About mindfulness therapy
Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness and nonjudgmental observation as a way to shift your relationship to thoughts and feelings. Below you can browse therapists who list Mindfulness Therapy among their approaches to review profiles and find a good match.
What to compare in entries
| Credentials | A US state licence, or membership of a professional body such as BACP or NCPS. They are different kinds of thing; each profile shows what was supplied. |
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| Focus | Whether mindfulness therapy is listed as a main focus or among the wider list of areas. Entries show both. |
| Way of working | The approaches named on the entry. Two people working with the same concern can describe very different sessions. |
| Time in practice | Years in practice, as supplied. A fact to weigh, not a ranking. |
| Language | The languages sessions can be held in, where that matters to you. |
Common questions
How were these entries chosen?
Everyone listed on this page names Mindfulness Therapy among the approaches they told the platform they use. They are not ranked, rated or endorsed by this directory, and the order is not a recommendation.
Do I need a referral to start?
No. You can contact a therapist through their entry directly. A GP referral is not required for independent online therapy.
What if the first therapist is not right?
Changing therapist is normal and expected, and can be done at any point. One session is a small sample of how someone works.
Entries for mindfulness therapy
Pietro (Pete) Martucci, LPCC
Ref 37848
Calm guidance for stress and life changes
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse Languages: English
View listingAngela Neary, BACP
Ref 109659
Experienced person-centred counsellor with practical support
Works with: Addictions, Relationship, Trauma and abuse Languages: English
View listingRoseanne Jackson, LCSW, LCSW-R
Ref 54688
Compassionate, practical help for big life stressors
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief Languages: English
View listingApril Lacey, LCPC
Ref 94106
Helping people find steady change and clearer paths
Works with: Relationship, Trauma and abuse, Anger Languages: English
View listingMark Dexter, BACP
Ref 188313
Practical therapy for mood and life changes
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse Languages: English
View listingSiyue Zhang, AASW
Ref 243585
Calm, practical therapy focused on real-life change
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family Languages: English, Mandarin
View listingDr. Wanetta "Nita" Hughes Bise, LPC
Ref 7050
Therapist focused on practical support
Works with: Relationship, Trauma and abuse, Parenting Languages: English
View listingAnn Keith, LCSW
Ref 103213
Compassionate, practical therapy for life changes
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief Languages: English
View listingYumi Lemaster, LCSW
Ref 2633
Skilled, practical therapy for real-life struggles
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse Languages: English
View listingPamela DiGangi, LMHC
Ref 26004
Calm, practical therapy for real-life struggles
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Family, Parenting Languages: English
View listingMelody Hatter, LCSW, CSW, LISW
Ref 123632
Practical support for anxiety and life changes
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem Languages: English
View listingJanet Hardin, LCSW
Ref 55726
Practical, compassionate support for life challenges
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Bipolar Languages: English
View listingSydney Fisher, LPC
Ref 187550
Compassionate counselor guiding practical growth
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Grief Languages: English
View listingJonathan Wilkes, BACP
Ref 123145
Calm listening with practical skills
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Family, Grief Languages: English
View listingLaMeshia Lipscomb, LPC
Ref 106169
Warm, practical counseling focused on goals
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship Languages: English
View listingRoselyn Robertson, BACP
Ref 202372
Sensitive, practical counselling for life’s difficult moments
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family Languages: English
View listingJonetta Wakely, LPC
Ref 124539
Practical, listening-focused counseling for life challenges
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family Languages: English
View listingCynthia Rumford-Jones, LCSW
Ref 101833
Calm practical therapist focused on progress
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Anger, Self esteem Languages: English
View listingChristine Fleming, NCPS
Ref 227435
Supportive counsellor for stress and grief
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem Languages: English
View listingJonathan Stuart, NCPS
Ref 175272
Practical, respectful support for everyday struggles
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Career Languages: English
View listingBrittany Elledge, LPCC, LMHC
Ref 11729
Practical, client-centered support for life changes
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem Languages: English
View listingWendi Makus, LPC
Ref 48129
Practical therapy for stress and relationships
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse Languages: English
View listingJoseph Setchel, LMHC, LCMHC
Ref 58744
Practical, collaborative counseling for everyday struggles
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Coping with life changes Languages: English
View listingLiisa Hiltunen, PACFA
Ref 317033
Calm practical therapy with coaching focus
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem Languages: English
View listingBrandi Kelly, LA Psychologist
Ref 201932
Experienced Louisiana psychologist focused on practical change
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Parenting, Depression Languages: English
View listingShannon Mott, LCSW
Ref 108724
Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family Languages: English
View listingShawn Alyea, LPC
Ref 14872
Compassionate counselor guiding practical change
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Intimacy-related issues Languages: English
View listingJennifer Blaney-Sutton, BACP
Ref 225637
Collaborative psychotherapist for adult challenges
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Depression Languages: English
View listingAnnie Taylor, NCPS
Ref 153305
Experienced client-centred counsellor
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Anger Languages: English
View listingLisa McCormack, BACP
Ref 256148
Practical, compassionate therapy for anxiety and life change
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem Languages: English
View listingEthel-Caroline Miman, AASW
Ref 259803
Gentle, practical therapy for life’s big challenges
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief Languages: English
View listingNicholas Taylor, BACP
Ref 242465
Practical person-centred counselling for everyday challenges
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Depression Languages: English
View listingKeith Chilton, LMFT
Ref 106189
Experienced marriage and family therapist
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship Languages: English
View listingJill Malcolm, BACP
Ref 231136
Gentle practical support for everyday struggles
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family Languages: English
View listingJennifer Mcpherson (Norman), BACP
Ref 161239
Experienced relationship and trauma counsellor
Works with: Relationship, Family, Trauma and abuse Languages: English
View listingMark McConnell, BACP
Ref 208651
Practical support for stress and change
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief Languages: English
View listingDiane Trosch, LPC
Ref 80275
Simple practical help for life transitions
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem Languages: English
View listingDarla McAdams, LPC
Ref 58935
Practical, person-focused counseling in Missouri
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT Languages: English
View listingFaith Beaulieu, LCMHC
Ref 23986
Somatic-minded counselor for focused change
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship Languages: English
View listingFarah Southwell, LPC
Ref 203059
Practical, experienced therapist for life’s hard moments
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family Languages: English, Haitian Creole
View listingApril Vandiver, LPC
Ref 229121
Compassionate counselor helping people move forward
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Parenting Languages: English
View listingSandra Johnson, LMFT, LPC
Ref 16121
Practical, skill-focused therapy for everyday struggles
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family Languages: English
View listingTitus Ajayi, BACP, NCPS
Ref 123864
Practical support for stress and mood
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Sleeping, Anger Languages: English
View listingStacey Sugar, MD, LCPC, LPCC
Ref 2629
Relationship-focused therapist who values authentic change
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family Languages: English
View listingDr. Heidi Duong, LMHC
Ref 185659
Helping people rebuild meaning and balance
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Eating Languages: English
View listingIjeoma Nweze, BACP, NCPS
Ref 203170
Compassionate counsellor for everyday challenges
Works with: Relationship, Family, Parenting Languages: English, Igbo
View listingRutanya Simon, LICSW, LCSW
Ref 124510
Practical, compassionate therapy for real-life challenges
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Family Languages: English
View listingKerrie McCabe, BACP
Ref 128546
Compassionate counsellor blending listening with practical tools
Works with: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Self esteem Languages: English
View listingMore about mindfulness therapy
Understanding Mindfulness Therapy and its guiding principles
Mindfulness Therapy centers on cultivating a steady, intentional attention to what is happening in the present moment. Rather than attempting to change the content of your thoughts immediately, this approach guides you to notice thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations with curiosity and without harsh judgment. Core ideas include paying attention on purpose, observing without reacting, and fostering a kinder stance toward your inner experience. Many clinicians combine contemplative practices with clinical techniques so that you learn practical habits you can use in everyday life.
The work often emphasizes training attention and learning to recognize habitual patterns. When you practice noticing, you create more options for how to respond, which can reduce automatic reactivity. Mindfulness practices range from short breath-based exercises to longer guided meditations and informal practices you can use while doing routine activities. In a therapeutic context, these practices are introduced alongside reflective conversation about how noticing affects your mood, behavior, and relationships. For many people, learning to observe experience rather than being swept away by it becomes a foundational skill that supports other changes.
Issues commonly supported by Mindfulness Therapy
People seek Mindfulness Therapy for a wide variety of concerns where learning to relate differently to thoughts and sensations is helpful. Many come because they feel overwhelmed by stress or experience persistent worry and rumination. Mindfulness approaches can also be helpful when emotions feel intense or when you find yourself repeating unhelpful mental habits that feed anxiety or low mood. Those coping with chronic or recurring pain often find value in practices that change how pain is attended to, even when the underlying condition remains.
Beyond stress and pain, therapists often apply mindfulness-informed techniques when working with sleep difficulties, difficulties with concentration, and relationship challenges that are worsened by reactivity. People navigating major life transitions such as grief, career change, or new caregiving responsibilities report that present-moment practices help them tolerate uncertainty and make values-based choices. Mindfulness is not a cure-all, but it commonly serves as a practical set of skills to complement other therapeutic work focused on behavior change, meaning-making, or symptom management.
What a typical Mindfulness Therapy session looks like
A session that draws on Mindfulness Therapy usually balances experiential practice with reflective discussion. Many sessions begin with a brief check-in about how you have been since the last meeting, followed by a short guided practice that may focus on the breath, bodily sensations, a short body scan, or awareness of sounds. The guided practice is typically compressed to fit into the session length and is used as a shared experience to ground the conversation.
After the practice, you and the therapist explore what came up during the exercise. This inquiry often focuses on noticing patterns of reactivity, habitual stories the mind told, and moments of ease or difficulty. The therapist may offer gentle psychoeducation about attention, stress physiology, or habit formation to help you understand how mindfulness skills apply to your life. Between sessions, you may be invited to try brief exercises in daily life and notice how these practices interact with real-world situations, which reinforces the skills developed in sessions.
How Mindfulness Therapy differs from other approaches
Mindfulness Therapy is distinguished by its emphasis on present-moment awareness and nonjudgmental observation rather than immediate problem-solving or historical analysis. Where some approaches concentrate primarily on changing the content of thoughts, mindfulness-informed work tends to focus on changing your relationship to thoughts. This can shift the focus from eliminating unpleasant mental events to learning how to respond to them with greater flexibility.
Compared with approaches that prioritize behavioral experiments or cognitive restructuring, mindfulness places more emphasis on experiential practice and somatic awareness. Versus therapies that delve into past relationships or developmental origins of problems, mindfulness-informed work tends to be more practice-oriented and present-focused, though it can be integrated with exploration of interpersonal patterns. In many clinical settings, therapists combine mindfulness techniques with other evidence-informed methods so that you receive both skills training and a framework for understanding personal history or thinking patterns.
Who may benefit and how to find therapists who list Mindfulness Therapy among their approaches
Mindfulness Therapy can be a fit for people who are open to experiential practices and who want to develop attention skills that apply across situations. If you are motivated to try short daily exercises and to notice patterns of reactivity in daily life, you may find this approach helpful. It can be appropriate for people managing stress, chronic symptoms that affect daily functioning, or persistent worry that does not respond fully to other strategies. At the same time, it may be less comfortable for someone who finds sustained inward attention overwhelming at first; many therapists will adapt practices to meet you where you are and pace exercises so you can build tolerance over time.
When searching for a therapist who lists Mindfulness Therapy among their approaches, look beyond a single label. Read profiles to learn about a clinician's stated focus areas, relevant experience with issues like anxiety or chronic pain, and the types of clients they describe working with. Pay attention to the kinds of practices they mention and whether they integrate mindfulness with other approaches that interest you. You may want therapists who indicate experience working with your specific concerns, speak your preferred language, or describe a therapeutic style that resonates with you. It can be helpful to use directory filters to narrow by approach, experience, and specialty, and to read full bios to get a sense of whether their descriptions align with your goals.
When you contact a therapist, you can ask about the structure of sessions, how they introduce mindfulness practices, and how they tailor exercises to day-to-day life. Many people find that an initial conversation helps clarify whether the therapist’s style and explanations resonate with them. Ultimately, finding the right match often depends on the combination of approach, areas of focus, and the interpersonal dynamic you experience. Using profile information to compare focus areas, approaches, languages, and experience can help you identify therapists who list Mindfulness Therapy among their approaches and who may be a good fit for the work you want to do.