ATTACHMENT-INFORMED CARE FOR ADULTS
Individual Therapy in St. Louis
A thoughtful space to understand yourself more deeply, navigate difficult experiences, and create meaningful change.
In-person therapy in Des Peres | Telehealth throughout Missouri
A Place to Slow Down and Understand
You may know exactly what brings you to therapy, or you may only know that something feels difficult, disconnected, or no longer sustainable.
Perhaps anxiety has become difficult to quiet. A relationship pattern keeps repeating. Your experience of your body or food feels consuming. A transition has unsettled your sense of direction, or past experiences continue to shape how safe, connected, or present you feel today.
Individual therapy offers room to slow down and understand what is happening with care and curiosity. You do not need a fully formed goal or the right words to begin. We can start with what you know and make space for what is still becoming clear.
What Brings People to Individual Therapy
Adults may seek therapy for:
Anxiety, panic, depression, or emotional overwhelm
Trauma, attachment wounds, or difficult past experiences
Recurring relationship patterns
Eating disorders, disordered eating, or body image concerns
Identity, self-worth, or boundaries
Intimacy or sexuality concerns
Grief, loss, or significant life transitions
Perfectionism, shame, or persistent self-criticism
Faith or spirituality as it relates to identity and relationships
Difficulty understanding or expressing emotions
A desire for greater self-awareness and personal growth
These experiences rarely exist in isolation. Emotional, relational, physical, and personal concerns often overlap. Therapy makes room to understand the fuller context of your experience rather than reducing you to a symptom or diagnosis.
Care that Considers the Whole Person
The ways we respond to stress, conflict, vulnerability, and closeness often develop for understandable reasons.
Earlier relationships and experiences may shape how you seek reassurance, protect yourself, set boundaries, respond to uncertainty, or understand your own needs. Patterns that once helped you feel safe may eventually begin creating anxiety, disconnection, or difficulty moving forward.
Therapy at Maison Fleur is attachment-informed, trauma-aware, and relational. Together, we consider both what is happening now and the experiences that may be influencing it.
The goal is not simply to manage symptoms. It is to develop a deeper understanding of yourself while building greater emotional steadiness, flexibility, and capacity for connection.
Eating Disorders, Body Image & Embodiment
Food and body concerns can affect far more than eating.
They may shape identity, relationships, intimacy, self-trust, emotional regulation, and the ability to feel present within your body.
As a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CEDS), I bring advanced training to work involving eating disorders, disordered eating, body image, and embodiment.
Therapy may support you in understanding the emotional and relational patterns connected to these concerns while developing a more compassionate and sustainable relationship with yourself.
When appropriate and with written consent, care may also be coordinated with physicians, dietitians, or other members of a treatment team.
Relationships, Intimacy & the Self
Individual therapy can be helpful when relationship concerns affect your sense of safety, identity, trust, or connection.
You may want to understand patterns that repeat across relationships, recover after betrayal or loss, strengthen boundaries, communicate more clearly, or feel more connected to your own needs.
Therapy can also provide space to explore sexuality, intimacy, shame, desire, body image, or the influence of earlier experiences and messages. You do not need to be in a relationship to explore these concerns.
What Individual Therapy Is Like
Therapy is collaborative, thoughtful, and intentionally paced. Early sessions focus on understanding what brings you here, what feels most important, and what you hope may become different.
Depending on your needs, therapy may help you:
Recognize patterns with greater clarity
Understand emotional responses and protective strategies
Strengthen emotional regulation
Develop healthier boundaries
Communicate your needs more directly
Process difficult or painful experiences
Build greater trust in yourself
Feel more present and connected within your body
Create more sustainable ways of relating to yourself and others
You remain an active participant in the process. The pace and focus are shaped collaboratively, with respect for your boundaries, values, and readiness. You will not be pressured to disclose anything before you feel ready.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Many people begin therapy knowing that something feels difficult without having a clear explanation or goal. Early sessions can help you understand what is happening and identify where you would like to begin.
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Yes. Care at Maison Fleur is trauma-aware and prioritizes emotional safety, thoughtful pacing, consent, and an understanding of how earlier experiences may shape present emotions and relationships.
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Yes. Individual therapy can help you explore recurring patterns, attachment experiences, boundaries, trust, communication, intimacy, and the ways relationships affect your emotional well-being.
If you are seeking therapy with a partner, couples and relationship therapy may be a better fit.
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Yes. Sex and intimacy therapy is available to individuals as well as couples. Therapy may include concerns related to desire, shame, identity, sexual functioning, trauma, boundaries, body image, or difficulty feeling connected to yourself or others.
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Yes. I am a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CEDS) with advanced training in eating disorders, disordered eating, body image, and embodiment. When additional medical or nutritional support is appropriate, coordinated care may be discussed.
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Insurance coverage may be available depending on plan participation, clinical eligibility, and your specific benefits.
Individual therapy is $185 per 55-minute session. Before treatment begins, I will clarify whether services will be billed through insurance or provided on a private-pay basis.
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Yes. In-person sessions are available in Des Peres, serving West St. Louis County and the greater St. Louis area.
Telehealth sessions are available throughout Missouri.
Begin Where You Are
You do not need certainty, perfect language, or a complete understanding of what needs to change.
You can begin with what feels true today.
Maison Fleur provides thoughtful individual therapy for adults in St. Louis, with in-person sessions in Des Peres and telehealth available throughout Missouri.