If you find yourself struggling with your relationship with food and/or body image, please consider taking that first step and reaching out. It's not easy to admit that we need help, but reaching out is the first step towards healing and finding a healthier relationship with food and your body. As someone who specializes in treating binge eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and disordered eating, I have the knowledge and expertise to guide you towards recovery. Whether you find y...
My name is Laurnea Vanderpool, LPCC-S, and I am a licensed professional clinical counselor with supervisory designation. I earned my degree from Lindsey Wilson College and bring extensive experience supporting individuals facing post-traumatic stress, mood imbalances, and behavioral challenges. I am passionate about helping clients navigate complex relationships, strengthen their sense of self, and develop healthy coping strategies. My approach is compassionate, client-centered, and rooted in ev...
Hi! I'm Ashley. I've been practicing Therapy for 10 years and am honored to have sat across from so many incredible souls. Life can be so beautiful. It can also be so incredibly hard and challenging to navigate. I'd love to support you as you seek healing and restoration. Having worked in this field for years, my specialties include anxiety, depression, eating disorders and body image, life adjustments, parenthood, infertility and perinatal support, and women's issues among other things....
I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and life transitions. College is a time of change and exploration and I enjoy supporting my clients in the process of becoming who they are. I work closely with members of the LGBTQIA+ community. I currently provide services to individuals who are located in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, or Maryland....
New Step Therapy is a mental health practice that provides in-person services in Lexington, KY, or online via secure video. We have provides that specialize in areas that includes anxiety, depression, OCD, body image struggles, identity development, borderline personality disorder, trauma/PTSD, and more. Our providers use a variety of therapeutic modalities that include CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, acceptance and commitment therapy, and more....
Do you hold yourself to a standard that always seems to be out of reach? Are past experiences, stress, or anxiety preventing you from living the life that you want? Let’s work together to restore balance and embrace a more fulfilling life. My areas of expertise include trauma, eating disorders, anxiety, and the unique stressors experienced by athletes and healthcare providers. I also work with individuals seeking to build healthier, more fulfilling relationships—whether with partners, friends, o...
I have dedicated over 13 years to helping individuals overcome anxiety, depression, ADHD, and behavior disorders. I also specialize in guiding patients through life’s toughest challenges, including divorce, grief, and illness. In addition, I also assist patients during high-stress periods of transition, such as moving from high school to college, entering the workforce, or having a baby. Therapy is not a “one size fits most” model. In our sessions, you help to control the pace and timing of when...
Finding the right therapist is not a one-size-fits-all process. It is important to find someone who you feel connected with. For that reason, I do not charge for the first session if, for any reason, you decide not to schedule a second session. (Only after a second session will I charge for both the first and second sessions.) My goal is to make this process as stress-free as possible for you. Much of my clinical experience has been focused on helping people resolve symptoms of depression, anxie...
As a clinician with expertise in substance use, mental health, and stress management, I bring a deep understanding of the challenges individuals face. My personal experience navigating the pressures of academic life fuels my passion for supporting others in developing effective coping strategies. I have extensive experience working with young adults transitioning through college and into their professional careers. My therapeutic approach is relational, prioritizing the establishment of stron...
Equip is the leading evidence-based virtual eating disorder treatment program on a mission to ensure that everyone with an eating disorder has access to treatment that works. Built by clinical experts in the eating disorder field and those who have experienced eating disorders firsthand, Equip fills the gaps in today’s insufficient eating disorder landscape. We provide fully virtual, evidence-based treatment through a multidisciplinary care team (which includes a medical provider, therapist, ...
In my practice I try to meet clients where they are and help them reach their best level of functioning. Most of my clients are dealing with issues such as anxiety, depression, stress and grief. I work with clients to help them understand their thoughts and emotions and how to improve relationships. I have worked for the last sixteen years as a college instructor so I am well aware of the challenges faced by college students. I feel the best counseling approach is to work collaboratively with ...
Welcome! I’m glad you are here. Are you struggling with worries, fears, relationships? Is stress keeping you awake at night, difficulty concentrating and getting stuff done--or maybe just wondering what is the point of it all? You want to feel happy and enjoy life, but issues with your self-esteem make it hard to feel secure. You want to be more successful in managing where to control and when to let go, but feel held back with anxiety, depression, and stress. If you feel out of balance, down, ...
If you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious and unsure you can explore these feelings in therapy with me. I offer my clients a safe and nonjudgmental space where we collaborate on reaching their goals together. I practice using cognitive behavioral therapy where we can examine the relationship between your thoughts, feelings and actions and make changes so that you feel more like yourself again....
Are you so good at hiding your anxiety and stress that people don’t even notice that something is off? You may struggle with shutting off your mind at night because of racing, anxious thoughts. You may find that you’ve even become irritable with your family or friends, due to your high stress and anxiety. Perhaps it feels like you’re not where you’re “supposed” to be life and find yourself comparing your life to other’s lives. Do you feel like you’ve lost sight of yourself and wish so much to ha...
As far as anyone around you can tell, you are doing okay (maybe even great!), but deep down you feel you are barely holding it together. You’ve spent your whole life taking care of others and ignoring your own needs for the benefit of everyone around you. It feels like no one, maybe not even yourself, knows the real you. If you truly let someone in, what if they look at you completely different? You are terrified people will reject you and see you as a burden if you are no longer the "strong one...
I am a psychologist who specializes in working with young adults and adults who have experienced trauma. Whether you have just experienced a sexual assault or whether you have a long history of adverse experiences, therapy can help you heal....
Reaching out for help can be one of the hardest parts of the therapeutic journey, but it is also the step to healing. I enjoy working with teens, adults, couples, and families, who are needing a space to process their thoughts and emotions. think about issues systemically and how our family dynamics relate to how we think, feel, and behave. I encourage my clients to discuss their challenges, while using a collaborative, experiential, and strength-based approach. My goal is to provide people wit...
Hi, I’m glad you’re here. Life throws all kinds of things at us, challenges, struggles, relationships are tough, and sometimes it feels so hard to make the right choices. My job as your therapist is to partner with you and provide a safe space, be here to listen, and maybe even a challenge to your thinking- if you need it. You are the expert on your life and the experiences that you’ve been through. I utilize CBT (“talk therapy”) as well as EMDR or ART to help you reach your goals and be...
Adjusting to college is a tough task, especially when you have other things going on in life. Counseling helps you work through the hang ups and figure out how to be as successful as possible....
If you believe that you need more from your mental health provider, a whole person perspective, then Integrative Mental Health may be the right fit for you. Using individualized metabolic testing, nutritional therapies, dietary interventions and more, you can find answers to your biological and emotional wellness. As an integrative mental health provider, I use not only mental health counseling but also integrative health to ensure that you have all the tools to address your mental and physical...