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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, RYT

Jackie Harrell is a licensed clinical social worker and registered yoga teacher in Lakewood, Colorado, with 18 years in practice. She works with adults and older adults who feel anxious or stretched thin, pulled between competing demands and second-guessing themselves under pressure from work or family. She also helps with life transitions, depression, grief, self-esteem, body image, chronic illness, family conflict and the concerns of later life, and she welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Her approach blends ACT, CBT, compassion-focused, narrative and somatic work with mindfulness, and she can bring in restorative and yin yoga. She sees clients in person in Lakewood and online.

LMSW

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.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW

Ariel Wagerman is a licensed master social worker in Towson, Maryland, with two years in practice. Her main focus is perinatal and maternal mental health: she supports people who are trying to conceive, expecting, adjusting after birth or settling into parenthood. She also works with young adults and adults facing anxiety, depression, OCD, family stress and hard life transitions. Her approach is strengths-based and solution-focused, and she brings in motivational interviewing, elements of ACT, I-CBT and nature-informed therapy. She aims to offer a relaxed, judgment-free space where clients can speak openly, including about feelings that run against social expectations. Sessions are available in person in Towson and online.

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LGPC

Chris Aitken is a licensed graduate professional counselor in Ellicott City, Maryland, who works with clients of all ages. Couples work is his specialty, and he also enjoys seeing individuals and families for anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, substance use and the stress of life changes, decisions and illness. His practice is shaped by existential ideas about freedom, isolation, meaning and mortality, and he combines DBT, narrative therapy, REBT and a strength-based outlook with his own life experience. He tailors therapy to each person, building on their strengths with the aim of moving them toward greater wellness and a more fulfilling life. He offers sessions in person in Ellicott City and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LCMFT

Tosh Provancher is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist with 20 years in practice, licensed in Maryland, Vermont and Washington and seeing clients online. They specialize in working with people of every sexuality, gender identity and relationship structure, supporting individuals and families through social or medical transition and helping partners build relationships that truly work for them. They also help with depression, self-esteem, life transitions, teens and family conflict. Trained as a relational and family therapist, Tosh draws on emotionally focused therapy, the psychobiological approach to couple therapy, IFS, attachment-based, feminist and family systems work. Their hope is that clients grow kinder toward themselves and one another and handle differences more directly and fairly.

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.