Being a teenager is hard, and it’s hard to watch your teen struggle. Whether it’s anxiety, low mood, school stress, friendship or identity questions, trauma, or changes in eating, therapy gives teens a space of their own to sort things out with someone who isn’t their parent.
Our whole team is trauma-informed, LGBTQIA+-affirming, neurodivergent-friendly and uses a harm-reduction approach.
Who works with teens
- Kristin Keliher, M.Ed, LCMHC (Asheville)
- Jenny Wallace, MA, LCMHCA (Asheville)
- Cat Dismukes, MSW, LCSWA (Asheville)
- Dylan Ledford, MA, LCMHCA (Asheville)
- Mik Kenny, MSW, LCSWA (Asheville), including eating concerns
- Dr. Tyra Williams, PhD, LMFT, LCMHC (Asheville and Hendersonville)
- Emmy Sharkey and Steven Wallace, master’s-level clinical interns working under licensed clinical supervision
What we help teens with
- Anxiety and panic
- Depression and low mood
- Trauma
- OCD
- Eating and body image concerns
- ADHD, autism and other neurodivergence
- LGBTQIA+ identity and coming out
- School stress, friendships and family conflict
Will I know what my teen talks about?
Teens need a confidential space to open up, so most of what they share stays between them and their therapist. Safety concerns are the exception, and your teen’s therapist will explain the limits of confidentiality to both of you at the start and talk with you about how parents will be included.
Do you see teens virtually?
Yes. Virtual sessions are available anywhere in North Carolina.
Do you take insurance?
We accept Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna (including the NC State Health Plan) and NC Medicaid plans: Healthy Blue, Carolina Complete Health, AmeriHealth Caritas, Vaya and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan. Medicaid is accepted by all of our clinicians except Kristin Keliher. Coverage and copays depend on your plan, so please check your benefits before your first session. See Medicaid therapy.
Ready to start?
Book online or call 828-407-0355, Monday through Friday, 8am to 7pm.
If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or call 911.