Meet the best therapists* in Jacksonville.

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Note that most therapists specialize in multiple issues, so therapists in different categories may still be able to help you.

Anxiety therapist
Child or teen therapist
Couples therapist
Depression therapist
EMDR therapist
Family therapist
Grief therapist
OCD therapist
Trauma therapist

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Best therapists in Jacksonville

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

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Best anxiety therapists

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

Virtual Only

$150

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Aetna (Texas)

Not available

California, LMFT #127712; Texas, LMFT #204340; Florida LMFT #TPMF474

Lily Gatica, LMFT

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Attachment based, Astrology, EMDR, Emotionally focused therapy, Internal family systems, Psychodynamic, Trauma-focused, Mindfulness based

Specialties

Anxiety, Couples counseling, Trauma

Additional Areas of focus

Codependency, Grief, Life transitions, Mindfulness, Spirituality

Virtual Only

$200

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Aetna

Not available

Florida, Psychologist #PY10106

Samantha Sciarrillo, PsyD

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally focused therapy, Mindfulness based

Specialties

Anxiety, Burnout, Self esteem

Additional Areas of focus

ADHD, Body image, Highly sensitive people, Caring professionals, Stress, Trauma

Virtual Only

$240

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

Washington, Psychologist #60541901; PSYPACT, APIT #22467

Annie Mueller, Psychologist

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Mindfulness based, Solutions-focused brief therapy, Trauma-focused, Prolonged exposure therapy

Specialties

Life transitions, Midlife stress, Aging

Additional Areas of focus

Anxiety, Burnout, Caring professionals, Dating, Depression, Existential questioning, First responders, Highly sensitive people, Grief, Insomnia, Panic attacks, Physical disabilities, Postpartum depression, Self esteem, Social anxiety, Veterans, Trauma, Stress, Transgender people

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Best children and teen therapists

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

Virtual and In Person

$130

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Aetna, Cigna & Evernorth, United, Optum, Oscar, AVMED FL Exchange

Not available

Florida, LMHC #MH18391; Florida, LMFT #MT4929

Lindsay Faber, LMHC

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment based, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Dialectical behavior therapy, Emotionally focused therapy, Exposure Response Prevention, Family systems, Mindfulness based, Narrative, Solution-focused brief therapy, Strength-based therapy, Trauma-focused

Specialties

Trauma, Children, Anxiety

Additional Areas of focus

ADHD, Adolescents, Anger management, Autism spectrum, Blended families, Body image, Couples counseling, Dating, Depression, Disordered eating, Family counseling, LGBTQ+ sexuality, Grief, Gender identity, Life transitions, Mindfulness, Military families, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parenting, Phobias, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Premarital counseling, Self esteem, Self harm, Social anxiety, Stress, Suicidal thoughts, Transgender people, Veterans

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Best couples therapists

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

Virtual and In Person

$190

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

Michigan, LMFT #4101006874; Florida, LMFT #MT3525

G. Nathanael Carela, LMFT

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Gottman method, Family systems, Solution-focused brief therapy, Strength-based therapy

Specialties

Anxiety, Couples counseling, Premarital counseling

Additional Areas of focus

Anxiety, Multicultural experience, Blended families, Couples counseling, Dating, Immigrant experience, Infidelity, Intercultural relationships, Life transitions, Panic attacks, Parenting, Premarital counseling, Social anxiety, Spirituality, Stress

Virtual and In Person

$240

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

Florida, MHC #25031

Petra Wilkes, MHC

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally focused therapy, Gottman method, Narrative, Play therapy, Solutions-focused brief therapy, Strengths-based therapy, Somatic therapy, Faith-based counseling

Specialties

Career coaching, Life transitions, Couples counseling

Additional Areas of focus

Abuse, Multicultural experience, Blended families, Body image, Codependency, Depression, Family counseling, Existential questioning, Divorce counseling, First generation immigrant experience, First responders, Grief, Infidelity, Insomnia, LGBTQ+ sexuality, Panic attacks, Parenting, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Postpartum depression, Racial identity, Self esteem, Self harm, Social anxiety, Socioeconomic issues, Spirituality, Suicidal thoughts, Stress, Sports performance, Sexual assault, Premarital counseling, Military families, Learning disabilities, Non-monogamous couples counseling, Caring professionals, Trauma, Veterans

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Best depression therapists

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

Virtual and In Person

$95

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

Florida, RCSWI #19872

Ornella Dickson, RCSWI

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment based, Faith-based counseling, Cognitive behavioral therapy , Dialectical behavior therapy, Ecotherapy, Emotionally focused therapy, Exposure Response Prevention, Family systems, Gottman method, Internal family systems, Mindfulness based, Music therapy, Narrative, Solution-focused brief therapy, Somatic therapy, Strength-based therapy, Trauma-focused

Specialties

Trauma, Anxiety, Depression

Additional Areas of focus

Abuse, Addiction, Anger management, Anxiety, Aging, Multicultural experience, Bipolar disorder, Multiracial experience, Blended families, Coparenting, Step parenting, Body image, Burnout, Career coaching, Caring professionals, Chronic conditions, Couples counseling, Codependency, Dating, Depression, Divorce counseling, Existential questioning, First generation immigrant experience, Grief, Highly sensitive people, Infidelity, Insomnia, Life transitions, Midlife stress, Military families, Mindfulness, Panic attacks, Parenting, Pregnancy loss, Personality disorders, Phobias, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Premarital counseling, Racial identity, Self esteem, Sexual assault, Social anxiety, Socioeconomic issues, Spirituality, Stress, Substance dependency, Suicidal thoughts, Trauma, Veterans

Virtual Only

$135

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Aeta, United Healthcare, Cigna, Optum, Oscar

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

Florida, LCSW SW15454

Katie Bernard, LCSW

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment based, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Dialectical behavior therapy, Mindfulness based, Trauma-focused

Specialties

Anxiety, Stress, Burnout

Additional Areas of focus

Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Borderline personality disorder, Caring professionals, Codependency, Depression, Grief, Life transitions, Midlife stress, Mindfulness, Panic attacks, Personality disorders, Phobias, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Self esteem, Self harm, Social anxiety, Suicidal thoughts, Trauma, Burnout, Body image, Anxiety, Aging, ADHD

Virtual and In Person

$200

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

Florida, LMHC #11180; Connecticut, LPC #1860

Jennifer Goggin, LMHC

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Depth psychotherapy, Attachment based, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Family systems, Solutions-focused brief therapy, Strengths-based therapy, Somatic therapy, Trauma-focused

Specialties

Anxiety, Trauma, Depression

Additional Areas of focus

Abuse, ADHD, Burnout, Codependency, Disordered eating, Grief, Highly sensitive people, Midlife stress, Mindfulness, Neurodivergence, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Immigrant experience, Social anxiety, Self esteem, Spirituality, Trauma

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Best EMDR therapists

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

Virtual Only

$200

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

California, LMFT #48140; Florida, TPMF890

Emily Morgan, LMFT

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Attachment based, Dialectical behavior therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy, EMDR, Emotionally focused therapy, Family systems, Internal family systems, Trauma-focused

Specialties

Anxiety, Trauma, Abuse

Additional Areas of focus

Codependency, Family counseling, Grie, Life transitions, Medical trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Self esteem, Sexual assault, Stress

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Best family therapists

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

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Best grief therapists

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

Virtual Only

$150

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

(Florida only) Aetna, Cigna, BCBS Massachusetts, United, OSCAR, Oxford, UMR, Meritain, Nippon

(Florida only) Aetna, Cigna, BCBS Massachusetts, United, OSCAR, Oxford, UMR, Meritain, Nippon

(Florida only) Aetna, Cigna, BCBS Massachusetts, United, OSCAR, Oxford, UMR, Meritain, Nippon

Not available

Florida, LMFT #4716

Michelle Chaffardet, LMFT

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Cognitive behavioral therapy, Gottman method, Solution-focused brief therapy, Narrative, Family systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Specialties

Adolescents, Couples counseling, Grief

Additional Areas of focus

Multicultural experience, Blended families, Dating, Divorce counseling, Family counseling, First generation immigrant experience, Infidelity, Life transitions, Parenting, Premarital counseling

Virtual and In Person

$175

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

Georgia, LPC #007839; CPCS #754

Kim DeRamus Lareau, LPC

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Attachment based, Faith-based counseling, Trauma-focused, Somatic therapy, Narrative, EMDR

Specialties

Caring professionals , Dating, Pregnancy loss

Additional Areas of focus

Anxiety, Grief, Highly sensitive people, Life transitions, Postpartum depression, Premarital counseling, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma

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Best OCD therapists

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

Virtual Only

$175

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

California, LCSW #71394; Arizona, LCSW #18501; Nevada, LCSW #8773-C; Wyoming, LCSW #1251; Oklahoma, LCSW #8807; Vermont, LICSW #89.0096739; Florida, Telehealth #TPSW2226

Kelsey Barbieri, LCSW

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Brainspotting, Dialectical behavior therapy, EMDR, Family systems, Mindfulness based, Solution-focused brief therapy, Strength-based therapy

Specialties

Anxiety, Couples counseling, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Additional Areas of focus

Abuse, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Life transitions, Medical trauma, Military families, Mindfulness, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic attacks, Premarital counseling, Self esteem, Sexual assault, Social anxiety, Stress, Trauma, Veterans

Virtual Only

$250

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

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New Jersey, Psychologist #6431; New York, Psychologist #024165; PSYPACT, APIT #10041

Anna Urbaniak, Psychologist

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Exposure Response Prevention, Mindfulness based, Prolonged exposure therapy

Specialties

Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Additional Areas of focus

Depression, First responders, Insomnia, Mindfulness, Panic attacks, Phobias, Immigrant experience, Social anxiety, Stress, Trauma, Veterans

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Best trauma therapists

4 stars or higher online

Peer reviewed

Screened for burnout

Trauma-informed

Virtual Only

$200

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

Illinois, LCPC #180.008355; Michigan, LCPC #6401020318; Wisconsin, LCPC #10228-125; Florida, Telehealth #TPMC2333

Kristen Jacobsen, LCPC

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Dialectical behavior therapy, EMDR, Internal family systems

Specialties

Anxiety, Trauma, Codependency

Additional Areas of focus

Anger management, Caring professionals, Dating, Stress, Narcissistic personality, Life transitions, Midlife stress, Parenting, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Self esteem

Virtual and In Person

$225

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

New York, LMHC #009186; Rhode Island, LMHC 01061; Arizona, LPC #20643; Florida, LMHC #TPMC1240

Susanna Guarino, LMHC

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Gottman method, Narrative, Psychodynamic, Psychoanalytic, Trauma-focused

Specialties

Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Couples counseling

Additional Areas of focus

Anxiety, Existential questioning, Highly sensitive people, Intercultural relationships, Mindfulness, Neurodivergence, Pregnancy loss, Polyamory, Spirituality

Virtual Only

$250

per session

Helps you get reimbursed for therapy

Not available

New York, Psychologist #025062-01; Washington, Psychologist #PY61526871; PSYPACT, APIT #18417

Jennifer Stewart, PhD

Vetted and verified

No Google reviews

Modalities

Cognitive behavioral therapy, Dialectical behavior therapy, Exposure Response Prevention, Prolonged exposure therapy, Psychodynamic, Trauma-focused

Specialties

Borderline personality disorder, Trauma, Sexual assault

Additional Areas of focus

Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Burnout, Dating, Depression, Existential questioning, First responders, Grief, Life transitions, Midlife stress, Military families, Mindfulness, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic attacks, Personality disorders, Phobias, Self esteem, Self harm, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Social anxiety, Stalking, Stress, Suicidal thoughts, Veterans

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions about therapy

What's the difference between in-person and virtual therapy?

Although there is no research that suggests in-person or virtual therapy is more effective, you may prefer one over the other. Some people prefer the intimacy of being in the same physical space as their therapist, while others prefer receiving treatment in the comfort of their own home. If you have a tight schedule, virtual therapy is a great option since you won’t commute to your therapist’s office. Virtual therapy also allows you to see any therapist throughout your state, which means one less barrier to finding your soulmate therapist!

When should someone start therapy?

Deciding when to start therapy is a very personal decision, but we recommend starting sooner rather than later. Along with running the risk of your mental health declining, you also miss out on time spent working on yourself, repairing your relationships, and so much more. Life is short, so why not make it the best possible as soon as possible?

What type of therapy is right for me?

Your therapist will carefully customize your treatment plan, and they will likely rely on a variety of therapeutic methods. There are some treatment methods that are better for specific disorders (like exposure therapy for OCD or phobias), but a combination of several will likely be the best option for you.

Is going to therapy worth it?

We’re huge advocates for therapy at Best Therapists, but we know that not everyone has a good experience in therapy. Working with a high quality therapist (with whom you have a great relationship) can be life changing. You can change harmful behaviors or thought patterns, shed or improve hurtful relationships, increase your resilience and coping methods for dealing with mental illness, and much more. We think that that’s pretty frigging worth it, but finding the right therapist for YOU is crucial to this equation.

What's the difference between a psychotherapist and a psychologist?

The main difference between psychotherapists and psychologists is their education. Psychologists receive more education, and in some cases, psychologists focus more on research than clinical work. But both therapists and psychologists go through thousands of hours of clinical training. When choosing a therapist, the skill of the therapist and your relationship with them matters way more than which degree your therapist has.

Do therapists offer free consultations?

Yes, most therapists offer free consultations. This not only benefits you, but the therapist too! Therapists want to see if you are a good fit before doing an official therapy session with you to save you (and them) time and energy. Although your relationship has barely begun, you both will feel out your chemistry. You won’t be BFFs by the end of the consultation, but should get a sense of whether or not you’ll work well together.

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About Us

Hi, we’re Best Therapists.

We vet therapists, so you can focus on fit—not quality.

Through peer reviews, license verification, online reviews, and requiring acknowledgement of trauma-informed care, we do our best to make sure that your best therapist provides high quality care (and that's regardless of your race, sexual orientation, or background).

But your friend’s best therapist might not be your best therapist. That's why personality fit between you and your therapist is crucial. It’s not something that we can verify for you, so we encourage you to schedule free consultations with multiple therapists to get a sense of your chemistry together.

Why choose Best Therapists

There are plenty of therapist directories to choose from.

But other therapist directories like Psychology Today, Good Therapy, Choosing Therapy, and more have hundreds (if not thousands) of results for therapists in your city alone. The search for your best therapist becomes instantly overwhelming, which stops some therapy-seekers in their tracks. Our involved vetting process goes way beyond a basic license check (unlike the other guys), which simplifies YOUR search.

Finding the best therapist for you is hard enough, so we curate lists like these so you can get quality care as quickly and seamlessly impossible. And no need to check a therapist's availability or add your name to their waitlist—all Best Therapists are currently accepting new clients.

Not feeling any of the therapists on our list? No worries. Keep scrolling to find other vetted therapists in cities near you.

When to not choose Best Therapists

In some situations, we may not be the best therapist directory for you. For example...

  1. If you are looking for free therapy or want therapy that's supplemented by another organization, Best Therapists isn't the best therapist directory for you.
  2. If you're only open to seeing a therapist that's in-network with your insurance provider, Best Therapists might not be a good fit. Many of our therapists don't work directly with insurance companies, so we encourage you to check your out-of-network mental health benefits (use our free benefits checker). Don't let your insurance company prevent you from working with your soulmate therapist!
  3. Finally, this site is not intended for medical emergencies. If you are in an immediate mental health crisis, please call the national suicide hotline at 988.

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