Parenting Therapists in Pasquotank County, NC
Most therapists are good at what they do. They are caring, kind, compassionate, and capable. Most importantly, I hope you find those qualities in the person you are looking for, whether or not I am that person. I believe that what distinguishes me is my 25+ years of experience working with people across the lifespan, from all walks of life, and with many unique and not-so-unique histories, experiences, and concerns that they bring to therapy. My work is about helping people better understand how they got here, where they are at this point in their lives, and where they would like to get to.
Most therapists are good at what they do. They are caring, kind, compassionate, and capable. Most importantly, I hope you find those qualities in the person you are looking for, whether or not I am that person. I believe that what distinguishes me is my 25+ years of experience working with people across the lifespan, from all walks of life, and with many unique and not-so-unique histories, experiences, and concerns that they bring to therapy. My work is about helping people better understand how they got here, where they are at this point in their lives, and where they would like to get to.
La Keisha R. Lighty
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, LCAS
1 Endorsed
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
I have more than 30 years of experience working with, training, and advocating for individuals. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the States of North Carolina and Virginia, and a Licensed Independent Social Worker, Clinical Practitioner in the State of South Carolina. I provide mental health services to individuals, families, couples, and groups. I am also a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist Associate in the State of North Carolina, where I provide substance abuse services to individuals and groups. I currently provide services to adolescents as well as adults.
I have more than 30 years of experience working with, training, and advocating for individuals. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the States of North Carolina and Virginia, and a Licensed Independent Social Worker, Clinical Practitioner in the State of South Carolina. I provide mental health services to individuals, families, couples, and groups. I am also a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist Associate in the State of North Carolina, where I provide substance abuse services to individuals and groups. I currently provide services to adolescents as well as adults.
Kathryn Brown
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCMHC, NCC
1 Endorsed
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Waitlist for new clients
It's easy to feel disconnected from ourselves and our loved ones, leading to stress, anxiety, depression, and strained relationships. You might feel exhausted, trapped by the past or caught up in worries about the future. You're tired of questioning yourself and where you're headed. You're ready to feel at ease and confident in yourself. You want to break free from the past and THRIVE rather than just survive.
It's easy to feel disconnected from ourselves and our loved ones, leading to stress, anxiety, depression, and strained relationships. You might feel exhausted, trapped by the past or caught up in worries about the future. You're tired of questioning yourself and where you're headed. You're ready to feel at ease and confident in yourself. You want to break free from the past and THRIVE rather than just survive.
My ideal client is a teen or adult who feels emotionally overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by past experiences. They may struggle with mood changes, trauma, or life stressors and want a safe place to talk without judgment. They’re seeking understanding, emotional balance, and practical tools to feel more in control and hopeful about their future.
My ideal client is a teen or adult who feels emotionally overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by past experiences. They may struggle with mood changes, trauma, or life stressors and want a safe place to talk without judgment. They’re seeking understanding, emotional balance, and practical tools to feel more in control and hopeful about their future.
I believe therapy should feel welcoming, supportive, and safe—especially when you’re starting something new. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (LCSWA), I work with children, teens, and adults across North Carolina, offering virtual therapy in a calm and encouraging space.
I understand that seeking therapy can feel intimidating, whether it’s your first time or you’re returning after a break. My style is gentle, patient, and client-centered. I enjoy helping clients feel comfortable, heard, and supported as we work together to navigate emotions, challenges, and life transitions.
I believe therapy should feel welcoming, supportive, and safe—especially when you’re starting something new. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (LCSWA), I work with children, teens, and adults across North Carolina, offering virtual therapy in a calm and encouraging space.
I understand that seeking therapy can feel intimidating, whether it’s your first time or you’re returning after a break. My style is gentle, patient, and client-centered. I enjoy helping clients feel comfortable, heard, and supported as we work together to navigate emotions, challenges, and life transitions.
You’re someone carrying more than you show—maybe trauma, overwhelm, people-pleasing, or feeling disconnected from yourself. Are you experiencing life with a sense that you’ve been surviving instead of truly living? You want relief, clarity, and a way to feel whole again. You’re ready to understand your patterns, heal old wounds, move through relational conflict and feel more grounded in who you are. As you go through this journey, you are looking for a safe space where you can slow down, breathe, and finally move toward the life you’ve been wanting.
You’re someone carrying more than you show—maybe trauma, overwhelm, people-pleasing, or feeling disconnected from yourself. Are you experiencing life with a sense that you’ve been surviving instead of truly living? You want relief, clarity, and a way to feel whole again. You’re ready to understand your patterns, heal old wounds, move through relational conflict and feel more grounded in who you are. As you go through this journey, you are looking for a safe space where you can slow down, breathe, and finally move toward the life you’ve been wanting.
Here on the Outer Banks of NC, some of us comb the beach looking for bits of glass, that have been softened by time spent in tumultuous waters. Sea glass started out intact and then by some misfortune or someone's carelessness, ended up adrift and eventually broken at the bottom of the sea. Like sea glass, you, too, are a treasure, waiting to be found. Rather than feeling invisible, unimportant, or damaged, I can assist you in discovering who you really are-your inherent value, beauty and resilience. I have extensive training in the area of trauma treatment.
Here on the Outer Banks of NC, some of us comb the beach looking for bits of glass, that have been softened by time spent in tumultuous waters. Sea glass started out intact and then by some misfortune or someone's carelessness, ended up adrift and eventually broken at the bottom of the sea. Like sea glass, you, too, are a treasure, waiting to be found. Rather than feeling invisible, unimportant, or damaged, I can assist you in discovering who you really are-your inherent value, beauty and resilience. I have extensive training in the area of trauma treatment.
I view everyone from a “whole person” perspective and attend to their needs in various areas to increase self-awareness and capability. Each person has a unique history that plays a role in their beliefs and how they engage in the world around them. I believe the therapeutic relationship is an essential part of helping my clients reach their goals. I provide a safe and comfortable atmosphere and would love to help you unload your backpack of stress and challenges so that you may enjoy your journey through life.
I view everyone from a “whole person” perspective and attend to their needs in various areas to increase self-awareness and capability. Each person has a unique history that plays a role in their beliefs and how they engage in the world around them. I believe the therapeutic relationship is an essential part of helping my clients reach their goals. I provide a safe and comfortable atmosphere and would love to help you unload your backpack of stress and challenges so that you may enjoy your journey through life.
It takes a lot of courage to acknowledge that you are wanting or needing help and then acting on that decision. It's a decision people usually make when they feel like they are in crisis or stuck in a relationship, job, or some other situation. Making this decision is a step towards change, because you are acknowledging that you want or need something in your life to go in a different direction. I provide individual and couple therapy with a focus on building healthy connections with ourselves and others. I also emphasize healthy relationships between our mind, body and spirit to develop and strengthen our authentic selves.
It takes a lot of courage to acknowledge that you are wanting or needing help and then acting on that decision. It's a decision people usually make when they feel like they are in crisis or stuck in a relationship, job, or some other situation. Making this decision is a step towards change, because you are acknowledging that you want or need something in your life to go in a different direction. I provide individual and couple therapy with a focus on building healthy connections with ourselves and others. I also emphasize healthy relationships between our mind, body and spirit to develop and strengthen our authentic selves.
I work with those experiencing depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, marital issues, parenting issues, career indecision, behavioral problems, and more.
I am the owner & founder of Peaceful Waters Counseling & Wellness Center in Moyock, NC--just across the VA border. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), & Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC). I am also a Certified Traumatologist & SYMBIS Instructor. I specialize in a variety of issues & disorders.
I work with those experiencing depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, marital issues, parenting issues, career indecision, behavioral problems, and more.
I am the owner & founder of Peaceful Waters Counseling & Wellness Center in Moyock, NC--just across the VA border. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), & Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC). I am also a Certified Traumatologist & SYMBIS Instructor. I specialize in a variety of issues & disorders.
Life is hard! Has trauma, developmental challenges, or the unexpected you feeling stuck, powerless, and alone? Together, we can rediscover hope and work on creating a path forward.
Life is hard! Has trauma, developmental challenges, or the unexpected you feeling stuck, powerless, and alone? Together, we can rediscover hope and work on creating a path forward.
I am a marriage and family therapist dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families build stronger, more meaningful relationships. With a warm and empathetic approach, I create a supportive space where clients feel heard and understood. I work collaboratively to navigate challenges, improve communication, and foster lasting growth, helping clients move toward healthier connections and more fulfilling lives using evidenced based modalities.
I am a marriage and family therapist dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families build stronger, more meaningful relationships. With a warm and empathetic approach, I create a supportive space where clients feel heard and understood. I work collaboratively to navigate challenges, improve communication, and foster lasting growth, helping clients move toward healthier connections and more fulfilling lives using evidenced based modalities.
No matter what life brings you, treatment can bring you "home." All walks of life and all experiences are unique, so your treatment will be tailored to fit for you. Direction, support, guidance and healing available now.
No matter what life brings you, treatment can bring you "home." All walks of life and all experiences are unique, so your treatment will be tailored to fit for you. Direction, support, guidance and healing available now.
Online Therapists
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re carrying something heavy, and you're looking for a place to set it down. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, past trauma, low motivation, performance pressure, or difficult life transitions, you don’t have to go through it alone. I’m here to walk alongside you with empathy, clarity, and real-world tools to help you move forward.
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re carrying something heavy, and you're looking for a place to set it down. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, past trauma, low motivation, performance pressure, or difficult life transitions, you don’t have to go through it alone. I’m here to walk alongside you with empathy, clarity, and real-world tools to help you move forward.
Are you a mom trying to juggle the responsibilities at home, life changes, along with building your career? Dealing with these struggles sometimes make you feel like you can’t handle it all, and you’re losing yourself. Well, I am a single mom who gets it. Here at Renewed Way of Thinking, PLLC, we can look at how to juggle it all and give ourselves permission that some of the things we are juggling will fall, and that’s okay. Even if you are a father, young man or woman without children facing these challenges, we are here to help.
Are you a mom trying to juggle the responsibilities at home, life changes, along with building your career? Dealing with these struggles sometimes make you feel like you can’t handle it all, and you’re losing yourself. Well, I am a single mom who gets it. Here at Renewed Way of Thinking, PLLC, we can look at how to juggle it all and give ourselves permission that some of the things we are juggling will fall, and that’s okay. Even if you are a father, young man or woman without children facing these challenges, we are here to help.
Resiliency is a word that gets thrown around a lot. But what does it really mean? For most of us it is about recovering quickly from adversity and learning new skills to keep moving forward. Resiliency is the key to better social, physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It is also the result of positive relationships; optimistic realism; self-compassion; healthy coping skills; emotional intelligence; and finding meaning and purpose in life. Therapy is one tool for building resiliency and getting you to where you want to be.
Resiliency is a word that gets thrown around a lot. But what does it really mean? For most of us it is about recovering quickly from adversity and learning new skills to keep moving forward. Resiliency is the key to better social, physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It is also the result of positive relationships; optimistic realism; self-compassion; healthy coping skills; emotional intelligence; and finding meaning and purpose in life. Therapy is one tool for building resiliency and getting you to where you want to be.
Thinking about therapy? Wondering if it will be helpful? Worried you might be judged? These are all normal to feel when starting or thinking about starting therapy. I don’t know if I will be the right match for you, but you won’t know unless you give it a try. I will work to listen and understand you, without judgement, so that we can work together to bring about change and enhance your well-being.
Thinking about therapy? Wondering if it will be helpful? Worried you might be judged? These are all normal to feel when starting or thinking about starting therapy. I don’t know if I will be the right match for you, but you won’t know unless you give it a try. I will work to listen and understand you, without judgement, so that we can work together to bring about change and enhance your well-being.
Allison A Brodeur, MS, LMFT, PLLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT, PLLC
Greenville, NC 27834
Waitlist for new clients
I have specifically focused on postpartum depression, depression, anxiety, grief, loss, medical issues, eating disorders, body image, marital stress/discord, parenting, blending families, divorce, life stressors, and trauma.
I have been in practice for almost 30 years, which seems like yesterday to me, in so many ways. I originally began working as an independent contractor with a large medical group, and had the privilege of working with amazing clients going through all phases of life. I worked specifically in an OBGYN office setting seeing individuals, couples, and families who were referred after visiting their physician and discussing a need for a referral.
I have specifically focused on postpartum depression, depression, anxiety, grief, loss, medical issues, eating disorders, body image, marital stress/discord, parenting, blending families, divorce, life stressors, and trauma.
I have been in practice for almost 30 years, which seems like yesterday to me, in so many ways. I originally began working as an independent contractor with a large medical group, and had the privilege of working with amazing clients going through all phases of life. I worked specifically in an OBGYN office setting seeing individuals, couples, and families who were referred after visiting their physician and discussing a need for a referral.
Hello! Are you challenged by anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, life transitions, or history of difficult experiences and you are seeking support to navigate life’s complexities? Do you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about your next steps? Do you desire to understand yourself better, explore healthy ways to deal with day-to-day stress, and regain control of your life? Would you like to feel more grounded, confident, and resilient in facing life's challenges? Are you seeking to develop a deeper sense of well-being, peace, and self-worth? If so, we could be a good fit to work together!
Hello! Are you challenged by anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, life transitions, or history of difficult experiences and you are seeking support to navigate life’s complexities? Do you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about your next steps? Do you desire to understand yourself better, explore healthy ways to deal with day-to-day stress, and regain control of your life? Would you like to feel more grounded, confident, and resilient in facing life's challenges? Are you seeking to develop a deeper sense of well-being, peace, and self-worth? If so, we could be a good fit to work together!
Keisha Ward
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MA, LCMHC, NCC
2 Endorsed
Rocky Mount, NC 27803
I am certified in Brainspotting, TF-CBT, Grief and trained in EMDR,DBT, CBT, EFT, CPT and Triple P ( parenting program).
One Christmas season it had rained a lot. I attempted to circle my yard with my car to slide out of my drive way, and I got stuck. The more I tried to get out the more stuck I became. Finally, I had to do what I was dreading and call a tow truck to get me out of my own yard! Well, sometimes in life, we get stuck in our own mud, and we have to call help to get us out.
I am certified in Brainspotting, TF-CBT, Grief and trained in EMDR,DBT, CBT, EFT, CPT and Triple P ( parenting program).
One Christmas season it had rained a lot. I attempted to circle my yard with my car to slide out of my drive way, and I got stuck. The more I tried to get out the more stuck I became. Finally, I had to do what I was dreading and call a tow truck to get me out of my own yard! Well, sometimes in life, we get stuck in our own mud, and we have to call help to get us out.
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Parenting Therapists
What does therapy for parenting look like?
Therapists may work with parents individually, together, or include the whole family to find solutions for the problems a parent faces. Many parent-based therapies work on a parent’s relationship with their children, problem-solving within the family, and analysis of family dynamics. Therapy conducted remotely by video may be helpful in allowing a therapist to observe how families interact in their own homes.
When should a parent seek therapy?
When behavioral problems begin to disrupt the healthy functioning of a family, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If parents find that children are acting out in school, have started using drugs or alcohol, have developed eating disorders, or other similar red flags, a therapist may be able to help.
How long does therapy take for parenting problems?
Depending on the severity of a family’s challenges and the type of treatment utilized, therapy for parenting can last from weeks to months. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a pragmatic therapy type that can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. Structural family therapy, which inspects family dynamics, often takes several months. Parent-child interaction therapy is typically shorter-term, lasting between 10 and 20 sessions. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
Can therapy help parents dealing with burnout or stress?
Parenting is difficult. Parents may dismiss or conceal feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, or escape ideation—imagining withdrawing from their parental obligations altogether. but left unattended, these feelings can have negative effects on the whole family. A therapist can help parents work on the skills they might need to better cope with the burdens of parenting and help them be the best parents they can be.