Why did you become a therapist, and what motivates you to continue?

I became a therapist out of the simple desire to help others, as my way of bringing healing to the world. 

I’m a licensed mental health counselor in Southeastern Ohio. I take a holistic view of mental health that incorporates spirituality, relationships, mindfulness, and mind-body connection. 

After healing from my own trauma through extensive therapy, I realized how I had emerged even stronger than before my trauma had happened to me. I wanted to share the gift of therapy and help others heal as my own therapist told me, "pass on this gift."  

Hi there, I'm Rishad. I work from both Eastern and Western ideologies and have a passion for working with all types of client concerns from relational issues, anxiety, depression, coming out issues, sex positivity, complex trauma, and many others. I particularly like working with LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples along with ethnic minorities. I use Narrative therapy, CBT, DBT, and IFS along with Brainspotting techniques. Please feel free to reach out to me and I look forward to hearing from you. 

The strong belief that every human being has a deep rooted potential to prosper and grow from within and live a life of peace and joy. Each person has the ability to overcome obstacles. This ability only needs to be nudged and channeled in the right direction with care and compassion.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and owner of Family Matters Behavioral Health Services (FMBHS) with 12 + years of experience in the mental health field. My clients come in with varied concerns- parenting challenges, infidelity in marriage, coping with psychological disorders and seek to enhance resiliency, to be able to overcome obstacles through application of skills that they learn in their therapeutic process with me. I offer specialized services for children and parents/caretakers that are fighting behavioral and emotional problems. They move through their therapeutic journey empowering themselves with the ability to navigate through life challenges. To accommodate busy families I offer evening and Saturday appointments so you don't have to worry about your children missing school. Together we'll create a customized plan to get your child back on track.

I wholeheartedly believe in the goodness of people. The human heart and soul are resilient and know how to heal with the right support, compassion, being seen and heard. I believe that emotional healing, spiritual transformation, respect, self-care, and unconditional support can and (will) change our world. 

 Also, I am good at what I do, plus I LOVE it! I get motivated when my clients can see their freedom, strength, and power to relate to themselves, their loved ones, and the world in a healthy way. It is inspiring to see my clients come out of this dark depression/anxiety cycle and live a life that feels meaningful to them. 

Hi, I’m Tanya. I am a psychotherapist, but you can call me a loving, curious, exploratory, and playful cat or a heart-soul coach. Life is hard, I learned to be playful, and not take myself too seriously. I wholeheartedly believe in the importance of the healing journey.

Becoming a therapist was a decision I made as a child when the people around me seemed to speak about love but were unable to put it into action. As life moved on, a culmination of mixed messages, traumatic experiences, heart breaking grief, relational hardships, irrational beliefs, anxious and fearful living and seemingly never-ending depression solidified my decision toward counseling. I continue because so many go through life feeling hopeless, misunderstood, unseen and unheard. A great therapist made a difference in my life and I hope to do the same for others.

I reside in Texas, but I am a Mississippi girl with a deep southern accent. I see clients in person or remotely who reside in the state of Texas. I received a master's degree in counseling from Liberty University where the curriculum combines Psychology and Theology. It is my desire to utilize both the truth of God's word and the wisdom of God's works in practice. I want to inspire and empower others to make the small consistent changes that change a mind and life.

Through personal experiences as an adolescent, I had the benefit of seeing a therapist, and I knew immediately in that moment that I wanted to be sitting on the other side someday. I wanted to help instill hope, provide encouragement and validation, and offer assistance in developing increased understanding and solutions with others - just as that therapist did for me that day.

I believe in the mind-body connection and value an integrated and holistic approach to empower individuals to take charge of changes within themselves and their relationships in an authentic and meaningful way to develop a sense of fulfillment.

I became a therapist because growing up as an asian-american with immigrant parents was really hard, but I thought it was normal. I thought struggling through multiple cultures and generational differences was normal. I wish I knew I could take up space to just be me without the pressures of guilt or shame or confusion. I have since been on my own journey of constantly learning and unlearning, healing and grieving, living and resting. The idea of investing my time, care, resources and self to holding spaces for others comes from a deep lived understanding that we all have our unique stories where most of us have not had the luxury, the language, the teaching to help us validate and navigate our own stories. As I also have my own version of this process and constantly so, I want to remind us that we are both doing it, we're trying and we're not alone in that effort and in the baby and big steps alike. My experience though laced with grief of what I didn't know and what I thought "should/had" to be also includes hope attained and lived and that is what continues to motivate me to continue. I hope that you will choose, even a baby step, to invest in yourself by reaching out for a consult because you are worth it and deserve support that will help you not only survive, but live most meaningfully to you.

Hi, my name is Hannah and I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist. I identify as asian-american and have a lived understanding of struggling to hold space to just be, to exist as myself without the visceral weights of guilt/shame. I believe your story is uniquely yours and that you are worth not only existing freely as yourself, but worthy of living meaningfully as it best fits you.

Truthfully, I became a therapist by accident.  I fell into it back in 2012 when I was looking for something meaningful as a career.  But, once I discovered the reward of seeing the lives of others directly improved by something I did or said or some action we took as a team — I was hooked.   The best life is one that makes the lives of others better and I get to live that every day. 

I am a firm believer that every person deserves to heal.  I have been practicing in the mental health field since 2012 and have a wide range of experience.  My main focus is trauma-informed care utilizing EMDR and other modalities. I work to maintain a safe environment if acceptance and non-judgment for all clients. Together, we will identify and build your inner strengths in a working relationship that lets you have control; with me as a guide.  Whatever it is, with the help of your village, we’ll get through it together.

Like many others, life experiences early on have lead me to my helping profession. My family history is filled with trauma yet, my "why I became a therapist moment" was seeing my sister feeling relief from her bi-polar depression after her first session with a therapist. She felt heard. I wanted to be that for her and other's going through the same difficulties.

In the 10 plus years I have been working in mental health, the one thing I can say for certain is that everyone has the capacity to heal and grow with strengths and skills already present within. Whether you are an athlete looking to align your mental strength with your physical skill, a child or adolescent learning to cope with change and transition, or a parent attempting to guide your child through life's challenges in the best way possible for them, I am here to provide guidance. I work collaboratively with clients and families to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, and behavioral challenges that impact functioning and performance in their everyday lives. I also look to help those athletes whom would like to increase their mental strength in order to elevate their success on and off the playing field. In my personal life, I am a husband, father, jiujitsu practitioner, and golf addict. I love to sit and enjoy a good cup of coffee with my daughter as we bing watch her current cartoon obsession. I love my family and getting outdoors. I am also bilingual Spanish speaking, with deep connection to my Guatemalan and El Salvadorian roots. My mantra in life is to try and "accept everything and judge nothing". When we can attempt to be present in every moment, we give ourselves the best chance at the healthiest response.

I feel like my therapeutic skills developed when I was a child as I dealt with and encouraged various people with mental health issues. I believe it's an innate gift that I was given. I believe that I'm purposed to help those who are at their most vulnerable state to become more stabilized and feel like they are back on solid ground.

I am a personable, dedicated, and genuine Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 combined years of experience as a social worker. My belief is that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. In every work environment that I have worked from schools, to governmental agencies, to psychiatric hospital settings, to private practice, I make a conscience effort to show not only compassion and warmth, but also a respect and genuine rapport with my clientele. Throughout the years, I have learned that it is not enough to simply treat people the way that you would want to be treated, but to treat them the way that they want to be treated as well.