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Black therapists in Kansas City

Clinicians in the Color Collective KC directory who list “Black/African American” on their profile. 86 clinicians serving the Greater Kansas City metro.

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Of the 86 clinicians listed, 84 are accepting new clients. 68 are licensed in Missouri and 64 in Kansas. 83 offer virtual sessions and 57 see clients in person. 42 clinicians list a sliding scale. Insurance most often listed: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealthcare. 27 work with children and 61 with teens.

45 with a published office area are on the map, 41 see clients by video or haven’t listed an office. Pins show an office’s ZIP area, not an exact address.

Brytani Anderson

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Kansas
  • In person and virtual
  • All ages
  • Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Holistic
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • School Counseling
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Groups

Dr. Stan Archie

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Christian Counseling

Katrena Armstrong

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Gestalt
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Christian Counseling

Amanda Balabon

LMSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 8–45
  • Aetna, Cigna · Self-pay
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • Solution Focused
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Somatic Experiencing
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Eating Disorders

Clarisha Blaylock

LPC, LCPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13–60
  • Sliding scale
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • Adoption Competent
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

Ashley Brooks

PLPC

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Attachment
  • Inner Child Work
  • Parts Work

Twoana Clark-Sheppard

LSCSW, LCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Holistic
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling

Nayalisa Cuevas

S-MFT

Accepting new clients
  • Liberation Focused
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Holistic
  • Attachment
  • Family Systems (IFS)

Liz Davis

LMFT, PLMFT

Accepting new clients
  • Gottman
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Psychoanalysis

Christian Forte - Devine

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Sliding scale
  • Solution Focused
  • CBT
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling

April Dixon

LCPC, LPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 8+
  • Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna + 3 more · Sliding scale
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Liberation Focused
  • Solution Focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • ACT

Tracy Dunlap

LCSW

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Couples Counseling
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy

Brittany Dwyer

LCSW, LSCSW, PMH-C

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Perinatal Mental Health

Casondra Foster

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

Jasmin Foster

LCSW, LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • ACT
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Mindfulness

Sade Garr

LPC, PLPC

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Gestalt
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Christian Counseling
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy

Matt Gilme

LMSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Speaks Haitian Creole
  • Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing

Phelica Glass

LSCSW, LCSW, GCCA-C, FAAGC, CSOTP

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Amerigroup, Cenpatico, Aetna + 8 more · Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Holistic
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • Movement (yoga/dance)
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy

Ashley Granville

LSCSW, LCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13–60
  • Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna · Sliding scale
  • DBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Attachment
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing

Chandra Green

LMFT-T

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Adoption Competent
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling

Brandy Harris

Clinical Intern

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Holistic
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing

Jerome Hawkins

SMFT

Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling

Taryn Hodison

LPC, LCPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri, Kansas and Colorado
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13–60
  • Optum, Cigna · Sliding scale
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Liberation Focused
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness

Jessica Horne

LCPC, LPC

Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing

Ayana Jackson

PLPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Based in St. Louis
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 13–60
  • Sliding scale
  • Brainspotting
  • Holistic
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ACT

Reggie Jackson

LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield · Self-pay
  • Men’s Issues
  • CBT
  • Liberation Focused
  • Solution Focused
  • Holistic
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Batterer’s Intervention Program

Jessica Jacobs

PLPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 13+
  • Self-pay
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Systems (IFS)

Gabrielle Jones

LMFT

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Kansas
  • Based in Wichita
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18–45
  • Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid (Kansas) + 1 more · Sliding scale
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Sandtray Therapy

Kristina Jones

LPC, LCPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Self-pay
  • EMDR
  • Play Therapy
  • Gottman
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness

Zackary King

LCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13–60
  • Self-pay
  • EMDR
  • Solution Focused
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Liberation Focused

Renae Latimer

LPC, LCPC, RPT

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 3+
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna + 7 more · Self-pay
  • Play Therapy

My’Nika Lucas

P-LMFT

Accepting new clients
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Solution Focused
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • CBT

Rainy Marie

PLPC

Accepting new clients
  • ART
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling

Jennifer McConico

LMSW, PMH-C

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Kansas
  • Office area: Topeka, KS 66614
  • In person and virtual · In person in Topeka, KS
  • Ages 3+
  • Aetna, Medicaid (Kansas), Sunflower Health Plan + 1 more · Self-pay
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Art Therapy
  • Christian Counseling
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy
  • Nurturing Parenting

Brittany McCrary

LCSW, LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Holistic
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • ACT
  • Christian Counseling

Tamicka Monson

LCPC, CCTP

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Person-Centered
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Positive Psychotherapy

Natalie Msechu

LCSW, LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 18+
  • Sliding scale
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Couples Counseling

Rachel Murdock

LPC, LCPC

Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

Dorothy Ndavi

LPC, NCC

Accepting new clients
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Gestalt
  • Holistic
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Christian Counseling

Aleisha Olatunde

LPC, LCPC

Not accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18–60
  • Self-pay
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • ACT
  • Christian Counseling

Katherine Randolph

LMSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 13+
  • Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

Cortney Ray

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 8–45
  • Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Filial Therapy
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy

Debra Richardson

LCSW, LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Sliding scale
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling

Michael Roberson

LPC, NCC

Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Christian Counseling

Burt Rogers

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield, New Directions, Cigna · Self-pay
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Mindfulness
  • Somatic Experiencing

Kayla Rogers

LMFT-T

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Motivational Interviewing

Edward Scott Jr.

PhD, LCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13–45
  • Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Liberation Focused
  • Solution Focused
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing

Tori Seals

LPC, CCTP, CTMH, CCATP

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare + 1 more · Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Gottman
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Holistic
  • Couples Counseling
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling

LaShandra Shepard

LCMFT

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13–60
  • UnitedHealthcare, UMR, Aetna · Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Perinatal Mental Health Trained

Bianca Simmons

LMFT, CCTP

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • Liberation Focused
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)

Jessica Slaughter

LMSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Kansas
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 6+
  • Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ACT

Tanise Smith

LPC, LCPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Office area: Shawnee, KS 66216
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 13+
  • Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cenpatico + 10 more · Self-pay
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • ACT
  • Christian Counseling
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy

Tish Smith

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 18–30
  • Sunflower Health Plan, Medicaid (Kansas) · Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Holistic
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ACT

Katrina Stoddard

LCMFT

Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • Play Therapy
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Maternal mental health

Michaela Thompson

LCSW, LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Attachment
  • Motivational Interviewing

Candice Townsend

Counseling Intern

Accepting new clients
  • Practicing in Missouri and Kansas
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 13–60
  • Self-pay
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Mindfulness
  • ACT

Monica Turner

LSCSW, LCSW

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • ACT
  • Art Therapy
  • Christian Counseling
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Solution Focused
  • Gestalt

Tami Vang

CRADC, MARS, LAC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 13+
  • Sliding scale
  • EMDR
  • Gestalt
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing

Tara D. Wallace

LSCSW, LCSW, LICSW, CTF-CBT, RYT, CSLC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri, Kansas, Vermont and Minnesota
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 8+
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield, Sunflower Health Plan, Optum + 4 more · Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Holistic
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Movement (yoga/dance)
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Music Therapy
  • Art Therapy
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy
  • Couples
  • Families

Alyson Walters

LPC, LCPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • UnitedHealthcare, Optum · Self-pay
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • ACT

Julia Wesley

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Holistic
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Adoption Competent
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ACT
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy

Jasmine Williams

LCSW, LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 13–60
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medicaid (Missouri) + 6 more · Self-pay
  • EMDR
  • CBT

LaTeisha Williams

LCSW, LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Solution Focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing

LaGail Wilson

LCMFT

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Kansas
  • Based in Baltimore
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 8–60
  • New Directions, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare · Self-pay
  • EMDR
  • Play Therapy
  • Gottman
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Filial Therapy

Stephanie Womack

LCPC, LPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 8–60
  • Sliding scale
  • EMDR
  • Play Therapy
  • Couples Counseling

Cynthia Wright

LMFT, CCTP

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Sliding scale
  • EMDR
  • Brainspotting
  • Solution Focused
  • Gottman
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

Alyssa Young

LMFT

Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Christian Counseling

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How many Black therapists are listed in Kansas City?

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