Women's Issues Therapists in Nashville, TN

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Jane Kilmer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37216  (Online Only)
Other common issues include relationship issues, family of origin issues, parenting, women's issues, young adult issues, religious and spiritual shifts, grief, and life transitions.
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!
Other common issues include relationship issues, family of origin issues, parenting, women's issues, young adult issues, religious and spiritual shifts, grief, and life transitions.
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!
(615) 274-8506 View (615) 274-8506
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Renee Kochera
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Nashville, TN 37213  (Online Only)
In addition to couples work, I take a special interest in women's issues related to perinatal and parenthood.
Life sometimes gives us twists and turns we never imagined. At Looking Glass Therapy I am dedicated to working along side of you in finding the right path to navigate these roads. I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. I've spent over 12 years working with clients on improving their own personal lives, and the lives of their families. My approach is to help guide, support, and encourage individuals, couples, and families to enhance their world around them. Together we will set realistic goals and expectations to help you live your best life.
In addition to couples work, I take a special interest in women's issues related to perinatal and parenthood.
Life sometimes gives us twists and turns we never imagined. At Looking Glass Therapy I am dedicated to working along side of you in finding the right path to navigate these roads. I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. I've spent over 12 years working with clients on improving their own personal lives, and the lives of their families. My approach is to help guide, support, and encourage individuals, couples, and families to enhance their world around them. Together we will set realistic goals and expectations to help you live your best life.
(475) 222-1689 View (475) 222-1689
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Erica Stegner Dale
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37215
Waitlist for new clients
Her areas of focus with individuals include life transitions, women's issues, anxiety, grief, and trauma.
Life's difficulties find us all, and they can leave us feeling stuck, confused and alone. It is Erica's passion and privilege to walk alongside others who find themselves in such places. Erica's hope for her clients is to collaboratively create a safe environment that provides the space to wrestle, grow and take steps toward hope and healing.
Her areas of focus with individuals include life transitions, women's issues, anxiety, grief, and trauma.
Life's difficulties find us all, and they can leave us feeling stuck, confused and alone. It is Erica's passion and privilege to walk alongside others who find themselves in such places. Erica's hope for her clients is to collaboratively create a safe environment that provides the space to wrestle, grow and take steps toward hope and healing.
(615) 454-9285 View (615) 454-9285
Silver Lake Psychology
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37218
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
(615) 880-9683 View (615) 880-9683
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Jordan Orlando
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CCM
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Nashville, TN 37215  (Online Only)
Are you struggling with women's issues related to anxiety, depression, grief, or loss? Do you feel alone or overwhelmed in coping with stressors of every day life? I have an educational, professional and personal background in working with issues that plague many women or new parents. I enjoy working with women experiencing anxiety, issues related to early parenthood, fertility, loss, or postpartum issues. Please call for a FREE 15-minute consult with me to find out more!
Are you struggling with women's issues related to anxiety, depression, grief, or loss? Do you feel alone or overwhelmed in coping with stressors of every day life? I have an educational, professional and personal background in working with issues that plague many women or new parents. I enjoy working with women experiencing anxiety, issues related to early parenthood, fertility, loss, or postpartum issues. Please call for a FREE 15-minute consult with me to find out more!
(615) 821-2240 View (615) 821-2240
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Shelby Corsano
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MHSP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Nashville, TN 37214
I specialize in helping young adults and teens navigate the more complicated and difficult aspects of life so that they can fully embrace the joyous, beautiful, and amazing ones. I primarily work with individuals struggling to manage college, life transitions, women's issues, trauma, suicidal ideation, and self-harm. In our work together I ask that you value authenticity, genuineness, and humanness, as i will do the same. Therapy is an intimate and vulnerable, yet powerful gift I love sharing with others.
I specialize in helping young adults and teens navigate the more complicated and difficult aspects of life so that they can fully embrace the joyous, beautiful, and amazing ones. I primarily work with individuals struggling to manage college, life transitions, women's issues, trauma, suicidal ideation, and self-harm. In our work together I ask that you value authenticity, genuineness, and humanness, as i will do the same. Therapy is an intimate and vulnerable, yet powerful gift I love sharing with others.
(629) 209-5860 View (629) 209-5860
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Ally Doering
Pre-Licensed Professional, MMFT
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37201
Hi, my name is Ally Doering and I am a pre-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Welcome to my page! I am passionate about working with families (who want to learn how to reconnect as a whole family unit), children (ages 4-10), women's issues, relationship conflicts, trauma, young adults (who are dealing with daily stressors, anxiety, OCD tendencies), and individuals who are dealing with grief and loss. After having my own therapy journey in high school, I knew very quickly that I wanted to help others see a positive light at the end of their therapy journey as my therapist did for me.
Hi, my name is Ally Doering and I am a pre-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Welcome to my page! I am passionate about working with families (who want to learn how to reconnect as a whole family unit), children (ages 4-10), women's issues, relationship conflicts, trauma, young adults (who are dealing with daily stressors, anxiety, OCD tendencies), and individuals who are dealing with grief and loss. After having my own therapy journey in high school, I knew very quickly that I wanted to help others see a positive light at the end of their therapy journey as my therapist did for me.
(629) 356-5738 View (629) 356-5738
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Amber Smith
Counselor, MSEd, LPCC-S
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37201
We specialize in women's issues including anxiety, self-esteem issues, and depression.
Hello I am the owner of Sanctuary of Hope, a brand new practice in west-central Ohio that focuses solely on offering women quality mental and emotional healthcare. We believe you deserve to feel whole, joyful and energized. Our focus is on adolescent to adult women who may be struggling with life transitions, stress, anxiety, and depression. We are here to help you find a way to increase time for you all while decreasing your anxiety about it. We help you to change the way you think and feel so that you can live the life you want for yourself.
We specialize in women's issues including anxiety, self-esteem issues, and depression.
Hello I am the owner of Sanctuary of Hope, a brand new practice in west-central Ohio that focuses solely on offering women quality mental and emotional healthcare. We believe you deserve to feel whole, joyful and energized. Our focus is on adolescent to adult women who may be struggling with life transitions, stress, anxiety, and depression. We are here to help you find a way to increase time for you all while decreasing your anxiety about it. We help you to change the way you think and feel so that you can live the life you want for yourself.
(419) 406-4601 View (419) 406-4601
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Sarah Dowdy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37215  (Online Only)
Some areas of interest include women's issues, depression/anxiety, domestic violence, trauma, life's transitions, addiction and narcissistic abuse.
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” — Maya Angelou Hello! My name is Sarah and I would love to get the chance to provide a safe relationship that would give you the space for personal growth and healing. I am here to help you at the pace that fits your needs. You are the expert in your own life and everyone deserves happiness.
Some areas of interest include women's issues, depression/anxiety, domestic violence, trauma, life's transitions, addiction and narcissistic abuse.
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” — Maya Angelou Hello! My name is Sarah and I would love to get the chance to provide a safe relationship that would give you the space for personal growth and healing. I am here to help you at the pace that fits your needs. You are the expert in your own life and everyone deserves happiness.
(615) 375-4759 View (615) 375-4759
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Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37215
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
We strive to build relationships that heal. Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
We strive to build relationships that heal. Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
(615) 808-7176 View (615) 808-7176
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Nashville Psychology
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37215
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
(615) 813-2618 View (615) 813-2618
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Vanessa Brown
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37215
Being a human is hard. Reaching out is hard. Needing a safe and accepting space with a compassionate person who will walk with you on your journey is a basic need of every human. I work with adults with issues such as depression, anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, mood disorders, self-esteem, life transitions, and stress. Working with women's issues, LGBTQ+, infertility and creating families through IVF/donors/other non-traditional routes, and supporting families of those with mental illness are also passions of mine.
Being a human is hard. Reaching out is hard. Needing a safe and accepting space with a compassionate person who will walk with you on your journey is a basic need of every human. I work with adults with issues such as depression, anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, mood disorders, self-esteem, life transitions, and stress. Working with women's issues, LGBTQ+, infertility and creating families through IVF/donors/other non-traditional routes, and supporting families of those with mental illness are also passions of mine.
(615) 205-8294 View (615) 205-8294
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Nashville Psychology
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37203
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
(615) 637-3440 View (615) 637-3440
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Silver Lake Psychology
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37201
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
(629) 276-9962 View (629) 276-9962
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Ashley Vicari
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LPCC-S, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Nashville, TN 37212
Hi! I'm Ashley. I've been practicing Therapy for 10 years and am honored to have sat across from so many incredible souls. Life can be so beautiful. It can also be so incredibly hard and challenging to navigate. I'd love to support you as you seek healing and restoration. Having worked in this field for years, my specialties include anxiety, depression, eating disorders and body image, life adjustments, parenthood, infertility and perinatal support, and women's issues among other things.
Hi! I'm Ashley. I've been practicing Therapy for 10 years and am honored to have sat across from so many incredible souls. Life can be so beautiful. It can also be so incredibly hard and challenging to navigate. I'd love to support you as you seek healing and restoration. Having worked in this field for years, my specialties include anxiety, depression, eating disorders and body image, life adjustments, parenthood, infertility and perinatal support, and women's issues among other things.
(270) 713-6158 View (270) 713-6158
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The Bridge Counseling, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, MMFT, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Nashville, TN 37206
My areas of expertise include individuals with depressive and anxiety symptoms, self-worth and confidence concerns, women's issues, adolescent counseling, working to support parents to improve family functioning and relationships, spiritual issues, and other emotional challenges.
Are you often self-critical and lack the compassion that you so willingly offer to others when they are in need?  Do you want to feel whole, healthy, and empowered to live a meaningful and positive life?  I believe that is something we all  strive for and want for our lives, but life's roadblocks can present challenges that impede our growth and cause us to doubt ourselves. It is important to move forward in life with self-compassion and the feeling of empowerment to manage life successfully when things get difficult.
My areas of expertise include individuals with depressive and anxiety symptoms, self-worth and confidence concerns, women's issues, adolescent counseling, working to support parents to improve family functioning and relationships, spiritual issues, and other emotional challenges.
Are you often self-critical and lack the compassion that you so willingly offer to others when they are in need?  Do you want to feel whole, healthy, and empowered to live a meaningful and positive life?  I believe that is something we all  strive for and want for our lives, but life's roadblocks can present challenges that impede our growth and cause us to doubt ourselves. It is important to move forward in life with self-compassion and the feeling of empowerment to manage life successfully when things get difficult.
(615) 212-2219 View (615) 212-2219
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Laura Deneen
Counselor, LPC, MHSP, CEDS-S, ACS, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Nashville, TN 37215
I am passionate about working with clients presenting with eating disorders, and co-occurring disorders such as anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and other women's issues. In my practice, I use a treatment model that is evidence-based and eclectic, as I believe each client's needs vary. These models include, but are not limited to, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Beginning the journey to recovery from an eating disorder is difficult and one that requires courage-I strive to create an environment that is built on a foundation of trust for this process.
I am passionate about working with clients presenting with eating disorders, and co-occurring disorders such as anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and other women's issues. In my practice, I use a treatment model that is evidence-based and eclectic, as I believe each client's needs vary. These models include, but are not limited to, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Beginning the journey to recovery from an eating disorder is difficult and one that requires courage-I strive to create an environment that is built on a foundation of trust for this process.
(615) 247-6945 View (615) 247-6945
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Cynthia M Starling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37201
Experience with trauma, depression, grief, codependency issues,victims of abuse, elderly issues, women's issues, adolescents, adjustment issues, anger management and certified to work with perpetrators of domestic violence.
28 years experience as a Clinical Social Worker working with children, adolescents, adults, including geriatrics, with a variety of issues. Experience with acute and chronic problems with depression and anxiety, trauma, grief and codependency issues. Certified to work with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. I worked for 24 years in Community Mental Health and most recently worked four years in private practice with Cornerstone Counseling. I have recently decided to move to my own office in Hopkinsville and I am looking forward to this new journey!
Experience with trauma, depression, grief, codependency issues,victims of abuse, elderly issues, women's issues, adolescents, adjustment issues, anger management and certified to work with perpetrators of domestic violence.
28 years experience as a Clinical Social Worker working with children, adolescents, adults, including geriatrics, with a variety of issues. Experience with acute and chronic problems with depression and anxiety, trauma, grief and codependency issues. Certified to work with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. I worked for 24 years in Community Mental Health and most recently worked four years in private practice with Cornerstone Counseling. I have recently decided to move to my own office in Hopkinsville and I am looking forward to this new journey!
(270) 681-3439 View (270) 681-3439
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Payton Nicolette Keith
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MHSP
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37201  (Online Only)
Although I am accepting clients with a variety of needs my areas of focus include military issues, trauma therapy, couple’s counseling, sex therapy, Intimacy issues, sexual identity and Women's issues.
Working on yourself is the most important work you will ever do. I believe we are all in this life together, and we all need a little help sometimes. I want to be the person who helps you. We will discover, together, what goals are most important to you, then we will then work on building the tools to help you change your life. It may not be easy at times, but that is why I'm here to guide you. I've got your back. We will do this by working on possible traumas, anxieties, or other road blocks that need to be examined and broken through. I'm here to help adults of all ages and gender, as well as couples to make the most of their life
Although I am accepting clients with a variety of needs my areas of focus include military issues, trauma therapy, couple’s counseling, sex therapy, Intimacy issues, sexual identity and Women's issues.
Working on yourself is the most important work you will ever do. I believe we are all in this life together, and we all need a little help sometimes. I want to be the person who helps you. We will discover, together, what goals are most important to you, then we will then work on building the tools to help you change your life. It may not be easy at times, but that is why I'm here to guide you. I've got your back. We will do this by working on possible traumas, anxieties, or other road blocks that need to be examined and broken through. I'm here to help adults of all ages and gender, as well as couples to make the most of their life
(615) 880-9941 View (615) 880-9941
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Kay Collake
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37201
Common areas of practice include anxiety and depression management, women's issues, support with chronic illness, minority stress, trauma, relationship difficulties, and grief/loss.
Do you find yourself overwhelmed with the competing priorities of daily life? Stuck in unhealthy patterns such as overuse of alcohol, procrastination, or emotional eating? Are your days spent battling perfectionism and negative self-talk? Would you like to be more active socially but struggle with anxiety or feelings of low self-worth? Hi. I’m Kay. Congratulations on taking the first step toward living your best life! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience providing psychotherapy, assessment, and referral services to adults, children, and families.
Common areas of practice include anxiety and depression management, women's issues, support with chronic illness, minority stress, trauma, relationship difficulties, and grief/loss.
Do you find yourself overwhelmed with the competing priorities of daily life? Stuck in unhealthy patterns such as overuse of alcohol, procrastination, or emotional eating? Are your days spent battling perfectionism and negative self-talk? Would you like to be more active socially but struggle with anxiety or feelings of low self-worth? Hi. I’m Kay. Congratulations on taking the first step toward living your best life! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience providing psychotherapy, assessment, and referral services to adults, children, and families.
(615) 392-6827 View (615) 392-6827
Women's Issues Therapists

How do you encourage a woman to go to therapy?

It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual may be suffering, and what effects it has on them, should be done with compassion and with 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.

How can women prepare for therapy?

Women can prepare for therapy by being willing to talk about their past experiences and their private thoughts. Before a session, an individual may want to reflect on how they’ve felt since the last session and what’s happened in their lives. Between sessions, it can be useful to write down notes about their reaction to a given event or how they felt at a particular time.

How long does therapy for women’s issues often last?

As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual and the challenges they face. Therapy types like Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Prolonged exposure therapy (PET), and Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. In some cases, such as for women with eating disorders, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.

How can women overcome stigma around specific challenges in order to seek therapy?

Women dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, and any other number of troubles may feel a stigma around seeking help. It’s important to remember that these issues are not uncommon and there is no shame in getting help for them. Therapy is confidential, and women can talk about their experiences without fear of judgment. Seeking therapy can be a courageous and liberating act, and an important step toward healing and recovery.