Jessica helps kids, teens, and young adults build confidence and connection — in English or Spanish, with a warmth that comes from her own first-gen story.
Jessica is a Team-CBT Level 2 clinician specializing in support for families, youth, and young adults (ages 5–24). Jessica is bilingual in English and Spanish, and provides a culturally affirming approach rooted in her experience as a first-generation daughter of Mexican immigrants.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Zoe walks couples through big transitions, from premarital jitters to chronic illness and burnout, with two decades of Gottman-trained care.
Doctor of Behavioral Health with 20+ years in couples and premarital counseling, women's chronic illness, and culturally responsive care. Trained in Gottman Levels 1–3, EFT, and Imago Therapy. Former head of the ASU Counseling Center Diversity Committee. Sees clients virtually throughout Arizona.
Rebecca offers focused, intensive EMDR work for trauma and perinatal struggles, so healing doesn't have to wait for weekly sessions.
Rebecca believes therapy is a partnership where you will work together to uncover your strengths, build resilience, and create the life you want. Rebecca is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15+ years of experience specializing in EMDR and perinatal mental health. She is currently accepting EMDR Intensive clients only (extended-format sessions for accelerated trauma processing).
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
A Coast Guard veteran himself, Harry brings lived understanding to his work with veterans, first responders, and men navigating high-stress careers.
Harry Joiser brings a uniquely personal and mission-driven approach to mental health support. As a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, he understands firsthand the mental and emotional toll of high-stress service — and has committed his career to supporting veterans, active duty personnel, first responders, and those in demanding roles. Harry is a U.S. Coast Guard veteran with a personal history in recovery and specializes in veterans, first responders, and men's mental health using a Strengths-Based, Positive Psychology approach.
In-network: Aetna
Susie creates a warm, laughter-filled space for kids and young adults working through trauma, grief, and life's harder moments.
Clinical Director and Founder of Resilience Therapy, Susie is a nationally certified TF-CBT therapist specializing in ages 5–24. Known for her warm, accepting approach and incorporating laughter as part of the healing process, Susie is intentional in creating a relaxed environment, developing a trusting relationship, adapting to individual needs, and provides clear communication.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Kay offers a judgment-free space for adults navigating substance use, co-occurring struggles, and LGBTQIA+-affirming care.
Kay's approach as a Licensed Addictions Counselor is focused on creating a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your unique challenges and develop personalized strategies for lasting change. Specializing in substance use, co-occurring disorders, and LGBTQIA+ affirming care using Solution-Focused Therapy, CBT, and Motivational Interviewing, Kay helps clients ages 18+ navigate life's journey.
Jennifer supports women through midlife's biggest shifts — divorce, menopause, empty nesting — as they rediscover who they're becoming.
As a therapist, Jennifer is dedicated to supporting women as they navigate complex and often unexpected transitions of midlife and beyond. Jennifer helps support women through divorce, caregiving transitions, menopause, empty nesting, health challenges, and more. She utilizes a client-centered approach with mindfulness-based tools for building resilience and rediscovering identity. She works with ages 18+.
Nicole helps adults untangle old attachment wounds and generational trauma to build a steadier sense of self.
Nicole is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a deep focus on adult attachment, generational and childhood trauma, and self-worth development. She creates a warm, affirming therapeutic space where clients can explore the roots of their patterns, heal old wounds, and build a stronger sense of self.
A former police officer, Grant brings a grounded, direct approach to helping first responders and others move through trauma.
Grant is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a unique background. After serving six years as a police officer with the Scottsdale Police Department, Grant discovered a deep passion for helping people navigate trauma and relational challenges. Clients can expect a peaceful, compassionate, and direct approach to therapy.
Nikki specializes in OCD Intensives, helping teens and young adults reclaim their time and values from anxiety's grip.
Nikki is currently accepting new clients for OCD Intensives (extended sessions for accelerated treatment). She utilizes ERP, ACT, and IFS modalities when appropriate to help clients reconnect with their values and build a life they enjoy.
In-network: BCBS · Aetna
Harlyn combines deep cultural competency with 15+ years of experience conducting psychological evaluations for immigration cases like asylum and U visas.
Harlyn is a bilingual (EN/ES) LCSW with 15+ years specializing in psychological evaluations for immigration cases including asylum, hardship waivers, U visas, and VAWA. She is Clinical Trauma and PMH-C certified serving the community with deep cultural competency to navigate trauma, life transitions, and more.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Gabriella supports clients managing complex medical and psychiatric needs with a grounded, person-centered approach.
Gabriella is a LMSW with experience in community behavioral health and medical social work. She works with clients who carry complex medical needs and psychiatric diagnoses using a person-centered approach to comprehensive psychosocial assessments.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Lauren blends group work and neurodivergence-informed care to help adults build tools for connection, boundaries, and self-understanding.
Lauren is an LPC offering group therapy including Trauma 101, Emotions 101, Boundary Skills, and Embodiment Group, plus quarterly Neurodivergence workshops. Trained in EMDR, EFT, IFS, ACT, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Lauren provides structured, tool-based care to adult clients.
Private pay (individual & couples) · BCBS in-network (group therapy)
Kris uses body-centered, trauma-informed care to help clients break free from codependency and long-standing patterns of people-pleasing.
Kris is an LPC and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in Gilbert, AZ with 10+ years of experience. She specializes in trauma, C-PTSD, codependency, and attachment wounds using EMDR, IFS, and somatic body-centered approaches.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Alicia integrates mind and body care for older adults navigating chronic illness, grief, and life's later transitions.
Dr. Schoephoerster, Doctor of Behavioral Health and LCSW at Rehoboth Therapy & Wellness (Tucson, AZ), specializes in older adults, chronic illness, and life transitions. She is trained in EMDR, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, DBT, and ACT and integrates physical and emotional wellness with a mind-body approach.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Trina draws on 20 years of military service and a faith-rooted lens to guide clients through trauma, grief, and relationships.
Trina is a Biblical Counselor at The Answer with unique experiences that tailor her work as an MPC. With 20 years military service and an ordained ministry background, Trina specializes in navigating life concerns through the lens of, and in, Christ. She works with concerns such as trauma, grief, self-worth, marriages, and more.
Inbal helps survivors of narcissistic abuse and emotionally unsafe relationships find their footing again.
Inbal is a LCSW specializing in trauma recovery from narcissistic abuse, childhood neglect, and emotionally unsafe relationships. Certified EMDR therapist, trained in IFS, Deep Brain Reorienting, EFT, and Gottman (Levels 1–3). In-person Scottsdale & telehealth across AZ, CA, MA, and TX.
In-network: Aetna
Emily helps clients quiet shame and self-doubt so they can take values-driven action toward the life they want.
Emily is an LPC specializing in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Emily creates a warm, nonjudgmental space for clients to explore authenticity, build self-trust, and take values-driven action.
In-network: BCBS · Aetna · Cigna · United
Brianna helps kids and teens find their voice through play, coping skills, and trauma-informed care.
Brianna is on maternity leave until October and is currently accepting waitlist clients. Brianna is an LPC specializing in children and teens, helping young clients find their voice through play therapy, coping skills development, and trauma-informed care. Brianna integrates Play Therapy, EFT, DBT, and CBT specific to a client's needs.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Lisa helps couples rebuild trust after affairs and navigate blended families, premarital jitters, and reconnecting intimacy.
With 10+ years helping couples and families restore connection, Lisa helps clients work through affair recovery, premarital counseling, blended family dynamics, and co-parenting. Trained in EFT, Gottman Method, Prepare-Enrich, and SYMBIS, Lisa offers evening availability for clients.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Sara uses hands-on, somatic techniques to help an overwhelmed nervous system finally settle down.
Dr Becker is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with 12+ years in neuro-rehabilitation, specializing in vagus nerve dysfunction and nervous system regulation. She combines hands-on techniques such as dry needling, myofascial release, and NKT with somatic strategies for chronic pain, anxiety, and stress.
Private pay. Service provider.
Tena specializes in supporting neurodivergent adults — autism, ADHD, and BPD — with an EMDR-informed approach.
Tena is an LPC specializing in BPD and neurodivergent clients (Autism, ADHD). Tena currently has limited availability offered via telehealth. She is EMDR trained, Level 1 Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, completing Level 1 IFS.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Kelsey helps women and nonbinary adults untangle faith, identity, and healing after religious trauma or spiritual abuse.
Kelsey is an LMHC & LPC queer therapist specializing in religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and faith deconstruction working exclusively with women and gender non-conforming/non-binary adults. Kelsey is Religious Trauma Therapy certified offering telehealth sessions. Equitable Payment Structure available.
In-network: Aetna
Delilah brings a justice-informed lens to LGBTQ+ affirming care, sexual trauma recovery, and perinatal mental health.
Delilah is an LPC with nearly a decade of experience across criminal justice and mental health systems specializing in LGBTQ+ affirming care, affirming care letters, sexual trauma/trafficking, and perinatal mental health. With a justice-informed, culturally responsive approach, Delilah helps clients ages 15+ in-person in Mesa or telehealth statewide.
In-network: UHC · Aetna · BCBS · Cigna
Richard supports LGBTQ+ individuals and couples, plus families navigating foster care and adoption, with 15+ years in community mental health.
Richard is a LMSW with 15+ years of experience in crisis, residential, and community mental health specializing in LGBTQ+ affirming care, queer couples therapy, and foster care and adoption support both in person Mesa telehealth.
In-network: Aetna · Cigna/Evernorth
Brie offers kink- and non-monogamy-affirming care for adults working through complex trauma and attachment wounds.
Brie is an LPC with 10 years of clinical experience specializing in complex PTSD, attachment wounds, and kink/BDSM-affirming care. With a Kink Conscious Professional certification (Certified Sex Therapist — in training), Brie uses IFS and attachment-informed care to help individuals in-person and virtually statewide.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Molly's EMDR intensives give clients extended, focused time to move through significant trauma in a single sitting.
Molly is a LMFT and Certified EMDR Therapist specializing in attachment-oriented EMDR. She offers intensive format: typical sessions run just under 2 hours; up to 6 hours available to help clients move through significant material in one sitting.
Private pay.
With 30 years of experience, Heidi pairs eating disorder expertise with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for deeper trauma healing.
Dr Dalzell is a licensed psychologist with 30+ years of experience specializing in eating disorders and trauma treatment via EMDR and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. She offers traditional therapy and intensive formats in-person in Cottonwood/Sedona and via telehealth in AZ, PA & NJ.
In-network: BC/BS Employer Plans
Lucille helps individuals build a more confident sense of identity and supports neurodivergent couples in finding their rhythm together.
Lucille is a LPC specializing in identity work, boundaries, and anxiety with OCPD tendencies for individuals, plus EFT couples therapy with a focus on neurodivergent partnerships. In-person in Scottsdale and virtual throughout AZ. Sliding scale available.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Sandra supports older adults facing dementia, Parkinson's, and stroke — and the caregivers holding it all together.
Sandra is a Clinical Geriatric Psychotherapist specializing in counseling adults with neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's, dementia, Parkinson's, stroke, and TBI as well as the caregivers supporting them. Sandra offers telehealth only throughout Arizona.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Aspen helps clients make peace with food and their bodies through an intuitive eating, Health-at-Every-Size lens.
Aspen specializes in eating disorders and attachment issues, with a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor credential and Health at Every Size alignment. LGBTQ+ affirming and sex-positive, Aspen is currently pursuing a Certified Sex Therapist credential to expand her sexuality-focused work.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Dani supports both individuals in recovery and the families who love them, building healthier communication along the way.
Dani specializes in Substance Use Disorders and co-occurring conditions using a trauma-informed, relational approach. EMDR-trained, integrating Parts Work, somatic approaches, and CBT, Dani also works with family members of those with SUD using CRAFT — an evidence-based model for communication, boundaries, and positive change.
In-network: Aetna · Cigna · UnitedHealthcare · Optum · Self-pay $185/session
Abby specializes in OCD care for neurodivergent clients, untangling where anxiety, autism, and ADHD overlap.
Abby specializes in OCD with neurodivergent populations — ADHD, autism, and co-occurring presentations. Abby is certified through the IOCDF’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI), and addresses trauma-OCD overlap, recognizing that trauma can complicate OCD recovery and require an integrated treatment approach.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Jenna helps athletes and high performers chase peak performance without burning out or losing themselves.
As a LPC and Certified Mental Performance Consultant, Dr. Ross specializes in helping athletes, veterans, and high performers achieve peak performance without sacrificing peace or relationships. Telehealth appointments.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
With gold-standard ERP training, Katie helps clients across Arizona finally get unstuck from OCD.
With 13 years of experience and 100 hours of supervised ERP training — the gold-standard treatment for OCD, Kate sees clients via telehealth across Arizona.
In-network: Aetna · Blue Cross · Cigna · UnitedHealthcare · Anthem · Oscar
Jennifer helps clients process traumatic grief and complex trauma in both English and Spanish.
Jennifer is an LPC specializing in traumatic grief, complex trauma, and dissociation. She is EMDRIA Certified and serves clients age 10+ via telehealth in Arizona — in English and Spanish.
In-network: Aetna · Blue Cross · Cigna · Lyra · Modern Health · Spring Health
Melissa specializes in helping couples heal after infidelity and betrayal trauma.
Melissa is a CSAT and Betrayed Partner Specialist (IITAP/APSATS) with 15 years of experience. She works with individuals and couples navigating compulsive sexual behaviors, pornography addiction, infidelity, and the betrayal trauma that can follow.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Gabby helps long-term couples rebuild trust and reconnect — with structure, depth, and a little humor.
As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Gottman Level III trained couples therapist with 9 years of experience, Gabby specializes in infidelity recovery, sexual health, and helping long-term couples rebuild trust and reconnect — with structure, emotional depth, and humor.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Kianna supports high-achieving professionals and AAPI/POC clients navigating anxiety, OCD, and identity-based stress.
Kianna is an LCSW specializing in complex trauma, high-functioning anxiety, OCD, and identity-based stress for high-achieving professionals, graduate students, and AAPI & POC communities.
In-network: Aetna · UnitedHealthcare · Optum
Vanessa helps adolescents and adults heal their relationship with food and their bodies.
Vanessa is an LMFT specializing in pediatric eating disorders (ages 12+), codependency, and stress concerns. She works with adolescents and adults in person in North Scottsdale and virtually across AZ and CA utilizing structural family therapy, DBT, CBT-E, ERP, and ACT adapted to a client's needs.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Amy brings 20+ years of EMDR expertise to complex, intergenerational trauma and to parents raising neurodivergent kids.
Amy is an LPC with 20+ years of experience and advanced EMDR certification. Amy specializes in complex, developmental, and intergenerational trauma — including PTSD/CPTSD, dissociation, and support for parents of autistic & neurodivergent children.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Emilee supports women and highly sensitive people healing from medical, religious, and relational trauma.
Emilee is a LMSW specializing in trauma for women — medical, religious, sexual, childhood, and relational — as well as anxiety, grief, and support for highly sensitive people. Her approach is intentionally eclectic, blending talk therapy with EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, parts work, expressive arts, and DBT skills. LGBTQIA+ affirming, in person in Mesa or virtual, $120/60 min with a sliding scale based on income.
In-network: BCBS · Aetna · Cigna
Elaine helps high-achieving adults loosen perfectionism's grip and heal the childhood wounds underneath it.
Elaine is an LPC and EMDRIA-Certified therapist specializing in trauma for high-achieving adults — childhood wounds, attachment patterns, perfectionism, and anxiety. She utilizes EMDR, IFS, somatic, and attachment-focused approaches both in-person and virtually throughout Arizona.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Nacona brings clarity through neuropsychological evaluations for ADHD, autism, and learning differences in kids and teens.
Dr. Bunker is a Licensed Psychologist and PSYPACT provider specializing in pediatric neuropsychological evaluations for ages 5–24 offering ADHD, autism, learning disability, gifted, and comprehensive evaluations. She also provides therapy for children and adolescents.
Victoria helps children as young as three build emotional regulation skills in a warm, bilingual-friendly space.
Victoria is an LPC specializing in anxiety, emotion regulation, and life transitions for children, teens, and young adults starting at age 3. She provides warm, collaborative care both in-person in Phoenix and telehealth statewide.
In-network: UHC/Optum · UMR · BCBS · Aetna · Banner Aetna
Chelsea helps therapists and other helping professionals set boundaries and heal from burnout and emotional neglect.
Chelsea is a compassion-based LCSW who specializes in helping professionals and creative, compassionate care. She works with helping professionals and other therapists around nurturing boundaries, identity, and sense of self, as well as those navigating emotional neglect or unavailability backgrounds. She incorporates Somatic Therapies (EFT, EMDR, Mindfulness, Grounding) and challenges clients to build stress tolerance rather than avoid stressors.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Joy blends neurobiology and Somatic Experiencing to help clients heal from childhood and medical trauma.
Doctor in Behavioral Health and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), Dr. Todd specializes in childhood trauma, complex PTSD, and medical trauma. Joy's approach is warm and supportive yet direct — grounded in neurobiology and Somatic Experiencing. She holds advanced training in dissociation, Ericksonian Hypnosis, and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health. Availiable in-person Glendale (Arrowhead area) and telehealth available.
Shantel offers compassionate, specialized support through pregnancy loss, medically complex pregnancies, and postpartum grief.
Shantel is a strengths-based, trauma-informed LCSW and certified Perinatal Mental Health specialist (PMH-C) with focused expertise in medically complex pregnancies, fetal diagnoses, and infant/pregnancy loss. She is an Advanced Compassionate Bereavement Care Provider and EMDR-trained clinician, offering a compassionate and collaborative space to process perinatal grief, mood disorders, and major life transitions.
Private pay. Limited sliding scale.
Emily blends EMDR with breathwork, Reiki, and mindfulness for a truly mind-body approach to healing old patterns.
Emily is an EMDR Certified therapist who works with those committed to their healing process and wanting to change old patterns that aren't supportive. She integrates EMDR, EFT, somatic practices, therapeutic Reiki, yoga, sound bowls, and breathwork for deep mind-body healing into her practice. She also practices compassionate mindfulness and CBT, working with anxiety, phobias, attachment, and relationships.
Private pay. Limited sliding scale.
Ruby helps Spanish- and English-speaking adults break generational cycles of trauma.
Ruby is a bilingual LPC offering virtual therapy statewide in English and Spanish. She specializes in adults (18+) looking to work through trauma, including generational work using EMDR, IFS, Polyvagal theory, somatic approaches, and Narrative Therapy. She works collaboratively with clients to help them better understand their emotions, process difficult experiences, and develop tools for long-term emotional wellness.
In-network: Aetna · BCBS · Cigna · Optum · UHC · Aetna · more
Jennifer helps people living with cancer, chronic illness, or caregiving stress find new coping tools and a path forward.
Jennifer is an LPC and CCTP with over 20 years of experience. She is certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and is uniquely positioned to support clients living with chronic illness, cancer, medical trauma, and those caring for a loved one through it all. With evidence-based techniques, Jennifer will guide you to learn additional coping skills, adjust to major life stressors, and reinvent yourself to become the person you want to be.
In-network: Aetna · BCBS · Cigna · Optum · UHC · Anthem · Oscar · more
With 22 years in eating disorder care, Monika helps clients make peace with food and their bodies through a compassionate, size-inclusive lens.
Dr. Monika Peterson is a licensed psychologist with 22+ years specializing in eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image, alongside anxiety and depression. She brings a size-inclusive, non-diet approach grounded in academic rigor and real-world practice.
Accepts Aetna, BCBS, and Cigna. Superbills provided for out-of-network.
Joshua guides couples and families out of the same painful, repeating cycle and back into secure connection — with room for each client's faith and values.
Joshua Alston is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an ICEEFT-certified Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) therapist specializing in couples, family, and emotion regulation. Drawing on EFT and family systems, he helps partners and families step out of painful cycles, regulate difficult emotions, and rebuild a secure, lasting connection in a safe, judgment-free space that honors each client's faith and values. He sees clients in person in Mesa, Arizona and virtually throughout the state.
Taylor brings warmth and humor to eating disorder recovery, working from the belief that real change — like a good cup of tea — takes time.
Taylor McCarthy is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the founder of Steep the Tea Therapy, a virtual practice specializing in eating disorders and body image. Having worked across every level of care — inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient — she brings specialized eating-disorder experience to her work with teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, and self-harm. Drawing on CBT, DBT, IFS, and narrative therapy, she blends evidence-based methods with humor and honesty, grounded in the belief that meaningful change, like a good cup of tea, takes time. She works with clients virtually throughout Arizona and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients.
Using gold-standard ERP, Gabriela helps kids, teens, and adults loosen OCD's grip, and coaches parents — in English or Spanish — through supporting an anxious child.
Gabriela Huber is a Licensed Professional Counselor and founder of Healthy Minds Therapy. As an OCD and anxiety specialist trained through the International OCD Foundation's Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI), she uses Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help children, teens, and adults loosen the grip of OCD, panic, and phobias. She also coaches parents through structured approaches like SPACE to better support anxious kids, and offers culturally responsive care for Latinx and BIPOC families. Gabriela sees clients in person in Tucson and virtually throughout Arizona.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Hayley helps women look past surface-level coping to the deeper patterns keeping them stuck, so relationships can start to feel safe again.
Hayley Maloy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the therapist behind Rose & Swan Counseling. With seven years of experience, she helps women heal from the impact of trauma and complicated relationship dynamics, working from a trauma-informed, attachment-focused lens that draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Her style is exploratory and reflective — together with clients she looks beneath surface-level coping to the deeper patterns that keep them feeling stuck, helping them build self-trust, set healthy boundaries, and make lasting change so relationships can feel safe again. Hayley works with teens, young adults, and adults — especially young women navigating anxiety, attachment wounds, emotion regulation, and life transitions — and sees clients virtually throughout Arizona.
Accepts Aetna and Cigna. Private pay welcome.
For adults and motivated teens with ADHD and OCD, Brielle trades the pressure of perfectionism for a life that actually feels manageable.
Brielle Armstrong is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the therapist behind Snow Globe Counseling, specializing in ADHD and OCD. She works with adults and motivated teens who feel stuck in cycles of overwhelm, anxiety, perfectionism, and self-doubt — helping them find relief, build a life that feels more manageable, and develop lasting self-trust without the constant pressure or sense of falling short. Her approach is structured and tools-based, drawing on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP). She believes the patterns that frustrate you most often developed for a reason, and she meets them with curiosity and compassion while building practical strategies that align with your life. An ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) with 50+ hours of IOCDF and NOCD training, Brielle sees clients virtually throughout Arizona.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
A PhD in counselor education backs Melissa's work walking midlife and older adults through grief, estrangement, and the harder edges of change.
Dr. Melissa Jackson is a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than 20 years of experience and a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. She specializes in the transitions of later life — walking alongside older adults and those in midlife through grief, loss, estrangement, and the anxiety and depression that change can bring. Her style is exploratory and reflective, drawing on CBT, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help clients make meaning of loss and reconnect with themselves and the people who matter most.
In-network: Aetna · BCBS · Cigna · Curative · Humana · Medicare · Molina · UnitedHealthcare
A military veteran himself, Ryan helps service members and first responders heal from trauma, sleep again, and find purpose in or after the uniform.
Ryan Clark is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), and military veteran — the therapist behind Fit Mind Professional Counseling. He helps fellow veterans, active-duty service members, and first responders heal from trauma, sleep better, strengthen their relationships, and find purpose — whether still in uniform, wearing the badge, or navigating life after service. His approach is structured and tools-based, drawing on EMDR, CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia), Internal Family Systems (IFS), the Gottman Method, and existential techniques — flexible, collaborative care grounded in a first-hand understanding of military and first-responder culture, built to elevate what he calls psychological fitness. Ryan works with individuals and couples and sees clients virtually throughout Arizona.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Ashley pairs therapy with neutral divorce mediation, so families can work out parenting plans without it turning into a fight.
Ashley Ciciora is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the Clinical Director at Fash Counseling, where she also serves as a divorce mediator. With more than a decade of experience spanning outpatient therapy, crisis intervention, and residential treatment, she helps individuals, couples, and families navigate divorce, co-parenting, and high-stress life transitions — offering neutral, structured mediation for parenting plans, communication, and financial agreements alongside traditional therapy. Her integrative approach draws on CBT, REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy), client-centered therapy, and mindfulness-based practices, guided by her belief that therapy is not about fixing people — it's about helping clients feel seen, supported, and empowered to make meaningful change. Ashley works with children, teens, and adults and sees Arizona clients virtually statewide.
With 20+ years of frontline experience, Tracy understands exactly what first responders and helping professionals carry home from the job.
Tracy Cunningham is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified First Responder Counselor (CFRC), and the Lead Therapist at Fash Counseling. With more than 20 years in mental health — spanning hospital emergency departments, inpatient and intensive outpatient care, corrections, residential settings, and private practice — she brings deep frontline experience to her work with adults facing stress, trauma, and emotional overwhelm. She has a particular passion for first responders and helping professionals, understanding the unique stressors, trauma exposure, and cultural dynamics of these careers. Her approach is relational and trauma-informed, drawing on CBT and strengths-based, client-centered care — grounded in her belief that healing comes when clients can share their stories openly and without fear. Tracy works with adults of all ages and sees Arizona clients virtually statewide.
Emilie helps adults make sense of how their mind and nervous system adapted to survive — and find steadier, more self-compassionate ground.
Emilie Burns is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Fash Counseling with nine years of experience helping adults navigate complex trauma, personality-related concerns, and the emotional patterns that build up over a lifetime. She works from the belief that healing begins with understanding — of yourself, your experiences, and the ways your mind and nervous system have adapted over time — integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and psychodynamic therapy to help clients move toward steadier, more self-compassionate ground. She supports people living with borderline and other personality dynamics, dissociation, mood and bipolar concerns, and the aftermath of trauma. Emilie sees clients virtually across Arizona.
Through Brainspotting, Allyson helps veterans, service members, and survivors of abuse move through trauma at a pace that feels safe.
Allyson Cushing is a Licensed Master Social Worker at Fash Counseling who specializes in supporting military veterans, active-duty service members, and their families, alongside survivors of abuse and complex trauma. Her work is trauma-informed and nervous-system aware, centered on Brainspotting — an evidence-informed approach that works directly with the brain and body — and drawing on CBT and psychodynamic therapy. She believes clients are the experts on themselves, and she brings a collaborative, flexible, and steady presence to help them work through PTSD, the effects of abuse, personality-related concerns, life transitions, and stress. Allyson sees clients virtually across Arizona.
Twenty years in schools shape how Kristi helps college students and adults navigate academic pressure, identity, and big life transitions.
Kristi Mobray is a Licensed Professional Counselor at Fash Counseling who works with college-age students and adults moving through major life transitions — academic pressure, identity development, and the shifts that come with new stages of life. Drawing on more than 20 years in school and educational settings, she brings a trauma-informed, relational approach centered on Brainspotting, alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She supports clients navigating stress, identity, family concerns, and the effects of trauma, meeting each person at a pace that feels right. Kristi believes healing happens when people feel understood, supported, and empowered — and, in her words, she’ll sit with you in the dark until you’re ready for the light. She sees clients virtually across Arizona.
Patrick builds safe, structured spaces for kids and teens working through trauma and neurodivergence, and brings parents into the process alongside them.
Patrick Keclik is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Lead Clinical Supervisor at Fash Counseling who works with children, teens, and adults navigating trauma, ADHD, autism, and other neurodivergent experiences. With a background as a school social worker and years of private-practice experience, he creates spaces that feel safe, structured, and attuned — trauma-informed and strengths-based. He draws on EMDR, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and play therapy, and offers parent coaching alongside individual work. Patrick meets clients where they are, building the rapport and the roadmap that make lasting change possible. He sees Arizona clients virtually statewide.
As a Certified DBT Counselor, Ellie helps teens and adults heal from eating disorders and build a life that finally feels grounded.
Ellie Lauterwasser is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified DBT Counselor (C-DBT) at Fash Counseling with 16 years of experience helping teens and adults heal from eating disorders, personality-related concerns, and trauma. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is central to her work, integrated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and trauma-informed, relational care. She supports clients through anxiety, body image, emotion regulation, and self-esteem, helping them build insight, connection, and a life that feels grounded. Ellie sees Arizona clients virtually statewide.
A PhD in forensic psychology informs Madyson's work with law enforcement and first responders through critical incidents, burnout, and moral injury.
Dr. Wier is an LCSW in Arizona and Nevada with a PhD in Forensic Psychology, specializing in police psychology and trauma. She works with law enforcement and first responders through critical incidents, burnout, and moral injury, and brings extensive court-related experience including forensic evaluations and reunification services. Virtual across Arizona for all ages.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Karla offers trauma therapy in English and Spanish for first-generation immigrants and BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ clients navigating cultural identity.
Karla Garcia Torres is a bilingual Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) at Willow and Root Counseling, providing therapy in English and Spanish. She specializes in trauma, PTSD, and cultural identity, with particular experience supporting first-generation immigrants, adult children of immigrants, and BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ clients navigating racial and ethnic trauma. Karla takes an integrative approach, drawing on CBT, DBT, client-centered care, and Polyvagal Theory to help clients feel understood and supported. She sees clients in Glendale in person or virtually across Arizona.
In English or German, Julia helps clients see how inherited family patterns still shape them today — and start to loosen that inheritance.
Julia Ziesmer is a bilingual (English and German) Licensed Professional Counselor at The Empowerment Group, serving Phoenix in person and all of Arizona virtually. She specializes in intergenerational and childhood trauma, helping young adults, adults, and older adults understand how inherited patterns shape their thoughts, behaviors, and emotions, then loosen that inheritance to build the life they actually want. EMDR-trained, Julia works in an exploratory, reflective, and trauma-informed style, drawing on DBT, psychodynamic, and client-centered approaches. She also supports clients navigating anxiety, attachment wounds, and PTSD.
As a Certified Gottman Therapist, Grayson helps couples find their way back from conflict and disconnection toward friendship and trust.
Grayson Wallen is a Certified Gottman Therapist and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who helps couples move from conflict and disconnection toward friendship, trust, and lasting repair. Working by telehealth across Arizona and California, he blends the research-based Gottman Method with intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (IS-TDP) to support couples and individuals through affair recovery, perinatal and infertility stress, and grief and loss.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided. Limited sliding scale.
Twenty-five years of eating disorder and OCD expertise means Jenny meets clients of every age, from young children through adulthood.
Jenny Scheid is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 25 years of experience specializing in eating disorders and OCD. Practicing in Tempe and by telehealth across Arizona, she uses evidence-based approaches including ACT, CBT, DBT, ERP, and I-CBT to help children, teens, and adults with eating disorders, body image, OCD, anxiety, and phobias.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided. Limited sliding scale.
Joanna's practice is an affirming, sex-positive space for LGBTQIA+ clients, non-traditional relationships, and anyone exploring who they are.
Joanna Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing at Love Life Therapy Center, offering affirming, sex-positive, trauma-informed care for LGBTQIA+ clients, diverse relationship structures, sexuality and identity, and life transitions. Working virtually across Arizona, she integrates EMDR, IFS, Brainspotting, somatic therapy, and ACT.
Insurance: Aetna · Banner Aetna · UnitedHealthcare · UMR · United Student Resources · HSA/FSA
Through advanced Somatic Experiencing, Skye helps adults — including many neurodivergent clients — move trauma through the body and settle an overwhelmed nervous system.
Skye Campbell is a Licensed Professional Counselor and advanced-level Somatic Experiencing practitioner in Central Phoenix, helping adults move trauma through the body and regulate an overwhelmed nervous system. She specializes in nervous system regulation, grief, and bereavement, and works especially well with neurodivergent adults.
Christopher pairs traditional talk therapy with somatic work, mindfulness, and Eastern philosophy — including walk-and-talk sessions through Sedona.
Christopher Carman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the founder of Resonate Sedona, offering holistic psychotherapy that pairs traditional talk therapy with somatic work, mindfulness, and Eastern philosophy. Eleven years in community mental health — first in psychiatric crisis services, then on an ACT team — gave him a deep grounding in trauma and addiction. A Certified Nature Informed Therapist, he also works with creatives, spiritually oriented clients, and couples, including ethically non-monogamous, polyamorous, and kink-practicing partners. He sees clients in person in Sedona, including walk-and-talk sessions, and virtually across Arizona.
In-network: Aetna · BCBS · Cigna · UnitedHealthcare · Medicaid from Sept 1
Brittany's trauma intensives tackle complex PTSD and narcissistic abuse recovery in concentrated sessions, so progress doesn't wait on a weekly slot.
At this time, Brittany is open for intensives only. Brittany Coppelli is a Licensed Professional Counselor and clinical supervisor who opened Arizona Trauma Therapists in 2021. She specializes in complex PTSD rooted in childhood attachment trauma, and in healing from narcissistic abuse and toxic relationships. An EMDRIA Certified Therapist trained in Somatic Experiencing and IFS, she also holds a perinatal mental health certification and offers therapy intensives of 90 minutes to three hours. She sees clients by telehealth across Arizona, with monthly in-person dates in Old Town Scottsdale.
In-network: Aetna · Cigna
Kayla helps teens and adults trace their perfectionism and people-pleasing back to where it started, and rebuild trust in themselves instead.
Kayla is an LPC practicing at Mind & Soul Counseling Services in Mesa. She works with teens and adults navigating anxiety, perfectionism, and the people-pleasing and self-doubt that travel with them. She works from a trauma-informed, relational frame that traces patterns back to their roots and builds self-trust. Trained in EMDR and IFS as well as certified in DBT, she sees clients in person in Mesa and by telehealth across Arizona.
In-network: Aetna · BCBS · Cigna · GEHA · Medicare · Optum · UnitedHealthcare
Reetu helps couples and families name the conflict cycle they keep falling into, with real attention to culture and family-of-origin patterns.
Reetu DeLeon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than twenty years of experience in couples and family therapy, seeing adults, couples, and families virtually across Arizona. Trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy and relational family systems approaches, she helps partners and families name the conflict cycle they keep repeating and build safer responses in its place — with close attention to how culture, family-of-origin experience, and identity shape those patterns. She earned her MSW at New York University and completed a four-year postgraduate program in couples and family therapy at the Ackerman Institute for the Family.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
One of a handful of Arizona therapists trained in PACT, Kathy focuses on practical skills so couples aren't in therapy year after year.
Kathy Gusenkov is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Serendipity Psychotherapy, seeing couples and individuals in person and by telehealth across Arizona. Therapy with Kathy isn't only about feelings; she focuses on practical skill building, reflection, behavioral change, and trauma release so that those working with her feel empowered to handle their challenges independently and don't spend year after year in therapy. She specializes in trauma therapy for couples, and is one of a handful of Arizona couple therapists practicing the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT) — an experiential, practical model rooted in attachment theory, nervous system regulation, and developmental neurobiology that supports some of the most challenging relationship presentations, including betrayal, trauma, personality vulnerability, dissociation, and high-conflict dynamics. Her style is direct and challenging. She speaks English and Russian.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Jessica works with whatever phase of life a client is in — kid, teen, or adult — bringing seven years of hands-on experience inside the neurodivergent community.
Jessica Trotter is a Licensed Associate Counselor at Beelong Counseling, her supervised private practice in Mesa, seeing children, teens, young adults, and adults in person and by telehealth across Arizona. She has spent more than seven years working within the neurodivergent population, much of it as an in-home behavioral coach for families with high behavioral needs, and that analytical read on behavior shapes how she works now. Her focus is phases of life — depression, anxiety, and neurodivergence at whatever stage they show up — and her style is structured and tools-based, drawing on ABA, behavioral therapy, CBT, DBT, and family systems. She also works with the family as a whole, offering sibling, family, and parenting sessions, and supports families navigating schools, IEP and 504 plans, and diagnostic testing.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Kerstyn helps couples of every dynamic, including LGBTQIA+ and ENM partners, build a relationship that actually fits who they are.
Kerstyn Ludlow is a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist at Love Frequencies Collective, her practice in Mesa, seeing teens, young adults, and adults in person and by telehealth across Arizona. She works with individuals, couples, families, and friendships on relationships that don't fit the script they were handed — communication and conflict, identity exploration, and the slow work of repair after betrayal. Her practice is LGBTQIA+ and ENM/polyamory affirming, and she holds advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with a specific LGBTQIA+ focus alongside Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy. Working from a relational, attachment-focused lens, her style is exploratory and reflective: rather than refereeing a single argument, she helps partners and families name the cycle underneath it and build steadier ways to reach each other.
Private pay. Superbill may be provided.
Ariana works with people in their 20s, 30s and 40s who are rebuilding after trauma, using somatic and holistic tools that keep the body part of the story.
Ariana De Andrado-Byars is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing at Ariana D Therapy, working by telehealth with young adults, adults, and older adults across Arizona. Her focus is trauma and PTSD, perinatal mental health, and clients in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who are moving through big life transitions and processing traumatic experiences. She is EMDR trained and a Certified Trauma Specialist, with training in polyvagal theory, perinatal mental health, and hypnotherapy alongside a 200-hour yoga teacher certification — and she interweaves parts work, somatic practice, and mindfulness into a holistic, trauma-informed approach that keeps the body in the room. Bi-racial and bi-cultural herself — the daughter of a Sri Lankan immigrant father and a white American mother — she is drawn to work with clients navigating intergenerational patterns, cross-cultural relationships, and grief. Her style is exploratory and reflective: she looks for the root of a pattern rather than only its symptom, and sends clients home with tools to practise between sessions.
In-network: Aetna · Anthem EAP (Bank of America) · BCBS · Carelon · Cigna · Optum · Oxford · Quest Behavioral · United
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