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.

Anxiety & Depression Grief & Loss OCD & Perfectionism ADHD Autism Spectrum Emotional Regulation Social Skills Separation & Divorce

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.

Trauma & Abuse Attachment Issues Adoption & Foster Care Domestic Violence Anxiety & Depression Grief & Loss Self-Esteem Separation & Divorce


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.

Anxiety & Depression Trauma Grief & Loss Social Isolation & Social Skills Emotional Regulation School-Related Challenges

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.

Anxiety & Depression OCD & Perfectionism Trauma Grief & Loss Self-Esteem & Self-Worth Life Transitions Social Skills Separation & Divorce

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.

Couples Counseling Premarital Counseling Life transitions Parenting Family of Origin Issues Attachment Issues Grief & Loss Anixety & Depression

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.