Anxiety and depression therapists and psychiatrists in Tempe, AZ

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) which is a credentialed mental health professional that works with individuals, couples - both married and unmarried, families of all configurations, children and adolescents, and groups to facilitate healing or relief of mental, emotional, and relational concerns.

Board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and veteran, I am solely focused on your mental health. What are you goals? How can I help you achieve how your daily challenges affect you?

I’m a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) with three years of experience providing psychiatric care in an acute inpatient setting. My background has given me extensive experience working with individuals experiencing a wide range of mental health concerns, including mood disorders, anxiety, psychosis, and complex psychiatric presentations.

I’m now expanding my practice to outpatient care, where I look forward to building longer-term therapeutic relationships and helping clients work toward meaningful, sustainable improvements in their mental health. I strive to provide compassionate, evidence-based, individualized care while creating a safe and nonjudgmental environment where clients feel heard and supported.

You have probably been carrying something for a while without saying it out loud: anxiety that will not switch off, grief that still ambushes you, drinking that stopped feeling like a choice, or trauma your body has not put down. Helping people find their way through that feels like my sacred calling. Ever since I was young, I've been the person who deeply listens, and I've always sensed the healing that happens when we finally have a trusted, compassionate witness to our story. The story you carry about your past can be the source of your suffering or the key to your freedom, and together we can gently begin to shift it. Whatever pain you're holding, you don't have to hold it alone. I work with individuals, and with couples and families who want to find their way back to each other.

I have worked in the mental health field for over 15 years. I have worked with several different clientele including age ranges. I specialize in teenagers, LGBTQ+, women issues and young adults 18-55.

I am Steve Kittridge, a Psychotherapist; but the term therapy can be misleading. I've been using the term Coaching recently, as it more applies describes my role. I'm an independently (LCSW) and have been Licensed by AZ's Board since 2004. I am also certified as a Clinical Supervisor; with this credential, I supervise clinicians aspiring for their independent license. I am a 'well-seasoned' professional with a variety of experiences, across the continuum of care-acuity. Similarly, through the decades, I've enjoyed working with a wide scope of problems, encompassing almost every diagnosis and client profile (a client's age, gender, location, experience with therapy, severity, etc.)

Hello and thank you for looking at my profile. My approach to providing therapy is to Keep. It. Simple.

I focus on the mind-body connection to help you understand why things feel the way they do, how our brain and body interpret certain feelings and experiences, and then what you can do to try to manage those feelings and make situations feel more comfortable and under control.

I specialize working with adolescents, but welcome all ages and genders. My main areas of clinical focus are in mood disorders such as depression and anxiety.