Life transitions therapists

Counselor, MEd, LCMHC, LPC, IMH-E®

Kaitlyn Davis is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, also licensed in Massachusetts, with 10 years in practice. She is an endorsed infant mental health specialist who works with babies, young children, preteens, teens and families, especially children who faced early adversity. Her focus includes attachment and bonding, adoption, behavior management, emotion regulation, anxiety, trauma and grief, along with helping caregivers understand and respond to a child's needs. She is certified in caregiver-involved models such as Child Parent Psychotherapy, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, and also uses play therapy and CBT. She sees clients online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Jamie Shapiro is a licensed clinical social worker in Jersey City, New Jersey, also licensed in New York, with 12 years in practice. She focuses on grief and loss, including pet loss, and on people living with cancer, chronic illness or chronic pain, as well as those caring for an ill loved one or a family member with dementia. She also works with young adults through life transitions and with stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness and relationship concerns, and sees couples. Shapiro offers support and practical coping strategies, drawing on psychodynamic, emotionally focused, family systems, interpersonal and compassion-focused approaches. She sees clients online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Lynette Cordova is a licensed clinical social worker in Albuquerque, New Mexico, also licensed in Nevada, with more than 20 years in behavioral health. Cordova works with children, teens, adults, older adults and families on trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, stress and life transitions, as well as chronic pain, domestic violence, body image, bipolar disorder and substance use. First responder stress, caregiver burnout and family dynamics are also areas of focus. The approach treats healing from trauma as a whole-body process, drawing on neuroscience and attachment research to build emotional regulation, mend relational wounds and strengthen resilience. Sessions are offered in person in Albuquerque and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT, CCTP

Michelle Renay Lyons is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Las Vegas, Nevada, also licensed in Virginia, with 16 years in practice and a certification in clinical trauma. She works with children, teens, adults, older adults, couples and families, with a focus on couples therapy and the mental health of women. Her areas include anxiety, depression, trauma, domestic abuse, substance use and bipolar disorder. Lyons begins with solution-focused work to ease immediate distress, then explores deeper issues using CBT and other methods, and teaches clients how the brain and body respond. She also uses the Gottman Method. She is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology and sees clients online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Rileigh Ard is a licensed clinical social worker in Las Vegas, Nevada, with eight years in practice. She works with young children, preteens, teens and adults on anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, ADHD, OCD, grief and self-esteem, as well as autism, school issues, parenting and self-harm, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Her current focus is attachment-focused EMDR, helping clients build trust in themselves and steady their nervous system. As an artist, she brings imagery and felt sense into her work, using art and expressive arts therapy, play therapy and sandplay alongside CBT and person-centered methods. She also leads groups and sees clients in person and online.

Counselor, LPC

Kaylea Sluss is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Columbus, Ohio, with four years in practice. She works with adults, older adults, couples and groups on anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, ADHD, grief, self-esteem, substance use and relationships. She especially enjoys working with neurodivergent couples and people in alternative relationship structures, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Sluss helps clients understand themselves well enough to choose how they respond to life, with attention to meaning, purpose and authentic self-expression. Her approach is humanistic and reality-based, trauma-informed rather than trauma-focused, using ACT, CBT, mindfulness-based stress reduction, motivational interviewing and expressive arts. She sees clients in person in Columbus and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LISW-S, MSW

Rebecca Bair is a licensed independent social worker and supervisor in Columbus, Ohio, with 11 years in practice spanning community mental health and private practice. She works with teens and adults on trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, ADHD, grief and self-esteem, as well as eating disorders, bipolar disorder, borderline personality, anger and self-injury. Bair tailors treatment to each person, aiming to help clients feel grounded, secure and fulfilled. Her methods include EMDR, DBT, CBT, motivational interviewing, solution-focused brief therapy and emotionally focused work. She also provides clinical supervision for clinicians working toward independent licensure, and sees clients in person in Columbus and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LADCMH

Erin Edmondson is a Licensed Professional Counselor, also a licensed alcohol and drug counselor, in Edmond, Oklahoma, with 15 years in practice. She works with teens, adults, older adults, couples and families on anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, ADHD and grief, along with addiction, alcohol and drug use, codependency, divorce and co-parenting, domestic violence and bipolar disorder. She welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Edmondson recognizes how hard it can be to commit to therapy and aims to help clients see their own worth and regain a sense of hope and strength. Her methods include CBT, DBT, family systems, reality therapy and solution-focused work. She sees clients in person in Edmond and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Brian Conceicao is a licensed clinical social worker in Cranston, Rhode Island, with 20 years in human services and a background in the US Navy. He works with teens, adults and older adults on anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, life transitions, substance use and other addictions, including gambling, and also bipolar disorder. He has experience with veterans, first responders, people in recovery, and student-athletes dealing with performance anxiety, confidence issues or a return from injury. He works in a trauma-informed, strengths-based and person-centered way, using motivational interviewing, solution-focused and narrative techniques and coaching. He offers sessions online.