Meet Our Clinicians
Julie Karanja
Julie believes in the power of healing through connection. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, she seeks to help clients find hope in the midst of life’s unexpected turns. Julie provides a warm, client-centered space, where growth and redemption can occur.
Julie holds a master’s degree in Counseling and Guidance from The University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is certified in Perinatal Mental Health and has a heart for those who have experienced perinatal loss.
In her free moments, Julie enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons – often on a sports field. She also loves to scout out new restaurants and dabble in cooking Kenyan cuisine. A farm girl at heart, Julie can often be found enjoying nature and connecting with her country roots.
Anissa Presley
Anissa Presley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Anissa desires to help those who are looking to find their identity and step into their most authentic self. She is passionate about unraveling trauma while helping people find peace and serenity in their daily lives. She believes in the power of trust and vulnerability and creates a place of safety for her clients to feel valuable and unconditionally accepted.
Anissa received her Master’s in Family Therapy from Friends University. She has experience working with people from all different backgrounds and experiences. Anissa is trauma informed and is passionate about working with the neurodivergent population.
When not at the office, she spends her time with friends, attending music festivals and concerts. She enjoys traveling to all kinds of places and exploring history. Anissa teaches junior-level dance classes and loves to spend time with her dog.
Christine Presley
Christine Presley is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. She is a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) and is trained in EMDR as well as Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).
She is dedicated to helping individuals heal from the devastating impact of betrayal through infidelity and/or other hidden compulsive sexual behaviors, childhood traumas, neglect and abuse, as well as other debilitating symptoms such as anxieties and depression.
Her approach is grounded in the belief that symptoms, emotions, and behavioral coping strategies are often adaptations rather than pathology. She helps clients understand how their nervous systems have adapted to survive overwhelming experiences and recognize the wisdom behind these survival responses. Christine believes healing is not about fixing what is broken, but about reconnecting with the parts of ourselves that were lost, hidden, or disconnected in the process of surviving. In that reconnection, what felt stuck begins to reorganize, and we return to a more coherent, aligned, and embodied sense of self.
Through curiosity, Christine creates a compassionate space where clients can process painful experiences, build resilience, and reconnect with themselves. She is passionate about helping individuals move beyond survival, develop greater self-trust, and cultivate lives marked by authenticity, empowerment, connection, and freedom.
Christine’s greatest joy is her two incredible adult children. When she’s not working, Christine is usually dreaming about her next adventure, tending to her plants, catching a concert or theater show, or cheering on her favorite Kansas City sports teams. She loves being with friends and family, sharing stories, laughing, and diving deep into conversations about life, love, faith, and everything in between.
Rick Presley
Rick Presley is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist. He started in private practice to provide much needed help to individuals and couples walking through problematic sexual behavior, betrayal and other high stress relationship issues. An area of specialty is, working with adult individuals and couples who are in mixed orientation marriages or are seeking help in transitioning out of a heterosexual relationship. Rick enjoys working with clients who are self-motivated, desire to experience healing, and willing to take the risks to achieve relational intimacy.
Rick is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, trained in Somatic Experiencing, and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy. He received his Family Therapy degree from Friends University.
When not at the office, Rick enjoys spending time working outside landscaping, watching great TV, and traveling as often as possible, and spending time with loved ones.