Individual Counseling
When anxiety, low mood, stress, or just feeling stuck starts affecting daily life, one-on-one counseling gives you space to work through it with someone trained to help.
Mental Health Counseling for Children, Adults & Families in Oklahoma City
Whether you're working through anxiety, trauma, grief, or a hard season as a family, our licensed, trauma-informed counselors are here to help, right here in Oklahoma City.
Licensed, trauma-informed counselors · Oklahoma City based · Currently accepting new clients
Insurance & Payment Made Simple
We accept most major insurance plans, including SoonerCare, and we're currently accepting new clients.
How We Can Help
Support for Every Chapter of Life
Everyone's reason for reaching out is different. Here's where our counselors spend the most time.
Child & Adolescent Counseling
Kids and teens don't always have the words for what they're feeling. Our counselors help children process big emotions, behavior changes, and hard experiences in age-appropriate ways.
Family Counseling
When communication breaks down or a family is going through a hard transition, family counseling creates a space to be heard and to rebuild how you talk to each other.
Couples Counseling
For couples navigating conflict, disconnection, or a major life change together, counseling offers practical tools and an outside perspective.
Trauma-Informed Care
Whether trauma is recent or from years ago, our counselors are trained to recognize how it shows up and to help clients move through it safely, at their own pace.
Grief & Loss Support
Loss doesn't follow a schedule. Our counselors help individuals and families process grief, from the death of a loved one to other significant losses, for as long as it takes.
Anxiety & Depression Support
When worry, fear, or overwhelm starts affecting everyday life, or when depression makes it hard to function, our counselors help clients understand what they're experiencing and build practical ways forward.
Foster Care & Adoption Counseling
Foster and adoptive families face a unique set of challenges. Our counselors understand the realities of placement, attachment, and transition, and offer support built around them.
What to Expect
What to Expect at Open Arms
Starting counseling can feel like a big step, especially if it's your first time. This is a quick look at who we are and what your first visit is actually like.
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Google Reviews
Open Arms has incredible vision with an amazing foundation for what their company represents. An amazing staff and people you want on your side and to just walk with through life!
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The owner & staff are caring, supportive, and dedicated to helping both the children and foster families succeed. You can tell they genuinely care and truly make a difference.
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If you are looking for mental health services, please look no further. Do your self a favor and contact this agency! The services they provide are second to none. Their hearts are rooted in helping people become their best selves regardless of any background.
Why Open ArmsWhy Families Choose
Why Families Choose
Open Arms
Licensed, trauma-informed counselors
Trained specifically in trauma-informed approaches to care.
Local to Oklahoma City
Not a national telehealth platform; part of this community.
Experience with foster and adoptive families
A perspective many general practices don’t have.
Support beyond the counseling room
Foster parents working with us have access to guidance beyond scheduled sessions.
Connected to the community
Through training and speaking work with schools, churches, and businesses across Oklahoma.
Accessible payment options
Insurance and private pay, with a limited pro bono program for families without other options.
Our Team
Care Starts With People You Can Trust
Behind every session is a real person who's chosen this work, not a call center, not an algorithm.
Meet Our Team
Jamie James, LPCPresident & Founder
D'Fawn Downs, LPCCorporate Compliance Officer & Clinical Director
Brandon MartinCFO
Stephanie CaldwellParent Relations Director
Location
Counseling in Oklahoma City
We're based right here in Oklahoma City, at 1101 Sovereign Row, Unit A.
- 1101 Sovereign Row Unit A, Oklahoma City, OK 73108
- (405) 920-8934
- Mon to Fri, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
- Serving families throughout the Oklahoma City area
Why We Do This
Transforming Families,
Empowering Communities
Open Arms Initiative started with a simple belief: every child deserves a stable, loving home, and every family deserves real support to get there.
That belief shows up in our counseling rooms, in our foster care program, and in the schools, churches, and businesses we work with across Oklahoma.
About Open Arms Initiative
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We provide individual, child and adolescent, family, and couples counseling, along with specialized support for trauma, anxiety, depression, and grief.
You Don't Have to Figure This Out Alone
Whether you're just starting to look for support or you've been thinking about it for a while, reaching out is the hardest part, and we're glad to help with what comes next.