Psychotherapists - Licensed or Registered

Nashville is still a traditional town, one that’s brimming with faith-based counselors and conventional therapists who cater to clients in traditional marriages with traditional family values. While I am respectful of all faiths and traditions, I also whole-heartedly support alternative lifestyles and non-traditional relationships of every kind, and I am deeply committed to helping people whose belief systems, values, and identities fall outside of cultural norms.

Working from a foundation of honesty, integrity, and consent, I offer practical skills, a trained perspective, and a safe space to work through challenging feelings and new experiences. I work with a wide array of people and issues, including couples new to ethical non-monogamy; polyamorous relationships; polyfidelitous relationships; swingers; BDSM partners; agreements and agreement violations; managing new relationship energy; coping with jealousy; fostering compersion; and sexual health and safety.

I help adults from the straight and LGBTQ communities and from the poly, kink, cisgender, trans, genderqueer and nonbinary communities with concerns including challenges in their relationships and poly relationship structures, feeling stressed and anxious, feeling badly about themselves, loneliness, challenges with being LGBTQ, sexuality, sexual orientation and gender (including transition), and challenges with alternative sexualities. My work is confidential and collaborative, and my office is a safe space to explore your concerns and how we can work through them together. I address all aspects of my clients’ lives including friendships, family, culture and spirituality. My approach to psychotherapy is cognitive behavioural, narrative, relational, solution-focused, strengths-based and anti-oppressive.

I have a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of British Columbia, and an Advanced Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre / University of Toronto. My work is inclusive and informed by anti-oppression training. I am a Founding Member of the Canadian Association of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, a longstanding member of the LGBTQ community in Toronto and a Member of the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health. I am a kink-aware therapist.

David Ortmann is a San Francisco based psychotherapist, sex therapist and author. His areas of clinical focus and study are the sexuality of the BDSM and Leather communities, polyamorous and consensually non-monogamous communities, concepts and theories of masculinity, and the processes of human attachment and differentiation. He speaks locally and nationally in an effort to promote Poly, Leather, and BDSM community visibility and improve clinical psychotherapeutic interventions for these populations. David is a member of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF), The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (NCSPP) and is a founding member of the Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities (CARAS).

I am a psychologist specialized in working with Sexual Minorities (LGBT, BDSM, Consensual Non-Monogamy, etc) as individuals, couples (and more), families, and groups. I also have experience working with trauma and substance abuse. Therapeutically I primarily use Acceptance & Commitment Therapy along with Mindfulness-, Values-, and Narrative-based therapies. I have guest lectured on working with Kinky and Poly clients to professionals, students, and sexual minority communities both locally and nationally.

Compassionate help for individuals and couples. Specializing in sexuality, intimacy, and relationship issues. Chemistry is very important for any psychotherapy or relationship counseling–so check out our website to see if our approach fits your style.

I specialize in adults with anxiety disorders and OCD, particularly those lacking social confidence, self-esteem, and interpersonal difficulties. I am compassionate and thoughtful, while challenging my clients to push themselves to live a life of purpose. I help individuals learn to work with their fears/anxiety in more effective ways.

Professional specialties and skills - Anxiety Treatment, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Trauma and PTSD

Language - English

Populations served - Adults, Teen, Veterans

I provide individual therapy for adults via telehealth. My approach is collaborative, sex positive, strength based and multicultural focused. I have a passion for working with BIPOC communities, LGBTQ+ communities, Poly communities, and Kink communities. I offer free 15-minute phone consultations, so feel free to email me to set up a call to see if we would be a good fit to work together.

Taking the first stop to seek counseling is hard enough, without worrying about whether you will be judged for your lifestyle. Don’t be condemned for your kink! I have more than a decade of experience working with poly and kinky individuals, couples, and polycules. I strive to create a safe and supportive atmosphere in which we, as a team, can find a path forward. I offer a free 15-minute consultation to help you decide if I’m a good fit for your needs. I do not accept insurance.

I am an experimental social psychologist with a good background in research design, statistical analysis, modern existentialism, group processes, e-democracy, mating patterns, and sexual behavior. My podcast linked below, “Monogamy: An evolutionary perspective,” was used as a source in the recent Canadian case defending the rights of polyamorists and polygamists. - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

Gay male psychotherapist in NYC in private practice. Poly-friendly and experienced, also fetish, gender (including trans and intersex experience) and BDSM-friendly; also works with people in various 12-Step recovery groups, including AA and SCA. Member of WPATH (formerly HBIGDA.

I offer trauma informed counseling to individual adults who are experiencing challenges related to childhood trauma, anxiety, anger, depression, life transitions, and parenting. I use an integrated approach primarily informed by mindfulness, neurobiology, somatic, and parts work. I am fluent in English.

VortexHealing® - www.vortexhealing.org - works with Divine Healing Energy, Magic, and Divine Consciousness.

Vortex Healing is similar to Reiki where divine healing energy is channeled through a person into the receiver. Vortex Healing becomes different however because it also works directly from divine consciousness. Divine Consciousness is the highest healing vibration you can ever experience. It literally heals and transforms the illusion of separation from the Divine. Any disharmony or trauma within your system; physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and even karmic can be healed on its deepest level. During a session you receive very sophisticated VortexHealing® techniques coming from many divine energetic levels and frequencies simultaneously. Frequencies range from the very light and gentle to the tremendously deep and intense. This works with the rule that there are many levels and dimensions to our consciousness. These levels contain the deepest and hardest to reach levels of negative conditioning. VortexHealing® reaches ALL these levels!

Release of these blockages promotes the greatest acceleration of change and transformation. A few VortexHealing® sessions equal the amount of healing work that may take months or even years to accomplish with other therapies. I say with the utmost confidence that when you walk out of one of my sessions you will leave a transformed soul. - Does phone consultation

I completed degrees in science and philosophy before qualifying as a counsellor, and I combine the analytic strength of these disciplines with the warmth of humanistic therapy. Following the person-centred approach, I believe that every person has the capacity within themselves for growth and healing. My job is to provide an empathetic and supportive environment for that capacity to unfold. My work is also influenced by cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), meaning that I help clients explore the unstated, often unhelpful, assumptions behind their responses to challenging situations. I also draw from various other theories and methods, including existential psychotherapy, transactional analysis, and mindfulness practices. I have read very broadly, within psychotherapy and related disciplines, and try to offer whatever I think would be helpful to each client as an individual without ever being prescriptive.

I have had a varied career, and I believe that familiarity with the variety of human experience is one of my great strengths as a therapist. I approach each client with warmth, an open mind, and a sense of their unique perspective on the world. I particularly welcome inquiries from clients who may worry about judgement or misunderstanding. This includes people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual or otherwise embody gender, romantic and sexual diversity; people in non-monogamous relationships, who participate in BDSM, do any form of sex work, who use psychoactive drugs, belong to other minority groups, or who otherwise feel marginalised or under-served by the counselling profession.

My practice is based in South East London, and I try to offer flexible arrangements. I work both short- and long-term, and offer online session in addition to face-to-face. Please get in touch if you have any access needs or questions!

Step into a sanctuary of affirmation, warmth, and practical guidance with me, Dr. Deb Berman. I am here to guide you through life’s ups & downs. I will provide a caring ear and, even more importantly, will help you find actionable solutions to the issues you struggle with – work, mood, anxiety, love, communication, feeling stuck, and so much more. Together we will untangle life’s complexities and find a path to increased happiness and balance. (Really!)

I bring 18+ years experience to sessions (yes, I am a therapist “of a certain age” and am a proud Poly and Queer wisewmyn. I am told that I look like everyone’s cool, irreverent aunt :).

I incorporate a plethora of styles including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Relationship Counseling, Non Violent Communication, Feminist and Queer Theory, and Buddhist Psychology. I also bring love, warmth, and safety to everyone who seeks my counsel.

Sound good? Well, what’s stopping you? Let’s connect! I invite you to reach out today and start the conversion.

Happy to talk to folks searching for a therapist in the mid-to-southern Peninsula area.

Counseling is a partnership.

The goal is to help you live a better life, have better relationships, and feel better being you.

I know how hard it is to ask for help. The decision to find a therapist often comes at times of stress and change. I am a supportive, non-judgmental therapist. Together we will identify your goals, recognizing and building on your strengths and unique qualities. We will find realistic, reasonable strategies that work for you. I am a LGBTQIA-Affirming, sex-positive therapist. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I accept many insurances and private pay/out of network. I serve adults and seniors.

Counseling is a partnership.

The goal is to help you live a better life, have better relationships, and feel better being you.

I know how hard it is to ask for help. The decision to find a therapist often comes at times of stress and change. I am a supportive, non-judgmental therapist. Together we will identify your goals, recognizing and building on your strengths and unique qualities. We will find realistic, reasonable strategies that work for you. I am a LGBTQIA-Affirming, sex-positive therapist. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I accept many insurances and private pay/out of network. I serve adults and seniors.

Counseling is a partnership.

The goal is to help you live a better life, have better relationships, and feel better being you.

I know how hard it is to ask for help. The decision to find a therapist often comes at times of stress and change. I am a supportive, non-judgmental therapist. Together we will identify your goals, recognizing and building on your strengths and unique qualities. We will find realistic, reasonable strategies that work for you. I am a LGBTQIA-Affirming, sex-positive therapist. My pronouns are she/her/hers. I accept many insurances and private pay/out of network. I serve adults and seniors.

As a BACP registered counsellor/psychotherapist, I provide face to face as well as online counselling and supervision to individuals across the UK. I identify as bisexual/Queer and much of my work is supporting clients who are LGBT+ or questioning their gender and/sexuality. I am a sex positive, LGBT affirmative, Kink and Poly friendly practitioner. I have a specialist qualification in gender and sexuality (MA in Gender, Sexuality and Culture) as well as in working online (Certified Cyber Therapist). I have supported clients around a wide variety of issues including depression, bereavement, anxiety, abuse and identity issues.

My number one goal as a psychotherapist and coach is to provide a space for you to talk, heal, grow, try new ways of being, and become empowered to take your next steps towards the life you want. In business, we seldom think twice about hiring experts and consultants, consulting with a board of directors, or searching for the right mentor to help us create success. History proves that teams succeed where individuals cannot. Why offer less than the same to yourself? If you are tired of walking the path alone, I am here to walk it with you.

I enjoy working with people who think and live on the edges of the normal bell curve. I tend to focus on adults, 30 and up, as individuals and in various relationship configurations. People come to me for a variety of reasons: relationship issues, adjustment to life changes (job loss, divorce, death, breakups), emotional/mental tuneups, rediscovering who they are and why they are here, taking back their lives from anxiety, depression, trauma, and so on. Whatever the reason, I use counseling and coaching techniques to help each person develop and activate a plan to move forward and create more satisfying results in life.

People of all persuasions are welcome at my door: straight, LGBTQ, married, partnered, poly, pagan, Christian, “spiritual” . . . whatever your identification, I look forward to hearing your story and helping you write the next chapter.

If you want more information (or the more formal version of who I am, what I do, and my credentials), please click to my website or search for me in The Therapy Directory at the Psychology Today web site.

Traditional and Spiritual Counseling.

I work with individual and families who struggle with anxiety issues and disorders. I provide individual, family and group therapy to help them identify their fears and come up with solutions. The treatment I provide is well researched and proven to be effective. I specialize with kids, families, and young adults.

I currently work with children, adolescents, adults and families who are challenged by anxiety disorders. Some of these disorders include;Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Pediatric OCD, Panic Disorder, Health Anxiety Disorder(s), Specific phobias, Social Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Anxiety related to medical conditions.

I offer various services to meet the needs of the individual or family. In addition to individual and family therapy, I offer Intensive programs focused on anxiety, parent workshops, and groups for children and adolescents. I provide consulting and education to schools, medical clinics and mental health agencies. I collaborate with schools and mental health professionals to provide the best treatment for my clients and their families.

Debra L. Kaplan is a licensed psychotherapist in practice for adult individual, couples and groups. Debra specializes in attachment, trauma, addiction, gender and sexual health. Debra is a sex-positive therapist and understands the complex and often misunderstood nuances of fluid gender and sexual identity, and sexual health. Debra incorporates advanced experiential modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when working with unresolved wounds in attachment and trauma. She is a Certified EMDR practitioner.

I am a Poly Friendly Therapist who may be able to help you work on a variety of issues that you may have. I have extensive experience in Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, and Relationships. If you have any questions please contact me at the e mail address listed or at my phone number which is also listed.

If you are seeking questions about the poly lifestyle, I can assist you in that search. I have experience counseling individuals, couples, and families. I am caring and warm. and understand lifes struggles and I really want to help. I appreciate your uniqueness and qualities and will help you to discover possibilities for your life. - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

I offer my clients the opportunity to be truly heard and validated in a compassionate, sex positive and affirming environment. Using an insight-oriented approach paired with mindfulness-based, transpersonal, and cognitive techniques, individual clients and relationship systems/couples can make concrete progress toward greater happiness, self-actualization and having the relationships they want. I have extensive experience working with individuals with depression, anxiety, trauma and sexual/relationship issues, including clients who are survivors of sexual abuse. My area of expertise is sex and body-positive psychotherapy that is sensitive to the unique concerns of lesbian/gay/queer, transgender, kinky and polyamorous individuals and non-traditional relationships and families.

I serve people ages 12 and up. Whether you are in a major life transition or struggling with identity issues, past trauma, or emotional upheaval, therapy can be useful in clarifying your goals and shaping your future. You are the author of your story and you have the ultimate say in what you want and how you want to achieve it.

My practice is primarily Narrative therapy based, though I use an eclectic approach tailored to your needs. I specialize in the use of expressive arts, holistic, and mindfulness practices and working with LGBTQIA+, Trauma Recovery, and Living with Disabilities. My focus is on affirming your identity, your goals, and your story. I also provide gender affirmation surgery letter assessments.

I also provide Gender diversity training and consultation for Community Organizations, Advocacy programs, Businesses, Schools, and Clinicians. Workshops and groups covering Safe and Sane Sexuality practices including Communication skills, Ethical Non-Monogamy, Kink, and other Alternative Relationships.

I speak English. I serve individuals, partners, and families. I provide therapy services to adults regarding sexual and gender issues, mental health struggles, and partnership difficulties.