Family Therapy in Chattanooga, TN

Hello! My name is David S. Cavin, I have over 30 yrs experience working with individuals, couples and families, age group 12 thru senior adults. I believe it is a sign of strength, not weakness, to ask for help. If you need help working through mental, emotional or spiritual problems please call for an appointment. I usually am able to see you within 3 days from the time you call. FEE is $100. for a 50 min session. I will consider a sliding scale in case of financial hardship. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist . WORK EXPERIENCE: Director Family Life Center Fort Sill,Ok, Director Family Life Center Fort Ord, Ca. Taught Psychology Chattanooga State, Taught Sociology UT Chattanooga, Director Agape Counseling Service,Counselor Alcohol and Drug Unit Valley Psychiatric Hospital,Counselor Adolescent Unit Greenleaf Psychiatric Hospital, Counselor CBI/PSI, Counselor City Church/Transformation Center. EDUCATION: MA, Azusa Pacific U., MS, Long Island U. MDiv, Duke University DMin, San Francisco Theological Seminary

My ideal clients are adults (ages 25-38) struggling with anxiety, depression, and phase of life changes. My clients are navigating new chapters in their lives, including career changes, dating/marriage relationships, and changing family dynamics. They are motivated for change and open to feedback and alternative perspectives. They are seeking a telehealth-only therapist for added scheduling flexibility, confidentiality, and transportability.

Hey there! I'm a Chattanooga native, and I'm honored to be back serving the local area as a Marriage and Family Therapist . I specialize in couple's therapy and individual therapy for men ages 15-35. On any given day you could find me helping a young man processing life's struggles, a couple seeking healing from a constant sense of disconnection, or a family needing deeper connection through new experiences of one another. Whatever the situation, I love coming alongside others to journey with them towards wholeheartedness.

Children, adolescents, and young adults who need someone to meet them where they’re at. I enjoy working with a variety of issues, including: anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, grief/loss, family conflict, and blended family acclimation.

I enjoy working with clients who are experiencing issues related to family conflict, couples, parent and child disconnect, foster care/ adoption, self love, depression, anxiety, grief, postpartum issues, parenthood, personality disorders, mood disorders, behavioral challenges, adjustment, intrapersonal conflict, setting healthy boundaries, building lasting relationships, trauma, personal identities and other areas.

I work with children (ages 4-12), adolescents, families, and adults. My goal is to offer a safe space to those who are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, suicidality, low self-esteem, family conflict, or attachment issues. While I like to draw from multiple approaches, including: attachment work, play therapy, mindfulness practices, art therapy, CBT, and family therapy , I ultimately tailor my approach to the needs of the person. Coming to therapy takes a significant step of bravery and I strive to create an environment that promotes acceptance and growth.

Finding a therapist can be a daunting task for individuals, couples, and families, especially when you are faced with challenges that you have not had to handle before. This might include addressing overwhelming emotions, figuring out how to have an enjoyable relationship with your partner, or figuring out how to have a relationship with your family again. Thankfully, it is never too late to work through these challenges.

I have a passion for working with children ages three to twelve and their families. I want to help you and your family reach your goals. I have four years of community mental health experience working with children and families who have experienced a variety of concerns including: trauma, grief and loss, adoption, disruptive classroom behaviors, anger outbursts, autism, separation from biological families, divorce, ADHD, defiant behaviors, anxiety, low self-esteem, and much more.

Through the therapeutic relationship, I provide a safe and inviting place to be vulnerable, to process life adjustments, and to begin learning healthy coping skills. I have 10 years of experience engaging in counseling relationships with children, adolescents, and adults in the Chattanooga area. I believe that change begins in the context of an authentic relationship and that every unique story deserves to be heard. Drawing from family systems, interpersonal, and cognitive-behavioral approaches, I provide evidence-based therapy for both individuals and families.

I enjoy working with clients of all ages to build safer relationships. This is a place to learn how to communicate well and gain strength through self-care as well as stronger family and community connections. I am also LGBTQ+ identified and celebratory and enjoy supporting individual and family journeys toward greater understanding of sexual and gender identities. I partner to facilitate safer and more joyful spaces with Transgender and Gender Expansive folks (because we deserve it) and am excited to support open, polyamorous, ethically non-monogamous and other multiculturally diverse relationship and identity spaces.

Kelly is a Licensed Professional Counselor, is pursuing licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of Tennessee, and is a National Certified Counselor. She works with individuals, couples, and families pursuing growth and healing through supportive, therapeutic relationship. Kelly has experience working with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, career direction, affair recovery, spiritual direction, OCD, sexuality, and marital issues.

I am a Marriage and Family Therapist with 16 years of experience. I am devoted to living this precious life well and to support others to do the same. The focus of my practice is to help others identify the habits and patterns operating in their lives that are not working in their best interests, then support them to find freedom from them, so that they are no longer haunted by the past, paralyzed by fears of the future, but rather are then free to pursue their hopes and dreams. Together we can allow the sirens of our symptoms to guide us toward health and wellbeing.

Our lives are made up of relationships or connections with ourselves and others. By examining our past we can provide new roads to the future to improve our lives by caring for ourselves which will improve our relationship with others.

Are you kept up at night by anxiety or weighed down by depression? Are you and your spouse struggling to communicate, adjust to life with a new baby or multiple children, or to having difficulty in your sex life? Have you recently experienced a betrayal by a spouse or partner? Do you feel trapped in your marriage? Is your personal or family life increasingly difficult to manage? Do you feel lost in life? Are you recovering from an affair, or arguing over in-laws, finances, or work? If any of these apply to your life, I would love to join you on your journey as a board certified clinician with a decade of experience.

Depression, Anxiety, family conflict and general reactivity are each common experiences in one's life. I work to provide an individualized treatment plan for each person walking through these common experiences. I believe that by fostering curiosity and compassion about ourselves and our own experiences, we learn to react to others in this same way. I work with a wide range of clients varying in age, demographics, beliefs, backgrounds and goals. I work to facilitate this curious and compassionate environment in which my clients can work toward decreasing reactivity through increasing self understanding.

We as human beings desire to be known, to love and to be loved. Often times, our attempts to give and receive the love we long for becomes tangled in a web of our past mistakes or the mistakes of others, leaving us feeling alone, arguing with our spouse, overwhelmed with anxiety, extreme sadness and hopelessness, and facing life circumstances we feel powerless to overcome. Counseling is a great opportunity to begin the process of handling these paralyzing issues in a safe environment. Seeking out help requires courage and pursuing counseling can be a scary process, so congratulations on taking the first step towards change.

It is my goal and passion to help you live a life with peace and joy. Not just the stuff you read about, but a genuine peace that only comes from within. No matter where you come from or where you have been, I welcome you. A warm environment will be found as you share your hearts burdens. I utilize creativity and work from an eclectic approach to personalize your treatment objective. Everyone has the ability to heal, it is my goal to walk with you on your journey to freedom.