About Us

DoorKey Behavioral Health

Whole-Person Care That Makes a Difference

At DoorKey Behavioral Health in St. Louis, we are committed to providing compassionate, personalized care that supports your mental, emotional, and neurological well-being. From the moment you walk through our doors, you’ll be met with warmth, respect, and expert guidance from a team of highly trained and certified professionals.

Tonya Winingar

Licensed Professional Counselor, Behavioral Health Coach and Certified Neurofeedback Therapist

Tonya Winingar is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Behavioral Health Coach and Certified Neurofeedback Therapist with a heartfelt mission to inspire healing and transformation, one person at a time. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, or emotional dysregulation, we combine proven techniques with a deeply compassionate approach. Tonya blends the science of the brain with the wisdom of the body, mind, and spirit to help individuals create lasting change from the inside out.

Tonya offers a holistic range of services, including therapy, coaching, and neurofeedback, all grounded in a deep commitment to kindness and connection. She specializes in supporting individuals who have experienced trauma, as well as those navigating ADD/ADHD, substance use disorders, depression, and anxiety.

With every client, Tonya remains devoted to fostering resilience, rediscovery, and whole-person wellness.

“At DoorKey, we believe in treating the whole person—mind, body, brain, and spirit—and we look forward to walking with you on your path to healing.”

-Tonya Winingar, LPC

A Healthy Brain =A Happy Life

Our mission is to serve as trusted partners in your journey to better health. We proudly offer some of the most advanced and effective tools in behavioral healthcare, including neurofeedback therapy—a proven, drug-free approach for improving brain function.

Improve Attention & Focus

Decrease Mental Stress

Achieve Better Sleep

Decrease Anxious Feelings

Improve Your Memory

Help Chronic Pain Symptoms

Achieve Peak Performance

Improve Learning Capabilities

Mind, Body, Brain, and Spirit—Working Together for Wellness.
Pause.

Not for a minute. Not even for ten seconds. Just for one breath.

You don’t need to push yourself to calm down. You don’t need to fix anything. You don’t have to figure it all out in this moment.

Simply stop and notice—right now, you are here.

I’m Tonya Winingar, a Licensed Professional Counselor, Behavioral Health Coach, and Certified Neurofeedback Therapist. Over the years, I’ve guided people through some of their hardest and heaviest moments. And what I’ve seen, time and again, is this: the intensity you’re feeling is not who you are.

What’s happening inside you is your nervous system firing off an alarm. It’s designed to keep you alive, not to keep you calm. That surge of chaos you feel? That’s biology—not failure. And just as it comes on strong, it can be soothed.

So let’s do something together—something simple and physical, a reset button for your body’s alarm system.

Place your hand on your chest.

Notice the gentle lift as you breathe in. The soft fall as you breathe out. This steady rhythm is your reminder—you’re alive, you’re present, and you’re safe in this moment.

Keep your hand there.

Your mind may be insisting there are hundreds of things demanding your attention. But the truth? Right now, you only have three choices. And you only need to choose one.