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07/30/2026

🍎 Teachers, this one is for you. ❤️

Before I became a therapist and opened 816 Counseling Services, I spent 19 years in education as a teacher and school counselor. I know firsthand how many supplies teachers buy out of their own pockets and how much heart they pour into their classrooms.

This year, I want to give a little back.

If you’re a teacher, follow 816 Counseling Services, drop your Amazon Classroom Wish List in the comments along with:
📚 Grade level
🏫 School (optional)
🔗 Your Amazon Wish List

Our team at 816 Counseling Services wants to purchase one item from as many wish lists as we can.

But here’s where I hope this becomes something even bigger…

💙 If you’re part of our 816 community, I challenge you to pick a teacher and purchase just one item from their list. It doesn’t have to be expensive. Imagine the difference we could make if dozens of people each helped one classroom.

Let’s remind our teachers that this community sees them, appreciates them, and is cheering them on as they begin another school year.

Go ahead and tag your favorite teacher so they don’t miss this! 🍎✏️❤️

So excited to see what the next year brings….
07/29/2026

So excited to see what the next year brings….

🥉 We are beyond honored!816 Counseling Services has been voted Bronze – Best Mental Health Services in the 2026 Best of ...
07/28/2026

🥉 We are beyond honored!

816 Counseling Services has been voted Bronze – Best Mental Health Services in the 2026 Best of the Northland awards! 💙

To every client who trusted us with your story, every family who referred someone they love, every community partner who believes in our mission, and every person who took the time to vote, thank you. This recognition means more than you know.

What started as one therapist with a dream has grown into an incredible team committed to making quality mental health care accessible in our community. We are so grateful to walk alongside so many of you through life’s hardest moments and biggest victories.

And a huge congratulations to Leslie Elizabeth Thompson Counseling on earning 1st Place! 👏 Your dedication to mental health in the Northland is making a difference, and we’re proud to be recognized alongside you.

Here’s to continuing to reduce stigma, help people heal, and serve the Northland with compassion, authenticity, and heart. 💙

Thank you for helping make 816 Counseling Services one of the Best of the Northland!

You've tried deep breathing. You've journaled. You've downloaded the app, done the meditations, and told yourself to jus...
07/27/2026

You've tried deep breathing. You've journaled. You've downloaded the app, done the meditations, and told yourself to just relax.

And you still spiral when your partner goes quiet for three hours.

That's not a willpower problem. And it might not even be an anxiety problem. For many women, what looks like anxiety is actually an attachment pattern, a way your nervous system learned to keep you safe long before you met your partner.

The reassurance loop. The way conflict feels like danger. The overthinking that runs on a loop at 2am. These aren't character flaws. They're old strategies asking a new question: "Am I safe here?"

Swipe through for three signs your anxiety might actually be attachment, and the gentle reframe that can start to shift it. 🌱

Understanding where a pattern comes from is the first step to changing it.

After a draining day, do you crave total silence or a long talk with someone who gets it? 🌿Both are valid. Both are your...
07/26/2026

After a draining day, do you crave total silence or a long talk with someone who gets it? 🌿

Both are valid. Both are your nervous system doing exactly what it knows how to do.

Some of us need quiet to hear ourselves think again. The lights low, the phone face-down, a slow exhale that finally lands. Solitude isn't avoidance. For many women, it's how the body finds its way back to steady.

Others need to talk it out. Not to be fixed, just to be heard. Saying the hard thing out loud to a trusted person can loosen what's been sitting heavy in your chest all day.

There's no "right" way to recharge. There's only what actually helps you come home to yourself.

So tell us: after an overwhelming day, are you Team Total Quiet or Team Talk It Out? 💛

"I don't know if I'm bad enough to be here."She said it while sitting on our couch, six years into white-knuckling anxie...
07/24/2026

"I don't know if I'm bad enough to be here."

She said it while sitting on our couch, six years into white-knuckling anxiety, people-pleasing, and a relationship that left her exhausted by Tuesday.

She isn't unusual. Most people who walk through our door aren't in crisis. They're tired. Tired of managing it all alone. Tired of waiting to see if it gets worse before they're "allowed" to ask for support.

Therapy works best before the wall comes down, not after. The myth that you have to hit rock bottom to deserve help is the exact thing that keeps people stuck in patterns that could have shifted years sooner.

You don't have to be falling apart to want something to feel different. Being tired is enough. Being curious is enough. Wanting more for yourself is enough. 🌱

If you've been quietly wondering whether it's time, that wondering is worth listening to. We're here when you're ready.

Taking the first step toward therapy is a quiet act of courage, and for the past 365 days, we’ve had the honor of walkin...
07/22/2026

Taking the first step toward therapy is a quiet act of courage, and for the past 365 days, we’ve had the honor of walking alongside our Kansas City community as you take those steps.

Today, 816 Counseling Services is officially celebrating our first birthday. What started as a vision to provide warm, gentle, and deeply grounded mental health support has grown into a reality we are incredibly grateful for every single day.

Over the past year, we have sat with women navigating burnout, couples relearning how to connect, and families finding their footing through life's transitions. To every client who has trusted us with your stories, your vulnerability, and your healing: thank you. You are the heartbeat of this practice.

We also want to thank our supportive community, local referral partners, and friends who have cheered us on from day one. We are so honored to do this work, and we look forward to helping our community grow and heal for many years to come. 💛

"I thought I was lazy. I wasn't."For so many women, an ADHD diagnosis doesn't come with relief first. It comes with grie...
07/19/2026

"I thought I was lazy. I wasn't."

For so many women, an ADHD diagnosis doesn't come with relief first. It comes with grief. Grief for all the years spent believing you were the problem.

The missed deadlines. The tears at small criticisms. The shame spiral that made every dropped ball feel like proof of something broken inside you.

None of that was a character flaw. It was a brain pattern nobody named for you.

Swipe through for three things women with ADHD wish someone had told them sooner. And if any of it sounds like your inner monologue, know that support exists, and you don't have to keep translating your own experience alone. 🌱

When something's bothering you, do you need to talk it through right away, or do you need quiet time first? Both are val...
07/18/2026

When something's bothering you, do you need to talk it through right away, or do you need quiet time first?

Both are valid ways of processing emotions. Neither is better than the other.

External processors think out loud. Talking helps them untangle what they're feeling, and a trusted listener can make the fog lift faster than sitting alone with it ever could.

Internal processors need space first. Quiet time lets them sort through their thoughts before putting them into words, and being pushed to talk too soon can feel overwhelming.

Knowing your style, and your partner's or family member's, can change how you navigate hard moments together. One person's need for space isn't rejection. One person's need to talk isn't pressure. It's just how you each move through big feelings.

So which one sounds more like you: talk it out, or sit with it first? 💛

Welcome to the party South Carolina. 🌴 Big news from 816 Counseling Services! 🌴I’m so excited to officially announce...
07/16/2026

Welcome to the party South Carolina. 🌴 Big news from 816 Counseling Services! 🌴

I’m so excited to officially announce that I am now licensed to provide counseling services in South Carolina! 🎉

What started in Missouri and Kansas has continued to grow, and I’m incredibly grateful for every client, referral partner, and supporter who has helped make this possible.

Beginning now, I can provide telehealth counseling and ADHD evaluations for clients located in:

📍 Missouri
📍 Kansas
📍 South Carolina 🌴

Whether you’re navigating anxiety, ADHD, relationship challenges, life transitions, or looking to better understand yourself, I’d be honored to walk alongside you.

This also means one of my favorite places has become part of my professional journey, and I couldn’t be more excited. 💙

If you know someone in South Carolina who has been looking for a therapist, I’d love for you to share this post with them.

Here’s to new opportunities, new connections, and continuing to help people build healthier, more fulfilling lives.

💙 Tara Spry, LPC, LCPC, ADHD-CCSP
Owner & Clinical Director
816 Counseling Services

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888 Haines, Suite 116
Liberty, MO
64068

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 8pm
Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm

Telephone

+18164207095

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