Our Team
Meet Our Counselors
Our team brings decades of combined experience working with children, adolescents, families, and couples in Nashville. We are credentialed, clinically trained, and genuinely passionate about the work we do.
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Jeremy Shapiro
MAPC, LPC
Licensed professional counselor with over 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and families. Relational, collaborative, and eclectic in approach — tailoring therapy to each unique person.
Child & Adolescent · Parent Coaching · Groups
LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR
Lane Newton
M.Ed., LPC-MHSP
Specializes in trauma and attachment, working with children, women, and families. Certified in TF-CBT, ARC, and TBRI. Lane considers it an honor to listen, support, and connect families to hope.
TF-CBT · ARC · TBRI certified
LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER
Matthew Nickels
LMSW
Client-centered, strengths-based counselor for children, adolescents, and young adults. Former school social worker with experience in CBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy.
ASSOCIATE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR
Emma Fults
LPC-MHSP, NCC, MA
Passionate about walking alongside children and adolescents through life's rough patches. Takes an eclectic approach blending play therapy, CBT, and ACT — creating space where young people feel truly seen and accepted.
ASSOCIATE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST
Polly Douse
AMFT
Dedicated to providing a collaborative therapy approach through an attachment lens that integrates elements of attachment theory, internal family systems and narrative therapy for couples, women, and college students. Trained in emotionally focused individual therapy and certified as a Prepare Enrich Facilitator.
Pricing is $165 per session. We do not want the cost of counseling to keep a family from receiving counseling. Please let us know if you would like to apply for a sliding scale rate.