Meet Our Therapists in Tampa, St. Petersburg & Sarasota
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Elena Khutaba, Graduate Counseling Intern
St. Petersburg | Teen & Relationship Anxiety
ABOUT
Elena is a graduate counseling intern who believes clients know themselves best and helps them discover the answers they already hold. She works with children ages 5 and up, teens, young adults, and couples navigating anxiety, relationship patterns, and life transitions.
SPECIALTIES
Elena focuses on anxiety and overthinking, relationship anxiety, attachment issues, childhood trauma, people-pleasing, and self-worth. She incorporates parts work informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills. She sees clients under the supervision of Amanda Farris, LCSW-QS, FL License #SW17320. St. Petersburg office.
Kimberly Peters, LMHC
Tampa | Couples , Sex & Trauma Therapist
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Kimberly Peters is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps Tampa couples heal from infidelity, rebuild trust, and strengthen intimacy. She also treats adults living with complex PTSD, anxiety, depression, and grief, using EMDR and somatic work to help painful experiences lose their grip.
SPECIALTIES
Kimberly specializes in infidelity and affair recovery, couples strength-building, sexual wellness and intimacy, premarital counseling with PREPARE/ENRICH, and complex PTSD. She is trained in EMDR through an EMDRIA-approved program with advanced master-class training, the Gottman Method, and Integrative Sex and Couples Therapy with Dr. Tammy Nelson. Her approach blends humanistic, existential, Jungian, cognitive behavioral, and somatic work into a plan built around the whole person. She works with adults and couples. Tampa office and Florida telehealth.
Kelly Kellogg, Graduate Counseling Intern
Tampa | Anxiety, Depression, Grief & Life Transitions
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Kelly works with older kids, teens, young adults, and adults facing anxiety, depression, grief, and the stress of major life transitions. Her experience spans school, community, and private practice settings, with a particular strength in helping young people and families through change and loss.
SPECIALTIES
Anxiety, depression, grief and loss, life transitions, self-esteem and identity development, and relationship and communication skills. Kelly uses CBT to identify the core beliefs behind unwanted feelings and behaviors, draws from ACT to help clients act on their values even when hard feelings are present, and brings in solution-focused therapy and motivational interviewing when clients want practical, forward-moving change. Her Gottman Method training informs her work on communication and relationship patterns. She is comfortable integrating a client's faith or spirituality into the work when it matters to them. Tampa office and Florida telehealth.
Lauren Pankuch, MA, LMHC
Tampa | Child, Teen & Play Therapist
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Lauren Pankuch brings a strengths-based, trauma-informed presence to her work with children, adolescents, parents, and individuals. Her client-centered approach pulls from the modalities that best serve each person, with a particular passion for the developmental and emotional world of younger clients.
SPECIALTIES
Play Therapy, Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Polyvagal-informed nervous system regulation. Working toward credentialing as a Registered Play Therapist (RPT). Trauma, behavioral concerns, neurodivergence, LGBTQIA-affirming care, and foster youth support. Children, adolescents, and parents. Tampa office and Florida telehealth.
Megan Midura, MA, LMHC
St. Petersburg | Child & Family Therapist
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Megan Midura specializes in the inner world of children and families, helping young clients learn to name big feelings, advocate for themselves, and build resilience. Her relationship-centered approach prioritizes caregiver involvement so families heal as a system, not in isolation.
SPECIALTIES
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Trauma-Focused Play Therapy. ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Major Depression. Children, families, and young adults. St. Petersburg office and Florida telehealth.
Ciana Nguyen, MS, LCSW
Sarasota | Child, Family & Veteran-Connected Care Therapist
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Ciana Nguyen is a trauma-informed, developmentally-sensitive clinician who supports children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her warm, collaborative space is shaped by years of work with military families, veterans, and the unique demands of healing across complex systems.
SPECIALTIES
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), CBT for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP), Motivational Interviewing, Pain Neuroscience Education, supportive therapy, play therapy, and mindfulness-based strategies. Anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD, complex trauma, adjustment disorders, grief, and military and veteran care. Children, adolescents, adults, and families. Tampa office and Florida telehealth.
Nicole Young, MSW, LCSW
Sarasota | Child, Teen & Family Therapist
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Nicole Young specializes in supporting and empowering children, teens, and families through the emotional, relational, and developmental shifts of growing up. Her warm, attuned style balances gentle encouragement with the practical tools families need to communicate, connect, and grow together.
SPECIALTIES
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), solution-focused strategies, and mindfulness techniques. Anxiety, emotional regulation, motivation, school-related stress, family transitions, and self-confidence. Specialized experience with foster youth, behavioral concerns, and juvenile justice involvement. Children, preteens, teens, and families. Sarasota office and Florida telehealth.
Andreas Balasis, MSW, LCSW-QS, CHP
St. Petersburg | LCSW, CHP | ACT, Hypnotherapy & Performance Psychology
ABOUT
Andreas helps clients move toward meaningful, lasting change with a style that is warm, direct, and collaborative. His clinical home is the intersection of psychological flexibility, clinical hypnotherapy, and high performance, supporting teens, adults, and couples ready to break long-standing patterns.
SPECIALTIES
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), clinical hypnotherapy, somatic therapy, third-wave Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approaches, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and performance psychology. Anxiety, depression, perfectionism, substance use and addictive behaviors, life transitions, and relationship concerns. Specialized work with teens, athletes, high performers, and professionals. St. Petersburg office and Florida telehealth.
Lauren Pages, MSW, Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern
Tampa | Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern | Child, Teen & Young Adult Therapist
ABOUT
Lauren Pages is a Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern specializing in children, teens, young adults, and families. She is passionate about the moment when a child's struggle becomes the family's healing, working collaboratively with parents to create meaningful and sustainable change. With older teens and young adults, Lauren creates space to explore identity, navigate major life transitions, and build a life rooted in personal values.
SPECIALTIES
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, and trauma-informed care, integrating mindfulness, movement, art, music, and play. Anxiety, depression, school-related stress, emotional regulation, ADHD, mood disorders, family conflict, self-harm, life transitions, and identity work. Children five and up, teens, young adults, and families. Tampa office and Florida telehealth