Online Trauma and PTSD therapists in Knoxville, Tennessee TN
Find experienced online trauma and PTSD therapists in Knoxville who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. Aretha Steele (Mindful Healing Counseling)
Psychologist, PsyD
Hey! If you're carrying the weight of past wounds, we're here to offer a safe space and support. We specialize in helping teens and adults navigate through the impact of trauma. Together, we can work on understanding your experiences, finding healing, and building resilience. Our sessions provide a judgment-free zone where you can express yourself and work towards a brighter future. Healing from trauma is a courageous journey, and we're here to walk beside you every step of the way. Your well-being matters, and we're honored to be part of your path towards recovery and empowerment.
(Note: We have specific therapists who specialize in this area at our practice. See our website for more information)
(Note: We have specific therapists who specialize in this area at our practice. See our website for more information)
17 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Melissa Jermann
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Trauma can leave a lasting imprint, shaping how you see yourself, others, and the world around you. Our practice is dedicated to helping you process and heal from trauma in a safe and compassionate space. Using trauma-focused therapies, such as Cognitive Processing Therapy and EMDR, we’ll work to untangle the effects of past experiences, rebuild your sense of safety, and help you move toward a life that feels more balanced and whole. Whether you’re dealing with recent trauma or carrying the weight of experiences from the past, we’re here to support you every step of the way.
9 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Emily Stone
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, MDiv, PhD, LMFT-S
Trauma & PTSD: From Survival to Sovereignty
Rewiring the Alarm and Reclaiming the Present
Trauma is not just what happened to you; it is the "residue" left behind in your nervous system. It is a state where your body remains stuck in a past moment of danger, leading to a life of hyper-vigilance, emotional overwhelm, and systemic burnout. In my practice, we approach trauma with radical compassion and clinical precision, working to help your brain finally move "the then" out of "the now."
The Landscape of Traumatic Stress
Trauma often lives in the "wordless" parts of the brain, manifesting in ways that logic alone cannot reach. We work together to address:
The High-Alert System: Navigating the constant state of "fight or flight" that leads to irritability, insomnia, and an inability to relax.
The Shut Down & Dissociation: Addressing the "numbing out" or the feeling of being disconnected from your body—a protective freeze response used to survive the unbearable.
Attachment Trauma: Exploring how early "systemic" wounds in the family or spiritual community have shaped your ability to feel safe in relationships today.
A Specialized Path to Resolution
With over 20 years of experience, I integrate deep-reaching, somatic-based modalities to move beyond "talk therapy" into true neurological healing:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): As an EMDRIA-trained clinician, I use this gold-standard treatment to help your brain process traumatic memories so they no longer trigger the same intense physical and emotional distress.
IFS-Informed "Parts" Work: We get curious about the parts of you that are "stuck" in the trauma—the protectors, the exiles, and the managers—helping them find a new role in a safe present.
Systems Theory & Social Inequity: We acknowledge how external forces—power imbalances, systemic inequity, and spiritual trauma—contribute to and sustain a sense of "un-safety."
Sanctuary for the Healer
I have a "special love" for working with therapists and pastors who are carrying their own "unprocessed" trauma while holding the trauma of their communities. You deserve a peer-level space where you can finally put down the armor of the "helper" and address your own wounds with a clinician who understands the weight of your role.
21 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Sharon Davern MSED, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed in Minnesota, Tennessee
Trauma and PTSD should only be treated by someone who has extensive experience with it. I spent many years working with people who have suffered trauma and developed PTSD. I rely on an approach called Prolonged Exposure therapy which does not mean that you are actively exposed to the source of your trauma but rather we work through these issues both in looking at the trauma and in what ways it has affected your life.
37 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Jason Holland
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Trauma can leave your mind and body stuck in survival mode, even long after the event. We start by building steadiness and a sense of safety in daily life, then work at a manageable pace to reduce the ways the past is showing up in the present. My goal is to help you regain control, rebuild trust in yourself, and move forward with a life that is not defined by what happened.
25 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Chasity Goddard
Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT
Trauma creates a deep groove in the brain that can lead to automatic thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. I use AAIT to help heal those wounds and stop the automatic responses to triggers, putting you back in control of your responses and behaviors.
1 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Jason Herr
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I work with individuals who have experienced trauma and its lasting emotional, psychological, and physiological effects. With extensive clinical experience treating trauma across community mental health and private practice settings, I incorporate biological and neurological education to help clients understand how trauma impacts the brain, body, and nervous system. I also help clients learn how to regulate the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, building skills to reduce reactivity, increase grounding, and restore a sense of internal safety. Together, we process traumatic experiences at a safe pace while strengthening emotional regulation and resilience. My approach is compassionate, structured, and trauma-informed, supporting clients as they move toward healing and integration.
16 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Dorothy Brown
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I believe that most people who come to therapy, have some form of trauma in their life. Often people don't recognize the " little t traumas". I also work with people who have been through traumas such as sexual abuse and assault. I am able to use EFT with clients to help to clear the trauma from their body.
36 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
New Leaf Counseling and Wellness
Psychologist
Treating trauma and PTSD requires a comprehensive and compassionate approach that prioritizes safety, trust, and empowerment. Drawing from evidence-based therapies such as cognitive processing therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and somatic experiencing, I work with clients to process and integrate traumatic memories in a supportive therapeutic environment. Through psychoeducation, skill-building, and experiential techniques, I help clients regain a sense of control over their lives while addressing symptoms such as hypervigilance, flashbacks, and avoidance. My specialized expertise enables me to tailor treatment to each individual's unique needs, fostering healing, resilience, and a renewed sense of hope for the future.
25 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Joe Groninga
Psychologist, PsyD, LP
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) often creates very painful symptoms and is something for which I use a therapy called Prolonged Exposure (PE). In this therapy, we will revisit traumatic situations, process painful emotions, and change unhelpful beliefs about yourself and the world around you as a result of your trauma. People are often amazed at how quickly this treatment can work and by the very meaningful change that can result. For these reasons, this is one of my favorite treatments to provide.
21 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Gayle MacBride
Psychologist, PhD, LP
Treating trauma has been a specialty of mine for almost 15 years. I mostly use Cognitive Processing Therapy to understand the impact trauma has had on you and your life and then we use skills to address the thoughts that are keeping you stuck in old patterns. We will talk about important themes like safety, trust, power/control, esteem, and intimacy as a part of your trauma patterns. Changing how you think about trauma can help you get unstuck and live in more peaceful ways.
20 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Paigean Jones
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, PhD, LCSW, PMH-C, RYT-200
I provide a compassionate and safe environment where clients can process their traumatic experiences at their own pace. By using evidence-based approaches and personalized strategies, I help clients build resilience, develop healthy coping mechanisms, and reclaim their sense of self.
7 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Chuck Gray, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Rather than limit counseling to only one approach, I offer my clients what I think is best specifically for them from a wide array of expert approaches in my marriage and other counseling. In addition to leading seminars to train other professionals in marriage counseling, I have benefited by receiving extensive professional training from most of the leading marriage counseling experts in the country, including but not limited to John Gottman, Susan Johnson, John Gray, Harville Hendrix, Virginia Satyr, Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson, Gary Brainard, Frank Pittman, Shirley Glass, Janice Abrahms Spring, and Neil Jacobson. In conducting counseling, I am fortunate to be able to choose from numerous resources including principles from Gottman's research, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Mars & Venus Counseling, Imago Therapy, Positive Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Systems Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Rogerian Therapy, Integrative Therapy, Humanistic Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Reality Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, Gestalt Techniques, NLP, and EMDR. I also offer counseling tools that I personally developed here in Houston.
39 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Jill Morris
Psychologist, PhD, LP
I greatly value research and provide the most up-to-date treatments for trauma and PTSD. In particular, I provide Prolonged Exposure Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy (both that have the most research support for them). This means that you will feel better faster and be able to get back to your life.
12 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Kari Carter
Life Coach, APSATS certified, ACC, CPC, ADOH
Betrayal Trauma cam present with symptoms similar to PTSD - intrusive thoughts, hypervigilance, emotional flooding, sleep disruption, anxiety, and difficulty feeling safe. When trust has been shattered through infidelity, sexual addiction, or chronic deception, the nervous system often remains in a prolonged state of threat response.
I specialize in trauma-informed, partner-sensitive care that focuses first on stabilization and nervous system regulation before deeper processing. My work helps clients understand their trauma responses, reduce symptom intensity, establish protective boundaries, and regain a sense of internal safety. Healing is possibly when trauma is acknowledged and treated with informed, compassionate support.
3 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Phillip Thomas Stepka, PsyD.
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
I specialize in working with people who have experienced the worst that life can throw at them. This may include single devastating events such as natural disasters, catastrophic accidents, and loss. This may also include chronic experiences such as childhood neglect/abuse, prolonged exposure to big and little "T" traumas such as those experienced by service members, first responders, survivors of war, human trafficking, domestic violence, and other long-standing environmental stressors.
15 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Willow & Arbor, PLLC
Counselor/Therapist
Trauma impacts people in a variety of ways, so much so that some people do not recognize their experience as a result of trauma until it becomes debilitating or someone else points it out. We create a safe therapeutic space to process your past, present, and future together. We do not work on simply dismissing or letting trauma go. We work on emotional and behavioral insight, where and how the trauma is held in your life narrative, and post traumatic growth.
12 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. David Brooks
Psychologist, PhD,ABPP,ABN,EMDR Certified Therapist
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has been successfully used to heal trauma and PTSD for many years, beginning with the treatment of Vietnam Veterans in 1987. Dr. Brooks has been providing trauma relief using EMDR therapy since 1992.
37 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Carrie Marchant LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I specialize in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and prefer to use this approach when working with clients who suffer from severe trauma and PTSD. I have over 20 years of experience working with children and families who have experienced various forms of trauma.
3 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
PTSD/Trauma
Higher Sights Counseling
Counselor/Therapist
One of the main reasons people enter our office is due to past trauma. We specialize in helping you identify trauma triggers, cognitive patterns, and help teach you how to re-wire and heal your mind from even the most painful of experiences.
16 Years Experience
Online in Knoxville, TN
Knoxville is home to the University of Tennessee — the state's flagship research university — and serves as the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains and Appalachian outdoor recreation culture, giving it a distinctive blend of college-town energy and Appalachian heritage that shapes its therapy community. The city's growing healthcare sector, anchored by UT Medical Center and Covenant Health, provides institutional mental health resources and supplies clinical training to the local community. Knoxville's working-class Appalachian communities carry distinct cultural attitudes toward help-seeking — including strong value on self-reliance and community support — that therapists must navigate with cultural sensitivity. The University of Tennessee's psychology programs, combined with the city's proximity to Appalachian communities experiencing opioid-related crisis, mean addiction recovery and co-occurring trauma are among the most active areas in Knoxville's local therapy landscape.
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Knoxville, Tennessee Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Knoxville, Tennessee average 16 years of experience and charge around $206 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Trauma and PTSD (100%), Anxiety or Fears (89%), and Depression (76%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$206
Gender ID
| 66% |
Female |
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| 30% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 56% |
In Person and Online |
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| 44% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 89% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 76% | Depression |
| 62% | Stress |
| 53% | Self Esteem |
| 51% | Loss or Grief |
| 45% | Social Anxiety |