Whitney Banister

Licensed Master Social Worker

Whitney Banister, LMSW

As a mental health therapist, I'm deeply committed to helping humans (ages 4+) feel safe and empowered as they navigate their journeys. I use a client-centered approach, along with play and expressive arts, to create a therapeutic space that's both supportive and creative.

Some important facts about Whitney

I operate through the world professionally, and personally, from an anti-racist, 2SLGBTQQAI+ affirming, and neurodivergent affirming lens. Additionally, I utilize specific trauma frameworks when treating clients whose existence includes the need for such an approach.
I believe deeply that the arena constructed when humans enter a therapeutic relationship is sacred, and that bearing witness to someone else’s experience is a profound responsibility and honor.
I am deeply committed to advocacy work, which is heavily interwoven within my professional and personal existence.
 I believe bodily, emotional, psychological, and spiritual autonomy and choice are human rights.

Clinical Expertise

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Trauma

  • PTSD

  • Sexual Abuse

  • Abuse Survivors

  • Caregiver Issues

  • Parenting

  • Self Esteem

  • Peer Relationships

Treatment Orientation

(This is just a fancy way of saying…” the types of therapy—or approaches toward therapy, I engage clients in…”)

  • Eclectic

  • Expressive Arts Therapy

  • Harm Reduction

  • Health at Every Size

  • Humanistic

  • Play Therapy Techniques

  • Sandtray Therapy

  • Trauma Focused

  • Strengths-based

  • Compassion focused

I am currently accepting new clients. Please utilize the contact form on the bottom of this page to inquire about services.

Insurances that I am presently able to accept:

Aetna commercial 
BlueCross and BlueShield of Kansas
 Medicaid
Sunflower Behavioral Health
 Optum
ProviDRs Care

Reduced cash rates are available on a sliding scale and availability basis.

Please contact me for more information if you are interested in services but do not presently have or choose not to utilize insurance services.

Let’s work together.


Fill out the initial contact form, and Whitney will reach out to you soon.