Couples therapists

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Jessica Van Berkum is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, also licensed in Minnesota, with 13 years in practice and board approval as a supervisor in both states. She works with adults, couples and families on anxiety, depression, life transitions, chronic illness, family dynamics and women's issues. Her relational work covers couples, co-parenting, family of origin and ethically non-monogamous relationships, and she is LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-affirming. With a background in the restaurant business, she understands that industry's stresses. She uses person-centered, systemic, CBT, feminist and mindfulness-based approaches. She sees clients in person in Sioux Falls and by telehealth in Minnesota and South Dakota.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Joe Rustum is a licensed psychologist in Nashville, Tennessee. He works with adults, many of them high-achieving professionals and business owners who function well outwardly but feel anxious, worn down, disconnected or unable to switch off. He helps with overthinking, boundaries, burnout, career questions, relationships and depression, and also with OCD, addiction, eating disorders, insomnia and couples and family concerns. His therapy is active, direct and practical, aimed at spotting the patterns that keep problems going and making real-life changes. He draws on ACT, CBT, exposure and response prevention, the Gottman Method, emotionally focused therapy and IFS. He sees clients in person in Nashville and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, DSW

Mary Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with a doctorate in social work, based in Franklin, Tennessee, with 11 years in practice. She works with children, teens, adults, couples and families on ADHD, anxiety, trauma, relationships, life transitions and self-esteem, as well as OCD, substance use, neurodivergence, PMDD and emotional regulation. She spent nearly a decade working with veterans. Smith offers a shame-free space where clients decide what they want to change; she asks questions, offers fresh perspectives and sometimes challenges thinking, with humor and practical skills. Her methods include ACT, CBT, DBT, cognitive processing therapy and the Gottman Method. She sees clients online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Mariah Rouse Mahoney is a licensed clinical social worker in Salt Lake City, Utah, with five years in practice. She works with teens, adults, older adults and couples on trauma, attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, ADHD and life transitions, as well as eating disorders, body image, people-pleasing and substance use, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Mahoney describes a supportive but honest style, offering encouragement alongside gentle challenge. She helps clients explore patterns that once protected them but now hold them back, using EMDR, Internal Family Systems, somatic work, emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method, DBT and neurofeedback. She sees clients in person in Salt Lake City and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Sharon Walls is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Salt Lake City, Utah, also licensed in Wyoming and registered for telehealth in Florida, with 24 years in practice. She works with preteens, teens, adults, couples and families who feel stuck in relationship, work or family patterns or are facing hard life transitions. Her areas include anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction and substance use, eating disorders and codependency, and she welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Walls focuses on deep emotional connection and believes clients hold their own answers. Her methods include emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method, Imago, IFS, ACT and family systems work. She sees clients online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAC

John Stacy is a Licensed Professional Counselor and certified substance abuse counselor in Norfolk, Virginia, with 14 years in practice, and he owns a group practice. He works with adults on trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, ADHD and self-esteem, as well as addiction and alcohol use, dual diagnosis, bipolar disorder, perinatal and postpartum concerns and men's issues, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Stacy takes a holistic view of mental, emotional and physical health and treats clients as the experts on their own lives. His methods include CBT, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, motivational interviewing, solution-focused and somatic approaches. He also provides clinical supervision and sees clients in person in Norfolk.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Jacob Rusczek is a licensed psychologist in Montpelier, Vermont, also licensed in Massachusetts. He works with adults, older adults and couples on relationship concerns, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, life transitions and self-esteem, and also with OCD, eating disorders, personality disorders, dissociation, chronic illness and chronic pain, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Rusczek sees each course of therapy as different and treats it as a way to build self-awareness, since people often repeat painful patterns without knowing why. He listens closely, asks deepening questions and offers observations and connections, working from psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, existential and relational traditions. He sees clients in person in Montpelier.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW, APSW

John Troast is a licensed clinical social worker in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, also licensed in North Carolina and Nevada, with 10 years in practice. He works with children, teens, adults and families on anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, self-esteem, identity and relationship concerns, and also with ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, addiction, anger, personality disorders and family conflict, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Troast sets specific, goal-oriented objectives with each client and revisits them regularly to keep therapy focused. His approach is trauma-informed and nonjudgmental, using CBT, family systems, the Gottman Method and mindfulness-based methods. He sees clients in person in Wauwatosa and online.

Counselor, PsyD, LPC, NCC

Dr. Laurie Covington is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor in Charleston, West Virginia, with a PsyD and 12 years in practice. She works with preteens, teens, adults, older adults, couples and families on anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, ADHD, grief, stress and self-esteem, as well as women's issues, infertility, narcissistic abuse, parenting and first responder concerns. Covington aims to be easy to talk with, offering empathy, unconditional listening and a judgment-free space for people ready to make lasting change. Her approach is integrative and person-centered, drawing on Adlerian, attachment-based, CBT, humanistic and mindfulness-based methods. She sees clients in person in Charleston and online.