Licensed to practice in 2 states and accepts 33 insurances. Specializes in Parenting, Trauma and PTSD, Women's Issues and 8 more.
Dr. Mary Anne Gunter
(she/her)
DR. MARY ANNE GUNTER, PhD, LPC, LMFT, CFTP, CATP Welcome, where a caring, respectful, and supportive approach awaits you. I'm Dr. Mary Anne Gunter, and I earned both a MS and PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy. I enjoy very much working with women's issues, trauma, parenting challenges, boundaries, communication skills. I am specially trained in working with challenges facing blended families. I am trained in EMDR, CPT, TF-CBT. I also provide CPT-SA, which addresses sexual trauma. I provide an IFS-informed EMDR approach. I'm a Recognized Provider in the "Smart Stepfamilies" program, a Certified Facilitator in Prepare Enrich premarital-marital program, and a Certified Facilitator in the "One Heart, Two Homes" coparenting curriculum, useful for presenting a certificate to a family court judge. I was the national recipient of the Feldman Award by NCFR, and have completed exhaustive research on macrosystemic issues impacting the incarcerated parent and family system. I am a Clinical Fellow with the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
I'm warm, real, and genuine. What you see is what you get. I offer respect, empathy, care, listening, an approach that is non-judgmental. Some folks want to be held gently accountable and I will do that if that's the approach you want. Some folks just want a therapist to listen and care. I can do that. With all clients from all walks of life, I offer the same level of care, respect, dignity.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I'm as human as you are. I've done my own therapy work. I work very hard to treat my client the same way I'd want to to be treated. I make sure my therapy sessions are a safe space, where you feel welcome, respected. You can say what you want. Feel what you want. No judgments. We'll look at strengths (and I bet you have more than you might believe). We might even laugh! Who knew, right? :) Welcome here.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I take a strengths-based, optimistic and respecful approach with all clients from all walks of life. I enjoy so much working with adult female clients and understand their concerns, and how their minds and brains work. I love working with parents as they try to parent the best they can in a busy and changing world. I work with grief of all types, and won't tell a client "you should be over it by now". I work alot with issues of shame, perfectionism, trust, forgiveness (they're not the same thing). I passionately believe in building a life that you manage, instead of life managing you. I can help with organizational skills, building a life of self-care that is genuine, authentic, and incorporates mind, body, and care for the spirit. I bring alot of Brene Brown in to our therapy. For clients who prefer, I offer a caring, Christ-based approach and believe that Christ is the ultimate Therapist.
Specialties
Top specialties
Parenting
Trauma and PTSD
Women's Issues
Other specialties
Anger Management
Anxiety
Coping Skills
Depression
Family Conflict
Grief
Life Transitions
Self Esteem
I identify as
Woman
Serves ages
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Licensed in
Arizona
Arkansas
Accepts
Aetna
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Arlo
AvMed
Cash - $170 per session
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
GTEB
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
Location
Virtual
My treatment methods
EMDR
IFS-informed EMDR, recognizing parts and that all parts are welcome and working to help