Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Olathe, KS

Feel like you don’t have enough time in a day? Feel exhausted, overwhelmed and hopeless? In need of a safe place to relax? Gateway is here to help! GateWay of Hope offers a safe, caring, healing environment that exclusively works with women. Our counselors are here to meet your needs in a home like setting with a relaxed atmosphere. Our relaxed setting will enable you to heal at your own comfort with highly skilled licensed counselors and life coaches who have a passion for helping women. We offer counseling from a Christian perspective, but you tell us how much of your faith you want in your healing. Call Us!

There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't. -John Green It can be so intimidating making the decision to ask for help. If we even know that we need it, we so often try everything else as a solution before reaching out. I am so glad you are here. Change is hard work and can even be frightening, but on the other side, the outcome can be beautiful. I work with folks who are are in various stages of change and understanding about how they want their lives to be different. I won't promise it will be easy or comfortable, but my hope is that you feel safe and supported along the way.

I offer a free consulation to get started. In addition to treating anxiety, depression, grief, and other issues, I specialize in working with those who have experienced trauma. I also work with couples. The populations I see are: teens, adults, and older adults. Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have!

I work with individuals age 16 and up, as well as couples. My experience working in community mental health centers, in-home family services, and inpatient hospital settings help me pull from many different perspectives to support therapeutic, goal-driven growth and change. I specialize in working with anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma and PTSD.

I am truly passionate about helping others. I have worked with individuals of all ages and which families in a variety of contexts. I strongly believe that each of us are born with our own inner strength that will enable us to facing our personal struggles in life. My primary goal is to help clients reconnect with that inner strength, while assisting them to grow and to heal in a safe and supportive environment. I am only offering teletherapy/video session where video sessions are as effective as in-person sessions and the most convenient with you life, work and school schedule.

Parenting a child with baffling and challenging behaviors can be lonely and isolating. When I adopted my own children, I just wanted to be a mom. I thought that love was enough. The reality is, these children have suffered enormous loss and trauma and often display challenging behaviors. I am blessed that I am able to walk alongside families on their path to healing and share what I have learned. I have been a pediatric critical care nurse for 19 years. I have spent my career helping children and their families during what was most likely one of the most challenging and stressful times in their lives.

You’ve poured your heart and soul into creating a family, and your heart is breaking. Anger and defiance erupt when you want love and peace. If you are struggling in your family relationships, we can work together to help your family move from surviving to thriving.

Choosing yourself is a difficult thing to do at times, but I am so glad you are here! I know in the beginning it is hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but through each session I hope that light becomes closer within your reach. While healing is never linear, it is something we all have the power to do, with the tools we learn in session. It is my goal to make you feel confident in your abilities and supported through each step and by the last session I hope you believe in yourself the way I do.

Welcome to HopeBound Counseling, Inc., where Jessica Rich, LCPC, LCAC, is dedicated to helping you through life's challenges. Whether you're navigating life transitions, seeking coping skills, or addressing behavioral issues, she provides compassionate and effective counseling. Jessica's diverse skill set covers a spectrum of issues, including women's issues, parenting, trauma, addiction, grief, self-esteem, stress, spirituality, mood disorders, and more. Her commitment to your well-being is evident through person-centered, trauma-focused, and strength-based approaches.

If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, an eating disorder, or other mental health concerns, I can help. I view my clients with compassion and hope and believe that fullness of life is possible for you! I work from a perspective that acknowledges both the depth of mental and emotional distress and also the practical steps that recovery sometimes requires. I will meet you where you are at and help you get where you want to be!

Certified EMDR Therapist, Registered Play Therapist and Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist, Somatic Therapist in Training. Whether you are seeking therapy for yourself, your child, your relationship or your family beginning therapy can be daunting and challenging. It is my hope to offer you an environment where you can consistently feel safe, supported and accepted; allowing you to make this step with more assurance and ease.

I am passionate about helping individuals ground themselves in the present and creating a safe, unbiased space to find meaning and hope where there might not have been any before. Working towards your goals is my top priority. Healing, growth, and change can be difficult, that’s why it is important to balance the heavy with the light–a little healthy banter and humor never hurts!

Maybe you find yourself between a rock and a hard place, dealing with the stress of a difficult or broken relationship, depression, anxiety, loss, or an addiction. Maybe you are going through a big life transition like a move, an empty nest, recent retirement or a job loss. Maybe you live with the effects of past trauma, feel alone and rejected, and does not have someone safe who will listen to you, and you feel exhausted, longing for change. As your counselor, I can walk alongside your while you take steps towards healing and living a more fulfilling and joyful life.

I have worked with survivors of trauma for ten years. As a child survivor of narcissistic and abusive parents myself, I have fallen in love with the work of assisting survivors on their own path to safety, healing, and even joy! I specialize in survivors of narcissistic abuse, especially within adult children of narcissistic parents and intimate partners of narcissists. Having a Narcissist parent/partner is something you can only truly understand if you have experienced it personally, and it is my mission in life to use my own experiences and knowledge to help YOU understand and heal from the impacts of this kind of abuse.

Hi! My name is Amber Baumgarden. I'm a private practice EMDR Therapist and LMSW who is here to provide a person-centered approach to counseling and therapy for individuals, couples, and families. Some of my focuses are supporting Polyamory people, LGBTQIA+ members, Transgender and gender questioning people, members of the kink community, and people practicing other forms of non-monogamy including swinging. I have formal training in trauma therapy and working with those with Substance Use Disorders, clients battling Weight Stigmas, clients with Attachment trauma, and religious Trauma.

I am licensed in the states of Missouri, Kansas, and Utah as a LSCSW, LCSW, and LCAC. I am trained in Trauma Informed Care, CBT trained, and thoroughly trained in Motivational Interviewing/Person Centered approaches to ensure that my clients are able to make progress with issues that are important to and for them. I use modern approaches to help individuals achieve goals and make personal improvements in their lives. My passion is to help you through difficult, accomplish your goals, and have the life you want. I ALSO focus on the LGBTQIA+ community.

Human beings experience all kinds of trauma and heartache through their lives. We may feel like our lives are falling apart. It leaves us feeling scared and ensure about how to move forward. My great passion is to help my clients heal from all kinds of trauma, whether that is physical, emotional, or mental. I want you to regain the ability to love and be loved. Though the healing process I will you find healthy perceptions of yourself so you can strengthen your relationships, and feel peaceful, happy, complete, and safe. My educational and professional background come from a vast variety of people and places. I’m excited to meet you

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become!" Carl Gustav Jung. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Olathe, KS. My passion has always been with helping others and I have a long history of supporting families through difficult times while helping them find the light in the darkness of the difficulty. I pride myself in being able to understand others' needs, whether it be couples, individuals, adolescents,or the whole family to experience the most this life has to offer.

I love working with clients who are motivated to make meaningful change in their lives. So many of us carry old stories about ourselves that we have outgrown or that were never really true in the first place. You can expect a non-judgmental atmosphere to explore what is true for you & what you really want for your life. I use trauma-sensitive care when working through prior wounds.