
EVERY HUMAN DESERVES TO FEEL
SECURE.
BOARD-CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING
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Relentless Empathy for you and yours.
At Secure Counseling Clinic, we provide a safe space for individuals from all walks of life. Our diverse client population includes individuals, couples, minors and families. Our team of compassionate professionals is ready when you are. We are each trained uniquely in specialized interventions based on our own interests, and all interventions in our practice are rooted attachment theory, neuroscience, and the basic belief that human behavior and relationships are at their best when individuals feel safe. Each of us has our own story, and we invite you to join us in writing your own. Thank you for the opportunity, and we're honored you are here.


Where are we?

Downtown
Leawood
Virtual
104 West 9th Street, Suite 400A
Kansas City, MO 64105
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Our downtown office is right in the heart of the city, one block from the amazing KC Central Library, surrounded by coffee, tex-mex, deli, and bakery!
Parking is designated and free.
Wherever you are...
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This is a lifeline for some! Couples with small children, chronically or terminally ill, those who don't have transportation or travel often and need consistent care, those who work and can't get away, even those who just love the comfort of their own spaces! Whatever the reason, we will help wherever you are.
11111 Nall Avenue, Suite 112
Leawood, KS 66211
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Just south of Highway 435 at the corner of College and Nall, a one minute drive from Town Center Plaza and Children's Mercy South Hospital.
Beginning in mid-2024, our licensed clinicians will be available for counseling in any state in the Counseling Compact (any dark blue state on this map). We currently provide coaching nationwide, as well as educational and training opportunities for the public, students and practitioners. Serving clients from everywhere in Kansas and Missouri - adults, children, teens, couples, and families from all walks of life with a wide range of presenting issues.
All humans receive excellence in clinical care by combining neuroscience, human relationship attachment research, and compassion. Our treatment philosophy has been validated with over 90 years of research showing its effectiveness for many problems across the lifespan and cross-cultural populations. Our emotional attachments to other people carry us through pain. We will do the hard work with you, so you are not alone. Let us help you feel secure.
WHO IS ATTENDING?
Every human deserves to feel secure.

INDIVIDUALÂ COUNSELING
Meet one-on-one with your counselor and focus on your individual goals and needs. Often this work involves addressing feelings of depression, anxiety or other stressors, grief and loss, divorce support, isolation therapy, and recovery from trauma across the lifespan. There are several interventions our clinicians offer - see our attachment-based Therapy Resources section to read about the different types of work that is available (talk therapy, EMDR, AEDP, EFIT).

COUPLES/ROMANTIC PARTNERS
COUNSELING (EFCT)
Couples of all types - dating, cohabitating, married - find that their attachment bonds are nurtured when we work towards understanding negative patterns, building self-awareness and observation skills day to day, then learning new ways to ask for needs to be met and for connection. In therapy, conflict dances are reframed as fear dances, whether it's regular everyday communication issues or triage for infidelity, substance use, painful interactions, or life and death moments. We find language for fears, empathize, begin to reconnect, then work through traumas you have together or from the past. Read more about the EFT modality to know what you're signing up for!

FAMILY/CHILD/TEEN/PARENT
COUNSELING
Your teen might need a trusted adult to talk to. Your child might need a place to play therapeutically through trauma, mental health, or developmental needs. As a parent, you may need help with strategies and insight into your own emotional responses to your child. Your whole family may need help navigating conflict, parenting consultation, divorce and coparenting, raising a child with special needs or an especially hard history, we help families connect organically (see EFFT). This work can be challenging for parents, and our clinicians have eight children between them of their own - we'll walk alongside you and have a deep respect for your relationship with your child. Your child's secure connection to you is what is best for their emotional health.
CONNECT WITH US
Secure Counseling Clinic is committed to exceeding your needs. Don’t hesitate to reach out today. The direct line to Vanessa Knight is 816-608-8444. The direct line to Ben Taussig is 913-735-5128. Our fax number is 866-755-4670.
11111 Nall Avenue, Suite 112
Leawood, KS 66211
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104 West 9th Street or 820 Baltimore Avenue (same lobby)
Suite 400A
Kansas City, MO 64105
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