Jillayna Adamson, MA, LPC, LMHC, EMDR Certified Psychotherapist

Welcome! I am a Clinical Mental Health Therapist, mama, writer, and activist! I work with adults (men/women/nonbinary), teens and families. I have specialty areas in women/motherhood, teens/young adults and suicide, the LGBTQIA community, cross-cultural work, and hearing loss. I am EMDR Certified, LGBTQIA trained, affirming and Sex Positive.

I am currently located in St. Louis, Missouri and am seeing patients in-person. I am licensed in Florida and Missouri and available remotely via Teletherapy.

Areas of Focus:

Identity, Growth, Empowerment and Transitions

Identity Development, Self-Exploration, Growth, and Empowerment across the lifespan accompanied by healing from Trauma. This includes LGBTQIA, gender-inclusive, and Sex Positive orientations, including CNM and ENM identities. All genders welcome.

Motherhood and Parenting

Parenting, New Motherhood and the Motherhood experience, including Postpartum Depression/Anxiety, and parenting transitions across the lifespan.

Women’s Issues

Women, Identity, empowerment, sexuality and healing from oppressive structures

Teens, Children, Families

Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Depression, Anxiety and Suicide Ideation, LGBTQIA and gender/sexuality questioning, and uniqueness and belonging.

Children struggling with gender/sexual identity or questioning, or uniqueness and belonging

Family therapy, or parent and child relational therapy with kids and/or teenagers

Additional experience with hearing loss, and D/deaf or hard of hearing families.

Cross-Cultural Mental Health

Cross-cultural mental wellness, trauma and healing including human rights and minority struggles with refugees and immigrants

Types of Therapy I Do:

Psychodynamic therapy
Certified EMDR Therapist
Expressive Arts and Narrative Therapy
Family Therapy and solutions in Parenting
IFS, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness Practice