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Empowering Children and Families for Hope and Healing

  • Welcome
  • Get to know us
    • Cassidi Dye, LPC
    • Vanessa Groves, LMSW
    • Anthony Baker, MDiv, MA, PLPC
    • Emily Carnahan, PLPC
    • Kaily Lowrey, PLPC
    • Kaitlyn Sampson, PLPC, LPC, CPT
    • Justin Wright, PLPC
    • Samantha Trujillo, LMSW
    • Phillip Zweerink, MA, CIT
    • Samantha Reed, MA, LPC
    • Candice Jenkins, MA, PLPC, NCC
    • Sydney Heustis, MA, CIT, LPC
    • Carolyn Grace, LPC
    • Natalie Grady, MS, LPC, RPT, NCC
    • Ashley Cross, MA, LPC
    • Chadrick Miller, LMSW
    • Nicolette Rogers, MS, LPC, NCC
    • Jimmarie Smiley, LPC, CPT
    • Lauren Wood, LSCSW, LCSW
    • Morgyn Nyman, LMSW
    • Teresa Paterson Bartch, LPC, LCPC, RPT-S
      • Molly Rose, Therapy Dog
      • Private Practice Business Consultation
    • Kenzi Ruther, Operations Coordinator
    • Adrianne Minnis
  • Counseling Interns
    • Julez Holguin, Counseling Intern
    • Zachary Rich, Counseling Intern
  • Services
    • Individual Counseling for Adults
      • Counseling for Anxiety
      • Counseling for Depression
      • Counseling For Women
    • Telehealth Counseling
    • Couples and Family Counseling
      • Couples and Relationship Counseling
      • Family and Sibling Counseling
    • Play Therapy
      • Introducing Counseling to Your Child
      • Child Depression and Anxiety
      • Autism Spectrum Disorders
      • Child-Parent Interaction Counseling
    • Teen Counseling
    • EMDR
    • Clinical Licensure and Play Therapy Supervision
    • Group Therapy
      • New Moms Support Group
      • First Responder Psychotherapy Group
      • Teen LGBTQ+ Group
      • Emotional Regulation: A DBT Skills Group
  • Getting Started
    • Appointment Request
    • FAQs
    • Rates and Insurance
  • Connect with us
    • Employment
    • Feedback Form
    • Make a Payment
  • Our Locations
    • Johnson County Main Office
    • Northland Office
    • Lee’s Summit, MO Office
    • St. Joseph, MO Office
  • Parenting On Purpose Blog
  • Welcome
  • Get to know us
    • Cassidi Dye, LPC
    • Vanessa Groves, LMSW
    • Anthony Baker, MDiv, MA, PLPC
    • Emily Carnahan, PLPC
    • Kaily Lowrey, PLPC
    • Kaitlyn Sampson, PLPC, LPC, CPT
    • Justin Wright, PLPC
    • Samantha Trujillo, LMSW
    • Phillip Zweerink, MA, CIT
    • Samantha Reed, MA, LPC
    • Candice Jenkins, MA, PLPC, NCC
    • Sydney Heustis, MA, CIT, LPC
    • Carolyn Grace, LPC
    • Natalie Grady, MS, LPC, RPT, NCC
    • Ashley Cross, MA, LPC
    • Chadrick Miller, LMSW
    • Nicolette Rogers, MS, LPC, NCC
    • Jimmarie Smiley, LPC, CPT
    • Lauren Wood, LSCSW, LCSW
    • Morgyn Nyman, LMSW
    • Teresa Paterson Bartch, LPC, LCPC, RPT-S
      • Molly Rose, Therapy Dog
      • Private Practice Business Consultation
    • Kenzi Ruther, Operations Coordinator
    • Adrianne Minnis
  • Counseling Interns
    • Julez Holguin, Counseling Intern
    • Zachary Rich, Counseling Intern
  • Services
    • Individual Counseling for Adults
      • Counseling for Anxiety
      • Counseling for Depression
      • Counseling For Women
    • Telehealth Counseling
    • Couples and Family Counseling
      • Couples and Relationship Counseling
      • Family and Sibling Counseling
    • Play Therapy
      • Introducing Counseling to Your Child
      • Child Depression and Anxiety
      • Autism Spectrum Disorders
      • Child-Parent Interaction Counseling
    • Teen Counseling
    • EMDR
    • Clinical Licensure and Play Therapy Supervision
    • Group Therapy
      • New Moms Support Group
      • First Responder Psychotherapy Group
      • Teen LGBTQ+ Group
      • Emotional Regulation: A DBT Skills Group
  • Getting Started
    • Appointment Request
    • FAQs
    • Rates and Insurance
  • Connect with us
    • Employment
    • Feedback Form
    • Make a Payment
  • Our Locations
    • Johnson County Main Office
    • Northland Office
    • Lee’s Summit, MO Office
    • St. Joseph, MO Office
  • Parenting On Purpose Blog

We are glad you are here!

Connect with us today to begin your journey to healing and wellness!

Your safe place for in person and telehealth sessions.  We continue to offer online counseling sessions, in addition to in person sessions, in all of our Kansas City offices.

We are here.

We care.

Welcome to Embark Counseling Services, LLC, a compassionate place for you, your children, your teen, families and couples. At Embark Counseling, our  caring counselors provide a warm and supportive outpatient therapy environment that cultivates safety and trust for each client to find the strength within to manage emotions, behaviors, or other challenging life situations. Embark is your safe place for your journey to wellness.

Our goal is to provide high quality, compassionate counseling services to empower and guide families to lasting change from a client-centered, integrative, holistic approach, where hope and healing are the central focus, to foster emotional and behavioral growth and nurture satisfying family interpersonal dynamics.


Empowering Children and Families for Hope and Healing


Our Counselors are trauma competent, and approach outpatient therapy and counseling from an integrative, holistic approach, paying careful attention to each individual’s emotional, physical, mental, spiritual and psychological safety; recognizing that each person experiences situations uniquely different, and building resiliency requires empathy, support and understanding.  We approach therapy with evidenced based modalities, including CBT, DBT, EMDR and Play Therapy.

All of our Therapists and Counselors are trained and experienced in providing Online Telehealth Therapy in Missouri and/or Kansas.

Our Play Therapists have specialized training and certification, and may utilize these methods with children, teens, families and couples in their therapy. To learn more on how Play Therapy may help your child, teen or family, click here.

Our Couples, Relationship and Family Therapists approach couples and family therapy with empathy and techniques that are substantially researched (Gottman Method) as a highly effective way for relieving distress among couples, reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression, resolving conflict, restoring lines of communication and re-establishing a secure emotional bond.

Our Counseling Interns provide counseling at an affordable cost, while maintaining the integrity of your experience, and quality of your therapy.  Stop by their bios to learn more about their approach and strengths.  We currently have interns at our Lenexa, Northland and St. Joseph locations.

Together, we help individuals and families improve overall functioning and growth toward healing, hope, peace and enjoying life together. We look forward to meeting you, and helping you along your journey!

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Good Faith Estimate for Counseling Services

All clients at Embark Counseling Services, LLC have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate per the federal “No Surprises Act”, as of January 1, 2022. A Good Faith Estimate provides an estimate on the fees you can expect over your course of treatment, although it is an estimate, not an exact cost of treatment.   Prior to receiving services, you will be provided a Good Faith Estimate, if you are uninsured, self-pay or using your out-of-network benefits.

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Meet our Caring Professionals

Cassidi Dye, LPC
Trauma Competent Adult Counselor, Lenexa Office
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Anthony Baker, MDiv, MA, PLPC
Trauma Competent Individual and Couples Therapist, Northland Location
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Vanessa Groves, LMSW
Individual adults, couples counseling, St. Joseph location
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Sydney Heustis, MA, CIT, LPC
Trauma Competent Teen & Adult Counselor, Practice Manager, Lee's Summit Office
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Kaily Lowrey, PLPC
Child Counseling, Teen Counseling, St. Joseph and Northland Locations
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Emily Carnahan, PLPC
Child & Teen Counselor, Adult Counselor, Northland and Lee’s Summit Locations
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Samantha Trujillo, LMSW
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Therapist, Perinatal, Postnatal Anxiety and Depression, Telehealth
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Morgyn Nyman, LMSW
Teen and Adult Counseling, Lenexa Location
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Samantha Reed, MA, LPC
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Therapist, Play Therapist in Training Lee's Summit Office
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Kaitlyn Sampson, PLPC, LPC, CPT
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Counselor, Play Therapist in Training, Northland Office, Lee's Summit Office
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Natalie Grady, MS, LPC, RPT, NCC
Child, Adolescent and Family Therapist, Registered Play Therapist, EMDR, Northland and Lee's Summit Locations
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Nicolette Rogers, MS, LPC, NCC
Trauma Competent Counselor, EMDR Trained, Integrative Mental Healthcare St. Joseph Location
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Carolyn Grace, LPC
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Therapist, Play Therapy, Theraplay, EMDR, TBRI
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Candice Jenkins, MA, PLPC, NCC
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Counselor, Play Therapist in Training, Couples and Relationship Counselor, Northland Office, Lee's Summit Office
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Chadrick Miller, LMSW
Trauma Competent Family Systems Therapist, EMDR Trained, DBT Trained, Play Therapy trained, Lenexa Office, Northland Office
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Ashley Cross, MA, LPC
Trauma Competent Child, DBT Trained; Play Therapy, Gottman Trained Couples and Relationship Counselor, Northland Office, LGBTQ+ Affirming
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Lauren Wood, LSCSW, LCSW
Trauma Competent Family Systems Therapist, Teen Counseling, Family Counseling, Lenexa Office
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Jimmarie Smiley, LPC, CPT
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Counselor; Certified Play Therapist; Couples and Relationship Counselor; Lee's Summit Office, Lenexa Office
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Zachary Rich, Counseling Intern
Counseling Intern, Northland Office
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Phillip Zweerink, MA, CIT
Anxiety, Depression, St. Joseph Location, Trauma Informed
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Chris Prather, Counseling Intern
Counseling Intern, Lenexa Office, Individual, Adolescent, and Family Counseling
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Julez Holguin, Counseling Intern
Counseling Intern
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Kenzi Ruther, Operations Coordinator
Operations Coordinator
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Kellie Simmons, Business Director
Business Director
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Teresa Paterson Bartch, LPC, LCPC, RPT-S
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Counselor; Parent Coach; Clinical Supervisor; Registered Play Therapy Supervisor; Educational and Business Consultant
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Molly Rose, Therapy Dog
Therapy Dog
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Our Counseling Services

Play Therapy

Teen Counseling

Individual Counseling for Adults

Couples and Relationship Counseling

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Embark Counseling Services now has multiple locations, and likely in your area! Now, you have greater access to quality trauma informed mental and behavioral health services, including Telemental Health. We are located in:

Kansas City North, MO

specializing in Play Therapy, Teen Counseling, EMDR, Couples and Relationship Counseling, Women’s Issues and Parent Coaching.  Teen Group Therapy for Emotion Regulation (DBT) now enrolling for Fall 2022.  LGBTQ Teen Support Group.

Lenexa, KS

specializing in Play Therapy, Teen Counseling, EMDR, Couples and Relationship Counseling, Women’s Issues, and Parent Coaching. First Responders Psychotherapy Group.  New Mom’s Support Group.

specializing in Play Therapy, Teen Counseling, Couples Counseling, EMDR, individuals with anxiety and depression and family systems approach with a holistic, integrative lens.  LGBTQ Teen Support Group.

Lee’s Summit, MO – Now scheduling Clients for Play Therapy and Teen Counseling!

specializing in Play Therapy, Teen Counseling, Couples and Relationship Counseling, Women’s Issues and Parent Coaching.  Child-Parent Play Therapy Group coming soon!

Contact Us

12351 W. 96th Terrace, #105, Lenexa, KS 66215

8350 N St Clair Avenue, Suite 275, Kansas City, MO 64151

225 SW Noel Street, Lee’s Summit, MO 64063

3805 Oakland Avenue, Suite 101A, St. Joseph, MO 64506

(913) 257-3161

info@embark-counseling.com

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  • Welcome
  • Get to know us
    ▼
    • Cassidi Dye, LPC
    • Vanessa Groves, LMSW
    • Anthony Baker, MDiv, MA, PLPC
    • Emily Carnahan, PLPC
    • Kaily Lowrey, PLPC
    • Kaitlyn Sampson, PLPC, LPC, CPT
    • Justin Wright, PLPC
    • Samantha Trujillo, LMSW
    • Phillip Zweerink, MA, CIT
    • Samantha Reed, MA, LPC
    • Candice Jenkins, MA, PLPC, NCC
    • Sydney Heustis, MA, CIT, LPC
    • Carolyn Grace, LPC
    • Natalie Grady, MS, LPC, RPT, NCC
    • Ashley Cross, MA, LPC
    • Chadrick Miller, LMSW
    • Nicolette Rogers, MS, LPC, NCC
    • Jimmarie Smiley, LPC, CPT
    • Lauren Wood, LSCSW, LCSW
    • Morgyn Nyman, LMSW
    • Teresa Paterson Bartch, LPC, LCPC, RPT-S
      ▼
      • Molly Rose, Therapy Dog
      • Private Practice Business Consultation
    • Kenzi Ruther, Operations Coordinator
    • Adrianne Minnis
  • Counseling Interns
    ▼
    • Julez Holguin, Counseling Intern
    • Zachary Rich, Counseling Intern
  • Services
    ▼
    • Individual Counseling for Adults
      ▼
      • Counseling for Anxiety
      • Counseling for Depression
      • Counseling For Women
    • Telehealth Counseling
    • Couples and Family Counseling
      ▼
      • Couples and Relationship Counseling
      • Family and Sibling Counseling
    • Play Therapy
      ▼
      • Introducing Counseling to Your Child
      • Child Depression and Anxiety
      • Autism Spectrum Disorders
      • Child-Parent Interaction Counseling
    • Teen Counseling
    • EMDR
    • Clinical Licensure and Play Therapy Supervision
    • Group Therapy
      ▼
      • New Moms Support Group
      • First Responder Psychotherapy Group
      • Teen LGBTQ+ Group
      • Emotional Regulation: A DBT Skills Group
  • Getting Started
    ▼
    • Appointment Request
    • FAQs
    • Rates and Insurance
  • Connect with us
    ▼
    • Employment
    • Feedback Form
    • Make a Payment
  • Our Locations
    ▼
    • Johnson County Main Office
    • Northland Office
    • Lee’s Summit, MO Office
    • St. Joseph, MO Office
  • Parenting On Purpose Blog