Email: petrablumcounseling@gmail.com

Phone: 314-503-3001

Dr. Petra Blum has provided individual, group, and family counseling since 1996. She holds graduate degrees from Covenant Theological Seminary and University of Missouri – St. Louis. In addition to seeing clients in private practice, Petra enjoys supervising and training counselors as well as researching, writing, and speaking on issues of faith and emotional healing.

Prior to moving into private practice in 2005, Petra served as the Clinical Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Greater St. Louis, an affiliate of a national treatment center specializing in child and family trauma counseling, research, and training. Over the course of the past 15 years, Petra has served as adjunct professor at University of Missouri- St. Louis, has provided clinical supervision and training of counselors, and has spoken extensively in the St. Louis area regarding issues of trauma, sexual abuse, counseling training, parenting, relationship issues, and emotional/spiritual/sexual health.

Psychotherapy Services and Specialization:

  • Shame-Related Issues
  • Grief and Loss
  • Anxiety and Depression
  • Trauma Processing and EMDR
  • Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
  • Child and Family Therapy
  • Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy
  • Emotional and Spiritual Integration
  • Sexual Well-Being
  • Spiritual Growth and Healing
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Parenting Issues

Some of her workshops have included:

  • Parenting Your Child’s Sexuality
  • Infinite Scrolling: Internet Addiction and Anxiety
  • Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality
  • The Power of Attunement: The Curative Role of the Therapeutic Relationship
  • Sexual Abuse and the Legacy of Broken Trust: Building Hope for Relationship With Those Who Has Been Sexually Abused
  • Emotion-Focused Treatment with Traumatized Children and Adolescents
  • The Internet, Technology, and Entertainment: Raising children with the world at their fingertips

Call 314-503-3001 in order to set up an initial appointment.