Trauma Focused Therapists in Nashville, TN

My approach for counseling is client-focused, meaning that your goals are my priority. We will work together to help you reach your goals by discussing your needs, strengths, connections, and individuality. Your issues are uniquely yours and through compassionate and communicative counseling, we can discover how to help you resolve your issues and move forward in the direction that you wish to go.

As therapists, we are public servants. We have devoted our lives to making something from nothing, to find complex solutions to complex problems. To care and hold space in the face of disaster, trauma and fear. To give assurance and strength and help others rise. - Kirsten Haney, LMFT.

I have a passion for helping couples work through conflict and providing hands on tools for daily relationship challenges. I also have a desire to help those who struggle with addiction in all forms, not just substances. I offer trauma informed therapy for people who have endured complex trauma and suffer from anxiety or depression. I also enjoy working with clients in the LGBTQ population. I have a background in the public school system in Nashville, and will see both adolescent or adult clients on an individual or couples basis.

I help clients struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues & betrayal trauma, PTSD/trauma, motivation & life adjustments. I am a trained trauma therapist and also value my client's interests in their personal spiritual beliefs, rituals and practices. Using an attachment-focused lens, I work with clients to improve communication and connection in their relationships. Everyone can benefit from the honest self-reflection and processing that is provided in therapy. When we step out of the limiting beliefs of the past, we are all capable of living a life of purpose and meaning in healthy relationship to ourselves and others.

We begin to develop our sense of Self & identity through our interactions with others at an early age. Our self-esteem, our thought patterns that contribute to anxiety or depression, our choice of a partner later in life--- all are heavily influenced by our relationships with those around us. When you begin to understand the origin of your thoughts, feelings and behavioral patterns, you are better able to navigate your life. Therapy allows us to heal from trauma, process our grief, ease conflicts in our personal relationships, and develop a clearer sense of self.

As seen in Oprah Magazine, PopSugar, CBS TV, and several other major print and media publications, Radical Change Therapy is a group practice committed to helping our clients identify and unlearn destructive life, career, and relationship patterns that they began as a result of traumatic interpersonal experiences, such as mother-child trauma, daddy issues, toxic friendships, sibling rivalry, intimate partner violence, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, and educational/workplace abuse. We are a group of diverse therapists who take pride in providing safe and brave spaces for clients.

I'm Khadijah, named after Queen Latifah's character on Living Single. I'm a chess fanatic and music lover and truly enjoy helping teens and young adults with addiction and social anxiety navigate life transitions. As a clinician at Radical Change Therapy, I am committed to helping my clients identify and unlearn destructive life, career, and relationship patterns that they began as a result of traumatic interpersonal experiences, such as mother-child trauma, daddy issues, toxic friendships, sibling rivalry, intimate partner violence, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, and educational/workplace abuse.

I love working with clients that are dealing with challenges, and assist them in gaining the tools they need to increase their ability to live a sustainable life. Growing up in an area filled with poverty, I developed a personal understanding of what it’s like to go without due to lack of basic needs. As a Black woman, I have also seen a lot of racial injustice as well as the impact of unaddressed mental health challenges due to limited resources and access to care. As a result of my lived experiences, I refuse to remain silent and I have a desire to support those who are normally looked over and forgotten about.

Do you feel like you are not living your best life? Have you been going through the motions and believe there might be another way? Would it be easier to explore this journey with an affirming and non-judgmental therapist? Trained as a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience in the Behavioral Health field, I bring a person-centered, strengths-based, and gentle style to help individuals and couples achieve their healthiest relationships and interactive styles. My primary specialty areas include anxiety, trauma, LGBTQ+.

Psychologist M. Scott Peck wrote in his besting selling work 'The Road Less Traveled' that "The attempt to avoid legitimate suffering lies at the root of all emotional illness." I have found this to be true in both my professional and personal life. My goal as a trauma-focused therapist to is assist clients to move into their emotional pain rather than away from it with the belief that the only way out of suffering is through.

It is natural to experience a range of emotions; some flooding us thoroughly, and others frozen at our core. Sometimes we all feel challenged by life itself—anxious about change, lonely with ourselves, feeling captive by our past, and running from our fears. This is why it can be helpful to seek out a therapist. Our counseling practice is focused on helping adults and teens who struggle with trauma, depression, anxiety, and chronic stress. As clinical therapists and trauma specialists, we can help you to better recognize and resolve challenges, so you can feel better oriented to your present and prepared to create a balanced future.

I strive to provide you with a safe and nonjudgmental, empathetic space in order to support you through life's most challenging seasons. I believe in an egalitarian therapeutic relationship and that, with the right support and tools provided, you have the answers within you to facilitate positive changes in your life. Whether you or your child are seeking help for anxiety, to improve self esteem, process past trauma, or to navigate school or work issues, I would be honored to walk alongside you.

I work with adults and teenagers experiencing mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, grief, PTSD, complex PTSD, Schizophrenia, Bi-polar, Emotional Disturbance, Reactive Attachment Disorder and addiction. Additionally, I have an extensive background history working with teenagers and adults diagnosed with Asperger's and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Hello, I'm Icy! (Yes, that's my REAL name, haha). I'm a former teacher and pediatric psychiatric hospital social worker turn therapist. I'm full of energy and it works in my favor because I'm a "17 and under" magnet and I absolutely adore all things children! As a clinician at Radical Change Therapy, I partner with parents who are concerned about how their toddler, child, pre-teen, or teen is connecting with family members and their peers, and/or how they’re managing in school and/or social environments. My experience in mental health/trauma, my background in the classroom, and my personality collide to create results for families!

I help you build your capacity to create more of the life you want, ideally one that is healthier and more personally satisfying. To do this, you need a partner to support you in doing the hard work of facing issues and working with obstacles, so you can develop more capacity to create change. Trauma, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, boundaries, narcissistic wounding, and somatic issues are all things I work with often. Clients often reach out due to feeling anxious, panicky, isolated, frustrated in relationships, stuck in perfectionism or people-pleasing, sad or unlike their usual selves, or desiring a deeper level of healing.

Elle specializes in working with individuals presenting with anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma, and body image concerns.

Real life is messy and can leave you feeling broken. Interpersonal relationships, careers, marriage, divorce, raising children, life transitions–the human experience is comprised of struggles & pain; loss & sorrow; heartbreak & regret. But what if healing, & ultimately joy, another facet of the human experience, come from the mess? What if you, your child, or your family, had someone to walk through the mess with you? Someone to cultivate a safe space, approach you with warmth, compassion, validation, and authenticity? What if someone believed in healing & joy for you, amidst the mess, until you could experience it for yourself?