Grief therapists

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, CEDS

Katie Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor and certified eating disorder specialist in St. Louis, with 19 years in practice and licenses in Missouri, Kansas and Wisconsin. She treats eating disorders, complex trauma and PTSD, attachment issues, mood disorders, self-injury, addiction and family conflict, and has a particular interest in eating disorders in blended families. She works with preteens, teens, adults, couples and families. Her style is direct and honest, paired with compassion, and her methods include EMDR, CBT, DBT, IFS, emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method and expressive arts. She aims to help clients loosen old protective patterns and move toward a more balanced life. Sessions are in person in St. Louis and online.

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.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Amy Johnson Chong is a licensed clinical social worker in Winter Park, Florida, with 26 years in practice. She works with teens, adults, families and groups facing ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, life transitions, self-esteem and LGBTQ+ concerns. Over her career she has listened to the stories of both children and adults, and she holds a firm belief in people's natural capacity to move toward hope. Her approach combines attachment-based, emotionally focused and trauma-focused work with IFS, CBT, mindfulness, play therapy and positive psychology, adapted to each client's own story. She offers sessions in person in Winter Park and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-FL, LCSW-CT, LCSW-TX

Dolly Skricka is a licensed clinical social worker who provides online therapy to adults in Florida, Connecticut and Texas from Orlando. She works with people who feel mentally stuck, caught in overthinking, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, perfectionism or trouble following through, and treats anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, trauma, burnout, grief and life transitions. Her background includes years in clinical and counseling settings and work alongside first responders. Her approach is practical and collaborative, using CBT, exposure and response prevention, DBT, schema-informed work, mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help clients build strategies that hold up in everyday life and reduce the grip of intrusive thoughts. All sessions are online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Susan Dixon is a licensed clinical social worker in Kissimmee, Florida, who works with children from about age three to fifteen. She helps kids who are struggling to adjust to something new or who are dealing with loss, anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, selective mutism, bullying or behavior problems. She is certified in early childhood interventions, and since play is the natural language of many children, play therapy is central to her work, along with art therapy, expressive arts, CBT, DBT and family systems. Parents are an important part of the process, and she focuses on helping parent and child understand each other better. She sees clients in person in Kissimmee and online.

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.

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.

Lic Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, LCMHCA

Meikayla Williams is a licensed clinical mental health counselor associate in Concord, North Carolina, working with teens, adults and couples. Many clients come in looking fine to everyone around them while privately fighting a draining daily battle. Williams helps with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, ADHD, grief, life transitions, substance use, bipolar disorder and LGBTQ+ concerns. The approach is eclectic and integrative, blending evidence-based methods such as CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS, emotionally focused and solution-focused therapy, with Christian counseling available for those who want it. The goal is to help clients move from struggle toward peace, clarity and a stronger sense of purpose. Sessions are offered in person in Concord 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.