Emotionally Focused Therapists in Nashville, TN
Each individual person has unique gifts and positive personal attributes to discover within themselves. Therapy can be a place to identify personal strengths or to begin to heal from pain. In my approach to therapy, the client is always the expert on their own lives. The most important part of my job is to partner with clients to discover what might be getting in the way of personal growth or relationship satisfaction.
Each individual person has unique gifts and positive personal attributes to discover within themselves. Therapy can be a place to identify personal strengths or to begin to heal from pain. In my approach to therapy, the client is always the expert on their own lives. The most important part of my job is to partner with clients to discover what might be getting in the way of personal growth or relationship satisfaction.
Life can be difficult at times. Perhaps you are wanting to make some changes in your life, or relationship. I believe that most of us CAN make the changes we deeply want to, particularly if we have a kind and knowledgeable advocate to that process. You may have reservations about asking for support. Know that when you do, you are bravely moving yourself forward to a better tomorrow. I strive to be a compassionate, trustworthy, and enthusiastic partner to my clients' growth processes.
Life can be difficult at times. Perhaps you are wanting to make some changes in your life, or relationship. I believe that most of us CAN make the changes we deeply want to, particularly if we have a kind and knowledgeable advocate to that process. You may have reservations about asking for support. Know that when you do, you are bravely moving yourself forward to a better tomorrow. I strive to be a compassionate, trustworthy, and enthusiastic partner to my clients' growth processes.
Are you wondering if life could be more free, authentic, or beautiful than it has been? I specialize in helping LGBTQIA+, entertainment industry folks, creatives, & adults with trauma cultivate a life they love. Are you exploring your identity or trying to find your place in the queer community? Are you in the music industry and struggling to balance your wellbeing with the lifestyle? Or you find yourself stuffing down your feelings because you aren’t sure what the hell you’re supposed to do with them? Instead of discouraged and exhausted, you want to feel fulfilled, connected, and confident in yourself.
Are you wondering if life could be more free, authentic, or beautiful than it has been? I specialize in helping LGBTQIA+, entertainment industry folks, creatives, & adults with trauma cultivate a life they love. Are you exploring your identity or trying to find your place in the queer community? Are you in the music industry and struggling to balance your wellbeing with the lifestyle? Or you find yourself stuffing down your feelings because you aren’t sure what the hell you’re supposed to do with them? Instead of discouraged and exhausted, you want to feel fulfilled, connected, and confident in yourself.
I work with adults and couples to build attachment security and relational safety, helping clients gently understand and shift patterns that affect emotional well-being and connection. The Clinical Director of Nashville Integrative Therapy Co, I support individuals navigating anxiety, depression, OCD, life transitions, parenting stress, chronic illness, and relational challenges. My work is grounded in evidence-based, research-informed care, with a strong emphasis on attachment-informed treatment, Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT), as well as Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for anxiety-related disorders.
I work with adults and couples to build attachment security and relational safety, helping clients gently understand and shift patterns that affect emotional well-being and connection. The Clinical Director of Nashville Integrative Therapy Co, I support individuals navigating anxiety, depression, OCD, life transitions, parenting stress, chronic illness, and relational challenges. My work is grounded in evidence-based, research-informed care, with a strong emphasis on attachment-informed treatment, Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT), as well as Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for anxiety-related disorders.
I believe that when we can recognize and engage with our emotions they become more manageable. I have found that through my dedication to understanding nuance and appreciation for individuality, I can walk along side my clients on their own unique path of growth and healing. As your clinician, my goal is to foster a firm and genuine connection that provides us with a strong foundation for healing, self-reflection, change, and empowerment.
I believe that when we can recognize and engage with our emotions they become more manageable. I have found that through my dedication to understanding nuance and appreciation for individuality, I can walk along side my clients on their own unique path of growth and healing. As your clinician, my goal is to foster a firm and genuine connection that provides us with a strong foundation for healing, self-reflection, change, and empowerment.
Mejra Shea
Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW
2 Endorsed
Nashville, TN 37215
Waitlist for new clients
Pronounced like Sarah—swap the “S” for an “M” and add Shea, Mejra Shea!
I believe that therapy is most effective when it feels safe, collaborative, and grounded in trust. I work with clients across the lifespan, primarily children and adolescents, navigating trauma, relationship challenges, anxiety disorders, ADHD, and grief. My goal is to create a space where you feel connected and equipped to carry growth beyond the therapy room into daily life.
Pronounced like Sarah—swap the “S” for an “M” and add Shea, Mejra Shea!
I believe that therapy is most effective when it feels safe, collaborative, and grounded in trust. I work with clients across the lifespan, primarily children and adolescents, navigating trauma, relationship challenges, anxiety disorders, ADHD, and grief. My goal is to create a space where you feel connected and equipped to carry growth beyond the therapy room into daily life.
Hi, I’m Heather. I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I work with adults, couples, and families who feel stuck in patterns they can’t quite break—whether that’s the impact of narcissistic abuse, ADHD, divorce, or ongoing relationship tension that keeps repeating itself.
Hi, I’m Heather. I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I work with adults, couples, and families who feel stuck in patterns they can’t quite break—whether that’s the impact of narcissistic abuse, ADHD, divorce, or ongoing relationship tension that keeps repeating itself.
I provide virtual therapy in Tennessee. My focus is on serving young adults and adults navigating life transitions. I believe that the emotions we are most tempted to run away from– fear, grief, anger– exist to tell us about the kind of life we want. I help clients learn to identify and listen to their emotions rather than being overwhelmed or shut down. I use evidence-based approaches to treat depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD, and eating disorders. We will also work together to increase mindfulness and self-compassion and strengthen the relationships in your life.
I provide virtual therapy in Tennessee. My focus is on serving young adults and adults navigating life transitions. I believe that the emotions we are most tempted to run away from– fear, grief, anger– exist to tell us about the kind of life we want. I help clients learn to identify and listen to their emotions rather than being overwhelmed or shut down. I use evidence-based approaches to treat depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD, and eating disorders. We will also work together to increase mindfulness and self-compassion and strengthen the relationships in your life.
I was raised in the diverse melting pot of New York City as a first-generation Chinese American, born to parents who emigrated from Hong Kong. After college, I moved to Nashville, where I had the wonderful privilege of traveling the world as a musician. These experiences afforded me the unique opportunity to hear thousands of people’s stories, from depression, suicide, grief, and addiction to hope found amidst it all. Through these stories, as well as my own, I came to realize the powerful gift of therapy and the difference that occurs when we come to understand our intrinsic worth and capacity to be seen, heard, known, and loved.
I was raised in the diverse melting pot of New York City as a first-generation Chinese American, born to parents who emigrated from Hong Kong. After college, I moved to Nashville, where I had the wonderful privilege of traveling the world as a musician. These experiences afforded me the unique opportunity to hear thousands of people’s stories, from depression, suicide, grief, and addiction to hope found amidst it all. Through these stories, as well as my own, I came to realize the powerful gift of therapy and the difference that occurs when we come to understand our intrinsic worth and capacity to be seen, heard, known, and loved.
Hi! I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Tennessee. I earned my Doctorate from Amridge University and have had the privilege of supporting individuals, couples, and families for five years.
Hi! I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Tennessee. I earned my Doctorate from Amridge University and have had the privilege of supporting individuals, couples, and families for five years.
Finding the right therapist can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. I aim to create a space where you feel safe, supported, and truly heard. I work with adults, service members, and veterans who are struggling with anxiety, depression, PTSD, self-esteem concerns, and relationship challenges. I provide structured trauma therapy for adults who feel stuck despite years of coping. I help adults stop reliving trauma so they can feel safe in their daily life again. Together, we’ll work toward helping you feel more grounded, confident, and hopeful about the path ahead.
Finding the right therapist can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. I aim to create a space where you feel safe, supported, and truly heard. I work with adults, service members, and veterans who are struggling with anxiety, depression, PTSD, self-esteem concerns, and relationship challenges. I provide structured trauma therapy for adults who feel stuck despite years of coping. I help adults stop reliving trauma so they can feel safe in their daily life again. Together, we’ll work toward helping you feel more grounded, confident, and hopeful about the path ahead.
I am a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist who helps struggling creative professionals find hope.
You feel tired, overwhelmed and you wish you could shake that feeling of dread that keeps following you around. Your passions feel distant and hidden from you. You feel like everyone else has it figured out better than you and you keep catching yourself beating yourself up over it. It feels like nothing you do is good enough and you are constantly trying to keep up. You thought it would be different by now and you feel like it's your fault. You find yourself trying to numb the pain but deep down you know it's not helping. Something has to change.
I am a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist who helps struggling creative professionals find hope.
You feel tired, overwhelmed and you wish you could shake that feeling of dread that keeps following you around. Your passions feel distant and hidden from you. You feel like everyone else has it figured out better than you and you keep catching yourself beating yourself up over it. It feels like nothing you do is good enough and you are constantly trying to keep up. You thought it would be different by now and you feel like it's your fault. You find yourself trying to numb the pain but deep down you know it's not helping. Something has to change.
I weave together Bowen family therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic and Mindfulness work, Trauma-informed care and EMDR, attachment, Recovery and the 12 steps, Narrative, Art, Transpersonal psychology, Gottman, Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples ( EFT), Imago, and more.
Hi, I’m Carrie. Whatever is happening in your life right now, we can face it with care and find authentic, effective ways to handle it, together. For over 20 years, I’ve worked with individuals, groups, organizations, and communities in making positive change. I have also experienced my own healing journey from childhood abuse and family dysfunction, so I’m intimately familiar with the terrain. My life’s passion is for healing trauma; transforming pain into wholeness; helping my clients develop their unique gifts and path; and nurturing relationships back to health; and that’s what I’ve trained to do.
I weave together Bowen family therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic and Mindfulness work, Trauma-informed care and EMDR, attachment, Recovery and the 12 steps, Narrative, Art, Transpersonal psychology, Gottman, Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples ( EFT), Imago, and more.
Hi, I’m Carrie. Whatever is happening in your life right now, we can face it with care and find authentic, effective ways to handle it, together. For over 20 years, I’ve worked with individuals, groups, organizations, and communities in making positive change. I have also experienced my own healing journey from childhood abuse and family dysfunction, so I’m intimately familiar with the terrain. My life’s passion is for healing trauma; transforming pain into wholeness; helping my clients develop their unique gifts and path; and nurturing relationships back to health; and that’s what I’ve trained to do.
Become a reconnected human. Whether you’re an LGBTQIA+ person navigating religious trauma, an artist facing burnout and perfectionism, or a couple re-learning how to be in relationship after doing some deep trauma work, this is a space for you to experience greater belonging, connection, and freedom.
Become a reconnected human. Whether you’re an LGBTQIA+ person navigating religious trauma, an artist facing burnout and perfectionism, or a couple re-learning how to be in relationship after doing some deep trauma work, this is a space for you to experience greater belonging, connection, and freedom.
Are you navigating the impact of a major life transition or relationship challenges? Have you found yourself in the midst of divorce, career transitions, workplace conflict or burnout? Do you look successful on the outside but feel overwhelmed, burned out, or stretched too thin on the inside? I help adults and teens (16+) who are carrying the weight of difficult life experiences while trying to create healthier, more fulfilling lives. I provide a supportive space to process, heal and grow while being grounded in authenticity, cultural responsiveness and helping clients understand how past experiences influence present decisions.
Are you navigating the impact of a major life transition or relationship challenges? Have you found yourself in the midst of divorce, career transitions, workplace conflict or burnout? Do you look successful on the outside but feel overwhelmed, burned out, or stretched too thin on the inside? I help adults and teens (16+) who are carrying the weight of difficult life experiences while trying to create healthier, more fulfilling lives. I provide a supportive space to process, heal and grow while being grounded in authenticity, cultural responsiveness and helping clients understand how past experiences influence present decisions.
Relational. Reverent. Real. These are elements I bring to the path.
We don't heal or thrive in isolation. I invite you to connect with your senses, your body, and the present moment. I invite both sides of the brain into the room. I invite your past and future to meet you here.
I use tools like somatic and experiential therapy, archetypes, metaphor, and guided mindfulness to explore your Self, your surroundings, your purpose, and relationship to your loved ones.
My work varies but I often work with perfectionists, abuse survivors, and creatives. "You feel grounded in the Earth." and "I can tell you anything." is feedback I receive.
Relational. Reverent. Real. These are elements I bring to the path.
We don't heal or thrive in isolation. I invite you to connect with your senses, your body, and the present moment. I invite both sides of the brain into the room. I invite your past and future to meet you here.
I use tools like somatic and experiential therapy, archetypes, metaphor, and guided mindfulness to explore your Self, your surroundings, your purpose, and relationship to your loved ones.
My work varies but I often work with perfectionists, abuse survivors, and creatives. "You feel grounded in the Earth." and "I can tell you anything." is feedback I receive.
I love helping young people feel seen, supported, and understood! That’s why I’m passionate about walking alongside children, teens, and college aged individuals as they navigate behavior challenges, anxiety, family conflict, life transitions, and self-esteem struggles.
I truly believe it’s okay to not feel okay and I want every young person I work with to know that asking for help is one of the strongest and most courageous things they can do. As Robert Kiyosaki said, “One of the biggest defects in life is the inability to ask for help,” and that reminder has always encouraged me to normalize reaching out when life feels heavy.
I love helping young people feel seen, supported, and understood! That’s why I’m passionate about walking alongside children, teens, and college aged individuals as they navigate behavior challenges, anxiety, family conflict, life transitions, and self-esteem struggles.
I truly believe it’s okay to not feel okay and I want every young person I work with to know that asking for help is one of the strongest and most courageous things they can do. As Robert Kiyosaki said, “One of the biggest defects in life is the inability to ask for help,” and that reminder has always encouraged me to normalize reaching out when life feels heavy.
Welcome to therapy! Whether you are navigating lifelong mental health struggles, wanting to heal from trauma, or just needing extra support; I am here to accompany you through it all. I prioritize openness and honesty, compassion, client autonomy, and self determination within the therapy room. I value humor and laughter, connection and authenticity, and I love exploring the never-ending dance of emotions that we all experience as humans. In this space we’ll explore how your past informs your present, identify relational patterns that no longer serve you, and build necessary emotional tools.
Welcome to therapy! Whether you are navigating lifelong mental health struggles, wanting to heal from trauma, or just needing extra support; I am here to accompany you through it all. I prioritize openness and honesty, compassion, client autonomy, and self determination within the therapy room. I value humor and laughter, connection and authenticity, and I love exploring the never-ending dance of emotions that we all experience as humans. In this space we’ll explore how your past informs your present, identify relational patterns that no longer serve you, and build necessary emotional tools.
I'm a Somatic Therapist passionate about giving the body and mind an opportunity to find new, more functional patterns and ways of being that lead to more freedom, ease and joy!
I'm a Somatic Therapist passionate about giving the body and mind an opportunity to find new, more functional patterns and ways of being that lead to more freedom, ease and joy!
I believe in personalized therapy that reduces symptoms, enhances personal wellness and reflects state-of-the-art scientific research and treatment methods. Many people are not sure if therapy is right for them. These individuals are often drawn to my approach because I focus on personal empowerment, encourage questions about the process, and develop very unique and collaborative treatment plans.
I believe in personalized therapy that reduces symptoms, enhances personal wellness and reflects state-of-the-art scientific research and treatment methods. Many people are not sure if therapy is right for them. These individuals are often drawn to my approach because I focus on personal empowerment, encourage questions about the process, and develop very unique and collaborative treatment plans.
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Emotionally Focused Therapists
Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.