Phoenix Verified Therapists

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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 configuration, 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.