In Person Therapists in Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO
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Kristen Cook
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, MA , LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
You are mighty as hell – you don’t feel it right now, but it’s in you. Life has thrown some heavy challenges your way, and this sense of overwhelm never seems to relent. Whether you are experiencing loss, relationship struggles, depression, anxiety or a combination of it all – I’m here for it. You deserve to feel whole and mentally well. Through a warm and supportive relationship, I will help you explore your experiences and complex emotions - and get you to a place of confidence where you are free to authentically pursue connection and fulfillment.
You are mighty as hell – you don’t feel it right now, but it’s in you. Life has thrown some heavy challenges your way, and this sense of overwhelm never seems to relent. Whether you are experiencing loss, relationship struggles, depression, anxiety or a combination of it all – I’m here for it. You deserve to feel whole and mentally well. Through a warm and supportive relationship, I will help you explore your experiences and complex emotions - and get you to a place of confidence where you are free to authentically pursue connection and fulfillment.
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Whitney Wilson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
My approach is grounded in meeting folks where they are in the moment, and not asking them to feel, look, or act like someone they’re not. I believe that every person has worth and value because of their identity, and I love helping other people tap into their worth. I believe that all humans have the innate capacity to not only overcome difficult experiences, but to heal and thrive, and when we overcome difficult experiences or emotions, we are stronger and more resilient. Lasting change requires work, but when we put in that work we harness the power to define our experience rather than letting our experience define us.
My approach is grounded in meeting folks where they are in the moment, and not asking them to feel, look, or act like someone they’re not. I believe that every person has worth and value because of their identity, and I love helping other people tap into their worth. I believe that all humans have the innate capacity to not only overcome difficult experiences, but to heal and thrive, and when we overcome difficult experiences or emotions, we are stronger and more resilient. Lasting change requires work, but when we put in that work we harness the power to define our experience rather than letting our experience define us.
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Maureen Graham Giraldo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, LSCSW
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
***NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME*** Do stress, anxiety, anger, or depression interfere with your quality of life? Is a life transition or situation overwhelming you? Do you struggle with negative body image, emotional eating, or an Eating Disorder? Therapy can help you through these difficult challenges. My goal is to provide a supportive, objective, and confidential environment that enables you to explore your thoughts and feelings. I can partner with you to create a positive change.
***NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME*** Do stress, anxiety, anger, or depression interfere with your quality of life? Is a life transition or situation overwhelming you? Do you struggle with negative body image, emotional eating, or an Eating Disorder? Therapy can help you through these difficult challenges. My goal is to provide a supportive, objective, and confidential environment that enables you to explore your thoughts and feelings. I can partner with you to create a positive change.
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Dr. Nadin R Rizk [Autism Testing Adhd Testing]
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
Dr. Nadin Rizk specializes in conducting psychological evaluations with adults, adolescents, children, and toddlers who are exhibiting signs of Autism using the gold standard for diagnosing Autism, the ADOS-2.
Dr. Nadin Rizk specializes in conducting psychological evaluations with adults, adolescents, children, and toddlers who are exhibiting signs of Autism using the gold standard for diagnosing Autism, the ADOS-2.
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Dallas Gipson
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
When I began my Clinical Psychology degree, I was all about the research, the brain science and the data behind the practice. I still nerd out over the "brain stuff," but in my years of practice, I have come to appreciate the more human side, the things that we just can't measure. I believe that one of the most important aspects of the work is helping people navigate the pain and uncertainty of being a human, the longing to fit in, to feel safe, understood and to love and be loved. Unpacking our trauma and shame can be a lifelong project and I am honored to join my clients on their journey.
When I began my Clinical Psychology degree, I was all about the research, the brain science and the data behind the practice. I still nerd out over the "brain stuff," but in my years of practice, I have come to appreciate the more human side, the things that we just can't measure. I believe that one of the most important aspects of the work is helping people navigate the pain and uncertainty of being a human, the longing to fit in, to feel safe, understood and to love and be loved. Unpacking our trauma and shame can be a lifelong project and I am honored to join my clients on their journey.
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Tina B. Stone
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSCSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
I am a second-generation Christian family therapist who has been in practice since 1987, married for 34 years, 2 adult twin daughters, and now 2 sons (both daughters married). My overall philosophy is to assist clients in bringing balance to their lives by examining the emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of their lives. It is important to see the individual as a part of a system, as what may work for one person may not work for another due to current family dynamics and unresolved issues from their past.
I am a second-generation Christian family therapist who has been in practice since 1987, married for 34 years, 2 adult twin daughters, and now 2 sons (both daughters married). My overall philosophy is to assist clients in bringing balance to their lives by examining the emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of their lives. It is important to see the individual as a part of a system, as what may work for one person may not work for another due to current family dynamics and unresolved issues from their past.
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Sherry King
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSCSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
Life is beautiful even through all its struggles and disappointments. I believe the connections we make with others give us purpose and drive to fulfill our dreams. Though sometimes our intentions do not manifest and we become stagnant and distressed. In my therapy I like to focus on what we can control...ourselves. To take a look inward and view our most delicate fears, insecurities, and desires can be a lot of hard work. I approach each client with this recognition and strive to make a true connection to help foster self-improvement and life satisfaction.
Life is beautiful even through all its struggles and disappointments. I believe the connections we make with others give us purpose and drive to fulfill our dreams. Though sometimes our intentions do not manifest and we become stagnant and distressed. In my therapy I like to focus on what we can control...ourselves. To take a look inward and view our most delicate fears, insecurities, and desires can be a lot of hard work. I approach each client with this recognition and strive to make a true connection to help foster self-improvement and life satisfaction.
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Mackenzie Sainz
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCPC, ATR
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
Accepting new clients - Are you experiencing anxiety and avoidance in everyday situations, or find yourself overwhelmed and distracted by memories of past events? Do you find it challenging to establish boundaries and communicate your needs? I get that. You want to be more fully present with your friends, family, or at work, and live a full life where you are able to tolerate distressing emotions in stride. I have extensive experience helping people navigate these struggles.
Accepting new clients - Are you experiencing anxiety and avoidance in everyday situations, or find yourself overwhelmed and distracted by memories of past events? Do you find it challenging to establish boundaries and communicate your needs? I get that. You want to be more fully present with your friends, family, or at work, and live a full life where you are able to tolerate distressing emotions in stride. I have extensive experience helping people navigate these struggles.
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Nancy S Hoey
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, , LPC , CCTP
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
I am passionate about helping individuals heal from past hurts, overcome tough life situations, and feel better about themselves and their relationships. I use a warm, collaborative, and evidence-based approach to help you understand your emotions, challenge negative belief patterns, find and develop your strengths, utilize coping strategies and set personal goals. I began my career in Kansas City, running a vocational rehabilitation program prior to pursuing a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology. I established and ran a successful group practice in Jefferson City prior to moving with my husband to KC in 2020.
I am passionate about helping individuals heal from past hurts, overcome tough life situations, and feel better about themselves and their relationships. I use a warm, collaborative, and evidence-based approach to help you understand your emotions, challenge negative belief patterns, find and develop your strengths, utilize coping strategies and set personal goals. I began my career in Kansas City, running a vocational rehabilitation program prior to pursuing a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology. I established and ran a successful group practice in Jefferson City prior to moving with my husband to KC in 2020.
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Karrah Wood
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
Do you feel like you've lost touch with who you are? Does your life feel chaotic, overwhelming, and confusing? Does it feel like you just can't seem to find a sense of stability? Do you experience big emotions and just don't know what to do with them? Do you feel like you keep getting hurt over and over again in relationships and can't figure out why? Do you find yourself stuck in self-loathing and spiraling in shame? This is a normal human experience, and you are not alone. Emotions can be confusing but they were made to be our guides. Let me help you get back in touch with how you were made, so you can live a fulfilling life.
Do you feel like you've lost touch with who you are? Does your life feel chaotic, overwhelming, and confusing? Does it feel like you just can't seem to find a sense of stability? Do you experience big emotions and just don't know what to do with them? Do you feel like you keep getting hurt over and over again in relationships and can't figure out why? Do you find yourself stuck in self-loathing and spiraling in shame? This is a normal human experience, and you are not alone. Emotions can be confusing but they were made to be our guides. Let me help you get back in touch with how you were made, so you can live a fulfilling life.
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Elizabeth Goslinga
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, LPC
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
Are you struggling to understand your child's behavior? I can help. My goal is for each child and family to feel safe, accepted and understood. I want to help your child grow to meet their true potential. I will work with you and your child to help alleviate stress and work through the challenges you are facing.
Are you struggling to understand your child's behavior? I can help. My goal is for each child and family to feel safe, accepted and understood. I want to help your child grow to meet their true potential. I will work with you and your child to help alleviate stress and work through the challenges you are facing.
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Matthew L Baker
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
Change is possible. Just because you've done the same thing over and over, doesn't mean today can't be different. Most of us know what change that we'd like to make. However, our instincts are to cling to what gets us through the day and avoid meaningful change. The good news is that we can learn to act effectively to welcome change instead of push it away. At times, we need help to face the places where we need to improve. Positive change does not happen overnight. My goal is to find what what works. I focus on evidence-based and practical strategies to help my clients improve their lives and emotional well-being.
Change is possible. Just because you've done the same thing over and over, doesn't mean today can't be different. Most of us know what change that we'd like to make. However, our instincts are to cling to what gets us through the day and avoid meaningful change. The good news is that we can learn to act effectively to welcome change instead of push it away. At times, we need help to face the places where we need to improve. Positive change does not happen overnight. My goal is to find what what works. I focus on evidence-based and practical strategies to help my clients improve their lives and emotional well-being.
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Liz Armstrong
Pre-Licensed Professional, MEd, PLPC
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
Beginning with a warm & safe therapeutic relationship is essential to wading through the complexities that will arise from the great work that is participating in counseling. I believe in your expertise, that you possess an inner voice that is specific to you. Through counseling, I hope to help you develop the confidence to find, listen to & trust in your truth, moving through life more authentically, all the while accepting and finding meaning in life’s challenges. Whether you need a soul to sit with you in your pain or someone to walk with you as you explore your life, I will be grateful to serve you & witness your truth.
Beginning with a warm & safe therapeutic relationship is essential to wading through the complexities that will arise from the great work that is participating in counseling. I believe in your expertise, that you possess an inner voice that is specific to you. Through counseling, I hope to help you develop the confidence to find, listen to & trust in your truth, moving through life more authentically, all the while accepting and finding meaning in life’s challenges. Whether you need a soul to sit with you in your pain or someone to walk with you as you explore your life, I will be grateful to serve you & witness your truth.
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Leonor Stockwood
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSCSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
My passion is to provide kids and adults with the help they need to navigate through difficult times whether it be related to family, school, mental health or substance use. As a licensed specialist clinical social worker, I have experience in a wide variety of support and counseling services, including assessment, crisis intervention, and individual, family and group therapy in both inpatient and outpatient treatment settings. I have conducted anger management and substance abuse evaluations, and I have facilitated group treatment programs.
My passion is to provide kids and adults with the help they need to navigate through difficult times whether it be related to family, school, mental health or substance use. As a licensed specialist clinical social worker, I have experience in a wide variety of support and counseling services, including assessment, crisis intervention, and individual, family and group therapy in both inpatient and outpatient treatment settings. I have conducted anger management and substance abuse evaluations, and I have facilitated group treatment programs.
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Foss Mckay
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
Whether you are facing a new crisis in your life or feeling stuck with old feelings and behaviors, therapy can be a useful tool to help you move on with your life. Utilizing a direct and thoughtful approach, I will help you find coping strategies to deal with the immediate stressor, but also help you identify underlying patterns and issues so you can make long-term and lasting changes. I work with a range of clients from adults to adolescents and help people with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and crisis situations.
Whether you are facing a new crisis in your life or feeling stuck with old feelings and behaviors, therapy can be a useful tool to help you move on with your life. Utilizing a direct and thoughtful approach, I will help you find coping strategies to deal with the immediate stressor, but also help you identify underlying patterns and issues so you can make long-term and lasting changes. I work with a range of clients from adults to adolescents and help people with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and crisis situations.
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Lynn B Barnett
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LSCSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64131
I believe that everyone, young and old, has a right to feel good about themselves. Sometimes, things happen in life that leave us feeling unprepared for the road ahead. We look in the mirror and are unhappy with what we see, past trauma can leave us vulnerable to the environment around us, or our bodies and our brains do not create a cohesive whole. That is when we need help in discovering who we are and how we want to live our lives.
I believe that everyone, young and old, has a right to feel good about themselves. Sometimes, things happen in life that leave us feeling unprepared for the road ahead. We look in the mirror and are unhappy with what we see, past trauma can leave us vulnerable to the environment around us, or our bodies and our brains do not create a cohesive whole. That is when we need help in discovering who we are and how we want to live our lives.
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Convergence Counseling Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64131
Not accepting new clients
I am a native of Kansas City, MO, born into a big family, raised by a school teacher and a pastor. I am licensed in Missouri and Kansas, and have worked as a medical social worker for the past 11 years. I offer a safe zone for exploring life’s challenges and will collaborate with you to develop tools for managing during difficult times. I can help you to break barriers, end generational cycles, and cope with illness.
I am a native of Kansas City, MO, born into a big family, raised by a school teacher and a pastor. I am licensed in Missouri and Kansas, and have worked as a medical social worker for the past 11 years. I offer a safe zone for exploring life’s challenges and will collaborate with you to develop tools for managing during difficult times. I can help you to break barriers, end generational cycles, and cope with illness.
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Betsy Henderson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, PhD
Verified Verified
Holmes Park, Kansas City, MO 64110
Not accepting new clients
My approach is rooted in positive psychology, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral therapy. I work collaboratively with my clients to help them identify their strengths, overcome limiting beliefs, and develop strategies and coping skills to achieve their goals. I believe that change is a process of self-discovery and I am committed to providing a supportive and non-judgemental space for my clients to explore their inner world.
My approach is rooted in positive psychology, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral therapy. I work collaboratively with my clients to help them identify their strengths, overcome limiting beliefs, and develop strategies and coping skills to achieve their goals. I believe that change is a process of self-discovery and I am committed to providing a supportive and non-judgemental space for my clients to explore their inner world.
Online Therapists
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Londonne Ayers
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LCPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Kansas City, MO 64110
Trauma affects our brains in ways that can make us feel stuck in constant survival mode. It can be exhausting. I offer strategies to help clients process their experiences, cope more effectively, and move forward with their lives. You can find relief! And you don’t have to do it alone. Your needs are unique to your story, so your treatment should be unique as well. Whether the root of the issue is behavioral, emotional, traumatic, or complicated, I aim to help my clients make this discovery for themselves and collaborate in therapy, so it best fits their needs and values.
Trauma affects our brains in ways that can make us feel stuck in constant survival mode. It can be exhausting. I offer strategies to help clients process their experiences, cope more effectively, and move forward with their lives. You can find relief! And you don’t have to do it alone. Your needs are unique to your story, so your treatment should be unique as well. Whether the root of the issue is behavioral, emotional, traumatic, or complicated, I aim to help my clients make this discovery for themselves and collaborate in therapy, so it best fits their needs and values.
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"I just want my child to be their normal self again". That is what I often hear at the beginning of therapy. It is very difficult to know how to handle changes like anger, acting out, sadness, or keeping to themselves. These problems affect the child and everyone else involved in their daily lives. I will tailor therapy to meet you and/or your child's specific needs, and work towards getting "back to normal" (or improving on what normal has been).
"I just want my child to be their normal self again". That is what I often hear at the beginning of therapy. It is very difficult to know how to handle changes like anger, acting out, sadness, or keeping to themselves. These problems affect the child and everyone else involved in their daily lives. I will tailor therapy to meet you and/or your child's specific needs, and work towards getting "back to normal" (or improving on what normal has been).