Existential / Humanistic therapists in Shelby, North Carolina NC
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Existential / Humanistic Therapy
Christopher McDowell, PsyD
Psychologist, PsyD
I believe that everyone can reach their potential and the happiness they deserve, but we all need help along the way. I utilize a collaborative approach to face these challenges as a team.
I began my career by working with children in foster care for several years in multiple settings. I eventually joined The Home for Little Wanderers for my final doctoral internship, a child welfare agency in the impoverished areas of Boston. I stayed with the Home for 8 years, focusing on psychotherapy, treatment team/service management and coordination, and emergency management. I entered private practice in 2017, working for Collaborations in Clinical Care in Canton, MA. I then moved to North Carolina in 2021, and I currently work in Apex center.
14 Years Experience
Online in Shelby, NC North Carolina
Existential / Humanistic Therapy
Dr. Jenny Shields
Psychologist
Dr. Jenny Shields specializes in supporting healthcare providers, executives, and high-achieving professionals who feel overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck—especially those who’ve dedicated their careers to caring for others while quietly neglecting their own well-being. Her approach is deeply rooted in evidence-based behavioral science, balanced with genuine warmth, empathy, and down-to-earth candor. Known for quickly pinpointing core issues, Dr. Shields offers clarity and practical tools to help clients step out of survival mode and into meaningful, lasting change—reclaiming their sense of self, purpose, and professional fulfillment.
12 Years Experience
Online in Shelby, NC North Carolina
Existential / Humanistic Therapy
Banu Ibaoglu Vaughn
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, LMHC, CIRT, CCH
I work with couples and individuals who are curious about their relationships. I am interested not only in what feels difficult, but in what those struggles may be revealing about who you are and how you want to live. I focus on how we love, how we defend against love, and what we long for when we cannot find our way back to each other. These patterns shape both our partnerships and our way of being in the world. Most conflicts that bring people to therapy nearly always point toward something that needs attention, a place where growth is trying to happen.
Relationships are living fields. They carry our histories, our cultural inheritances, and our unfinished emotional stories, but they also carry possibility. This is true of the relationships we have with others and the relationship we have with ourselves. Many of the individuals I work with feel a gap between their current reality and the life they sense is possible but have not yet been able to inhabit. I do not see this as pathology. It often signals that your development is asking for attention.
I am a clinical trainer and supervisor in Imago Relationship Therapy and have over twenty years of experience working across cultures and contexts. My orientation is dialogical, experiential, and psychodynamic. In sessions, I integrate somatic awareness and close attention to what unfolds in real time, such as shifts in tone, subtle contractions, or moments of distance. We slow these down so that reactions can become meaningful rather than automatic. We also make plenty of room for laughter. I find that humor is often the first sign of a pattern breaking, a way to hold the absurdity of the human experience while moving toward something more vital.
I work online with U.S. and international clients, including cross-cultural couples and expats navigating identity shifts and displacement. Culture, migration, and family history leave deep imprints on how we attach and how we imagine intimacy. These layers are always part of our conversation.
Therapy with me is steady, engaged, and deeply reflective. I trust that individuals and relationships carry an inner movement toward aliveness. My role is to help you recognize it, support it, and allow it to shape how you live, both together and individually.
If this resonates with you, I invite you to reach out to schedule an initial consultation.
24 Years Experience
Online in Shelby, NC North Carolina (Online Only)
Existential / Humanistic Therapy
Dr. Trey Cole
Psychologist, Psy.D., ABPP, DAAETS
Therapy, at its best, is a space where you can slow down, turn inward, and begin to understand yourself more fully. My role is to walk alongside you in that process — with honesty, care, and deep respect for your experience.
I work with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, relationship challenges, and life transitions. My approach draws from CBT, ACT, trauma-focused therapy, and existential therapy, always tailored to what feels most useful for you. But more than any particular method, I believe healing happens through genuine connection — when you feel truly seen and understood.
Together, we'll explore the patterns, emotions, and beliefs that shape how you move through the world. We'll build practical tools where you need them, and make space for the deeper questions when those matter more. My hope is that our work helps you relate to yourself with greater compassion, and to your life with greater clarity and intention.
19 Years Experience
Online in Shelby, NC North Carolina
Existential / Humanistic Therapy
Lisa J. Taylor
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Relationships can be the greatest source of joy in our lives, but they also have the capacity to cause us the most pain. If you are struggling to find joy or peace in any of your important relationships, please know that help and support are available! I am a clinical psychologist with training from Princeton University, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as with over 20 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families. Whether you are looking to improve a romantic relationship or your relationship with your children or other family members, or if you are simply hoping to learn better ways of understanding and communicating with the people you love, let me help you improve your relationship skills and find more satisfaction in your connection to others!
21 Years Experience
Online in Shelby, NC North Carolina
Existential / Humanistic Therapy therapists in Shelby, North Carolina Statistics
Existential / Humanistic Therapy therapists in Shelby, North Carolina average 17 years of experience and charge around $202 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (85%), Depression (77%), and Stress (64%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$202
Accept insurance
46%
Offer sliding scale
35%
Gender ID
| 62% |
Female |
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| 33% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 51% |
In Person and Online |
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| 49% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 85% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 77% | Depression |
| 64% | Stress |
| 62% | Self Esteem |
| 58% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 51% | Loss or Grief |
| 49% | Social Anxiety |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 78% | Young Adult |
| 52% | Senior |
| 36% | Teen |
| 15% | Children |
Client Focus
| 59% | Women |
| 42% | Men |
| 41% | LGBTQ+ |
| 34% | Military / Veterans |
| 25% | Hispanic / Latino |