Divorce Therapists in Knoxville, TN
You're navigating the pain of trauma, divorce, narcissistic abuse, or a major life transition—and it’s left you feeling stuck, anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself and others.
I specialize in supporting adults navigating divorce, narcissistic abuse, and life transitions—challenges that often bring anxiety and depression. Clients come to me for a warm, compassionate space paired with effective trauma treatment. Together, we process your story, build resilience, and move toward lasting healing and meaningful connection.
You're navigating the pain of trauma, divorce, narcissistic abuse, or a major life transition—and it’s left you feeling stuck, anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself and others.
I specialize in supporting adults navigating divorce, narcissistic abuse, and life transitions—challenges that often bring anxiety and depression. Clients come to me for a warm, compassionate space paired with effective trauma treatment. Together, we process your story, build resilience, and move toward lasting healing and meaningful connection.
Other frequently seen issues include dealing with loss of partner or friend or family member due to death or divorce, and the problems associated with work or school stress.
I Am experienced at dealing with chronic mental health issues,or developmental changes i.e. births of children including post-partum depression; setting appropriate limits on children and adolescents, new marriages or relationships or life changes due to loss of partner through death or divorce, dealing with aging parents facing physical limitations.
Other frequently seen issues include dealing with loss of partner or friend or family member due to death or divorce, and the problems associated with work or school stress.
I Am experienced at dealing with chronic mental health issues,or developmental changes i.e. births of children including post-partum depression; setting appropriate limits on children and adolescents, new marriages or relationships or life changes due to loss of partner through death or divorce, dealing with aging parents facing physical limitations.
Welcome! I am a mental health counselor who believes healing begins when people reconnect with their own inner strength, wisdom, and capacity for change. My approach is rooted in compassion, authenticity, and empowerment — creating a space where clients feel deeply supported while also encouraged to grow beyond patterns that keep them feeling stuck, disconnected, or powerless. I utilize Acceptance and Integration Training (AAIT) alongside evidence-based and mindfulness-informed approaches to help clients develop greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and nervous system regulation.
Welcome! I am a mental health counselor who believes healing begins when people reconnect with their own inner strength, wisdom, and capacity for change. My approach is rooted in compassion, authenticity, and empowerment — creating a space where clients feel deeply supported while also encouraged to grow beyond patterns that keep them feeling stuck, disconnected, or powerless. I utilize Acceptance and Integration Training (AAIT) alongside evidence-based and mindfulness-informed approaches to help clients develop greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and nervous system regulation.
All of life is about relating. All day long we are in some kind of relationship with another person. How comfortable and how capable are you in communicating your needs and desires? Do you feel understood by your partner? Are you feeling stressed or directionless in your relationship, your career, your life purpose? Have you suffered a loss and are grieving? Do you have a Inner Critic that is always whispering in your ear critiquing your every move? If you would like non-judgmental support, practical tools and straightforward feedback, please call.
All of life is about relating. All day long we are in some kind of relationship with another person. How comfortable and how capable are you in communicating your needs and desires? Do you feel understood by your partner? Are you feeling stressed or directionless in your relationship, your career, your life purpose? Have you suffered a loss and are grieving? Do you have a Inner Critic that is always whispering in your ear critiquing your every move? If you would like non-judgmental support, practical tools and straightforward feedback, please call.
Has your life been turned upside down by betrayal and divorce after a long-term marriage?
As a psychotherapist for 34 years, my career path demonstrates my passion for helping women heal. I'm a Betrayal Trauma Specialist practicing in Tennessee with a degree in Clinical Psychology. As a therapist who has treated and experienced Betrayal Trauma, I understand women's needs in healing and offer specialized individual and group support.
Has your life been turned upside down by betrayal and divorce after a long-term marriage?
As a psychotherapist for 34 years, my career path demonstrates my passion for helping women heal. I'm a Betrayal Trauma Specialist practicing in Tennessee with a degree in Clinical Psychology. As a therapist who has treated and experienced Betrayal Trauma, I understand women's needs in healing and offer specialized individual and group support.
Welcome! I am so happy you're here! Are you a young woman or college student feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, self-doubt, relationship stress, or the pressure to have everything figured out? Have you been replaying conversations, second guessing yourself, or having trouble setting boundaries? Whether you're struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship/family challenges, or just feeling stuck in unhelpful patterns, you don't have to navigate it alone. My goal is to provide a supportive and nonjudgmental space where we can process what's been weighing on you to create space for healing and peace in your life.
Welcome! I am so happy you're here! Are you a young woman or college student feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, self-doubt, relationship stress, or the pressure to have everything figured out? Have you been replaying conversations, second guessing yourself, or having trouble setting boundaries? Whether you're struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship/family challenges, or just feeling stuck in unhelpful patterns, you don't have to navigate it alone. My goal is to provide a supportive and nonjudgmental space where we can process what's been weighing on you to create space for healing and peace in your life.
Taking the first step toward healing can feel daunting, but reaching out for support is an act of profound courage. I see therapy as a collaborative journey where we work together to understand your experiences, strengthen resilience, and cultivate more fulfilling relationships—with others and yourself. Rooted in a Relational Cultural Therapy framework, my approach emphasizes connection and growth while addressing how systemic oppression and societal factors shape mental health. I have particular experience working with individuals who’ve experienced trauma as well as those navigating challenging life transitions.
Taking the first step toward healing can feel daunting, but reaching out for support is an act of profound courage. I see therapy as a collaborative journey where we work together to understand your experiences, strengthen resilience, and cultivate more fulfilling relationships—with others and yourself. Rooted in a Relational Cultural Therapy framework, my approach emphasizes connection and growth while addressing how systemic oppression and societal factors shape mental health. I have particular experience working with individuals who’ve experienced trauma as well as those navigating challenging life transitions.
Are you going through a transition in your life, such as a change in career, divorce/break up, a move, adjusting to college, and/or perimenopause/menopause?
My style is warm, compassionate, and collaborative. Our work together is not about judgment or “fixing” you; it is focused on creating a space where you can better understand yourself, process difficult emotions, gain coping skills, and move towards a life that feels more manageable, purposeful, and authentic.
Are you going through a transition in your life, such as a change in career, divorce/break up, a move, adjusting to college, and/or perimenopause/menopause?
My style is warm, compassionate, and collaborative. Our work together is not about judgment or “fixing” you; it is focused on creating a space where you can better understand yourself, process difficult emotions, gain coping skills, and move towards a life that feels more manageable, purposeful, and authentic.
Do you feel stuck in the same painful patterns—in relationships, with anxiety, or held back by old emotional wounds—and wonder if real change is possible? My ideal clients are adults and couples ready to do the work and grow. They often arrive exhausted by repeating cycles or still impacted by childhood experiences and trauma. At Breaking Free Therapy, I help clients get to the root of what’s holding them back and heal deeply so they can experience lasting emotional freedom and healthier relationships. Using a compassionate yet directive approach, I keep us focused on real progress while ensuring you always feel safe, never judged.
Do you feel stuck in the same painful patterns—in relationships, with anxiety, or held back by old emotional wounds—and wonder if real change is possible? My ideal clients are adults and couples ready to do the work and grow. They often arrive exhausted by repeating cycles or still impacted by childhood experiences and trauma. At Breaking Free Therapy, I help clients get to the root of what’s holding them back and heal deeply so they can experience lasting emotional freedom and healthier relationships. Using a compassionate yet directive approach, I keep us focused on real progress while ensuring you always feel safe, never judged.
Before transitioning to a second career in Counseling, I enjoyed a lengthy and rewarding career as a Human Resources professional in the Healthcare industry. Over my career I worked with thousands of business colleagues on their professional skills, personal development, employee relations, and executive coaching. With a growing interest and investment in my own personal journey and in helping others with deeper and more personal challenges, I decided to pursue specialized education in counseling.
Before transitioning to a second career in Counseling, I enjoyed a lengthy and rewarding career as a Human Resources professional in the Healthcare industry. Over my career I worked with thousands of business colleagues on their professional skills, personal development, employee relations, and executive coaching. With a growing interest and investment in my own personal journey and in helping others with deeper and more personal challenges, I decided to pursue specialized education in counseling.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board-Certified Life Coach with a deep passion for helping individuals navigate life’s challenges. I specialize in working with adults, teenagers, and older children who face struggles related to stress, anxiety, depression, and issues surrounding confidence and self-esteem.
In my practice, I guide clients to understand that it’s not the events in life that cause mental health struggles, but rather how we interpret and respond to them. My approach is rooted in empowering my clients to reshape their perspectives and develop tools to handle life's ups and downs with resilience.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board-Certified Life Coach with a deep passion for helping individuals navigate life’s challenges. I specialize in working with adults, teenagers, and older children who face struggles related to stress, anxiety, depression, and issues surrounding confidence and self-esteem.
In my practice, I guide clients to understand that it’s not the events in life that cause mental health struggles, but rather how we interpret and respond to them. My approach is rooted in empowering my clients to reshape their perspectives and develop tools to handle life's ups and downs with resilience.
Dr. Carletta Smelcer has more than 20 years of clinical experience providing counseling services to individuals, couples, and families. Her areas of clinical focus include depression, anxiety, addiction and behavioral addictions, trauma, grief and loss, sexual identity concerns, premarital and couples counseling, life transitions, ADHD, LGBTQ+ concerns, and childhood disorders.
Dr. Smelcer and the clinical team at Lyons View Counseling are passionate about helping clients gain insight, recognize their strengths, and develop the skills needed to create meaningful and lasting change. The team works with a wide range of concerns.
Dr. Carletta Smelcer has more than 20 years of clinical experience providing counseling services to individuals, couples, and families. Her areas of clinical focus include depression, anxiety, addiction and behavioral addictions, trauma, grief and loss, sexual identity concerns, premarital and couples counseling, life transitions, ADHD, LGBTQ+ concerns, and childhood disorders.
Dr. Smelcer and the clinical team at Lyons View Counseling are passionate about helping clients gain insight, recognize their strengths, and develop the skills needed to create meaningful and lasting change. The team works with a wide range of concerns.
Parents often reach out when they feel worried, overwhelmed, or unsure how to best support their child. Maybe your child is anxious, emotionally reactive, withdrawn, or struggling socially or at school. Maybe your teen feels misunderstood, shuts down, or is carrying more stress than they can explain. Many families come to therapy not because they’ve failed, but because they care deeply and want things to feel calmer, safer, and more connected. I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and parents, helping families navigate anxiety, big emotions, family stress, and life transitions. I believe that behavior is communication.
Parents often reach out when they feel worried, overwhelmed, or unsure how to best support their child. Maybe your child is anxious, emotionally reactive, withdrawn, or struggling socially or at school. Maybe your teen feels misunderstood, shuts down, or is carrying more stress than they can explain. Many families come to therapy not because they’ve failed, but because they care deeply and want things to feel calmer, safer, and more connected. I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and parents, helping families navigate anxiety, big emotions, family stress, and life transitions. I believe that behavior is communication.
Do you want to deepen your existing relationships? Are you afraid to share your feelings with your loved ones? Do recent events leave you scared of the future? Do you want to reduce your anxiety and depression, and improve the lives of your family, children or community? A satisfying relationship could be the key to your mental and physical health. If you identify as a black sheep, creative, caregiver, helpless romantic, highly sensitive person, hippie, living with chronic pain or illness, people-pleaser, or perfectionist you will benefit most from a relational approach to therapy.
Do you want to deepen your existing relationships? Are you afraid to share your feelings with your loved ones? Do recent events leave you scared of the future? Do you want to reduce your anxiety and depression, and improve the lives of your family, children or community? A satisfying relationship could be the key to your mental and physical health. If you identify as a black sheep, creative, caregiver, helpless romantic, highly sensitive person, hippie, living with chronic pain or illness, people-pleaser, or perfectionist you will benefit most from a relational approach to therapy.
For over two decades, I've had the privilege of walking alongside individuals navigating a wide range of life's challenges. While my current focus centers on supporting those experiencing the profound journey of grief and significant life transitions, I also welcome the opportunity to work with anyone seeking support for their well-being.
Perhaps you're grappling with the loss of a loved one, navigating a career change, adjusting to an empty nest, or facing other major shifts that leave you feeling uprooted. Whatever your experience, I believe that healing occurs within a supportive and understanding relationship.
For over two decades, I've had the privilege of walking alongside individuals navigating a wide range of life's challenges. While my current focus centers on supporting those experiencing the profound journey of grief and significant life transitions, I also welcome the opportunity to work with anyone seeking support for their well-being.
Perhaps you're grappling with the loss of a loved one, navigating a career change, adjusting to an empty nest, or facing other major shifts that leave you feeling uprooted. Whatever your experience, I believe that healing occurs within a supportive and understanding relationship.
Life can get really hard. Whether it's your career, relationship, family and parenting, health or a loss, starting a new stage in life, or feeling stuck in old patterns, these moments can push you to your limits. We can lose ourselves in worry, anger, sadness, and avoidance. But these are also the moments when you can decide to make changes and find new ways forward.
Life can get really hard. Whether it's your career, relationship, family and parenting, health or a loss, starting a new stage in life, or feeling stuck in old patterns, these moments can push you to your limits. We can lose ourselves in worry, anger, sadness, and avoidance. But these are also the moments when you can decide to make changes and find new ways forward.
I welcome people with a wide range of life issues, including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties and general stress, as well as children and adolescents with behavioral, emotional and attentional problems. My approach is tailored to your needs and goals, but usually includes a focus on understanding how you got where you are. This kind of insight can be vitally important in figuring out a practical way to get to a better place in life. When working with kids and teens, I always involve their parents to some extent, so they can better understand and help their children.
I welcome people with a wide range of life issues, including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties and general stress, as well as children and adolescents with behavioral, emotional and attentional problems. My approach is tailored to your needs and goals, but usually includes a focus on understanding how you got where you are. This kind of insight can be vitally important in figuring out a practical way to get to a better place in life. When working with kids and teens, I always involve their parents to some extent, so they can better understand and help their children.
I help individuals navigate the lasting impact of trauma, with a special focus on healing from religious trauma and rebuilding healthy, fulfilling relationships. My approach is grounded in compassion, safety, and respect—offering clients a supportive space to process their experiences, regain their sense of self, and create meaningful connections. Together, we work toward healing old wounds, uncovering inner strength, and fostering growth so that clients can move forward with greater clarity, resilience, and peace.
This is a safe space, all are welcome.
I help individuals navigate the lasting impact of trauma, with a special focus on healing from religious trauma and rebuilding healthy, fulfilling relationships. My approach is grounded in compassion, safety, and respect—offering clients a supportive space to process their experiences, regain their sense of self, and create meaningful connections. Together, we work toward healing old wounds, uncovering inner strength, and fostering growth so that clients can move forward with greater clarity, resilience, and peace.
This is a safe space, all are welcome.
FOCUS: Trauma Recovery, Divorce Recovery, Relationship Counseling, Emotionally Focused Counseling, Gottman Couples Counseling, Certificated EMDR therapist, Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Faith-Based Christian counseling, and Prepare & Enrich Premarital Counseling.
As a certified EMDR Trauma therapist, I am trained to see how certain experiences, such as attachment trauma, moral injury, or toxic shame frames how we live life. Most often causing a guarded position from which to live.
Through this lense, I am able to see how these emotional wounds impact daily functioning and cause one to hide their true selves.
FOCUS: Trauma Recovery, Divorce Recovery, Relationship Counseling, Emotionally Focused Counseling, Gottman Couples Counseling, Certificated EMDR therapist, Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Faith-Based Christian counseling, and Prepare & Enrich Premarital Counseling.
As a certified EMDR Trauma therapist, I am trained to see how certain experiences, such as attachment trauma, moral injury, or toxic shame frames how we live life. Most often causing a guarded position from which to live.
Through this lense, I am able to see how these emotional wounds impact daily functioning and cause one to hide their true selves.
I currently provide telehealth counseling for individuals, couples, and families with a variety of presenting problems to improve their interpersonal relationships. I am certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Restoration Therapy to diagnose and treat generalize anxiety, clinical depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, family problems, relational problems, and other adjustment disorders. I hope to help you regain greater self-control, inner peace, and power over anxiety, depression, and trauma to increase your emotional intelligence and self-regulation skills to improve your quality of life and relationships.
I currently provide telehealth counseling for individuals, couples, and families with a variety of presenting problems to improve their interpersonal relationships. I am certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Restoration Therapy to diagnose and treat generalize anxiety, clinical depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, family problems, relational problems, and other adjustment disorders. I hope to help you regain greater self-control, inner peace, and power over anxiety, depression, and trauma to increase your emotional intelligence and self-regulation skills to improve your quality of life and relationships.
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Divorce Therapists
How does therapy for people affected by a divorce work?
Individuals may feel a number of emotions following a divorce, such as shock, guilt, grief, anger, and fear. Therapists offer a non-judgmental space for individuals to talk about what they’ve experienced and process their emotions. Therapists will help clients develop coping strategies. They can also help a client rebuild their sense of self and self-worth and talk about what a happier future might look like.
What’s the most common type of therapy following a divorce?
There are several types of therapy that may be useful for divorce, including cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, solution-focused brief, and mindfulness-based therapies. Many therapy types are talk-therapy based, which is typically the most popular option for individuals dealing with divorce. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a widely-used talk therapy, however, there’s no specific therapy type that’s designed to help people with divorce, and different types will work depending on the person.
When should an individual seek help due to a divorce?
When the feelings of a divorced individual, or an individual going through the process of divorce, begin to disrupt healthy daily functioning, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If a person finds that they are not performing at work due to problems with anxiety or motivation, if they’re no longer seeing friends due to feelings of shame, or if they’re not properly taking care of themselves as a result of depression, speaking to a professional could help.
How do you encourage someone to go to therapy due to a divorce?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the individual while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Sharing how the individual appears to be suffering, and what effects it has on them or on their children, should be done with compassion and empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.