Christian Therapists in Bay Village, OH
God created us for the purpose of relationships and sent His Son to show us the way. At "Counseling THE WAY forward" I share basic Christian concepts and work with you to understand these concepts in the confidence they will help you nurture healthy relationships and restore your health.
God created us for the purpose of relationships and sent His Son to show us the way. At "Counseling THE WAY forward" I share basic Christian concepts and work with you to understand these concepts in the confidence they will help you nurture healthy relationships and restore your health.
Combining my twenty years of experience with children and families in education with my passion for Christian mentorship and discipleship gives me a unique background that I now bring to my counseling practice. Being a licensed pastor as well as a trained Christian counselor helps me to see the client from all sides: spiritual, emotional, and mental. I work with clients focusing on wholeness and healing through a Christian counseling framework. Integrating faith and hope to find mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing is central to my approach. .
Combining my twenty years of experience with children and families in education with my passion for Christian mentorship and discipleship gives me a unique background that I now bring to my counseling practice. Being a licensed pastor as well as a trained Christian counselor helps me to see the client from all sides: spiritual, emotional, and mental. I work with clients focusing on wholeness and healing through a Christian counseling framework. Integrating faith and hope to find mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing is central to my approach. .
You might be wondering if counseling is right for you. Sometimes taking the first step can be the most difficult. Having the support of someone who truly empathizes and is there to listen is valuable. Through counseling you can gain a fresh perspective, learn positive ways to cope with problems and become empowered to have a more fulfilling life. Together we will formulate goals for therapy and work together to meet your specific needs. I offer a confidential, safe, non-judgmental space where you can be heard. We will focus on healing and change in a supportive and caring environment.
You might be wondering if counseling is right for you. Sometimes taking the first step can be the most difficult. Having the support of someone who truly empathizes and is there to listen is valuable. Through counseling you can gain a fresh perspective, learn positive ways to cope with problems and become empowered to have a more fulfilling life. Together we will formulate goals for therapy and work together to meet your specific needs. I offer a confidential, safe, non-judgmental space where you can be heard. We will focus on healing and change in a supportive and caring environment.
Lana Amawi
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSSA, LISW-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bay Village, OH 44140
Looking for a therapist to fulfill your needs is not an easy task when you are ready to face some difficult issues. Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed or needing direction with personal or professional relationships? I will help to teach you the necessary tools to healthier relationships, greater mental well-being, becoming more efficient at home and work and finally have a more positive outlook on the future. These tools are priceless and when used can demonstrate almost immediate results.
Looking for a therapist to fulfill your needs is not an easy task when you are ready to face some difficult issues. Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed or needing direction with personal or professional relationships? I will help to teach you the necessary tools to healthier relationships, greater mental well-being, becoming more efficient at home and work and finally have a more positive outlook on the future. These tools are priceless and when used can demonstrate almost immediate results.
Michelle M Morris
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LISW-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bay Village, OH 44140 (Online Only)
Overwhelmed? Have you said or someone told you, “You’re a hot mess?” Do you need a cheerleader, someone who genuinely cares and nurtures your growth? Look no further! I see a limited number of people per week to keep my practice person-centered around you. There are available hours for most needs, including evenings. My private practice, The Open Gate is exclusively telehealth. In today’s world, people are overextended and trying to find balance. My walk is all about balance and finding the path that best matches your needs. I want to help people who are motivated for change and can benefit from support and strategies.
Overwhelmed? Have you said or someone told you, “You’re a hot mess?” Do you need a cheerleader, someone who genuinely cares and nurtures your growth? Look no further! I see a limited number of people per week to keep my practice person-centered around you. There are available hours for most needs, including evenings. My private practice, The Open Gate is exclusively telehealth. In today’s world, people are overextended and trying to find balance. My walk is all about balance and finding the path that best matches your needs. I want to help people who are motivated for change and can benefit from support and strategies.
Dr. Marcos Ghali
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, PhD, LPCC-S
Verified Verified
Bay Village, OH 44140
My counseling approach is toward wellness and healing. People face many life challenges that may result in a state of brokenness, fatigue, and burnout. I will partner with you to find answers to hard questions, and solutions to your temporary and persistent life’s problems. I believe that counseling is a journey in which an equipped and experienced counselor walks alongside the person who seeks understanding and growth in certain life issues and behaviors. Counseling is never meant to be a passive experience - something being administered to you - but rather an active encounter that leads to growth and change for the better
My counseling approach is toward wellness and healing. People face many life challenges that may result in a state of brokenness, fatigue, and burnout. I will partner with you to find answers to hard questions, and solutions to your temporary and persistent life’s problems. I believe that counseling is a journey in which an equipped and experienced counselor walks alongside the person who seeks understanding and growth in certain life issues and behaviors. Counseling is never meant to be a passive experience - something being administered to you - but rather an active encounter that leads to growth and change for the better
Do you want to make significant, and real changes within your life? Do you want to understand yourself better, and focus on reconnecting with your own voice? Are you open to discussing how nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle changes can dramatically improve your life? I can help you with this and more. Throughout my career, I have worked with a wide-variety of issues, including Depression, Anxiety, Substance Use Disorders, Panic Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Phobias, Adult-Child-of-an-Alcoholic Issues, and many others.
Do you want to make significant, and real changes within your life? Do you want to understand yourself better, and focus on reconnecting with your own voice? Are you open to discussing how nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle changes can dramatically improve your life? I can help you with this and more. Throughout my career, I have worked with a wide-variety of issues, including Depression, Anxiety, Substance Use Disorders, Panic Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Phobias, Adult-Child-of-an-Alcoholic Issues, and many others.
Nicole Demetra Coutris
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Bay Village, OH 44140
<<**I am currently accepting new clients, both in person and telehealth** >> Partner and co-founder of Cleveland Therapy Group. I seek to help people who are actively seeking to better themselves. I honor being allowed to be a part of your journey. I aim to meet the person where they are at and work in whatever direction that they would like to lead me to while challenging and continuing to encourage progress and growth.
<<**I am currently accepting new clients, both in person and telehealth** >> Partner and co-founder of Cleveland Therapy Group. I seek to help people who are actively seeking to better themselves. I honor being allowed to be a part of your journey. I aim to meet the person where they are at and work in whatever direction that they would like to lead me to while challenging and continuing to encourage progress and growth.
Hello and welcome! Are you finding yourself stuck in a constant mental and emotional battle of trying to navigate through many of life’s challenges? Are you ready commit to the process of improving your life and your relationships with yourself and others? I can help you on your journey to personal growth, positive change, healing, reconnection, renewal, and hope for your future.
Hello and welcome! Are you finding yourself stuck in a constant mental and emotional battle of trying to navigate through many of life’s challenges? Are you ready commit to the process of improving your life and your relationships with yourself and others? I can help you on your journey to personal growth, positive change, healing, reconnection, renewal, and hope for your future.
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Hello, my name is Kayla Hebebrand and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the State of Ohio under the supervision of Brenda Irwin LPCC-S E.0002208-SUPV. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is a collaborative process that promotes the well-being of each client. I am passionate about understanding each client's story and processing the difficult memories and emotions tied to those stories. Life can be unpredictable, demanding, and tiresome. I hope to come alongside my clients to help them rewrite their stories as they work through anxiety, depression, trauma, and various life stressors.
Hello, my name is Kayla Hebebrand and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the State of Ohio under the supervision of Brenda Irwin LPCC-S E.0002208-SUPV. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is a collaborative process that promotes the well-being of each client. I am passionate about understanding each client's story and processing the difficult memories and emotions tied to those stories. Life can be unpredictable, demanding, and tiresome. I hope to come alongside my clients to help them rewrite their stories as they work through anxiety, depression, trauma, and various life stressors.
Able Counseling & Associates, Inc.
Counselor, LPCC, NCC, PhD(c)
Verified Verified
Cleveland, OH 44145
While I may not change past ( personal, relationship, marriage, family or business) situations, I can help you to better understand and resolve your current situation and guide you to a happier and successful personal and professional life. By applying complementary individual, couple, family or group therapy techniques to unearth long-standing patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a meaningful and purposeful life. My team also provide EAP Consultations, Critical Incident Training & Response worldwide (24/7) Benefits:
While I may not change past ( personal, relationship, marriage, family or business) situations, I can help you to better understand and resolve your current situation and guide you to a happier and successful personal and professional life. By applying complementary individual, couple, family or group therapy techniques to unearth long-standing patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a meaningful and purposeful life. My team also provide EAP Consultations, Critical Incident Training & Response worldwide (24/7) Benefits:
Kateri Kenney
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Westlake, OH 44145
Do you have a child, pre-teen or adolescent or do you yourself deal with with issues of anxiety, depression, self-esteem, or trauma? You’ve come to the right place! I work with ages 3-30! I help my clients by first creating a safe and trusting environment because therapy can be scary sometimes! Things we may work on initially are becoming aware of symptoms related to the experienced problem, understanding the implications of the stressor(s), developing and utilizing coping skills, and understanding connections between thoughts and behaviors using CBT modality.
Do you have a child, pre-teen or adolescent or do you yourself deal with with issues of anxiety, depression, self-esteem, or trauma? You’ve come to the right place! I work with ages 3-30! I help my clients by first creating a safe and trusting environment because therapy can be scary sometimes! Things we may work on initially are becoming aware of symptoms related to the experienced problem, understanding the implications of the stressor(s), developing and utilizing coping skills, and understanding connections between thoughts and behaviors using CBT modality.
I am passionate about collaborating with others who feel misunderstood, and those who have had to contend with adverse life experiences. It is an honor and a privilege to work alongside you in your journey.
I am passionate about collaborating with others who feel misunderstood, and those who have had to contend with adverse life experiences. It is an honor and a privilege to work alongside you in your journey.
Arianna Music
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, EMDR-T, CCTP
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Westlake, OH 44145 (Online Only)
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change (Carl Rogers). Arianna is an empathic helper who has worked with many different diagnoses. She passionately believes that empathic connection is most-valuable to healthy healing and growth. Specializing in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, depression, and ADHD, Arianna provides person-centered treatment, drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapies. Arianna is focused on creating a space that is safe and free of judgment. This leads to learning, trying new things, and healing.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change (Carl Rogers). Arianna is an empathic helper who has worked with many different diagnoses. She passionately believes that empathic connection is most-valuable to healthy healing and growth. Specializing in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, depression, and ADHD, Arianna provides person-centered treatment, drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapies. Arianna is focused on creating a space that is safe and free of judgment. This leads to learning, trying new things, and healing.
I've had the sincere pleasure of being a therapist for 35 years. Having worked in a variety of settings has prepared me to be able to provide compassionate guidance to people wrestling with mood disorders (anxiety, depression and bi-polar) as well as to those experiencing struggles in their relationships (marital and family). For the past ten years in private practice, I have continued to assist others using a variety of therapeutic approaches: psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, relaxation and coping skills, grief therapy and assertiveness training.
I've had the sincere pleasure of being a therapist for 35 years. Having worked in a variety of settings has prepared me to be able to provide compassionate guidance to people wrestling with mood disorders (anxiety, depression and bi-polar) as well as to those experiencing struggles in their relationships (marital and family). For the past ten years in private practice, I have continued to assist others using a variety of therapeutic approaches: psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, relaxation and coping skills, grief therapy and assertiveness training.
Audra Popik
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, LIDC
Verified Verified
Westlake, OH 44145
Imagine feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, or the complexities of relationships and addiction. You might be a new parent grappling with perinatal depression, or someone navigating the highs and lows of bipolar disorder. Your goal is to find balance, peace, and a path forward. You need a compassionate guide who understands your struggles and can offer practical, effective strategies to help you heal and thrive.
Imagine feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, or the complexities of relationships and addiction. You might be a new parent grappling with perinatal depression, or someone navigating the highs and lows of bipolar disorder. Your goal is to find balance, peace, and a path forward. You need a compassionate guide who understands your struggles and can offer practical, effective strategies to help you heal and thrive.
Latoya Caver-Jackson
Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
Westlake, OH 44145 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I believe that each of us have been created to live life on purpose, with purpose, and with meaning. Wellness means giving attention to ourselves physically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. During the most difficult times in our lives, we can find deficits in our wellness – in any of the above areas. When we are impaired, our functioning is also impaired. As a counselor, my mission is to work with adults, couples, families, and children during the most difficult times in their lives. I am dedicated to empowering you and your loved ones to find “wholeness.”
I believe that each of us have been created to live life on purpose, with purpose, and with meaning. Wellness means giving attention to ourselves physically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. During the most difficult times in our lives, we can find deficits in our wellness – in any of the above areas. When we are impaired, our functioning is also impaired. As a counselor, my mission is to work with adults, couples, families, and children during the most difficult times in their lives. I am dedicated to empowering you and your loved ones to find “wholeness.”
Dorian Mahulawde
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Westlake, OH 44145
Are you feeling burnt out from the stress of life? Do you find it hard to be mentally present for your loved ones? Do you ever question your thought patterns? I specialize in helping people find or regain their life direction. I work with clients dealing with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, suicidal/homicidal thoughts, and other mental health issues. I have experience helping teenagers, young adults, adult men, and women - both single and married - as well as couples."
Are you feeling burnt out from the stress of life? Do you find it hard to be mentally present for your loved ones? Do you ever question your thought patterns? I specialize in helping people find or regain their life direction. I work with clients dealing with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, suicidal/homicidal thoughts, and other mental health issues. I have experience helping teenagers, young adults, adult men, and women - both single and married - as well as couples."
AGAPE Counseling and Consulting LLC
Counselor, LPCC, LICDC, LSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Westlake, OH 44145
My motto in life and in counseling is to meet people where they are at and walk alongside them on the journey through a path of healing. I am grateful and honored to work in this field and strive to provide the best possible therapy to each and every client.
My motto in life and in counseling is to meet people where they are at and walk alongside them on the journey through a path of healing. I am grateful and honored to work in this field and strive to provide the best possible therapy to each and every client.
Holding Spaces Psychotherapy, Westlake
Counselor, L, P, C
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Westlake, OH 44145
Welcome, my name is Kelly and I am a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. First of all, I commend your courage for coming here and seeking support. Secondly, I want you to know, I am somewhat non-traditional as I have embarked on a career in mental health and wellness a bit later in life. Mental health has been a passion of mine since I was young and with hard work, I am here and available to support you. My career started many years ago in Hotel Management, I spemt years working for The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company, and, like their motto, I am at your service.
Welcome, my name is Kelly and I am a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. First of all, I commend your courage for coming here and seeking support. Secondly, I want you to know, I am somewhat non-traditional as I have embarked on a career in mental health and wellness a bit later in life. Mental health has been a passion of mine since I was young and with hard work, I am here and available to support you. My career started many years ago in Hotel Management, I spemt years working for The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company, and, like their motto, I am at your service.
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Christian Therapists
Why is it important for a therapist to be culturally sensitive?
Therapists and clients don’t need to share the same belief system or background to be able to work effectively together, but a therapist whose training includes a focus on cultural competence may be better able to form a therapeutic bond with individuals from a range of backgrounds, as they will have experience in tailoring their approach to each client—and will be prepared to acknowledge and consider the effects of culture, religion, and other factors on each individual.
Why is it important to find a therapist sensitive to Christian values?
Each person brings a unique history and background to therapy, making it important to find a licensed therapist who is trained in a broad range of treatment modalities. In addition, for people who grow up in a faith tradition that strongly influences the way they conduct their everyday life, finding a therapist who understands or shares that background can ease the disclosure of sensitive information and facilitate the therapeutic process. For some clients, a Christian therapist is likely to incorporate faith-based principles into emotional healing techniques.
How do I recognize an effective Christian therapist?
Christian therapists are licensed mental health professionals—holding a master’s or doctoral degree in medicine, nursing, psychology, counseling, social work, or marriage and family therapy—who are also familiar with Christian beliefs and values. They have an understanding of the importance that Christian principles play in the lives of individuals and families, which allows them to be especially sensitive to the kinds of struggles that can affect daily functioning. Like all effective therapists, a Christian therapist will have undergone training and certification in a variety of treatment modalities that help people through crises and enable them to master the challenges of life.
Why might someone feel comfortable with a Christian therapist?
While training, qualifications, and experience are always important, research has long established that a strong alliance between client and therapist is a major contributor to therapeutic success. An alliance is likely to be strengthened with a therapist who not only is responsive to questions and concerns but also shares a client’s faith and values. Sensitivity to spiritual matters as well as to everyday struggles can provide a welcome sense of safety and contribute to the bond between client and therapist, both of which support the therapeutic process.
Who is included in Psychology Today’s directory of Christian therapists?
The directory of Christian therapists includes professionals who have shared their background in their profiles. However, not all therapists choose to disclose this information, and they may not appear in search results for this reason. The directory also shows therapists who indicate that they have extensive experience working with Christian clients, regardless of their own background or religious affiliation.