Online Parenting therapists in Saint Louis, Missouri MO
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Parenting
Sara Deese
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, MCAP, LMHC-QS
Parenting is one of the most rewarding—and most challenging—roles you'll ever take on. Whether you're navigating tantrums, teen struggles, blended family dynamics, or simply trying to parent more intentionally, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed at times. I work with parents to explore what’s working, what’s not, and how to build stronger, more connected relationships with their children. Together, we’ll develop practical tools, boost your confidence, and help you parent with greater clarity, compassion, and calm—even during the hard moments.
15 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Kreins Psychological Services
Psychologist, PhD, PsyD
As a psychologist specializing in parenting issues, my approach is founded on collaboration, empathy, and evidence-based interventions. Through a combination of parent education, coaching, and family therapy, I support parents in navigating challenges and fostering healthy relationships with their children. By providing a safe space to explore parenting styles, communication patterns, and family dynamics, I help parents gain insight into their strengths and areas for growth. Together, we develop practical strategies to address behavior management, enhance parent-child interactions, and promote positive development. Additionally, I emphasize the importance of self-care and stress management techniques to support parents in navigating the demands of parenthood effectively. My goal is to empower parents with the tools and confidence they need to cultivate nurturing and resilient family.
26 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Keri Downs, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Keri Downs offers specialized parenting support and coaching to help parents navigate the challenges of raising children and adolescents. With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Downs provides evidence-based guidance to empower parents with the tools and strategies they need to support their children’s mental health and development.
Dr. Downs’s approach to parenting support includes:
- Parent Coaching: Personalized coaching sessions to address specific parenting challenges and develop effective strategies for managing behavior, improving communication, and fostering a positive family environment.
- Parent Support Groups: Facilitated groups where parents can share experiences, gain insights, and receive support from Dr. Downs and other parents facing similar challenges.
- Behavior Management: Techniques to help parents manage their children’s behavior effectively, including positive reinforcement, setting boundaries, and implementing consistent consequences.
- Emotional Support: Guidance on how to support children’s emotional well-being, including strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and other emotional issues.
- Educational Resources: Providing parents with information and resources on child development, mental health, and effective parenting practices.
Dr. Downs’s parenting support is tailored to meet the unique needs of each family, ensuring personalized care that promotes healthy development and strong family relationships. She creates a supportive and empathetic environment where parents can feel confident in their parenting skills and strategies.
In addition to in-person sessions, Dr. Downs offers telehealth services in over 40 states, making it convenient for parents to access high-quality support from the comfort of their own homes. Her goal is to empower parents to create a nurturing and supportive environment for their children, fostering resilience and well-being for the entire family.
21 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Norma J. Perez
Psychologist, PhD
Boy is parenting hard! Tough love is always tougher on the parent than the child. I have been teaching parenting classes and working with parent for over 24 years. I listen to parents describe their children and their unique situation and collect the data to inform the suggestions I give them. Children need boundaries so they can test them and know they are safe and loved. They also need consequences to motivate them to learn and grow. All parents want to launch successful secure independent young adults so I teach parents how to implement early interventions to meet that goal.
22 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Growth and Change Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Anytime we work with a child, we want to work with the parent, not because the parent might be doing something wrong, but because as a parent you have the single greatest influence in your child's life. Anything that goes from me to your child just is not nearly as effective as anything that goes from you to your child. So we partner with the parents and the child and utilize a collaborative plan.
8 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO (Online Only)
Parenting
Dr. Nicole Montes
Psychologist, PsyD
The birth of a child can be a magical time, it can also be a time of incredible challenge. I see it as my job to hold both of these realities with clients. Becoming a parent can also be trigger and stir up trauma related to our own childhood and add stress to a partner relationship. I help clients unpack this so that they can more forward to parent with more intentionality and in alignment to their values. There is no better time to work towards dismantling patterns of generational trauma and build a foundation for generational healing.
5 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Tab Shamsi
Psychologist, PsyD, ABPP
I provide parenting support grounded in a strong understanding of behavioral psychology and child development. Parenting can become stressful when conflict, power struggles, or emotional intensity begin to dominate the relationship. My approach focuses on strengthening the connection between parent and child while teaching practical, evidence-based strategies that improve communication, set effective limits, and reduce reactive patterns. We work on helping children understand expectations clearly and feel heard, while also supporting parents in navigating the very real challenges of consistency, discipline, and emotional regulation. The goal is not simply better behavior, but a calmer home environment and a relationship infused with greater clarity, confidence, and even joy.
9 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO (Online Only)
Parenting
Merritt Posten Benz
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LSCSW, CDWF, MCLC
Within any family there are many moving parts, and each members' experiences and struggles have an impact on the functioning of the whole family unit . This is both good news and bad news. The good news is change in one area, or in one member, impacts the family as a whole. The hard part is stepping out and finding a place to start - and I'm here to say, "it won't be as hard as it feels right now."
23 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Dawning of a New Day Counseling & Coaching
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LSCSW, LCSW, CCP, CCTP, SAP
Parenting does not come with a road map; but I have raised two children who are now married and have children; and I've learned a thing or two. Let me help you institute parental parameters that will help your family be more in sync and more enjoyable.
27 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Restoration Counseling Ministries
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT-S
Parenting is hard! There isn't a user manual that comes when our children are born. But neither is it something that should be mysterious. With training and help, just about any dad and mom can be excellent parents.
31 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Middle Path Wellness Collective
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LMSW, LPC, PLPC
We specialize in supporting parents who feel overwhelmed, exhausted, or unsure of how to navigate the emotional and relational challenges of raising children. Parenting often brings up unexpected triggers, self-doubt, and the pressure to “get it right,” especially while balancing work, relationships, and the mental load of daily life. Many parents find themselves reacting in ways they didn’t intend or feeling disconnected from the kind of parent they want to be. Our approach helps parents understand both their child’s emotional needs and their own, strengthen attachment and communication, and respond with greater confidence and calm. Therapy provides a space to reflect, reset, and develop tools that support a more connected, intentional, and sustainable parenting experience.
19 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Pathways Counseling KC
Counselor/Therapist, LCPC, LPC, LMFT, IAT Coach
Are you ready to change your life, but feel like nothing you try ever works? Are you tired of feeling this way? Do you want lasting results? At Pathways Counseling KC we understand that true and lasting change needs to take place at the subconscious level. Anything else is simply putting a band-aid on a wound. PCKC provides actionable strategies to target the subconscious and heal unhealthy patterns for good. We work with individuals, couples, and families in the Kansas City area to provide support as you uncover the past, embrace the present, and pursue your best path forward.
10 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Dr. Lyndsay Elliott
Psychologist, PsyD.
Parenting is one of the most rewarding and most challenging roles an adult can take on — and yet it is one of the areas where people are least likely to ask for help. As a licensed clinical psychologist with 20+ years of experience, I work with parents navigating parenting stress, child behavioral challenges, co-parenting conflict, blended family dynamics, parenting after divorce, and the emotional weight of raising children through difficult seasons. Using cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic insight, and solution-focused intervention, I help parents develop practical tools, healthier communication patterns, and greater confidence in their role. Telehealth parenting therapy available across 40+ states.
21 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO (Online Only)
Parenting
Kate E. Stephenson
Life Coach, ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Holistic Life, Career & Executive
The pressure to be the perfect parent and professional is immense and intense. Our culture covets the perfect life and cultivates a narrative that you can have it all if you just try hard enough. In my most professional capacity, I call NONSENSE on that (insert more forceful word if you'd like). Holistic Life Coaching can be a powerful experience in which we examine, explore, and elevate your own definition of successful parenting, empowering your parental presence according to YOUR values, character, and strengths. I am NOT offering therapy—I leave the work of diagnosis and treatment of medical issues to medical professionals. However, coaching can absolutely complement and supplement any therapy work you are doing; our work together will be therapeutic without being therapy. I offer tools that can increase ease, support the maintenance of positive healthy boundaries, increase satisfaction in your life, improve communication and connection with your children, and so much more. Let's talk about what being a parent means to you.
7 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO (Online Only)
Parenting
Andrew D. Sapp
Psychologist, PhD
I'm not only a parent of three teenagers, I've also dedicated the bulk of my career to helping parents and their pre-teens and teens. I started a residential treatment center for adolescents as well as a therapeutic boarding school, was a psychologist for an outdoor adventure therapy program, was a therapist at an inner city group home for teenage boys, and the lead therapist on the adolescent wing of a locked psychiatric hospital and a group life coordinator at a juvenile corrections facility. Parenting is challenging and none of us are perfect. Great job seeking guidance and taking action to become the best parent you can be.
20 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO (Online Only)
Parenting
Owelleth Mental Health
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, MedFT
I support parents in navigating the emotional and relational challenges of parenting, strengthening connection, boundaries, and confidence at every stage.
10 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Dr. Michael J. Gennari
Psychologist, Ph.D.
My sensitive and engaging, direct and practical, style is reported by my clients as one of their attractions to working with me. I work with Children, Adolescents and Adults, addressing ADHD, depression and anxiety, divorce, loss and medical trauma. . I would be honored with your trust in me.
39 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Arroyo Psychological Services
Psychologist
We help parents strengthen their connection with their children while managing behavioral and emotional challenges. Therapy provides guidance, structure, and tools for more effective and confident parenting.
9 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO
Parenting
Paul W Anderson, PhD
Psychologist, Licensed counseling psychologist, Licensed Addictions counselor, PsyPact
Parenting can be the most difficult job any of us do. Not only does it seem an ending we're in it but nobody has ever written the manual for you to read on how to raise your particular child or children. Fortunately there are skill sets and tools of insight that can make parenting not only effective but joyful. Call And let's get started: 9139-991-2302.
45 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO (Online Only)
Parenting
Tracy Hadel
Counselor/Therapist, LSCSW
Parenting the child/teen/adult with special needs requires an individualized approach. It is not easy, and many people who have not experienced having a child with disabilities tend to criticize and offer unsolicited and inappropriate advice to those parents. I can help provide guidance and resources for those parents.
36 Years Experience
Online in Saint Louis, MO (Online Only)
St. Louis sits at a crossroads of the Midwest and the South, and its deeply segregated geography shapes a mental health landscape where therapists frequently address racial trauma, economic stress, and community-level grief rooted in the city's long history of systemic inequality. The 2014 Ferguson uprising brought national attention to St. Louis and left a lasting psychological mark on many residents, and therapists specializing in racial trauma, activism fatigue, and community healing remain in strong demand. Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital provide world-class institutional mental health resources, with a strong private practice community concentrated in Clayton, the Central West End, and South City. St. Louis's lower cost of living relative to coastal cities makes quality private therapy more financially accessible for many residents.
Parenting therapists in Saint Louis, Missouri Statistics
Parenting therapists in Saint Louis, Missouri average 19 years of experience and charge around $206 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Parenting (100%), Anxiety or Fears (88%), and Depression (84%).
Average years in practice
19 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$206
Gender ID
| 71% |
Female |
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| 28% |
Male |
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| 1% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 67% |
In Person and Online |
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| 33% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Parenting |
| 88% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 84% | Depression |
| 62% | Stress |
| 60% | Loss or Grief |
| 58% | ADHD |
| 57% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |