EVERY HUMAN DESERVES TO FEEL
SECURE.
A Warm Welcome
What would you like to do?
-
Schedule an appointment or login to Client Portal (download the app)
-
Read more about the clinicians, practice offerings
-
View classes/groups
-
Book space usage (3 offices, 1 classroom)
-
Look at resources (videos, links)
-
Read about out-of-state (from KS/MO) options
-
Join our internship/supervision program
-
Explore therapies offered
-
Set up a Human Story Studio session with our legacy video producer
-
Get directions to one of our locations (Leawood, Downtown KC)
-
Contact owners Vanessa or Ben (Rontu isn't allowed to have a phone until he's 15 years old)
Board-Certified
Professional Counseling
Downtown
104 West 9th Street, Suite 400A
Kansas City, MO 64105
​
Looking onto Kansas City's 1880's historic neighborhood, 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.
Leawood
11111 Nall Avenue, Suite 112
Leawood, KS 66211
​
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.
RESOURCES
Our favorite links, videos, books, and descriptions of the therapy models we provide.
Meet our professionals, read about their specialties and credentials.
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
​
104 West 9th Street, Suite 400A
Kansas City, MO 64105
​
