Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists in Chattanooga, TN
Have you felt like expressing yourself is difficult? Do you feel like no matter how hard you try, you just cant find the words to get at what is going on at your core? Art therapy sessions tap into that creative space in between words and expression and help unearth more than words alone could. I use a mix of regular talk therapy and art therapy sessions to help dig through personal identity and the parts of ourselves that are hard to describe to others and allow those parts to shine through. You do not have to be an artist to be seen in these sessions, just the willingness to embrace creativity!
Have you felt like expressing yourself is difficult? Do you feel like no matter how hard you try, you just cant find the words to get at what is going on at your core? Art therapy sessions tap into that creative space in between words and expression and help unearth more than words alone could. I use a mix of regular talk therapy and art therapy sessions to help dig through personal identity and the parts of ourselves that are hard to describe to others and allow those parts to shine through. You do not have to be an artist to be seen in these sessions, just the willingness to embrace creativity!
Tori Ballard
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, NCC, MFT-1
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37405
Through the ups and downs of life, one thing remains a constant— you. I help my clients foster a relationship with themselves with a sense of curiosity, acceptance, and grace. Life can be tough and confusing, but you are strong and resilient. I want to walk alongside you, hear your story, and offer a safe space for expression and exploration. It is my belief that people make sense- the person who starves themselves, or isolates when sad, or can’t find relief from that nervous feeling in their stomach, all make sense. You are not alone. Let’s walk towards healing together.
Through the ups and downs of life, one thing remains a constant— you. I help my clients foster a relationship with themselves with a sense of curiosity, acceptance, and grace. Life can be tough and confusing, but you are strong and resilient. I want to walk alongside you, hear your story, and offer a safe space for expression and exploration. It is my belief that people make sense- the person who starves themselves, or isolates when sad, or can’t find relief from that nervous feeling in their stomach, all make sense. You are not alone. Let’s walk towards healing together.
Brandi Pursley
Licensed Professional Counselor, MHSP
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37419
Waitlist for new clients
I work primarily with adults who are navigating grief and loss, trauma, relational issues, and other life transitions. I am open to working with people of all identities, but particularly enjoy working with the LGBTQ+ population. I identify as queer and consider it an honor to hold space for my community here in Chattanooga. I believe therapy can only be effective when the client feels safe and comfortable, so I am committed to providing accessibility in my office for all body types and abilities.
I work primarily with adults who are navigating grief and loss, trauma, relational issues, and other life transitions. I am open to working with people of all identities, but particularly enjoy working with the LGBTQ+ population. I identify as queer and consider it an honor to hold space for my community here in Chattanooga. I believe therapy can only be effective when the client feels safe and comfortable, so I am committed to providing accessibility in my office for all body types and abilities.
Nathan Chase
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC-IL, LPCMHSP, CADC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37412
Nathan has a pursued a career of inviting others into safety, healing, and growth through counseling, chaplaincy, and mentoring. He is licensed in both Illinois (Telehealth) and Tennessee (in-person and telehealth). Experienced in working with multiple varieties of trauma, addiction, grief, and life transitions.
Nathan has a pursued a career of inviting others into safety, healing, and growth through counseling, chaplaincy, and mentoring. He is licensed in both Illinois (Telehealth) and Tennessee (in-person and telehealth). Experienced in working with multiple varieties of trauma, addiction, grief, and life transitions.
Braxton Foster
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37410 (Online Only)
Are you feeling stuck, confused, or unsure in life? Do you have the desire to make changes but don’t know where or how to start? You may experience fear of feeling uncomfortable emotions, heartbreak at the loss of a dear friend, stress related to finances or work, anxiety with building new connections with others, or shame surrounding addictive behaviors.
Are you feeling stuck, confused, or unsure in life? Do you have the desire to make changes but don’t know where or how to start? You may experience fear of feeling uncomfortable emotions, heartbreak at the loss of a dear friend, stress related to finances or work, anxiety with building new connections with others, or shame surrounding addictive behaviors.
Sheaba Chacko
Licensed Professional Counselor, MHSP
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37405 (Online Only)
Is Anxiety holding you back? You’ve always been proactive, perceptive, and personable - but you’re afraid of losing your edge. Things are piling up, getting bottlenecked, and feeling dicey. Your mind is racing and your body is lagging. It’s challenging to maintain that upbeat, agreeable, and positive outlook that you’re known for - especially when you're in the car or working alone. Typically you’d put your head down and push through. But this time? You know that’s not enough. Nothing is glaringly obvious from the outside…but that’s why internally you want to stay ahead of it. Hi! I’m Sheaba. I can help.
Is Anxiety holding you back? You’ve always been proactive, perceptive, and personable - but you’re afraid of losing your edge. Things are piling up, getting bottlenecked, and feeling dicey. Your mind is racing and your body is lagging. It’s challenging to maintain that upbeat, agreeable, and positive outlook that you’re known for - especially when you're in the car or working alone. Typically you’d put your head down and push through. But this time? You know that’s not enough. Nothing is glaringly obvious from the outside…but that’s why internally you want to stay ahead of it. Hi! I’m Sheaba. I can help.
Have you ever been told you are "too much" but you constantly feel like you aren't enough? Or have you ever been depressed but felt guilty because outside looking in you "have it all together"? I've been there and I know how it feels. As a therapist, I offer empathy and help you develop healthy strategies to mute those negative thoughts. I give you the tools to ask for what you need in personal and professional relationships. I remind you that anxiety, depression, and past traumas do not make you broken or flawed. Your brain just works differently and I show you ways to manage that. I believe in you!
Have you ever been told you are "too much" but you constantly feel like you aren't enough? Or have you ever been depressed but felt guilty because outside looking in you "have it all together"? I've been there and I know how it feels. As a therapist, I offer empathy and help you develop healthy strategies to mute those negative thoughts. I give you the tools to ask for what you need in personal and professional relationships. I remind you that anxiety, depression, and past traumas do not make you broken or flawed. Your brain just works differently and I show you ways to manage that. I believe in you!
Jaclyn Beckler
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CCTP, C-DBT, TF-CBT, PCIT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37405
I enjoy helping clients build resilience and feel a sense of safety both within themselves and with the outside world. Professional experience includes serving children, adolescents, adults, and families in the settings of community outreach, outpatient services, foster care, adoption, and mental health/addiction treatment centers. I am passionate about promoting personal growth, empowerment, advocacy, and self-efficacy. I strive to connect with clients in a safe therapeutic alliance to help increase tolerance thresholds through psycho-education, therapeutic interventions, skills practice, mind-body connection, and self-awareness.
I enjoy helping clients build resilience and feel a sense of safety both within themselves and with the outside world. Professional experience includes serving children, adolescents, adults, and families in the settings of community outreach, outpatient services, foster care, adoption, and mental health/addiction treatment centers. I am passionate about promoting personal growth, empowerment, advocacy, and self-efficacy. I strive to connect with clients in a safe therapeutic alliance to help increase tolerance thresholds through psycho-education, therapeutic interventions, skills practice, mind-body connection, and self-awareness.
Kristin Stark
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, CPTT, LMFT
Verified Verified
Chattanooga, TN 37421 (Online Only)
You've just found out your partner has betrayed you and you feel shocked and heartbroken. Research and reading countless articles and books to try and make sense out of it hasn’t worked and you're still hurting. It’s lonely and feels hopeless. You see your friends and wonder if you are the only one that's been betrayed. On the outside, no one would ever know, but on the inside, you fear your relationship never be the same and it has to be something you learn to accept. The frustrating part is that you had no idea and were completely blindsided. You thought you knew who your partner is, but now you're questioning everything.
You've just found out your partner has betrayed you and you feel shocked and heartbroken. Research and reading countless articles and books to try and make sense out of it hasn’t worked and you're still hurting. It’s lonely and feels hopeless. You see your friends and wonder if you are the only one that's been betrayed. On the outside, no one would ever know, but on the inside, you fear your relationship never be the same and it has to be something you learn to accept. The frustrating part is that you had no idea and were completely blindsided. You thought you knew who your partner is, but now you're questioning everything.
A. G. Estes
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, TLMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Day-to-day life is exhausting! Maybe you were laying your child down for bed, and they said something that scared you or maybe your family is going through transitions, and you're worried about how they are responding to it. Through the therapeutic relationship, I join alongside children (ages 3-12), families, and individuals to provide an empathic, welcoming place where fears and hopelessness can be replaced with coping skills and a greater understanding of oneself. I work with children experiencing big emotions, behavioral/school difficulties, anxiety, self-esteem, traumatic experiences, and low social engagement.
Day-to-day life is exhausting! Maybe you were laying your child down for bed, and they said something that scared you or maybe your family is going through transitions, and you're worried about how they are responding to it. Through the therapeutic relationship, I join alongside children (ages 3-12), families, and individuals to provide an empathic, welcoming place where fears and hopelessness can be replaced with coping skills and a greater understanding of oneself. I work with children experiencing big emotions, behavioral/school difficulties, anxiety, self-esteem, traumatic experiences, and low social engagement.
Mia DiMola
Pre-Licensed Professional, CFLE, MS MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37415
Approaching therapy from a nonjudgmental, open, and accepting perspective with belief in the inherent worth of all people, I have 10+ years of experience working with parents, couples, the LGBTQ community and multicultural families. From helping parents solve discipline challenges to guiding couples in relationship enrichment, I help people develop uniquely tailored plans to navigate the waters of their family’s own extraordinary journey.
Approaching therapy from a nonjudgmental, open, and accepting perspective with belief in the inherent worth of all people, I have 10+ years of experience working with parents, couples, the LGBTQ community and multicultural families. From helping parents solve discipline challenges to guiding couples in relationship enrichment, I help people develop uniquely tailored plans to navigate the waters of their family’s own extraordinary journey.
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If you are at a point of needing change related to your relationships, marriage or otherwise, helping your distressed or challenging child, or healing from past wounds in your life, we are here to help. We help a variety of clients learn to process difficult things and learn new skills to grow and improve their lives and their significant relationships. We are a team structured, outcome focused practice near downtown Chattanooga. We aim to get results for you and give excellent care that is accessible to you by having accessible prices, schedules, and spaces (the views are great too)!
If you are at a point of needing change related to your relationships, marriage or otherwise, helping your distressed or challenging child, or healing from past wounds in your life, we are here to help. We help a variety of clients learn to process difficult things and learn new skills to grow and improve their lives and their significant relationships. We are a team structured, outcome focused practice near downtown Chattanooga. We aim to get results for you and give excellent care that is accessible to you by having accessible prices, schedules, and spaces (the views are great too)!
I believe that my office is a safe place to land when you feel unsteady, unstable and unsure. I love to help couples and families work through hurt and discover ways to move forward. I love to provide safe space to be honest and raw. I love to help people learn to communicate in healthy ways, set boundaries and gain health in their relationships. I also love to help clients understand the physiological and neurobiological aspects of mental health. Being able to gain language for what they are experiencing tends to provide relief all on its own.
I believe that my office is a safe place to land when you feel unsteady, unstable and unsure. I love to help couples and families work through hurt and discover ways to move forward. I love to provide safe space to be honest and raw. I love to help people learn to communicate in healthy ways, set boundaries and gain health in their relationships. I also love to help clients understand the physiological and neurobiological aspects of mental health. Being able to gain language for what they are experiencing tends to provide relief all on its own.
David G Miller
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, MEd, LPC-, MHSP
Verified Verified
Chattanooga, TN 37404
As a Christian, I consider it a privilege to sit with all people, whatever their life-view or faith, and with those with no faith. Help available in couples, parenting, infidelity recovery, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, childhood/adult traumas, PTSD, sexual/substance addictions, spirituality issues, burnout... Faith-based, christian, and/or biblical counseling available on request. If you long to feel hope again, want healing, resilience, and growth, it would be my privilege to move forward with you. I work with teens, adults, couples, parents, professionals, teachers, veterans, church leaders, retirees, etc...
As a Christian, I consider it a privilege to sit with all people, whatever their life-view or faith, and with those with no faith. Help available in couples, parenting, infidelity recovery, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, childhood/adult traumas, PTSD, sexual/substance addictions, spirituality issues, burnout... Faith-based, christian, and/or biblical counseling available on request. If you long to feel hope again, want healing, resilience, and growth, it would be my privilege to move forward with you. I work with teens, adults, couples, parents, professionals, teachers, veterans, church leaders, retirees, etc...
Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness. That knowledge is what led me to become a therapist ... how effective and life-changing therapy can be. I start where you, the client, are and we make a treatment plan together to reach the goals you would like to achieve. We will develop a working hypothesis that may change over time as new information is obtained. Many mental health issues begin with an event and the mental health issue, be it anxiety, panic attacks, depression, anger, unrelated phobia, facial tic, chronic pain, avoidant behavior, dysfunctional relationship pattern, stress and/or insomnia is the resulting symptom.
Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness. That knowledge is what led me to become a therapist ... how effective and life-changing therapy can be. I start where you, the client, are and we make a treatment plan together to reach the goals you would like to achieve. We will develop a working hypothesis that may change over time as new information is obtained. Many mental health issues begin with an event and the mental health issue, be it anxiety, panic attacks, depression, anger, unrelated phobia, facial tic, chronic pain, avoidant behavior, dysfunctional relationship pattern, stress and/or insomnia is the resulting symptom.
Amy Achata
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, LPC, MHSP, temp, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37403
I believe meaningful connection changes people — this is what the therapeutic process is about. I am passionate about encouraging growth and restoration for those questioning their purpose or identity and searching for meaning. I works with those facing grief and loss, generational trauma, racial identity, emotional neglect, parenting questions, religious trauma, anxiety, attachment, mid-life evaluation, personal identity development and more.
I believe meaningful connection changes people — this is what the therapeutic process is about. I am passionate about encouraging growth and restoration for those questioning their purpose or identity and searching for meaning. I works with those facing grief and loss, generational trauma, racial identity, emotional neglect, parenting questions, religious trauma, anxiety, attachment, mid-life evaluation, personal identity development and more.
Welcome! I'm Victoria. As a dedicated therapist with a passion for helping individuals navigate life's challenges, I specialize in working with trauma, ADHD, anxiety, life transitions, family dynamics, and the unique experiences of college students. My approach is warm, collaborative, and non-judgmental, rooted in evidence-based practices tailored to your specific needs and goals. Whether you're seeking short-term support or long-term therapy, I'm committed to helping you cultivate a life that feels fulfilling and authentic.
Welcome! I'm Victoria. As a dedicated therapist with a passion for helping individuals navigate life's challenges, I specialize in working with trauma, ADHD, anxiety, life transitions, family dynamics, and the unique experiences of college students. My approach is warm, collaborative, and non-judgmental, rooted in evidence-based practices tailored to your specific needs and goals. Whether you're seeking short-term support or long-term therapy, I'm committed to helping you cultivate a life that feels fulfilling and authentic.
Laura Rocks
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MA-MFT, BCTP-I
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37421
You are waking up to the realization that the one who is going to break the cycle of dysfunction in your family is you. There has to be more to life than just existing within the patterns that have come to feel normal; your heart yearns for a more meaningful existence. Still, you aren't sure how to break out of the cycle, set boundaries and figure out what you really want and need to do. I get it, taking full responsibility for your own well-being and creating a better future for yourself sounds like a monumental task, however, you don't have to do it alone.
You are waking up to the realization that the one who is going to break the cycle of dysfunction in your family is you. There has to be more to life than just existing within the patterns that have come to feel normal; your heart yearns for a more meaningful existence. Still, you aren't sure how to break out of the cycle, set boundaries and figure out what you really want and need to do. I get it, taking full responsibility for your own well-being and creating a better future for yourself sounds like a monumental task, however, you don't have to do it alone.
Erin Swem
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MHSP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chattanooga, TN 37421
It is hard to see our own worth when we feel ignored or devalued by the world. The LGBTQIA+ community is particularly vulnerable to relational and spiritual trauma, leading to feelings of shame and worthlessness, and making them more susceptible to depression, anxiety, poor sense of self, etc. Over the last 5 years, I have worked with individuals from all walks of life dealing with these and a multitude of other issues as they have allowed me to be a part of their healing process.
It is hard to see our own worth when we feel ignored or devalued by the world. The LGBTQIA+ community is particularly vulnerable to relational and spiritual trauma, leading to feelings of shame and worthlessness, and making them more susceptible to depression, anxiety, poor sense of self, etc. Over the last 5 years, I have worked with individuals from all walks of life dealing with these and a multitude of other issues as they have allowed me to be a part of their healing process.
I have experience with childhood trauma, substance abuse, depression, and anxiety, as well as other mental health issues. I work with my clients to discover the most helpful way to reach their goals. I ask my clients to do the hard work, and I am with them every step of the way.
I have experience with childhood trauma, substance abuse, depression, and anxiety, as well as other mental health issues. I work with my clients to discover the most helpful way to reach their goals. I ask my clients to do the hard work, and I am with them every step of the way.
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