Owned and staffed by Leigh B. Kadans, LCSW, and David R. Kadans LMFT LCAS, we have been providing marriage, family, child, and individual counseling services in Western North Carolina since 2001. We have a simple approach. We help you learn to take better care of yourself so you can be healthy. While we are helping you learn self-care skills, we unlock your potential by discovering what is affecting your ability to be healthy.
We help you develop tools for living, so you can be strong and healthy for the rest of your life. Our goal is to help you get healthy and stay healthy, so you can have fun and be connected to yourself, your partner, family, friends, coworkers, and community. Our therapists offer years of diverse experience and highly competent mental health and counseling services in the Hickory, Asheville, and Spruce Pine areas.
We help you develop tools for living, so you can be strong and healthy for the rest of your life. Our goal is to help you get healthy and stay healthy, so you can have fun and be connected to yourself, your partner, family, friends, coworkers, and community. Our therapists offer years of diverse experience and highly competent mental health and counseling services in the Hickory, Asheville, and Spruce Pine areas.
Reviews (9)
Alo Alga
Nov 26, 2021
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My time with Dave at Therapy of Hickory has significantly aided in the bettering of my mental wellness and understanding of myself. Every session has improved some aspect of awareness about myself and my interactions with the world. Each session is packed with a variety of tools and hardcore advice that cuts to the chase of my problems and will serve me well for the rest of my life. Dave has shown me that it is possible to be an incredibly compassionate person, lover, child, parent and ALSO a badass. I am motivated by my therapy sessions to be a better person to myself and others, while living
Roy Courtney
Feb 27, 2021
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I was very reluctant to go to therapy, as the last therapist I had didn't seem like a good fit for me but with challenges in my life taking over I knew I needed support and help with a divorce and my co-dependency. In my first meeting with Marissa Million I knew she was going to be able to help. She has been so good at keeping me moving in the right direction and made herself available in moments of despair. Over the last year I have been able to open up about topics I didn't think I needed to address and leave every session with the weight lifted off my shoulders.
Tara
Jan 21, 2021
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I have been faithfully going to therapy with Marissa Million for the last year She is always available to assist me when I need her. She is caring, encouraging and holds me accountable for the changes I need and want to make in my life. She has been my saving grace in helping me become the best person I know I can and want to be. She never disappoints! I would highly recommend Marissa.
Chris Dellinger
Jul 14, 2020
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David has been instrumental in helping me to become a better father. Our first session was “getting to know each other. “ In ensuing sessions he encouraged me to pick the topic of our conversation and deftly steered me down a path. He did this with the compassion of a spiritual leader and the precision of a surgeon. As a result; I’m more emotionally intelligent, aware of triggering situations, and have developed strategies for dealing with them. I feel that I was healed personally on many levels and that this enabled me to approach my children with more compassion and openness. Thanks Dave
A. Hampton
May 09, 2019
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I was VERY hesitant about therapy but after being overwhelmed by the loss of my girlfriend and other personal trauma I decided to give therapy a try. I read many reviews and even saw 3 different therapists before meeting with Jessica Spears. It was an instant fit and I immediately felt comfortable. I highly recommend Jessica and the form of therapy she uses, EMDR.
Brandy B.
Oct 04, 2018
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Sarah
Sep 06, 2015
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I've had a fantastic experience working with Dave and regularly recommend him to friends. He has a high level of empathy, compassion and insight that creates trust and safety in the therapeutic experience. He's given me a number tools that have really been life changing and I look forward to continuing working with him. I wholeheartedly recommend Therapy of Hickory!
Chastity Reeves
Jul 09, 2015
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I appreciate what Dave has done for my marriage. Without his help I would be divorced at 33 and a mess to say the least. He has been counseling my husband and I for 8 months and he has been a blessing to our marriage. He has been a call or text away and has always been available to help me no matter when or what time I needed him. I would recommend Dave to anyone, anytime I have people tell me they have issues and need help I give them Dave's number. He is great at what he does and has compassion to help others. I greatly appreciate him for all he has done for my family.
Meow Dietrich
Jun 07, 2015
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Dave was recommended to me through a friend. I have been seeing him fairly regularly for over a year. He's helped me learn and understand more about myself than I had previously thought possible. Dave is outstanding at what he does. I have already recommended him to several of my friends and will continue to do so. He definitely helped me stay sane and stable through one of the most difficult times of my life. Nothing is ever one-sided and Dave is very open to feed back. He's also very accommodating and was willing to work around my schedule the best he could. HIGHLY recommend Dave.
