Trauma therapists serving Nashville, TN

Anne McKenzie McEntire, LMSW

Anne McKenzie is passionate about helping her clients embody their values. She is down to earth, genuine, and extremely comforting. She’s especially adept at working with nervous clients, calming their nerves, and bringing laughter into the room. And while Anne McKenzie has a special gift for being welcoming and approachable, she is also a no nonsense person who strives to teach, support, and empower her clients. Anne McKenzie loves to work with clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, low self esteem/self compassion, and histories of trauma. She doesn’t believe clients need to “find their voice.” Instead she teaches her clients how to use their voice so others will listen. When not at work, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and their dog Henry, traveling, painting, trying new things in the kitchen and of course Netflix like everyone else.

Anne McKenzie is a Licensed Master Social Worker who specializes in the treatment of trauma, adolescent girls/women’s issues, anxiety, relationship issues, addiction and co-occurring disorders, and stress reduction for professionals. She utilizes a variety of models including, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Art Therapy, Trauma Informed Yoga, and Interpersonal Therapy. Anne McKenzie works with clients aged 12 and up. She is a current member of the Nashville Psychotherapy Institute.

Addiction, Trauma, Women’s Issues, Young Girls, Self Esteem and Identity, Anxiety, Stress Reduction for High Performing Professionals

Aside from her credentials, specialty training, and experience, Stephanie really “walks the walk” and allows her decades-long personal healing journey to inform her work in the therapy room. Her clients sense her authenticity right away and trust her. Her clients often tell her that she’s the “first person who could reach them, allow them to open up, and to truly be themselves.”

Chelsea views her role as a therapist as that of a fellow traveller bearing witness to your story of pain and resilience while offering support, curiosity, openness, and humor as tools for you to explore new ways of thinking and feeling. She believes that the key to sustaining change is focusing on here-and-now strategies for coping and accepting life’s difficulties while also going beyond the surface to explore the underlying belief systems and formative experiences that keep us rooted in unhealthy patterns of behavior. Chelsea utilizes an integrative approach to therapy informed by experiential techniques, Internal Family Systems, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and Cognitive-Behavioral theories and interventions with the goal of helping you realize the self-healing power that has always been inside of you.

She has also completed Birth Doula training through DONA International and is a practicing full-spectrum doula, which influences her therapeutic style. She has additional training in Trauma-Informed Care, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Transformational Systemic Therapy, and Perinatal Mental Health. Chelsea is also the Office Coordinator, providing support to our clients and therapists by answering phone calls and emails, providing superbills, and scheduling appointments.

Jourdan Pace, MA

Jourdan is passionate about working with clients facing anxiety, eating disorders, negative body image/self-worth, trauma, and emotional instability. She aims to walk alongside her clients as they seek a deeper understanding of themselves and build their “life worth living.” Jourdan believes in forming authentic relationships with clients and in remaining the same person inside and outside the therapy room to foster these relationships. Her therapy style is warm, direct, validating, and candid, with an evidence and strengths-based approach to supporting client healing.

While Jourdan excels in helping clients feel welcome and encouraged (aka, she will be your biggest cheerleader!), she is also the person who will compassionately “call out” the issues and challenge you to continue moving closer to living your values and reaching your goals. She utilizes a client-centered approach to counseling and views the client as a partner in the counseling process. To support clients, Jourdan practices through a trauma-informed lens and leverages mindfulness-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Jourdan has lived in Nashville for 14 years and is an Enneagram 4 who relishes good music, a great book, watching Gilmore Girls, and drinking a good cup of coffee. She also enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and dog “niece,” Lucy.

Jourdan is currently working toward LPC-MHSP licensure in the state of Tennessee and is supervised by Jen Biddle, LPC-MHSP, #3043.