Child Therapists in Springfield, MO
Susan Johnson Professional Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Springfield, MO 65803
Hello...I am mature, compassionate, caring, experienced, and have the ability to truly listen and respond to clients' concerns. I love doing therapy, and work equally well with children and adults. I provide in-home therapy as well as in office, and am a Missouri Medicaid Provider, so therapy for kids ages 3-21 has no copay. I personally have found therapy to be invaluable in getting through the tough times in life, and is nothing to feel ashamed of. Whatever issues you or your family may be having, I would love to help you.
Hello...I am mature, compassionate, caring, experienced, and have the ability to truly listen and respond to clients' concerns. I love doing therapy, and work equally well with children and adults. I provide in-home therapy as well as in office, and am a Missouri Medicaid Provider, so therapy for kids ages 3-21 has no copay. I personally have found therapy to be invaluable in getting through the tough times in life, and is nothing to feel ashamed of. Whatever issues you or your family may be having, I would love to help you.
Michelle M Phillips
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Springfield, MO 65804
My ideal client is one who is aware that they need to do something different but aren't quite sure what the next step is. This could be a life transition from adolescence to adulthood, or a couple who struggles with communication. It could be more intense like a couple who is in the middle of despair or broken trust, or an individual or child who has experienced something traumatic that has changed their whole world. All these individuals are looking for ways to regain their life and become who they believe themselves to be.
My ideal client is one who is aware that they need to do something different but aren't quite sure what the next step is. This could be a life transition from adolescence to adulthood, or a couple who struggles with communication. It could be more intense like a couple who is in the middle of despair or broken trust, or an individual or child who has experienced something traumatic that has changed their whole world. All these individuals are looking for ways to regain their life and become who they believe themselves to be.
Tenille Neff
Creative Arts Therapist, LPC, LCAT, LP, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Springfield, MO 65801
I am a Psychotherapist/ Art Therapist/ Psychoanalyst with 20 years experience working with children and adults. Therapy is an important step towards facing and working through our greatest challenges in life. It facilitates growth, acceptance, and understanding. I provide a confidential, open, creative environment for you to explore your path and the obstacles you are facing.
I am a Psychotherapist/ Art Therapist/ Psychoanalyst with 20 years experience working with children and adults. Therapy is an important step towards facing and working through our greatest challenges in life. It facilitates growth, acceptance, and understanding. I provide a confidential, open, creative environment for you to explore your path and the obstacles you are facing.
Jaresa Ross-Bey
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Springfield, MO 65807 (Online Only)
I started dedicating my life to serving children and families in 1997. I have a Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology from University of St. Mary, Master of Social Work degree from the University of Kansas and have a Certification in Play Therapy from Mid-America Nazarene University. Before starting my private practice, I served as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) for one of the largest hospitals in the metropolitan Kansas City area. I provide crisis intervention, risk assessment, diagnostic impression utilizing the DSM-VTR, and short-term stabilization services for the most vulnerable populations of the city.
I started dedicating my life to serving children and families in 1997. I have a Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology from University of St. Mary, Master of Social Work degree from the University of Kansas and have a Certification in Play Therapy from Mid-America Nazarene University. Before starting my private practice, I served as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) for one of the largest hospitals in the metropolitan Kansas City area. I provide crisis intervention, risk assessment, diagnostic impression utilizing the DSM-VTR, and short-term stabilization services for the most vulnerable populations of the city.
Joleen Halloran
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Springfield, MO 65807 (Online Only)
I work with adults, adolescents, and post-pre-school children.
I love being horribly straightforward with my clients. Coming to therapy can be uncomfortable, but the pay-offs are often life-changing. My passion is to help clients experience healing, balance, peace, and empowerment using holistic and integrative psychotherapy. Realizing that everyone’s mental health needs are unique, I specialize in providing tailored treatment plans that incorporate the latest evidence-based treatment methods with your specific objectives in seeking counseling.
I work with adults, adolescents, and post-pre-school children.
I love being horribly straightforward with my clients. Coming to therapy can be uncomfortable, but the pay-offs are often life-changing. My passion is to help clients experience healing, balance, peace, and empowerment using holistic and integrative psychotherapy. Realizing that everyone’s mental health needs are unique, I specialize in providing tailored treatment plans that incorporate the latest evidence-based treatment methods with your specific objectives in seeking counseling.
Diana Dee-Williams
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Springfield, MO 65807 (Online Only)
Specialities are not Limited to: Issues; • • ADHD • Anger Management • Anxiety • Behavioral Issues • Bipolar Disorder • Child or Adolescent • Coping Skills • Depression • Emotional Disturbance • Family Conflict • Grief • Oppositional Defiance • Parenting • Relationship Issues • School Issues • Self Esteem • Self-Harming • Sexual Abuse • Suicidal Ideation.
www.sondermind.com/providers/43h71eow/diana-dee-williams I am a Licensed professional counselor in the State of Missouri. "Life is about Becoming a Better Version of Yourself" I have eight years of experience in providing individual and group counseling, assessment screening, and youth services. I provided clinical support for young adults, adolescents, children, and families struggling with life challenges through a mental health outpatient center. For three years, I have provided school based services as a contracted embedded school therapist for the St. Louis Public Schools to help identify those referred students.
Specialities are not Limited to: Issues; • • ADHD • Anger Management • Anxiety • Behavioral Issues • Bipolar Disorder • Child or Adolescent • Coping Skills • Depression • Emotional Disturbance • Family Conflict • Grief • Oppositional Defiance • Parenting • Relationship Issues • School Issues • Self Esteem • Self-Harming • Sexual Abuse • Suicidal Ideation.
www.sondermind.com/providers/43h71eow/diana-dee-williams I am a Licensed professional counselor in the State of Missouri. "Life is about Becoming a Better Version of Yourself" I have eight years of experience in providing individual and group counseling, assessment screening, and youth services. I provided clinical support for young adults, adolescents, children, and families struggling with life challenges through a mental health outpatient center. For three years, I have provided school based services as a contracted embedded school therapist for the St. Louis Public Schools to help identify those referred students.
Lindsey J. Dillion
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Springfield, MO 65809
Waitlist for new clients
I was raised and currently live in Ozark, Missouri with my three children and my High School sweetheart.
Life is hard. Have you ever felt that the demands of the day are too heavy? I understand that journey personally. You have to keep up. You have to keep going, but the dread... The fake smile. The held back tears. It feels like an eternity of wondering when you'll feel the light again. "It's hopeless. I am not meant to have a good life. I don't deserve it anyway." You need to feel better but do not know how. I have walked this journey. I have walked this path, and through my own healing and experience, I don't believe anyone should suffer alone. I am here to give an empathetic ear to help and come along beside you on your journey.
I was raised and currently live in Ozark, Missouri with my three children and my High School sweetheart.
Life is hard. Have you ever felt that the demands of the day are too heavy? I understand that journey personally. You have to keep up. You have to keep going, but the dread... The fake smile. The held back tears. It feels like an eternity of wondering when you'll feel the light again. "It's hopeless. I am not meant to have a good life. I don't deserve it anyway." You need to feel better but do not know how. I have walked this journey. I have walked this path, and through my own healing and experience, I don't believe anyone should suffer alone. I am here to give an empathetic ear to help and come along beside you on your journey.
Before individual practice, I worked with the Homeless at Boys and Girls town (Great Circle), a residential care facility for children with extreme behaviors, Families for reunification, and Domestic violence Shelters.
Today, life can be challenging to navigate. Daily events, work uncertainties, and family obligations can affect work/life balance. These things can significantly impact our well-being and focus and challenge our values. It can seem impossible to deal with these life stressors and escape their overwhelming feelings. It may seem daunting, especially if we need the proper tools to work through them. I can help guide your mental health journey, and together we can learn how to manage the challenges life throws at you. As a licensed professional counselor (LPC), I have worked in individual practice for five years.
Before individual practice, I worked with the Homeless at Boys and Girls town (Great Circle), a residential care facility for children with extreme behaviors, Families for reunification, and Domestic violence Shelters.
Today, life can be challenging to navigate. Daily events, work uncertainties, and family obligations can affect work/life balance. These things can significantly impact our well-being and focus and challenge our values. It can seem impossible to deal with these life stressors and escape their overwhelming feelings. It may seem daunting, especially if we need the proper tools to work through them. I can help guide your mental health journey, and together we can learn how to manage the challenges life throws at you. As a licensed professional counselor (LPC), I have worked in individual practice for five years.
Abbey Vandermillion
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Springfield, MO 65897
Now offering in person and virtual sessions for all ages ( children, adolescents, and adults). Everyone deserves to have support in navigating challenging moments in their lives. I strive to aid clients in finding their own strengths and abilities to help them tackle and survive even the most difficult moments in their journey. I strive to make therapy a place of comfort, acceptance, and peace. My own experiences with navigating infant loss have instilled a passion in me to create a validating environment for all clients to explore their own emotions and needs safely.
Now offering in person and virtual sessions for all ages ( children, adolescents, and adults). Everyone deserves to have support in navigating challenging moments in their lives. I strive to aid clients in finding their own strengths and abilities to help them tackle and survive even the most difficult moments in their journey. I strive to make therapy a place of comfort, acceptance, and peace. My own experiences with navigating infant loss have instilled a passion in me to create a validating environment for all clients to explore their own emotions and needs safely.
Sarah Landers received her Bachelors in Social Work from Southeast Missouri State University in Dec 2010. She then went on to receive her Masters in Social Work from University of Missouri-St. Louis in May 2014. Her social work license was obtained in 2019. Sarah has been working in the mental health field since 2010, in various types of settings. She has worked with all ages of patients, but the majority of her career has been working with school aged children to adults. Sarah specializes in anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, grief, life transitions, faith-based counseling, and parenting. She utilizes solution
Sarah Landers received her Bachelors in Social Work from Southeast Missouri State University in Dec 2010. She then went on to receive her Masters in Social Work from University of Missouri-St. Louis in May 2014. Her social work license was obtained in 2019. Sarah has been working in the mental health field since 2010, in various types of settings. She has worked with all ages of patients, but the majority of her career has been working with school aged children to adults. Sarah specializes in anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, grief, life transitions, faith-based counseling, and parenting. She utilizes solution
I am an experienced clinical psychologist who has worked for 35 years with persons who have suffered complex loss and trauma including child abuse and neglect, high conflict divorce, domestic violence, family dysfunction, death of loved ones, illness, unemployment, poverty, crime, and natural and man-made disasters of all kinds.
The vast majority people who seek therapy have, through no fault of their own, suffered loss and trauma which has caused painful consequences for their lives. The best way to heal from those losses is to first have them accurately identified and then to be gradually helped to express one's thoughts and feelings about them to a supportive listener. With such support one's experiences are validated as real and one begins to recognize one's strength and courage under the most challenging of circumstances. The opportunity to speak the truth about the painful facts of one's life to a supportive therapist is what heals.
I am an experienced clinical psychologist who has worked for 35 years with persons who have suffered complex loss and trauma including child abuse and neglect, high conflict divorce, domestic violence, family dysfunction, death of loved ones, illness, unemployment, poverty, crime, and natural and man-made disasters of all kinds.
The vast majority people who seek therapy have, through no fault of their own, suffered loss and trauma which has caused painful consequences for their lives. The best way to heal from those losses is to first have them accurately identified and then to be gradually helped to express one's thoughts and feelings about them to a supportive listener. With such support one's experiences are validated as real and one begins to recognize one's strength and courage under the most challenging of circumstances. The opportunity to speak the truth about the painful facts of one's life to a supportive therapist is what heals.
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The relationship between you (or your child) and I is what makes counseling essential.
I specialize in working with adolescents, adults and couples. Sessions can center anywhere from emotional health to self-healing from past or current trauma. Together we will focus on social skills and ways to create the life you want for yourself by establishing confidence, encouraging self-growth and creating room to enhance self-worth. I am currently taking self-pay clients.
The relationship between you (or your child) and I is what makes counseling essential.
I specialize in working with adolescents, adults and couples. Sessions can center anywhere from emotional health to self-healing from past or current trauma. Together we will focus on social skills and ways to create the life you want for yourself by establishing confidence, encouraging self-growth and creating room to enhance self-worth. I am currently taking self-pay clients.
My name is Karla Smith and I am the owner of Moving Forward Therapy. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and have experience working with a variety of mental health diagnosis with children, adolescents, and adults. I am passionate about helping patients explore healthier ways to cope with stress, regulate emotions, and improve relationships to live a mindful and authentic life.
My name is Karla Smith and I am the owner of Moving Forward Therapy. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and have experience working with a variety of mental health diagnosis with children, adolescents, and adults. I am passionate about helping patients explore healthier ways to cope with stress, regulate emotions, and improve relationships to live a mindful and authentic life.
As your counselor, my goal is to provide a safe and non-judgmental place for you to process feelings, thoughts, and experiences. I use a person-centered approach and walk alongside you as we work towards your therapeutic goals. I strive to help children (school aged), teens, adults, and couples develop the tools needed to gain confidence in one’s ability, maintain healthy relationships, and successfully cope with life’s changes and challenges.
As your counselor, my goal is to provide a safe and non-judgmental place for you to process feelings, thoughts, and experiences. I use a person-centered approach and walk alongside you as we work towards your therapeutic goals. I strive to help children (school aged), teens, adults, and couples develop the tools needed to gain confidence in one’s ability, maintain healthy relationships, and successfully cope with life’s changes and challenges.
Kevin Pittenger
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Springfield, MO 65806
Having a hard time picking out a therapist that might fit? It's definitely one of the most challenging first steps on your journey. Let me help you out! Give me a call and see if I've got the right personality to match yours! If I don't, I've been in this profession long enough to connect you with someone that might be better suited for your needs. If I am not exactly the right therapist for you, I'm confident we can work together and find someone who is.
Having a hard time picking out a therapist that might fit? It's definitely one of the most challenging first steps on your journey. Let me help you out! Give me a call and see if I've got the right personality to match yours! If I don't, I've been in this profession long enough to connect you with someone that might be better suited for your needs. If I am not exactly the right therapist for you, I'm confident we can work together and find someone who is.
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Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CSTS, CCTP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Springfield, MO 65802
Stepping out to ask for help can be incredibly intimidating and uncomfortable. I know how hard it is to ask for help, but the simple fact that you are looking for help makes you a step closer to healing than you were yesterday. Effective therapy is one that is based on a strong therapeutic relationship built on a mutual goal of healthy living. When emotions become overwhelming, we will work together to overcome struggles. You will never have to go through it alone. Whatever the obstacle ahead of us, as your counselor I will be right by your side every step of the way matching you step for step.
Stepping out to ask for help can be incredibly intimidating and uncomfortable. I know how hard it is to ask for help, but the simple fact that you are looking for help makes you a step closer to healing than you were yesterday. Effective therapy is one that is based on a strong therapeutic relationship built on a mutual goal of healthy living. When emotions become overwhelming, we will work together to overcome struggles. You will never have to go through it alone. Whatever the obstacle ahead of us, as your counselor I will be right by your side every step of the way matching you step for step.
I help my clients find their strengths and utilize them to improve their difficulties. I focus on your experiences and preferences in therapy and rely on your feedback to provide you with the service you need. I have experience with treating interpersonal and personal difficulties. I also have experience treating anxiety, depression, and other mental disorders. I look forward to working with you to meet your goals!
I help my clients find their strengths and utilize them to improve their difficulties. I focus on your experiences and preferences in therapy and rely on your feedback to provide you with the service you need. I have experience with treating interpersonal and personal difficulties. I also have experience treating anxiety, depression, and other mental disorders. I look forward to working with you to meet your goals!
My background spans diverse areas including adult services, foster care, substance use disorders, and intimate partner violence. My approach to therapy is grounded in real-world experience, combining evidence-based practices with a deep understanding of the complex challenges individuals face. I believe in creating a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their concerns and work towards positive change.
My background spans diverse areas including adult services, foster care, substance use disorders, and intimate partner violence. My approach to therapy is grounded in real-world experience, combining evidence-based practices with a deep understanding of the complex challenges individuals face. I believe in creating a safe, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their concerns and work towards positive change.
Healthy boundaries, relationships and communication can be really hard. Feelings of doubt, anxiety and /or depression can influence our behaviors, emotions and mood. If these or other areas of concern are preventing you from reaching your full potential, counseling can be an empowering experience. We open our lives and our hearts to strangers in counseling. It’s natural to want to find a person whom you can relate to and trust. I look forward to partnering with you during your time of discovery. As an EMDR and LENS Neurofeedback provider we can discuss if these integrated approaches may be a good fit for you.
Healthy boundaries, relationships and communication can be really hard. Feelings of doubt, anxiety and /or depression can influence our behaviors, emotions and mood. If these or other areas of concern are preventing you from reaching your full potential, counseling can be an empowering experience. We open our lives and our hearts to strangers in counseling. It’s natural to want to find a person whom you can relate to and trust. I look forward to partnering with you during your time of discovery. As an EMDR and LENS Neurofeedback provider we can discuss if these integrated approaches may be a good fit for you.
My office is more than just a space—it's a sanctuary where authenticity and vulnerability are celebrated in a judgment-free zone. Here, your goals and aspirations become a priority. I'm comfortable working with kids, teens, and adults with a variety of mental health concerns.
My office is more than just a space—it's a sanctuary where authenticity and vulnerability are celebrated in a judgment-free zone. Here, your goals and aspirations become a priority. I'm comfortable working with kids, teens, and adults with a variety of mental health concerns.
