Collin County, North Texas
Online Therapy in McKinney, Texas
McKinney is the county seat of Collin County, on the north side of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Sessions with Vanessa Gross, LMFT, take place over secure video, so a conversation about a loss, a long low stretch or a midlife change can happen from your own living room.
Seeing Vanessa From Anywhere in Collin County
New Tide Therapy is an online practice, so a home in Allen, Fairview, Prosper, Melissa or Princeton is no farther away than one in McKinney itself. What matters is where you are when each session starts: Texas is the state that licenses Vanessa, so anywhere inside it works, while a session from out of state would have to be rescheduled.
Midlife and Later-Life Changes
Vanessa sees adults in their 40s and 50s as well as older adults past 65. Pressure in these years tends to come from several directions at once: a parent who needs more help, adult children moving out or moving back, a retirement date that suddenly feels close, or a long marriage that has settled into routine. Her page on midlife and beyond describes this work in more detail.
Grief and Depression at the Same Time
A death, a parent's decline or the end of a marriage can bring grief and depression together. You might be sorting a parent's belongings months after the funeral, or notice that the things you used to look forward to have gone flat. Vanessa draws on psychodynamic and attachment-based work to understand what a loss has stirred up, and on CBT and ACT for the days when getting started is hard. Read more about her grief therapy.
If you are in crisis or having thoughts of suicide, phone or text 988; if anyone's life is in immediate danger, call 911.
Fitting a Session Into a McKinney Week
Without a trip south to Plano or Dallas, a 60-minute appointment costs you about an hour. You need a room where no one will overhear you, a phone or laptop with a camera, and a connection that holds steady. After a session about a loss, keep some quiet time before the next task, even if it is only a walk to the mailbox.
What Working With Vanessa Is Like
Vanessa has practiced as a therapist for 7 years. Her sessions are a conversation rather than a script, pairing a client-centered relationship with attachment-based, cognitive and mindfulness-based methods chosen for you. She keeps to a pace you can manage while naming old patterns that have become comfortable but no longer help, and she enjoys clients who are open to honest, interesting discussion.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, Vanessa works with older adults, and the setup is simpler than it may sound: a tablet, phone or computer with a camera, an internet connection, and a private room. A family member can help you test it beforehand and then leave the room once the session starts. Questions about the first session are welcome on the free 15-minute phone call, requested through Work With Me.
Caregiving often brings exhaustion, guilt, old family roles and a grief that begins before a death. Sessions give you room to sort through those feelings and to think about practical choices, such as what to ask of siblings, when to accept outside help, and how to keep some time for yourself. If your parent lives outside Texas, plan sessions for the days you are home rather than during visits.
Often, yes. An old loss can come back into focus during a later change, such as moving out of a family home, retiring, or reaching the age a parent was when they died. Vanessa can start with the loss itself or with whatever brought it back, and the work can include how that loss shaped the way you handle change now.
Related Pages
Depression
Support for low mood, lost interest and pulling away from people, combining small CBT steps with psychodynamic work and self-compassion.Read More
When Grief Returns
Why grief returns around anniversaries, holidays, songs and places, why that is a normal part of grieving, and what can help on hard days.Read MorePsychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy explores how earlier relationships shape the patterns you repeat today, and how that understanding works alongside practical skills.Read More
Online in Texas
How online therapy with Vanessa Gross, LMFT, works for adults and couples anywhere in Texas, from the first phone call to regular sessions.Read MoreA gentler next step
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