Therapists in Nashville, TN

Life can be hard. It's never just one thing that causes us to begin looking for help and it can be easy to lose sight of our strength and resilience when we are overcome with stress, shame, or doubt. I offer individuals a safe environment for self-exploration and building awareness of what may be holding you back from achieving your best self and putting you on the path to a more fulfilling life.

Catherine is a unique therapist with a breadth of lifetime experience that makes her an ideal therapist for adolescents and teens through adulting and on into parenting phases of life. Her background as a coach, entrepreneur, non-profit leader, and mom are life experiences she can draw from to guide you through your journey towards healing. Using a person-centered approach to counseling, Catherine uses multiple evidence-based techniques tailored to each stage of life and the problems that arise. Life doesn't happen in a straight line. Sometimes we get stuck and need a little help getting back onto our path.

With over 20 years of experience, I have come to realize that I truly enjoy walking along side clients while they search for the answers they are seeking. I embrace life as it comes seeking joy, peace and happiness in every situation no matter how tough it appears to be in the moment. I use a variety of therapeutic interventions and will work with you to develop a treatment plan that will provide healing and hope as you continue to live life. Change, happiness, and healing is possible.

Welcome to New Story Therapy! My hope is to provide you with a safe, supportive space to navigate your relationship with yourself and with others. I currently work primarily with adults who are seeking healing from trauma, anxiety, and depression that may stem from family of origin issues, physical, sexual, & emotional abuse, relationship conflict, and other difficult life experiences. Many of my clients are entrepreneurs, creatives, students, Asian Americans & people of color, and people within the helping profession. You have taken the first step of courage in being here, and it is my honor to connect with you.

I am a licensed professional counselor in Nashville, TN. I am passionate about helping others and I work with children, adolescents, and adults with a wide variety of presenting issues. Life is messy, full of hurts, disappointments, stressors, and grief – past and present. I want to help you get “unstuck” so you can live your best life, whatever that is for you. I have been where you are which makes me uniquely qualified to sit with you and to walk alongside you on your journey of healing. I cannot give you the answers, but I promise you will not have to find them alone.

My clients are often those struggling with anxiety, self-worth, and life transitions/adjustments. I also have particular specialities and experience with grief, substance addictions or those who are the loved one of a person with addictions, and trauma. When you read the word "trauma" it doesn't have to mean only abuse, car accidents, etc. There are various stressful life experiences that register as trauma, such as divorce, neglect/abandonment, health related issues and diagnoses, miscarriages, and many more. All that is needed from you is a desire to be present in the counseling space. The rest we walk through together.

I work with individuals and couples around helping understand core causes of anxiety, emotional struggles, depression, addiction and compulsive disorders. I believe that we have the capacity to break the cycle and live out of our authentic self but we sometimes get stuck. We long to be fully seen and known. The challenge comes in allowing ourselves to be known. My main specialties are around trauma, anxiety, depression and addiction (porn addiction, sexual addiction, sexual shame & trauma, marital conflict, and other intimacy struggles). I have received specialized training in treating both trauma and sexual addiction.

My approach to counseling is very interactive and individualized. I like to provide an environment full of creativity, flexibility and humor during the counseling process. Challenging your self-perception, understanding your emotions, and changing your unhelpful behaviors requires tough work, but you won't be doing it alone. Together we will explore the patterns in your life that are keeping you stuck and find healthier ways to achieve what you need so that you can begin creating a life you love.

I consider it an honor to walk alongside my clients on their journey towards healing. My therapy approach is highly collaborative. I value the therapeutic relationship more than any technique or theory itself. Initiating counseling is often a big and difficult step and I do my best to help you feel relaxed, comfortable and welcome. I am passionate about working with clients experiencing loss and grief. Many presenting issues come down to a loss- loss of a loved one, loss of a pregnancy, loss of hopes/dreams, loss of a marriage...and working through loss requires time, connection and a safe place.

My goal is to provide you with a safe, empathetic, and welcoming space to conquer your life challenges and goals. We will work together to identify growth areas and changes that can be made to help with your healing journey. I work from a strengths-based approach and will use this approach to help you explore new ways to cope, and problem solve. I have a passion for helping individuals regain hope and find meaning in life. I am LGBTQ+ friendly and passionate about serving this population, as well as other marginalized groups including, black and brown men and at-risk youth.

As your therapist, I aim to accompany you on the journey toward your inner workings for confident, outermost expression. I aim for my clients to know that they are worth being listened to, and I value that my clients feel safe with each step into the unknown. My clients will learn skills to dodge the boulders of life, scale the walls of uncertainty, and find light in the darkness. At the end of our journey, I hope you leave with a greater sense of confidence in yourself and your abilities to face new challenges ahead.

My mission is to create a safe space for individuals to find healing, freedom, and self-acceptance. I am passionate about helping my clients regain confidence while beginning to love and trust themselves. I help my clients unlearn negative beliefs and begin to change relationship patterns that no longer serve them. I work well with people pleasers, people who struggle to set boundaries, or people who chronically sacrifice themselves for others. When we are able to know what we need and set limits in our relationships, we enhance our emotional well-being and our relationships become healthier.

I believe that most problems bringing people to psychotherapy arise from conflict issues and contact issues. Conflicts may involve inner conflicts, such as dilemmas of freedom vs. love, and interpersonal conlicts involving needs between partners, family members, past or present, coworkers, etc. Contact issues involve our connections with self,with others, and seeking, losing, healing, or needing to deepen the quality of these connections. Imbalances in contact or conflict may create mild to severe anxiety, depression, and when unresolved may fuel bad habits at best and at worst compulsive problems. Accurate definition of these underlying issues is necessary for resolution.

I love working with people who have relationship issues--romantic or otherwise. I can help you figure out what you really want and work with you to make it more likely that what you want becomes reality. I can help you figure out places where you get stuck or get in your own way and we'll work to make change happen fast. If you're looking for someone who doesn't tiptoe around, you're on the right profile.

As an AASECT Certified Sexuality Counselor working with individuals and couples, I combine evidence-based best practices with experience as a Tantric Sexuality Educator and practitioner, offering a supportive environment for thorough and constructive exploration of sexual matters. Questions and concerns may be talked about openly without fear of embarrassment or criticism. As a Mind-Body Psychotherapist, I help clients talk through issues and learn to utilize emotions as embodied resources for healing and growth, encouraging awareness of connection between body, mind, and spirit. My background as a pastoral psychotherapist and experience with body therapies such as yoga, breath-work, and meditation inform my work.

My clinical practice consists of the treatment of trauma, bereavement/grief, employee assistance (EAP), conflict resolution/workplace issues, affective disorders, anxiety disorders (PTSD), personality disorders, marital & family issues, and self-esteem issues all in a safe, empathic environment.

Congratulations! You have courageously open the door to the first step in charting your life course. It is not easy to reach out to ask for help especially if bombarded with feeling down, low energy, self doubt and worrying about everything. A flood of questions and thoughts may arise as you contemplate your path to mental and emotional well being. I get it and that's why facilitating emotional safety and building a collaborative approach is essential in the work that I do. Whether you are faced with deep sorrow or longing, worried and anxious about your future or concerns about relationships there is hope and a way through.

Entertainment Health Services specializes in counseling creatives in the Nashville area, focusing on the compounding pressures of balancing life with stress specific to the entertainment industry. Some areas of practice include; relationship problems, relief from depression, anxiety, grief and loss, effective communication skills, conflict resolution, substance abuse, family therapy, maintaining creativity, and time management.

I work with women who feel overwhelmed by stress, worry, or self-doubt. Being overwhelmed by a situation or an event can be a scary and anxious experience. As a counselor, it is my privilege to journey with you through the fears and uncertainty. Together, we can find ways to cope with the unpleasant emotions or unhelpful thoughts that can come with being overwhelmed.