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Empowering Children and Families for Hope and Healing

  • Welcome
  • Get to know us
    • Samantha Harris, MA, PLPC
    • Kaitlyn Sampson, MA, PLPC
    • Candice Jenkins, MA, PLPC, NCC
    • Carolyn Grace, LPC
    • Kasey Ashcraft, MA, LPC, NCC
    • Samantha Trujillo, LMSW
    • Ali Tusten, LMSW
    • Ashley Cross, MA, LPC
    • Chadrick Miller, LMSW
    • Anna Rizzi, MS, LCPC, LPC
    • Nicolette Rogers, MS, LPC, NCC
    • Jimmarie Smiley, LPC, CPT
    • Lauren Wood, LSCSW, LCSW
    • Teresa Paterson Bartch, LPC-S, LCPC, RPT-S
      • Molly Rose, Therapy Dog
    • Sydney Heustis, BA, Practice Manager
    • Adrianne Minnis
    • Alyssa Welborn, BA
  • Counseling Interns
    • Morgyn Nyman, Counseling Intern
    • Callie Jacobson, Counseling Intern
    • Sabra Sherrow, Counseling Intern
    • Laura VanGoethem, Counseling Intern
    • Phillip Zweerink, 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
    • Legacy Life Coaching
    • Child Counseling and Play Therapy
      • Introducing Counseling to Your Child
      • Play Therapy
      • 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
      • 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 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 location.

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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Meet our Caring Professionals

Susan Kirby, MA, PLPC, NCC
Child, Adolescent and Family Therapist, Play Therapy, EMDR Northland Office
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Samantha Trujillo, LMSW
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Therapist, Perinatal, Postnatal Anxiety and Depression, Telehealth
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Kaitlyn Sampson, MA, PLPC
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Counselor, Play Therapist in Training, Northland Office, Lee's Summit Office
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Samantha Harris, MA, PLPC
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Therapist, Play Therapist in Training Lee's Summit Office
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Ali Tusten, LMSW
Legacy Senior and Family Life Coach
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Nicolette Rogers, MS, LPC, NCC
Trauma Competent Counselor, EMDR Trained, Integrative Mental Healthcare St. Joseph Location
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Phillip Zweerink, Counseling Intern
Counseling Intern in Training, St. Joseph Intern, Trauma Informed
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Kasey Ashcraft, MA, LPC, NCC
Trauma Competent Family Systems Counselor, Gottman Trained Couples and Relationship Counselor, Northland Office
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Sabra Sherrow, Counseling Intern
Counseling Intern, Northland Office, Individual and Family Counseling
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Laura VanGoethem, Counseling Intern
Counseling Intern, Lenexa Location, Perinatal and Postpartum Anxiety and Depression, Women's Issues, Family Counseling
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Carolyn Grace, LPC
Trauma Competent Child, Adolescent and Family Therapist, Play Therapy, Theraplay, 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, 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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Anna Rizzi, MS, LCPC, LPC
Trauma Competent Couples and Family Counselor; Certified MBTI Practitioner
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Callie Jacobson, Counseling Intern
Counseling Intern, Lenexa Office, Play Therapy, Child, Teen and Family Counseling
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Morgyn Nyman, Counseling Intern
Counseling Intern, Lenexa Office, Teen and Adult Counseling
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Sydney Heustis, BA, Practice Manager
Practice Manager
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Adrianne Minnis
Client Care Coordinator
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Alyssa Welborn, BA
Billing and Insurance Specialist
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Teresa Paterson Bartch, LPC-S, 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

Child Counseling and 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, Couples and Relationship Counseling, Women’s Issues and Parent Coaching.  Teen Group Therapy for Emotion Regulation (DBT) now enrolling for Fall 2020.  EMDR therapy also available.

Lenexa, KS

specializing in Play Therapy, Teen Counseling, Couples and Relationship Counseling, Women’s Issues, and Parent Coaching.  EMDR available.

St. Joseph, MO – Now Scheduling with our Intern!

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

Couples Counseling ~ Coming Soon!

Lee’s Summit, MO – Now scheduling New Clients for Play Therapy!

specializing in Play Therapy, Teen Counseling, Couples and Relationship Counseling, Women’s Issues and Parent Coaching.

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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SAVE & ACCEPT
  • Welcome
  • Get to know us
    ▼
    • Samantha Harris, MA, PLPC
    • Kaitlyn Sampson, MA, PLPC
    • Candice Jenkins, MA, PLPC, NCC
    • Carolyn Grace, LPC
    • Kasey Ashcraft, MA, LPC, NCC
    • Samantha Trujillo, LMSW
    • Ali Tusten, LMSW
    • Ashley Cross, MA, LPC
    • Chadrick Miller, LMSW
    • Anna Rizzi, MS, LCPC, LPC
    • Nicolette Rogers, MS, LPC, NCC
    • Jimmarie Smiley, LPC, CPT
    • Lauren Wood, LSCSW, LCSW
    • Teresa Paterson Bartch, LPC-S, LCPC, RPT-S
      ▼
      • Molly Rose, Therapy Dog
    • Sydney Heustis, BA, Practice Manager
    • Adrianne Minnis
    • Alyssa Welborn, BA
  • Counseling Interns
    ▼
    • Morgyn Nyman, Counseling Intern
    • Callie Jacobson, Counseling Intern
    • Sabra Sherrow, Counseling Intern
    • Laura VanGoethem, Counseling Intern
    • Phillip Zweerink, 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
    • Legacy Life Coaching
    • Child Counseling and Play Therapy
      ▼
      • Introducing Counseling to Your Child
      • Play Therapy
      • 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
      • 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