Explore your story, embrace your authenticity, and step into a life that feels truly yours.

Mitch Cartwright, M.Ed, LPC

Heart-Space-Therapy

Welcome. I’m glad you’re here.

Maybe you’re holding it all together - but barely.

Maybe you’ve been the strong one, the caretaker, the one who listens to everyone else - and now, you’re wondering if anyone sees you.

Or maybe the world just feels heavy, disorienting, and too fast, and you’re exhausted trying to keep up.

Whatever brings you here, you’ve landed in the right place.

I’m Mitch Cartwright, MEd., LPC - a licensed therapist, life coach, space-holder, and fellow human navigating life’s complexities right alongside you. My work centers on helping people explore their stories, reconnect with what matters and what they value, and begin to live from a place of centeredness within their heart. I believe therapy should be soulful, collaborative, and honest - not prioritizing clinical pathology or performative expectations.

In my practice, I work with:

  • Therapists, helping professionals, and educators who are feeling burned out or lost in the work

  • Queer, creative, or questioning individuals who feel like outsiders in their own lives

  • People navigating grief, existential/spiritual questions, and honoring the fullness of these experiences

  • Folks who are high-functioning on the outside but quite overwhelmed on the inside

  • People who are seeking to deconstruct societal discourses that don’t fit their own internal hopes and dreams.

I draw from Narrative Therapy tenents, postmodern and relational models, trauma informed care practices, and a little bit of poetic sensibility. I honor complexity. I welcome contradictions. I don’t believe in ‘fixing you’ - (I don’t think you are broken.) - I believe in walking beside you as you come home to yourself.

Clients often tell me they feel deeply seen in our work - that something finally clicks - that it’s the first time they’ve felt like therapy wasn’t about diagnosis, but about honoring and meaning.

If you’re ready to speak freely, breathe deeply, and begin to piece together the story that’s truly yours - I’d be honored to hold sacred space and work with you.

Come as you are. You’re welcome here.

Services

  • Life can get noisy, full of outside opinions, expectations, and pressure that make it hard to hear your own voice. Individual therapy is a place to pause, reflect, and reconnect with who you truly are. Whether you're navigating a big transition, feeling disconnected, or longing for more meaning in your everyday life, this space is designed to help you make sense of your inner world and move toward the kind of life that is aligned and fulfilling to you.

    My preferred method of practice and clients report stronger impact of sessions in 90 minute sessions.

    I offer 50/90/120 minute sessions. (Discounts are offered for 90/120 minute sessions).

  • All relationships can be both grounding and challenging. Whether you're navigating conflict, feeling stuck in old patterns, or seeking to deepen your connection, relational therapy offers a space to explore what's happening between you and your family/friends/coworkers/partner(s) with honesty and care. Together, we’ll work to strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and cultivate relationship that feels intentional, supportive, and aligned with your shared values.

    I often work with dynamic relationships where there may be multiple partners in the relational experience.

    My preferred method of practice for relational work is 90-120 minute sessions. (I currently do not offer 50 minute relational sessions.)

    (Discounts are offered for 120 minute sessions).

  • Coaching is designed to help you create positive change with intentionality and focus. If you're ready to step into a more empowered version of yourself and make embodied progress toward your dreams, coaching can provide the support you need. Unlike therapy, coaching is available to clients both within Missouri and outside of the state, making it a flexible option for those seeking guidance without the structure of traditional therapy.

    ‍I offer 50/90/120 minute sessions. (Discounts are offered for 90/120 minute sessions).

* Everyone deserves support, no matter their circumstances. I offer sessions based on a sliding scale (based on annual household income) for individual, relational, and coaching sessions. If you're interested, feel free to reach out—I’m happy to talk through options with you. I am currently fully private pay and out-of-network with all insurance companies. I am currently licensed in the state of MO for clinical mental health services and provide coaching nationally and internationally.

In our work together, we’ll explore the truths that haven’t yet been fully understood or spoken, and we’ll make space for you to ask new questions—questions that invite more curiosity, compassion, and discovery. I’ll guide you in examining the narratives you’ve been carrying, helping you to find new meaning and hold space for the complexity of your own experience.

My approach to therapy is rooted in the belief that healing begins when we share our stories. As you open up about the experiences, beliefs, and emotions that have shaped you, we begin to uncover the deeper layers of your inner world. When we can bring these pieces into the light, we create the possibility for profound changes and new experiences - movements along the healing journey. And when we heal, we not only transform our own lives but also contribute to the collective ripple of change that can touch the world around us.

Whether you’re navigating identity exploration, relationship dynamics, career changes, navigating complex grief because you pay attention and the details matter, or you simply seeking to spend time with questions about what a deeper sense of fulfillment might be, therapy with me is a space for deep inquiry and reflection. Together, we’ll ask the questions that help you reconnect with your core values and align your life with your most authentic self.

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I will hold space for you to author and explore your truth in its many and complex parts. The journey is one guided by you and reinforced by unconditional positive regard, a new and growing relationship. I don’t believe we can collapse the complexities of our lives into single labels or single storylines.

If you’ve been thinking about reaching out to talk about any part of your life, it would be an honor to meet you and start a journey together. The next chapter that you narrate may not be perfect, but it is authentically yours. Let’s start the process of exploring what that can look like.