
A licensed mental health counselor is a professional who has a master’s degree (M.A.) in psychology, counseling, or another mental health field. They work two years with a mental health professional after graduate school for licensing. They cannot perform medical procedures or prescribe medications.
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I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with over 20 years of experience. I diagnose and treat depression, mood disorders, anxiety, and personality disorders. I have worked extensively with those suffering from PTSD, especially women who are survivors of sexual and physical violence. I engage collaboratively with individuals to explore their lives, and provide support to improve insight...

I have worked as a professional counselor since May of 1997 but in August 2012 I started my own private practice. My mission statement is as follows: Rays of Hope Intervention is here to help those dealing with emotional and/or mental health issues, and/or substance abuse issues to learn of the risks of continued use through education, intervention, and/or treatment services to make low risk...

We are all works in progress and we all have problems. Sometimes we need a little help with those problems. I'm here to help. View me as a kind of midwife who will assist you to give birth to a new version of yourself....a happier, more content version. Together, we will work to identify negative patterns that may be holding you back, or making you go round and round in behaviors that don't ser...

Are you looking to embody and master your fullest vitality and goals? Have you had challenging relationship dynamics or life transitions that leave you feeling overwhelmed and unsure how to move forward with love, understanding, awareness, empowerment and healing? Do you need guidance creating a life of vitality, joy and optimal health and wealth? Does your life feel stagnant and you need some...

I’m an adoption-competent therapist with the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.). Children, teens and families face unique emotional and behavioral challenges that stem from pre- and post-adoption experiences. With early intervention, they can address and overcome these challenges. As an adoption-competent therapist, I have the skills and experience needed to address these issu...

I work towards supporting individual and collective liberation using anti-oppression & anti-racist frameworks. I collaboratively work with folks who are compelled towards greater self-understanding, freedom, autonomy, interdependence and wellbeing, humans who recognize their own agency in their healing processes. I engage with folx in different layers of their identities that impact their lived...

Sara R. van Koningsveld
Los Angeles
California
Life gets difficult. -Our distress may make us uncomfortable, overwhelmed, anxious, angry, sad and/or depressed. -Maybe we experienced a job loss, have to move, had a significant relationship end, or experienced a major shift, move, or transition in our life. -Really, we want to feel "better" and "happier", but how do we get there? Sometimes counseling or coaching helps and sometimes more time ...

I believe that change is hard but not impossible. I work especially well with people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, and relationships. I work mainly through person-centered therapy, reality therapy, and CBT though I am open to other approaches to counseling. Individuals and families are all welcome in my office to receive caring and intentional mental heal...

I am passionate about empowering clients and helping them to gain insight into various challenges in their lives. Through our work together, the client can begin to identify struggles around anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships and life transitions. My role is to provide a compassionate, collaborative and safe space for clients to explore and overcome these challenges to find...

Shushanik Karapetyan
New York
New York
It is not always easy to be a human being. We all go through times when we feel lost, lonely, unfulfilled, stuck, confused and overwhelmed by life and our feelings. During these difficult moments it is natural and healthy to want to reach out for help. I provide a dynamic form of psychotherapy incorporating talk therapy with art making, writing, and other creative modalities as they relate to e...

Jennie Friedman
Tampa
Florida
Right now life is uncertain as just a few weeks ago perhaps the stress you were experiencing was managed through activities that you once enjoyed. Now, those activities are no longer an option for the moment. Life can be unfair sometimes and we feel like we are not good enough no matter how hard we try. Does the image of the life you imagined for yourself not match the life you are currently...

Emilie LeLaCheur
Des Moines
Iowa
I enjoy working with those struggling to integrate their faith in difficult situations such as working through forgiveness, hopelessness, anger, addiction, betrayal, trauma, anxiety and depression. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, I work to understand the challenges that families are facing and help them find solutions by focusing on the strengths of each person as well as learning to...

(Counseling & Life Coaching Services) Instead of being in control of your life do you find yourself at an impasse? Do your thoughts race to the negative and sometimes block you from the happiness and joy you would like to experience in your day to day life? Do you want to be free from the pattern of irrational thinking which often leaks over into the majority of your relationships? Are you...