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Adesola Ogin is a licensed master social worker based in Columbia, Maryland, with seven years in practice. She works mainly with older teens and adults who are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain and major life changes, and her listing also covers couples, families, ADHD, self-esteem and stress. Her methods include CBT, DBT, mindfulness, solution-focused brief therapy and emotionally focused work, used to help clients regulate emotions, question unhelpful thinking and grow more resilient. She describes her style as warm, collaborative and supportive, with a focus on making clients feel heard, and she has a particular heart for people who feel close to giving up. Sessions are offered in person in Columbia and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, NCC

Ashley Swift is a licensed clinical professional counselor and National Certified Counselor in Baltimore. She helps children, teens and adults through anxiety, sadness, grief and the uncertainty of big transitions such as starting a job, moving, graduating, becoming a parent or a relationship shift, along with ADHD, self-esteem, family concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. She offers practical coping strategies and helps clients make sense of what they are going through, drawing on ACT, CBT, DBT, narrative, existential and person-centered approaches. Connection is central to her outlook, whether that means reconnecting with oneself, other people, community or the natural world. She sees clients in person in Baltimore and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, RPT

Kelly Bristol is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist in St. Charles, Missouri. She works with children, preteens, teens and adults dealing with anxiety, ADHD, depression, grief, OCD, stress and family concerns. A central part of her work is helping clients understand overwhelming emotions and learn to meet them with compassion instead of self-criticism. She adapts her methods to each person, using play therapy and art therapy with younger clients alongside CBT and mindfulness-based approaches. Her style rests on a positive therapeutic relationship built on respect and empathy, and she believes therapy is for everyone. Sessions are available in person in St. Charles and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC

Elim Allee is a Licensed Professional Counselor in St. Louis who helps clients discover their own voice and say what they feel and need. Elim has shared experience with and specialized knowledge of queer and trans clients, and also treats OCD and works with people exploring identity and sense of self. Other areas include relationships, couples, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. Elim's approach rests on the belief that trusting relationships are vital to well-being, with attention to how culture, power and privilege shape them, and draws on I-CBT, emotionally focused, psychodynamic, compassion-focused and relational therapy. Elim is also trained in ecotherapy. The listing shows online sessions.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Stephanie Takamatsu is a licensed psychologist in Chesterfield, Missouri. She focuses on adults during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period, including birth trauma and postpartum anxiety and depression, as well as parenting and general life stress. She also provides child-parent therapy for children up to age five, using Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and play therapy, and conducts autism and developmental evaluations for children ages two to five. Her work is evidence-based and trauma-focused, and she describes her approach as holistic and collaborative, with an emphasis on a safe, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their feelings while working toward their goals. She sees clients in person in Chesterfield and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, CEDS

Katie Thompson is a Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor and certified eating disorder specialist in St. Louis, with 19 years in practice and licenses in Missouri, Kansas and Wisconsin. She treats eating disorders, complex trauma and PTSD, attachment issues, mood disorders, self-injury, addiction and family conflict, and has a particular interest in eating disorders in blended families. She works with preteens, teens, adults, couples and families. Her style is direct and honest, paired with compassion, and her methods include EMDR, CBT, DBT, IFS, emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method and expressive arts. She aims to help clients loosen old protective patterns and move toward a more balanced life. Sessions are in person in St. Louis and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Amy Johnson Chong is a licensed clinical social worker in Winter Park, Florida, with 26 years in practice. She works with teens, adults, families and groups facing ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, life transitions, self-esteem and LGBTQ+ concerns. Over her career she has listened to the stories of both children and adults, and she holds a firm belief in people's natural capacity to move toward hope. Her approach combines attachment-based, emotionally focused and trauma-focused work with IFS, CBT, mindfulness, play therapy and positive psychology, adapted to each client's own story. She offers sessions in person in Winter Park and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-FL, LCSW-CT, LCSW-TX

Dolly Skricka is a licensed clinical social worker who provides online therapy to adults in Florida, Connecticut and Texas from Orlando. She works with people who feel mentally stuck, caught in overthinking, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, perfectionism or trouble following through, and treats anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, trauma, burnout, grief and life transitions. Her background includes years in clinical and counseling settings and work alongside first responders. Her approach is practical and collaborative, using CBT, exposure and response prevention, DBT, schema-informed work, mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help clients build strategies that hold up in everyday life and reduce the grip of intrusive thoughts. All sessions are online.

Counselor, MA, LMHC, FLCS

Garrett Leslie is a licensed mental health counselor and Florida board-approved clinical supervisor in Oviedo, part of the Tree of Life team. He sees children, teens, adults, couples and families, with a focus on marriage and relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, and his listing also includes ADHD, OCD, addiction and LGBTQ+ concerns. His style is relational, combining warmth and acceptance with clinical clarity, and he believes a therapist can only guide others as far as he has traveled himself. His methods include EMDR, emotionally focused therapy, ACT, CBT, DBT, Gestalt and family systems. He offers sessions in person in Oviedo and online.