Psychoanalytic Therapists in Johnston County, NC

I believe that each person is unique and I am flexible in my approach to each client's needs. I specialize in trauma and trauma related disorders. This includes PTSD, crisis, anxiety, grief, loss, child sexual abuse, low self-esteem, low self-worth, and other trauma related symptoms. I especially enjoy working with emergency service workers who are exposed to repeated trauma in their jobs, however I do not limit my practice to those workers. It can be hard to admit needing help, but sometimes we do. Call for help today and get the help you deserve from a caring compassionate counselor.
I believe that each person is unique and I am flexible in my approach to each client's needs. I specialize in trauma and trauma related disorders. This includes PTSD, crisis, anxiety, grief, loss, child sexual abuse, low self-esteem, low self-worth, and other trauma related symptoms. I especially enjoy working with emergency service workers who are exposed to repeated trauma in their jobs, however I do not limit my practice to those workers. It can be hard to admit needing help, but sometimes we do. Call for help today and get the help you deserve from a caring compassionate counselor.

With over 18 years of clinical experience, I love getting to come alongside each of my clients to help in their healing journey. I primarily work with those struggling with anxiety, panic, OCD, depression, stress, grief, phase of life adjustments, etc. Counseling is one of the best gifts you can give yourself. I pull from many different therapeutic approaches but some of my favorites are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment, Family Systems Theory and Faith-based/Biblical Counseling.
With over 18 years of clinical experience, I love getting to come alongside each of my clients to help in their healing journey. I primarily work with those struggling with anxiety, panic, OCD, depression, stress, grief, phase of life adjustments, etc. Counseling is one of the best gifts you can give yourself. I pull from many different therapeutic approaches but some of my favorites are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment, Family Systems Theory and Faith-based/Biblical Counseling.

Are you feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, hopeless, or worried, and maybe you are struggling to cope with life's difficulties? If so, it would be my privilege to work with you! We will collaborate and form a treatment plan that works best for you, and work toward forming your best self. My areas of focus are anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, interpersonal difficulties, marital, and family issues. My background and training is in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, and Solution Focused Therapy.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, hopeless, or worried, and maybe you are struggling to cope with life's difficulties? If so, it would be my privilege to work with you! We will collaborate and form a treatment plan that works best for you, and work toward forming your best self. My areas of focus are anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, interpersonal difficulties, marital, and family issues. My background and training is in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, and Solution Focused Therapy.

HEALING is available NOW...if you choose to accept it! Today, so many people are dealing with hurts that constantly impact their daily lives. Some struggle silently while others lash out looking for relief. Well, you can find that healing relief here. Therapy will allow you a safe place to express yourself while learning valuable skills to help you live a more balanced, enjoyable life.
HEALING is available NOW...if you choose to accept it! Today, so many people are dealing with hurts that constantly impact their daily lives. Some struggle silently while others lash out looking for relief. Well, you can find that healing relief here. Therapy will allow you a safe place to express yourself while learning valuable skills to help you live a more balanced, enjoyable life.

Tiara A. Nichole Griffis
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, PhD, LCMHC, BCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Clayton, NC 27527
Have you been feeling the urge to begin a therapeutic journey? I am here to help! My goal is to assist you with your life goals and help you find a healthy way to process your past traumas so you can live out your best future. By utilizing an eclectic approach to therapy, I aim to provide a safe and supportive space where I can collaborate to help you reach your desired goals.
Have you been feeling the urge to begin a therapeutic journey? I am here to help! My goal is to assist you with your life goals and help you find a healthy way to process your past traumas so you can live out your best future. By utilizing an eclectic approach to therapy, I aim to provide a safe and supportive space where I can collaborate to help you reach your desired goals.

I am a therapist at Living Beyond It in Smithfield, NC. I have spent the past two decades working in the mental health and substance use field. I am accepting new youth and adult patients. My specialties are transition age youth (ages 14-24) and at risk populations. If you or your child are having difficulty with anxiety, depression, social relationships or life in general, I would love to help!
I am a therapist at Living Beyond It in Smithfield, NC. I have spent the past two decades working in the mental health and substance use field. I am accepting new youth and adult patients. My specialties are transition age youth (ages 14-24) and at risk populations. If you or your child are having difficulty with anxiety, depression, social relationships or life in general, I would love to help!

I have worked with a very diverse population and like to start with what my clients identify as their needs. Though I'm active and make observations and give guidance, I will quickly make it known to you that I want your feedback even if it is different from mine. This includes my work with adolescents and children as i know they are often reluctant with therapy yet want to be heard and this is how i join with them. Please think of your goals before coming in because this way you can determine if you are satisfied with my services. I am happy at this time to also offer Telepsych therapy sessions as an option
I have worked with a very diverse population and like to start with what my clients identify as their needs. Though I'm active and make observations and give guidance, I will quickly make it known to you that I want your feedback even if it is different from mine. This includes my work with adolescents and children as i know they are often reluctant with therapy yet want to be heard and this is how i join with them. Please think of your goals before coming in because this way you can determine if you are satisfied with my services. I am happy at this time to also offer Telepsych therapy sessions as an option

Hello! Finding the right therapist can make all the difference in coping with life's challenges. If you are looking for an interactive, caring therapist that genuinely wants to partner with you to achieve your goals, I would love to meet with you. My approach is personalized and strength-based; you can trust we will get busy working towards your goals right away. Please take a look at www.newsolutionscounseling-nc.com to learn more about services, and our counselors.
Hello! Finding the right therapist can make all the difference in coping with life's challenges. If you are looking for an interactive, caring therapist that genuinely wants to partner with you to achieve your goals, I would love to meet with you. My approach is personalized and strength-based; you can trust we will get busy working towards your goals right away. Please take a look at www.newsolutionscounseling-nc.com to learn more about services, and our counselors.

Patti Stapleton Bock
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, LCAS, TF-CBT
Verified Verified
Serves Area
I invite you to utilize my years of mental health/addictions education and experience, empowering you with highly effective and enduring therapy, resolving long term and recent issues that block your happiness and success. Adults, youths, couples and whole families are carefully taught needed skills and facilitated actual healing processes, step by step, to remedy thought distortions, repressed feelings and dysfunctional behaviors and attitudes that impair your relationships, socialization, work or school success. Treatment is customized in consideration of individual schedules, preferences, strengths, obstacles and goals for lasting growth and change. Christian counseling is available upon request.
I invite you to utilize my years of mental health/addictions education and experience, empowering you with highly effective and enduring therapy, resolving long term and recent issues that block your happiness and success. Adults, youths, couples and whole families are carefully taught needed skills and facilitated actual healing processes, step by step, to remedy thought distortions, repressed feelings and dysfunctional behaviors and attitudes that impair your relationships, socialization, work or school success. Treatment is customized in consideration of individual schedules, preferences, strengths, obstacles and goals for lasting growth and change. Christian counseling is available upon request.

Destiny Counseling Connection, PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Serves Area
I counsel children, adults and families. I'm a solutions based Christian Counselor that offers many specialties for those who are in need of counseling for Outpatient Behavioral Health Issues, Learning Disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and many other Disorders. Call for specific issues you are needing and we can help you determine if we treat your needs.
I counsel children, adults and families. I'm a solutions based Christian Counselor that offers many specialties for those who are in need of counseling for Outpatient Behavioral Health Issues, Learning Disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and many other Disorders. Call for specific issues you are needing and we can help you determine if we treat your needs.

Frances De Los Santos
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, MEd, LCMHCA
Verified Verified
Online Only
Do you sometimes worry if who you are is "wrong," stuck focusing on harmful messages or unrealistic expectations? Do you feel a little lost in who you are and what you want, then find thinking about it gets overwhelming? If there are times when life feels heavy or you feel like hiding away until you're "put together," you are not alone. It helps to have a space to put life's many complexities aside - to take the rules, systemic barriers, and needs of yourself and others, put them all down, breathe, and unpack. Looking for that space is a big step. I'm here to create that space with you.
Do you sometimes worry if who you are is "wrong," stuck focusing on harmful messages or unrealistic expectations? Do you feel a little lost in who you are and what you want, then find thinking about it gets overwhelming? If there are times when life feels heavy or you feel like hiding away until you're "put together," you are not alone. It helps to have a space to put life's many complexities aside - to take the rules, systemic barriers, and needs of yourself and others, put them all down, breathe, and unpack. Looking for that space is a big step. I'm here to create that space with you.

I am eager to work with you, your partner, and/or your family to guide you toward a more enlivened life. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota where I concentrated in Marriage and Family Therapy. I love to explore Family Systems, engage partners in couples counseling, and love working with individuals on personal growth issues. I am also an ordained pastor currently under call as a professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling with a specialty in Grief and Loss, Women's Emotional Health, Stress and Coping, Healthy Sexual Relations, Cultural Development and many other life concerns.
I am eager to work with you, your partner, and/or your family to guide you toward a more enlivened life. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota where I concentrated in Marriage and Family Therapy. I love to explore Family Systems, engage partners in couples counseling, and love working with individuals on personal growth issues. I am also an ordained pastor currently under call as a professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling with a specialty in Grief and Loss, Women's Emotional Health, Stress and Coping, Healthy Sexual Relations, Cultural Development and many other life concerns.

Katie Catton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Clayton, NC 27520
Not accepting new clients
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and am currently providing outpatient therapy virtually and in person in Clayton, NC. I received my Masters in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018, and my Masters in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2014. I have around 14 years of experience helping adults, teens and families in crisis. My passion lies with helping clients believe that no matter their past, they are worthy of love and a positive future.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and am currently providing outpatient therapy virtually and in person in Clayton, NC. I received my Masters in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018, and my Masters in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2014. I have around 14 years of experience helping adults, teens and families in crisis. My passion lies with helping clients believe that no matter their past, they are worthy of love and a positive future.
Online Therapists

Graduate of Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas; Training/Analyst (APsA); ABPsa as FABP; Associate Adj.
Psychoanalysis provides the most in-depth, long-lasting treatment. Ideal for the person who has tried medications and briefer therapies unsuccessfully. Like exercise and the violin, concentrated long work is required for lifelong growth in the ability to love, work and play, while containing suffering, loss and uncertainty. Quick fixes limited to a pill or briefer therapy, only if insurance pays, tend to be quite expensive long run. Psychoanalysis seeks to get at the underlying roots of problems and their meanings beginning in infancy and childhood, as they play out in the here and now of the therapy, and in recurrent problematic
Graduate of Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas; Training/Analyst (APsA); ABPsa as FABP; Associate Adj.
Psychoanalysis provides the most in-depth, long-lasting treatment. Ideal for the person who has tried medications and briefer therapies unsuccessfully. Like exercise and the violin, concentrated long work is required for lifelong growth in the ability to love, work and play, while containing suffering, loss and uncertainty. Quick fixes limited to a pill or briefer therapy, only if insurance pays, tend to be quite expensive long run. Psychoanalysis seeks to get at the underlying roots of problems and their meanings beginning in infancy and childhood, as they play out in the here and now of the therapy, and in recurrent problematic

Ricki L Geiger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
As a psychoanalytic relational psychotherapist coupled with a somatic and PolyVagal Theory lens, I specialize in healing childhood abuse/neglect, and trauma related stress and symptoms: shame, depression, loss of self, numbing, anxiety, self-destructive behavior, chronic grief and pain, attachment and trust issues, feeling helpless and hopeless.
With decades of professional and life experience; extensive knowledge about trauma theory, self psychology and psychoanalysis, we will navigate through feelings and symptoms, increasing your ability to better modulate difficult moments; fostering balance and healthier decision making. Individual , group psychotherapy; individual, group supervision.
As a psychoanalytic relational psychotherapist coupled with a somatic and PolyVagal Theory lens, I specialize in healing childhood abuse/neglect, and trauma related stress and symptoms: shame, depression, loss of self, numbing, anxiety, self-destructive behavior, chronic grief and pain, attachment and trust issues, feeling helpless and hopeless.
With decades of professional and life experience; extensive knowledge about trauma theory, self psychology and psychoanalysis, we will navigate through feelings and symptoms, increasing your ability to better modulate difficult moments; fostering balance and healthier decision making. Individual , group psychotherapy; individual, group supervision.

My approach to therapy is primarily psychoanalytic.
In addition to psychoanalytic therapy, I have received specialized training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), and Somatic Experiencing.
My approach to therapy is primarily psychoanalytic.
In addition to psychoanalytic therapy, I have received specialized training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), and Somatic Experiencing.

I provide a variety of treatments including CBT, EMDR, Emotion therapy, IPT, Grief, Trauma, Family Systems, Psychoanalytic-type analysis but do not work in a "programmed" way and work to blend the use of modalities with your life and we will decide that together.
Hello! Welcome - I work with adults, families, couples, first responders and leaders who are seeking both deep personal insight and practical solutions. Many of my clients are navigating stress, relationship challenges, trauma, life transitions, or the demands of high-pressure roles. I believe that understanding how the past shapes the present is key to meaningful growth, but I also focus on tangible strategies so clients move forward in ways that feel empowering and effective. My approach is warm, collaborative, strategic and insight-driven. I value deep connection with my clients and strive to create a comfortable place to grow.
I provide a variety of treatments including CBT, EMDR, Emotion therapy, IPT, Grief, Trauma, Family Systems, Psychoanalytic-type analysis but do not work in a "programmed" way and work to blend the use of modalities with your life and we will decide that together.
Hello! Welcome - I work with adults, families, couples, first responders and leaders who are seeking both deep personal insight and practical solutions. Many of my clients are navigating stress, relationship challenges, trauma, life transitions, or the demands of high-pressure roles. I believe that understanding how the past shapes the present is key to meaningful growth, but I also focus on tangible strategies so clients move forward in ways that feel empowering and effective. My approach is warm, collaborative, strategic and insight-driven. I value deep connection with my clients and strive to create a comfortable place to grow.

I also incorporate Psychoanalytic Theory, Compassionate Nonviolent Communication, Heart-Math Theory, Imago Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Mindfulness Practices, EMDR, and where requested, non-religious spiritual counseling, and more.
When your thoughts or actions do not match your feelings, or you find that certain relationships are a problem, it could be time to explore what hidden patterns might be impacting your life. Because you are always in relationship to those in your world, whether family, work, or with a significant other; it is important to find ways to calm overwhelming emotions, overcome negative feelings, develop effective communication skills and discover the real issues in your life. In a non-invasive therapy environment, together we will build permanent resources to support you in being who you truly want to be.
I also incorporate Psychoanalytic Theory, Compassionate Nonviolent Communication, Heart-Math Theory, Imago Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Mindfulness Practices, EMDR, and where requested, non-religious spiritual counseling, and more.
When your thoughts or actions do not match your feelings, or you find that certain relationships are a problem, it could be time to explore what hidden patterns might be impacting your life. Because you are always in relationship to those in your world, whether family, work, or with a significant other; it is important to find ways to calm overwhelming emotions, overcome negative feelings, develop effective communication skills and discover the real issues in your life. In a non-invasive therapy environment, together we will build permanent resources to support you in being who you truly want to be.

I believe in using a psychoanalytic approach to therapy, meaning our past makes up who we are today.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving North Carolina and Michigan. I have worked with various populations including people in crisis, depression, anxiety, ADHD, grief and loss and relationship problems. I work primarily with adults.
I believe in using a psychoanalytic approach to therapy, meaning our past makes up who we are today.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving North Carolina and Michigan. I have worked with various populations including people in crisis, depression, anxiety, ADHD, grief and loss and relationship problems. I work primarily with adults.

Rachel Garfield
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MA, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Apex, NC 27502
My work is grounded in Attachment/ Psychoanalytic theory to promote core level healing.
I see the positive in clients. I am dedicated to working with individuals who want to grow and heal. I do both long term, depth therapy as well as brief therapy with over 22 years experience. I have compassion for my client’s having recovered from a backbreaking horse fall many years ago and thrived! I look forward to helping you heal at the deepest level.
My work is grounded in Attachment/ Psychoanalytic theory to promote core level healing.
I see the positive in clients. I am dedicated to working with individuals who want to grow and heal. I do both long term, depth therapy as well as brief therapy with over 22 years experience. I have compassion for my client’s having recovered from a backbreaking horse fall many years ago and thrived! I look forward to helping you heal at the deepest level.
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.