About Me
Hi, my name is Morgan Piercy (she/her) and as a Licensed Professional Counselor, I work with trauma from a neurodiversity-affirming, LGBTQ+ affirming, feminist, and deconstruction-affirming perspective. I primarily work with adults in the Kansas City metro who have left Christian nationalism or evangelical Christianity and are processing spiritual abuse, navigating family conflict over politics or faith, questioning gender or identity after church involvement, or grieving the loss of community. Click here to view a collection of my media appearances, guest posts, and interviews. I also love working with kids, teens, and adults with ADHD and/or autism, who feel exhausted from constantly trying to function in a world that wasn’t built for them.
I am passionate about lifestyle design.
Therapy helps you create a life that’s meaningful, balanced, and aligned with your values. You may be a good fit for my therapy practice if you are seeking a religious trauma therapist in the KC area who truly understands evangelical harm, church trauma, Christian nationalism, and spiritual abuse. Through therapy, I help clients identify what truly gives their life purpose, reduce stress and anxiety, accommodate their own sensory needs, and build sustainable habits that support long-term mental health. My approach focuses on values-based living, nervous system regulation, and intentional life planning so your daily life reflects what matters most to you. Let’s work together to design a future that supports your mental health, personal growth, and overall well-being.
I believe human beings are fundamentally worthy.
I utilize a humanistic approach and secular therapy interventions like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in order to help clients live more authentically. People who teach you that you are not enough or inherently depraved in some way do not often have your best interest at heart. I create a neutral and therapeutic space for adults in the Kansas City metro who are processing spiritual abuse, separating spirituality from political agendas, navigating family conflict over politics or faith, questioning gender or identity after church involvement, and grieving the loss of religious community.
You are a gift to the world. You are a gift to society. You matter.
Deconstruction Counseling serves the Kansas City metro, including Olathe, Overland Park, Lenexa, Shawnee, and Kansas City, Missouri through both in-person and telehealth therapy. Clients must be physically located in the state of Kansas at the time of session.
Credentials
Here are my certificates, certifications, and credentials:
Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Kansas (LPC 05144).
M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Capella University
Member of the American Counseling Association
National Certified Counselor (NCC)
Certificate in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills (ACT-PT)
This training equips me to help clients struggling with OCD ( and ERP cultural adaptations that are evidence-based regardless of the therapy client’s preference for secular or faith-accommodating psychotherapy frameworks), depression, complex trauma, hypervigilance, and chronic worry by teaching skills rooted in mindfulness and values-based living. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is especially powerful for people feeling stuck in cycles of self-criticism or trauma-related distress, providing tools for building resilience and emotional flexibility.
Certificate in ADHD Assessment and Treatment (ADHD-PT)
With specialized training in ADHD assessment and treatment, I can better support both children and adults navigating focus challenges, overwhelm, and executive functioning struggles that often accompany ADHD. This helps clients manage co-occurring issues such as anxiety, depression, and shame that impact daily mental health. Therapy is not about optimizing your performance, it’s about holding space and acknowledging the emotional impact of ADHD.
Certificate in Anxiety & OCD Diagnosis & Treatment (ANX-PT)
This certification deepens my expertise in diagnosing and treating generalized anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, specific phobias, body-focused repetitive behaviors, and worries that keep the mind stuck in loops. It allows me to offer evidence-based tools to reduce hypervigilance and fear, particularly for clients with trauma or religious scrupulosity.
Certificate in EMDR Therapy Skills (EMDRPT-I)
This foundational EMDR training provides me with skills to help clients process trauma memories that fuel symptoms of PTSD, depression, and anxiety. EMDR therapy is a highly effective approach for those experiencing flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, or C-PTSD after difficult life experiences like childhood trauma, verbal abuse, emotional neglect, or narcissistic abuse.
Certificate in Advanced EMDR Therapy Skills (EMDRPT-II)
With advanced EMDR training, I can support clients through more complex trauma, including childhood neglect, betrayal trauma, and relational wounds. This deeper skill set helps me guide people toward lasting healing when traditional talk therapy has not fully addressed their mental health concerns.
Certificate in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFT-PT)
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy training gives me tools to help clients quickly find hope and relief in the midst of anxiety, stress, or depression. By focusing on strengths and future possibilities, this approach is especially supportive for those navigating big life transitions or adjustment disorders. This is a useful approach for breakup recovery or faith deconstruction, where individuals feel overwhelmed in rebuilding their lives after significant change or loss.
Certificate in Evidence-Based PTSD Treatment (PTSD-PT)
This certification ensures I use the most up-to-date, research-backed methods for treating PTSD, C-PTSD, and trauma-related anxiety. Clients benefit from structured, compassionate care that reduces hyperarousal, improves emotional regulation, and fosters recovery from trauma’s long-lasting effects.
Certificate in Sex, Intimacy, and Relational Healing (SIRH-PT)
This training allows me to help individuals and couples address intimacy concerns, relationship struggles, and the impact of trauma on sexuality. It is particularly useful for clients of all sexual orientations working through religious trauma, shame, or anxiety related to connection and self-worth. I am passionate about working with adults who grew up in purity culture and feel super awkward about their sexuality. My practice operates from a feminist and egalitarian perspective.
Certificate in Anti-Racist Mental Health Practice (AR-PT)
This certification grounds my practice in culturally responsive and anti-racist approaches to counseling. It helps me support clients from marginalized communities experiencing the compounded stress, anxiety, and trauma of systemic oppression. My therapy practice fiercely rejects white colonialism, Christian reconstructionism, dominion theology, Christian nationalism, white supremacy, and fascism. I am passionate about working with those who have been harmed by these oppressive systems.
Certificate in Clinical Trauma Treatment - Level 1 (CCT-PT)
This certification equips me with advanced tools to help clients heal from narcissistic abuse, childhood trauma, betrayal trauma, and religious trauma syndrome. It emphasizes trauma-informed interventions that validate survivors’ experiences while rebuilding safety and self-trust. With this training, I guide clients through the recovery process with compassion, evidence-based care, and a focus on long-term emotional resilience.
Certificate in Neural Desensitization and Integration Training (NDIT-C)
This certification provides a powerful method for addressing the nervous system dysregulation caused by spiritual abuse, religious trauma, adverse childhood experiences, and betrayal trauma. By targeting the body’s stored responses to traumatic experiences, NDIT helps clients release fear, shame, and emotional triggers connected to past abuse. Through this approach, I support survivors in reclaiming a sense of calm, empowerment, and wholeness on their healing journey.
Certificate in Neurocriminology (NCRIM-PT)
This certification provides specialized training in how brain science, trauma, and behavior intersect. It helps therapists deepen their insight into the lasting impact of narcissistic abuse, clergy abuse, complex trauma, and childhood adversity. This certification equips professionals to better understand trauma-related behaviors, the nervous system’s role in survival responses, and the pathways from toxic relationships to healing.
Certified Neuropsychotherapist (NPT-C)
This certification deepens my understanding of how the brain, trauma, and mental health are interconnected. By integrating neuroscience into therapy, I can better help clients with depression, C-PTSD, and anxiety regulate their nervous systems and find healing rooted in both science and compassion. I love helping clients transform their relationship with their vagus nerve so they can experience better sleep and digestive issues related to anxiety.
Supervised by Krisha Parmar
Sandplay/ sand tray interventions are offered during Monday, in-person appointments.
You can find more information about me and the resources I have to offer, including free resources for emerging therapists, at www.morganpiercy.com.