Trauma & PTSD therapists

Family Therapist, MSSW, LMFT

Chris Davis is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Louisville, Kentucky, with 17 years in practice. He works with teens, adults and couples at crossroads, whether a crisis, a stuck point in a marriage or a time of transition, and sees those moments as chances for growth. His focus includes relationship and intimacy concerns, rebuilding trust, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma and grief, along with addiction, gambling, OCD and bipolar disorder. He also works with fathers who want to be better dads and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. He uses attachment-based, family systems, existential, narrative and mindfulness-based methods, plus CBT and hypnotherapy. He sees clients online.

Counselor, LPCA, LCMHCA

Marz Josephson is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in Lexington, Kentucky, also an associate counselor in North Carolina. She works with athletes, past and present, and other high achievers aged 11 and up who struggle with pressure, overthinking, anxiety, burnout, lost confidence or identity questions, often while appearing fine to others. She also helps with depression, trauma, grief, relationships, couples concerns and substance use. Having competed in Division I and now as a professional athlete, she brings firsthand understanding of injury and performance stress. Her style is direct and collaborative, using CBT, motivational interviewing, Accelerated Resolution Therapy and strengths-based strategies. She sees clients online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Jessica Davis is a licensed clinical social worker in New Orleans with 19 years in practice. She works with teens, adults and older adults, and much of her work centers on healing from childhood trauma, especially for people who have spent years caring for everyone else and are worn down by it. She also helps clients with anxiety, depression, relationship patterns, self-esteem and life transitions, and offers an LGBTQ+ affirming space. Her approach blends evidence-based methods such as EMDR, ACT, CBT and emotionally focused therapy with an openness to clients' spiritual and intuitive interests. She sees clients in person in New Orleans and online, and offers a free 15-minute video consultation.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC

Lisa LeMaster is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Metairie, Louisiana, with four years in practice. She focuses on resolving trauma itself rather than only managing its effects. Her clients include adult survivors of childhood abuse who want to parent differently, queer families facing identity and isolation challenges, and people recovering from high-control religious settings. She also helps with anxiety, depression, grief, dissociation and adoption-related concerns. LeMaster combines Brainspotting with talk therapy, exploring present life and past patterns, and also uses Internal Family Systems, attachment-based and compassion-focused work. Beyond individual sessions she leads group intensives, and she sees clients in person in Metairie and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Alex Feinberg is a licensed clinical social worker in Portland, Maine, with 15 years in practice across inpatient and outpatient settings. He works with teens, adults and families on anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, OCD, family conflict and life transitions, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. He has a particular interest in medical and healthcare workers dealing with burnout, fatigue and career pressure. Family therapy is a favorite part of his work, with a focus on helping members talk and understand one another. He has completed IFS Level 1 training, is a certified psychedelic-assisted therapist offering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy to suitable clients, and also uses CBT, ACT and solution-focused methods. He sees clients in person and online.

Counselor, LCPC, MA

Colin Reid is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Portland, Maine, with 12 years in practice. He works with adults and older adults on trauma, relationship concerns, anxiety, depression, grief and addiction, and also sees clients with OCD and bipolar disorder, as well as couples and families. Reid views struggle as part of a full life and helps people engage with both their pain and their joy. His approach is relational, shaped by Gestalt therapy, somatic work, mindfulness, Buddhist psychology and emotionally focused therapy. His own long-standing meditation practice informs how he works. He offers sessions in person in Portland and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S

Christian Shearer is a Licensed Professional Counselor and supervisor in Jackson, Mississippi, with eight years in practice. Much of his work is with adults still carrying the effects of childhood hurt, along with the stress, anxiety and sense of disconnection that often come with it. He also works with teens and families, and helps with substance and alcohol use, sexual addiction, chronic pain and neurodivergence. Shearer focuses on helping clients cope with overwhelming memories and emotions so the past weighs on them less. His methods include CBT, DBT, ACT and hypnotherapy. He sees clients in person in Jackson and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Madison Powers is a licensed clinical social worker in Missoula, Montana, with five years in practice. She works with older teens and adults on anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, self-esteem, life transitions and stress, as well as substance use, co-occurring conditions, bipolar disorder and suicidal thoughts. Powers describes her style as warm and genuine, willing to challenge clients when it supports growth, and she believes decisions in therapy belong to the client. Her approach blends compassion with solution-oriented, person-centered work, using CBT, cognitive processing therapy, ACT and compassion-focused and mindfulness-based methods. She sees clients in person in Missoula and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Dawn Marie Birk is a licensed psychologist in Billings, Montana, with 37 years in practice. She works with adults and older adults on stress and burnout, trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief and life transitions, and also supports perinatal and postpartum concerns, bipolar disorder, autism, dementia, chronic pain and caregiver burnout. Birk looks for each person's strengths and helps clients cope with both long-standing conditions and more sudden difficulties, in short- or long-term therapy. She draws on CBT, DBT, ACT, interpersonal and mindfulness-based approaches, motivational interviewing and positive psychology, and provides psychological testing. She sees clients in person in Billings and online.