Grief Therapists in Chattanooga, TN

Change is really hard. Even welcomed change can bring adjustments, anxiety, and grief that can set us adrift and stifle forward movement. Maybe you feel anxious, depressed, or are grieving, but not always sure why you feel that way. Healing, growth, and awareness can happen in the context of healthy relationships; our relationship with self, others, and God. As a clinician, I want to work with you to cultivate a healthy relationship in order to facilitate movement on your unique path toward wholeness and health.

I view counseling as a journey of awareness, growth, and self-compassion. As your travel companion, I aim to provide insight, encouragement, and a gentle nudge to help you reach your destination. I work with individuals, groups, and families of all ages and backgrounds and have specialized experience helping clients with issues of anxiety, grief , trauma, spirituality, self-harm, and gender identity. When appropriate, I offer dreamwork, sandtray therapy, and psychotherapeutic Reiki interventions. My approach is collaborative and respectful, primarily drawing from an integration of humanistic, cognitive, and narrative frameworks.

I love working with Older Adults! I have over 20 years of experience working primarily with the older adult population. I have also enjoyed my work with families who are dealing with stressors related to a parent or another loved one getting older. I have dealt with anxiety from a young age, grief and loss issues that have hit a deep place within me. I have parents who are getting older, and have enjoyed being a part of my nephews' lives as they mature. I look forward to sitting with, listening, and respectfully walking with you on your journey. I hope to help you navigate whatever changes lie ahead in a holistic, helpful way.

I work with children, teenagers, adults and families who are dealing with effects of trauma, grief , anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, caregiver stress and burnout, ADHD and defiance in children and teenagers, and other issues. I provide a safe, calm, validating and non-judgmental presence when working with individuals and families. Whatever situation you find yourself facing, you have inherent value and worth, and I want to help you see that while we work toward your goals together.

Hello! I believe that choosing the right therapist to meet your individualized needs is an extremely important decision. I enjoy working with all kinds of people that are in different places in their lives. I find it so exciting to see people commit to change and then watch the growth that follows. I appreciate being blessed with the opportunity to be part of such a healing process. I can offer education and guidance with building healthier coping skills, more effective ways to cope with stressors, and positive thinking patterns.

​Although I am a sole practitioner, I refer to my counseling practice as “our practice.” I do this because the time you spend with me belongs to you. We will work together to help you ​achieve success through the goals that we will set at the beginning of our time together. ​ I want to join my clients on their life journey and help them better understand how their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connected. My training as a therapist is empirically based and I am also a believer in Jesus Christ and my faith influences my work with clients.

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 Baby Boomer. I realize I have probably lived three-quarters of my life, during which I have experienced most of the situations one can experience throughout one's life. I still have a positive outlook on the time I have left, and I want all of my generation to feel that their presence on this earth has made a difference. I have counseled families who promised to "never put Mom in a nursing home". I have counseled those who never thought they would end up there. Retirees, divorcees, widows/widowers, empty nesters, mid-life crises, what's left now?, all are welcome. Latter life situations are my specialty.

Hope Springs Eternal. The healing of hearts and souls are a life long passion for me. Emotional pain and suffering affects the whole of our bodies. Sickness and diseases are often the result of unresolved emotional pain caused by grief , adverse childhood experiences, and trauma. I will walk beside you through your emotional healing and the restoration to wholeness, Spirit, Soul, and Body.

I work primarily with adults who are navigating grief and loss , trauma, relational issues, and other life transitions. I am open to working with people of all identities, but particularly enjoy working with the LGBTQ+ population. I identify as queer and consider it an honor to hold space for my community here in Chattanooga. I believe therapy can only be effective when the client feels safe and comfortable, so I am committed to providing accessibility in my office for all body types and abilities.

We all have struggles we have to face—and sometimes we need the help of a trained professional to overcome those struggles. As a licensed counselor, I provide a safe and welcoming environment in which people can express themselves without fear of judgment, a place where they can feel heard and valued. Because I believe strong relationships are vital to the healing process, I am passionate about providing therapy from an interpersonal perspective. As such, I work with teens, couples, and families on issues ranging from spirituality to addiction to trauma to mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, grief , and anger.

You are significant and your story is important. My hope is for you to not only know this but believe it. The pain of feeling forgotten, rejected, or abandoned is often too much to manage. Trauma, grief , and anxiety tend to magnify these uncomfortable feelings and can lead to experiences of shame. At some point, you feel like you can no longer navigate this journey alone. The thing is, I don't think you are meant to carry it by yourself. I see your strength and I can see that you are tired. Inviting someone else in is not a step of weakness, it is absolutely a step of bravery.

Sydney is passionate about working with individual adults and teenagers dealing with life transitions, trauma, grief , and depression. She considers it an honor to walk alongside clients through pain, healing, and personal growth. Her gift of empathy paired with her nonjudgmental presence provide a safe and supportive space for others to process life experiences as they journey toward wholeness.

Dr. Sarah Otis provides psychological and psychoeducational evaluations for a wide range of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD, learning disability (dyslexia, dyscalculia), intellectual disability, autism, giftedness, and emotional/behavioral difficulties. She is passionate about helping others navigate cognitive and/or emotional difficulties by taking a strengths based approach and supporting growth through empirically supported recommendations and treatment. Sarah also provides psychotherapy and utilizes an integrative approach that is scientifically informed and psychodynamically influenced.