling is rarely simple. You may have been pouring yourself into others for so long that your own needs feel distant. Or maybe you’ve been navigating storms for so long that peace has become a distant memory. Have life’s challenges left you in survival mode, unsure of the last time you felt calm or steady? Whatever has guided you to this moment, your choice to enter this space is profoundly courageous. Together, we’ll explore your inner landscape—your emotions, your history, your relationships—and find the pathways that help you feel more connected and at ease.
Every moment in life is an opportunity for us to know the world and ourselves more deeply. Unfortunately, it is often moments of great pain that can leave us feeling confused, angry, or grieved. Whether you are dealing with struggles in the present, grappling with trials from your past, or just looking for a safe space to process and grow, you are more than the pain you have endured, and Healing. Is. Possible. If this story feels all too familiar for you, I understand, and I am glad you are here.
Every moment in life is an opportunity for us to know the world and ourselves more deeply. Unfortunately, it is often moments of great pain that can leave us feeling confused, angry, or grieved. Whether you are dealing with struggles in the present, grappling with trials from your past, or just looking for a safe space to process and grow, you are more than the pain you have endured, and Healing. Is. Possible. If this story feels all too familiar for you, I understand, and I am glad you are here.
I also specialize in working with teens that struggle with Depression, Anxiety, identity, suicide ideation, LGBTQIA and questioning youth.
As a cross-culturally trained trauma clinician, my approach is non-judgement, empowerment and feminist based. I utilize existential and inner-self exploration, and am down to earth. As a free spirit, mother, and trained clinician, I connect naturally with teenagers and adults. I am passionate about normalizing and stretching mental health care.
I also specialize in working with teens that struggle with Depression, Anxiety, identity, suicide ideation, LGBTQIA and questioning youth.
As a cross-culturally trained trauma clinician, my approach is non-judgement, empowerment and feminist based. I utilize existential and inner-self exploration, and am down to earth. As a free spirit, mother, and trained clinician, I connect naturally with teenagers and adults. I am passionate about normalizing and stretching mental health care.
As a trained EMDR therapist, my focus is to help you find relief from many types of psychological distress that impact your daily living. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a form of psychotherapy that has been empirically tested and proven effective on a variety of psychological issues and all ages. We will meet in a safe, warm, and secure environment to discuss your concerns, develop an individualized care plan designed to meet those concerns, and begin treatment focused on targeting the most important issues. You are supported through the entire process and given tools to assist yourself outside of therapy.
As a trained EMDR therapist, my focus is to help you find relief from many types of psychological distress that impact your daily living. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a form of psychotherapy that has been empirically tested and proven effective on a variety of psychological issues and all ages. We will meet in a safe, warm, and secure environment to discuss your concerns, develop an individualized care plan designed to meet those concerns, and begin treatment focused on targeting the most important issues. You are supported through the entire process and given tools to assist yourself outside of therapy.
Hello there! Everyone faces challenges and obstacles at some point in their lives; experience life transitions, heightened anxiety, depressed but not sure why, loss and/ or just struggling with daily tasks. I am here to be of support, listen and help you navigate while providing tools you can use so the weight doesn’t feel unbearable and so you can be your best self. I have an integrative approach to therapy; combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy , Solution-Focused Therapy, Grief and Bereavement, and Motivational Interviewing. I tailor my therapeutic approach based on your needs.
Hello there! Everyone faces challenges and obstacles at some point in their lives; experience life transitions, heightened anxiety, depressed but not sure why, loss and/ or just struggling with daily tasks. I am here to be of support, listen and help you navigate while providing tools you can use so the weight doesn’t feel unbearable and so you can be your best self. I have an integrative approach to therapy; combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy , Solution-Focused Therapy, Grief and Bereavement, and Motivational Interviewing. I tailor my therapeutic approach based on your needs.
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!
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