Couples therapists

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Maria Kometer is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Clayton, in the St. Louis area, with seven years in practice. She works with adults and couples where anxiety, relationships and burnout overlap. Her focus includes OCD treatment, couples therapy for recurring conflict, premarital counseling, and support for healthcare and other helping professionals facing exhaustion and moral injury. She also helps with depression, grief, bipolar disorder, postpartum concerns and infertility. Her approach balances insight with practical change, drawing on the Gottman Method, ACT, mindfulness-based, psychodynamic and trauma-focused work. She sees clients in person in Clayton and offers a free consultation.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, CCMHC, BC-TMH

Peter Bogart is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor in Kirkwood, in the St. Louis area, with 18 years in practice. He works with children, teens, adults, couples and families on anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem and family conflict. He also sees clients dealing with bipolar disorder, substance use alongside mental health concerns, autism and learning differences, and adoption or infertility. His approach is goal-oriented and collaborative, drawing on CBT, ACT, exposure and response prevention, family systems, solution-focused and psychodynamic methods to build skills, emotional insight and regulation. He emphasizes steady small gains. He offers sessions in person in Kirkwood and online, with a free consultation.

Counselor, MA, LMHC, FLCS

Garrett Leslie is a licensed mental health counselor and Florida board-approved clinical supervisor in Oviedo, part of the Tree of Life team. He sees children, teens, adults, couples and families, with a focus on marriage and relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, and his listing also includes ADHD, OCD, addiction and LGBTQ+ concerns. His style is relational, combining warmth and acceptance with clinical clarity, and he believes a therapist can only guide others as far as he has traveled himself. His methods include EMDR, emotionally focused therapy, ACT, CBT, DBT, Gestalt and family systems. He offers sessions in person in Oviedo and online.

Family Therapist, MS, LMFT

Elizabeth Gorovitz is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Winter Park, Florida, with 24 years in practice. Much of her work is with couples caught in the same repeating fight, where one partner withdraws and the other erupts, and she helps them recognize and change those protective patterns. She also addresses intimacy, trust, communication, infidelity and family trauma, and works with individuals on anxiety, depression, life transitions, LGBTQ+ concerns and perinatal issues. Her approach is grounded in family systems and draws on the Gottman Method, emotionally focused therapy, IFS, attachment-based work and CBT, aiming for safer emotional connection. She offers sessions in person in Winter Park and online.

Counselor, MS, LMHC, CGT

Jeremy Scott is a licensed mental health counselor and certified Gottman therapist with six years in practice, based in Oviedo, Florida, and seeing clients online. He offers individual therapy, addiction counseling, premarital and dating counseling, and marriage counseling for teens, adults and couples dealing with relationship strain, anxiety, depression, stress and substance use. Authenticity is central to his work: he helps clients identify what is blocking them from living as their true selves and from finding real fulfillment. He is intensively trained in DBT and also draws on the Gottman Method, Prepare and Enrich, CBT, trauma-focused care and Christian counseling for clients who want it. Sessions are held online.

Counselor, LMHC, LCPC, LCMHC, LPCC-S

Emilie Butler is a licensed mental health counselor practicing at Butterfly Mental Health Counseling, based in Winter Park near Orlando, with over 20 years in the mental health field. She holds counseling licenses in Florida, Ohio, Maryland and North Carolina. She works with adults on anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and relationship and couples concerns, and supports women through parenting, pregnancy and the postpartum period. Her approach is person-centered and practical, using CBT, mindfulness-based and solution-focused methods to set clear goals and build coping skills and self-confidence. She provides all sessions online as telehealth.

Counselor, MA, LCMHC, LCASA, LPC

Larry Clark is a Licensed Professional Counselor and licensed clinical mental health counselor in Charlotte, North Carolina, with eight years in practice, also licensed in South Carolina and holding an addiction specialist associate license. He works with adults, older adults, couples and groups on ADHD, anxiety, depression, relationships, substance use, life transitions, stress and LGBTQ+ concerns. He compares therapy to a long trip and sees his role as a navigator who explores alongside clients through both hard times and good ones. His approach is eclectic and humanistic, drawing on ACT, CBT, Adlerian and Gestalt therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing and multicultural, culturally sensitive care. Sessions are online.

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MS, EdS, LCMHC

Jennifer Coleman is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in Cornelius, North Carolina, with 21 years in practice. She helps teens, adults, couples and families with anxiety, panic and constant overthinking, along with depression, trauma, ADHD, grief, relationship problems, life transitions and bipolar disorder. Many of her clients feel exhausted by racing what-if thoughts that follow them from morning to night. Her approach is integrative, drawing on CBT, ACT, mindfulness, narrative and solution-focused therapy, compassion-focused work, sandplay and coaching to ease worry and help clients feel calmer and more in control. She sees clients in person in Cornelius and online.

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MS, LCMHC, QS

Tayona Fraylon Curry is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and qualified supervisor in Matthews, North Carolina, with 15 years in practice and licenses in North Carolina and South Carolina. Before licensure she spent years counseling children, adolescents, adults and families in a range of settings, on concerns such as behavioral problems, adoption and domestic violence. Today she works with preteens through older adults, couples and families on anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationships, OCD, eating disorders and substance use. She focuses on creating a safe, trusting space and works collaboratively toward each client's goals, using CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS, family systems and narrative therapy, with Christian counseling available. She sees clients in person and online.