Holistic Therapy & Counseling in Kansas City

Helping individual adults struggling with people-pleasing, perfectionism, and relationships reclaim their identity, voice, and confidence.

therapist Kansas City MO

Individual Therapy

Receive personalized support and compassionate guidance as you navigate and heal from life and relationship challenges.

 
 

Marci Specializes in Holistic Therapy for:

People-Pleasers Who Lose Themselves in Relationships

Perfectionists Who Are Hard On Themselves

Burned-out Professionals Who Are Tired of Putting Themselves Last

Anyone Who Feels Stuck in An Unsupportive or Toxic Relationship

Adults Ready to Reclaim Their Identity After Breakup or Divorce

High-achievers Who Want to Create a Life Based on What They Care About

The Therapy Journey Includes

  • Remembering wholeness

    Learn to compassionately embrace parts of yourself that you have shamed, misunderstood, or ignored.

  • Reclaiming identity

    Reconnect with who you are under the internal masks and external projections from others.

  • Repairing connection

    Grow your capacity to repair within yourself and within mutually supportive relationships.

Hello, I’m Marci Payne (she/her)

A therapist (LPC) for over 25 years who thinks in patterns, values integrity, and feels deeply

Former couples counselor who now works at the intersection of self-love and relationships

Creating spaces and journals for you to listen to what you need too

Supporter of anyone reclaiming their wholeness and voice after emotionally abusive relationships

Believer in a world where ALL people are freer to be themselves and love who they love

Committed to the journey of creating anti-racist and inclusive spaces in life and work

 

Marci’s therapist journey so far…

Here are the highlights that have impacted my journey to becoming an LGBTQA+-affirming, trauma-informed, IFS-inspired, and liberation-focused therapist:

  • 1995: Bachelor’s in Psychology, University of MO - Columbia

  • 1997: Master’s in Clinical Psychology, Eastern Illinois University

  • 2001: Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Missouri

  • 2010-2016: Bowen Family Systems Theory

  • 2018: Discernment Counseling

  • 2018: Life Coach Training

  • 2019: Transform Self-Sabotage & Self-Bullying Into Self-Love

  • 2020: Mindful Self-Compassion

  • 2021: Self-Love Essentials

  • 2022: Cultural Somatics (Qoya study group)

  • 2022: Undo Patterns of Pleasing & Appeasing

  • 2022: Integrative Somatic Parts Work (Level 1, 2, & 3)

  • 2024: Navigate Relationship Rupture & Build Skills of Repair

  • 2024: Decolonize your Business (DCC community, ongoing)

I’m also interested in various healing modalities outside the traditional therapy model, so I bring that into the session as I’m intuitively guided.

Pricing and Investment

Are you ready to start investing in your personal growth and healing?

15-minute Complimentary Call – FREE

60-minute First Session (new clients) = $150

60-minute Follow-up Sessions = $150

50-minute Individual Sessions = $135

90-minute Extended, Individual Session = $225

 

Common Questions

Are you interested in individual therapy?

Individual therapy for adults is available in person in Kansas City and online for Missouri residents. If you are interested in working with me 1:1, please schedule a free, initial 15-minute call, so we can determine if we are a good fit.