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Our Mental Health Therapists

Enely Van Ness (they/she) Mental Health Therapist (MA, LMHC)

  • Enely is a mental health therapist specializing in grief and loss, LGBTQ+ issues, depression, anxiety, and trauma processing. 
  • Enely's practice uses a narrative, humanistic, and existential approach combined with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). 
  • Enely is currently accepting new clients. 

Learn more about therapy with Enely

Justus Pascual (they/them) Mental Health Therapist (MA, LMHC)

  • Justus is a mental health therapist working with folks managing grief and loss, exploring identity, and navigating relationship issues.
  • Justus also has experience treating generalized and social anxiety, depression, and symptoms resulting from trauma.
  • Their approach integrates explorative Relational Psychodynamic therapy with tools from Dialectical Behavioral therapy and mindfulness.
  • Justus is currently accepting new clients. 


Learn more about therapy with Justus

Jennifer Spektor (she/her) Mental Health Therapist (MA, LMHCA)

  • Jennifer is experienced in working with the LGBTQ+ community and those with marginalized identities. 
  • Jennifer's practice utilizes a combination of art therapy and traditional talk therapy. 
  • Jennifer is currently accepting new individual clients and couples. 

Learn more about therapy with Jennifer

Mira Farrow (she/they) Mental Health Therapist (MA, MSW, LSWAIC)

  • Mira is a mental health therapist specializing in anxiety, depression, gender dysphoria, sexuality, and trauma.
  • Mira’s practice uses an integrated psychodynamic therapy approach utilizing mindfulness and somatic awareness as well as evidence-based practices such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). 
  • Mira is NOT currently accepting new clients. 

Learn more about therapy with Mira

Gretchen Phillips (she/they) Mental Health Therapist (MA, LMHC)

  • Gretchen approaches therapy from an Interpersonal Psychodynamic stance, centering the client and their goals. Her approach integrates mindfulness practices, somatic awareness, and Gestalt techniques to build a collaborative, experiential, and holistic therapeutic space.
  • Gretchen provides room for clients to decide how much rigor or structure they want in therapy, and she can integrate homework and action plans as requested.
  • Gretchen is NOT currently accepting new clients. 

Learn more about therapy with Gretchen

Tom Parsons (he/him) Founder and Mental Health Therapist (MSW, LICSW)

  • Tom is a passionate mental health therapist specializing in the treatment of anxiety, stress, and trauma related conditions such as generalized anxiety, social anxiety, phobias, relationship distress, and PTSD.
  • Tom practices using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT is a highly structured, goal oriented approach,  proven to meet goals quickly.
  • Tom is NOT currently accepting new clients. 

Learn more about therapy with Tom

Caroline Colombo (she/her) Mental Health Therapist (MSW, LSWAIC)

  • Caroline is a mental health therapist specializing in anxiety, sexuality, and relationships.
  • She practices using evidence-based practices such as cognitive processing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and ACT where she works with clients to examine their thoughts and behaviors, make changes, and to create meaning. 
  • Caroline is NOT currently accepting new clients. 

Learn more about therapy with Caroline

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