Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) Therapists in Wilkes County, NC
I have a background in residential, community, and private practice settings. I believe in empowering individuals and families to overcome personal obstacles to improve their lives and well being because I believe in the power of whole body health. Using clinically tested and evidenced-based interventions, I have over 15 years of experience holistic mental health and wellness treatment. I am is a licensed mental health counselor and qualified substance abuse professional with specializations in integrated health issues, trauma informed treatment, anxiety, life transitions, and mood related concerns.
I have a background in residential, community, and private practice settings. I believe in empowering individuals and families to overcome personal obstacles to improve their lives and well being because I believe in the power of whole body health. Using clinically tested and evidenced-based interventions, I have over 15 years of experience holistic mental health and wellness treatment. I am is a licensed mental health counselor and qualified substance abuse professional with specializations in integrated health issues, trauma informed treatment, anxiety, life transitions, and mood related concerns.
Suicidality and depression can be incredibly difficult to cope with. These struggles can lead to feelings of hopelessness, despair, and isolation. No one should have to feel alone during this time. If you have felt alone for far too long, let's take the first step together.
Suicidality and depression can be incredibly difficult to cope with. These struggles can lead to feelings of hopelessness, despair, and isolation. No one should have to feel alone during this time. If you have felt alone for far too long, let's take the first step together.
Mindfulness and present moment awareness is incorporated into moving forward as we work together.
My therapeutic style and approach draw from a variety of therapeutic theories including client centered, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral, and reality therapy. I want to meet you where you are, and together we will find the approach that works best for you. Whatever brought you here, let us work together to get you to the next steps along your journey.
Mindfulness and present moment awareness is incorporated into moving forward as we work together.
My therapeutic style and approach draw from a variety of therapeutic theories including client centered, mindfulness, cognitive behavioral, and reality therapy. I want to meet you where you are, and together we will find the approach that works best for you. Whatever brought you here, let us work together to get you to the next steps along your journey.
Are you trying to navigate grief, life transitions, relationship challenges or maybe just not feeling like yourself? Are you dealing with difficult people in your life? Do you want to set boundaries but have no idea where to start? I am ready to come alongside you to provide support on your journey towards growth and healing. Healing and change can feel daunting, but you don’t have to do it alone. Searching for a therapist can be a challenging and confusing process. I am eager to answer any questions you may have. I am committed to working with you collaboratively and above all providing a space where you feel safe, seen and heard.
Are you trying to navigate grief, life transitions, relationship challenges or maybe just not feeling like yourself? Are you dealing with difficult people in your life? Do you want to set boundaries but have no idea where to start? I am ready to come alongside you to provide support on your journey towards growth and healing. Healing and change can feel daunting, but you don’t have to do it alone. Searching for a therapist can be a challenging and confusing process. I am eager to answer any questions you may have. I am committed to working with you collaboratively and above all providing a space where you feel safe, seen and heard.
Lexie Danner Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LCMHC, NCC
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
I believe we each possess the resources necessary to meet the challenges we are presented in life. Resources are those things, actions, qualities, faculties, and relationships we can draw upon for aid in times of need. Through a mutual relationship built on trust and transparency, we will explore where you are now, where you want to go, and how you might get there.
I believe we each possess the resources necessary to meet the challenges we are presented in life. Resources are those things, actions, qualities, faculties, and relationships we can draw upon for aid in times of need. Through a mutual relationship built on trust and transparency, we will explore where you are now, where you want to go, and how you might get there.
Sarah Holloway
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSWA
3 Endorsed
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
Every flower needs both sunshine and rain to grow. Like flowers, I believe that our growth relies on our darkest days as much as it does our happiest. My goal is to assist clients in celebrating the sunshine and navigating through the rain.
Every flower needs both sunshine and rain to grow. Like flowers, I believe that our growth relies on our darkest days as much as it does our happiest. My goal is to assist clients in celebrating the sunshine and navigating through the rain.
Online Therapists
My career as a counselor began in 1997;however, I was certified. I have returned to the University of Lenoir Rhyne College and now have a Masters in Mental Health Counseling. I am dually licensed mental health and substance abuse. Personally, I believe counseling has a stigma, unwarranted. Everyone needs help during difficult times in our life and I am speaking from experience. After my mother died, I felt a sense of loss and desperation. I realized in healing it was something I couldn't do alone. I am thankful for my grief counselor. Now I hope to provide the same refuge for anyone hurting. Please try! I will help!
My career as a counselor began in 1997;however, I was certified. I have returned to the University of Lenoir Rhyne College and now have a Masters in Mental Health Counseling. I am dually licensed mental health and substance abuse. Personally, I believe counseling has a stigma, unwarranted. Everyone needs help during difficult times in our life and I am speaking from experience. After my mother died, I felt a sense of loss and desperation. I realized in healing it was something I couldn't do alone. I am thankful for my grief counselor. Now I hope to provide the same refuge for anyone hurting. Please try! I will help!
Living with chronic health conditions, pain, or the emotional weight of caregiving can feel overwhelming and isolating. You may be grieving changes in your body, your independence, or the life you once expected. You don’t have to navigate that alone.
I specialize in supporting older adults, individuals living with chronic illness or chronic pain, and caregivers experiencing burnout or emotional strain. My goal is to provide a compassionate, supportive space where you feel heard, understood, and respected — while we work together to help you move toward greater peace, resilience, and meaning.
Living with chronic health conditions, pain, or the emotional weight of caregiving can feel overwhelming and isolating. You may be grieving changes in your body, your independence, or the life you once expected. You don’t have to navigate that alone.
I specialize in supporting older adults, individuals living with chronic illness or chronic pain, and caregivers experiencing burnout or emotional strain. My goal is to provide a compassionate, supportive space where you feel heard, understood, and respected — while we work together to help you move toward greater peace, resilience, and meaning.
You have been the strong one for so long you don't remember what it feels like to put yourself first you're tired, not just physically but in your soul, tired of holding it all together while quietly unraveling inside. You want peace that last not just a break. You want to stop second-guessing yourself, set boundaries without guilt and feel emotionally safe not just functional together. Together we will quiet the inner critic, soften survival patterns, and help you feel at home in yourself again. It's time to return to the softer true version of you.
You have been the strong one for so long you don't remember what it feels like to put yourself first you're tired, not just physically but in your soul, tired of holding it all together while quietly unraveling inside. You want peace that last not just a break. You want to stop second-guessing yourself, set boundaries without guilt and feel emotionally safe not just functional together. Together we will quiet the inner critic, soften survival patterns, and help you feel at home in yourself again. It's time to return to the softer true version of you.
Hi, I am Allison Adcock. I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina. I specialize in substance use, addiction, and eating disorders. I take a client-centered, values-based approach when conducting therapy and work with clients to set goals based on their core values, needs, and wants. I treat ages 13+, male, female, and non-binary individuals. Conditions within my scope include depression, anxiety, substance use and addiction, and eating disorders. I also have experience treating individuals with mood and adjustment disorders.
Hi, I am Allison Adcock. I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina. I specialize in substance use, addiction, and eating disorders. I take a client-centered, values-based approach when conducting therapy and work with clients to set goals based on their core values, needs, and wants. I treat ages 13+, male, female, and non-binary individuals. Conditions within my scope include depression, anxiety, substance use and addiction, and eating disorders. I also have experience treating individuals with mood and adjustment disorders.
I use CBT, mindfulness, grounding skills, and emotional regulation tools to help clients understand patterns, manage distress, and build coping skills they feel confident using outside of session.
Many of my clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or tired of carrying everything alone. You might be dealing with anxiety, stress, trauma, depression, grief, or life changes leaving you stuck or unsure where to begin. I offer a steady, supportive space where you feel heard, understood, and able to make sense of what you are experiencing.
I use CBT, mindfulness, grounding skills, and emotional regulation tools to help clients understand patterns, manage distress, and build coping skills they feel confident using outside of session.
Many of my clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or tired of carrying everything alone. You might be dealing with anxiety, stress, trauma, depression, grief, or life changes leaving you stuck or unsure where to begin. I offer a steady, supportive space where you feel heard, understood, and able to make sense of what you are experiencing.
Emily Ortiz Badalamente
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Winston Salem, NC 27103
Waitlist for new clients
As a therapist, I enjoy working with individuals who are seeking change in their life, whether that comes through change of circumstance or change of mindset. I understand that change and growth can often be uncomfortable, but necessary. By working with me, you can expect a safe and compassionate place to explore current and past difficulties, process emotions, and work towards wellbeing. I enjoy working with adults who are seeking support in navigating life transitions, processing trauma, managing anxiety, and those working through self-esteem or sex and intimacy concerns.
As a therapist, I enjoy working with individuals who are seeking change in their life, whether that comes through change of circumstance or change of mindset. I understand that change and growth can often be uncomfortable, but necessary. By working with me, you can expect a safe and compassionate place to explore current and past difficulties, process emotions, and work towards wellbeing. I enjoy working with adults who are seeking support in navigating life transitions, processing trauma, managing anxiety, and those working through self-esteem or sex and intimacy concerns.
I draw from primary treatment modalities of Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral, Dialectical Behavioral, Solution Focused, Psychodynamic and Existential Theories.
I specialize in helping clients to find balance with depression, anxiety and issues related to anger, and I try to assist with cognitively restructuring thoughts and feelings that may be causing exaggerated emotional response, and gain insight into emotional and physical experience, to find emotional balance, peace, increased self-esteem.
I draw from primary treatment modalities of Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral, Dialectical Behavioral, Solution Focused, Psychodynamic and Existential Theories.
I specialize in helping clients to find balance with depression, anxiety and issues related to anger, and I try to assist with cognitively restructuring thoughts and feelings that may be causing exaggerated emotional response, and gain insight into emotional and physical experience, to find emotional balance, peace, increased self-esteem.
Denise C Johnson
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, LCAS, LPC, CCMHC, NCC
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Are you someone who looks like you have it all together—but privately struggles with anxiety, burnout, stress, or alcohol use? You may identify as “high-functioning,” yet feel overwhelmed by overthinking, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or emotional exhaustion. On the outside, you’re capable and dependable. On the inside, you’re exhausted.
I specialize in helping adults break free from anxiety, alcohol dependence, burnout, and emotional overwhelm so they can feel grounded, confident, and in control again. Therapy with me is compassionate, practical, and focused on real, sustainable change.
Are you someone who looks like you have it all together—but privately struggles with anxiety, burnout, stress, or alcohol use? You may identify as “high-functioning,” yet feel overwhelmed by overthinking, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or emotional exhaustion. On the outside, you’re capable and dependable. On the inside, you’re exhausted.
I specialize in helping adults break free from anxiety, alcohol dependence, burnout, and emotional overwhelm so they can feel grounded, confident, and in control again. Therapy with me is compassionate, practical, and focused on real, sustainable change.
I use a mix of modalities such as Acceptance Commitment Therapy, motivational interviewing techniques, mindfulness, harm reduction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Hey there, I'm Kait, and I'm really glad you're here. My goal with every session is to meet my clients where they are and walk side by side through the mud until we reach their end goal.
While I know first hand how hard starting this process can be, you won't face it alone. We'll use a collaborative approach to explore, challenge, and break free from whatever it is that has you feeling stuck.
In this process, I'll draw from ACT, motivational interviewing, CBT, and DBT approaches- depending on what the moment calls for. I know it sounds a little scary, but therapy can bring clarity; no matter where the chaos comes from.
I use a mix of modalities such as Acceptance Commitment Therapy, motivational interviewing techniques, mindfulness, harm reduction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Hey there, I'm Kait, and I'm really glad you're here. My goal with every session is to meet my clients where they are and walk side by side through the mud until we reach their end goal.
While I know first hand how hard starting this process can be, you won't face it alone. We'll use a collaborative approach to explore, challenge, and break free from whatever it is that has you feeling stuck.
In this process, I'll draw from ACT, motivational interviewing, CBT, and DBT approaches- depending on what the moment calls for. I know it sounds a little scary, but therapy can bring clarity; no matter where the chaos comes from.
I use an integrative approach to therapy inspired by a variety of evidence based practices, including, but not limited to, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solution focused therapy, and mindfulness.
I am licensed to practice therapy in PA and NC. My areas of interest include working with people dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, and relational issues. In our first session, we will work together to identify and establish your goals, and to provide you with hope and an action plan. Therapy from a Christian perspective is available upon request.
I use an integrative approach to therapy inspired by a variety of evidence based practices, including, but not limited to, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solution focused therapy, and mindfulness.
I am licensed to practice therapy in PA and NC. My areas of interest include working with people dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, and relational issues. In our first session, we will work together to identify and establish your goals, and to provide you with hope and an action plan. Therapy from a Christian perspective is available upon request.
I am a therapist specializing in individual, couples and group therapy, with an emphasis on a multicultural approach to counseling, and well-being. I am the owner/licensed psychologist of Balanced Mindset Counseling and Psychological Services, PLLC, in Charlotte, NC. I am an experienced Mental Health Administrator and Licensed Psychologist with a demonstrated history of working in both the higher education industry and private clinical practice. I have worked in the areas of college student mental health, clinical administration, cultural competency, diversity and inclusion, performance and motivation, and social justice.
I am a therapist specializing in individual, couples and group therapy, with an emphasis on a multicultural approach to counseling, and well-being. I am the owner/licensed psychologist of Balanced Mindset Counseling and Psychological Services, PLLC, in Charlotte, NC. I am an experienced Mental Health Administrator and Licensed Psychologist with a demonstrated history of working in both the higher education industry and private clinical practice. I have worked in the areas of college student mental health, clinical administration, cultural competency, diversity and inclusion, performance and motivation, and social justice.
If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, symptoms related to trauma, adjustment issues, drug and/or alcohol addictions; you deserve to receive the help you need. Anyone can benefit from therapeutic support to reach their goals for their mental health.
If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, symptoms related to trauma, adjustment issues, drug and/or alcohol addictions; you deserve to receive the help you need. Anyone can benefit from therapeutic support to reach their goals for their mental health.
Are you feeling stuck? Having a difficult time in your life? Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or lonely? Struggling with a major loss or trauma? Having trouble connecting with your loved one? Working together, we can bring about new understanding, hope, and change to your situation. I am committed to providing a safe, supportive space for open exploration that can lead to new perspectives, skills, and strategies for positive change. I want to help you feel resilient, empowered, and capable of making meaningful changes in your life and relationships.
Are you feeling stuck? Having a difficult time in your life? Feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or lonely? Struggling with a major loss or trauma? Having trouble connecting with your loved one? Working together, we can bring about new understanding, hope, and change to your situation. I am committed to providing a safe, supportive space for open exploration that can lead to new perspectives, skills, and strategies for positive change. I want to help you feel resilient, empowered, and capable of making meaningful changes in your life and relationships.
Elizabeth Poplin
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MA, LCAS, LCMHC
4 Endorsed
Charlotte, NC 28210
We all have had experiences in our lives that have made us feel overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, alone or even broken. These experiences have caused a conflict within ourselves and have expanded to important areas of our lives. Adapting to these feelings is a challenge and reaching out for help is even more challenging. The key to healing, both emotional and psychological, is creating a relationship with ourselves and others that helps foster compassion and hope. Change is a process but taking this journey with someone, in a safe and non-judgmental space, allows for the mind to start the healing process.
We all have had experiences in our lives that have made us feel overwhelmed, depressed, anxious, alone or even broken. These experiences have caused a conflict within ourselves and have expanded to important areas of our lives. Adapting to these feelings is a challenge and reaching out for help is even more challenging. The key to healing, both emotional and psychological, is creating a relationship with ourselves and others that helps foster compassion and hope. Change is a process but taking this journey with someone, in a safe and non-judgmental space, allows for the mind to start the healing process.
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Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) Therapists
How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy work?
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy originated in the work of John Kabat-Zinn of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He developed mindfulness-based stress reduction, which is a technique found in yoga and meditation. MBCT is a combination of this type of stress reduction and cognitive behavioral therapy; it essentially quiets emotional distress through mindfulness, utilizing proper breathing and meditation. These techniques aim to bring the individual into the present moment when in a state of distress.
When do I know if I need treatment with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy?
If an individual’s mind is filled with emotional distress and general negativity, the person may feel trapped. A mindfulness-based cognitive therapist can help a person change their thinking patterns as well as their behavior through calm acceptance and compassion. This therapy can provide an individual with the coping skills needed for a healthier and more constructive life.
What should I expect from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy?
This therapy often takes place in group sessions. A therapist will work with the group as well as with each individual. Meditation and breathing exercises are core practices that aim to invite inquiry and discovery into a person’s troubled mental state. The objective is to identify and lessen negative thoughts and behaviors and move toward optimal health and productivity. The individual will see life in a more realistic way. This therapy is supportive, accepting, and warm.
Is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy effective?
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is evidence-based and effective. One study found that people with major depressive disorder have benefitted from this type of therapy; the person accepts their distressed thoughts and also moves into healthier patterns of thinking. This therapy also aims to move an individual away from automatic negative responses. This type of therapy can bring a person lifelong change, with higher levels of satisfaction, less stress, as well as positive emotional and behavioral habits.