Veterans Therapists in Union County, OH
I have extensive experience working with LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, Military Service Members & Veterans.
I'm experienced in therapies that are conversational in style and designed to be geared to you as an individual. These include Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and Crisis Response Planning.
I have extensive experience working with LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, Military Service Members & Veterans.
I'm experienced in therapies that are conversational in style and designed to be geared to you as an individual. These include Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and Crisis Response Planning.
It is my honor to walk alongside my clients through some of the most difficult things they face on their journey to healing. We all develop emotional stuck points that hold us back from mental and emotional health. There is hope! Brain based therapy is one of the best answers to these stuck points. I am an EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapist offering intensives. I work from an attachment based, trauma informed perspective for healing.
It is my honor to walk alongside my clients through some of the most difficult things they face on their journey to healing. We all develop emotional stuck points that hold us back from mental and emotional health. There is hope! Brain based therapy is one of the best answers to these stuck points. I am an EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapist offering intensives. I work from an attachment based, trauma informed perspective for healing.
Discounted sessions are offered for students/educators/ military/farmers (including retired).
For those looking for a partner in resolving the emotional, relational, and behavioral issues that interfere with fulfilling one’s life goals, I draw from your strengths and meet you where you are without judgement. My clients describe me as friendly, open-minded, and positive. While I'm a LPC and CWC (Certified Wellness Counselor) and Nat'l Certified Counselor (NCC), I'm a retired OSU clinical researcher, a former educator (33yrs), have a PhD in STEM, and have 50+ years of life-experiences. I have my own private practice, Red Apple Counseling and Consultation, giving flexibility to work around your schedule. I'm here for you.
Discounted sessions are offered for students/educators/ military/farmers (including retired).
For those looking for a partner in resolving the emotional, relational, and behavioral issues that interfere with fulfilling one’s life goals, I draw from your strengths and meet you where you are without judgement. My clients describe me as friendly, open-minded, and positive. While I'm a LPC and CWC (Certified Wellness Counselor) and Nat'l Certified Counselor (NCC), I'm a retired OSU clinical researcher, a former educator (33yrs), have a PhD in STEM, and have 50+ years of life-experiences. I have my own private practice, Red Apple Counseling and Consultation, giving flexibility to work around your schedule. I'm here for you.
Acceptance, compassion, empathy, and understanding are the foundations of my practice. As a psychologist, I feel honored to join my clients in their journey of life and self-exploration. Through my therapy, I strive to facilitate healing, growth, discovery, and insights. I am an active participant in your sessions and we will work collaboratively to help you achieve your therapeutic goals.
Acceptance, compassion, empathy, and understanding are the foundations of my practice. As a psychologist, I feel honored to join my clients in their journey of life and self-exploration. Through my therapy, I strive to facilitate healing, growth, discovery, and insights. I am an active participant in your sessions and we will work collaboratively to help you achieve your therapeutic goals.
For more than a decade I have been counseling clients with a variety of mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual health struggles from a wide spectrum of personalities and life experiences. Each counseling experience brings challenges and victories. I consider it an honor and privilege to come alongside individuals or couples in need- to help in the healing process through processing trauma, identifying and replacing harmful and self-sabotaging patterns of behavior with restorative ones, providing mediation and advocacy, and offering compassion and accountability.
For more than a decade I have been counseling clients with a variety of mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual health struggles from a wide spectrum of personalities and life experiences. Each counseling experience brings challenges and victories. I consider it an honor and privilege to come alongside individuals or couples in need- to help in the healing process through processing trauma, identifying and replacing harmful and self-sabotaging patterns of behavior with restorative ones, providing mediation and advocacy, and offering compassion and accountability.
I specialize in trauma, depression, and anxiety, working with veterans, first responders, hospital workers, and women.
Do you feel weighed down by memories that won’t let go, anxiety that keeps your body on high alert, or the pressure to hold it all together when you’re running on empty? Maybe you’ve spent years serving others—whether on the frontlines, in the hospital, or at home—yet inside you feel exhausted, disconnected, or stuck. You may long for peace, balance, and a way to trust yourself again. Together, we can untangle the pain of past experiences, calm the overwhelm, and build tools that help you feel grounded, resilient, and able to thrive instead of just survive.
I specialize in trauma, depression, and anxiety, working with veterans, first responders, hospital workers, and women.
Do you feel weighed down by memories that won’t let go, anxiety that keeps your body on high alert, or the pressure to hold it all together when you’re running on empty? Maybe you’ve spent years serving others—whether on the frontlines, in the hospital, or at home—yet inside you feel exhausted, disconnected, or stuck. You may long for peace, balance, and a way to trust yourself again. Together, we can untangle the pain of past experiences, calm the overwhelm, and build tools that help you feel grounded, resilient, and able to thrive instead of just survive.
I want to share a goal with my clients to create a partnership where clients feel empowered for growth, healing, and positive change. Although I have a traditional office setting offered year round, for those who are interested in a new approach to problem solving, I offer an alternative approach to traditional counseling by linking clients with horses during their sessions. Equine Assisted Counseling or equine assisted therapy, incorporates horses into families, and individual counseling sessions to facilitate emotional growth and learning.
I want to share a goal with my clients to create a partnership where clients feel empowered for growth, healing, and positive change. Although I have a traditional office setting offered year round, for those who are interested in a new approach to problem solving, I offer an alternative approach to traditional counseling by linking clients with horses during their sessions. Equine Assisted Counseling or equine assisted therapy, incorporates horses into families, and individual counseling sessions to facilitate emotional growth and learning.
At ICFT, we see people who have tried everything and have made the courageous decision to admit they need some help. For example, couples that want to stop arguing and find the joy in their relationship. Parents that want to stop being irritated and gain new skills to help their children succeed. Families that need help navigating a path toward healing. Nothing is more frustrating than trying really hard and still feeling like the particular problem is not getting better. At ICFT, we help our clients learn new approaches, so they don't simply try hard, but actually see progress.
At ICFT, we see people who have tried everything and have made the courageous decision to admit they need some help. For example, couples that want to stop arguing and find the joy in their relationship. Parents that want to stop being irritated and gain new skills to help their children succeed. Families that need help navigating a path toward healing. Nothing is more frustrating than trying really hard and still feeling like the particular problem is not getting better. At ICFT, we help our clients learn new approaches, so they don't simply try hard, but actually see progress.
Online Therapists
Women carry more than most people ever see. We show up, hold it together, and push through while quietly managing stress layered over old pain. We are overfunctioning, doing too much, while appearing composed on the outside, yet privately navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, loss, shame, and the pressure to be everything for everyone. Somehow caught in our minds between not being enough and also being too much, stuck in our pain. Our therapy work together can be a space where you do not have to perform strength or minimize your pain, and where your experience is deeply and compassionately centered.
Women carry more than most people ever see. We show up, hold it together, and push through while quietly managing stress layered over old pain. We are overfunctioning, doing too much, while appearing composed on the outside, yet privately navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, loss, shame, and the pressure to be everything for everyone. Somehow caught in our minds between not being enough and also being too much, stuck in our pain. Our therapy work together can be a space where you do not have to perform strength or minimize your pain, and where your experience is deeply and compassionately centered.
Welcome! I'm Darrell, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 25 years of experience in community mental health. As a U.S. Army veteran, I understand the unique challenges faced by individuals and couples navigating life's complexities. My approach is grounded in empathy, respect, and a commitment to creating healing and growth.
I work with adults and older adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and life transitions.
Welcome! I'm Darrell, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 25 years of experience in community mental health. As a U.S. Army veteran, I understand the unique challenges faced by individuals and couples navigating life's complexities. My approach is grounded in empathy, respect, and a commitment to creating healing and growth.
I work with adults and older adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and life transitions.
Immediate availability!
I am passionate about people! Whether a client is experiencing grief from a personal loss, divorce, or going through a new stage in life, I create a safe space for open communication. I specialize in aiding with life transitions, resolving family conflicts, navigating marital challenges, and overcoming anxiety and depression.
Immediate availability!
I am passionate about people! Whether a client is experiencing grief from a personal loss, divorce, or going through a new stage in life, I create a safe space for open communication. I specialize in aiding with life transitions, resolving family conflicts, navigating marital challenges, and overcoming anxiety and depression.
I specialize in sex addiction, compulsive pornography, trauma, LGBTQ issues, veterans and active military, athletic/performance problems, couples issues, spiritual integration, and various conditions.
I am a clinical psychologist licensed in New Jersey, Ohio, Maryland, and Virginia. Over the past 20 years I have worked collaboratively with clients on a wide range of issues, and am comfortable utilizing a variety of techniques designed to help empower my clients and establish a greater sense of integrity within their lives. My training in psychotherapy has been influenced by a wide variety of philosophies and theories, and I am skilled in helping clients become more aware of deeper connections to their problems, whether it be in their relationships with others or in their relationship with themselves.
I specialize in sex addiction, compulsive pornography, trauma, LGBTQ issues, veterans and active military, athletic/performance problems, couples issues, spiritual integration, and various conditions.
I am a clinical psychologist licensed in New Jersey, Ohio, Maryland, and Virginia. Over the past 20 years I have worked collaboratively with clients on a wide range of issues, and am comfortable utilizing a variety of techniques designed to help empower my clients and establish a greater sense of integrity within their lives. My training in psychotherapy has been influenced by a wide variety of philosophies and theories, and I am skilled in helping clients become more aware of deeper connections to their problems, whether it be in their relationships with others or in their relationship with themselves.
You’re not sure exactly when it happened. But recently, you’ve begun to feel like the spark in your relationship has fizzled out. It’s painful to remember the love and excitement you shared early on and how far you are from that now. You tell yourself that things will get easier, and the relationship will improve by itself. When this doesn’t happen, you begin to wonder if this is just how marriage is supposed to be. Maybe every relationship becomes stagnant eventually. But you’re not ready to give up that easily. You’re determined to reclaim the healthy, thriving relationship you both deserve – you’re just unsure how to achieve it.
You’re not sure exactly when it happened. But recently, you’ve begun to feel like the spark in your relationship has fizzled out. It’s painful to remember the love and excitement you shared early on and how far you are from that now. You tell yourself that things will get easier, and the relationship will improve by itself. When this doesn’t happen, you begin to wonder if this is just how marriage is supposed to be. Maybe every relationship becomes stagnant eventually. But you’re not ready to give up that easily. You’re determined to reclaim the healthy, thriving relationship you both deserve – you’re just unsure how to achieve it.
Hello, my name is Danell Johnson, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and retired Air Force veteran. I earned my bachelor’s degree in Human Sciences with a concentration in Addiction Studies from Texas Tech University and my master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Wright State University. I am also a proud wife and mom. I enjoy working with clients ages 7 through adulthood who may be struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, or other challenges that affect daily functioning.
Hello, my name is Danell Johnson, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and retired Air Force veteran. I earned my bachelor’s degree in Human Sciences with a concentration in Addiction Studies from Texas Tech University and my master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Wright State University. I am also a proud wife and mom. I enjoy working with clients ages 7 through adulthood who may be struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, or other challenges that affect daily functioning.
Welcome to my practice! I am a licensed psychologist with 20 years of experience in conducting psychological evaluations, providing psychotherapy and consultation to adolescents and adults in a variety of areas.
Welcome to my practice! I am a licensed psychologist with 20 years of experience in conducting psychological evaluations, providing psychotherapy and consultation to adolescents and adults in a variety of areas.
Do you act, feel and think in ways that you can't seem to shake? Have you tried talk therapy or self-help and haven't seen any change? Do you suffer from PTSD, Childhood Trauma, or Dissociation? If you're ready for something new, I offer a completely different perspective than traditional therapy. Together, we can partner and address the root causes of your struggles, not just treat the symptoms. It involves deeper, richer work that offers real and lasting change.
Do you act, feel and think in ways that you can't seem to shake? Have you tried talk therapy or self-help and haven't seen any change? Do you suffer from PTSD, Childhood Trauma, or Dissociation? If you're ready for something new, I offer a completely different perspective than traditional therapy. Together, we can partner and address the root causes of your struggles, not just treat the symptoms. It involves deeper, richer work that offers real and lasting change.
You’re ready to break free from old narratives and step into a life that feels authentic and whole. Maybe you’ve felt silenced, marginalized, or stuck in grief — but deep down, you know you want more. You want more clarity, more courage, and a sense of belonging. You’re looking for a way to express your needs, rediscover your strengths, and redefine yourself on your own terms. At your core, you want to feel empowered, seen, and fully capable of creating a life you love.
You’re ready to break free from old narratives and step into a life that feels authentic and whole. Maybe you’ve felt silenced, marginalized, or stuck in grief — but deep down, you know you want more. You want more clarity, more courage, and a sense of belonging. You’re looking for a way to express your needs, rediscover your strengths, and redefine yourself on your own terms. At your core, you want to feel empowered, seen, and fully capable of creating a life you love.
I have over 10 years helping military and first responders heal from trauma, overcome addictions, and discover who they are beyond the uniform.
My ideal client may appear strong and capable on the outside, yet inside they’re exhausted from carrying more than anyone realizes. Their greatest battle is often in their own mind. They’ve tried to “push through” or simply get over it, but lasting change hasn’t come. They’re ready for real growth, clarity, purpose, and a grounded sense of identity. They understand that meaningful transformation takes courage and hard work, and they’re ready to pursue the life God is calling them toward.
I have over 10 years helping military and first responders heal from trauma, overcome addictions, and discover who they are beyond the uniform.
My ideal client may appear strong and capable on the outside, yet inside they’re exhausted from carrying more than anyone realizes. Their greatest battle is often in their own mind. They’ve tried to “push through” or simply get over it, but lasting change hasn’t come. They’re ready for real growth, clarity, purpose, and a grounded sense of identity. They understand that meaningful transformation takes courage and hard work, and they’re ready to pursue the life God is calling them toward.
My goal is to provide excellent client focused counseling to older teens and adults. My graduate training at the University of Dayton equipped me with a passion and the tools to serve our local population. I believe that every client is unique and that my approach aims to meet people where they are and help guide them to where they want to be. I hope that you will find me to be trustworthy, reflective, insightful, calming and safe. I hold the counseling relationship to be something special, it allows the client a place to explore, heal and grow and I am honored when I am included in this journey.
My goal is to provide excellent client focused counseling to older teens and adults. My graduate training at the University of Dayton equipped me with a passion and the tools to serve our local population. I believe that every client is unique and that my approach aims to meet people where they are and help guide them to where they want to be. I hope that you will find me to be trustworthy, reflective, insightful, calming and safe. I hold the counseling relationship to be something special, it allows the client a place to explore, heal and grow and I am honored when I am included in this journey.
My mission is to guide clients— veterans and civilians alike—through life’s transitions with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
As both a chemical dependency counselor intern (LCDC-I) and life coach, I combine clinical structure with practical, real-world coaching to help you make steady progress, not just talk about change.
Specialties & Focus Areas
Addiction treatment, recovery support, and relapse-prevention
Living with TBI and chronic pain
Anxiety relief
Life transitions
My mission is to guide clients— veterans and civilians alike—through life’s transitions with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
As both a chemical dependency counselor intern (LCDC-I) and life coach, I combine clinical structure with practical, real-world coaching to help you make steady progress, not just talk about change.
Specialties & Focus Areas
Addiction treatment, recovery support, and relapse-prevention
Living with TBI and chronic pain
Anxiety relief
Life transitions
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Veterans Therapists
Why is mental health important for veterans and the military?
Veterans are more likely to face mental health challenges than the general public, and such mental health challenges can make it difficult for them to navigate day-to-day life. Improved mental health can result in better interpersonal relationships, lower levels of stress, and decreased dependence on substances, such as drugs or alcohol, for many veterans. Addressing common mental health conditions can also help facilitate recovery from physical health challenges that are faced by many veterans, such as chronic pain, physical injury, or poor sleeping patterns. Therapists trained in working with veterans can help address these concerns and help improve veteran mental health.
How can veterans get access to mental health support?
There are many resources for veterans to get mental health support, including through the VA or through their primary care doctor. Many service personnel are eligible for free or reduced-cost mental health counseling through the VA, depending on their service history and current income. Veterans can also utilize online directories, such as Psychology Today, or nonprofit organization resources like the Wounded Warrior Project, to find a therapist or other healthcare professional that specializes in their specific mental health needs. Veterans may also benefit from community-based groups that facilitate social connection and/or address specific concerns, such as Alcoholics Anonymous.
What type of therapy is best for veterans?
Veterans may benefit from multiple types of therapy, depending on what mental health challenges they are facing. Veterans seeking therapy for anxiety or depression may benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), which encourage clients to understand how their thought patterns influence their behavior. Veterans with PTSD may seek other more specialized forms of therapy to treat trauma symptoms, such as EMDR or exposure therapy. Many veterans and military personnel may also benefit from family or couples counseling to address the stress and adjustment challenges that can be associated with military life.
Can therapy for veterans help with trauma and PTSD?
Therapy can be highly effective in helping veterans with trauma and PTSD. Therapists specializing in veteran mental health often have extensive training and experience helping veterans navigate symptoms of trauma and can teach clients coping techniques to handle common symptoms associated with trauma and PTSD. Some therapists may use talk therapy as their primary approach, while others utilize more structured therapy modalities in sessions, such as EMDR. Veterans can try multiple therapy modalities to find the best fit for them. Therapists can also help make referrals or connect clients with available resources, such as VA benefits, to help address other life concerns.