Life transitions therapists

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW

Ryan Roels is a licensed master social worker in Scottsdale who works with preteens, teens, adults and families. Many of his clients spent years holding everything together, often growing up where showing emotion did not feel safe, and now struggle with self-doubt, exhaustion, feeling flooded in close relationships, or old wounds that keep resurfacing. He also helps with anxiety, depression, identity questions, life transitions, family conflict and substance use. His work is warm and reflective, drawing on psychodynamic, relational, family systems, compassion-focused, CBT and DBT methods to help clients understand their history and respond to pain in new ways. He sees clients in person in Scottsdale and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Tyler Maxson is a licensed psychologist in Mesa who works with teens, adults, couples and groups. Many of his clients are caregivers and high-functioning people who keep everything running for others yet feel unseen, drained or caught in patterns they had not noticed. He also helps with anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, stress, and couple and family concerns. Central to his work is the belief that health starts with connection, so he focuses on strengthening a person's relationship with themselves, with others and with a sense of meaning. He draws on CBT, person-centered, strength-based and positive psychology approaches. He sees clients in person in Mesa and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC

Jennifer Szabo is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Gilbert who works with teens, adults and older adults. She has particular training in OCD and in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and she helps clients with intrusive or obsessional thoughts, postpartum and parenting challenges, anxiety, depression and life transitions. She is also comfortable working with bipolar disorder and borderline personality. Her integrative approach draws on exposure and response prevention, DBT, CBT, ACT and motivational interviewing, offered in a nonjudgmental setting where clients can explore the roots of their struggles and build healthy coping skills. She offers a free 15-minute phone consultation and sees clients online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S, RPT-S, Sprvise, ICST, NBCC

Kathleen Costello is a Licensed Professional Counselor and clinical supervisor in Scottsdale with 17 years in practice. A former classroom teacher, she is also a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, a credentialed sandtray therapist and a nationally board-certified counselor. Much of her work supports parents worried about a child who is acting differently, worrying a lot or struggling at school, and she sees toddlers through teens, adults and families. She helps with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, ADHD and family stress. Her child-centered, tailored approach uses play and sand tray therapy, EMDR, IFS, CBT, DBT and expressive arts, with Christian counseling available. She sees clients in person in Scottsdale.

Licensed Professional Counselor, PsyD, LPC

Dr. Morgan Francis is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a doctorate in psychology who founded and runs Scottsdale Premier Counseling. Francis works with teens, adults, couples and families, with particular focus on body image and eating disorders, sexual health, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and grief, as well as relationship strain and life transitions. Sessions draw on CBT, DBT, IFS and mindfulness to understand and change the patterns that keep clients stuck. Alongside standard one-hour sessions, the practice offers extended two- and three-hour appointments for clients who want more time. Dr. Francis sees clients in person at the Scottsdale office, with an emphasis on privacy and a safe, supportive setting.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Rachelle Friedman is a licensed clinical social worker based in Gilbert. She is EMDR-certified and neurodivergent-affirming, and works with teens, adults, older adults, couples and families. Many of her clients live with chronic pain or illness, anxiety, ADHD, trauma or depression, and some feel that earlier therapy did not help. She also supports people with grief, relationship and family concerns, substance use, postpartum challenges and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her work is trauma-informed, somatic and strengths-based, drawing on EMDR, Brainspotting, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, ACT, DBT and emotionally focused methods, with the aim of helping clients feel grounded and understood as whole people. She works with clients online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Amy Johns is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Mesa, in the Phoenix area, with eight years in practice. She works with adults and couples who feel disconnected, emotionally drained or stuck, often around relationship strain and communication that keeps turning into conflict. She also helps with anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions and the effects of past trauma. Her style is relational and attachment-based, drawing on Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, narrative and solution-focused work, with an emphasis on helping clients reconnect with themselves rather than on fixing them. She offers a space where clients can come as they are. Sessions are available in person in Mesa and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

Maegan Jones is a licensed clinical social worker and certified ADHD clinical services provider, licensed in California and Louisiana and listed in San Jose. She is the founder of Clara Psychotherapy. She works with couples stuck in repeating arguments and emotional distance, helping partners spot the pattern as it happens and change their own part in it. For individuals she offers adult ADHD therapy, including support after a late diagnosis, and trauma work for early experiences that still echo in adult relationships. She is an active therapist who asks questions, offers honest pushback and brings humor, drawing on the Gottman Method, Brainspotting, ACT, CBT and parts work. She sees adults and couples online.

Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC

Jillian McCoy is a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed professional clinical counselor in Berkeley. She works with teens, adults and older adults who feel overwhelmed by sadness, fear, loneliness or shame, or who sense something is off without knowing why. She helps with trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, life transitions, family concerns, substance use and bipolar disorder. Her work explores how past experiences shape present choices and self-image, and she draws on EMDR, Internal Family Systems, CBT, cognitive processing therapy, DBT and somatic and psychodynamic approaches. Colleagues describe her as warm, grounding and collaborative, with room for humor. She offers a free consultation and sees clients in person in Berkeley and online.