Trauma-informed, affirming support from Safe Harbor Counseling of Missouri
Trauma-informed, affirming support from Safe Harbor Counseling of Missouri
People consider therapy for many reasons. You may be carrying the effects of trauma, anxiety, identity stress, caregiving responsibilities, relationship strain, or a transition that has changed how life feels. If the ways you have been coping are no longer helping, therapy can offer a place to slow down and understand what is happening.
At Safe Harbor, therapy is collaborative. A therapist can help you clarify priorities, notice patterns, practice new responses, and decide what progress means for you. Therapy does not promise a permanent result, and the work may not follow a straight line.
You can explore our services, meet the people behind the practice, or use our guide to choosing a therapist before contacting us. Reaching out is a chance to ask questions, not a commitment to begin.
Co-Founder & Lead Clinician. Michael supports adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, identity concerns, and major life transitions. His work is trauma-informed, steady, candid, and compassionate, with particular experience serving veterans and LGBTQ+ clients.
Licensed Professional Counselor. Christina offers individual telehealth for Missouri clients age 13+ and supports anxiety or depression, parenting and caregiver stress, LGBTQ+ concerns, family or relationship stress, young-adult transitions, and trauma. Her style is warm, direct, honest, and flexible.
You do not need to choose alone. Review our therapist-fit guide or use the Contact page to tell us what you are hoping for. We can help you explore clinician fit and current availability without requiring a commitment to begin therapy.
Safe Harbor offers affirming individual telehealth for LGBTQ+ clients navigating identity, belonging, relationships, family responses, discrimination, and life change. Care should respect your language, values, and lived experience without assuming that every LGBTQ+ person needs the same thing.
Religious trauma and spiritual harm can affect identity, trust, relationships, boundaries, and a person’s sense of safety. Individual therapy can offer space to examine those experiences at your pace, without imposing beliefs or requiring a particular outcome.
Misophonia can involve intense emotional and physical responses to specific sounds and may affect relationships, work, school, and daily life. Therapy can help you understand patterns, develop coping strategies, and consider responses that fit your circumstances without promising that every trigger will disappear.
Parents and caregivers of people with disabilities may seek therapy for stress, grief, burnout, identity changes, relationships, or the challenge of balancing many responsibilities. Individual therapy can provide space to notice your own needs, consider boundaries, and build strategies that fit your circumstances.
Veterans may seek therapy for trauma, anxiety, grief, relationships, identity, moral injury, or the transition between military and civilian life. Michael brings experience as a U.S. Army veteran and offers individual telehealth tailored to each client’s goals.