Healing Families, Creating Connection
Therapy for Children/Teens, Individuals, Couples, and Families
Offering compassionate counseling and coaching in Brentwood, Franklin, and Online Across Tennessee
Welcome to
Music City Family Therapy
Music City Family Therapy is a group of compassionate therapists who serve individuals, children, teens, couples, and families throughout Middle Tennessee. We can help when life feels overwhelming, relationships feel disconnected, behaviors become concerning, or you simply know something needs to change.
Rather than focusing only on symptoms, we look at the whole person and the relationships, patterns, stressors, and experiences surrounding them. Our team is trained in Catalytic Family Therapy™ and the Mountain Method™, approaches developed by our founder and clinical director, Dr. Stacy Jagger, to help uncover what’s happening beneath the surface, interrupt patterns that keep people stuck, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Our team of therapists in Brentwood and Franklin are trained in EMDR, Play Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Synergetic Play Therapy, and more. Our Director of Operations, Holistic Health Practitioner, Ron Jagger, offers Neurofeedback and Biofeedback, bringing a whole-person, whole-family approach that’s rare to find in one place.
You don’t have to know exactly what kind of help you need. Tell us what’s happening, and we’ll help you find the right therapist or coach and the right place to begin.
Just tell us what’s happening. We’ll help you find the right therapist and a path forward.
You don’t have to figure this out alone.
Here’s what we’ve seen, time and again: the families and individuals who walk through our doors aren’t broken. They’re disconnected.
And disconnection, whether it shows up as conflict, shutdown, anxiety, or acting out, can be healed.
Therapy works. Not the kind where you sit across from someone and talk about your feelings for an hour while nothing changes. Experiential therapy, the kind we practice here, engages your whole self.
You’ll experience faster results, deeper healing, and change you can actually feel in your daily life.
How We Help
Make connection the heart of your family.
Let us help you get there. We’ll meet you where you are, move
with purpose, and we won’t stop until you feel the difference.
Whether you’re a parent at the end of your rope, an individual carrying more than you should have to, or a family that just needs help finding its way back to each other, we’re here.
Ready to take the first step? Make an appointment today.
The noise at home is too loud.
When the past won’t stay in the past.
Your child has changed, and you don’t
know why.Divorce is tearing the kids apart.
Jennifer* is a devoted mom who’s done everything right: soccer practice, homework help, a full fridge, and every school event. But lately, dinner feels tense, like a courtroom. Her teenager shuts down instead of talking, her younger child has meltdowns she can’t reach, and her husband brushes it off: “Kids are just like that.”
Jennifer knows something isn’t right, and she’s exhausted from trying to fix it alone. At 11 p.m., she finds herself searching, “Why does my family feel so disconnected?” She’s not looking for blame. Jennifer’s looking for someone who understands and can help her reconnect with her kids before more time slips away.
Marcus* is a 34-year-old professional who seems to have it all – a steady career, a great place, and people who care about him. But there’s a wall he can’t quite break through. He keeps others at a distance without meaning to, feels triggered by things that shouldn’t hit so hard, and finds that intimacy feels more dangerous than safe.
All his life, he’s been told he’s “too sensitive.” Now Marcus is beginning to wonder how much his childhood shaped that feeling. He’s not looking for quick fixes or surface-level coping strategies. He wants someone who can meet him in the deeper places and won’t turn away from what he carries.
About six months ago, Priya* noticed a change. Her bright, happy eight-year-old started refusing to go to school, crying without explanation, and pulling away from friends. Pediatricians say she’s healthy. Teachers call it “just a phase.” But Priya knows her daughter, and this doesn’t feel like one.
She’s not looking for guesswork. She wants a therapist who truly understands children, someone who can connect through play and creativity, not just conversation. Someone who will see her daughter as a whole person, not simply a set of symptoms to manage.
David* and Carrie’s* marriage ended two years ago. They’ve both moved on – mostly. But their children are still caught in the middle in ways neither fully sees. Their son is acting out at school. Their daughter has grown quiet. Every pickup feels tense, every holiday a minefield. They both love their kids deeply, but neither knows how to stop the impact.
They’re not looking for someone to take sides. They need a therapist experienced in high-conflict divorce, someone who can help their children process what’s happened and support both parents in showing up better, even when being in the same room feels impossible.
*The above names and stories are fictionalized composites of real clients I’ve supported.
Don’t spend years in therapy
hoping something shifts.
Jennifer’s family found their footing again. Her teenager began opening up; her younger son returned to his playful, connected self; and therapy gave their family a new language – one rooted in understanding and connection rather than conflict.
Marcus finally feels at home in his own life. He describes it as “getting to know himself for the first time,” and for the first time, the wall is coming down.
Priya’s daughter is herself again. Through play therapy, she found her words, her smile, and her confidence. Priya calls it “nothing short of a miracle.”
David and Carrie’s kids are healing. With their therapist’s guidance, both parents learned to put their kids first, even when it’s hard. The drop-offs are calmer now. The kids are laughing again.