Our Therapists...

Elizabeth Stallone-Lowder founded Sage Tree Therapy, LLC in 2012 with a focus on supporting new moms affected by birth and pregnancy trauma. She specializes in Trauma, including postpartum mood disorders and all perinatal mental health issues. These include fertility challenges, infant and pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, high-risk pregnancy, and moms on bed rest. 

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She's developed an E-Course and written a Workbook in 2022, both titled "The Sweet Spot of Self-Care for Moms: How Sleep, Food, Energy and Sex influence our self-care". My Weekly Pages: A week-by-week planning and reflection prompt journal was released the same year.

 

Elizabeth  believes in helping moms become more authentic and self-compassionate by becoming more mindful of their feelings, values and core beliefs. She emphasizes strengths-based approaches for all of her clients, honoring the fact that everyone is an expert in their own life. All of Elizabeth's clinical interventions focus on the importance of self-care and empowerment. She knows you are the BEST mom for your children and understands there is no such thing as perfect parenting. (Good news — our kids don't even need us to be perfect!)

 

Specialized therapies include Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), The Daring Way™, visual art techniques, Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM),  healthy sexuality / sex education, dream interpretation, and therapeutic journaling with a cognitive-behavioral filter. Elizabeth also offers EMDR (Level II). ​

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To improve moms’ lives on a macro level and better equip her region with more professionals trained in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD), Elizabeth co-founded Heartland PMAD Consultants, LLC with Kim Martino-Sexton. As two experts in the field of perinatal peer support and mental health, Elizabeth and Kim train healthcare providers and social service agencies on how to help perinatal patients get the best care possible.

 

Elizabeth is also a former adjunct professor of Social Work at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University, serves on the Advisory Board of Herzing University's MSW Program and the Hyperemesis Education & Research Foundation as well as a co-founder of HGMoms on Facebook. 

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Elizabeth's love for visual art and honoring intuition is combined via Sage Tree Art, where she specializes in mixed media portraits by commission. She also hosts classes several times a year, guiding participants in making meaningful art and learning more about themselves in the process.

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Private pay fee for 50-minute individual therapy session for new or returning clients: $175

60-minute Assessments $189*

Currently licensed in the state of Missouri and Illinois

In-office and Telehealth appointments

Accepts Insurance: Aetna, Optum, United Healthcare. 

As a graduate of Saint Louis University's MSW program, Jamie specializes in working with adults and adolescents that have experienced trauma. Specialized therapies include, Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.  Jamie frequently works with clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and childhood emotional and/or physical abuse.

 

Before entering the realm of therapy, Jamie taught both Special Education and ESL in Bogota Colombia and locally in St. Louis. From her time teaching English as a Second Language, ESL, Jamie specializes in working with individuals that English is not their first language and enjoys working with other cultures and backgrounds. Jamie’s time as a Special Education teacher gave her a strong commitment to advocate for individuals of all abilities, which continues her therapeutic approach. Jamie uses a person centered and collaborative approach to identify and build on one’s individual strengths with the goals of recovery, personal growth, and increased overall wellness.

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Jamie is highly trained in PMAD, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and is a current Heartland PMAD Approved Provider

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Private pay fee for 50-minute individual therapy session: $140

60-minute Assessment for new clients: $189

Currently licensed in the state of Missouri

In-Person and Telehealth, Accepts Insurance (Optum, UHC, Aetna and Cigna)

Ilene Bloom-Ellis, MSW, LCSW, has worked in the field of Social Work for over 40 years. Most recently, she served as the Clinical Director for Safe Connections, a local program providing therapy services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

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Ilene specializes in treating adults with issues related to domestic and sexual violence; pregnancy, parenting and adoption; workplace stressors/difficulties; and life transitions. Ilene has a strength-based approach, utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy. She focuses on mindfulness, self-care and empowerment as a means to move forward towards a happier being.

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Fee for 50-minute individual therapy session: $135

Currently licensed in the state of Missouri

Telehealth only, Private pay only

Jordan is a recent graduate of Lindenwood University. She offers a comprehensive suite of therapeutic services, meticulously designed to address the distinct needs of her clients. Drawing upon her rich background in mental health social work, human development, and family sciences, she employs a systems-based approach to support her clients at different life stages while promoting mindfulness skills use.
Jordan utilizes an eclectic counseling style of therapy including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and solution-focused therapy. Jordan strives to help parents and families find balance while maintaining strong bonds and prioritizing mental health and wellness during the parenting journey.

 

Her clients include those trying to conceive or those who are navigating fertility barriers, those who may have suffered with loss or pregnancy related trauma, those struggling with their postpartum mental health, and those who may be struggling with an empty nest. Jordan understands the power of having a village to support you no matter where you
are in life and wants you to be able to come to therapy knowing that someone is going
to be here to support you unconditionally as you embrace your best self with loving
kindness and an open heart.

Jordan is a masters-level therapist currently working with clients of any age, race,
ethnicity, size, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and/or family dynamic. Her areas of
focus include:
-Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD) including Postpartum depression 
-Anxiety & Depression
-Suicidal thoughts and behavior & self-harm
-Personality & behavioral disorders
-Grief, trauma, and loss
-Family systems
-School & college Issues
-Boundaries & relationships
-Affirmative therapy for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+)

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Fee for 50-minute individual therapy session: $100

60-minute Assessment for new clients: $189*

Currently provisionally licensed in the stated of Missouri 

Clinically supervised by Audrey Gonzales LPC , License #: 2021046000

In-Person & Telehealth sessions, private pay only

Shelby specializes in treating mood disorders, anxiety, adjustment disorders, substance misuse and addictions, and co-occurring disorders with adults in both men and women. Specialized therapies include motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, humanistic therapy, mindfulness, and brief outcome therapy. Shelby uses a holistic, collaborative approach to identify and build on one’s individual strengths with the goals of recovery, personal growth, and increased overall wellness.

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Fee for 50-minute individual therapy session: $125

60-minute Assessment for new clients: $189*

Currently licensed in the state of Missouri

Telehealth only, Private pay only

Laura's therapy approach is practical, compassionate, easygoing and down-to-earth.

Drawing from her training in evidenced based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and Brainspotting, but she also relies heavily on my own intuition to help guide our work together.

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Fee for 50-minute individual therapy session: $150

60-minute Assessment for new clients: $189*

Currently licensed in the state of Missouri and Illinois;

Telehealth only, Private pay only

Graduating from New York University with her Masters in Social Work, Holly spent significant time in diverse clinical settings working with mothers, their partners, their children, and other adults across New York City and in St. Louis. Holly’s focus remains perinatal mental health care with special attention to substance use disorders in women throughout the life cycle and with adults needing additional resources in supporting their partners who are becoming mothers, and themselves, in their transition to parenthood.

 

With a background in psychoanalysis and motivational interviewing, Holly approaches each client with deep empathy, compassion, intrigue, and - above all - awareness of each individual’s expertise in their own life and experience. Being a guide in the therapeutic endeavor is the approach she takes with each client, regardless of position within their family and society, at large.

Prior to becoming a therapist, Holly spent time in the nonprofit industry, fighting for LGBTQIA rights and environmental advocacy. She also held tenure at a natural foods corporation providing education and advocacy for plant-based living and an empowered lifestyle movement. Lastly, she is a certified yoga instructor who believes in the integration of mind and body as the best way to find wholeness, and brings this fusion into her therapy practice.

As a mom of three young boys, Holly brings an empathic energy to her work with parents,
knowing how difficult these years can be even while also potentially being some of the most joyful. This shared experience has proven to be a strength and a knowledge on which she draws in her work with mothers, partners, and children across her therapeutic practice.

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60-minute Assessment for new clients: $189*

Provisionally licensed in the state of Missouri  and New Jersey

Telehealth only, Private pay only