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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Staci Comer is a licensed clinical social worker in Huntersville, near Charlotte, with 13 years in practice. Her work centers on children from birth to age 17 and their families, helping young clients cope with trauma, anxiety, depression, grief and big life changes. She also supports parents through pregnancy and the postpartum period and with parenting and school concerns. Because healing for a child involves the adults around them, she gives caregivers guidance and practical strategies alongside the child's sessions. She uses EMDR, CBT, attachment-based and trauma-focused methods, and her style is warm and playful. She also provides clinical supervision. Sessions are available in person in Huntersville and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT-S, LPC-S

Vanessa Bernal is a licensed marriage and family therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor, both at supervisor level, in San Antonio with 15 years in practice. She works with children, preteens, teens, adults, couples and families on relationship problems, anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, grief, OCD, substance use, eating disorders, postpartum concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. She aims to make therapy a comfortable, trusting place clients want to come back to, whether they need a listening ear or someone to coach them through a hard stretch. She blends techniques from many models, including CBT, emotionally focused, narrative and family systems therapy. She offers reasonable self-pay rates and lower-cost intern sessions, in person and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S

Edgar Napoles is a licensed clinical social worker and supervisor in New Braunfels. His clients include adults, couples, families, college students, first responders and working professionals. He helps with depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, cultural stress and major transitions, and also treats addiction, bipolar disorder and perinatal concerns, with LGBTQ+ affirming care. He brings warmth and structure to sessions, and his own background gives him a firsthand feel for the Hispanic and Mexican American community. His methods include CBT, DBT, EMDR and emotionally focused therapy, applied in a culturally sensitive way, and he also provides immigration evaluations. He sees clients in person in New Braunfels and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Stephen Trotter is a Licensed Professional Counselor in San Antonio with three years in practice. He works with individuals and couples hoping to strengthen how they relate to themselves and to others, helping them understand their emotional cycles and the feelings, motives and behaviors that shape how they relate. He also helps with anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, self-esteem and life transitions, and sees children, teens and families. His style is collaborative, positive and warm, with humor and authenticity, and his office is set up to feel calm and cozy. He draws on emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method, art therapy and attachment-based work. He sees clients in person in San Antonio and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, LCDC, EMDR

Liz Keator is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Boerne who is also a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and a certified EMDR therapist. She has 11 years in practice and serves clients across the Hill Country. Her clients include teens, adults, older adults, families and groups, and she specializes in trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, addiction and relationship difficulties. She also helps with grief, self-esteem, stress and postpartum concerns. Her approach is integrative and shaped around each client's needs and preferences, with EMDR as a central part of her work alongside CBT, DBT, IFS, family systems and narrative therapy. She welcomes clients from every background, and sees them in person in Boerne and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Tania Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Antonio who works with individuals, couples and families, including teens and older adults. She helps with infidelity and other relationship issues, anxiety, depression, stress, grief, trauma, self-esteem and life changes, as well as postpartum concerns. With each client she sets and clarifies goals, explores different paths forward and helps them draw on their own strengths to create lasting change and connection. In couples work she uses the Gottman Method, emotionally focused therapy, solution-focused therapy and CBT. She is bilingual and offers therapy in English and Spanish, in person in San Antonio and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCDC, HS-BCP

Dankel (DK) Paine is a Licensed Professional Counselor and licensed chemical dependency counselor in Schertz with nine years in practice. She works with preteens, teens and adults on anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, relationships and addiction, as well as parenting and family concerns. She believes people cannot always control what happens to them but can learn to change how they respond, and she helps clients make sense of hardship, uncertainty and change. Her methods include CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused work, coaching, and play and sandplay therapy. She works with clients online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CADC

Stephanie Knight is a Licensed Professional Counselor and certified alcohol and drug counselor in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She offers individual and group therapy for teens, adults and couples, with a focus on women, helping clients through especially difficult stretches of life when anxiety, frustration or unhealthy coping can take hold. Her areas include anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, self-esteem, substance use, eating disorders and bipolar disorder. She aims to provide caring support and fresh solutions, drawing on CBT, cognitive processing therapy, DBT, ACT, EMDR, emotionally focused therapy, the Gottman Method and motivational interviewing. She sees clients in person in Lake Oswego and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Melissa Platt is a licensed psychologist in Portland, Oregon, with 22 years in practice. She specializes in helping survivors of betrayal trauma, whether the betrayal came from a parent, partner, friend or an institution such as a school or employer, and in treating OCD. Because both experiences tend to breed self-doubt, much of her work centers on helping clients trust themselves again. She also helps with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief and LGBTQ+ concerns, and works with teens and groups as well as adults. Her evidence-based methods include attachment-focused EMDR, prolonged exposure, ACT, CBT and DBT. She sees clients in person in Portland and online.