Trent Sullivan, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor
Overland Park, Kansas, 66213
Phone: 913-349-1998
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Session Fees: $140 / 50 minute individual session
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This member is also available for online counseling.
Online-counseling methods: Webcam

You’re in the right place if you..

keep asking yourself what’s wrong even though nothing looks wrong
live in your head but feel far from yourself
have become skilled at managing, fixing, or performing—yet still feel off
feel like you’re living two lives—the one people see and the one you carry inside
keep waiting for things to feel different, but the moment never lasts
keep brushing off the same feeling, but it always comes back

Specialties

My sense is that what keeps people stuck isn’t just stress or symptoms—it’s the quiet hope that one day, life will finally feel complete, in control, and exactly as it “should” be. The result of chasing that ideal means cutting off parts of yourself, and the harder you hold it together, the more it comes apart inside. I help people not continue to chase that ideal version of themself in the pursuit of greater satisfaction.

Anxiety often lives in the space between control and uncertainty. It’s the tension of holding everything together while feeling like it could fall apart. We’ll understand what the worry protects—and what it keeps out of reach—so you can relate to it differently.
Depression isn’t just sadness; it’s the quiet collapse of meaning. You go through the motions, but something vital feels missing. We’ll look at what the heaviness might be saying—what’s gone quiet in you that’s asking to be heard.
Trauma isn’t only what happened—it’s how your mind learned to live with it. The impact can echo quietly through thoughts, relationships, and the body. Together we’ll work to name what’s been carried alone, creating space for safety, meaning, and a new relationship to the past.
Life Transitions- What once felt steady now feels uncertain, stirring questions about who you are and where you’re going. We’ll slow down and make sense of what’s shifting. Relational conflict often repeats the same story under different names. You want connection but find yourself withdrawing, pleasing, or pushing away. Our work helps uncover what each pattern is trying to protect, so you can relate to others—and yourself—with more honesty and freedom.
College Students and Teens- focuses on creating a space where they don’t have to perform or be ‘on.’ It’s a space to ask real questions, explore what they feel without pressure to figure it all out.

My aim as a clinician isn’t just to help you manage a set of symptoms. It’s to give you a framework for understanding the meaning and the internal conflicts behind them — so change can come from a deeper place.

Approach

My approach is grounded in how the mind works through patterns, meaning and language. We don’t stop at managing symptoms—we look at the underlying aspects that quietly shape how you think, feel, and relate. Through conversation, we make those patterns visible so you can see yourself, and your life, with greater clarity.

My approach starts with the belief that our symptoms and struggles are meaningful—they’re trying to tell us something we don’t yet know.
I pay attention to the language you use—your words, hesitations, and associations—because they often reveal what your mind already knows but hasn’t yet thought.
Talking is the method. Through dialogue, we access the parts of your mind that operate just outside awareness—the ones driving familiar stuck points.
Therapy with me isn’t about finding one breakthrough moment; it’s about developing the capacity to notice, reflect, and relate to yourself differently.
Over time, this work helps you live with greater freedom—to think, feel, and respond with more clarity, depth, and connection.

What type of therapy do you do?

Psychodynamic Theory
Psychodynamics is a psychological theory that emphasizes the exploration of feelings, patterns and conflicts over simply fixing or correcting the experience. Psychodynamic therapy puts the theory of psychodynamics into practice in a number of ways, but under the assumption of the unconscious. You may have heard that therapists are interested in the unconscious. There’s nothing mysterious about this. It simply means that our minds aren’t one-dimensional, and their complexity can make it hard to know why we feel or act the way we do.

Exploring these aspects offers the chance to understand the motives, meanings, and conflicts shaping your thoughts and actions—bringing into awareness what has been quietly guiding you from the background.
Psychodymanic theory allows me to integrate the below therapy practices through its lens.

CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
Focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and their underlying process. CBT explores how individuals relate to their experiences— works by identifying and changing unhelpful beliefs about thinking. CBT’s aim is that changing thought processes will provide the possibility to change the content of the thoughts.

DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
Explores the contradictory nature of being human and the ways uncertainty impacts our experiences. DBT aims to help manage intense affect while learning to hold two truths at once and working with the contradiction of the two emotions, ideas or relationships. It’s helpful for people who feel strong emotions, black-and-white thinkers, or individuals who swing between two extremes to live in the uncertainty of the “middle” or “grey area.”

Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Helps you explore the complex and mixed feelings, motivations and desires individuals have in a supportive and curious way. MI wants to create tolerance for individuals to acknowledge their competing thoughts and still be able to have agency and decisiveness in the ambiguity. It focuses on individuals' own reasons for change, building the capacity to act in the midst of uncertainty.

Meet Trent

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Kansas.
Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the CACREP-accredited program at George Fox University.
Trained in psychodynamic approaches, grounded in a talk-based, interpretive view of psychological change.
Before becoming a therapist, I worked in both athletics and business—experiences that have strongly shaped my clinical work.

Cost

$140 / 50 minute individual session
I am an in-network provider with BlueCross BlueShield and Aetna
Depending on your insurance, you may be eligible to use out-of-network benefits
I can provide a super bill that you can submit to your insurance company for reimbursement.

Location

Conveniently offering telehealth therapy services in Kansas
I utilize HIPPA compliant Simple Practice for tele-health services
All you need is a reliable wifi connection and a private space

Visit my website or follow along on Instagram @therapywithtrent
Schedule a free 15 minute intro call here!

Trent Sullivan Reaches

Olathe KS
Shawnee KS

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