Female Therapists in Dutchtown, Saint Louis, MO

I have 25+ years experience working with individual adults, and couples, on a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, grief and loss, self esteem and other challenges to well being. My desire as a therapist is to provide a place of safety in which these issues can be addressed. I utilize a combination of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

Accepting new clients for September! I help highly sensitive people navigate our complex world with less overwhelm. My clients often struggle with feeling ungrounded. Despite being highly empathetic and wise, they might continue to feel unseen by others and feel stuck in past traumatic experiences and negative beliefs about themselves. I have worked with a range of diagnoses, though have advanced training in working with PTSD & OCD. I see people of all identities, though many of my clients are LGBTQIA+ and/or neurodivergent.

First, I would like to say welcome and congratulate you on taking the necessary steps to getting the care, attention and support you deserve! I personally know from previous experience that these first steps can sometimes feel the most difficult; but with encouragement, determination and perseverance, you will be revealed as the conqueror you already are!

As someone who values genuineness, compassion, and transparency, I aim to create a space where clients can be vulnerable and authentically themselves. I feel healing occurs when client’s feel seen, supported, and validated. You can expect curiosity, passion, and informality to show up in my approach. I believe in meeting each client at where they're at in their journey. I have experience working with anxiety, depression, traumatic experiences, communication problems, and adjustment issues.

It is never too late to begin deep and meaningful work reimagining how traumas or other experiences can become integrated, meaningful parts of our lives and ourselves, rather than barriers or obstacles. The key to this important work is the recognition that your story and has deep and significant meaning.  No detail is ultimately insignificant, if we can but muster the courage, patience, and presence required.  I will help you!  I am so eager to understand and explore with you, and help create a safe space that ultimately facilitates not just growth and transition, but true healing and transformation.

If you are a therapist looking for consultation on cases with OCD or feel you're struggling with ERP, I can help. I'm a clinical psychologist with extensive experience. As the owner and director of Anxiety Specialists of St. Louis, I work with clients and also mentor emerging therapists in advanced therapeutic techniques. I completed my internship and postdoctoral training at McLean Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, where I also trained at the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute (OCDI). I then taught and supervised doctoral clinical psychology students for 8 years in a university psychology department.

Are you feeling as though you are just hanging on by a thread? No one understands how you feel? Or you are on the verge of a breakdown? You may feel as though life is too hard to keep moving through, doing everything for everyone else and nothing for yourself leaving you feeling unsatisfied in life and drained. You are running on an empty tank and keep giving to others while struggling alone with anxiety and depression. It feels as though you are moving through the motions in life and not actually living it. I work with adults and teens providing online counseling in Missouri who experience anxiety, depression, and effects of trauma

When working with clients, I promote mental health through empowerment and collaboration, exploring their individual concerns through a biopsychosocial model. I work with adult clients of all backgrounds in the St. Louis area.

Have you ever wanted to begin counseling, but didn’t feel like your problems were big enough? Or, have you ever ghosted a therapist because you didn’t feel helped? Me too. So, we go it alone - doing everything to change ourselves and our relationships. We continuously find ourselves stuck between what we want to do and what we “should” do. This dilemma often shows up as anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. That’s why it’s my mission to provide approachable counseling that works.

Are Your Efforts to Feel in Control, Making Your Life Feel More Out of Control? I’m Ariel, a licensed art therapist and counselor, offering virtual counseling designed to fit into your schedule from the comfort of your own home. I prioritize your individual needs while navigating the sometimes perplexing complexities of neurodiversity within our social, educational, and work environments. I provide a compassionate, client-centered approach to mental health and emotional well-being.

I'm here to support you as you bravely heal and grow. It's an honor to walk this road with you. I work with women, families, and couples on a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, childhood trauma, spirituality, relationship stress, and marital crisis. I also focus on maternal mental health, including pre-pregnancy, infertility, birth trauma, and postpartum issues. Are you ready to dig deep and become the best version of yourself?

Struggling with anxiety, irritability, depression, or navigating a life transition? Are your relationships feeling the impact? Living in a society that minimizes self-compassion, slowing down, and tuning into our bodies makes it hard to feel connected to ourselves and those around us. Add in traumatic life experiences and the world can easily become overwhelming leading our nervous systems to shift into states of survival. I work to create a non-judgmental space to explore these themes and strengthen the connection within yourself, your relationships, and the world around you.

Therapy has the power to facilitate a relationship with the self that is tender, introspective, and vibrant. My goal is to support you in nurturing this relationship. In therapy we will always work as collaborators. I specialize in trauma therapy and integrating expressive arts approaches, but have experience working with a wide variety of clients.

I enjoy helping people to empower themselves and find their own skills to return to their optimal mental health functioning. I enjoy working with teens, adolescents, couples and older adults. We can achieve your goals one step at a time!

As a foundation of my clinical work, I believe we are purposeful and intentional beings. We do things because they work (or did work) for us in some way. When these behaviors are no longer working we experience discomfort and stress within ourselves and in our relationships. Often this distress manifests itself in symptoms such as anxiety and depression, or physical health concerns such as headaches, gastrointestinal problems, or pain. Because of this, I acknowledge the importance of addressing each client in a holistic way, honoring the connection between our mind and body.

I work with clients to define goals to work on in counseling, and to work to reinforce strengths clients already have within themselves and foster new strengths to help clients achieve their goals. I tailor clinical therapy approaches depending on the unique and specific needs of each individual. I have experience working with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, self-esteem issues, attachment/codependency, stress management, grief, and military/Veteran issues.

Hello! As someone who values sincerity, I feel as though the best work happens when clients feel very deeply seen, heard, and known. Authenticity and vulnerability are the cornerstones of my practice. I believe that the ultimate driving factor in life is secure attachment. I also believe in building a therapeutic practice that mirrors my own principles. Therefore, you can expect warmth, informality, passion, and a playful spirit permeating throughout my work.