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Solution-focused therapists of color in Kansas City

Therapists of color in the Color Collective KC directory who list “Solution-focused” as an approach. 72 clinicians serving the Greater Kansas City metro.

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70 of the 72 clinicians listed are accepting new clients. 52 are licensed in Missouri and 51 in Kansas. 69 offer virtual sessions, and 49 see clients in person. 42 clinicians list a sliding scale. Insurance most often listed: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and UnitedHealthcare. 21 work with children and 48 with teens.

42 with a published office area are on the map, 30 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

Izzy Carranza

Intern

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Holistic
  • Couples Counseling
  • ACT
  • Gender Therapy
  • Christian Counseling
  • Religious trauma

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

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

Karla Dubon

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Missouri
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Sliding scale
  • EMDR
  • Solution-focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Somatic Experiencing
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • ACT
  • Gender Therapy

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

Dr. Stella Fernandez

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Gottman
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Holistic
  • Couples Counseling
  • Motivational Interviewing

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

Nalani Grace

Psy.D.

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

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

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

Dung Kimble

LMSW

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

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

Brianna Lopez

LMFT

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Family Systems Trauma (FST)
  • Holistic
  • Neurofeedback
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

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

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

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

Teresa Nguyen

LPC-T

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

Michael Nobo

LCSW

Accepting new clients
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Holistic
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • ERP
  • CBT-E & CBT-R

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

Oscar Orozco

LCSW, LMSW

Accepting new clients
  • DBT
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Grief
  • LGBTQIA+ Issues

Siri Panchananam

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Mindfulness
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Multicultural
  • Positive Psychology
  • Strengths-Based

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)

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

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

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

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

Thomson Ticum

LPC

Accepting new clients
  • Licensed in Kansas
  • Virtual sessions only
  • Ages 13+
  • Speaks Spanish
  • Medicaid (Kansas) · Sliding scale
  • EMDR
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)

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

Samantha Trujillo

LMSW

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

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

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

Diana Williams

LSCSW

Accepting new clients
  • CBT
  • Solution-focused
  • Couples Counseling
  • Mindfulness
  • Somatic Experiencing

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

Celest Chavez Wood

Intern

Not accepting new clients
  • Psychoanalysis
  • ACT
  • Somatic Experiencing
  • Movement (yoga/dance)
  • Mindfulness
  • Holistic
  • Solution-focused
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • Person-centered

Alyssa Young

LMFT

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

Common questions

How many solution-focused therapists of color are listed in Kansas City?

Color Collective KC lists 72 clinicians for this search across the Greater Kansas City metro, and 70 are accepting new clients. The directory is free to use.

Do any offer virtual therapy?

Yes. 69 of 72 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 Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, UnitedHealthcare and a sliding scale (42 clinicians). Confirm fees and coverage directly with each clinician.

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