Therapists
Institute therapists and counselors have been trained to the highest standards in the field and include active scholars with national reputations.
Expanded profiles and contact info for each therapist can be found by clicking the clinician’s photo.
* Indicates that the therapist works as an AAMFT Approved Supervisor at the Institute.
Choosing a Therapist
The relationship between clients and their therapist is one of the strongest predictors of therapy outcome. If clients like their therapist and trust their work, they tend to do better in treatment. Because of this, we encourage you to be selective when deciding who to work with in therapy.
Contact information for each therapist can be found by clicking on their picture above.
For general questions about therapy at the Institute, call 615-593-3999.
To learn more about our sliding fee scale and estimated treatment costs, we recommend reading about our fee scale and obtaining a “Good Faith Estimate.”
In Person Therapy in Nashville, TN
In person services are available to clients in our offices in Midtown Nashville. We have free, ample on site parking and our suite offers unparalleled views of the Nashville skyline and the surrounding area, giving clients an inspiring space to learn how to make changes to thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that will help them reach their goals.
Telehealth Therapy Statewide in Tennessee
When coming in-person to our Nashville office isn’t an option, we provide individual, couple, and family therapy services using state-of-the-art telehealth video conferencing technologies to anyone in Tennessee.
Therapists and Counselors: License Levels
All Institute therapists and counselors adhere to the highest standards in the field by tracking client data, collaborating with one another, and committing to daily attempts to grow their clinical skill set, resulting in significant improvements for the average Institute client.
Licensed marriage and family therapists (LMFTs), as defined in statute at Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-22-115 (5), are independently licensed clinical professionals while Pre-Licensed Clinical Fellows (TLMFT, M.MFT, M.A., M.S.) provide care under the supervision of AAMFT Approved Supervisors. Both types of clinicians are trained to diagnose and treat depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and other mental health and behavioral problems while also addressing relationship concerns such as couple conflict and parent-child issues.
Licensed Professional Counselors with the Mental Health Service Provider designation (LPC-MHSP), as defined by Tenn. Code Ann. § 63-22-150 (5), are authorized to diagnose and treat depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and other mental health and behavioral problems while Pre-Licensed Clinical Fellows (M.A., M.S.) provide care under the supervision of AAMFT Approved Supervisors. They draw on clinical interviews, observation, and behavior documentation guided by diagnostic criteria, as well as non-psychological or projective assessments that do not include intelligence tests.
Contrary to what many would expect, research shows that therapist or counselor experience is not a strong predictor of treatment outcome (e.g., Goldberg et al., 2016). In other words, therapists and counselors with decades of experience don’t necessarily get better results than less experienced clinicians. What a clinician does in therapy matters more than how long the therapist has been doing it.
Treatment outcomes at the Institute show that clients tend to do very well in therapy, no matter who their therapist or counselor is. With this in mind, we encourage you to pick a clinician who you think is the best fit, regardless of his or her licensure status or years of experience.
Our Practice is Unlike Most Others
The therapists and counselors at the Institute are university faculty or graduates of some of the finest accredited clinical programs in the nation (e.g., COAMFTE). This means that every Institute clinician has been trained to the highest academic and clinical experience standards in the country.
Because the therapists and counselors at the Institute include highly qualified supervisors with graduate program faculty experience, they remain connected to academia. This means that Institute clinicians’ work with clients is informed by state-of-the-art scientific research that most private practice therapists and counselors can't easily access.