What is therapy?

How We Help

In therapy, you’ll learn valuable skills that will help you understand yourself, express your needs in safe relationships, set boundaries, break repetitive unhealthy family patterns, and work through difficult emotions.

We are here to help.

Meet Our Team

Who We Help

Counseling for Anxiety

Identify the roots of anxiety, build understanding and develop a sense of safety.

Counseling for Depression

Work through your deep emotions, set strategies to regulate mood, and explore issues in your past that are affecting your present.

Counseling for Children

Improve resilience, expand emotional vocabulary, and learn to build healthy attachments.

Counseling for Teens & Emerging Adults

Explore difficult feelings, set healthy boundaries, and learn to communicate in relationships. 

Counseling for Family / Relational Issues

Understand how the whole family impacts each family relationship, establish clear boundaries, and connect more deeply.

Counseling for Trauma / EMDR

Heal from and make meaning of painful experiences. Ask us about eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

Counseling for Religious Trauma

Process harmful religious experiences and messages and find the freedom to practice or not practice faith as you choose.

Counseling for you

We do not reject or deny care to anyone based personal characteristics including race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, or sexual orientation.

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Our Team

Karli Farnham Jones (she/her)
M.A., LPC

Hi! I’m Karli and I am the founder and owner of Blue Valley Counseling. I specialize working with teens and adults who are struggling with high anxiety, feeling overwhelmed and/or struggling with relational conflict. As your therapist my goal is to help you process, heal, and grow as you work to explore your past and understand yourself better. In working together, therapy can help you reduce your anxiety and make deeper connections to the people you love. 

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My areas of focus are anxiety, relationship issues, boundary setting, phobias, family conflict, feeling disconnected from self, and religious trauma. In my practice, I pull from the theories of attachment, psychoanalysis, and psychodynamic thought to help create a safe and holistic approach to counseling. 

Rate: $140 |  karli@bluevalleycounseling.com

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Shelby Duce (she/her)
M.A., LPC

Hi, I am a licensed professional counselor and received my Master of Arts in Counseling degree with an emphasis in marriage, couples, and families from MidAmerica Nazarene University in May 2021. My background is in non-profit work and elementary education.

I was drawn to therapy because of the unique relationship it provides. There is a complex beauty in being able to sit across from someone, build trust with them, and engage with them in their story.

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My longing and hope is that my clients feel comfort and peace as soon as they enter the therapeutic space; that they would find solace and freedom – a place where they can simply be. 
When I am not seeing clients, I love to spend time with my family, watch a good movie, spend time with friends, and go out to breakfast or drink a good cup of coffee. I am a firm believer in approaching therapy and healing holistically – our minds and our bodies are so connected. My goal is to guide you towards healing, integrating both the body and the mind through a trauma-focused, person-centered, attachment-based, and emotionally focused approach.
I am so looking forward to meeting and coming alongside of you on this journey toward wholeness and healing.
Areas of focus: trauma and PTSD, women’s issues (self-esteem, identity, relational conflicts, body positivity), anxiety, perinatal care, and disordered eating.
Rate: $120 |  shelby@bluevalleycounseling.com
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Shelby Duce (she/her)
M.A., LPC

Hi, I am a licensed professional counselor and received my Master of Arts in Counseling degree with an emphasis in marriage, couples, and families from MidAmerica Nazarene University in May 2021. My background is in non-profit work and elementary education.

I was drawn to therapy because of the unique relationship it provides. There is a complex beauty in being able to sit across from someone, build trust with them, and engage with them in their story.

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My longing and hope is that my clients feel comfort and peace as soon as they enter the therapeutic space; that they would find solace and freedom – a place where they can simply be. 
When I am not seeing clients, I love to spend time with my family, watch a good movie, spend time with friends, and go out to breakfast or drink a good cup of coffee. I am a firm believer in approaching therapy and healing holistically – our minds and our bodies are so connected. My goal is to guide you towards healing, integrating both the body and the mind through a trauma-focused, person-centered, attachment-based, and emotionally focused approach.
I am so looking forward to meeting and coming alongside of you on this journey toward wholeness and healing.
Areas of focus: trauma and PTSD, women’s issues (self-esteem, identity, relational conflicts, body positivity), anxiety, perinatal care, and disordered eating.
Rate: $120 |  shelby@bluevalleycounseling.com
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Samuel Duce (he/him)
LPC

As a licensed professional counselor, I am honored to serve as a collaborator, partner, and secure base for you to explore thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and beliefs. I can offer help navigating this exploration, and provide support through an open, accepting, and genuine desire to enter into your unique experiences and understand your needs. I hope to provide a safe relationship to aid you in the pursuit of mental health and wellness.

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Our work can be a space for processing painful memories or experiences, reconciling conflicting thoughts and behaviors, or encouragement for circumstances that may seem hopeless. You will have opportunities to learn about yourself, achieve new insights, and develop new skills and practices.

I received my Master of Arts in Counseling degree with an emphasis in clinical mental health from MidAmerica Nazarene University in May 2021. I am relationship-focused, or person-centered, and I employ cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, psychodynamic exploration, and trauma-focused care to help you meet your goals and achieve wellness.

If this sounds like a good fit, I would love to hear from you.

Areas of focus: adolescents, adults, trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and self-esteem.

Rate: $120 |  samuel@bluevalleycounseling.com

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Rachel Wade (she/her)
M.A., LPC

Hi! My name is Rachel, and I would love to get to know you!

As a counselor, I believe in the power of relationship and connection. Sometimes we get lost in seasons of disconnection caused by the impact of challenging relationships, loss, or other experiences that leave us feeling exhausted and alone. If any of this sounds familiar, I would be honored to meet you in these difficult places with empathy and care.

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In our work together, you can expect to gain coping skills and support in a collaborative relationship where I hope you feel empowered to find your own answers and accept some of life’s unknowns. Whether that looks like exploring patterns that end in hurt, wrestling with who you are and what you need, or taking a closer look at how you relate to yourself and others. Through building relationship and connection, my hope is to help you hold what is beautiful and what is hard as you navigate the joys and hardships of life.

My background is in Psychology, including an MA in Counseling specializing in Clinical Mental Health from MidAmerica Nazarene University. Using an integrative approach, I draw from psychodynamic, attachment-based, emotion-focused, experiential, and cognitive theories to provide individualized care for adults 18 and up.

Areas of focus: Anxiety, depression, trauma, perfectionism, identity, self-esteem, relationship dynamics, life transition, and grief.

Rate: $120 • $50 discounted rate for students |  rachel.wade@bluevalleycounseling.com

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Rachel Matlack (she/her)
M.A., LPC

Hey. I am so thankful that you have found your way here. No matter the reason that you are  looking to find a partner in therapy, the hope that things can be better is your best asset. I want to understand your unique story, hear how you want to grow, and make a plan with you to move forward. Creating a consistent space where you can be understood and cared for is my ultimate goal because I believe that healing and growth happen when we can make sense of ourselves and our story and be validated in the presence of a caring helper.
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As we work, I want to help you connect to your experience and make sense of how your own wounds, fear, and trauma have shaped you. With this understanding we can care for and empower the you of today. Helping you to grow, strengthen, and establish a healthy sense of your own worth, abilities, and boundaries is my dream in working with you.
I am so proud of you and the courage it takes to reach out and begin therapy. I cannot wait to see where that courage takes you.
Areas of Focus: I am passionate in my work with teens, adults, couples and new parents struggling with adjustment, anxiety, depression, trauma, identity and relational issues.

Rate: $120 |  rachel.matlack@bluevalleycounseling.com

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Rachel Matlack (she/her)
M.A., LPC

Hey. I am so thankful that you have found your way here. No matter the reason that you are  looking to find a partner in therapy, the hope that things can be better is your best asset. I want to understand your unique story, hear how you want to grow, and make a plan with you to move forward. Creating a consistent space where you can be understood and cared for is my ultimate goal because I believe that healing and growth happen when we can make sense of ourselves and our story and be validated in the presence of a caring helper.
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As we work, I want to help you connect to your experience and make sense of how your own wounds, fear, and trauma have shaped you. With this understanding we can care for and empower the you of today. Helping you to grow, strengthen, and establish a healthy sense of your own worth, abilities, and boundaries is my dream in working with you. 
I am so proud of you and the courage it takes to reach out and begin therapy. I cannot wait to see where that courage takes you.
Areas of Focus: I am passionate in my work with teens, adults, couples and new parents struggling with adjustment, anxiety, depression, trauma, identity and relational issues.

Rate: $120 |  rachelm@bluevalleycounseling.com

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Contact Us

Address

6721 W 121st St.
Leawood, KS 66209

Phone

(255) 352-6258

Support

karli@bluevalleycounseling.com

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