A partner or former partner
Someone you were close to whose behaviour left you feeling controlled, criticised or unsure of yourself, including during or after a separation.
Therapist directory · US, UK and Australia
Find your footing again after a relationship that left you doubting yourself.
Therapists who work with people affected by controlling, manipulative or self-centred behaviour, whether it came from a partner, a parent, a boss or a friend.
You do not need a label for what happened
What people often describe
- Second-guessing their memory of conversations or events.
- Feeling they have to manage someone's moods to keep the peace.
- Being criticised or put down, then praised, in a way that is hard to make sense of.
- Losing touch with friends, interests or their own opinions.
- Finding it hard to trust their own judgement once the relationship has changed or ended.
What this site will not do
- Diagnose you or anyone else. Only a qualified professional who has assessed someone can do that, and a profile here is not an assessment.
- Label a partner, parent, boss or friend. You can talk to a therapist about how someone's behaviour affects you without deciding what to call it.
- Promise that therapy will repair a relationship, or tell you whether to stay or leave. Those are your decisions.
If you are in danger, or someone is hurting or threatening you, contact emergency services or a domestic-abuse helpline. The numbers are at the foot of this page.
Browse by relationship
Each link leads to therapists who list that topic; the number shows how many. Every therapist here also lists narcissism among their focus areas.
A parent or family member
Growing up with, or still dealing with, a relative whose needs always seemed to come first. Family roles, guilt, and learning to set limits.
A boss or colleague
A manager or co-worker who takes credit, shifts blame or undermines you, and the stress you carry home afterwards.
Friends and social life
Friendships that feel one-sided or draining, conflict you keep replaying, and finding your way back to people you trust.
Understanding your own patterns
People-pleasing, self-doubt, guilt and the lasting effects of being hurt. Making sense of what happened without blaming yourself.
Some of the therapists listed
Each profile sets out credentials, experience, focus areas and ways of working, so you can compare at your own pace.
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Dr. Betsy Puentes
LMFT, LPC
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Joel Brooks
LCSW
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Felice Roth
LMFT
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Diseree Young
LMSW
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Jeff Compton
NCPS
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Vivien Ridgway
AASW
Three steady steps
Read
Look up a name, or start from the relationship that brought you here. Profiles show credentials, experience, focus areas and approaches.
Compare
Keep a short list of two or three people whose way of working suits you. There is no rush.
Decide
From a profile you can review online therapy options on BetterHelp, whenever you feel ready.
Where the therapists are based
Sessions take place online, so location mostly affects how a therapist's credentials apply and which time zone they keep.
- United States2,448 therapistsBrowse by state below
- United Kingdom1,208 therapistsSee every profile
- Australia119 therapistsSee every profile
United States, by state
- Alabama28
- Alaska2
- Arizona37
- Arkansas20
- California226
- Colorado85
- Connecticut14
- Delaware3
- District of Columbia2
- Florida324
- Georgia54
- Hawaii9
- Idaho19
- Illinois84
- Indiana42
- Iowa7
- Kansas18
- Kentucky36
- Louisiana43
- Maryland33
- Massachusetts24
- Michigan116
- Minnesota30
- Mississippi21
- Missouri68
- Montana18
- Nebraska16
- Nevada24
- New Hampshire6
- New Jersey53
- New Mexico10
- New York136
- North Carolina109
- North Dakota2
- Ohio66
- Oklahoma45
- Oregon13
- Pennsylvania80
- Rhode Island7
- South Carolina40
- South Dakota8
- Tennessee36
- Texas286
- Utah22
- Vermont1
- Virginia41
- Washington30
- West Virginia14
- Wisconsin38
- Wyoming5
Go at your own pace.
Read a few profiles, keep a short list, and come back when you are ready. Nothing here commits you to anything.