Karyl McBride | Find a qualified therapist in your area to help you heal from a legacy of distorted love

I am delighted to present therapists who have joined my referral network*. Each of these individuals have expressed an interest in becoming a part of the healing journey for daughters of narcissistic mothers. The following therapists are listed by state in alphabetical order. If you don't see therapists in your area continue to watch this page as I will be adding to the list on a regular basis.

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Dr. Karyl, LMFT 5738 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada, Colorado 80002	(303) 420-9565 email: dr.mcbride@att.net www.karylmcbridephd.com
Dr. Karyl, LMFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Denver, Colorado with over 28 years in public and private practice. She specializes in treating clients with dysfunctional family issues. For the past seventeen years, Dr. Karyl has been involved in private research concerning children of narcissistic parents, with a primary focus on women raised by narcissistic mothers. She has treated many daughters of narcissistic mothers in her private practice. Please see curriculum vitae on practice website listed above.
California
Dr. Rebecca Sacerdoti Ph,D. 2154 Broderick St (at Washington) San Francisco, CA 94115	(415) 992-7244 email: Rebecca@rebeccaphd.com www.rebeccaphd.com
My private practice is in Pacific Heights and I have experience with both brief-solution focused therapy as well as long-term insight oriented therapy. Many of my clients struggle with narcissistic parents and seek psychotherapy because they feel like they are falling short in some way: “I am not good enough”, “Something is not right.” They want to feel fulfilled and connected. I specialize in working with people experiencing significant life changes such as a wedding, a separation, a new baby, change of job, or diagnosis of an illness. A significant life change tends to evoke feelings of fear and uncertainty, past and present. I see psychotherapy as an opportunity to build understanding, inner strength, and clarity that will help my clients move through the challenges they are facing.
Colorado
Tracey Ashcraft, MA, LPC 75 Manhattan Dr. Suite 206 Boulder, CO 80303 Additional offices in: Northern CO & the Vail Valley	303-668-5995 email: tracey@bestlifetherapy.com www.bestlifetherapy.com
Tracey Ashcraft, MA is a licensed professional counselor that uses humor and compassion when she works with adult individuals, couples and college students. She has received extensive training on the treatment of anxiety, depression and other mood disorders. With the simple skills she teaches, clients learn quickly how to retrain their brains to break free of worrisome thoughts and negative patterns. She helps clients to have more satisfying friendships, romantic relationships and family interactions. “Over the years I have witnessed women and men work through the difficulties of growing up with a narcissistic mother and realize that they can have peace and joy in their lives. I provide a safe environment free from judgment to support you in your healing process.”
Lori Bennett, LCSW 954 North Street Boulder, CO 80306	(303) 709-7601 email: speakwithlori@aol.com www.bouldertherapyforwomen.com
Lori Bennett, LCSW is a psychotherapist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado, who has been working to empower women to live to their full potential for over 25 years. Lori's expertise is in the areas of women's issues, bereavement, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and surviving childhood abuse, trauma and neglect. Lori has treated many daughters of narcissistic mothers, as well as daughters of mothers with unresolved neglect histories and severe, untreated mental health diagnoses. She can help clients to overcome the aftereffects of neglect in short-term therapy, or help women to explore their histories and memories on a deeper level in long-term psychotherapy. Lori is trained in traditional ego psychology as well as feminist, Gestalt and spiritual alternative therapies. She will design her therapeutic interventions to meet each individual's needs. Clients report that Lori is an astute, compassionate listener who is a dedicated partner in the healing process. Lori Bennett is also available as an e-therapist online. For more information about her work, please visit www.bouldertherapyforwomen.com
Anne Grasee, LCSW Life Change & Transitions, LLC 190 E. 9th Avenue Suite 480 Denver, CO 80203	(303) 863-0966 email: agraseelcsw@aol.com www.lifetransitions_llc.com
Anne Grasee is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, in private practice for 29 years. Ms. Grasee has extensive experience as a psychotherapist, life coach, consultant, and case manager. She also serves as a professional guardian for adults who are incapacitated due to dementia, brain injury, mental illness, or developmental disability. Ms Grasee’s focus is supporting clients whose navigating through life changes and transitions, including midlife issues, aging, illness, trauma, divorce, or death of a loved one. Ms. Grasee has worked with daughters of narcissistic mothers, including women who are faced with the challenge of a narcissistic mother who is ill, aging or has dementia. Ms Grasee has experience with brief, solution focused therapy, as well as long term insight oriented treatment. Dr. Karyl's’ Book has been illuminating! It has helped me more fully understand and appreciate the importance of the grief work. The book will be helpful when I have clients who resist “digging up the past”!
Elizabeth (Liz) M. Hartman, MA, LPC 120 Third Ave. Frisco, CO 80443	(970) 668-3387 email: liz@woodwindsbreck.com
I have a private practice in Frisco, Colorado and have been working with individuals, couples and families for over ten years. My approach with clients is interactive and utilizes a family systems model to explore the issues presented. I have been trained to use Play Therapy techniques with children, adolescents and their families and provide parenting instruction as well. I enjoy working with women, especially those who are experiencing life transitions, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, and issues related to family of origin. My experience with women has included all ages and developmental stages and I understand the impact of trauma, unhealthy environments and ineffective parenting; especially those that result in narcissistic injury. I provide a safe, nurturing environment while assisting my clients through their healing journey. Dr. McBride’s book has been a great asset to my practice as I have already given several copies out for ‘homework’. Her insight into the impact narcissistic mothers have on their daughters is not only very informative and useful, it is validating to those women who have experienced this in their lives.
Kate J. Heit, MA, LPC Towne Square Professional Bldg. 5738 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada, CO 80002	(303) 277-9407 email: kjh1050@msn.com
As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado, I am uniquely qualified to provide a full spectrum of professional services from short-term personal development work, to long-term intensive therapy. My qualifications include Certifications in EMDR, and Behavioral Therapy. I work with a wide range of issues: women’s issues, narcissism, interpersonal relationships, OCD, Phobias, Anxiety, and PTSD. My intention in the therapeutic relationship is to cultivate a personal presence that invites and challenges clients to manage their lives with excitement, dignity, and personal integrity. In working with women caught in the grips of their early trauma, I incorporate several effective strategies proven to decrease painful arousal states associated with intense levels of confusion, grief, anxiety and depression. My strength is connecting with you in the therapeutic relationship and empowering you to take charge of your emotions, break free from the bonds of your family history, and discover your true identity as a resilient and competent woman.
Michelle Karl LCSW 5601 Olde Wadsworth Arvada,CO 80002	720-273-4823 email: michelle@thebalancedmother.com www.thebalancedmother.com
The Balanced Mother was created to help women discover their own unique life balance. To do this women often have to confront the barriers that divert them from experiencing a joyful, authentic, connected life. Michelle Karl is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience. She has worked with individuals, families and couples. Working on issues such as depression, anxiety, addictions, personal growth and life transitions. Michelle’s orientation is based in Positive Psychology, helping clients to find their strengths and minimize internal negative messages. Since reading Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Michelle has recommended it to both personal and professional friends and acquaintances. The recovery plan outlined by Dr McBride has given clients a better understanding of some of the barriers that keep them from feeling good about their choices and pursuing a life that fits with what is most important to them. Michelle was also a guest on Dr. McBride's "Good Enough Rocks Radio" internet radio show on July 10th, 2010. Michelle also offers walking and running therapy.
Sue Seiler, MA, LPC, NCC 1 0 Inverness Drive East Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80112	(303) 726-8261 email: sue.seiler@hotmail.com
Sue is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in family and step family dynamics, children and adolescents, trauma, EMDR, and women’s issues. She works with issues originating in family of origin dysfunction. Her work with women includes issues of narcissism, abuse, neglect, trauma, and self-esteem. As a certified EMDR therapist, Sue has a keen sense of the impact of trauma, abuse and neglect. She also has a strong understanding of how life experiences effect and influence our view of our self and the world. Sue has a private practice in Englewood, Colorado and also works in the Juvenile Diversion Counseling Program through the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. As a Diversion Counselor, she works with adolescents and their families and also provides EMDR consultation for the clinical staff. Through her warmth, compassion and understanding, Sue facilitates her clients through their unique personal journey of healing.
Jeanette Troncoso, M.A.,LMFT 20971 E. Smokey Hill Road Ste #216 Centennial, CO 80015	(720) 932-3708 jeanette0310@hotmail.com www.myhealingpaths.com
As a licensed psychotherapist with over 18 years of experience in the field, I have read many books and been to numerous training workshops. After attending Dr. Karyl's training, I can honestly say that “Will I Ever Be Good Enough” has truly captured the connection between “self” and “our mother”. As a clinician I will help you explore that connection by following the 5-step recovery steps outline by Dr. Karyl, while attending to your own individual emotional needs. My approach is systemic, which integrates your family-of-origin issues and specific tools t deal with the present. I work with adolescents, adults, families and couples of any culture background- I define culture not only by race and ethnicity, but gender, religion, sexual orientation or socio-economic background. I look forward to working with you to help you in your journey.
Florida
Jane Torres M.A., LMFT 701 Brickell Avenue, #850 Miami, FL 33131	(305) 371-2773 Email: jtorres@consult.bz www.licensedtherapists.com/janetorres
Individuals and couples achieve quick and positive solutions to relationship, parenting, career, health, family, and personal concerns when they work with Jane. Depending on the their goals, clients rapidly learn effective communication skills, stress management techniques, conflict resolution strategies, and increasing self-confidence while they replace hurtful feelings and behavior patterns with more constructive beliefs and behaviors. Jane's clients quickly develop the skills necessary to overcome the crisis, confusion, stress, anger, depression, or anxiety that bring them to her office. Having lived in 10 countries, Jane also specializes in diversity issues, helping clients overcome the impact of cultural, gender, communication, and family differences on relationships.
Georgia
Kalpana Murthy MBA, MS, NCC, LPC Genuine Connection, LLC Druid Chase Office Park 2801 Buford Highway, Suite 503 Atlanta, GA 30329	770-310-9305 Email: kalpana@genuineconnection.com www.genuine-connection.com
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified EMDR Therapist. I have used EMDR psychotherapy along with Karyl McBride’s book and recovery model to help women and men understand and resolve the negative affects of being raised by a narcissistic parent. My training and professional experience in trauma work, grief work, heartbreak recovery and career coaching helps clients heal, increase their self-confidence, and release the past, so they can have the future they desire. My personal and professional experience also makes me particularly well suited to understand and help daughters of narcissistic mothers. EMDR provides quick and lasting shifts to negative self perceptions (for example: “I’m not good enough” or “I don’t matter” or “I’m powerless”) and dramatically diminishes the distress associated with memories of upsetting events. Criticism, rejection, humiliation, abandonment, loss, abuse and other types of trauma are very often the root cause of present day problems like: anxiety, depression, anger, rumination, recurring bad dreams, or the sense that no matter how hard you work or what you do you can’t find sustained peace, love or satisfaction in your personal life or career. My style as a counselor is friendly, conversational, nurturing and accepting. Clients comment on how quickly they feel at ease with me and how easy it is to share their thoughts and feelings with me. They also appreciate my organized approach to therapy and my ability to identify the key issues within their many life stories. I love working as a therapist! I am grateful to my clients for the privilege of hearing their stories and the experience of helping them feel better and achieve their goals. If you’d like to learn more, please visit my website www.genuine-connection.com. I offer a free initial phone consultation and day, evening and Saturday appointments.
Nancy Foster Penn, MSW, LCSW, NBCCH Healing Transitions Center 5165 Lavista Road Tucker, GA 30084	(770) 908-1746 Email: nfpennlcsw@yahoo.com www.healingtransitionscenter.com
Healing Transitions Center (HTC) offers a holistic approach to therapy and counseling, one that combines a unique fusion of Eastern and Western Mind/Body/Spirit practices. HTC owner, Nancy Foster Penn, is a state licensed clinical social worker, a National Board Certified Clinical Hypno-therapist and currently on the teacher’s meditation path at the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California. Nancy’s areas of expertise are trauma recovery, body focused psychotherapy, forgiveness, and reconciliation, IMAGO Relationship therapy, regression hypnosis, integrating mind/body techniques and relaxation techniques including primordial meditation and guided imagery. Nancy is the daughter of a narcissistic mother and understands on both a professional and personal level the impact this has had on her life. “Will I Ever Be Good Enough? now offers a road map for recovery for both the therapist and client. Many other authors described the etiology of the trauma, however, recovery was described in vague terms. Nancy was thrilled to discover Dr. McBride’s book and currently uses it with numerous clients, who by reading it, are feeling hopeful and confident about their futures. Clients also report an increase in their overall well-being and vitality by working the five step program.
Illinois
Candy Crawford, L.C.S.W. 2100 Manchester Rd. Suite 900 Wheaton, IL 60187	(630) 991-6200 E-mail: journeyinghome@ameritech.net Web: www.candycrawfordlcsw.com
My private practice is in the western suburbs of Chicago. I am passionate in using the therapeutic relationship as a powerful tool for personal transformation. For those willing to engage in the work that therapy invites, I am a confident individuals can experience increased levels of personal fulfillment, purpose and internal freedom. The majority of my clients contact me with issues related to loss. These can include: the loss of a loved one, losses associated in mid-life, and numerous losses related to being raised by a narcissistic parent. I use a relational and holistic approach with training in both psychodynamic and self-psychology. Being a long time student of the effects of narcissistic parenting, I highly recommend the book called Will I Ever Be Good Enough? by Karyl McBride. This powerful book contains personal and practical insights into the devastating and painful effects inherited from narcissistic parenting and highlights necessary steps daughters can take to achieve healing and wholeness.
Louisiana
Jeanne Cunningham LCSW 2420 Athania, Ste. 102 Metairie, LA 70002	(504) 450-9600 email: cunninghamjm@rocketmail.com
I am an LCSW who woks part-time at East Jefferson Hospital Counseling Center in Metairie, LA( a suburb of New Orleans). I also have a private practice. My specialties are working with adults who were sexually abused as children, children of narcissistic mothers, and hypnosis ( I am certified by ASCH- American Society of Clinical Hypnosis). In my former Career I taught creative writing at the University of New Orleans for many years, so I use writing quite a bit in my client’s therapy, if it suits them.
Maryland
Jennifer Beall, MS, NCC, LCPC 645 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. Ste 107 Severna Park, MD 21146	(443) 458-4221 Toll-free: (877) 426-9272 email: jennifer@beallpastoralcounseling.com
Jennifer Beall is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in private practice in Severna Park, MD. She holds a Master of Science degree in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola College in Maryland and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Pastoral Counseling. She chose pastoral counseling because she is open to her clients’ religious and spiritual beliefs. Some of her clients choose to address religion and spirituality in counseling, while others do not. Ms. Beall has extensive experience working with women who struggle with alcoholism, addiction, and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoA) issues; many of her clients are daughters of narcissistic mothers. Her experience has shown her that there is a great deal of similarity between issues that arise from having a narcissistic mother and those that come from having an alcoholic parent. Ms. Beall helps her clients look at the way depression, low self-esteem, addictions, and other issues have affected them in the past and are still affecting them in the present; she also uses Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to help her clients address deep-seated emotional issues and traumas.
Carol H. Corcoran, LCMFT, LMFT Creating Healthy Connections 816 Ritchie Hwy Severna Park, MD 21146	(443) 254-0686 Email: chc@creatinghealthyconnections.com Web: CreatingHealthyConnections.com
I am a Licensed Clinical Marriage & Family Therapist with over 15 years of experience helping women recover from the negative self-perceptions of growing up in dysfunctional families where their needs were not met. As a Certified EMDR Therapist I am uniquely qualified to help individuals move beyond their early wounds and the associated negative core beliefs that keep them trapped in negative unhealthy life styles. Utilizing Dr. McBride’s groundbreaking book in tandem with several effective therapeutic approaches, including Affect Regulation and EMDR, clients are assisted in ways to recover and heal. Carol has a private practice near Annapolis, Maryland in Severna Park and also works with couples who struggle with connection due to challenges that many times originated in childhood. By helping the couple become more safely attached to one another and repair early childhood attachment, individuals can feel more connected with their partners in healthy, safe and loving ways. Whether you are in search of healing as an individual or as a couple, whose relationship becomes high-jacked by negative interactional patterns, allow me to assist you on that pathway towards creating healthy connections within and with those that matter most.
New Jersey
Carole Doorley, LCSW 21 East High Street Somerville, NJ 08876	(908) 927-9955 Email: cdoorleyLCSW@aol.com
Carole is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who provides general counseling services and specializes in the treatment of eating disorders. She also works extensively with women who have low self-esteem, never feeling quite “good enough.” Carole has a private practice in Somerville, New Jersey and has maintained a part-time office in the Red Bank area for the past five years. Carole’s theoretical approach to treating eating disorders is cognitive behavioral/psychodynamic. Carole’s goal is to provide a warm, non-judgmental environment to help her clients identify and address issues that are underlying eating disorder behavior.
Tennessee
Laura d’Angelo, M.D. The Sparks Clinic 2201 Murphy Ave. Suite 310 Nashville, TN 37203	(615) 301-7000 Email: sparksclinic@bellsouth.net
Born and raised in New York, Dr. Laura received her undergraduate degree from Columbia University and her medical and psychiatric training from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has served on the faculties of Vanderbilt University and Oregon Health & Science University where she was the state-wide consultant and trainer for Oregon’s Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities. She has worked in public psychiatry both in the US as well as overseas in New Zealand. Having discovered Dr. McBride’s book, Laura journeyed through her own recovery and is delighted to be on the roster of therapists. She is currently in private practice at The Sparks Clinic in Nashville, TN.
Texas
Mikayla Forrest, M.A., LPC 12234 Branston Drive Austin, TX 78753	(512) 339-3660 Email: mikaylaforrest@yahoo.com
Mikayla Forrest, M.A., LPC, is a licensed counselor in Austin, Texas who has been successfully counseling adults for over fifteen years on issues such as relationships, trauma, abuse, addiction, depression, and personal growth. She specializes in the treatment of emotional and physical trauma, utilizing Somatic Experiencing, a type of therapy that reconnects people to their power and facilitates a deep, lasting healing. Mikayla has treated many women who grew up with narcissistic mothers and believes that all people can heal given the appropriate tools and guidance. Dr. McBride’s book, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? offers a practical, manageable recovery model that Mikayla uses to facilitate the healing process for women who want to develop a self who is self reliant and loving.
Virginia
Meredith Gelman, LCSW, LLC 243 Church Street, NW, Suite 300A Vienna, VA 22180	(703) 463-7916 Email: meredithgelman@ymail.com
I am a licensed Clinical Social Worker in Vienna, Virginia. I have been in private practice since 1998. Prior to that, I was a foster care worker in Washington, D.C. and then trained as individual and family therapist at the Kennedy Krieger Family Center in Baltimore, Maryland. I worked primarily with children and their families, who have been both sexually and physically abused. In conjunction with this training, I trained under Marianne Walters, LCSW of the Family Practice Center in Washington, DC. Both places allowed me to learn the art of solution/ short term focused therapy, cognitive, family and psychoanalytic therapies. In private practice I work with adults, children/adolescents and families. My work with women involves helping them navigate through struggles with past issues of abuse/neglect, trauma, low self esteem, narcissism, anxiety, depression, separation/divorce and parenting struggles. I also work with adolescents and children who are struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD/ADD, abuse/neglect, separation/divorce of parents, social struggles, and grief and loss issues. Family of origin issues, including being a child of a narcissistic mother or father, greatly impacts how a patient manages day to day, copes with crisis, and interacts with a partner/friends or a family of her own. I believe that having a greater understanding of one's family of origin , the strengths and weaknesses, creates a narrative of one's past. This framework ensures a greater success with relationships, with a job, as well as, supports one for the bumps life brings us all.
Lynne H. Harris, MA, MPH, LPC 109 Park Washington Court Falls Church, VA 22046	(703) 581-9264 Email: lynneharris.lpc@gmail.com
I am a licensed professional counselor in private practice in Northern Virginia. I have worked in the mental health field for 10 years. My expertise is in helping women and men overcome the lasting effects of neglect and abuse, whether it is due to growing up in an alcoholic household, with a parent with mental illness, or a narcissistic parent. Many of my clients have substance abuse issues, or are the family member of someone with addiction issues. We focus on halting self destructive behaviors, as well as identifying and correcting unhealthy relationship patterns. I also specialize in two other areas: 1) helping adolescents, young adults and adults navigate life changes and transitions, and 2) family and step-family dynamics. I offer short term solution focused, or skill building sessions – such as stress reduction and relaxation techniques, coping skills for anxiety and depression, managing cravings, communication skills, self assertion skills - as well as long term psychotherapy geared towards developing greater insight. I invite you to come in for a free 20 minute consultation to see if we are a good fit.

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