Trauma & PTSD therapists

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.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-S

Jessica Stoops is a Licensed Professional Counselor and supervisor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with 11 years in practice. She works with adults and couples on trauma, anxiety, ADHD, depression and relationship concerns, along with domestic violence, sexual abuse, mood disorders and personality disorders. Many of her clients appear to have everything together on the outside while privately carrying emotions they feel they must hide, and she offers a space where they can set that guard down and discover who they really are. Her approach is psychodynamic and attachment-based. She also provides clinical supervision and sees clients in person in Oklahoma City.

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.

Counselor, MA, LMHC

Carlie Silva is a licensed mental health counselor based in Providence, Rhode Island, also licensed in Massachusetts, with six years in practice. She works with teens, adults and families on anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, ADHD, grief and self-esteem, as well as eating disorders, body image, bipolar disorder and self-harm, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Silva takes an empathetic, creative and personalized approach, working with clients to find the mix of methods that fits them. She uses CBT, Internal Family Systems, ACT and DBT, often enriched with expressive arts, dance movement and somatic work. She sees clients online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Kirven Weekley is a licensed psychologist in Charleston, South Carolina. He works with teens, adults, older adults and couples on relationship concerns, anxiety, trauma, depression, ADHD, grief and self-esteem, as well as chronic pain, cancer, brain injury, dementia, codependency and men's issues. He sees therapy as deeply personal work toward understanding oneself, healing old relationship wounds and finding more energy for life. Weekley values a genuine, respectful and nonjudgmental relationship and brings humor into it. His methods include EMDR, Brainspotting, cognitive processing therapy, REBT, family systems and existential approaches, and he offers psychological testing and forensic evaluation. He sees clients in person in Charleston and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Cody McGinnis is a licensed psychologist in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. McGinnis works with adults, older adults, couples and groups on depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship and communication difficulties, grief, work stress and life transitions, along with substance use, chronic pain, insomnia and personality concerns. Veterans and first responders coping with trauma are a particular focus. The approach is integrative and collaborative, adjusting as needs change: attending to present struggles, exploring the past and unconscious motivations, and working toward meaning and fulfillment. Methods include CBT, cognitive processing therapy, DBT and psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapy. Sessions are offered in person in Mount Pleasant and online.