Psychotherapists - Licensed or Registered

Ruth Milsten, MSW, LCSW-C, CYT (pronouns: she, her, hers) is a Masters Level Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Clinical Social Worker Supervisor, Holistic Health Educator, Certified Yoga Teacher and Sound Healer. She is passionate about providing hope and help for young adults, ages 18-35ish. Ruth provides Holistic Counseling, Clinical Social Work Supervision, Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing and Workshops. Ruth is passionate about helping clients cope with many issues, such as: navigating life transitions; anxiety, trauma and grief; relationship issues and mind/body/spirit connection. Ruth offers Holistic Counseling, which is a combination of talk therapy combined with holistic modalities, including mindfulness, guided meditation, somatic and energy awareness, Buddhist and Eastern philosophies, healing crystals and more. Ruth Is LGBTQIA+, Kink and Poly Aware and allied. Ruth is committed to affirming identities for all folks. She honors each client as an individual, who is the expert of their own journey of self-discovery, healing and growth. Ruth takes Blue Cross, Blue Shield and sees clients in person and through telehealth.

I draw on personal and professional experience in working therapeutically with diverse sexualities, including: individuals that may identify as LGBTQIA, poly/ ethically non-monogamous. I have completed training with Pink Therapy on working with Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) as a GSRD identified clinician. The main approach that I work with is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a practical approach which focuses on changing problematic thinking styles and behaviour patterns through the use of solutions, tools and techniques. If you are hoping to make changes fairly quickly and acquire direct solutions to your difficulties then CBT is a great option: most clients notice a change within six sessions and are able to see significant improvements within 10-12 sessions. My previous experience includes working for the NHS alongside private practice.

I am experienced in treating various presentations including: Depression, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Health Anxiety, Phobias, OCD, Social Anxiety, Body Dysmorphia, Perfectionism, Low self- esteem, PTSD, Trauma, Relationship difficulties and also Long-Term Physical Health Conditions. I utilise a transdiagnostic approach, integrating CBT models and formulations with processes that occur across disorders. This for example includes working with processes such as and Rumination and Intolerance of Uncertainty as well as painful emotions such as Shame and Guilt. Further to this, I have found it effective to incorporate third wave approaches such as Compassion Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness and Distress Tolerance Skills into my clinical work. Central within my practice is the belief that effective therapy is flexible and able to address the unique difficulties that individuals present. I am interested in how dominant discourses can shape people’s lives in destructive ways. This includes, experiences of oppression, shame and identity. In the context of therapy this can mean exploring stories of the self, helping individuals externalise their difficulties and co-authoring new narratives.

I am based in South and Central Cambridge and am also able to offer sessions and via the telephone.

• Specialties: Complex Trauma Therapy, Relational Therapy, Psychosomatic Therapy
• Treatment Orientation: Existentialism, Intersectional Feminism, Post Structural, and Jungian-Influenced Depth Therapy.
• English
• Adults for individual therapy.
• Populations: Queer, Neurodivergent, Autistic, Poly, Trans*, Genderqueer, LGBTQIA+, Chronically Ill and/or Disabled, Social Justice, Sex Workers, Parents.

My passion is helping adults and couples/relationships navigate the complexities of being human. Everyone has their own unique story, and my goal is to help each client become the director of their own story by empowering them to take charge of their life.

I strive to create an atmosphere of warmth, safety, and curiosity in therapy. My style tends to be friendly, engaged, and active. We will work together to help you make greater sense of your life and improve how you feel.

I integrate a number of different psychological theories and methods into therapy, and my expertise includes psychoanalytic/psychodynamic, family systems, and mindfulness-based modalities. This means I try to balance addressing present-day challenges with identifying and healing the roots of those challenges, which often involve our formative experiences and relationships.

I feel it is important to consider and explore our internal experience of ourselves and others, as well as identify how our thoughts, feelings, and close relationships might interact in our lives and minds to create both difficulties and opportunities.

Appreciation of each person’s unique cultural context is very important to me, and I have experience working with people of many diverse gender identities, sexual orientations, relationship practices, racial/ethnic backgrounds, abilities, and spiritual beliefs.

I provide psychotherapy to residents of California either in-person (post-pandemic) in Pasadena or online via video therapy. Working with polyamorous and consensually non-monogamous people and relationships is one of my therapeutic specialties, as well as the area of my ongoing research work. To learn more about my work and approach, please visit my website at www.RyanWitherspoon.com

I look forward to seeing what we can discover together.

Professional specialties and skills: Trauma-informed approach, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), internal family systems (IFS)

Language(s) spoken: English

Populations served: LGBTQIA+, polyamory, kink, young adults, older adolescents, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, substance abuse, mood disorders

I provide Relationship Therapy for polyamorous, ethically nonmonogamous, and kink relationships. It can be hard to find a therapist who can work effectively without the bias of the cis-, hetero-, mono- normative messages of our society. I strive for a safe environment to help you build the intimacy with your partner(s) that you long for! I also provide Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) for individuals who have not found regular talk therapy helpful, or who are in need of a less traditional form of treatment. Clients Served: Adults 18-55

I work with clients from a non-judgmental, compassionate, yet practical approach to help you achieve your goals. I believe that therapy works best in collaboration with you as your own expert. I work with individuals and couples and multipartnered relationships who are interested in exploring their diverse sexualities. Areas of focus include kink lifestyles, polyamory, gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender and other gender nonconforming individuals, coming out and disclosure issues and HIV/AIDS.

I am a sex and relationship therapist focusing on supporting those who identify within the LGBTQ+ community. My work uses a humanistic, person-centered lens. I aim to create a safe and supportive environment that empowers those I work with to explore their emotions and experiences, and to work towards developing greater self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-confidence.

Areas of focus: trauma, shame, grief, depression, family issues, substance use, gender and sexuality, couples therapy, ethical non-monogamy and polyamory.

Population: Adults of all ages, also available to work with children and families.

Languages: English

I am well versed in polyamory practices and healthy relationship dynamics, and am also trained in somatics and behavioral therapy practices including DBT and CBT. I’ve also studied NVC in support of healthy conversation dynamics. I am also trained in working with anxiety, depression, and substance abuse.

I only know English at a conversational level

I mainly work with adults but can include minors when in support of family therapy. I work with individuals, couples, and families.

Professional specialties and skills- As a music psychotherapist, I use a combination of creative, somatic, and verbal techniques to help clients access the deepest parts of their psyches, so that they may better understand themselves. By knowing ourselves, we may move through challenges and discomfort with groundedness, empowerment, and a sense of freedom.

My therapy practice aligns with my personal values of anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-zionism, living “unconventionally,” and the power of queerness, creativity, and neurodiversity. I aim to support clients with a radically accepting, holistic perspective so that they may find the relief they need with their specific emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges, including: relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Therapy sessions with me often include inner-child communication, inner-family parts work, challenging stubborn self-beliefs with compassion, and encouragement to trust your highest self. Together, we will use music and creative interventions to navigate present-day challenges by connecting the dots to your past and exploring your highest truths, values, and dreams.

Language(s) spoken- English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc. - Adults, including queer, polyamorous, and neurodivergent people, as well as radically minded individuals experiencing challenges with relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Professional specialties and skills- As a music psychotherapist, I use a combination of creative, somatic, and verbal techniques to help clients access the deepest parts of their psyches, so that they may better understand themselves. By knowing ourselves, we may move through challenges and discomfort with groundedness, empowerment, and a sense of freedom.

My therapy practice aligns with my personal values of anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-zionism, living “unconventionally,” and the power of queerness, creativity, and neurodiversity. I aim to support clients with a radically accepting, holistic perspective so that they may find the relief they need with their specific emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges, including: relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Therapy sessions with me often include inner-child communication, inner-family parts work, challenging stubborn self-beliefs with compassion, and encouragement to trust your highest self. Together, we will use music and creative interventions to navigate present-day challenges by connecting the dots to your past and exploring your highest truths, values, and dreams.

Language(s) spoken- English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc. - Adults, including queer, polyamorous, and neurodivergent people, as well as radically minded individuals experiencing challenges with relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Professional specialties and skills- As a music psychotherapist, I use a combination of creative, somatic, and verbal techniques to help clients access the deepest parts of their psyches, so that they may better understand themselves. By knowing ourselves, we may move through challenges and discomfort with groundedness, empowerment, and a sense of freedom.

My therapy practice aligns with my personal values of anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-zionism, living “unconventionally,” and the power of queerness, creativity, and neurodiversity. I aim to support clients with a radically accepting, holistic perspective so that they may find the relief they need with their specific emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges, including: relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Therapy sessions with me often include inner-child communication, inner-family parts work, challenging stubborn self-beliefs with compassion, and encouragement to trust your highest self. Together, we will use music and creative interventions to navigate present-day challenges by connecting the dots to your past and exploring your highest truths, values, and dreams.

Language(s) spoken- English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc. - Adults, including queer, polyamorous, and neurodivergent people, as well as radically minded individuals experiencing challenges with relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Professional specialties and skills- As a music psychotherapist, I use a combination of creative, somatic, and verbal techniques to help clients access the deepest parts of their psyches, so that they may better understand themselves. By knowing ourselves, we may move through challenges and discomfort with groundedness, empowerment, and a sense of freedom.

My therapy practice aligns with my personal values of anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-zionism, living “unconventionally,” and the power of queerness, creativity, and neurodiversity. I aim to support clients with a radically accepting, holistic perspective so that they may find the relief they need with their specific emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges, including: relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

Therapy sessions with me often include inner-child communication, inner-family parts work, challenging stubborn self-beliefs with compassion, and encouragement to trust your highest self. Together, we will use music and creative interventions to navigate present-day challenges by connecting the dots to your past and exploring your highest truths, values, and dreams.

Language(s) spoken- English

Populations served - ages, concerns, etc. - Adults, including queer, polyamorous, and neurodivergent people, as well as radically minded individuals experiencing challenges with relationship issues, family-of-origin conflicts, addiction, life transitions, meaning and purpose distress, and connection to self.

I offer Somatic Psychotherapy services 1:1 and 2+ : 1 to folks residing in California, as well as Spiritual Guidance to folks residing worldwide.

I specialize in helping humans heal at the root of their suffering by reconnecting to the body through a fusion of psychological, somatic, creative and spiritual approaches such as, but not limited to:

Psychodynamics, EFT, Attachment, IFS, Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Rosen Method, Authentic Movement, TIST, Yoga, Ancestral Connection, Ritual, Tarot, Astrology, Painting, Poetry, and Storytelling.

Diagnostically, I specialize in treating eating disorders and body shame, mood and anxiety disorders, and the gambit of trauma (PTSD, developmental, complex).

I help folks with relationship distress, recent breakups, gender and sexuality identity, dating, ethical non-monogamy and boundaries.

My work is gender affirming, sex positive, trauma-informed and neurodivergent affirming. I am a member of the LGBTQIA+ and AuDHD community, and survivor of abuse.

Ultimately, I believe healing work is essential for collective liberation and deeply enjoy supporting folks in breaking inherited cycles and transforming conditioned beliefs keeping them blocked from their full joyous life.

I have experience addressing a wide range of issues that bring people to counselling, such as depression, anxiety, life transitions, and relationship difficulties. I work with those living in ethical non-monogamy, kink/BDSM, or other LGBTQ2S+ relationships. I aim to provide a comfortable and non-judgmental space where people can work with me to identify the issues that are causing them distress and explore solutions to these problems.

I implement therapeutic approaches that are evidence-based and have been proven to be effective. I have training in a variety of such approaches, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Person-Centered, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. I have an integrative approach in which I apply therapeutic modalities that will best fit your needs and goals.

As a narrative therapist who is poly, kink, and GLBQT-friendly, I bring my heart and soul to the work of therapy with individuals and couples. My clients speak of feeling supported, understood, and empowered. I have seen real change take place in my clients lives. I have heard from my counseling clients that coming to therapy and working with me has been life-changing, truly life-saving, and powerful. How is this possible? I believe that the success lies in the integrity and commitment of our therapeutic bond. I earnestly care about helping my clients find a more joyful and healthy life. I have specialties in helping adults with Aspergers and bereaved parents and families, and I welcome and enjoy working with poly, kink, and GLBQT clients. I look forward to learning more from each of my therapy clients as together we walk and learn.

Encouraging, Empowering & Motivating you to live your best life possible. Developing your skills & techniques to provide you with the ability to be the person you choose to be, regardless of your past or present. The initial intake lasts 45-80 minutes @ a standard fee of $143. All subsequent session are 50 minutes with rates determine by sliding scale (based on annual household income).

I provide psychotherapy to queer, trans, poly, and/or kink identified clients in person at my Reno office and on telehealth in NV and CO. My educational training includes a B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. in counseling and psychology. I have undertaken post-graduate training in Internal Family Systems and on working with clients in the LQBTQIA+, poly, and kink communities. I work with adults, primarily women and AFAB people, and partners/couples who are going through life transitions - often related to gender, sexual, and romantic changes. My practice is English speaking only, and I do not work with insurance panels. My preferred mode of contact is email.

I provide psychotherapy to queer, trans, poly, and/or kink identified clients in person at my Reno office and on telehealth in NV and CO. My educational training includes a B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. in counseling and psychology. I have undertaken post-graduate training in Internal Family Systems and on working with clients in the LQBTQIA+, poly, and kink communities. I work with adults, primarily women and AFAB people, and partners/couples who are going through life transitions - often related to gender, sexual, and romantic changes. My practice is English speaking only, and I do not work with insurance panels. My preferred mode of contact is email.

My educational and professional journey has provided me the opportunity to work with survivors of trauma and interpersonal violence, as well as families, adolescents, and individual adults. I now provide therapy to couples and individuals, especially LGBTQIA folks. I am an expert in sex therapy, relationships, and working with sexually marginalized populations especially poly, ENM communities. I am available for Delaware residents for telehealth sessions.

I proudly serve the Delaware community members who are ENM, polyamorous, LGBTQ+, queer, transgender, kinky, and participate in sex-work. I do this through competent, warm, engaged psychotherapy, sex therapy and relationship therapy as well as adult sex education and professional training. As a therapist at the Center for Connection & Desire I am committed to serving each client and having them present their whole self in therapy, without judgment and welcoming and celebrating their diverse identities, expressions, and relationships.

I have a Psychotherapy and Sex Therapy private practice. My speciality is relationship/intimacy issues, sexuality concerns, trauma and life stressors. I use tantra practices, Imago dialogue, role play, guided imagery, visualizations, communication skills and process skills to assist people moving forward. I work with 18 year olds to late adulthood.

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Consultation and healing arts centered on embodied mindfulness and research in stress & trauma physiology, solidly rooted in social work values, including awareness of the interplay of environment and relationships on patterns of functioning. Over 75 hours of sex therapy clinical training, including Sensate Focus and partner-based activities. I am a licensed social worker but not a clinical social worker, meaning I am not licensed to diagnosis or treat mental illness. I approach trauma from an integrative, relational, and strength-based perspective, not a medical model, and individual session work is just one part of my practice that predominately focuses on research and work that brings communities and organizations into regulation, safety, and health.

Age 18 and older. Specializing in resolving trauma in the body, through touch-based or talk-based modalities, or both. Touch-based work can be done in person or taught over video with a friend or partner, talk-based modalities by video only. Work with groups, such as organization leadership is contract-based.

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Consultation and healing arts centered on embodied mindfulness and research in stress & trauma physiology, solidly rooted in social work values, including awareness of the interplay of environment and relationships on patterns of functioning. Over 75 hours of sex therapy clinical training, including Sensate Focus and partner-based activities. I am a licensed social worker but not a clinical social worker, meaning I am not licensed to diagnosis or treat mental illness. I approach trauma from an integrative, relational, and strength-based perspective, not a medical model, and individual session work is just one part of my practice that predominately focuses on research and work that brings communities and organizations into regulation, safety, and health.

Age 18 and older. Specializing in resolving trauma in the body, through touch-based or talk-based modalities, or both. Touch-based work can be done in person or taught over video with a friend or partner, talk-based modalities by video only. Work with groups, such as organization leadership is contract-based.

I specialize in working with LGBTQIA+ teens and adults, trauma processing, depression, anxiety, grief, DID, PTSD, and with relationship and family issues. I work with individuals 12+. I am a very relational therapist, meaning I will pull from different theories to fit your needs and situation. These theories include but are not limited to DBT, CBT, Feminist Empowerment, Narrative, Humanistic, and Systemic. I am English monolingual.

I provide individual and relationship therapy to teens and adults. I use emotionally focused therapy (EFT) in order to help clients connect to their partners. So often, I see clients who care deeply about each other, but get caught up in a pattern of conflict, criticism, and blame. I want to help you to understand why you sometimes react by lashing out or distancing from a loved one when you actually want to be close to them. We can then collaboratively identify ways to practice and learn how to turn toward your loved one for connection instead of pushing each other away. I am open to working with heterosexual, same-sex, poly, or open relationships.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who works with individuals aged 18 +, and I specialize in LGBTQ+ issues, women’s issues, and anxiety disorders. If you are looking for a therapist who is LGBTQ+ informed, is also part of the community, and is kink-aware and poly affirmative, feel free to contact me! I accept Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross Federal, Blue Care Network, Priority Health, UBH/UMR (Optum), and United Health Care. My services are Telehealth only.

Working from a holistic perspective, along with the client, Samantha seeks to review all the areas of a client’s background to help form the best direction for therapy. She works with individuals of all ages, as well as couples and families, in a collaborative and compassionate manner. Her key areas of interest include alternative family structure, sexuality, grief, and trauma. Samantha works from a family systems perspective that is strongly informed by feminist theory and cultural humility. Her goal is to form a synergistic relationship with clients to help them raise their self-esteem, recognize their strengths, and create positive goals. In addition to clinical training as a therapist, she spent over ten years working as a birth and postpartum doula and childbirth education which gives her a unique background for working with families around perinatal transitions and experiences.

Samantha is an action-oriented, experientially focused supportive psychotherapist. Samantha is also a sex-positive therapist and works with adults in all types of relationships. She has trained in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Internal Family Systems, Non-Violent Communication and incorporates various mind-body practices into her clinical work. Samantha is also a health coach and chef, and has training in Nutritional Psychiatry (how food impacts mood). Her current focus is on parts work and embodiment practices, using what is happening in the moment as a way to understand patterns of dysregulation, build capacity and tolerance, and learn self-regulation skills. She works with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, numbness, and lack of vitality, as well those looking to improve their communication, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, or their connection with themselves and their bodies. Therapy is a wonderful tool for growth and self-reflection no matter where we are in our journeys.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist that specializes in relationship issues and also in anxiety. I really enjoy working with the members of the poly community individually or with multiple members of a poly constellation to help navigate the relationships or for personal growth. All lifestyles, preferences, and orientations are welcome. Please call or email to discuss your goals.

Trauma work, couples work (level 2 Gottman trained), sex therapy, strengths based therapy. Speaks English and Russian. Serves teens and adults, trans and non-binary clients, LGB clients, kink identified clients, couples and polycules.