Therapists in Saint George, UT

Are you looking to strengthen your relationships, improve your emotional well-being, or navigate a challenging life transition? I believe everyone deserves to feel supported and empowered, and I'm here to walk alongside you on your journey toward growth and healing. Therapy is a collaborative process. I'm passionate about helping people navigate relationship complexities. I create a safe and supportive space where you can openly explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Together, we'll identify your goals and develop personalized strategies to help you overcome obstacles and create lasting change.

As a therapist, religious educator, and army chaplain I have a unique background and passion for helping families, couples, and individuals cope with life's stress. I specialize in helping teens, young adults, and their families overcome anxiety, depression, and conflict. With my training in marriage and family therapy I love helping couples reduce conflict and increase marital satisfaction.

Sometimes parenting can be fraught with challenges, and knowing how best to help your child can be confusing. Whether it's behavior problems, anxiety, depression, educational issues, or chronic illness; these issues do have solutions. The guidance you receive should be from someone with the proper training, who utilizes research-based strategies, and resists the urge to rely solely on their "gut" in a treatment setting. This is the current standard in this modern age of psychological care, and combined with the right interpersonal fit, you and your child's efforts in treatment will be more likely to result in lasting change.

Dr. Spencer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), an AAMFT approved supervisor and an owner and clinical director of Zest for Life Counseling. He has more than a decade of experience working with individuals, couples and families. Dr. Spencer utilizes evidenced based practices and specializes in working with trauma, grief, and couples on the brink of divorce. Dr. Spencer completed a Bachelors degree in Family Studies from Weber State University, a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Oklahoma State University, and a Doctorate in Human Development and Family Science also from Oklahoma State University.

Immediate openings available for therapy and medication management. If you find yourself feeling more worried or sad than usual, you're not alone. Therapy can help you gain valuable tools to feel better. We can also provide support with parenting issues, stress, depression, trauma, life transitions and relationships! You may be surprised at how much better you can feel after just one session. Making emotional health a priority now can help you get back to enjoying life sooner. Now seeing clients in person and by telehealth for therapy and med management in St. George and Riverton.

While life can bring great joy, it can also be full of hardship. I, along with my colleagues at Horizons Therapeutic Services, am here to help you make the most of life. Our therapists are trained in state-of-the-art techniques to address a wide variety of different emotional issues. Whatever your current challenges might be, we are ready to help you through it. We are most experienced in working with marriages, families, and children. Additionally, we are effective in working with individuals and families who suffer from depression, anxiety, and substance abuse problems among other things.

Depression triggered by feeling hopeless and helpless, High anxiety triggered by work stress and feeling overwhelmed with projects , Anger issues because people don’t understand you and you don’t understand people, Trauma because of your experience with abuse and neglect is currently affecting your life, Infidelity because you lack spontaneity and adventure in your relationship, Marital issues because your spouse is not actively listening or validating your feelings, Men issues because you feel nothing is going right in your life, and women issues because you put family/friends needs before your self-care

My passion is bringing hope and healing to individuals who have experienced a traumatic or stressful event or situation. When severe stress or trauma is experienced it is not unusual to feel unraveled or emotionally uprooted. I help my clients, who include children, adults, couples, and families, find hope and gain healthy perceptions of themselves. I enable clients to strengthen their relationships, so they can recognize themselves as the safe confident and complete individuals they are.

I had a professor a few years ago who said something life changing to me. He said, “As a therapist, it is your job to be the very last person in the room to give up hope.” This quote has helped shape how I conduct therapy and how I form relationships with my clients. I will be the person my clients can count on, believe in, trust, and encourage them to keep going and keep hoping.