Kulnipa Annie Carrera, LPC - Counselor

Annie has a passion for working with couples longing to strengthen their relationship and change their patterns. Instead of bitterness, distance, and hopelessness, she will collaborate with you and your partner towards valuing one another, nurturing intimacy, and finding hope again. Annie believes there is hope for flourishing in your marriage, and she is an advocate for the connection you and your partner are longing for. Annie utilizes an integrative approach to counseling, with an emphasis on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Annie’s training and focused areas include:

• EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) Trained

• Faith & Integration

• Multicultural dynamics

Contact Annie Directly: 314-474-7228

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Isaac Bleckley, plpc - Counselor

Isaac has a passion for helping teenagers, young adults, and adults identify and address the thoughts and behaviors that impact their well-being. Isaac has experience working with mental health diagnoses of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.  He recognizes the vulnerability needed to walk into the counseling space, and relishes the opportunity to celebrate growth and healing. 

Isaac understands that healing is not limited to the counseling room. He will collaborate with you to develop and implement skills for continued growth and well-being after your time in therapy. Isaac looks forward to working with you in your journey towards wellness. 

Areas of Interest:

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Addiction

Contact Isaac Directly: (314) 384-2221

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Will Cremeens - Counselor

Will is eager to walk alongside children, teens, couples, and adults through a variety of different life challenges such as anxiety, depression, substance and sexual addiction, transitional difficulties, eating disorders, trauma, and other areas. Will has experience in youth ministry and feels a great need for counseling in all stages of life.

Will believes that building meaningful relationships is the foundation for long-lasting change and growth. He is committed to fostering relationships with his clients that encourage honesty, empathy, and trust. Will believes that those who are willing to seek help are the bravest individuals. It takes immense courage to reach out, and Will is honored to be a helping hand.

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Kyla Glaser, lpc - Counselor

Kyla is a trauma-informed therapist that works with pre-teens, teenagers, and young adults, helping them find their place and voice in this world. She enjoys partnering with parents and families to help the younger generations thrive while also giving minors a confidential space to process through the challenges and issues of life.

Kyla works with those struggling with anxiety, depression, social and self-confidence difficulties, communication skills, and more. She strives to create a safe place in which young people can grow and discover who they are, both through using play and talk therapy. Kyla has professional focus in the following area: 

• Working with pre-teens and teenagers 

• Family Systems Work 

• Attachment focus

• Trained in EMDR

Contact Kyla directly: (314) 884-0362

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

JAMIE-LEE GREEN, lpc - Counselor

Jamie-Lee welcomes individuals facing a wide variety of grief, transition, uncertainty and hardships. In particular Jamie-Lee has walked with those who are dealing with issues related to childhood and adult trauma. Jamie-Lee believes that safety and healing can be found for individuals in spaces where they are allowed to move at their own pace and can be met with a non-judgemental countenance, no matter what they have faced. Jamie Lee also has experience working with mental health diagnosis including depression, anxiety and bipolar. 

Contact Jamie-Lee Directly: 314-282-5642 

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Shawnee Hawkins, plpc - Counselor

Shawnee is an EFT, trauma informed therapist who works with individuals and couples. Allow Shawnee to walk with you into the hard and uncertain parts of your relationships and create space to breathe in the fresh air of change. She will help you grow in connection with yourself and each other. Contact her today to begin to identify your narrative and break free from old patterns. 

• EFT (Emotionally focused therapy) Advanced training

Contact Shawnee Directly: 314-301-9938  

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Courtney Loosemore, Lpc - Counselor

Courtney enjoys helping people prepare for their journey toward leading healthier lives by working with them to understand the available services we offer and helping them make the most of what’s available. She is a gifted counselor who enjoys working with couples and individuals. She offers services for those working through challenges like women's issues and life transitions and adjustments. She has experience and training in the following areas:

• EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) Advanced training

• Attachment & Interpersonal Focus

Contact Courtney Directly: 314-632-6815 

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Abigail Nabholz, MAC, plpc - Counselor

Abigail is a trauma-informed counselor who enjoys working with couples, teens, and adults from a person-centered, emotionally attuned framework. She focuses on helping people navigating challenges related to relationships, grief, depression, communication, attachment, and life transitions. Abigail is passionate about focusing on emotional attunement, pattern disruption, and exploring your past with kindness and compassion to cultivate renewed hope for your future. 

Abigail’s areas of focus include:

• Couples counseling

• Attachment

• Communication

• Grief

• Depression

• Anxiety 

• Spiritual issues 

• Self-acceptance and personal growth

• Ministry workers and ministry spouses 

Contact Abigail Directly: 314-266-8671 

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Samantha Schlepphorst, lpc - Counselor

Samantha works with children, teens, and adults. She has experience offering counseling services for those working to improve in a variety of areas, including attachment issues, eating disorders, trauma, and women's issues. She offers sessions for individuals and couples. Samantha has advanced training and experience in the following areas:

• EFT (Emotionally focused therapy) Advanced training

• EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) trained

• DBT (Dialectical behavioral therapy) trained

• Play therapy & Teens work

Contact Samantha Directly: 314-246-0461 

Location: 6744 Clayton Rd, Suite 203, Richmond Heights

Stacy Kile Shelton, lpc - Counselor, communication specialist

Stacy is a compassionate counselor who works with children, teens, adults, and families. She provides a supportive and welcoming space where people can explore challenges, build coping skills, and strengthen relationships. She brings unique experience as a previous licensed speech language pathologist, offering a well-rounded understanding of communication, emotional development, and behavioral needs. She supports those with anxiety, life stressors, behavioral challenges, relationship difficulties, life transitions, personal growth, trauma, and more. She is passionate about helping people improve emotional well-being and work towards meaningful and lasting change. Her training and specialities include:

• EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) trained

• EFFT (Emotionally focused family therapy)

• Parent coaching

• Attachment & Interpersonal Focus

• Communication specialist

Contact Stacy Directly: 314-616-9609 

Location: In person and virtual at 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

JIM WALLACE, MA, THM, STM, CMHC Counselor - PLPC, NCC

Jim values people and helps others in their relationships. His own combination of relational successes and failures, joys and pains, have deepened this passion. He enjoys cultivating connection in meaningful relationships. He understands the confusion, frustration, and pain of people at the intersection of struggling/thriving relationships - viewing the struggle as a potential pathway to a better future.

Jim's own life has been an unexpected, winding journey. He was born and raised in Texas, lived in Asia for over a decade, and spent many years as a professor and pastor. Educationally, he has done extensive graduate work in theology, spirituality, and clinical counseling. Professionally, he focuses on loving relationships, especially with couples.

Jim has specialized education and experience in:

• EFT (Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy) Advanced Training

• Vocational Discernment and Mid-Life Transitions

• Spiritual Direction

• Addictions

• Cross-Cultural Dynamics

Contact Jim Directly: 314-626-4774

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Shauna Weaver, LPC - Counselor

Shauna works primarily with women and mothers who feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stretched thin by their many roles. Many have identified as the "strong one" and struggle with people-pleasing, anxiety, overwhelm, perfectionism, parenting, family dynamics, or a sense that they're never doing enough. 

Shauna values each person's dignity and worth. She invites clients to explore their stories with curiosity and compassion. She strives to create a non-judgmental space where clients feel seen and understood. By balancing warmth and thoughtful challenge, she helps clients understand patterns shaping their lives so they can make more empowered choices.

Shauna’s trauma-informed approach blends IFS and DBT, using Family Systems and Attachment as primary lenses.

Areas of interest:

• Anxiety

• Perfectionism

• ADHD

• Family Dynamics

• Relationship Struggles

• Postpartum Challenges

• Connected Parenting

• Major Life Transitions

• Grief & Loss

Contact Shauna Directly: 314-400-8452

 Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Lilian Werner, LPC - FOUNDER, OWNER, COUNSELOR, SUPERVISOR

Lilian is happy to work with individuals and couples. She welcomes adolescents, teens, and adults, and provides counseling for those working through depression and anxiety, trauma and abuse, life transitions, women's issues, and eating disorders. She also offers supervision for Provisional Licensed Professional Counselors (PLPC). Her professional background and training includes:

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• EFT (Emotionally focused therapy) Trained

• Advanced DBT (Dialectical behavioral therapy) Trained

• Advanced Counseling Certificate from Allender Center (Trauma and
  Abuse)

• Partners of Sex Addicts Trained (APSATS)

Contact Lilian Directly: 314-363-9385

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

BRAD WERNER, LPC - Owner, Counselor, supervisor

Brad is an experienced couple therapist and is the only supervisor in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in St Louis. He offers clinical supervision for counselors as well as supervision for therapists seeking to become certified in EFT. His training and experience include:

• Founder and Advisor - St Louis Emotionally Focused Therapy Community, www.stleft.com

• ICEEFT Certified Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Therapist & Supervisor

• EMDRIA Certified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapist

• Certified in Prepare-Enrich Couple Assessment

Contact Brad Directly: 314-266-8671 

Location: Online

Kelsey Park - Intern

Kelsey comes from a diverse life and work experience spanning opera stages, real estate contracts, and ministry life. Through these experiences, she has always valued the process of working with individuals and making them feel comfortable and understood. 

Taking the step to pursue counseling is courageous. You may have just had yet another fight with your spouse and are left wondering, is there hope? Or you don’t know why you’re still struggling with the same unwanted behavior after reading another book or listening to another podcast on how to fix it. Maybe you’ve been hurt and are questioning how to heal. It is an honor to walk alongside you as you seek wanted change, growth, and healing. 

Kelsey will listen to your experience and work with you to seek the change you are searching for. She is excited to work with couples, individuals, family systems, spouses navigating betrayal, cross-cultural relationships, those looking for freedom from addiction, TCKs, ministry families, and parents. 

Contact Kelsey Directly: (314) 596-2744

Joe Rameer - Intern

Joe is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Counseling from The University of Louisiana at Monroe and earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri–St. Louis. He is open to working with those navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, men’s issues, father issues, spiritual issues, and more.

Joe values the counseling relationship as a place where people can be met with patience, honesty, and care. He believes healing involves the whole person, and he hopes to help clients speak openly about what they are carrying, grow in awareness, and move toward greater hope, responsibility, and peace. His own life and faith have shaped his appreciation for patience and the healing that comes through honest relationship.

Contact Joe Directly: 314-390-9051

Haruna Sakaguchi - Intern

Haruna is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Counseling at Covenant Theological Seminary. She is passionate about working with adults, adolescents, children, and couples as they move toward hope and healing by processing life experiences, challenges, and personal stories together. Haruna values building trusting relationships with her clients and seeks to create a safe and compassionate space where they feel seen, heard, and known. She considers it a privilege to sit with her clients in their pain and difficulties.

Originally from Japan, Haruna brings a multicultural perspective to her work and offers counseling in both English and Japanese. Prior to her counseling training, she worked in corporate settings, where she witnessed the impact of life difficulties. This experience deepened her desire to support others through counseling.

Contact Haruna Directly: (314) 669-1644

Brittany Dávalos, plpc - Intake Coordinator

Contact Brittany Directly: (314) 246-9728

JEFF KOZIATEK - MINDSET COACH

Individuals hire Jeff to help successfully navigate change, sharpen focus, overcome burnout, improve the work/life balancing act, and acquire the superpower ability to say, “not yes!”

Stop celebrating the busy! Put the phone down. Re-ignite your passion. Find more joy and catch the special moments in life.

Break free from the chains of performance, experience more personal freedom, and juggle less.

Gain tools to self-assess and course correct through life’s challenges.

His coaching style is built on curiosity, respect, empowerment, and encouragement.

Clients have said that Jeff creates the safety and trust for them to discover and move forward in tangible ways that lead to sustainable growth.

YES! You can have confidence and clarity in the face of uncertainty. 

If you are ready, Jeff can be the catalyst to help get you there!

He has been coaching since 2014 and holds certifications in life and leadership coaching with:

• The John Maxwell TEAM

• The Values Conversation

Jeff enjoys Lego, painting, writing, photography, games, hikes, watching sci-fi, spending time with his boys, and extended trips away with his wife

Contact Jeff directly: 314-852-1134 

Location: 12801 Flushing Meadows Drive, Suite 250, Town & Country, MO, 63131

Partner site: www.coreauthenticity.com