Relationships therapists

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.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Margaret Barry is a licensed clinical social worker in Walnut Creek with 32 years in practice. She works with preteens, teens, adults and older adults, and specializes in anxiety, depression, OCD and trauma. She also works with first responders, and helps with grief, family concerns, substance use and LGBTQ+ issues. Her aim is a space where each client feels heard, safe and free to be themselves, pairing nurturing support with concrete tools for managing emotional stress, building self-acceptance and living more in the present. Her methods include EMDR, exposure and response prevention, ACT, CBT, IFS and mindfulness, and she runs OCD group therapy. She sees clients in person in Walnut Creek and 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.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Kalani Perreira is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Piedmont, with eight years in practice and more than two decades in the mental health field. He works with adults, couples and families, and has a special interest in couples therapy and in people coping with transitions, disconnection, isolation and grief. Much of his work centers on healing attachment wounds and trauma, including complex, historical and intergenerational trauma. He also helps with anxiety, depression, substance use, eating disorders and LGBTQ+ concerns. Using a relational, psychodynamic approach with Brainspotting and family systems work, he helps clients connect past and present to build self-awareness. He sees clients online.

Psychologist, MA, PhD

Dr. Morgan Bartholomew is a licensed psychologist based in Palo Alto with three years in practice, part of a group practice of psychologists. She works with adults and older adults facing trauma, ongoing stress, anxiety, depression and chronic illness, and also helps with grief, OCD, life transitions and relationship concerns. She especially enjoys supporting LGBTQIA+ clients, and her work is rooted in cultural humility. Her approach is compassionate and evidence-based, using CBT, cognitive processing therapy, prolonged exposure, ACT, DBT, IFS and mindfulness-based methods to help clients feel more grounded and live by their values. A free 15-minute intake call is available. She sees clients online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Peter Chan is a licensed psychologist in San Francisco, licensed in California and New York. He works with adults and couples on depression, anxiety, stress, relationship and communication problems, low self-esteem, loss and life transitions, as well as acculturation, sexuality and coming out. He has extensive experience with professionals and entrepreneurs and with LGBTQ and Asian clients, and helps clients understand how culture shapes the way they see the world. His approach is warm, collaborative and tailored, balancing practical coping skills for current problems with insight for the future, and draws on CBT, EMDR, psychodynamic and emotionally focused methods. He sees clients in person in San Francisco and online.