Therapists in Ames, IA
There are no results for therapists in Ames
Check out therapists located nearby or offering teletherapy in Iowa below.More Therapists Nearby
Alyssa Rodriguez Palante
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Huxley, IA 50124 (Online Only)
Alyssa Palante, LMSW (she/ella) believes in the power of owning our stories and she strives to cultivate the therapeutic atmosphere conducive to storytelling. She earned her master's degree from the University of Iowa School of Social Work in May 2023 after over ten years of professional experience in Southwest Texas, Ecuador and Iowa with people and communities facing barriers in the educational, medical, and criminal-legal systems.
Alyssa Palante, LMSW (she/ella) believes in the power of owning our stories and she strives to cultivate the therapeutic atmosphere conducive to storytelling. She earned her master's degree from the University of Iowa School of Social Work in May 2023 after over ten years of professional experience in Southwest Texas, Ecuador and Iowa with people and communities facing barriers in the educational, medical, and criminal-legal systems.
Online Therapists
Soy una consejera de salud mental bilingüe español/inglés que entiende que hablar sobre cómo piensas o sientes realmente no es fácil y, a veces, puede dar miedo. Abrirse a un extraño requiere coraje, y sé que dar ese primer paso puede ser difícil. Tal vez dudes de que las cosas puedan mejorar, por eso quiero brindarte ese espacio donde te sientas cómodo y donde puedas ser tú. Elegir un terapeuta no es un proceso fácil, estoy comprometida con el desarrollo de nuestra relación terapéutica.
Soy una consejera de salud mental bilingüe español/inglés que entiende que hablar sobre cómo piensas o sientes realmente no es fácil y, a veces, puede dar miedo. Abrirse a un extraño requiere coraje, y sé que dar ese primer paso puede ser difícil. Tal vez dudes de que las cosas puedan mejorar, por eso quiero brindarte ese espacio donde te sientas cómodo y donde puedas ser tú. Elegir un terapeuta no es un proceso fácil, estoy comprometida con el desarrollo de nuestra relación terapéutica.
Mosaic Family Counseling Center Inc.
Counselor, MS, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Urbandale, IA 50322
Our group has been in business for over 16 years in the Des Moines area. We are trauma focused healing providers working with adults, children, couples, and families. We are committed and responsive to the cultural and spiritual needs as therapeutic issues are resolved. We enjoy the opportunity to witness and be a part of your journey as your partner in healing. We work with you to heal life's adverse experiences and traumatic life events. We believe that everyone deserves to be happy and feel capable in life. We are the Center of Excellence in supporting the healing of life's challenges.
Our group has been in business for over 16 years in the Des Moines area. We are trauma focused healing providers working with adults, children, couples, and families. We are committed and responsive to the cultural and spiritual needs as therapeutic issues are resolved. We enjoy the opportunity to witness and be a part of your journey as your partner in healing. We work with you to heal life's adverse experiences and traumatic life events. We believe that everyone deserves to be happy and feel capable in life. We are the Center of Excellence in supporting the healing of life's challenges.
You've come far in your career and your achievements, and you likely manage many roles in your life, but sometimes feel like you’re just going through the motions. Despite your successes, you are anxious or unsatisfied. You may wonder why you work so hard for others. You miss the times in your life when you felt more confident and able to relax and laugh. You don't know if true balance is even possible but hidden fears keep you going. You are drowning in the pressure of your responsibilities, and have tried things like self-care before, but it doesn’t seem to stick.
You've come far in your career and your achievements, and you likely manage many roles in your life, but sometimes feel like you’re just going through the motions. Despite your successes, you are anxious or unsatisfied. You may wonder why you work so hard for others. You miss the times in your life when you felt more confident and able to relax and laugh. You don't know if true balance is even possible but hidden fears keep you going. You are drowning in the pressure of your responsibilities, and have tried things like self-care before, but it doesn’t seem to stick.
Thank you for taking the first step towards healing! I have current availability for clients who are struggling with life transitions, relationship difficulties, anxiety or stressful life experiences. I am a bilingual English/Spanish therapist, so I welcome clients who may prefer a native Spanish speaker in this journey. While I welcome anyone to my practice, I also want to highlight the fact that I have over 10+ years of experience in the community working with individuals from a variety of backgrounds. These experiences have offered me a unique lens and ability to remain compassionate around issues of acculturation and adaptation.
Thank you for taking the first step towards healing! I have current availability for clients who are struggling with life transitions, relationship difficulties, anxiety or stressful life experiences. I am a bilingual English/Spanish therapist, so I welcome clients who may prefer a native Spanish speaker in this journey. While I welcome anyone to my practice, I also want to highlight the fact that I have over 10+ years of experience in the community working with individuals from a variety of backgrounds. These experiences have offered me a unique lens and ability to remain compassionate around issues of acculturation and adaptation.
ABCD Therapy & Consulting, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Verified Verified
Ankeny, IA 50021 (Online Only)
We are a team of highly skilled folks who serve a wide variety of client needs. Our agency specifically focuses on support people who have struggled with trauma or complex trauma needs, including child sexual abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, religious trauma, refugee experiences and survivors of torture. We also support clients who are navigating key identity struggles including transgender and gender diverse clients, racial identity and trauma, grief and loss, and relationship and life transitions. We are experts in multicultural care, and in experiences of anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction and BPD.
We are a team of highly skilled folks who serve a wide variety of client needs. Our agency specifically focuses on support people who have struggled with trauma or complex trauma needs, including child sexual abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, religious trauma, refugee experiences and survivors of torture. We also support clients who are navigating key identity struggles including transgender and gender diverse clients, racial identity and trauma, grief and loss, and relationship and life transitions. We are experts in multicultural care, and in experiences of anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction and BPD.
Candeo Counseling Center offers Christ-Centered and Clinically Informed counseling services.
Candeo Counseling Center offers Christ-Centered and Clinically Informed counseling services.
See more therapy options for Ames
Emotionally Focused Therapists
Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.