Therapy approaches

Motivational Interviewing therapists of color in Kansas City

Therapists of color in the Color Collective KC directory who list “Motivational Interviewing” as an approach. 47 clinicians serving the Greater Kansas City metro.

All 47 are accepting new clients. 38 are licensed in Missouri and 32 in Kansas. 45 offer virtual sessions, and 31 see clients in person. 32 clinicians list a sliding scale. Insurance most often listed: Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare and Aetna. 10 work with children and 29 with teens.

24 with a published office area are on the map, 23 see clients by video or haven’t listed an office. Pins show an office’s ZIP area, not an exact address.

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Gottman
  • Gestalt
  • Narrative therapy
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Christian Counseling
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
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
Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Sliding scale
  • Solution-focused
  • CBT
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling
Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Gottman
  • Couples Counseling
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling
  • Child-parent psychotherapy

Abhishek Dutt

LPC, CCTP

Accepting new clients
  • Attachment
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Somatic Experiencing
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Mindfulness
Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Holistic
  • Couples Counseling
  • Motivational Interviewing

Jasmin Foster

LCSW, LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • ACT
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Mindfulness
Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Speaks Haitian Creole
  • Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Gottman
  • Narrative therapy
  • Holistic
  • Attachment
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Gender Therapy
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Imago Therapy
  • Object Relations
Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Sliding scale
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Holistic
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ACT
  • Accelerated Resolution Therapy
  • Prolonged Exposure
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy

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
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
Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Gottman
  • Narrative therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling

Jessica Horne

LCPC, LPC

Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
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
Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Kansas
  • Office area: Wichita, KS 67206
  • In person and virtual
  • Ages 18+
  • Speaks Vietnamese
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid (Kansas), ComPsych + 1 more · Sliding scale
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Play Therapy
  • Solution-focused
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ACT
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
Accepting new clients
  • ART
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Narrative therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Christian Counseling
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

Sharee Mims

LSCSW, LCSW

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

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
Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Gestalt
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • ACT
  • Motivational Interviewing
Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Holistic
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ERP
  • CBT-E & CBT-R

Oscar Orozco

LCSW, LMSW

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Grief
  • LGBTQIA+ Issues
Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Multicultural
  • Positive Psychology
  • Strengths-Based
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)

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

Janny Sivilay

LSCSW, LCSW

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Speaks Laotian
  • Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cenpatico + 6 more · Sliding scale
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Family Systems (IFS)
  • Holistic
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
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
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
Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 18+
  • Sliding scale
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Attachment
  • Motivational Interviewing
Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 8–60
  • Sliding scale
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Narrative therapy
  • Holistic
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • Somatic Experiencing
  • Adoption Competent
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Couples therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ACT

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
Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri and Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Self-pay
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
Accepting new clients
  • Play Therapy
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Person-centered
  • Reality Therapy

Common questions

How many Motivational Interviewing therapists of color are listed in Kansas City?

Color Collective KC lists 47 clinicians for this search across the Greater Kansas City metro, and 47 are accepting new clients. The directory is free to use.

Do any offer virtual therapy?

Yes. 45 of 47 offer virtual sessions. Your therapist needs a license in the state where you live, so check that they are licensed in Missouri or Kansas.

Do they take insurance or offer lower fees?

Clinicians here list insurance plans including Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and a sliding scale (32 clinicians). Confirm fees and coverage directly with each clinician.

How do I choose the right therapist?

Look at each clinician’s profile and website, then contact everyone on your short list. Many therapists offer a free phone or Zoom consultation. Get Matched can rank the best fits for you in about two minutes.

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