Therapy Specialties for Individuals, Couples, and Partners in Louisiana

As a PLPC and NCC at AEJ Counseling in New Orleans, Louisiana, I provide trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and identity-affirming therapy for adults across Louisiana. I offer virtual therapy statewide and in-person therapy in New Orleans. Whether you’re seeking support for ADHD, relationship dynamics, sexual identity, or emotional healing, I work with individuals, couples, and polycules navigating complexity with care and depth.

Populations & Identities Supported

• Queer, LGBTQIA+, and questioning clients

• Trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and gender-expansive individuals

• Women and femmes who've been told they’re “too much”

• Neurodivergent adults (ADHD, autism, OCD, anxiety, or other divergent minds)

• Kinky, BDSM-practicing, or sexually expansive folks

• Sex workers and adult industry professionals

• Polyamorous, ENM, open, and nontraditional relationship structures

• People living with disability, chronic illness, or chronic pain

• Adults living with HIV/AIDS

• Interracial, intercultural, and multilingual couples

Therapy Services Offered

• Individual therapy (virtual across Louisiana, in-person in New Orleans)

• Couples therapy and relationship counseling, including polyamorous partnerships and ENM dynamics

• ADHD therapy for individuals and couples navigating executive dysfunction, overwhelm, or shame

• Trauma therapy, including complex trauma and relational wounds

• Support for intimacy, boundaries, and communication

• Therapy for identity exploration, self-acceptance, and deconstruction of internalized oppression

• Emotional regulation support for overwhelm, burnout, or chronic dysregulation

• Therapy for grief, life transitions, and reclaiming agency

Clinical Approaches & Modalities

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

• Somatic and body-based trauma interventions

• Attachment theory and trauma-integrated frameworks

• Neurodivergent-affirming, sex-positive, and culturally responsive care

• Non-pathologizing, collaborative therapy for complex identities

Common Issues I Help With

• ADHD, executive function struggles, and emotional regulation

• Anxiety, OCD, depression, bipolar disorder, mood disorders, and shame spirals

• Childhood emotional neglect and relational trauma

• Communication breakdowns, conflict resolution problems, and emotional and sexual disconnection in relationships

• Dissociative disorders

• Navigating polyamory, jealousy, and boundaries

• Nervous system dysregulation, including fight, flight, and freeze responses

• Overcoming abuse and neglect: sexual, emotional, financial, or verbal

• People-pleasing, perfectionism, masking, and fawning responses

• Processing childhood emotional neglect and complex trauma

• Religious trauma and identity deconstruction

• Rediscovering pleasure, agency, and embodiment

• Sexuality, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, kink and BDSM exploration

• Sex and love addiction

• Substance abuse, including sobriety and harm-reduction

• Suicidal ideation, self-injury, and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)

Location & Access

• In-person sessions are held in Uptown New Orleans at AEJ Counseling, 5104 Danneel Street.

• Virtual therapy is available statewide via secure, HIPAA-compliant video, including: Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Shreveport, Lake Charles, Kenner, Monroe, Alexandria, Houma, Slidell, and New Iberia

Book a Free 15-Minute Phone Consult

Curious if we'd be a good fit? Book a free 15-minute consultation to learn more about how therapy can support your growth and healing.

Here’s how:

1. Click my name, Katherine Wikrent, in the scheduler

2. Choose “Initial Consultation – No Charge”

3. Choose “Video Office”

4. Pick a time, fill out your info, and hit “Request Appointment.” You're in.