Psychoanalytic Therapists in Nashville, TN
What would you like to create? Healing the places you feel stuck is the first step to rediscovering a full life. I can help you restore clarity about what you want, and reenergize in the place you are most exhausted. Move beyond your past to create the future you desire. It starts with rediscovering who you are.
What would you like to create? Healing the places you feel stuck is the first step to rediscovering a full life. I can help you restore clarity about what you want, and reenergize in the place you are most exhausted. Move beyond your past to create the future you desire. It starts with rediscovering who you are.
I am a Clinical Psychologist and I work well with individuals who are interested in developing deeper knowledge of themselves, their relationships, and those around them. Together with my clients, I seek to understand each person in order to promote healing and healthier living going forward. Clients who benefit from my method are verbal, insight-oriented, and motivated to grow into the healthiest version of themselves they can become. Clients often come with symptoms such as anxiety or depression, but once they feel some relief they choose to explore the underlying reasons for these symptoms.
I am a Clinical Psychologist and I work well with individuals who are interested in developing deeper knowledge of themselves, their relationships, and those around them. Together with my clients, I seek to understand each person in order to promote healing and healthier living going forward. Clients who benefit from my method are verbal, insight-oriented, and motivated to grow into the healthiest version of themselves they can become. Clients often come with symptoms such as anxiety or depression, but once they feel some relief they choose to explore the underlying reasons for these symptoms.
Casey Dycus is an LPC-MHSP and a state licensed Supervisor helping young professionals, women, marriages, and families regain a sense of balance, holistic living, and emotional regulation. She specializes in helping those that need to work through trauma, depression, and anxiety. When people get stuck in lower functioning emotions and find themselves merely surviving, it is often hard to get out of that place and find purpose and joy in life. Casey's goal is to recognize patterns that keep her clients stuck and help them make goals that cultivate healing within themselves and their familial or interpersonal relationships.
Casey Dycus is an LPC-MHSP and a state licensed Supervisor helping young professionals, women, marriages, and families regain a sense of balance, holistic living, and emotional regulation. She specializes in helping those that need to work through trauma, depression, and anxiety. When people get stuck in lower functioning emotions and find themselves merely surviving, it is often hard to get out of that place and find purpose and joy in life. Casey's goal is to recognize patterns that keep her clients stuck and help them make goals that cultivate healing within themselves and their familial or interpersonal relationships.
You don’t have to face the hardest parts of life alone. Many of my clients come to me feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in unhealthy patterns, or weighed down by the effects of trauma. Life can feel exhausting, and self-work can feel like just one more thing to take on. I provide a calm, steady space where you can be honest without judgment. With experience supporting trauma, addiction, and incarceration, I know how to hold space for even the heaviest stories while helping you cultivate hope, self-compassion, and accountability to find a way through your circumstances.
You don’t have to face the hardest parts of life alone. Many of my clients come to me feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stuck in unhealthy patterns, or weighed down by the effects of trauma. Life can feel exhausting, and self-work can feel like just one more thing to take on. I provide a calm, steady space where you can be honest without judgment. With experience supporting trauma, addiction, and incarceration, I know how to hold space for even the heaviest stories while helping you cultivate hope, self-compassion, and accountability to find a way through your circumstances.
My goal is to utilize the individual strengths of all clients for the sake of enabling them to accomplish their goals, overcome hardships, and live up to their fullest potential. This possibility is readily available to all willing to adopt new perspectives and practices to their day to day lives. I am passionate about meeting clients where they are for the sake of discovering the perspectives and interests that make people excited about the lives they live. I am credentialed as a Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Service Provider.
My goal is to utilize the individual strengths of all clients for the sake of enabling them to accomplish their goals, overcome hardships, and live up to their fullest potential. This possibility is readily available to all willing to adopt new perspectives and practices to their day to day lives. I am passionate about meeting clients where they are for the sake of discovering the perspectives and interests that make people excited about the lives they live. I am credentialed as a Licensed Professional Counselor/Mental Health Service Provider.
With over 45 years in clinical practice, treating a wide variety of issues, I appreciate that everyone has a unique personal story. I believe that remaining current with relevant scientific findings enhances my clinical work. I also believe that training young therapists at four universities has sharpened my thinking about how to understand each individual, as well as improving my skills in conducting therapy. Over a decade of doing psychotherapy research has deepened my understanding about how psychotherapy works. I tailor my therapeutic approach to your personal situation. We will work together to resolve your problems.
With over 45 years in clinical practice, treating a wide variety of issues, I appreciate that everyone has a unique personal story. I believe that remaining current with relevant scientific findings enhances my clinical work. I also believe that training young therapists at four universities has sharpened my thinking about how to understand each individual, as well as improving my skills in conducting therapy. Over a decade of doing psychotherapy research has deepened my understanding about how psychotherapy works. I tailor my therapeutic approach to your personal situation. We will work together to resolve your problems.
**EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE** I enjoy working with individuals, marriages, and couples who have the courage to enter the heartache of their past or current struggles, and creatively collaborate to find new ways to thrive and live and love more fully. I have experience with anxiety, depression, anger, grief, marital dissastifaction, OCD, and divorce. As a professional counselor, my goal is to provide a safe and nurturing environment where a person can acknowledge their current limitations and begin to move forward in positive strides.
**EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE** I enjoy working with individuals, marriages, and couples who have the courage to enter the heartache of their past or current struggles, and creatively collaborate to find new ways to thrive and live and love more fully. I have experience with anxiety, depression, anger, grief, marital dissastifaction, OCD, and divorce. As a professional counselor, my goal is to provide a safe and nurturing environment where a person can acknowledge their current limitations and begin to move forward in positive strides.
Life’s transitions often stir complex emotions—grief, uncertainty, identity struggles, and unresolved trauma. Many of the individuals I work with carry the weight of personal, cultural, or intergenerational experiences that have shaped how they see themselves and relate to the world. They seek a space where their full story can be seen and honored—a space to make sense of emotional pain, heal relational wounds, and reconnect with their authentic selves.
Life’s transitions often stir complex emotions—grief, uncertainty, identity struggles, and unresolved trauma. Many of the individuals I work with carry the weight of personal, cultural, or intergenerational experiences that have shaped how they see themselves and relate to the world. They seek a space where their full story can be seen and honored—a space to make sense of emotional pain, heal relational wounds, and reconnect with their authentic selves.
I therefore integrate psychoanalytic treatment within and alongside ERP, to foster deeper and more lasting change than ERP alone can offer.
Other search terms: HOCD, SO-OCD, sexual orientation OCD, ROCD, relationship OCD, POCD, harm OCD, intrusive thoughts, violent thoughts, retroactive jealousy, real event OCD; somatic OCD; BFRB, body-focused repetitive behaviors, trichotillomania, hair-pulling, skin-picking, excoriation; GAD, anxiety, panic, social anxiety, health anxiety, hypochondriasis
I therefore integrate psychoanalytic treatment within and alongside ERP, to foster deeper and more lasting change than ERP alone can offer.
Other search terms: HOCD, SO-OCD, sexual orientation OCD, ROCD, relationship OCD, POCD, harm OCD, intrusive thoughts, violent thoughts, retroactive jealousy, real event OCD; somatic OCD; BFRB, body-focused repetitive behaviors, trichotillomania, hair-pulling, skin-picking, excoriation; GAD, anxiety, panic, social anxiety, health anxiety, hypochondriasis
Isolated? Fearful? Tired of doing it alone? It's a new day, and I can help. I adhere to the belief that nobody's story is too painful to be heard or healed-even yours. With an emphasis on empowering my clients for long-term change, I have helped hundreds of people coping with trauma, grief/loss and painful relationship patterns to achieve lasting change. I would be honored to help you too. I am the author of Trauma Intelligence and offer trauma and grief recovery workshops for organizations.
Isolated? Fearful? Tired of doing it alone? It's a new day, and I can help. I adhere to the belief that nobody's story is too painful to be heard or healed-even yours. With an emphasis on empowering my clients for long-term change, I have helped hundreds of people coping with trauma, grief/loss and painful relationship patterns to achieve lasting change. I would be honored to help you too. I am the author of Trauma Intelligence and offer trauma and grief recovery workshops for organizations.
At Rachel Epifanio Counseling, we know healing begins with real human connection. We don’t hide behind roles. We show up as ourselves. That genuine presence invites clients to feel safe enough to let down their guard and be fully seen. We use a client-centered approach, understanding that the client is the expert of their own life.
At Rachel Epifanio Counseling, we know healing begins with real human connection. We don’t hide behind roles. We show up as ourselves. That genuine presence invites clients to feel safe enough to let down their guard and be fully seen. We use a client-centered approach, understanding that the client is the expert of their own life.
Welcome to an hour just for you. This is an hour to express yourself freely and explore thoughts and feelings in a calm environment. I'm here to listen and support you on your journey towards empowerment and self-discovery. Let's explore this process together.
Central to my practice is the fundamental principle that the client-therapist relationship is built on a foundation of respect, motivation, honesty, and genuine care. This philosophy shapes every aspect of my work, ensuring that my clients feel supported and empowered throughout their therapeutic journey.
Welcome to an hour just for you. This is an hour to express yourself freely and explore thoughts and feelings in a calm environment. I'm here to listen and support you on your journey towards empowerment and self-discovery. Let's explore this process together.
Central to my practice is the fundamental principle that the client-therapist relationship is built on a foundation of respect, motivation, honesty, and genuine care. This philosophy shapes every aspect of my work, ensuring that my clients feel supported and empowered throughout their therapeutic journey.
Are you struggling with managing drugs or alcohol? Are you having a lot of conflict with your loved ones? Do you feel unhappy with yourself and your circumstances in life? You likely have tried many times to feel better but only end up feeling worse. This makes it difficult for you to be understood by others because they don't understand your struggle. I commonly see people who have a difficult time cutting back on addictive behaviors, feel excessive guilt for their actions, and have a hard time managing the pressures of work. If you relate to this, then you are not alone. I work with many others who have the same struggles.
Are you struggling with managing drugs or alcohol? Are you having a lot of conflict with your loved ones? Do you feel unhappy with yourself and your circumstances in life? You likely have tried many times to feel better but only end up feeling worse. This makes it difficult for you to be understood by others because they don't understand your struggle. I commonly see people who have a difficult time cutting back on addictive behaviors, feel excessive guilt for their actions, and have a hard time managing the pressures of work. If you relate to this, then you are not alone. I work with many others who have the same struggles.
Are you a people pleaser? Do you have a pattern of one-sided relationships? Do you find yourself at times “walking on eggshells” just to keep the peace? Do you feel as if it your duty to help everyone get through their problems to the point of sacrificing your own needs? Sometimes, the things we do in our relationships to help others end up causing us to hurt ourselves. That hurt can manifest in different ways including, but not limited to loss of energy and interest in pleasurable activities, frequent mood changes, and lack of focus and concentrating on important day to day tasks.
Are you a people pleaser? Do you have a pattern of one-sided relationships? Do you find yourself at times “walking on eggshells” just to keep the peace? Do you feel as if it your duty to help everyone get through their problems to the point of sacrificing your own needs? Sometimes, the things we do in our relationships to help others end up causing us to hurt ourselves. That hurt can manifest in different ways including, but not limited to loss of energy and interest in pleasurable activities, frequent mood changes, and lack of focus and concentrating on important day to day tasks.
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Compassion Focused Culturally Sensitive Eclectic Family / Marital Interpersonal Intervention Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) Motivational Interviewing Person-Centered Positive Psychology Psychoanalytic Strength-Based Trauma Focused
I provide therapy with individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds. With over 18 years’ experience in the mental health field, I provide support and practical feedback to help you effectively address the challenges you are facing in your life. With compassion and understanding, I work with you to help you build on your strengths and attain the personal growth you are committed to accomplishing. Much of my job is to ask you questions you may not have asked yourself, to help you think about yourself and your problems in a new way.
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Compassion Focused Culturally Sensitive Eclectic Family / Marital Interpersonal Intervention Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) Motivational Interviewing Person-Centered Positive Psychology Psychoanalytic Strength-Based Trauma Focused
I provide therapy with individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds. With over 18 years’ experience in the mental health field, I provide support and practical feedback to help you effectively address the challenges you are facing in your life. With compassion and understanding, I work with you to help you build on your strengths and attain the personal growth you are committed to accomplishing. Much of my job is to ask you questions you may not have asked yourself, to help you think about yourself and your problems in a new way.
Life can be challenging or uncertain at times. When you feel overwhelmed or unprepared for a life challenge, it is good to seek the support of a trained professional. I am prepared to support those who are grieving from a personal loss, including death, loss of a relationship, transitioning jobs, and other losses. Grief can have a significant impact on one's life and physical health. It can drain you of the energy needed to move forward in your life.
Life can be challenging or uncertain at times. When you feel overwhelmed or unprepared for a life challenge, it is good to seek the support of a trained professional. I am prepared to support those who are grieving from a personal loss, including death, loss of a relationship, transitioning jobs, and other losses. Grief can have a significant impact on one's life and physical health. It can drain you of the energy needed to move forward in your life.
My ideal client is one that wants help learning to navigate life's struggles through the lens of emotionally focused therapy. Clients will benefit from the creative infusion of Christian counseling, emotionally focused therapy, trauma focused therapy with EMDR & Murray Method, and the use of play or expressive arts. Clients that I work with often range in ages from 13 and above. I currently see couples, men, and women in Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, and Murfreesboro. I can also utilize my 50+years of Christian beliefs and faith based knowledge to help guide you through your current spiritual trials and storm.
My ideal client is one that wants help learning to navigate life's struggles through the lens of emotionally focused therapy. Clients will benefit from the creative infusion of Christian counseling, emotionally focused therapy, trauma focused therapy with EMDR & Murray Method, and the use of play or expressive arts. Clients that I work with often range in ages from 13 and above. I currently see couples, men, and women in Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, and Murfreesboro. I can also utilize my 50+years of Christian beliefs and faith based knowledge to help guide you through your current spiritual trials and storm.
If you’re anything like me, and I suspect you are, you’re searching for “the real." I spent 20 years in the unhealthy trenches of the music and restaurant industries, searching. I’m a human, and so are you. Maybe things that once worked for you just aren’t working anymore. I’ve been there. As complicated as things get, it’s actually pretty simple. We're born, and we need to feel safe. But reality is imperfect, and we don't feel safe! We have healthy needs that don't get met. We learn to submerge our feelings and control other people. But that doesn't work. It gets heavy. So here's what I can offer you:
If you’re anything like me, and I suspect you are, you’re searching for “the real." I spent 20 years in the unhealthy trenches of the music and restaurant industries, searching. I’m a human, and so are you. Maybe things that once worked for you just aren’t working anymore. I’ve been there. As complicated as things get, it’s actually pretty simple. We're born, and we need to feel safe. But reality is imperfect, and we don't feel safe! We have healthy needs that don't get met. We learn to submerge our feelings and control other people. But that doesn't work. It gets heavy. So here's what I can offer you:
I offer in-office, in-home, and Telehealth sessions—with concierge access between appointments at no additional charge for clients who prefer a higher level of continuity and care.
I am currently accepting clients in-office in Nashville, in-home, or Telehealth anywhere in the state of Tennessee, with limited concierge spots. Read more about me at grayskiestherapy dot com.
Please note I do not take insurance but can provide a Superbill.
I offer in-office, in-home, and Telehealth sessions—with concierge access between appointments at no additional charge for clients who prefer a higher level of continuity and care.
I am currently accepting clients in-office in Nashville, in-home, or Telehealth anywhere in the state of Tennessee, with limited concierge spots. Read more about me at grayskiestherapy dot com.
Please note I do not take insurance but can provide a Superbill.
“The hardest part about the gym, is getting there.” I am excited that you have taken the first step to overcome your emotional challenges and life stressors. Making the choice to begin therapy is not always an easy one. My goal is to help you feel more comfortable about that decision. Sometimes you just need someone to assist you with life changes, challenges, and handling the stress of it all.
“The hardest part about the gym, is getting there.” I am excited that you have taken the first step to overcome your emotional challenges and life stressors. Making the choice to begin therapy is not always an easy one. My goal is to help you feel more comfortable about that decision. Sometimes you just need someone to assist you with life changes, challenges, and handling the stress of it all.
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.