Christian therapists in Ames, IA
Browse Christian therapists in Ames, Iowa. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Serving Christian
Dr. Stéphanie Gamache, PhD
Hypnotherapist, PhD
Something in you knows that what you're carrying runs deeper than the presenting problem.
Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable, and outwardly composed-yet internally they live with anxiety, depression, chronic tension or pain, relentless self-criticism, or a sense that something essential is blocked, muted, or just out of reach. These struggles may surface in mood, in the body, in behavior, or in relationships-including sexuality and intimacy-but they are rarely contained to any one area. They tend to reflect deeper emotional and relational patterns formed early in life, often before language, that continue to shape how a person approaches closeness, vulnerability, agency, pleasure, and self-expression.
My work centers on how early experience shapes the capacity for self-regulation, desire, connection, and meaning throughout life-and particularly on how people come to know what they need and want, how they learn to express or inhibit those impulses, and what happens when these capacities become conflicted, constricted, or difficult to sustain.
I integrate psychoanalytic hypnotherapy, somatic awareness, and clinical sexology within a reflective, depth-oriented process. Hypnosis functions as a central clinical tool-creating conditions for deeper internal contact with emotional, bodily, and unconscious experience that can be difficult to reach through conversation alone. The aim is not only relief from symptoms, but the development of a more coherent and compassionate relationship with one's inner life: sensations, emotions, impulses, and desires.
This work is oriented toward lasting psychological change-and toward greater freedom in how one relates to oneself, one's body, and one's capacity for connection, authenticity, and vitality. It is best suited to those ready to move beyond symptom management toward something more fundamental.
7 Years Experience
Online in Ames, IA (Online Only)
Serving Christian
Debra Younger
Counselor/Therapist, LPCC, LPC, LMHC, CCPT
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, a trauma-informed therapist, a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCPT), an EMDR-trained clinician, and an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Informed Therapist. I utilize Internal Family Systems (IFS) integrated with EMDR to help you process trauma, understand your internal system, and restore balance and resilience.
13 Years Experience
Online in Ames, IA (Online Only)
Serving Christian
Annie Harton Kassell
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
You know how to hold everyone else together, and somewhere in the years of being a wife, a mother, the person everyone leans on, you lost track of yourself. I work with women who look fine on paper and are quietly aching underneath: the marriage that runs on logistics, the postpartum season no one warned you about, the identity that went missing after the wedding or the baby. I will not hand you a five-step plan. I sit with what is actually true and we work from there, whether that is couples work, steady individual work, or faith woven in when you want it and left aside when you do not. If any of this sounds like your life, reach out and we can talk about whether we are a good fit.
11 Years Experience
Online in Ames, IA (Online Only)
Serving Christian
Carrie Gauthier
Hypnotherapist, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, CCHt
Fear, anxiety, anger, shame, guilt, sadness; we are taught to repress these uncomfortable emotions and mask our pain. When these BIG emotions are shoved down for so long, they try to get our attention in various ways. We push back harder. They often manifest as maladaptive behaviors, habits, addictions, and even chronic physical and psychological conditions. We may overeat, overwork, over-promise, people-please, self-sabotage, be unable to focus, thrill-seek, put ourselves in danger, act out, procrastinate, deplete our own resources, and more. The majority of this type of unwanted behavior and thinking often can be traced back to some form of trauma, abuse, abandonment, or neglect. My hypnotherapy sessions help to process the emotions in a safe and loving way, and facilitate healing; so you feel safe in your own mind and comfortable in your own skin. We simultaneously work on reframing the debilitating thoughts and behaviors with healthy and supportive new ones that support your new goals. It is in this way we let go of the old stories and rewrite the future of our dreams.
2 Years Experience
Online in Ames, IA (Online Only)
Serving Christian
Julien Moe
Hypnotherapist, Diploma in Clinical and Applied Hypnosis, Diploma in Life Coaching
"Welcome to Moe Psychological Services with A Touch Of Care. Time to shine & be a new YOU! Moe Psychological Services has been helping clients enhancing & enriching their lives. Whether your issues are psychological, family, academic, social, dating, or professional, we can help you help yourself get resilient in no time. Affordable and efficient life coaching and clinical hypnotherapy available on Skype, phone, text, FaceTime and homebound. We use DIcit hypnotherapy, and other clinical hynotherapies. What matters most is the soonest recovery of our clients."
10 Years Experience
Online in Ames, IA
Christian therapists in Ames, IA Statistics
Christian therapists in Ames, IA average 15 years of experience and charge around $233 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (68%), Loss or Grief (68%), and Self Esteem (68%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$233
Accept insurance
18%
Offer sliding scale
64%
Gender ID
| 66% |
Female |
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| 30% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 59% |
Online Only |
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| 41% |
In Person and Online |
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Top Specialties
| 68% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 68% | Loss or Grief |
| 68% | Self Esteem |
| 64% | Life Coaching |
| 64% | Stress |
| 55% | Forgiveness |
| 50% | Depression |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 64% | Senior |
| 64% | Young Adult |
| 36% | Teen |
| 18% | Children |
Client Focus
| 100% | Christian |
| 86% | Women |
| 77% | Men |
| 73% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 68% | Buddhist |